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Mike English
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Downtown Silver Spring Maryland resident and housing advocate. Trans Rights. Liberal. YIMBY. Supply, Stability, Subsidy. Autistic and it’s fine, views my own. he/him
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Friendly reminder that even when it is full of snow and ice there is only one spring in Silver Spring, don’t believe Fleetwoods Mac’s’ lies.
The eponymous (recreated and typically dry) “spring” filled with snow, (instead of Mica, which is how we got our name before Stevies Nicks ruined it)
February 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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*cough*
Text reading (with my yellow find on page highlight): While residential uses account for 30% (97,136 acres) of the county’s total land area, single-family detached homes occupy a disproportionate amount of this acreage. Of the county’s residential land, 91% is used for singlefamily detached homes, but these only constitute 45% of the county’s housing stock. At the same time, townhouses comprise 4% of the county’s residential land and 19% of the housing stock, while multi-family units make up 5% of the county’s residential land and 36% of the housing stock. As a percentage of a CTA’s land use, single-family detached homes occupy the greatest share of land in Colesville (56%). Townhomes and multi-family buildings occupy the greatest share of land in Leisure World, at 27% and 23%, respectively. In terms of number of units, however, townhome development can be seen in growing communities such as Clarksburg and Germantown and in recent mixeduse centers such as Park Potomac, while multi-family properties are concentrated in the dense activity centers of Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Rockville.
January 27, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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Weeeekend dooooooog!
Tiny adorable dog named Cocoa getting pets as she dozes on a blanket on my couch Cocoa doin a snooze with her little snout between her legs and ahhhhhhhhhhhhh ❤️ Cocoa right after being dropped off and wondering where mom went. This lasted about two hours.
January 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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I’m not gonna say I like my job too much but I will say that my best friend got me these throw pillows for Christmas.
A throw pillow that says “I can’t fix stupid but I can audit them” and has two checklists on it because of course it does.
January 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Our “5 Cs”, which can be best summarized as “how are things *supposed* to be? Are they? Well fuck, okay what happened and what’s gonna happen if they don’t fix it? Now overthink it six ways to Sunday and tell them what they should do” which… uhhhh see above
Text from Wikipedia summarizing the 5 Cs that make up just about every audit report It reads “Each audit finding within the body of the report may contain five elements, sometimes called the "5 C's": 1. Condition: What is the particular problem identified? 2. Criteria: What is the standard that was not met? The standard may be a company policy or other benchmark. 3. Cause: Why did the problem occur? 4. Consequence: What is the risk/negative outcome (or opportunity foregone) because of the finding? 5. Corrective action: What should management do about the finding? What have they agreed to do and by when? The recommendations in an internal audit report are designed to help the organization achieve effective and efficient governance, risk and control processes associated with onerations obiectives.
January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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As you can see the friends’ pibble I’m watching is very fierce.
Darcy, a black and white pibble, looking disheartened after I stopped petting her (after like 20 god damn minutes) Darcy doing a snooze and thinking she fits in my lap, legs off to one side and head another Darcy being very silly and upside down Darcy being very silly and upside down while getting rubs
December 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Here is a better non cut off picture
A storefront window reading “trans people belong everywhere”
December 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Fuck yeah Kingston!
A storefront window reading “Trans people belong everywhere!”
December 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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*snort*
A sign reading “Wright Architects” (with a w) wrong entrance”
December 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Caption this
Sphinx cat perched on my shoulder and looking judgy
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Cat now doin a sit
Cat now decided I am warm and is sitting on me
December 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Petsitting adventures exhibit 788678283-b
Me trying to pet both the sphinx cat (with some fuzz) and tiny dog out one hand with mixed success Pupper lonely Small white…. Terrier chihuahua mix… I think, doin a stand Sphinx cat mid lick
December 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Weeeeekend doooooog
December 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Nothing like a walk in the snow in the countryside (DC)
Snow in Shepherd Park, across the street from the bright lights of the big CDP, Silver Spring
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Hey gang, is it taxation without representation when your elected representatives paid by your tax dollars vote on policies while representing you?
Nextdoor comment reading “Mike BS. Increasing density to city levels without the votes of the taxpayers is equivalent to taxation without representation. I'm sick and tired of being told it's "my" problem that I object to the direction MoCo is moving. It's in direct conflict to the master plan we worked so hard on to preserve the quality of life here...right up until the desires of outsiders, developers and California Social Democrats suddenly counted more than the property owners. It's MY tax dollars being wasted on anti-environmental projects for the benefit of others who "want" to live here but haven't contributed. I'm a Democratic but I will never vote for this mess we call a county council. They need to go!” My reply “Nikki without unpacking the rest of that, elected representatives taking action after being elected to represent county residents is not, in fact, "equivalent to taxation without representation", and a lot of people who voted for them are happy with these actions too.”
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Void sitting, screechy baby edition
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Silver Spring (and metal), it’s good!

And I only heard one quickly corrected extra “s” added to where I live which once again proves power metal is the best genre
Seven Kingdoms playing at the Fillmore in downtown Silver Spring Enserifum playing at the Fillmore in downtown Silver Spring and also a fucking Viking on bass My favorite band, Blind Guardian, who played about 50% songs about Lord of the Rings, as is standard, and did a meandering and rambling bit before every other song, as is also standard. More Blind Guardian
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Well this one just about checks every alarmist dog whistling box huh?
A Nextdoor post noting, while assuming all sirens are police sirens I guess, and that everything call east of them is heading to Silver Spring, and with enough dog whistles that every dog on my block just went nuts, the following: “In the past two years or so there has been a huge increase in the number of police sirens going down 410 toward Silver Spring. It's almost daily and sometimes more than once daily/ nightly. A once peaceful community is now sounding like the middle of New York City. What gives? Is Silver Spring booming with criminals? Is this going to migrate into Chevy Chase and Bethesda once the purple line is open? All those people who think development is progress would be well to redefine what progress is. Increased safety is progress. Increased people? Not so much.”
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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I love this freaking cat and if my friend asks if you’ve seen her no you haven’t
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Great panel with some great housing people, so thanks to Senator Will Smith, Secretary Jake Day, Tom Coale, and Matt Hill for the excellent housing affordability and tenant protection panel, and Silver Branch for hosting.

Now let’s pass good cause and preempt more local zoning please and thank you
Left to right Matt Hill of the Public Justice Center (and in full disclosure another member of Renters United Maryland like I am) Maryland Secretary of Housing and Community affairs Jake Day, and Tom Coale of the Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition and a lobbying firm who’s name scores me at the moment, who were on the panel, and (my) Maryland State Senator Will Smith, who serves as chair of the Judicial Proceedings Committee (JPR) which hears a lot of housing bills, who served as host
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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I am going to steal my friend’s cat
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Soon!
Construction progress of a park opening up near me compete with a fence and gravel and porta potties and a backhoe in the distance Some pipes for…drainage or something, fuck if I know I can barely unclog a toilet, also dirt and a shipping Container A wider shot of the park construction and also there will be a dog run and I will spend too much time silently wishing to pet the dogs and pretending I’m interested in talking to the people attached to them and also the backbone is still there Just can’t get this description quality with AI can you folks?
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Oh god
A public notice for a hearing about a good and needed housing development that I’m sure everyone will be calm about like they were last time *sobs gently*
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Update
Same pibble napping between my legs
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Midweek dooooooooooooooooog
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM