Julie Patton Lawson

@srfrjulie

DC <- FL / environmental justice / neighborhood schools / Owen’s mom / hound alpha / future capybara rescue / #bikedc #takomaDC (she/her) Candidate for #anc #4B07

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Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· 24d

Harris Teeter confirming that all their Taylor Farms produce are grown and processed in the US. It was all marked way way down, though.

A sign in a refrigerated grocery case: Taylor Farms products sold at Harris Teeter are domestically sourced and have not been identified by the FDA as being associated with the current Cyclospora outbreak.

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· 24d

What the actual fuck

The bags held key chains and baseball caps emblazoned with “Mass Deportation Coalition,” along with a copy of a children’s book self-published by Howell and Ryan Neuhaus, former chief of staff at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. The title is “Diego the Dingo Finds His Way Home,” and it tells the tale of an Australian dog who leaves behind the Outback for the promise of a better life in the United States, only to be exploited by a coyote smuggler as his family crosses the border.
Facing hardship in New York City, Diego is approached by a friendly iguana named Iggy who is dressed in an ICE jacket and tells them that “ICE is NICE.” Iggy explains gently to Diego and his family that they are illegally in the country. “Countries need borders and rules,” Iggy says, before sending them back to Australia.
Neuhaus said the aim is to counter pro-immigrant children’s literature produced by liberals. He has given copies to immigration officers and plans to distribute them to ICE detention facilities.

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· 25d

Three-day PM2.5 AQI data for the sensor on my house

A graph showing particulate matter air quality data for July 16-18. The line starts in the yellow band until around midnight 7/16-17, then spikes to the top of the purple band. It drops to the top of the red band midday on 7/17, and then drops to the yellow band at the very far right of the graph (now, almost 5pm on 7/18)

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· 25d

Comparison

Data from purpleair.com showing a dark purple (dangerous) swath of PM2.5 stretching from the Great Lakes (canada and US) to the US Mid-Atlantic. The rest of the eastern half of the continent is displaying data in the yellow category

Data also from purpleair.com, over Europe. It’s mostly orange to red over England, and generally green-yellow-light orange over the rest of the continent with a few hotspots

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· 26d

Congratulations @elissasilverman.bsky.social on being sworn in to @councilofdc.bsky.social!

Elissa Silverman being sworn in for the DC Council by Chairman Phil Mendelson. Her brother Jonathan holds the bible

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· 26d

PM2.5 for DC at 11:40pm on July 16. Yikes.

A map of air quality sensor readings in DC. Almost all of the dots are red or dark red and showing numbers between 150 and 200.

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· 26d

I love our neighborhood schools and the community connections we can build. You’d be proud of us, Ms Ida B!

Selfie of the Wells Middle School principal, William Lyles, and me

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· 29d

Evie the tricolor beagle has developed a taste for the compost tea–soaked leaves under the tumbler, followed by a habit of jumping on my lap and licking my face with her foul-stank-ass mouth

Evie the tricolor beagle glowers into the camera in my living room

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· Jul 12

Owen and his dad were fishing in the Tidal Basin early this morning, and pulled out all these fireworks casings

Seven plastic tubes on grass, with water (DC’s Tidal Basin) and the Jefferson Memorial in the background

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· Jul 11

Evie the tricolor beagle flushed a muskrat out of the bank of Rock Creek this afternoon and I got to watch it swim away 😍

Wunderhund, Evie the tricolor beagle, and Finn the tricolor beagle, all noses down on a trail in Rock Creek Park (no muskrat in this photo)

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· Jul 11

midsummer’s day flop

Finn the tricolor beagle lays on his side in green grass

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· Jul 8

The sensor on my car from last year

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· Jul 8

I'm co-hosting this community conversation on July 24 because I need your input on where we have gaps in environmental jobs and trained workers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Register: nwf-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Building the Chesapeake Environmental Workforce: A Community Conversation
Friday, July 24, 2026
11am-12pm
Join the Choose Clean Water Coalition for an interactive discussion on the workforce challenges and opportunities facing the Chesapeake Bay restoration community.

https://bit.ly/join-ccwc-webinar

Julie Patton Lawson@srfrjulie· Jul 6

PM2.5 data for DC at 9:35pm on July 5. Parts of the area had some rain and breezes this evening, though I also hear some local fireworks. Looks like we’re back to normal levels.