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Went past the Capitol this morning and I saw these enormous structures being erected in front of the Capitol. I asked the police officers what they were and they told me that it is going to be fencing for maintenance and washing of the Capitol building. I mentioned that these look like overkill and asked the officer if he actually believed that this was merely fencing to protect people from water spray, and quite honestly, he looked at me as if he had never heard of January 6.

I did do some research and the AOC website does describe the big preservation project occurring and this is the right timeframe, but it also describes that they will be deploying “modular vehicle barriers to enhance perimeter protection around the Capitol campus“. AFC described it as a physical security initiative separate from ordinary building maintenance.

These physical barriers look as if they’re at least 14 feet tall. They look like a border wall. Does anybody have any more information on these or guesses on? What’s actually happening here?

EDIT: this is NOT on the race course. It has nothing to do with the upcoming race.

So I was cleaning out the window well of this slider and noticed these drain holes have water and Vegetation growing in them. I can’t reach into that little hole with my little green machine so how do
I clean in there and empty the water out of it?

Not sure if this relevant, but on the outside of this door there are weep holes and I do push a hose up against one of the holes until water flows out the other one. So I don think it’s related to the outside weep holes. Or if it is, the well doesn’t fill or overflow when I squirt water in there.

First photo: West of Washington Monument looking east. The turf is completely torn up. I hope this is slated for restoration soon. Must be damage from the fireworks.

Second photo: The reflecting pool today. Completely empty. Fences along the sides go all the way to the sidewalks, with tarps so we can't see into the area, but I'm not sure why when you can get these photos from the Lincoln Memorial. There were a lot of surveyor's tools (total stations/theodolites) surveying the site. I wonder why they would need tools to measure distances and elevation when they're just talking about resurfacing the liner. hmmmm.

Third photo: a bit off the mall at East Potomac Park Golf Course. The giant lump is the site of the debris dump from the East Wing of the White House. It's been there long enough that it's growing grasses. The Department of the Interior has posted no information on planned removal of the debris. The National Park Service has no information either.

Just reported this guy parked in the bike lane.

I’d love to have my voice heard on the inadequacy of 311 though. It often tells me that I’m on private property and always tries to force name/phone number. Dude, if you want me to get murdered, force me to dox myself.

Another reddit post made me remember that I've had my grandmother's collection (from her grandmother) of Centennial glass. I just got the pieces out of my "grandma shelf" so I thought I would share them here. The newspaper article is dated 10/15/72 (in grandma's handwriting).

If you have anything commemorating a prior anniversary please share here!

I have this bench that I love but the hairpin legs come to a point with a small tip with hard plastic screw-in tips. When on hardwood, the weight of one or two people and the plastic tips put dents in the floors. I currently have ugly silicone cups with cork bottoms and still have it on a rug.

Are there different options for what to screw into the bottoms of these legs that will protect my floors? I really want to use this bench at a table, which means a lot of moving of the bench, and multiple people on it.

Thanks for any advice

Last night I had 5-6 bug bites on my torso. Today I noticed a few more on my legs.

These were freshly washed sheets yesterday.

Tonight I threw all the sheets back to make sure nothing was hiding in there and I found this. Is that poop??💩. It’s about half a centimeter long.

These cabinets are meant to be wood with a stain. So why is the finish chipping off? And how do I fix them (the easiest way). I’ve already tried those marker pens w furniture paint but they do t really work on these. The paint either just wears off again or it doesn’t really take. Are these even wood?

I would report every single one of these cars with plate covers, especially the ones like this with multiple speeding tickets over 15mph.