There’s something magical about activated urban spaces 🪄🎩🐇

Had to go to Richmond and confirm - @kirkmcpike.bsky.social is indeed representing us in the House now!

Sure but prequel and sequel crimes have skyrocketed

How can you say "I've always felt safe" and "btw did I mention that people drive the wrong way down my one way street?" in the same breath?

Iconic moment as he says "God Bless América" and then names every country in South, Central, and North america in order For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S. It means evveeerrybody

He's telling us that he's here because he never stopped believing in himself, and we should never stop believing in ourselves either Sorry for the unflattering screenshot Benito

Ha, Justin is like there better be mailers

Gonna take the under on 12 and say that probably Faulexandria struck again

City government departments* are now just trying to get mentioned in the next ALXtra @beckyhammer.bsky.social @oconnell.bsky.social

Chatting with Chapman (jabbering with John?) about electrified homes and how to fight increasing bills by the @ecocityalx.bsky.social table at the city’s Utility Resource Fair. Taking guesses on how many council members / candidates I spotted there

A road trip movie in which @kirkmcpike.bsky.social's council buddies drop him off in Richmond and help him get his new office set up (yes, I know the real election is the following week)

Clearly some kind of glitch. Another reason to put these on YouTube!

If you try to watch last night‘s city Council meeting online, instead of the meeting video you’ll be treated to this police recruiting video that features a lot of dudes shooting long guns and rolling up in military-style vehicles. youtu.be/Ql7bHnBs5DI?...

For dinner tonight I test drove the chili I’m going to enter in my debut DRCA chili cook off, and daaamn was it good. Look out!

It’s giving Siberian labor camp out here Also: f*** ice 🧊

Available - north Del Ray

The 0.7 mile stretch of Route 1 between Giant and Harris Teeter will once again only have one grocery store -- Target.

I believe there may be some people On Here who know @beckyhammer.bsky.social and want this Spotify playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/3y3...

You always want to start legislating with a fresh hundred Gs from a fossil fuel-based utility monopoly in your pocket 🧐💰🤑⚡️

The bills are too damn high! Learn how to ditch fossil fuels and go electric at the utility resource fair, Jan 31, 10am-12pm at Charles Houston. ⚡️

You've been wondering, and now you know -- electric DASH buses have a 12% lower fuel cost than diesel buses. ⚡🔋🚌 @dashbusva.bsky.social

It was a great afternoon to remind neighbors to VOTE this Tuesday for @ebpforva.bsky.social in the special election for state senate!

Hadn’t seen a flight like this over DC before today. Anyone know what this is? It was a small twin prop plane out of a regional airport (Montgomery County) #N40288

Post a transit selfie from 2025

ALX pizza bubble pops thanks to @beckyhammer.bsky.social www.alxnow.com/2025/10/27/b...

Increase a band: Ace of Home Plate

I was going to send this to @oconnell.bsky.social but then realized that notable local pizza de-influencer @beckyhammer.bsky.social also needs to see it 🍕🍕🍕

It’s so important to understand WHY the new Senate bill has such drastic provisions to kill renewable energy Fossil fuel industry lobbyists and Big Oil-funded activists have been ALL OVER the GOP in recent weeks, telling them that clean energy jobs are “fentanyl jobs” and “a cancer”

DASH board meeting ice breaker: what's your favorite small business in Alexandria? Neighborhood Pharmacy, King St Cafe, Don Taco, Los Toltecos, Gustave, Prevention of Blindness thrift shop, Dept of Beer & Wine (@oconnell.bsky.social), Port City, Fontaine Caffe & Creperie, and Swing's Coffee (mine)

I love Spice Kraft and I’m glad it got the mention here but it’s not the only good Indian/subcontinental restaurant in ALX

Suppose you live where you currently do and you’re 85. Suppose also that in all cases you’ll die with $50m-100m that you can bequest however you like. But you *have to* bequest $2.5m that will basically require the city to do/build one thing in your neighborhood. What is it?

Headline/skeet should specify “…incidents *in Maryland* “

Say what you will about Founding Farmers, two grab-and-go breakfast tacos for $6 is the best breakfast deal in Del Ray 🌮🌮

I was going to post timestamps of all the speakers who came out and used their 3 minutes in front of city council to defend the climate action budget BUT it annoyingly takes 1000x longer to do this than if the meetings were just on YouTube. @kirkmcpike.bsky.social , can you get council on YouTube?!

At ALX city council hearing on budget add/delete where @martaschantz.bsky.social is speaking against a 50% reduction in funding for the Office of Climate Action proposed by Chapman, co-sponsored by Elnoubi and Greene

At the Alexandria Dem Committee meeting I asked Del. Herring if she would stop taking campaign cash from Dominion, and if not, what could change her mind. She didn’t answer the question. Instead she said we need comprehensive campaign finance reform. I agree. But in the meantime, she can still 🛑!

The Dominion money train keeps rolling. 🚂💰🧐 Democratic leaders in Richmond depend on millions of dollars from Dominion every election cycle. 🤑🤝 #vapol How will Virginians ever get a fair challenge to higher electric bills? 💸 How will cities like Alexandria get away from burning fossil fuels?

The needlessness and pointlessness of these tariffs are eclipsed only by the sheer stupidity on which they are premised.

Check it out: Local candidates can win when they run on challenging their incumbent electricity supplier’s reliance on fossil fuels. “A slate of pro-climate candidates in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, Illinois, swept city council races Tuesday”

Updated headline is better! #peopleincars Police found people in cars doing donuts in the middle of Arlandria last Saturday night A number of people in cars were doing donuts in the middle of Arlandria on Saturday night…

People. They found ✨people✨ doing donuts. Headline writers strike again, denying drivers of their agency!

Written as if one person was involved. Grant agency to the person operating the car!

Uncomfortably (and unnecessarily?) loud. We’re outta here. Good to very very briefly see but not hear a few friends. Btw great to see a poultry chili entrant challenging the mammal chilis! She ran out before I could try it though. This was my 2nd time attending, first time I voted.

True story: The 2016 election prompted me to wonder if there was a form of civic engagement that could build on my energy experience and have an impact on climate. That’s what led me to ALX’s Environmental Policy Commission. Bring whatever your nerd thing is and make your community better!

Less than 12 minutes into episode 1 on V Day before the gang cracks a foreplay joke… good to have you back 💚💚💚 @cleangridview.bsky.social @jigarshahdc.bsky.social @stephenlacey.bsky.social

It’s wet enough that you can use snowplow technique and clear it quickly but @alexgoyette.bsky.social you have to be out shoveling before the dog walkers or that wet bottom layer is turning into a thick layer of ice. Hope you beat them (and your neighbor) to the sidewalks today. #winning

Today is Rosa Parks’ Birthday and Transit Equity Day. @dashbusva.bsky.social honors her legacy as the first lady of civil rights, we have come far yet we still have so far to go. Come ride FREE DASH and catch this bus in service throughout Alexandria all month long.

This should be printed and stuck to the wall of every dem senate office “And if the Democrats we have elected to fight on our behalf won't do it, they should be relentlessly reminded of what it means to be an elected official, of who exactly they work for and what their job is.” 👇🏽

lol, “Ting … wrote, in response to questions ALXnow did not send”

Ting thought they’d have it together before the game started and… not so much.