Reading archive 2023-03-29

92-year-old has grown tomatoes from the same seed lineage since 1965: Sybil Gorby gives away her famous seeds and refuses all payment because she is superstitious about selling from her garden

He came to D.C. as a Brazilian student. The U.S. says he was a Russian spy.: Johns Hopkins graduate Victor Ferreira was unmasked as GRU operative Sergey Cherkasov, according to a federal indictment and Western security officials - "Cherkasov seemed convinced that Russia would face little backlash from the United States for a Ukraine invasion, saying in one message that there were 'no signs indicating that the U.S. is going to provide any but political support to the Ukrainians in case of war.'" [ed. note: bad spy]

Opinion  D.C. needs hundreds more police officers. Here’s how to do it right. - "Starting pay in D.C. jumped from $62,000 to $67,000 — higher than in neighboring counties such as Fairfax in Virginia or Prince George’s in Maryland."