Arthur David Olson
@dashdashado.bsky.social
ADO about nothing much.
Wan, testy, and reedy.
Takoma Park, MD, USA.
Here it's (mostly) dull live streams of city council meetings and quarterly checks of infrastructure matters. For just the less-dull stuff, see @[email protected].
Wan, testy, and reedy.
Takoma Park, MD, USA.
Here it's (mostly) dull live streams of city council meetings and quarterly checks of infrastructure matters. For just the less-dull stuff, see @[email protected].
Today's Google's Greatest Hits: limited similarity over time.
Spoilers: kind of like > sort of like > kinda like > sorta like.
books.google.com/ngrams/graph...
Spoilers: kind of like > sort of like > kinda like > sorta like.
books.google.com/ngrams/graph...
Google Books Ngram Viewer
Google Ngrams: kind of like, sort of like, kinda like, sorta like, 1800-2022
books.google.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Today's Google's Greatest Hits: limited similarity over time.
Spoilers: kind of like > sort of like > kinda like > sorta like.
books.google.com/ngrams/graph...
Spoilers: kind of like > sort of like > kinda like > sorta like.
books.google.com/ngrams/graph...
Note that no stations are open and no trains are running; the @purplelinemd.bsky.social is zero percent complete.
Please stop these false, self-congratulatory posts until trains are running between open stations; thanks.
@marylanddot.bsky.social
@govwesmoore.bsky.social
Please stop these false, self-congratulatory posts until trains are running between open stations; thanks.
@marylanddot.bsky.social
@govwesmoore.bsky.social
Did you know? Construction on Purple Line is more than 87 percent complete and the work includes miles of new sidewalks to connect people to transit centers and their communities.
🗣️ Hear more about the progress from the Purple Line's Senior Project Director, Ray Biggs, II.
🗣️ Hear more about the progress from the Purple Line's Senior Project Director, Ray Biggs, II.
January 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Note that no stations are open and no trains are running; the @purplelinemd.bsky.social is zero percent complete.
Please stop these false, self-congratulatory posts until trains are running between open stations; thanks.
@marylanddot.bsky.social
@govwesmoore.bsky.social
Please stop these false, self-congratulatory posts until trains are running between open stations; thanks.
@marylanddot.bsky.social
@govwesmoore.bsky.social
Quarterly @rideonmct.bsky.social check: still (sometimes redundant) "please show the approaching bus driver your cellphone flashlight when standing at a dark bus stop." Some folks don't have cell phones; this is an equity matter.
Fix: eliminate dark bus stops.
Fix: eliminate dark bus stops.
January 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Quarterly @rideonmct.bsky.social check: still (sometimes redundant) "please show the approaching bus driver your cellphone flashlight when standing at a dark bus stop." Some folks don't have cell phones; this is an equity matter.
Fix: eliminate dark bus stops.
Fix: eliminate dark bus stops.
Quarterly @rideonmct.bsky.social check: 2026 bus schedule contact sections still lack the street address of the TRiPS store (for the benefit of folks without phones and computers).
(The street address of the Monroe Street headquarters does appear.)
(The street address of the Monroe Street headquarters does appear.)
January 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Quarterly @rideonmct.bsky.social check: 2026 bus schedule contact sections still lack the street address of the TRiPS store (for the benefit of folks without phones and computers).
(The street address of the Monroe Street headquarters does appear.)
(The street address of the Monroe Street headquarters does appear.)
Quarterly @metrobusinfo.bsky.social and
@metrorailinfo.bsky.social check: Metro Lift financial aid program requires folks to have a phone number; this excludes folks without phones. This is an equity matter.
Fix: eliminate the requirement.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
www.wmata.com/fares/Reduce...
@metrorailinfo.bsky.social check: Metro Lift financial aid program requires folks to have a phone number; this excludes folks without phones. This is an equity matter.
Fix: eliminate the requirement.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
www.wmata.com/fares/Reduce...
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Quarterly @metrobusinfo.bsky.social and
@metrorailinfo.bsky.social check: Metro Lift financial aid program requires folks to have a phone number; this excludes folks without phones. This is an equity matter.
Fix: eliminate the requirement.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
www.wmata.com/fares/Reduce...
@metrorailinfo.bsky.social check: Metro Lift financial aid program requires folks to have a phone number; this excludes folks without phones. This is an equity matter.
Fix: eliminate the requirement.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
www.wmata.com/fares/Reduce...
Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still @takomaparkmd.gov equity walks in the city (in images, on Philadelphia Avenue); the walks used QR codes; they could only be taken by folks with mobile devices and service; they were inherently inequitable.
And…the QR codes no longer work.
Fix: remove the walks.
And…the QR codes no longer work.
Fix: remove the walks.
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still @takomaparkmd.gov equity walks in the city (in images, on Philadelphia Avenue); the walks used QR codes; they could only be taken by folks with mobile devices and service; they were inherently inequitable.
And…the QR codes no longer work.
Fix: remove the walks.
And…the QR codes no longer work.
Fix: remove the walks.
Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still no @takomaparkmd.gov historic marker(s) on Lee Avenue offering excuses for why we continue to honor racist Confederates with streets named after them.
Now: remove the Lee signs.
Next: install "Mister Lee Ave" signs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=utOX...
Now: remove the Lee signs.
Next: install "Mister Lee Ave" signs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=utOX...
January 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Quarterly #TakomaPark check: still no @takomaparkmd.gov historic marker(s) on Lee Avenue offering excuses for why we continue to honor racist Confederates with streets named after them.
Now: remove the Lee signs.
Next: install "Mister Lee Ave" signs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=utOX...
