Belated (due to Bluesky outage) dinner post Roasted asparagus with ramp chimichurri, olives, and feta + lemony white beans and orzo

Great news

Calling in sick to work because my texting thumb is sore from this weekend

Good morning sustainable multimodal transportation enthusiasts

Screaming crying throwing up

11.25 HOURS LATER WE GOT THE BIKE LANES!!!!!

Hahahhahaha [collapses from exhaustion and dehydration]

Desperate for this hearing to end so I can go home and watch season 2 of the Hulu/Disney+ adaptation of the classic 1980s bonkbuster "Rivals"

A whole lot of "Who are you gonna believe: the hard work of expert city staff, or me—a person who has just become a pre-eminent traffic expert in the last three months?"

So many good moments but man this rocked @josephfray.bsky.social @beckyhammer.bsky.social

Thank you Tom it's good to be appreciated

PUBLIC COMMENT STARTING 105 PEOPLE SIGNED UP LET'S GOOOO

For those playing along at home, it is 1:35pm. The hearing started at 9:30am. We have been listening to staff and appellant presentations for four hours. We're breaking for lunch. Public comment starts at 2pm and there are 90+ people signed up to speak 🫠

I have exclaimed "that's my vice mayor" several times in the overflow room

Only been here a few minutes but making good progress

This argument specifically makes me want to walk into the sea

In the building but facing difficulties already

Very relevant today!!!

Is anybody who's not already at the Del Pepper Center about to head over soon? My family for some reason does not want to go sit through the several hours of presentations and comments before we get called and they have called dibs on the car

People who are not interested in proposed infrastructure changes to a half-mile of connector road in a small East Coast city might want to mute me today bc it's going to be A Lot.

Brainstorming how to make this about Bad Bunny somehow Public hearing comments as Bad Bunny songs? 🤔

Dear non-Alexandria Bluesky, today is the city council hearing on the bike lanes that I've been yammering on about for months. I apologize in advance for the quantity and unhinged quality of my skeets over the next several hours (the hearing will last all day)

A thing I learned this week is that it is incredibly easy to order a cardboard cutout of your friend for her birthday and it is worth every penny

Shakira really saved the World Cup with this one

Today EPA proposed to weaken toxic water pollution standards for coal-fired power plants and Administrator Zeldin is explicitly tying this move to data center electricity demand

I think I live in the Dallas airport now

Receipts are coated with BPA and go in the trash!

Zero mentions of Braddock Road in the Alexandria Times' final issue before the vote. Are they okay?

Did a double take at "Mambo No. 5"

I'm kind of obsessed with this bar on the San Antonio riverwalk that's literally underneath a bridge

Texas version of girl dinner = caesar salad and green chile cornbread

This piece is full of lines I want to quote, but you should just read the whole thing

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I have acquired a new professional interest

I like this picture because it looks like Sandy and Greg are about to high five

It's amazing how fast plans can change from "I'm gonna wake up early so I can run before the conference starts" to "I'm gonna wake up early so I can go to the panadería for a concha"

I am on the 15th floor of this hotel and I can hear people screaming outside about basketball

✨️Remembering✨️

Bless these commenters for continuing to spread the good news about perreo

🚨ALL HANDS ON DECK, ALX: the speaker signup form for the Council public hearing on Saturday is live - apps.alexandriava.gov/SpeakerSignup/ Braddock Road bike lanes are docket item #12

The definitive millennial song is "Pimpin' All Over the World" by Ludacris

Heading to San Antonio for work this week, please drop any recs for good places to eat near the Riverwalk (That's where my conference is and I probably won't have time to venture to other areas)

It was a beautiful morning to demand safer streets for our friends, neighbors, and families. So many laughs and smiles. Biking is joy! See you all at the council hearing next Saturday 🚲

I heard @faineg.bsky.social was encouraging us to wear Big Pants

CTRL+F "Safaera"

Is it too early to start drinking

Happy Friday ALX! We're debating facts & values, learning about Croatia's yodelers, and taking a tour of other, inferior Alexandrias in today's issue of ALXtra with @oconnell.bsky.social:

Pretty infuriating that while we haven't touched the negative signs they've posted all over the neighborhood, bike lane opponents have gone around tearing down our supportive fliers and thrown them in the trash

What on earth is going on with this full-page ad in the Alexandria Times

My son did a painting of Bad Bunny’s album Un Verano Sin Ti. Hanging this like the Mona Lisa 💥