glad you are ok and people are unhurt

>Homicides are up 19 percent over the same time in 2022, when D.C. for the second year in a row surpassed 200 killings, something it had not done since the early 2000s. Overall crime is up 23 percent, driven in large part by a spike in auto thefts, though violent crime is even with 2022, a year that saw decreases.

>Other distinct challenges specific to D.C. have also emerged: Federal prosecutors — who function as D.C.’s local prosecutors in the federally funded D.C. Superior Court — recently reported they are declining to prosecute roughly two-thirds of arrests, raising questions about prosecutors’ standards for accepting cases and the evidence in the cases police bring. With the D.C. crime lab shut down, prosecutors are also having to outsource processing of evidence to other labs, also potentially affecting decisions about which cases to pursue, as the office has noted.

Either of these are enough to have a hearing over imho.

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I've been studying consistently for about 5 years and I found that Stephen Krashen's theory on Comprehensible Input is spot on. In a nutshell, his theory suggests that language acquisition through regular input (watching videos and reading) is more important than trying to speak early on. I would recommend watching 15 minutes a day of Dreaming Spanish YouTube videos over Duolingo. They have videos sorted by level and you'll want to start with the level where you understand at least 80% of what's being said. If you can't understand 80%, you go down a level until you comprehend mostly everything (hence comprehensible input). Over time, you'll naturally be able to advance in level and your brain will be able to put together and understand more complex phrases from language acquisition.

You may find trying to converse this early in your Spanish journey may leave you frustrated and may frustrate the listener depending on how patient they are. If I could go back in time, I would've done nothing but consume input for 2 years and then start speaking. Because I decided to force myself to speak early on, I created some bad habits because I was directly translating in my mind from English. I had to unlearn these habits when I was more advanced which was frustrating, and I wouldn't have had that issue if I focused on acquiring the language vs learning it.

Um I haven’t received anything

https://twitter.com/killmoenetwork/status/1640739213460078592?s=46&t=N5WKbijW-Gr3am3HLLm9nQ

Apparently two individuals committed a shooting this morning with a baby in tow, and holed up in the Eckington apartment building. The baby seems to be fine, thankfully. I live in this apartment building and most of the police have left so I’m guessing they’ve been arrested.

I host a Spanish language happy hour in DC. Just DMed you!

Neither are concerning enough to have a hearing over. This is GQP grandstanding for their ramp up of election year culture war bullshit. If Rand Pauls staffer, or the congresswoman who was robbed were targeted because of their affiliation with the House or Senate, then I would be concerned. But, living in a city comes with city crimes.

didn't say it wasn't concerning but you give these clowns infinitely more credit than they deserve

all you have to look at is the title of their inquiry having 'overdue' and 'part 1' to know it's theater

Seems plausible. Police were yelling that individual’s name. Situation has been resolved with at least one taken into custody.

I saw a huge amount of cops at the hospitals ER entrance around 515am

Awesome, thanks for the suggestion!

That's like going to a dog park without a dog.

But I think if that worked, people would claim “the kid couldn’t come” all the time.

We overestimate how much we can do in the short term and underestimate what we can do over decades.

https://twitter.com/Killmoenetwork/status/1640739213460078592 potentially the situation?

A sitting House rep being assaulted in the lobby of her building, and the staffer of a US Senator being stabbed on H Street in the span of 6 weeks isn't concerning?

While every politician lobbies or grandstands, these people and their staffers live in the immediate vicinity for at least a third of the year.

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I’ve had it a year and it’s still $30

Thank you for making the park even more beautiful! Do you know how all that trash got in that one area?

I’m really late, but do you know why WMATA chose those specific locations for the first stations?

That’s how they start off. I was at that price originally and am now paying $105 with no difference in service. It’s the only place that services my building and I feel stuck and annoyed.

i'm sure they are really concerned about what is going on in dc and wouldn't possibly use it to grandstand about how much of a hell hole all democrat run cities are to pander to teh rubes back home...

It happened several times to me but I also used Uberpool a LOT back in the day.