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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 5d

Incredible @perrybaconjr.bsky.social interview with Chris Van Hollen

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · 9d

Good Decorated Shed

old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 9d

iceberg restaurant, tulsa, oklahoma, 1979

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 10d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 12d

rabbit watermelon with melon balls, menges lakeside, livingston manor, new york, 1978

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Nick Sementelli @nsementelli.bsky.social · 21d

Slight uptick in crime (or perception of)? Attack the decades long criminal code rewrite! Youth curfews! Is there evidence they work? How dare you ask that! Do you think we should do NOTHING?

Some restaurants close? Is it actually a trend? Do we have data? No time for that! Repeal the last thing!

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unIMPortant, DM of Alleged Reality🔞parody for sad strange adults @tonybologny.bsky.social · 21d

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A somewhat naturalistic cgi cow looks in the direction of a cgi Cow Tools type cow cgi model that has been placed behind a model of the SICKOS guy's window as a facade. The implication is that the Cow Tools cow is saying "Yes... ha Ha HA... YES!" as would any other figure placed similarly. Available on Steam for use in Dungeon Alchemist.

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Larry Shure @ultralocal1.bsky.social · 21d

Pen drawings of Chicago substation stone details. Left is at 2950 E. 80th, and right is at 6910 N. Glenwood (now the Lifeline Theater).

Pointillist pen drawing of a Chicago electrical substation stone panel depicting a lightbulb with emanating rays.

Pointillist pen drawing of a Chicago electrical substation stone panel depicting four lightbulbs within a geometric grid, each emanating rays.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 23d

Look, they do not have the capacity or competence to do this at the scale they want you to fear they do, and your fear is precisely their greatest force multiplier. Everybody who is cowed into silence by their threats allows them a smaller pool to focus on.

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 23d

Stephen Miler is open about what's coming: a federal law enforcement crackdown on its political opponents

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Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid @dcmigrantmutualaid.org · 29d

🚨ACTIVE CHECKPOINT ALERT 🚨

There is an active checkpoint at the intersection of 30th St SE and Alabama Ave as of today, September 9, at 7:25 p.m. Avoid the area if possible! 1/2

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Sep 8

While the project has its faults (way too many vehicle lanes, a landscaped median instead of a bus lane) it’ll calm traffic, give parking space back to local businesses, and create a protected bike link from DTSS to the Forest Glen Metro

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Sep 8

Some good news for local bikers—the state has fully funded the Georgia Ave safety project

State Highway Administration Announces $50.8 Million in Funding For Safety Improvements on Georgia Ave. - The MoCo Show

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) State Highway Administration has announced funding for long-awaited pedestrian, bicycle and roadway improvements along MD 97 (Georgia Avenue) in the Mo...

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Sep 6

Cry more NIMBYs (again)

Theo in Arlington @adamtheo.com · Sep 6

Arlington Missing Middle is back (again), baby! Now, this does send it back to the circuit court, apparently, but the original NIMBY judge is no longer serving and this is from the *full* Court of Appeals, unlike the 3-judge panel that had that yes-then-no ruling two+ months ago. @arlnow.bsky.social

Teo Armus @teoarmus.bsky.social · Sep 5

New tonight: The Virginia Court of Appeals appears to have reinstated Arlington’s “missing middle” plan, reversing an order from a circuit court judge that put a stop to the EHO policy.

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Aug 28

Oh great we’re doing this shit again

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · Aug 28

Inbox: MAKING FEDERAL ARCHITECTURE BEAUTIFUL AGAIN

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Neil Flanagan 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are less than five years from having congressional hearings on Tartaria.

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◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · Aug 25

None of this is true.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 25

Stephen Miller on DC residents: "For the first time in their lives, they can use the parks, they can walk on the streets. You have people who can walk freely at night without having to worry about being robbed or mugged. They are wearing their watches again."

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Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid @dcmigrantmutualaid.org · Aug 18

Best Practices for Bystanders and ICE Watch! #WeKeepUsSafe

Best practices for bystanders

Fostering Safe Communities by Our Communities
The material presented here should not be relied on as legal advice. please assess your own personal risks and reach out to an attorney.

Logos: Montgomery County Immigrant Rights Collective, Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid, Colectivo de Familas Migrantes

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Aug 19

Jesus Christ man abolish this fucking agency

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 19

NEW— ICE vehicles chased a landscaping truck through Takoma Park, MD, on Monday about a mile from DC, which ended with the truck crashing on someone’s lawn and narrowly missing another car, multiple residents confirm to me. Video shows ICE going into a backyard to find/arrest the men from the truck.

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Aug 19

I also took time to ride GRTC’s Pulse, one of the 3 (?) real deal center running BRTs in the country. It’s great and shows what cities can do with the political will to execute BRT correctly. It’s so popular that they’re already expanding the system and rebuilding stations to accommodate 60’ buses

Center running BRT lanes with a Pulse bus

RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Aug 19

The ICA was pretty cool but felt a bit unresolved. Great gallery spaces and lobby and a cool form (especially when it’s lit up) but there’s some sloppy detailing and not a ton of relationship to Broad Street.

Modern grey building (ICA by Steven Holl)

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Aug 19

Also saw this bonkers Moorish Revivial theater on VCUs campus.

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Aug 19

I was only there for 36 hours or so but I made sure to see some architecture. Walked through the Fan, which felt like a mix of DC and New Orleans, and saw Steven Holl’s Institute for Contemporary Art.

Townhouses in Richmond’s Fan neighborhood

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Aug 19

I took a trip to Richmond over the weekend to see a NASCAR race and it was as great as everyone says it is

School building converted to apartments in Richmond

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · Aug 18

The NIMBY three step: “I participated in the public process and did not get my way” becomes “I was left out of the decision making process” and then turns into “I deserve the power to overturn the result of the public process and impose my will on the majority by lawsuit.”

"There was a process that occurred and many people felt they were left out from the decision process," Van Doorn said."... I thought that was really unfair. It's not just the nine plaintiffs who are involved. There are hundreds and hundreds of people behind us who are supporting not having the city ordinance as it's drafted."

Van Doorn said that, after Circuit Court judge Claude Worrell granted the plaintiffs a summary judgement in the case, due to the city's outside counsel missing a filing deadline, the plaintiffs attempted to negotiate with the city.
"We thought, at this time, it would be best to sit down with the city," Van Doorn told Schilling. "We never had any intention of blowing up the whole zoning (ordinance). We just had some certain issues with how it was processed."

Van Doorn, 71, said the plaintiffs asked for the city to conduct a Virginia Department of Transportation impact study, something it believed was required before the new ordinance was adopted in 2024.
They also asked that residential zones revert to residential-agricultural zoning. Van Doorn opposes converting those zones to high density zones. He said the city, the next day, said no.
Now, Worrell will hear the city's defense in regards to the failure to do the VDOT study on Monday. The plaintiffs will have a chance to respond Wednesday. Van Doorn said he expects a final ruling in the case on Friday.

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Aug 18

I don’t hate the idea of putting a giant M on the side but the way the windows cut into it on all of these designs looks horrible

Options for the 8000 series metro car liveries

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RIP Newell St Streetery @ripnewellstreetery.bsky.social · Aug 18

Man these are all better than the 7k series (by default) but they’re still pretty bad. Why not keep the classic brown stripe and the logo on the front?

Metro @wmata.com · Aug 18

Calling all transit fans! Let your voice be heard. 🚇

🗳️ Vote on the exterior design for our new 8000-series rail fleet! Voting will close at 11:59 PM on August 22. Winning concept will be announced next week.

Vote before time runs out: wmata.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey...

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