Wizard Hazel
rudbeckiahirta.bsky.social
Wizard Hazel
@rudbeckiahirta.bsky.social
he/him
For people who made it to today’s hearing on 25-0066, how did it go?
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Baltimore weighing in early on the fixie debate
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Oh look, a map of publicly owned land that should be returned to Native Americans
We found that the BLM skipped environmental review on 75% of its grazing land. Our new @propublica.org story explains the ”loophole” that allows BLM to bypass enviro reviews. www.propublica.org/article/graz...
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The tour is amazing! I learned a bunch and if you’re anywhere near Baltimore you should check it out
Also you should come on this tour so that I can pay my rent this month 😭🥺
More tour photos are up! fullstorybaltimore.tours/our-tours/#c... Click through to see them!
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The results:
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My recipe pet peeve is when recipes give volumetric measurements instead of weight

1/4 cup of maple syrup? No thank you, I will be pouring 78 grams into the mixing bowl on top of the food scale
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Apple/google maps should have a “you can catch this train if you run” option. I’m never going to pick waiting 20 minutes over two minutes of light jogging
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I’m no journalist but this is pretty straightforwardly activism and not reporting
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Looking at the map, I’m not sure there are great options for a subway. If you go under the railroad tracks, you wind up having to go really deep for most of the route.
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Fantastic article. It makes me think of similar frustrations I’ve had with neighborhood associations (especially mine) in Baltimore
Opinion: The problem at public meetings isn't who shows up, but the roles that the people at public meetings are expected to play
What are planning hearings actually for?
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November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Damn someone should invent a council that represents people from all over the city, that sounds super useful

(From the Baltimore Brew’s Facebook comments section)
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I was riding my cargo bike yesterday and someone on road bike asked me whether I was riding to pick something up

Which led to the realization that I ride my bike the way other people drive their pickup trucks: there’s usually nothing in the back but it sure is convenient to have the option
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I see we’ve moved past the “I support renters but” pretense
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
There are two courts of the Fae. The Seelie Court gives open-source software freely, but provide no protection should you use it unwisely. The Unseelie Court sells closed-source software, and you will be forever bound by their arcane contracts.
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It’s the same problem everywhere. We need cities to be brave enough to proactively engineer their transportation systems to get people out of cars
You'll never get loads of people out of cars, onto alternatives if you only ever accept current motor traffic levels as they are and fail to enable faster buses by separating them from traffic. At same time, you'll also miss your Net Zero target of 27% reduction in road km driven by 2030 by miles...
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
@bmorecitydot.bsky.social we need a red light camera at Druid Park Lake Drive and Linden.

I just watched five drivers run the red light. One of them even drove through in front of me after I had already started crossing with the white crossing light active.
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I feel like at a minimum headlights should have to dim at low speeds. You don’t need to see 500 ft in front of you when you’re driving 15 mph down a residential street.
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Made the mistake of looking at the Baltimore Brew facebook page and hoo boy that’s a lot of slurs
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Would love to know the total number of Baltimore cops under criminal investigation this year. This makes five I’m aware of from just the past week
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: single-family zoning does not guarantee homeownership. There is no law against renting out a single-family home.
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Presidential candidates usually pander by going to state fairs and eating terrible food. I’d like to be pandered to by seeing them prove they can get around without a car.
I'd like to see the president navigate the metro purely as a test of mental acuity
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Think it’s almost certainly that animal agriculture should not exist
"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
For this and many other reasons, churches have no business deciding what medical care you can get
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Glad to see that the cop who (allegedly) tried to murder someone with his car has been indicted but it’s wild that they’re waiting for a conviction before firing him.

Not a lot of other jobs work that way!
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM