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We keep each other safe YIMBY Co-chair @livablecville.bsky.social 🏘️ 🚲🚶🏽🧑🏽‍🦽🌎 More at: https://stevenljohnson.org Disclaimer: Personal account. Does not reflect my employer

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 5d

Another action packed newsletter! I used to think “Think Globally, Act Locally” was nothing more than a trite slogan, but now I can see it’s an urgent and essential priority

Livable Cville @livablecville.bsky.social · 5d

Our October newsletter just landed in over 1300 email in-boxes! It covers a Week Without Driving recap, an important and urgent environmental action alert, a call to fully fund Inclusionary Zoning, our upcoming social, and more!

mailchi.mp/livablecvill...

🏘️ 🚲🚶🏽🧑🏽‍🦽 Livable Cville - October 2025 Newsletter

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 1h

LOL. And, now you have me wondering... is there one of those communities nearby where people have planes in their yard and can taxi from their house to a community runway ?

Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 1h

Relevant bsky.app/profile/jame...

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

would you like to live multi-modally?

Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 1h

We have one a day btwn UVA and IAD/union station now, would be far more useful at 4x a day

Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 1h

Depends on the bike and the luggage. Also, for people who work at the airport

Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 1h

Baby steps first: a bus line that extends to the airport

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 2h

Hey, Cville, can you imagine being able to get to our airport on a bike? The distance isn’t far, we just need better bike paths

A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 11h

Was in a rush so I decided to bike to the PDX airport instead of taking light rail, but feel like I took a much less nice route that previous attempts. What's the best way now, coming from downtown?
@bikeloudpdx.bsky.social
@bikeportland.org

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 12h

Ouch!! Here's something to add to your xmas list

Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 12h

teh Struggle is real

Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 12h

We just finished up with a downstair bathroom reno and now another toilet in the house with a bidet is lovely. The main issue for retrofitting is the typical lack of a nearby power outlet

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 12h

Some of my favorite land of the lost moments are when @djrobertdrake.bsky.social plays a deep cut from a band I like and it's like a brand new song that I think I could really like hearing again and again (even when the minutes drag)

Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 12h

What's the etiquette about liking a social media post or comment from someone you owe an email response to on an unrelated topic? And, does it make a difference if the email is work-related and the post isn't (or, vice versa)?

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 12h

As a vegetarian ... cannot endorse, but I'm still happy that you're happy ... and "Ridiculous beef energy" would be a great band name

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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 13h

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 12h

ikr?!

Which is it, a meadow, a brook, or hills?! Oh, it's hills above a meadow, near a brook... oh, that really narrows things down

Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 14h

Alternatively, soaking up all that demand will open up many desirable homes for families with kids AND there’s lots of homes with empty bedrooms that could turn over to a younger generation

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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 21h

ICE loves Flock.
(Relevant to Charlottesville — and many other places.) www.vpm.org/news/2025-10...

Virginia surveillance network tapped thousands of times for immigration cases

A VCIJ analysis shows the Flock Safety network was used widely for immigration enforcement.

www.vpm.org

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 21h

Today I learned... the Barracks/Rugby neighborhood is comprised of three sub-neighborhoods

www.charlottesville.gov/DocumentCent...

www.charlottesville.gov

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 22h

I think a separate downtown resident group is a great idea. The interests of people living on/beside the DTM are quite different than the mostly SFH residents of north downtown

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Kathryn @kathrynlaughon.bsky.social · 1d

🔥🔥Student councils from 7 affected universities denounce the bogus federal compact 🔥🔥

Joint Statement on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education
Signed by Student Government Representatives of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Virginia, University of Arizona, Dartmouth College, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, and Vanderbilt University

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The undersigned are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Student Body President, Brown University Undergraduate Council of Students, University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate Assembly Executive Board, Dartmouth College Student Body Vice President,
University of Virginia Student Council President, Vanderbilt University Student Government, and University of Arizona Student Body President.
On October 1st, 2025, the White House sent the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education to our seven universities, outlining expectations universities must meet to continue receiving federal benefits.
Although the compact's full implications remain unclear, the document outlines unprecedented expectations universities must meet to receive federal benefits. This could systemically alter the mission of higher education and erode the independence that has long defined our universities. We must not allow these attempts to control what can be taught, studied, or spoken on our campuses.
Our universities represent the full spectrum of American higher education, from liberal arts colleges to leading research institutions. As students, this directly impacts us, and thus, our voices must be heard. We know firsthand that institutional autonomy is instrumental to the perpetuation of innovation and progress. As the Compact itself acknowledges, "American higher education is the envy of the world and represents a key strategic benefit for our Nation," yet the document undermines the very principles that make this statement true. Our administrations have been presented with a false choice between their commitments to knowledge and education and our access to the resources that sustain them. To preserve our status as world leaders in education, we must remain true to the foundation of academic freedom that has propelled us forward
As student representatives, we stand in united opposition to the outlined conditions. We call on our community of students, faculty, alumni, and leadersh…

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Lyle Solla-Yates @lyle.cville.online.ap.brid.gy · 1d

https://abigailspanberger.com/issue/abigails-affordable-virginia-plan/ I’ve been asked to summarize the housing policy proposals of the two candidates running for governor here in expensive #virginia #vapol #uspolitics

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 22h

Come join us at the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab!

jess reia • 何杰茜 @jhereia.bsky.social · 22h

We are hiring! The DTD Lab invites applications for our 2026 postdoctoral cohort. Areas I'd love to supervise: gender/techno-authoritarianism, data visibility, urban governance, night studies, cultural practices, and all things related to tech policy. More info:
jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...

This is a screenshot of a webpage. It says:

Opportunities

University of Virginia’s Digital Technology for Democracy (DTD) Lab invites applications for 2-year postdoctoral fellowships. The fellowships will begin in August of 2026 and run through August 2028.

Application Deadline: December 15, 2025; notifications to made in March 2026.

Interested in learning more? Join us for a Zoom info session in October or November.

Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 22h

Curiously, the file called "Association Map" is just a regular neighborhood map & city website also has an extensive "NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES CONTACT LIST" (which I'm not linking to because of personal data in contents) with far far more "associations" www.charlottesville.gov/DocumentCent...

www.charlottesville.gov

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 1d

Thank you to everyone who attended last night, with a special thanks and shout out to those who dropped by on their way to other important community events.

Mark your calendar now, the November meet up—always the same time/place on the 2nd Thursday—will be on November 13.

Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 5d

👋🏽 Cville area peeps! Join us at the Livable Cville drop-in social at Ix Park Brazos Tacos from 5PM to 7PM+ at Ix Park Brazos Tacos. If it's your first time, your umpteenth time, or anywhere else in between, you are welcome!

Cheers. Livable Cville Meetup! Thursday, October 9, 5-7pm at Brazos Tacos Ix Art Park, 923 2nd St SE

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 1d

Maybe he was just perplexed because everyone knows it's a fabulous idea, so why would you even ask? 😂

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Livable Cville @livablecville.bsky.social · 1d

Good bike infrastructure will make the Charlottesville area a better and safer place to live. We are tired of waiting for it to become a reality. It’s not that hard. We need the city to deliver on its promises asap.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”

Via @momentummag.bsky.social

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

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