BeMore BaiLan
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Sometimes you lie flat, sometimes you dance, and sometimes you let it rot. Baltimore and Maryland Politics. 🏳️⚧️
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Baltimore keeeping it real. End white Christian nationalism.
February 11, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Baltimore keeeping it real. End white Christian nationalism.
gptzero puts the copy on reverse canary mission at coinflip odds or better of being ai generated which poses some interesting questions!
February 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
gptzero puts the copy on reverse canary mission at coinflip odds or better of being ai generated which poses some interesting questions!
if we take car insurance rates as a proxy measure for the driving like shit olympics, louisiana, florida, and dc can all look forward to big transit investments coming their way soon
coming up with a new idea called "driving like shit olympics". no more bland, unprovable statements like "california drivers are the WORST" allowed. whichever state wins every 4 years gets a moonshot-sized public transit investment to get those fuckers off the road
February 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
if we take car insurance rates as a proxy measure for the driving like shit olympics, louisiana, florida, and dc can all look forward to big transit investments coming their way soon
little known fact: mike elias was once let go from one of his early jobs at a car repair shop because he kept refusing to get new starters 😔
Mike Elias is not going to get another starter. Help is not coming. No one is going to save you.
You are part of the unwashed masses and you will take what you get. You will pay the dynamic prices, and you will sit there and shut up and clap and you will like it.
This is the way things are now.
You are part of the unwashed masses and you will take what you get. You will pay the dynamic prices, and you will sit there and shut up and clap and you will like it.
This is the way things are now.
February 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
little known fact: mike elias was once let go from one of his early jobs at a car repair shop because he kept refusing to get new starters 😔
ugh was expecting [redacted] to fix the accessibility problems on here in their alternative frontend and lol, no, of course not
January 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
ugh was expecting [redacted] to fix the accessibility problems on here in their alternative frontend and lol, no, of course not
we haven't been able to stop thinking about this maryland bill and we are 100% certain noone cares about it either but it is endlessly fascinating to us. we can't help but think "why stop at nonprofits? all grant recipients, commercial and noncommercial, should be covered"
HB15 is such a fascinating bill... it feels poorly drafted in some respects (grant funding fluctuates over time, burden of a public records custodian) but deeply provocative in others (local church took a grant to rehab their building? now you can file public records requests against them.)
January 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM
we haven't been able to stop thinking about this maryland bill and we are 100% certain noone cares about it either but it is endlessly fascinating to us. we can't help but think "why stop at nonprofits? all grant recipients, commercial and noncommercial, should be covered"
HB15 is such a fascinating bill... it feels poorly drafted in some respects (grant funding fluctuates over time, burden of a public records custodian) but deeply provocative in others (local church took a grant to rehab their building? now you can file public records requests against them.)
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
HB15 is such a fascinating bill... it feels poorly drafted in some respects (grant funding fluctuates over time, burden of a public records custodian) but deeply provocative in others (local church took a grant to rehab their building? now you can file public records requests against them.)
if, like us, you wanted to see del spiegel's inner katie porter, that can be found on his youtube page here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cpz...
cute videos, curious to see how they evolve through the session, but... please, someone, for the love of all that sounds good, get the delegate a lav mic.
cute videos, curious to see how they evolve through the session, but... please, someone, for the love of all that sounds good, get the delegate a lav mic.
January 16, 2026 at 9:01 AM
if, like us, you wanted to see del spiegel's inner katie porter, that can be found on his youtube page here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cpz...
cute videos, curious to see how they evolve through the session, but... please, someone, for the love of all that sounds good, get the delegate a lav mic.
cute videos, curious to see how they evolve through the session, but... please, someone, for the love of all that sounds good, get the delegate a lav mic.
um did anyone else notice that maryland state delegate stewart is on a roll? hb 309, 313, 314, 315, and 317 all appear to be certified bangers?
January 14, 2026 at 11:51 PM
um did anyone else notice that maryland state delegate stewart is on a roll? hb 309, 313, 314, 315, and 317 all appear to be certified bangers?
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They are building this massive new data science and AI institute (that will house 100 faculty) next door to the department that studies climate change (which, checks notes, has 15ish faculty) in a building that is non-functional most days.
Which says just about every fucking thing about 2026.
Which says just about every fucking thing about 2026.
MORE TREE-CUTTING- the big oak trees on the site of Johns Hopkins’ Data Science and AI Institute (DSAI) are coming down now…..
January 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They are building this massive new data science and AI institute (that will house 100 faculty) next door to the department that studies climate change (which, checks notes, has 15ish faculty) in a building that is non-functional most days.
Which says just about every fucking thing about 2026.
Which says just about every fucking thing about 2026.
help, we have had this stuck on repeat for more than a week: youtu.be/CZ2WproLVxI
📣 "foodies wanna hear a food stamps in the restaurant"
📣 "foodies wanna hear a food stamps in the restaurant"
Shad - Slanted (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by shadkmusic
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
help, we have had this stuck on repeat for more than a week: youtu.be/CZ2WproLVxI
📣 "foodies wanna hear a food stamps in the restaurant"
📣 "foodies wanna hear a food stamps in the restaurant"
doing self harm: listening to scotus arguments about transgender people
January 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
doing self harm: listening to scotus arguments about transgender people
does anyone actually have the text of the DECADE act? can't find it prefiled and it's just vaguely discussed in press releases
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
does anyone actually have the text of the DECADE act? can't find it prefiled and it's just vaguely discussed in press releases
these are good bills and they should pass but one concern we can't shake is that the person cosponsoring the house version promised a bill about 287(g) agreements and no such bill appears to have been prefiled :|
There are bills being proposed in the Maryland house and senate, prohibiting face coverings on law enforcement officers.
