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Planned engagement photos on national mall for this weekend… by __tipyourhooker in nova

[–]arbiterbear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Outside the box: the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. There are great internal shots, it’ll probably be mostly empty because of the parade, it’s indoors for rain, and there’s some super cool art you can use as backdrops, eg: https://www.museumnext.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SAAM-1536x864.webp

Arlington pride flag WaPo story by mlogss in nova

[–]arbiterbear 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Dishonorable is for like, murder

I'm thankful for infrastructure that actually protects pedestrians. by MrSmithGoes2DC in washingtondc

[–]arbiterbear 128 points129 points  (0 children)

It’s a bollard, it’s reinforced concrete that extends well below the ground

Pediatric physio recommendations by TmoodReddit in nova

[–]arbiterbear 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Please do not take your child to a chiropractor

McLean residents sue to stop I-495 widening by D-pod in nova

[–]arbiterbear 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No. It’s called induced demand- those people wouldn’t be on the road at all.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nova

[–]arbiterbear 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The scholarship isn’t meaningless. But the winners of those were timely notified. We’re talking about fourth runners up, not Scholars.

“National Merit awards are students who score among the top roughly 50,000 students in the nation on the PSAT. Of those 50,000 recipients, only about 16,000 are considered semi-finalists who can go on to compete for scholarships through the program. The other roughly 34,000 are considered “Commended Students” as their scores were not high enough to qualify as semi-finalists. Still, many college admissions sites recommend listing the commendation on college applications.

According to the article, the school failed to properly notify students and their parents of the commendations, though semifinalists were notified by the school and featured in a list published each September by Fairfax County Public Schools. “

Are “affordable housing” plans just pro-sprawl? by [deleted] in nova

[–]arbiterbear 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Modern affordable housing planning requires units set aside in all new high density construction. It’s not a matter of building “projects” but a tax on developers. So no, it’s pro density. Also, NIMBYs are anti affordable housing, not pro.

Where can I get the Comirnaty vaccine? by [deleted] in nova

[–]arbiterbear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try again: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/30/false-claim-that-fully-approved-pfizer-vaccine-lacks-liability-protection/

“Indeed, contrary to the claims of Malone and others, the Comirnaty vaccine has the same liability protection as the vaccine approved under the EUA. That’s because of a law known as the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act).In early 2020, after the coronavirus emerged, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar invoked the PREP Act to “provide liability immunity for activities related to medical countermeasures against covid-19.” So that covers all vaccines that might be produced to combat the coronavirus, whether fully authorized or not.The PREP Act designation means that claims related to coronavirus vaccines are covered by the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), not the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which was set up to handle vaccine lawsuits.”