Now: remove the Lee signs.
Next: install "Mister Lee Ave" signs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=utOX...
A very modest (given cold weather) earnest start on a new round of quarterly checks. As usual, the round begins with matters of racism and inequity.
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
A very modest (given cold weather) earnest start on a new round of quarterly checks. As usual, the round begins with matters of racism and inequity.
Coming soon to Taco Bell: the $2.99 BroccoTaco.
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Coming soon to Taco Bell: the $2.99 BroccoTaco.
Life in general: Strike while the iron is hot.
Apartment bathtubs in particular: Fill while the water is hot.
Apartment bathtubs in particular: Fill while the water is hot.
January 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Life in general: Strike while the iron is hot.
Apartment bathtubs in particular: Fill while the water is hot.
Apartment bathtubs in particular: Fill while the water is hot.
Full marks to the headline writer.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books
Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books
Former president convicted for coup plot to take advantage of law that knocks four days off jail term for each book read
Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyers appear to have been reading up on the country’s penal code and have found a way to help their client reduce the 27-year prison sentence he received last year for plotting a coup: reading books.
There is only one problem: the former far-right Brazilian president has never been known as a bibliophile. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Full marks to the headline writer.
Reposted by Arthur David Olson
Was going to take Megan for a couple’s massage but we can’t because we’re not the same length, I’m much taller than she is.
January 15, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Was going to take Megan for a couple’s massage but we can’t because we’re not the same length, I’m much taller than she is.
While McDonald's Hamburglar is a thief, Alexander Mundy of "It Takes A Thief" is a burglar (and a thief).
(The usual disclaimer: I Am Not A Lawyer.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonal...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Take...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/burglar
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thief
(The usual disclaimer: I Am Not A Lawyer.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonal...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Take...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/burglar
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thief
McDonaldland - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:29 PM
While McDonald's Hamburglar is a thief, Alexander Mundy of "It Takes A Thief" is a burglar (and a thief).
(The usual disclaimer: I Am Not A Lawyer.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonal...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Take...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/burglar
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thief
(The usual disclaimer: I Am Not A Lawyer.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonal...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Take...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/burglar
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thief
Dais: $64,029.54.
(With an apology for the lateness of this reply.)
md-takomapark.civicplus.com/DocumentCent...
(With an apology for the lateness of this reply.)
md-takomapark.civicplus.com/DocumentCent...
md-takomapark.civicplus.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Dais: $64,029.54.
(With an apology for the lateness of this reply.)
md-takomapark.civicplus.com/DocumentCent...
(With an apology for the lateness of this reply.)
md-takomapark.civicplus.com/DocumentCent...
#TakomaPark council #GavelDown (actualy tonight).
Next live posts: 1/21/2026, starting about 7:15 p.m. (barring an intervening Secret Session or Super Secret Session). Don't miss it if you can.
Next live posts: 1/21/2026, starting about 7:15 p.m. (barring an intervening Secret Session or Super Secret Session). Don't miss it if you can.
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 AM
#TakomaPark council #GavelDown (actualy tonight).
Next live posts: 1/21/2026, starting about 7:15 p.m. (barring an intervening Secret Session or Super Secret Session). Don't miss it if you can.
Next live posts: 1/21/2026, starting about 7:15 p.m. (barring an intervening Secret Session or Super Secret Session). Don't miss it if you can.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Landman suggests a council meeting discussion of what to do, which would not necessarily be done at a following council meeting.
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 AM
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Landman suggests a council meeting discussion of what to do, which would not necessarily be done at a following council meeting.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Landman wonders if time will be scheduled for immigration matters. Mayor Searcy: it might be useful for us to chat offline. There might be a community/official event; it might not necessarily result in a resolution.
January 15, 2026 at 4:53 AM
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Landman wonders if time will be scheduled for immigration matters. Mayor Searcy: it might be useful for us to chat offline. There might be a community/official event; it might not necessarily result in a resolution.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Dyballa wonders if names will be made available in writing. City clerk: yes.
January 15, 2026 at 4:51 AM
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Dyballa wonders if names will be made available in writing. City clerk: yes.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Schlegel on diversity: "The issue is on the front end of people applying...once people apply, [the majority] are qualified."
January 15, 2026 at 4:51 AM
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Schlegel on diversity: "The issue is on the front end of people applying...once people apply, [the majority] are qualified."
#TakomaPark council: city manager has returned to the stage.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 AM
#TakomaPark council: city manager has returned to the stage.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak addresses racial equity. Memo text: "In this round, 5 of the 17 applicants identify as other than white (1 Asian, 3 Black/African American,
and 1 identifies as “other."
and 1 identifies as “other."
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 AM
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak addresses racial equity. Memo text: "In this round, 5 of the 17 applicants identify as other than white (1 Asian, 3 Black/African American,
and 1 identifies as “other."
and 1 identifies as “other."
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak notes that applicants were asked for second choices.
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 AM
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak notes that applicants were asked for second choices.
#TakomaPark council: and at least at the moment, the city manager has left the stage.
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 AM
#TakomaPark council: and at least at the moment, the city manager has left the stage.
#TakomaPark council: city clerk reads aloud the names of persons recommended for service (and the groups for which they are recommended).
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 AM
#TakomaPark council: city clerk reads aloud the names of persons recommended for service (and the groups for which they are recommended).
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak notes that they, Councilmember Gilbert, and Councilmember Schlegel considered applications for service on city's stipend-based groups.
January 15, 2026 at 4:46 AM
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak notes that they, Councilmember Gilbert, and Councilmember Schlegel considered applications for service on city's stipend-based groups.