#Washington Informer

[goonmilk]

Introducing the Go-Go Alumni Class of 2023!

Thank you to the @washingtonianmag @yaddiya and the entire @longlivegogodmv Alumni Class of 2023! Not only is this an epic moment in Gogo History being recognize by a Nationwide publication but an honor to represent so many musical legends that never get their just due! Bands and artists who have shaped our lives and given us a beat that is undeniably the heartbeat of the City! Thank you to @Abeaujon for an amazing interview and to @evymages for capturing the Georgetown photos also shoutout @bigholmes_ for the BTS photos! Yearbook photos by @uhvawntay Hoodies printed by @goonsprintshop and will be available thru @longlivegogodmv very soon!

Article Link: https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/10/26/introducing-the-go-go-alumni-class-of-2023/

I Really just pulled up to Georgetown University with my work photo equipment and curated a whole vibe. From printing the hoodies to taking the “yearbook” photos to being featured by the Washingtonian Magazine and Washington Informer Bridge Newspaper. We really had it up moe!

[hipstersoulgushers-art]

ace-spec gang

[fishenjoyer1]

Fish of the Day

Today's fish of the day is the sand roller!

The sand roller, scientific name Percopsis transmontana, is a poorly understood freshwater fish in the Pacific Northwest. This fish is separate but related to the well known and widespread troutperch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) or sand minnow.commonly found in the Eastern United States. Little known thus far about the sand roller, due to their cryptic daytime behavior, and limited range. The sand roller has a geographic range including only the Columbia river and its tributaries, found in Idaho, Southern Washington, and Northern Oregon, mostly in the Columbia Basin, lower Snake River, and the mouth of the Columbia near and in the Willamette River. This fish prefers slow moving waters, and sandy bottomed streams with rich vegetation. It is believed they spend their days in deep waters, moving to shallow water in the night to hunt. These fish are light adverse, spending their time hiding under rock structures, possibly leading to the large lack of current information on this species.

Sand rollers throughout their life can get to a total size of around 4 inches, but most will only ever reach a size close to 2-3 inches. These fish can be translucent, green-blue, or various mottled browns, depending on their surroundings. Due to their light aversion, these fish primarily hunt at night. Juveniles tend to eat exclusively zooplankton, but once these fish reach 40mm they transition into eating invertebrates, such as crustaceans, and various flies and fly larvae. These fish swim incredibly strangely, swimming parallel to rock structure either horizontal, vertical, and even upside down along them. Specimens caught in the winter and colder months have been found with nothing in their gut, implying they may be able to survive weeks or even months without food.

Males are distinct from females by a black band found around fins, along with being smaller in size than female sand rollers. Their breeding season is in the Mid spring, around April or when the water reaches close to 60 degrees Fahrenheit, during which males black bands grow larger, and both male and female fish create territories under rocks. These territories are then harshly defended against any and all intruders, often leading to infighting among sand rollers settled close to another. Eggs, once laid on the gravel, are extremely sticky, hatching within a few weeks. Juvenile fish tend to spend their time in weed bays or still waterways off of main rivers. Whereas older fish hide under rocks. These fish become sexually mature around 2-3 years of age, and thought to go through a breeding season each year of life, with the oldest currently caught sand roller being around 6 years in age.

That's the sand roller, everyone! I hope you had a wonderful time learning about them, and I wish you a good day!

Sources:

Katula, R. (1992, April). The northwestern percopsis, the Sand Roller. North American Native Fish Association . https://www.nanfa.org/articles/acpercopsi.shtml

Percopsis transmontana summary page. FishBase. (n.d.-b). https://www.fishbase.se/summary/3066

Sandroller. Oregon Sea Grant. (2024b, August 16). https://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/WRF/native-fishes/sand-roller-family/sandroller

[contemplatingoutlander]

It is disturbing that Musk's AI chatbot is spreading false information about the 2024 election. "Free speech" should not include disinformation. We cannot survive as a nation if millions of people live in an alternative, false reality based on disinformation and misinformation spread by unscrupulous parties. The above link is from the Internet Archive, so anyone can read the entire article. Below are some excerpts:

Five secretaries of state plan to send an open letter to billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, urging him to “immediately implement changes” to X’s AI chatbot Grok, after it shared with millions of users false information suggesting that Kamala Harris was not eligible to appear on the 2024 presidential ballot. The letter, spearheaded by Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and signed by his counterparts Al Schmidt of Pennsylvania, Steve Hobbs of Washington, Jocelyn Benson of Michigan and Maggie Toulouse Oliver of New Mexico, urges Musk to “immediately implement changes to X’s AI search assistant, Grok, to ensure voters have accurate information in this critical election year.” [...] The secretaries cited a post from Grok that circulated after Biden stepped out of the race: “The ballot deadline has passed for several states for the 2024 election,” the post read, naming nine states: Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. Had the deadlines passed in those states, the vice president would not have been able to replace Biden on the ballot. But the information was false. In all nine states, the ballot deadlines have not passed and upcoming ballot deadlines allow for changes to candidates. [...] Musk launched Grok last year as an anti-“woke” chatbot, professing to be frustrated by what he says is the liberal bias of ChatGPT. In contrast to AI tools built by Open AI, Microsoft and Google, which are trained to carefully navigate controversial topics, Musk said he wanted Grok to be unfiltered and “answer spicy questions that are rejected by most other AI systems.” [...] Secretaries of state are grappling with an onslaught of AI-driven election misinformation, including deepfakes, ahead of the 2024 election. Simon testified on the subject before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee last year. [...] “It’s important that social media companies, especially those with global reach, correct mistakes of their own making — as in the case of the Grok AI chatbot simply getting the rules wrong,” Simon added. “Speaking out now will hopefully reduce the risk that any social media company will decline or delay correction of its own mistakes between now and the November election.” [color emphasis added]

[dailymothanon]

would you consider alaska x washington?

