Friday, February 27, 2026

Always Bet on Mauve: Casinopocalypse Bill Heads to Full Virginia House, Reston 'In Play' (Updated)

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Happy Friday News Dump, to all those who celebrate! Our BFFs at the Reston Association opted to send an update on the state of legislative ...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Will the American Dream (Way) Remain Reston's First Gated Community? We Don't Know, But It Gave Us The Chance to Use A Decade-Old Meme

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  Hey, remember that time when a developer was going to build a mixed-use townhouse community on the site of the former Fannie Mae campus o...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Mauve Alert: The Sassy Chatbot Pretty Much Nailed It

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For reasons known only to The Pantopticon, this question and answer were served up unbidden by the AI powering the Facebooks following a rec...
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Thursday, February 12, 2026

Casinopocalypse Soon, Maybe: New Bill Could Move Casino Out of Tysons to Another Place With a Bunch of Boxy Buildings (Hint: Here)

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Hey, remember that time there was a big push in the Virginia legislature to build a fancypants national security honeytrap casino in Fairfa...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

VY ask VY? Apartments that Sparked Reston's Consonant-Happy Trend Gets Old-Sounding New Name

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VY ask VY? Apparently that's what the new owners of our favorite vowel-free apartment complex  in South Reston with a parking garage ca...
Monday, January 5, 2026

The Biennial What’s Out/What’s In List for Reston

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Happy 2026! Back by (semi-)popular demand for the first time since 2024, here’s our (semi-)annual list of what’s out and what’s in for our p...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

2025: The Reston Year in Review

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If you're looking for a metaphor for what 2025 was like in our favorite plastic fantastic planned community, you could do worse than thi...