There is no single solution to housing affordability, there are just lots of small to medium solutions. Building more alley homes is one of them, and these changes will help.

Not a great photo (for the same reason northern lights photos are lying to you), but the clouds in DC are doing a halfway decent northern lights impression right now.

Wondering how many weeks of missed DPW recycling collection need to pile up in my kitchen before we start looking into the economics of opening a recycling facility.

Is it possible there are actually infinity democratic text message campaigns trying to extract money from me? Also if I ever figure out who I gave money to that sold my phone number, so help me…

@homedepotofficial.bsky.social this driver parked across a crosswalk to unload at 6th and East Capitol in DC. This is not safe for everyone else. @ddotdc.bsky.social

SARAH HAS ENTERED THE CHAT!!

Stoplights are out at 11th and Pennsylvania Ave., Southeast. @ddotdc.bsky.social @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social

@ddotdc.bsky.social I can’t find a safe passage category on the 311 app but can you look into this site at 412 3rd St NE? Surely this site could provide an option for pedestrians. @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social

I realize I’m late to this party, but if you haven’t tried Civic on 8th St SE you really should. Such a lovely welcoming vibe created by the space and people.

I’m just gonna say, the choreography for Sato Shun’s long program was a crime. You don’t skate to Firebird lightly, it’s a great piece of music that demands great choreography.

You can help build billionaire-free local news. Repost this -> I give $1 Follow @51st.news -> I give $1 Follow me -> I give $1 Donate -> I match your gift Let's fight misinformation, help good journalists to make a decent living, and stick a big ol' finger in Jeff Bezos' eye.

Now that the snow is melting, I hope that the city can learn lessons for future snowfalls. For example: snowplowing doesn’t have to be a zero sum game. Here, snow plowed off the street blocks a sidewalk. And snow on Penn Ave SE could have been plowed onto the median instead of the bike lane.

The new WaPo is wrong, wrong, wrong in so many ways. Let's count: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

I have never met @beckyhammer.bsky.social but I’m so happy for her right now.

A lot about these ads feels really lazy (throwbacks, avoiding controversy), but I will say that I’m here for renewed cola wars.

@metrorailinfo.bsky.social the driver of this truck had been parking on the sidewalk blocking the cleared ground, most recently tonight. There is plenty of parking at the drop off area next to this sidewalk.

Does everyone know the story behind Prisencolinensinainciusol? I love the song and its story, and credit to Italy for using it in their performance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisenc...

It's #TransitEquityDay, honoring Rosa Parks’ birthday (2/4)! #DDOTDC just relaunched the E-Bike Incentive Program to make e-bikes more affordable, support local bike shops, and provide transportation options for DC residents. Applications are open now through February 21, 2026. 🔗 ebikes.ddot.dc.gov

In the past 12 hours I confused Largo with Laurel and my wife confused Largo with Landover. I think someone should write the song “All the Ls of Maryland,” presumably SR-71?

Interesting: Per a new report from the Congressional Budget Office, the deployment of the National Guard in D.C. (now up to 2,950 troops) cost $223 million from August-December, and will cost $55 million per month onwards. That means up to *$880 million* through the end of 2026.

1. No amount of mutual aid can replace a government that works.

Yesterday, a van of 4-5 DPW employees showed up here on E St SE. They got out and started shoveling the alley entrance, which was great. However, this is how they left the intersection and the access to the sidewalks. I really wish I better understood the city’s strategy with snow.

This morning on my walk to work I helped another neighbor in a wheelchair navigate our near-impassible streets. I understand that snow like this is uncommon, but the city’s approach to snow management is not working for residents at a basic level.

Last night, a guy in a pick up truck got stuck in the snow in the alley behind our house for what turned out to be four hours. (Normally I would go help, but it was late and he had helpers). I thought I’d share a few tips for getting a vehicle unstuck in the snow.1/

Kudos to Union Kitchen nest Union Station for being open this morning!

I spent about two hours tonight helping Ms. Winter get to and from the Capitol Hill Safeway to buy dinner for her grandkids. It struck home a number of things about our city and how it deals with snow for me. 1/

I’ve heard a lot of people wondering why many streets aren’t plowed. Maybe this is part of it? Three snowplows just went down Kentucky SE and did two separate passes. This is the… result. 🤷‍♂️

I understand @ddotdc.bsky.social wanting to clear *its own* alley (the DDOT sign shop is down there), but pushing a pile of snow into the unplowed street and onto the crosswalk isn’t being a good neighbor. @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social

Anyone else part of ServeDC’s snow team, and did you get assignments? So far all I’ve received is an erroneous ‘pre-activation’ email late last night. But I’m not sure I navigated all of the complicated forms correctly.

A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it... Arizona, November 2020

Schneider’s is closed today but World Wine & Spirits at 15th and Penn is open.

Impressive shoveling work by the building where Streets Market is coming in Hill East!

Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.

Didn’t Eastern Market used to be open until 7? @thehillishome.com @barredindc.bsky.social

Yikes! I didn't realize my ebook habit was costing @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social so much money. It's a great benefit for DC residents. Interesting legislative idea to band with states to pressure publishers. Thanks to @maustermuhle.bsky.social, @51st.news for the reporting. 51st.news/ebooks-are-e...

My name is Mary Peltola, and I'm running for U.S. Senate to fight for fish, family, and freedom – and that begins with fixing the rigged system in DC that’s shutting down Alaska. We need systemic change if we're going to lower costs, save our fisheries, and fill our homes with abundance again.

Now Trump EPA head, Lee Zeldin, enters the scene with rank dishonesty & theatrical indignation to dispute the NY Times' correct, accurate reporting. But I've read the EPA smoking gun document, I'm a 30+-year clean air lawyer, I understand its meaning better than Zeldin, & I have the receipts. 1/

#Fairbanks #Alaska at -30F protests against ICE. We remember Renee Good and the many, many hurt and stolen. Standing here loving cold, not murder, not abductions, and not vice.

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

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Fun fact: the weather station at our cabin in Alaska bottoms out at -40.

Just finished book 12 of He Who Fights With Monsters, which means I’m in Unfinished Book Series Purgatory. It’s a place I’m well-acquainted with, having been here with Rothfuss, Martin, Muir, Yarros, etc. Anyone want to recommend another good unfinished series I can dive into masochistically?

Inside California’s plan to bring plug-in heat pumps and battery-equipped induction stoves into the mainstream.

Hill Family Biking Holiday Lights Ride rolls down MD Ave #BikeDC #BikeSky

@hillfamilybiking.org do any local stores stock a decent selection of fun bike lights (not head/tail lights)?

The gingerbread village at #TheRoost is really impressive. Clearly a lot of work went unto this, and the whole day of activities they have planned is great! @thehillishome.com

Tree 1: Hey, so I’m thinking I’m gonna take it easy this year and drop my leaves over 3 maybe 4 weeks. You? Tree 2: GO GO GO NOW NOW NOW!!

Second year in a row the Tern HSD has gotten our tree home. Works great! #treebybike #biledc

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

The Abus rear wheel lock on the Tern HSD is a feat of engineering. If you look straight at the lock and try to carefully inset the key, it WILL NOT GO IN. If, on the other hand, you close your eyes and stab the key in the general direction of the lock, it goes in every time.