Washington's on scrolling duty yessir 🫡 I don't recall if I ever done these two but as we all know i'm multishipper win as long as my favorite boy gets love 🙏 I actually have read about the relations between Alaska and Washington before, dare I say, but never talked about my findings for whatever reason 🤨

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/seattles-alaska-connection-northern-neighbors-moving-here-faster-than-anyone-else/

Here's just one article about it cuz I don't wanna overwhelm folks 😼I will mention Washintonians are usually Alaska's highest rates of visitors

[goldenpinof]

a list of Terrible Influence Tour shows (24.06.2024)

Europe (September 2024):

Antwerp, Belgium

Copenhagen, Denmark

Berlin, Germany

Warsaw, Poland

Frankfurt, Germany

Stockholm, Sweden

Oslo, Norway

Helsinki, Finland

USA/Canada (October-November 2024):

Seattle, Washington

Portland, Oregon

Vancouver, Canada

Oakland, California

Phoenix, Arizona

San Diego, California

Los Angeles, California

Salt Lake City, Utah

Denver, Colorado

Kansas City, Missouri

Grand Prairie, Texas*

Austin, Texas

St. Louis, Missouri

Detroit, Michigan

Akron, Ohio

Indianapolis, Indiana

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chicago, Illinois

Toronto, Canada

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

New York City, New York

Tysons, Virginia*

Atlanta, Georgia

Tampa, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Durham, North Carolina

Nashville, Tennessee

Boston, Massachusetts

Reading, Pennsylvania

Red Bank, New Jersey

*Grand Prairie - near Dallas, Tysons - near Washington DC

Australia/New Zealand (December 2024):

Brisbane, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Perth, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Adelaide, Australia

Auckland, New Zealand

UK + Europe (January-February 2025):

Cardiff, UK

Plymouth, UK

Brighton, UK

Birmingham, UK

London, UK

London, UK

Manchester, UK

Newcastle, UK

Dublin, Ireland

Belfast, UK

Glasgow, UK

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Reykjavík, Iceland

60 shows, 58 cities

[jovalencia]

happy election day to the campaign text from a state that we have never lived in that my mom got sent for my cat

[bloghrexach]

"Mariann Edgar Budde (born 1959 or 1960) is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church. She has served as Bishop of Washington since November 2011. Before being elected Washington's first female diocesan bishop, she served 18 years as rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota." -- Wikipedia ...

I'm her #1 fan ... she got under HIS skin really good!!

@hrexach

[thornescratch]

Inordinately delighted that Dylan Strome has joined John Carlson in informing various Caps when they're about to hit a milestone or significant stat.

[sdpubliclibrary]

Temporary Services

The Library Project

[rabbitcruiser]

Wells Dam Rest Area And Information Center, WA (No. 5)

The Columbia begins its 1,243 mi (2,000 km) journey in the southern Rocky Mountain Trench in British Columbia (BC). Columbia Lake –  2,690 ft (820 m) above sea level –  and the adjoining Columbia Wetlands form the river's headwaters. The trench is a broad, deep, and long glacial valley between the Canadian Rockies and the Columbia Mountains in BC. For its first 200 mi (320 km), the Columbia flows northwest along the trench through Windermere Lake and the town of Invermere, a region known in BC as the Columbia Valley, then northwest to Golden and into Kinbasket Lake. Rounding the northern end of the Selkirk Mountains, the river turns sharply south through a region known as the Big Bend Country, passing through Revelstoke Lake and the Arrow Lakes. Revelstoke, the Big Bend, and the Columbia Valley combined are referred to in BC parlance as the Columbia Country. Below the Arrow Lakes, the Columbia passes the cities of Castlegar, located at the Columbia's confluence with the Kootenay River, and Trail, two major population centers of the West Kootenay region. The Pend Oreille River joins the Columbia about 2 miles (3 km) north of the United States–Canada border.

Source: Wikipedia

[capsfriendly]

“you can laugh when you win” and i am now, locker !!!

[an-aura-about-you]

article headline: Why aren't millennials having kids? me: my god, we've killed the having kids industry.

[jitendrasahu]

WHAT IS THE REAL STORY BEHIND SHIVLING PUJA?

For complete information must read Book,

"Hindu Saheban! Nhi samjhe Gita , Ved, Puran."

[bloghrexach]

💥 — WORD!! — 💥

@hrexach

[youthchronical]

Musk’s Team Must Produce Documents to Comply With Open Records Laws, Judge Says

A federal judge found on Monday that Elon Musk’s government-cutting unit is likely subject to public disclosure laws and must promptly turn over documents to a group that had sued for access to its internal emails. In his order, Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia wrote that the Department of Government Efficiency Mr. Musk leads had all the…