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Public Universal Fiend @publicuniversal.bsky.social · 14h

We could try to draw school boundaries to balance equalization of access to resources and keeping to/from school commutes reasonably short ooooooor we could just give endless freebies for having enough money to buy into Whitman/BCC

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 11h

it is wrong that MCPS would change boundaries in other parts of the county and refuse to include B-CC and Whitman, full stop. this isn’t about busing. we need to stop making excuses for giving rich neighborhoods special treatment.

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 11h

transportation camp is a highlight of my year and I look forward to its return!!

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 14h

it is cowardly. the school system’s job is to make the best use of taxpayer resources to ensure all kids get a good education, not to appease wealthy parents who think their property values will collapse if their kids attend a more diverse school. and yet here we are

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 14h

MCPS is redrawing school boundaries before Woodward HS opens in 2027—while Bethesda-area schools will largely stay the same, high schools in Silver Spring will become even more segregated by class and race. bethesdamagazine.com/2025/10/09/w...

New Woodward High boundary options keep current Whitman, Bethesda-Chevy Chase attendance zones

Attendance zones for Walt Whitman and Bethesda-Chevy Chase high schools would remain the same while those for schools such as Walter Johnson High and Northwood High School would shift.

bethesdamagazine.com

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 19h

once again neighbors in Montgomery County are having a normal one

Greater Greater Washington @ggwash.org · 19h

As Montgomery County officials consider recommendations for safety improvements on one of Maryland's most dangerous roads, some neighbors have a need for speed.

Pro-speeding yard signs appear along University Boulevard

View this post on ggwash.org

ggwash.org

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 2d

big news from navy yard this week as @ggwash.org moved into a bigger office and for the first time in years we can all fit inside it, as shown here
ggwash.org/view/101098/...

Moving day at the GGWash office, again

GGWash has moved into a bigger office space, and we now have more room to hang flyers, photos, memes, and mementos from the past 17 years.

ggwash.org

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 4d

*goes to Bethesda* where are all the proselytizers? are people here not also in need of Jesus? it is literally named after a place in the Bible

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 5d

have you considered saying that you’re “extremely Jewish”

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 5d

is the cost of not being bombarded with messages from a vengeful god i, personally, don’t ascribe to having to go to or live in bethesda

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 5d

politely brushing off the many, many proselytizers milling around the Silver Spring farmers market every time one approaches me by saying “I’m extremely gay, sorry”

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Brigid Howe @bnhowe.bsky.social · 9d

These people are bad people.

They saying that they believe the aesthetics of their neighborhood matter more than the safety of children and people with disabilities.

Trees are replaceable. Children are not.

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 9d

I still have bruises from this driver's negligence. my dog has spots where his fur will never grow back. and five months later I am begging MCDOT to answer my emails, let alone to fix the intersection where it happened. at least the driver's insurance paid out. ggwash.org/view/99589/a...

A driver hit me and my dog, and here’s the proof

This month, my dog and I became members of a not-so-exclusive club: the 60,000 pedestrians who will be injured in a car crash each year. In the process of writing about this I get stuck: I want to bri...

ggwash.org

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 9d

Montgomery County told me the same thing about fixing the intersection where a driver hit me and my dog in May: go make sure your neighbors are okay with any changes first. it feels like a strategy to eat up people's time and wait them out until they get tired. I'm definitely getting there.

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 9d

a dad in Kensington tried to get sidewalks built for his disabled son. Montgomery County basically said it was his job to win over his neighbors, who lashed out at *him* for the proposal. this is simply not how government should work–
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

‘Let’s be nice, please’: Debate over sidewalks gets testy amid safety concerns

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation wants to add sidewalks in Kensington. Neighbors are turning on those who welcome the change.

www.thebanner.com

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Bethany/Ruth @honeycrisp.bsky.social · 11d

If you have never participated in the glory that is the Snacket, may I suggest you remedy that posthaste. forms.gle/ipqSUgtH2c6q...

Nostalgia Snacket - Round 1

Welcome to the 11th Year of Snacket. This is 2025's Off-season Nostalgia Snacket. 80 Nostalgic snacks enter. Only 1 can win. Which is a better nostalgic snack? Vote to see which snacks move on to Ro...

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 11d

finally a place for people like me who have been coveting the viennetta for thirty years 👀

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 12d

just now i was by the purple line construction site on georgia avenue and i saw three teen boys taking pictures and one said “did you hear they’re testing trains now” 😭 my child if only you knew what it took to get here

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 12d

I went to my first Purple Line meeting in 2003 (at 15!) and attended the groundbreaking in 2017. long ago I accepted it may never open—but to see actual people riding in trains, even as a test, feels amazing. we’re almost there www.nbcwashington.com/video/news/l...

Exclusive ride on the Purple Line

News4 Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss took an exclusive ride on the Purple Line.

www.nbcwashington.com

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 12d

Please read this, the opposition to this plan has been full of exhausting misinformation and a richer, older subsection of the population presuming to speak for the whole (even more than these things usually are, false claims of homes being seized and everything)

Greater Greater Washington @ggwash.org · 14d

Don't grieve over the University Boulevard Corridor plan.

The University Boulevard Corridor Plan is no one's funeral

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ggwash.org

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 16d

look okay Drizzy got caught in the storm it’s not his fault he smells like wet dog

a wet dog sitting on a porch during a rain storm

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 20d

in 2023 @ggwash.org supported rent stabilization in Montgomery County–but said the county also needs to boost housing production. it's not the only reason why homebuilding has fallen off in the county, but we may need to tweak the law and that's okay
bethesdamagazine.com/2025/09/19/d...

Rent stabilization, rising construction costs are barriers for stalled housing projects, report says

Montgomery Planning analyzed the county’s Development Pipeline and spoke to developers about why their projects have not been delivered.

bethesdamagazine.com

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 21d

truly, I am content waiting for my 20th high school reunion to get the tea

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dan, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈👋🏾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 21d

tfw you learn that your favorite science teacher in middle school is a nimby via screenshots from a neighborhood facebook page 😔

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