gearing up for a day of totally out of pocket takes, but a few reminders: 1. Home rule should never be contingent on which way DC votes and anyone saying otherwise can eat shit 2. DC is a real place with its own issues for real people, not a stand in for national politics writ large

I think it is possible to live and work in DC and not see them. But, as someone who sees them every day, near my home and near my work, it remains deeply and viscerally unpleasant

The fixation on a small amount of lithium for ebikes is weird. Ebikes open up more recreational terrain, particularly for women, the elderly, and the disabled. I see nothing wrong with ebikes for recreational riding. People take recreational drives in cars all the time

Just heard my train operator announce connections available to the DC Streetcar when pulling into Union Station and it made me do a double take. I guess some habits are hard to break lol @wmata.com

NEWS: A federal judge has saved the 15th Street protected bike lane (for now), saying the decision to remove the lane running from Constitution Avenue to the Tidal Basin was "arbitrary and capricious and not the result of reasoned decision-making." It was to be removed this week.

Yup. The only reason Orban is accepting his defeat is that he knows that if he were to attempt to hold onto power by force, he'd wind up as a street ornament.

more seriously congrats to the hungarian people for kicking that asshole out

@metrorailinfo.bsky.social The street elevator at Smithsonian isn't working

rare unambiguously pro-bike headline from the local personal liberties newspaper

The 15th Street Protected Bike Lane south of Constitution Ave is slated to be removed on Monday, per 2 sources Reportedly DDOT did not raise strong objections to it and has further not objected to using the Hains Point bike lanes for car traffic during the cherry blossoms

The Marines divested all of their tanks a couple years ago so the force being sent to the gulf is even lighter than is implied in these slides.

how it feels taking public transit rn

CaBi dominance

MPD body cam footage from DOGE raid on US Institute of Peace RECEIVED 😎 I'll be watching and sharing news and takeaways in the coming days. Stay tuned!

There is a proposal in the Federal Department of Transportation right now to possibly break up Amtrak into 3 companies under a single holding company. Why? There are not many details at the moment, but I take a few guesses in this video: youtu.be/g53xTWjESyE

You asked, we listened. Starting today, CaBi members can park ebikes near full stations for free. Get additional details and applicable terms on our blog. shorturl.at/OBk6W

I recently received “The Bomber Mafia” as a birthday gift (heh). It was bad, so bad that I believe it cannot be read as a reliable account of strategic bombing in World War II. In so many ways, it demonstrates the worst tendencies of the “pop history” genre. My review (and latest)⬇️

This administration sees bike facilities as a target in its culture war, and it can act quickly (if illegally) in DC. According to the latest WABA newsletter, the fed gov is planning to remove parts of the 15th St. NW PBL, and they might move as soon as next week. www.reddit.com/r/bikedc/com...

I regret to inform you that the NIMBYs are up to their shit again.

“GoFundMe the community has set-up to help support the employees at Cinder BBQ” www.popville.com/2026/01/gofu...

>watching the Fallout Season 2 writers maliciously destroying every single interesting thing about Fallout New Vegas

Periodic reminder that while you should OF COURSE respond to any calls for blood donation immediately after a crisis if you can, it's even more important to donate when there ISN'T an emergency. If they're asking for donations right after a crisis, it means supplies were already critically low.

I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC. There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI. Spread the word. www.ribc.org/donate-blood/

time to post jpeg dog in celebration of Ace Combat

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... This is what should happen to the enemies of democracy. I hope he dies there.

This screenshot is from an article in the Times that's highly misleading and written by a rail opponent. SNCF's proposal bypassed Central Valley cities which was never going to be politically tenable x.com/cruickshank/...

When will JTA finally give up this boondoggle? Autonomous pods are not a transit solution and will never replace good bus service and rail.

Turns out you don't have to throw trans people under the bus to win. Eat shit Yglesias & Co.

Me translating from Spanish into English: Ha ha, yes! Me trying to translate into Spanish: Oh fuck, oh shit.

I know Metro can have some weird advertising but this is something else lmao

THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ARE 4-1 MAN I CAN MULTITASK

@wmatagm.bsky.social why are Metro Transit PD officers wearing face masks when patrolling stations? This doesn't build trust with the community.

If you're looking for an American version of a "middle age blokes talking" podcast, I can't recommend the Unauthorized History of the Pacific War enough. Bringing together historians and career navy officers to talk about this stuff results in great listening.

i gave the pro-palestine protests shit for not policing themselves against hamasniks and antisemites. what's good for the goose is good for the gander: if abundance won't police itself against freaks who don't believe in liberal democracy it ain't worth shit publiccomment.blog/p/when-is-a-...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xqp... During the last months of the War in Europe, the U.S. Army gave 11 divisions platoons of Black soldiers. After they interviewed white officers and NCOs in 7 of those divisions across 24 rifle companies. The results were pretty significant.

it's friday.✌🏽if you made it to today, keep going.♥️

First passenger service of the new Acela out of DC this morning!

i like when these guys just say things like "union station has fallen into disrepair" which is plainly false to anyone with eyes apnews.com/article/trum...

Just walked past a group of National Guardsmen standing at the exit to the Metro to presumably catch anyone evading fares. Utterly tremendous use of resources.

Protest over by the federal courthouse in advance of the hearing at 2

The problem with protests in DC is that, regardless of what the event is, RevCom somehow manages to take every single one of them over. You show up thinking that you're gonna protest the National Guard deployment, and find yourself trapped next to someone mumbling about Bob Avakian

DAVE THOMAS CIRCLE ISN'T ON ANY OF THESE FUCKING MAPS, AND THIS INTERSECTION ISN'T EVEN ANYWHERE CLOSE TO BEING A FUCKING CIRCLE.

If you can't point to Ward 8 on a map then you don't get an opinion on social issues in DC

Guest writer Marcus Nelson tried out JTA’s $60 million U2C project. Is it a viable transit solution or… not?

Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland indicates that yes, the Ethiopian food is that fucking good

As a reminder: LLMs are not intelligent beings. You are providing an input to an algorithm that calculates, in a very complicated way, the probability in which words will follow each other in response to your input based on whatever data was used to train the algorithm. The algorithm doesn't think.

If you ever see John Roberts in person and don’t tell him to go fuck himself, you’ll regret it forever.