Following up on some questions from @chenderson.bsky.social re 311 and rodent trends. Writing up something longer, but I found this trend interesting. It is taking the city much longer to close out rodent abatement tickets in Ward 5 recently. cc @cmzparker5.bsky.social

Photographer Joe Flood captured this image of the reflecting pool now empty again. No “300-yard long gash” from “vandals” as Trump continues to lie to be seen. Must have been one of those famous self-sealing box cutter ninja crews.

Whenever some NIMBY writes an op-ed, you should look up that person's address and figure out 1. how much they paid for their home, 2. what it's worth today and 3. how much they pay in property taxes. In this case: 1. $79,000 in 1983. 2. $1,000,000. 3. $4,800/year (0.5% of assessed value.)

"Residents didn't oppose it blindly. We just wanted engagement. We read the plans, cited city code and asked questions about scale, traffic mitigation, safety and impact. But our concerns were ignored."

New Metro maps just dropped.

Last night, ANC 1B *unanimously* adopted a resolution calling on @councilofdc.bsky.social to halt this rush to change the rules of an election midstream with NOT A SINGLE public hearing, roundtable, or other consultation. 🧵

I legit think it would have been fascinating for David Graeber to grapple with this.

Thanks to @ddotdc.bsky.social & National Park Service for reinstalling the bumpers on the 15th Street bike lane! They had been temporarily removed for the July 4 festivities.

When the states are being harmed by the president's actions, the states' representatives in the federal legislature can pass a law to force the president to take different actions. I hope Sen. Schiff's office is pursuing legislation that would force Trump to stop hurting California's trade.

When the states are being harmed by the president's actions, the states' representatives in the federal legislature can pass a law to force the president to take different actions. I hope Sen. Schiff's office is pursuing legislation that would force Trump to stop hurting California's trade.

The Purple Patch streatery, the last one remaining on Mount Pleasant Street, is coming down. The new DC rules and fees have just about wiped out expanded outdoor dining across Ward 1. www.popville.com/2026/07/purp...

It's weird that the people label our Mayor as "business-friendly" when stuff like this makes it clear that it's only for certain sectors or donors, and certainly not small businesses as a whole.

Mayor Bowser's Lame Duck Era Presents: Making DC's Streets a Little Less Human

still pretty mad at @mayorbowser.dc.gov and DDOT Director Kershbaum for being so eager to make streateries all but illegal. It was a very bad decision that is making our neighborhoods actively worse places to live and visit.

Mayor Bowser's Lame Duck Era Presents: Making DC's Streets a Little Less Human

Purple Patch’s streatery is coming down 😔 We’re losing one of the best places in the city to eat outside or enjoy a Nido wine tasting to make room for about 4 parking spaces

President Trump: Would you go to Moscow? President Zelenskyy: It's difficult. There are a lot of Ukrainian drones there. It's dangerous.

An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

“Everything Trump touched turns to shit” isn’t even a meme, his involvement distracted an otherwise focused group of players and got them thinking and talking about off pitch decisions. He materially made the national team worse.

just tried to explain lcd soundsystem to my wife and after listening to some she described it as “fast little beeps”

Glad to see my neighbor's 311 app being covered by NOTUS. We're waiting on final approval from Apple before it will be opened to a broader audience! www.notus.org/metro/washin...

Do you think there is a difference between saying children should go to school even when they're tired, and the Holocaust? Personally I see a difference. Do you?

D.C.'s official 311 app broke, so an enterprising resident decided to build his own. City officials are less than entertained by the renegade app, while civic hackers say D.C. could learn a little something from them: www.notus.org/metro/washin...

This is seriously a great step forward.

How nice! The city of Bonn, Germany, is honoring July 4 by decorating a pond to match the Washington DC Reflecting Pool! 🇩🇪🇺🇸

How nice! The city of Bonn, Germany, is honoring July 4 by decorating a pond to match the Washington DC Reflecting Pool! 🇩🇪🇺🇸

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

Deutschland muss sich der Tatsache stellen, dass seine Bürger in US-Lagern getötet werden.

Last year, after President Trump eliminated my wife's and my jobs, we moved to Germany. South Writ Large invited me to reflect on our move in their Summer 2026 issue, which came out yesterday. southwritlarge.com/articles/so-...

Last year, after President Trump eliminated my wife's and my jobs, we moved to Germany. South Writ Large invited me to reflect on our move in their Summer 2026 issue, which came out yesterday. southwritlarge.com/articles/so-...

I think the key divide here a vision of the service economy as "I do services for you and you do services for me" vs. "service workers are low-class servants I can boss around." For the latter, the expanding service economy represents a gendered threat as the jobs are often female-coded.

Decided to test how much faster Snap311 is than the DC311 app. 21 seconds vs 72 seconds for a single request from app open. Thinking about how much time people waste because DC Gov isn’t interested in improving the user experience. Over 100 requests, this is >1 hr wasted

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 North Carolina legislature passes most comprehensive parking mandate reforms in the country! Water conservation groups and proponents of small businesses and main streets come together for a bipartisan success story!

Just re watched this. It's sad to see Chair Mendelson isn't interested when the Mayor breaks the law, and sad that he seems to think it's the fault of individual CMs like @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social when the Mayor chooses to break the law in an area where they chair a Council committee.

looks good to me 👍

per email from WABA ED, feds didn’t appeal 15th street ruling by deadline so we won for real

D.C. law says an agency director can only serve in an interim capacity for six months; if they serve beyond that timeframe, they can't be paid as the director. But the law has been ignored for years, and in some cases D.C. agencies haven't had permanent directors for a long time.

Part of why housing discourse is such a mess is that when housing prices are successfully lowered by local government policy (which is exactly what happened here!), it gets reported by the local paper as bad news.

Not quoting because it's a small account, but I do this exercise in my housing class where I show census data from a South LA neighborhood where a wealthier group of people replaced a poorer group. The students all agree it's gentrification until I reveal it's Latinos replacing African Americans.

My neighbor built a functioning 311 app in a matter of hours while it took OUC more than 6 weeks to fix their broken app. Throughout this process, OUC has been more interested in protecting themselves than learning from his app.

Here is the "WARNING NOTICE" federal agents hand-delivered. "YOU MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW" It's the second of these notices I am aware of. If you've received one, please get in touch: fire.org/alarm

They hate us for our freedoms.

the feds have done more to harass americans angry over good and pretti’s killings than they have to investigate them

Imagine if hundreds of people died in hurricane or floods smashing through Europe Heatwaves have already killed that many ppl. They are a silent killer in that they dont generate outrage or fear. Hope this by @economist.com helps save lives as Europeans wake up to danger bsky.app/profile/eate...

20 years ago Washington City Paper assigned me to report on the commercial build out of Columbia Heights. I had all standard lefty pre-conceived notions about how gentrification was evil, and expected the residents, barbershop owners, etc. to be scared and outraged. That was, um, not the case.

Beautiful! This Beluga Whale Swam Hundreds of Miles Just to Return to Her Natural Home at Sea World!

The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/r...

Shame on all who blatantly lie - with computer images or by other means - and especially shame on those who attempt to justify their lying by appealing to some greater truth.

When a DC resident was handcuffed for playing the "Imperial March" from Star Wars while walking behind National Guard troops, @aclu-dc.bsky.social sued. The partial settlement in this case is a win for free speech. We get to mock the government however we want.