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Traveling and writing. On Instagram @natbco. On Substack @ https://teapawt.net/t.co/98C7Y4HPSn

Washington DC
Joined June 2010
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getting off a plane and feeling greasy, dry, thirsty, and unworthy of love
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Lead us not in to penn station
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a well executed red eye is indistinguishable from teleportation
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When the grocery total isn’t looking too bad and you realize they haven’t yet scanned The Item
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ok, it’s real: applications for GO EAST are now open 🚂 this October, we’re taking a small group of writers, technologists, and people who move between the two worlds from San Francisco to Chicago aboard the California Zephyr, with several days set aside for focused writing, conversation, and reflection on technological progress. come write across America with us :) apply here by EOD Sep 1: yetanotherstudio.notion.site…
exciting update: the amtrak train writing fellowship is happening!! we’ve assembled a team, put together the vision + scope for GO EAST, and are now starting conversations with potential sponsors and supporters if you’re curious about the project or know someone who might want to help make it happen, please share or DM me and i’ll send you our pitch :)
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learning about the ethiopian giant root-rat. you have simply got to be kidding me
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Bold Fork Books in Mount Pleasant is closing on Sept. 30. While it's sad to lose the only cook book store in D.C., it's also worth noting the reasons for its closure and what that means for DC's economic environment. Threading: dc.citycast.fm/business-deve…
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We're looking for a politics reporter in New Orleans. What else do I have to say, other than you will never get bored. Details: journalismjobs.com/1693686-p…
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Within one year, Amtrak's newest service beat ridership projections by more than double:
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God bless the nation and people of Greece
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Don’t want to give the Victorian doctors too much credit but I just went to the seaside and it lowkey did cure my ill humors
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Becoming an air traffic controller and every time there’s the slightest problem I tell the pilot to land in the Hudson
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NatGeo is hiring a travel editor 👀 disneycareers.com/en/job/was…
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10:49 a.m. Amtrak hot dog
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On this day 7 years ago, the "30-50 feral hogs" interaction happened on Twitter.
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When I get an instagram ad for the hat I’m currently wearing… ok you got me figured but you’ll have to be quicker than that
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Shoutout to whoever rode 26+ miles on a @bikeshare e-bike from Columbia Heights to Dulles at 3:28 AM in June.
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Boy do I have news for this guy
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On my flight right now the pilot didn’t get enough speed for take off so he merged onto the highway and is just driving us all from Florida to New York in the airplane
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i hope one day i get to speak to a journalist but insist that i be quoted as a spokesperson for or a source close to
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