and with a vacant at-large seat, we can finally get the VO-Jack Evans showdown that we've all been clamoring for

unbelievably shameful

supporting my dear friends and colleagues @justupthepike.bsky.social and @alexbaca.bsky.social as they slay their presentation about how the greater washington region is in fact the greatest

walking around new haven got me thinking a little too much about the real estate interests of prestigious private universities

The Trump administration wants your kids to be run over by cars while walking to school

buying a case of this and drinking it on stage during our show with @yimbyaction.bsky.social in October. Yes In My Beer Yard. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Is this how Dandy brewing, in an inner city neighbourhood that isn't very dense at all, got to do an absolute infill of a can?

Point access Appropriate FAR xoxox

This beer hates parking requirements

5-6 beers are now legal if in close proximity to public transit

they’re removing the height limits on the beers

CrossMod homes, a blend of modular and manufactured homes, have been used for infill development in communities across the US. To create more CrossMod homes, we can update zoning codes to allow manufactured homes.

the air conditioning in the Omni can’t keep up with the excitement of yimbytown

Gotta love #YIMBYtown, -Boos for Prop 13 -Cheers for land value tax -Claps for removing local control over housing

not unlike some ex boyfriends, yale’s campus is beautiful despite radiating nothing but evil energy

@ronpdavis.bsky.social agreed to report out from our @welcomingneighbors.us breakout group if I posted his photo on Bluesky; so here you go Ron.

I’m in town… YIMBYTown ;-)

it was a nice run, but the vehicular commotion has returned

blackrock trutherism is just vacancy trutherism reborn

powerful piece from Caitlin

I don’t remember the last time losing a local personality bummed me out this much. Rolling Ray was iconic. youtu.be/yDZgezfwKYo?...

"Abundance" now the most motte and bailied political term of all time I think

Stopped using “yimby” years ago bc I hate it, it sounds dumb, and it gives opponents too much power, so I was very prepared to ignore abundo. But the movement discipline is not there, imo. A critical mistake was fetishizing bipartisanship over just saying “nonpartisan.”

today @govwesmoore.bsky.social signed an executive order creating housing production targets for Maryland counties–a @ggwash.org priority for over a year and a crucial step to tackling our housing crisis. we're grateful for the governor's leadership on this issue! www.thebanner.com/community/ho...

I was there to see it happen!

i really hope this stadium is worth everything that has been given away for it

i keep hearing that bending to trump is just the cost of keeping home rule. at what point do you make so many concessions that you've functionally already lost it

Hearing go-go at a protest makes my heart explode with hope that we’re gonna get thru this fucking shit.

in the occupied territory of DC: @streetsensedc.bsky.social @ggwash.org @washingtoninformer.com @51st.news @wcp.bsky.social @ethiopique202.bsky.social

not that I needed to see it with my own two eyes to know this, but witnessing how insanely overpoliced union station is right now makes it clear this is about intimidating and punishing a multicultural liberal city and not about public safety whatsoever

one great thing about this is how relentlessly normie this crowd is. moms with strollers, young unfashionable guys, etc.

our good friends at the personal liberties newspaper would like us to know that the real problem with the imposition of martial law is that the stupid democrats and courts might not let it last forever

Wheaton actually IS the biggest mall in Montgomery county.

Folks are terrified of the NYC subway, think DC is a gang ridden hellscape and have other often irrational fears, but here's the truth, other than disease or an abusive partner with a gun, you're most likely to be killed by a reckless driver, and we barely acknowledge it's a problem.

bit of a recurring pattern that any truths getting in the way of the president’s lies must be “investigated”

it's a mistake to think the current reign of terror will be confined neatly to DC's boundaries. we've already seen a lot of ICE activity in this area before the so called fed takeover of DC law enforcement, and we almost certainly will see even more as this occupation continues

Important to note: It’s *always* process, never policy. Saying the city didn’t follow the rules & you want it “done right” makes you seem like the good guys. Saying you don’t want more neighbors or housing makes you seem racist & exclusionary.

Let us be clear: armed soldiers should not be policing American citizens on American soil. Instead of making DC more secure, it undermines public safety and endangers our democracy. It’s DC today, but the same dangerous strategy can be deployed to occupy any community in America.

A happy thing in an unhappy time.

or more seriously: i continue to believe that elite politics and elite persuasion matters--like it or not! in this respect, while blackpill leftism has almost no mass constituency, it has *enormous* presence in relatively elite spaces--to all our detriment, tbh

I'm proud of us for putting this one out there collectively as a staff.

calling in the NIMBYs for one last job

"We cannot sanction stops justified only by the generalized and everpresent possibility that interrogation and inspection may reveal that any given motorist has committed some crime" — the Supreme Court, once upon a time reason.com/2025/08/15/d...

BREAKFAST LINKS 8/18/25: Spring Street Bridge to reopen this year as Purple Line advances. DC Water issues warning after sewage spill in Anacostia River. Falls Church strengthens affordable housing goals.

"If we want to build new bridges to wealth, bring down costs, and supercharge growth, we need to prioritize housing that’s affordable and located near jobs and transportation." - @govwesmoore.bsky.social

GGW: Montgomery County Should Be as Dense as the Sub Thrown at that Fed D.C. Sports Bog: Lerners Won't Pay Up to Sign Right-Handed Sandwich Artist

Meanwhile in the actual DC where we the people live.

These 3 elected officials from Montgomery, Baltimore City and Howard say: We love transit oriented communities for ALL! 🚴🏻‍♀️🚌🚶🏽‍♀️🦼 At MACo with Del. Lewis and CM Rigby ❤️

"I also have little doubt that a mother in Ward 8 might draw comfort from a National Guard soldier standing watch near her child’s school." Not cited: Any actual existing residents of Ward 8.