Who was the network tv anchor who was the most normal, least pompous, least self-important?

A huge mushroom cloud was visible in Cape Canaveral, Florida, after a Blue Origin rocket exploded during a test on Thursday, May 28. Footage by John Thomas Concilus shows the explosion lighting up the night sky. Concilus said the video was captured by a camera mounted on his condo balcony and used to monitor launches and space-related marine traffic. Blue Origin said the rocket experienced an “anomaly” during a test. “All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more,” the company said. Owner Jeff Bezos said it was “too early to know the root cause,” but an investigation was underway to find out.

Name a movie that traumatized you when you were a kid. I’ll start:

There are so many insane wildly misleading stories coming out about data centers almost every day now that I'm mostly having to give up on commenting on them to focus on actually getting blog posts out, but it feels like a tsunami. I'll share one from just today as an example.

Line down the block for Lauriol Plaza margs on Cinco de Mayo

Rewatched season 1 this weekend for obvious reasons, and Charlie Lang is easily my favorite character. No one better captures the show's vision of being locked in your miserable life for eternity. "I don't think you should've showed him those pictures. Do you?" DOOR SLAMS SHUT.

Fellow Washingtonians, while this has been a rough week, we shall still chronicle what is happening in our neighborhoods. There are good people to praise, sidewalks of shame, hawks and and white whales. Restaurants are opening. And closing. Metro is rolling. Pipes are breaking. Join us to be in the know.

"just wait and hope the problem eventually fixes itself" is a classic D.C. strategy for a lot of things, not just snow

It’s becoming clear how much of DC’s snow strategy is just: wait for it to melt.

92% of our DC Government facilities have been cleared of snow and ice. That includes DC Schools.

Here’s the full letter sent from foreign correspondents to Bezos. Comes as rumors are circulating that the Washington Post is set to make significant cuts to its foreign desk and other parts of the newsroom.