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Travis A. Niles

@travisaniles.bsky.social

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#energytwitter alumnus, working on climate. Sci-fi lover and wine aficionado. I don't think there are strangers, just friends I haven't met yet. Alexandria VA resident. Hails from the 607.

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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 1d

VA Gubernatorial debate be like

Moderator: "candidates, in 60 seconds, is the sky blue?"

Spanberger: "Thank you, my time as a federal agent taught me to use my analytical skills.."

Earle-Sears: "strong linebacker-sized tranz kids will eat your jobs if we don't have clean coal"

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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 1d

Watching the VA gubernatorial debate and my God listening to Lt. Gov Earle-Sears is nauseating. It's like someone narrating Facebook posts

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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 2d

I audibly LOLd

Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 2d

"boo, or whatever." - the cats of Walnut Street

Halloween decorations of skeletal cats are accompanied by two very much alive, white and black cats

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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 3d

Priorities for me:

Alexandria Community Shelter
Alexandria West Recreation Center
West End Aquatics Facility/Pool
200 Block of King Street Construction

Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 4d

I see what you did there. well met

Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 4d

May God grant you the hutzpah of the Virginia American Water employee who knocked on the front door and asked "Do you need water today?"

... you were supposed to turn the water off yesterday my dude.

deep space nine character seven of nine with the text. could you seven of not

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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 5d

a man is driving a car with his arms in the air and the words `` heck yeah ! ''

ALT: a man is driving a car with his arms in the air and the words `` heck yeah ! ''

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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 5d

is this a magic induction surface?

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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 6d

Sage advice from a friend

(Artist credit is Megan Zins)

Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 8d

Sending condolences and support. If you'd like meals, drinks or just a walk when you're back in ALX, hit me up

Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 8d

a man in a red sweater sits on a bench with the words hello neighbor below him

ALT: a man in a red sweater sits on a bench with the words hello neighbor below him

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 11d

America’s military leadership has more important things to do than listen to lectures on character from an unqualified drunk who assaults women.

Any soldier who was as careless as Hegseth was with war plans would be fired if not prosecuted.

And everyone in that room knows it.

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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 11d

following with great interest as I also aspire to massively update our home network

Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 11d

heartbreaking, so very sorry.

Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 12d

Reading NEVER ALWAYS got me

Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 12d

it is! the alley connecting Union and Lee

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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 12d

There's some Looney Tunes level goings on here with multiple signs and *still* they prop the door. I love it.

At this point they should just try signs demanding LEAVE DOOR PROPPED OPEN to see what happens

a door is propped open. the door is surrounded by signs indicating that it is improper to leave the door propped open

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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 15d

it's apparently just come back

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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 15d

anybody else still suffering a Comcast outage in ALX?

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Cathy Walker @canawa.bsky.social · 16d

If I chase my tail, I do not fit.

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Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 16d

I feel that. I've seen some perplexing priorities, and of course we all know how long some take to make decisions

Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 16d

What flavor of fearmongering are they dealing in? Raising costs?

Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social · 16d

If you're like me and weren't cool enough to go New York this year for Climate Week, you can assuage your FOMO with a Climate Week feed:

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