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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 15h

I'm excited to be presenting on research from my forthcoming book, Schools for Sale: Disinvestment, Dispossession, and School Building Reuse in Philadelphia on Nov 7th ata the APA Public Schools and Communities Division School Planning Summit! lnkd.in/eYxCPTtH
@umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social

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Michelle Chappell she/her @michellechap76.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a fun fact for week 2 of the federal shutdown:

Number of appropriations bills passed by the House this year: 3

Number of anti-DC bills passed by the House this year: 7

Even when the House was in session, Republicans were spending time harassing DC instead of doing their jobs #FreeDC

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The 51st @51st.news · 1d

The Douglass Community Land Trust was born from Ward 8 residents’ efforts to ensure D.C.’s first elevated public park would actually benefit existing residents and businesses.

Today, they're creating permanent affordability and “pay-it-forward” homeownership to protect longtime D.C. residents.

This Anacostia nonprofit is fighting displacement east of the river

The Douglass Community Land Trust is creating permanent affordability and “pay-it-forward” homeownership to protect longtime D.C. residents.

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 2d

Total same. I recently reviewed a draft manuscript for the same reason (the book was great - when it comes out, you should review it!)

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 4d

Worth noting dc has a pilot for reduced fines for snap recipients thelabprojects.dc.gov/can-traffic-...

Can traffic fine reductions improve equity and maintain safety? — The Lab @ DC

Can traffic fine reductions improve equity and maintain safety?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6d

Pick one or two lanes and keep at it. You are one person and cannot do everything or take 10 actions a day.

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Bilal Baydoun @bilalb.bsky.social · 6d

Where are we 15 years after SCOTUS sanctioned virtually unlimited campaign contributions from billionaires and large corporations? @rfunkfordham.bsky.social's new report analyzes how the Citizens United decision is corroding democracy on multiple fronts, and calls for renewed urgency for reforms.

Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 6d

One hundred billionaire donors poured a record $2.6 billion into the 2024 elections—1 of every 6 dollars spent.

New analysis from @rfunkfordham.bsky.social on the last 15 years of #CitizensUnited’s impact on democracy. 2/3 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Graph showing breakdown of top 100 billionaire donor spending on outside political spending groups.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 7d

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
— Jane Goodall

#RIPJaneGoodall

Photo of a woman wearing jeans riding a bicycle.

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 7d

The report out of @vplc.bsky.social and the RVA Eviction Lab is so important. "In 2024, judges awarded nearly $18 million in fees to landlord attorneys in residential eviction cases across Virginia, a 48% increase from 2019, even as eviction judgments fell 19%" rvaevictionlab.org/2025/09/27/u...

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explore.org @explore.org · 8d

Meet your FAT BEAR WEEK 2025 champion.

Chunk the Hunk. The Chunkster. 32 Chunk.

All hail the new king of Brooks River 👑

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah. We got 4 - one for each ward 6 voter in my household

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 8d

I'm serious when I say that middle school is still present for these people. They are the dude who came up to you in the lunch line to ask, "what do scissors do?" so they could cut in front for their pizza square, milk & brown corn.

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Brianne K Nadeau @brianneknadeau.bsky.social · 8d

Plastic bottles make up 60% by weight of all the trash floating on the Anacostia and lining its banks.

We're heading out on the water to see what's at stake, as well as some great restoration efforts, ahead of tomorrow's first hearing on the bottle bill.

Photo of boat at dock in Anacostia River with people starting to board as others make their way down the ramp

Photo of people in boat docked in Anacostia River. Councilmember Brianne K Nadeau wears a green jacket and is seated next to a man holding a TV camera.

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 8d

Middle school never ended for these guys.

Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 8d

The current homepage of the US Department of Housing & Urban Development.

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 11d

Yep. Not the behavior of winners. Definitely the behavior of middle school bullies.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12d

The US has gone from "walk softly and carry a big stick" to "react to every perceived slight like the most insecure guy in the room"

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12d

Heavy Sigh.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12d

The US has gone from "walk softly and carry a big stick" to "react to every perceived slight like the most insecure guy in the room"

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12d

Heavy Sigh.

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We will revoke Petro's visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions.
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 12d

Mainstream economics continues to rely on Newtonian mathematics — using calculus to optimise, subject to constraints, an approach not suited to understanding macroeconomics or human behavior.

Nice shoutout to Vela Velupillai, my former professor at The New School

www.ft.com/content/2925...

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History Daily - This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 12d

63 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️

Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 12d

Once again, this matches the many stories of the various actors I heard in interviews over the last 15+ years. There are some developers trying to do legitimate things, some taking advantage of anything they can and a lot of tenants trying to stay afloat. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7714...

‘He Love-Bombed Us’: Urban Village Tenants Say They Were Duped By Affordable Housing Developers

Tenants believed they would own 20 percent of the apartment community. But the two developers are now accused of turning a community jewel into a neglected property where “mold allowed to grow like an...

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Jenny Schuetz @jennyschuetz.bsky.social · 13d

Tireless Mercatus team @salimfurth.bsky.social @ebwhamilton.bsky.social @charlescgardner.bsky.social just dropped 18 (!) strategies for state govts to increase housing supply. Love the ideas to limit "lawsuits of questionable merit" [ahem, Virginia]. www.mercatus.org/research/pol...

Housing Reform in the States: A Menu of Options for 2026

Although state legislatures took unprecedented strides toward releasing the housing supply from its regulatory straitjacket in 2025, most pro-housing policies have not yet been adopted in most states....

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 13d

A Rhode Island Wind Farm Changed Their View. And Their Lives, for the Better. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

A Rhode Island Wind Farm Changed Their View. And Their Lives, for the Better.

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 14d

[email protected] and @mwcog.bsky.social have launched DMV Monitor, which will assess the impact of cuts to the federal government on the Washington area. So far: fed jobs down, unemployment up, more homes for sale, more households showing signs of financial distress: www.brookings.edu/articles/dmv...

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 14d

My partner and I talk about this a lot. Dealing with loss? Heartbreak? punctilious people? Infidelity? Divorce? Fascism? Dudes who try to dismiss you? Like...it's all there...

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DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social · 14d

In our first year of enforcing the STEER Act, traffic fatalities in DC are down 61% year-to-date.

Our collective traffic enforcement efforts alongside DDOT, MPD, DMV, and DPW are making our streets safer for all.

Whether you drive, ride, or walk, you deserve to be able to commute safely in DC.

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 15d

Something tells me these two aren't gonna get raptured!

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 15d

A spray-painted bronze statue titled “Best Friends Forever” showing Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was placed on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday.

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