"Proposed bike lane cancelled after failing to get approval from every living and deceased resident within 25 km."

The last 3 times I’ve gone to the Sisson St Dump, I have received mixed messages about whether or not I can drop my thing off from a precession of 2 or more employees It’s a good thing that it’s getting shut down in favor of a more modernized & streamlined operation!

The phenomenon of people using mini clip mics but holding them to their mouth instead of actually clipping them to their collar, *draws breath*, must be stopped immediately!

Doubt

Single-stair gets the New York Times treatment. @holz-bau.bsky.social reminds us why they call the last line the kicker: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b... (gift link)

In the second issue of EXPO, I look at the history of the condominium in Canada. Why did condos become the primary mode of delivering multi-unit urban housing? Why did we build so many? And what happens now that nobody's buying?

I mean come on

Hell yeah

You live in a boat bro

Sometimes coffee is a wholesome bitter antidote to sugar; sometimes they treacherously work together to plot your downfall

Unfortunately, this is correct. Single Stair reform is dead in CT--for now. Like all housing advocates, I'm frustrated by the outcome and process. That said, this is politics. You win some and you lose some, so I'm undeterred. Code reform *will* be back. Thoughts on Single Stair's CT defeat 🧵/

“Sunday Night Football Theme (Waitin’ All Day For Sunday Night)” (PJ Harvey Version)

It’s amazing how different everyone’s faces look from each other

Must read! www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/hist...

Tale as old as time: new residents are relegated to areas of high noise, high pollution, and lower EMS proximity (esp those on higher floors) because we refuse to distribute density throughout the city, all in service of existing homeowners.

Jfc

Lord I see why you’ve done for others

Being a sports journalist seems like it could be a tough gig at times. You ask a slightly probing question to a young athlete in a press conference and they respond as if you were personally attacking them, and you look like a grouchy doofus in a viral clip

Just did a single stair presentation at AIA Baltimore and someone immediately asked about elevators Also plenty of word of mouth accounts of developers being excited and asking architects about single stair (even if it clearly doesn’t apply to their project)

Now, if we get sizes down to truly European ones (around 1400 lbs.), then a lack of harmonization might bite. But that would probably require HUD to clarify the Fair Housing Amendments Act.

Finally for 1st Reader, a resolution from @cmtonyglover.bsky.social to recognize March 11 as National 311 Day.

I just want to go to the store and buy a selection of nice beers by the bottle

As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.

Hoping we get a Cade Pović 🇭🇷 versus Christian Jelić 🇷🇸 matchup in September

One of my favorite clusters of buildings right here—forming the northeast corner of Midtown & overlooking the Jones Falls [Expwy] as it curves south towards downtown.

Why is Newsom lowkey channeling Biden here

Most incredible first 15 seconds of a song right here

I’m not trespassing, I’m going on une balade urbaine

Dear local newspaper social media team: Let’s dial back the cheeky videos like 25% and incorporate some more man-on-the street interviews with normal people

At some point the “one size fits all” cliché becomes an argument against policymaking, period. If every single instance of a social problem is irreducibly unique and special, what’s the point of trying to address it in aggregate?

Dudes rock

Last night a Skyrizi commercial came on the TV and the Dad and daughter are playing football and the play he dials up for her is... HALFBACK DRAW?!? Possibly the most insane play to run in backyard football?? "Kaghleigh, get over here, I'm going to force the invisible lineman to commit to the pass."

This elitist view that only rich/Ivy/private school kids should study/have access the liberal arts is so deeply ingrained in so many highly educated Democrats’ views (including tons who majored in the lib arts themselves) that they don’t even realize they hold it, let alone how ugly & elitist it is

I fully forgot about Trever Rogers for the past month and now I’m feeling a little better about the O’s rotation

We should be hearing more from baseball players about their beds.

How long are we going to hear about “legitimate debates and concerns about immigration?” It’s time we told the truth and deal with it. Net migration is low, we need more migrants, we are an ageing population. Highly skilled and low paid jobs are dependent on migrants. We need safe and legal routes.

AirPods actually like it when you put them though the wash

folks! 'Seattle Council unanimously approved ILA between City of Seattle & Seattle Social Housing, which will transfer approx. $115 million in funds this year to acquire & build permanently affordable & publicly owned housing for hundreds of working Seattleites.' wilson.seattle.gov/2026/02/11/m...

Feeling sad about Ukraine this morning

I didn’t realize Jake Paul was full MAGA. I’m not sure why I’m surprised but I kind of am

Taking this opportunity to say how annoying and pretentious I find the British super-long subtitle

This account covering vehicle-pedestrian collisions in Montgomery County is an absolute horror show — unbelievable frequency of posts (Thank you for your service)

Life is really all about getting together with some of your friends and founding a debt collection business called “The Payment Connoisseur”

Calling an emergency council so we can all get on the same page about what the phrase “out of pocket” means

Good Bunny

Don’t let anybody tell you that developers won’t build single-stair buildings on larger sites. Three right in a row.

🚨🚨BALTIMORE🚨🚨 Leaked video from ICE detention shows 50 people crammed in cell with no beds or bathrooms—including U.S. citizens. This video footage was taken at the ICE Baltimore Field Office located at 31 Hopkins Plaza in Baltimore, Maryland. H/t @longtimehistory.bsky.social