The general assembly convenes on Wednesday. I plan to call my reps this week.
Senate bill: mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L...
House bill: mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L...
The general assembly convenes on Wednesday. I plan to call my reps this week.
Senate bill: mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L...
House bill: mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L...
Legislation - HB0155
mgaleg.maryland.gov
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
these are good bills and they should pass but one concern we can't shake is that the person cosponsoring the house version promised a bill about 287(g) agreements and no such bill appears to have been prefiled :|
update: the text is written in a way such that the only cryptocurrency the state can hold is bitcoin. who would have thought a bill with a terrible premise would also be drafted terribly as well. shocking.
January 12, 2026 at 8:35 PM
update: the text is written in a way such that the only cryptocurrency the state can hold is bitcoin. who would have thought a bill with a terrible premise would also be drafted terribly as well. shocking.
part of what will be insufferable this term is that the tone has been set by dem leadership that "there is no money", and you have moore talking about how Serious He Is About Data; yet also just floating above inflation increases to pet programs with no justification. bsky.app/profile/bemo...
it's messy because the budget bill isn't out yet (deadline 21st) but either this figure is in reln to the 117 million capex in fy 25 (only a 6% increase) or it's new investment on top of an inflation adjusted capex (horrifying, half of the structural fy26shortfall). terrible L for moore either way
January 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
part of what will be insufferable this term is that the tone has been set by dem leadership that "there is no money", and you have moore talking about how Serious He Is About Data; yet also just floating above inflation increases to pet programs with no justification. bsky.app/profile/bemo...
again, deferring until we read the text... but an interesting set of questions for a strategic digital asset reserve is (1. does it include bitcoin? 2. will the state store the bitcoin blockchain for redundancy? 3. how big of a problem will it be for the state to store the csam on the btc chain?)
there's some profoundly unserious harebrained shit you can see from just the titles but we're going to wait to dunk too much until texts are fully released. (a hjr honoring charlie kirk? lol. a "strategic digital asset reserve"? del taveras needs to be laughed out of polite society, etc)
January 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
again, deferring until we read the text... but an interesting set of questions for a strategic digital asset reserve is (1. does it include bitcoin? 2. will the state store the bitcoin blockchain for redundancy? 3. how big of a problem will it be for the state to store the csam on the btc chain?)
twas the night before billmas, and all through the house
not a poster was stirring, not even a mouse
the bill titles were posted by a staffer with care
in hopes that the bill texts soon would be there
not a poster was stirring, not even a mouse
the bill titles were posted by a staffer with care
in hopes that the bill texts soon would be there
Merry Bill-Posting Eve, Maryland! mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L...
Legislation - House
mgaleg.maryland.gov
January 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM
twas the night before billmas, and all through the house
not a poster was stirring, not even a mouse
the bill titles were posted by a staffer with care
in hopes that the bill texts soon would be there
not a poster was stirring, not even a mouse
the bill titles were posted by a staffer with care
in hopes that the bill texts soon would be there
aaaaaaaaaaa the pitch shifted percussion 😻 looking forward to feathers 2 now
January 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
aaaaaaaaaaa the pitch shifted percussion 😻 looking forward to feathers 2 now
one of the things that's so cool about the maryland.gov redesign is they clearly used a modified version of the us web design system, which handles a lot of accessibility issues that are present in the beta baltimore city website (and makes a mockery of vendor 1's lack of development chops ;)
Maryland.gov
An official website of the state of Maryland connecting you to benefits, services, businesses, education, and government information.
maryland.gov
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM
one of the things that's so cool about the maryland.gov redesign is they clearly used a modified version of the us web design system, which handles a lot of accessibility issues that are present in the beta baltimore city website (and makes a mockery of vendor 1's lack of development chops ;)
having one of those brain broken coming off relapse hermit mode mornings :| just want mga to release the prefiles already so we have other more distracting enrichment activities
January 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
having one of those brain broken coming off relapse hermit mode mornings :| just want mga to release the prefiles already so we have other more distracting enrichment activities
thought we'd check in on the ole catholics, see how they're doing... gonna say putting a caricature of a mass shooter in the thumbnail of one's native genocide apologia video implies a strong "no, the catholics are Not Doing Okay"; cesaire was right.
December 31, 2025 at 5:01 AM
thought we'd check in on the ole catholics, see how they're doing... gonna say putting a caricature of a mass shooter in the thumbnail of one's native genocide apologia video implies a strong "no, the catholics are Not Doing Okay"; cesaire was right.
anxiously waiting for the next terrible ross douthat take so we can deploy this
December 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
anxiously waiting for the next terrible ross douthat take so we can deploy this
we're kind of a fan of the premise that someone would be attentive enough to mind religion polling but not attentive enough to have paid attention to the terrorgram indictment and other right wing extremists to know Whats Coming Next
I know Bluesky loves to celebrate this stuff, but uh, you guys aren’t going to love the stuff that’s replacing the churches.
The U.S. is undergoing its fastest religious shift in modern history, marked by a rapid increase in the religiously unaffiliated and numerous church closures nationwide.
December 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
we're kind of a fan of the premise that someone would be attentive enough to mind religion polling but not attentive enough to have paid attention to the terrorgram indictment and other right wing extremists to know Whats Coming Next
someone needs to invent a progressive primary challenger that can beat wes moore because another term of sigma-grindset centrist-pilled data-driven grift-maxxxing will be insufferable. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/12/23/g...
December 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
someone needs to invent a progressive primary challenger that can beat wes moore because another term of sigma-grindset centrist-pilled data-driven grift-maxxxing will be insufferable. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/12/23/g...