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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 28m

ticketmaster hates me (the feeling is mutual)

(I get this across multiple devices and browsers, and have for months or longer, so I suspect the 'unusual behavior' is blocking ads and tracking nonsense, or something of that nature...)

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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2h

Taking this on should be a special project for Virginia electeds like @markwarner.bsky.social, @kaine.senate.gov and @beyer.house.gov. This affects all Americans, but your constituents have a front row experience with all of this.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2h

At its core, the militarization of U.S. cities is an affront to Democratic, and democratic, governance—a gambit to set up a national police force, with the president as its chief, where neither the Constitution nor federal law allow it.

For @nymag.com, I probe how to put a stop to this perversion.

Trump Is Not Entitled to a National Police Force

How the hostile takeover of Democratic cities should end.

nymag.com

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 3h

Dammit, sounds like I left Philly too soon 😹

Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 1d

Please be aware that there is a scrapple sculpting contest at the Reading Terminal Market tomorrow at noon. (If you don’t know what this means you probably don’t want to.)

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Nick Sementelli @nsementelli.bsky.social · 10h

This is what's in store for opening day of the new Commanders stadium unless we start building a second station right away

Christina Henderson @chenderson.bsky.social · 10h

Closing the larger entrance for the Navy Yard-Ballpark station for escalator repair 1 week before Nationals Park hosts 3 sold out events leads to this.

Dangerous bottleneck on the street level. Bottleneck at the machines. And near empty cars because folks can’t actually get to the platform in time.

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 17h

I don't even like those things when they're going in a straight line and on the right side of the road.

Had one of those double decker beasts shimmy by in Center City Philly the other day and I got fully on the other side of the sidewalk away from it...

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David Ramos @imagineterrain.bsky.social · 21h

Tom Sietsema is leaving his job as restaurant critic; maybe it's time to call the paper the Washington Past.

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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 22h

This point has to be made vigorously and regularly in the courts. Over and over.

(And we need electeds to start repeating it, too. All of this reflexive bipartisan support for the impunity of law enforcement and state surveillance has to be a casualty of this era.)

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 22h

My new @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social piece tells how DHS continues to deny that citizens have a right to videorecord its agents and raids even in the face of overwhelming court precedent that the First Amendment protects their right to do so. Nor is it just a matter of positions taken in court. /5

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

thedispatch.com

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 22h

Also can't make it and will hope for a recording or something...

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Alex Goyette @alexgoyette.bsky.social · 23h

Related: this webinar today at noon about building affordable housing above public libraries in VA

I have a conflicting mtg but will hope for a recording afterwards

housingforwardva.org/event/librar...

Beds Over Books: Communities developing affordable housing above public libraries - HousingForward Virginia

Join us for an innovative webinar exploring a proven strategy that’s transforming communities nationwide From Chicago to Oregon,...

housingforwardva.org

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Maria Montaño @themariamontano.bsky.social · 23h

Happy National Pierogi Day to all who celebrate.

Jalapeño Hanah is holding a green purse. She didn’t say what was inside. She is lined up ready to race at PNC park.

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Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 1d

I never thought of it quite like this, but the world seems to be made up of two kinds of people. Those who find the diversity in the world to be comforting and approach difference with curiosity even if they are cautious, and the opposite. Those scared by difference, who go in assuming the worst.

Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 1d

I love living in a city full of immigrants and tons and tons of people who are not at all like me and not like each other. It makes us all better and it makes our city better. I know I’m preaching to the choir by saying this on the lib app but I sometimes just get so overwhelmed by how special it is

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, you can't say there's room for the whole team if there's not room for the _whole_ team...

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 2d

Oooh it’s the harvest moon!

Don’t forget to leave milk and cookies out for Neil Young tonight

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning, Philadelphia...!

30th Street Station as seen from the bridge over the Schuylkill River.

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 3d

BusETA also has schedules (e.g., buseta.wmata.com/where/schedu...), but (esp on mobile) they're not always easy to get to.

Schedule - Stop 1001947 - Mt Pleasant St NW+Harvard St NW - S

buseta.wmata.com

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 3d

what, www.wmata.com/schedules/ti... doesn't do it for you...? 😸

WMATA | Timetables

Metro news and service information for the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

www.wmata.com

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 4d

...and only 2.15 time the land area!

Who'da thunk a US State would be denser than a European one...?

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andy, autumn autist @andycannoly.bsky.social · 4d

I will never, ever stop singing the praises of neighborhood bars within walking distance. There is nothing sexier than knowing that you can just walk 5-10 minutes there and 5-10 minutes back, no driving or parking or DD necessary.

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 4d

So they made us smarter. The anxiety and depression were side effects.

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lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you to the Alaska Raptor Center for telling the truth that birders already knew: every bald eagle cry you hear in an advertisement is a red-tailed hawk.

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 5d

Meanwhile in DC it's chilly enough that I'm wearing a hoodie tonight for the third night on a row.

(Still wearing shorts, though -- you can take the kid out of the Midwest, but…)

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 5d

Twitter I believe allows 1,000 chars in alt text — here it's 2K.

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 5d

really wish reporters — especially those posting screenshots of _documents_ — could take 15 seconds out of their rush to be first to BREAK NEWS and add ALT text to their images.

(Admittedly, sometimes documents, even text ones, are built as images or don't allow copying. This isn't one of them.)

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 5d

[same image, with ALT text]

(seriously, guys, it takes 15 seconds. just copy the text and add it as ALT text.)

The analysis that follows is necessarily lengthy, as we must address the parties' numerous arguments in each of the cases involved. But the length of our analysis should not be mistaken for a sign that the fundamental question that these cases raise about the scope of birthright citizenship is a difficult one. It is not, which may explain why it has been more than a century since a branch of our government has made as concerted an effort as the Executive Branch now makes to deny Americans their birthright.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 5d

How the hell is this shutdown our fault if Republicans can’t be bothered to show up

🚨🚨The House reading clerk just read a letter from House Speaker Mike Johnson where he declares a 'District Work Period' from October 7 to October 13.

That would mean no votes until mid-month.

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