Reporting team leader for @virginianpilot.bsky.social I’m probably very tired right now.https://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3mkgyo7r2os2zAt least we might get a fun They Might Be Giants sequel-song out of it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgyo7r2os2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3mkfy3ak3zs2zI wonder what percentage of people in Hampton Roads have been closer to a shooting than that, without Secret Service protection.26 Apr 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfy3ak3zs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3mirhj65e322qCult of Personality, by Living Colour. The song itself and I also (to my shame) didn’t know the opening quote was from Malcolm X. Had to ask a professor who said it and he was immediately suspicious of me. 🙂 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Apr 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirhj65e322qhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3mguwslpqns2lAnd now, Old Dominion University. https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/03/12/odu-threat-campus/12 Mar 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguwslpqns2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3mgg73aut522dJust in time to contribute to the discourse about anecdotal ledes, here is a story that Emma Brown has worked on for quite a while. Maybe give it a look? https://www.dailypress.com/2026/03/06/virginia-beach-man-immigration-detention/?utm_medium=NATIVE_IOS_notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=11352483006 Mar 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgg73aut522dhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3mgfqje7lhc25Lol just saw a post from someone who says they never read anecdotal ledes. It's like Bluesky knows I'm editing a long story about a man detained by ICE ... with an anecdotal lede. If your attention span exceeds that of a hummingbird, you should give it a look when it posts later today.06 Mar 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfqje7lhc25https://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3mfhumjutp22yIt’s going to take more than a former Pizza Hut, imho [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Feb 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhumjutp22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3metyax5fus2uFwiw, the chancellor of William & Mary is former defense secretary Robert Gates. Do with that what you will. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3metyax5fus2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3mcqlrpda222bCharlie’s Seafood, on Shore Drive in Virginia Beach. The food was very good - the crab soup was very good - but I remember it so fondly because my grandparents took us there often when I was little. It hits hard when I think about it now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jan 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcqlrpda222bhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3m5zo4sehjs2dThis story was funny until I got to this sentence, then it became hilarious … Investigators later found matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2025 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5zo4sehjs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3m5ok4nv7v223The kind of story/headline you write when the top priority is not making someone mad.15 Nov 2025 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ok4nv7v223https://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3m2py5cmltk27I guess I’m getting old and grumpy but all the major news org stories about Portland seem just … insane. I mean, that city has writers and photographers in it. Hire a couple of them for a week and actually document what is happening there. This is not difficult.09 Oct 2025 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2py5cmltk27https://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3m2366f2w222qAlso he doesn’t use the Oxford comma, which immediately makes me like him. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2025 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2366f2w222qhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3lrj7nql4rs2cBefore budget meetings @pilotonline.com, we get a rundown of latest google trends. One of today’s is “Nationals and Marlins” and I refuse to believe that game is trending.13 Jun 2025 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrj7nql4rs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3lqq4hibj222hFor no particular reason, just wanted to mention that one of the aircraft carriers currently under construction is to be named the USS Doris Miller.03 Jun 2025 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqq4hibj222hhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3loakkymd4s27Shoot to thrill play to kill Too many women with too many pills [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2025 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3loakkymd4s27https://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3lnvoj7aqm22rSooooo, has an (just guessing here) anti-ship missile ever come that close to an American carrier before?28 Apr 2025 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnvoj7aqm22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3lmnujrhxhs2dThis story is fabulous [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2025 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmnujrhxhs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3lj6ubwnois2aThere's a scene with Hackman, Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe and their characters hate each other and it absolutely rules [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2025 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6ubwnois2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3likh6ylr6s2zBut can they subscribe to any site that -uses- content from The Association Press? Because that's everybody. ESPN, Variety, Fox News - you name it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2025 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3likh6ylr6s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3lh2wtmvpos2oIf this is how the humans write, maybe they should let AI do all their push notifications.31 Jan 2025 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2wtmvpos2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3lcw7rooel22p“On Saturday, Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray told editors that the paper should not cover itself.” lol. Really looking forward to not reading anything from the Post about their next Pulitzer. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2024 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcw7rooel22phttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3lclux2kryk2s@radleybalko.bsky.social @kenwhite.bsky.social You might find this one interesting ... https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/12/05/rare-3rd-sentencing-hearing-ordered-in-norfolk-federal-drug-case-over-possibility-judge-acted-out-of-spite/06 Dec 2024 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclux2kryk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/imroot.bsky.social/post/3lb3ge6q7ih2nhttps://youtu.be/kQuTAPWJxNo?si=mbCeqKr4KjpIp13h [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Nov 2024 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:doqqjudmodth5ssbi5gtiwbs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3ge6q7ih2n