We are being governed by the most corrupt, self-serving President this country has ever seen. DC has borne the brunt because we are not a state. The attempt to seize control of DC's public golf courses is another (small) example of how this harms regular people in DC and nationwide

This is good, but there should be triggers for the Office of Planning to apply for Map Amendments to the Zoning Commission to implement any FLUM changes, or they won’t do anything.

It is unpleasant that the single highest ROI solution to literally all of our problems is considered politically contentious.

Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.

Last week, Dem @congressmin.bsky.social sided with Republicans to support the Trump takeover of DC. This is the wrong lesson to learn from recent Dem losses. Voters care about stances on everyday issues; performing moderation on issues they don’t care about doesn’t win elections

It’s a little silly that while all basic decorum for law enforcement in this city fell apart, my official elected work mostly involved talking to neighbors about new speedhumps. But here’s a speedhump stopping a vehicular threat without major injury. www.popville.com/2025/08/feds...

It’s fine to hold DC to a higher standard than the 50 US cities with higher crime rates. I do it all the time! I just also try to be serious about solutions. We need our judicial and prosecutorial vacancies filled.

See folks out tomorrow!

winter gear redux (day 2)

On the Hill again, at the Hart Building talking to Senate offices asking our Democratic Senators to vote no on cloture and prevent the freezing of $1.1 billion in DC’s *local* budget. The current CR benefits no one, and would devastate the District.

Hidden costs of exurban expansion.

Beautiful day for some YIMBYs to go recruiting pro-housing ANC commissioners in 5A. There are important projects in the pipeline in this area, and 3 ANC seats have no one representing them.

Don’t build trolleys with stopping distances longer than sensor range and a lot of problems go away.

sneckdown survivor

I’m sorry, but I just think we should focus more on winning elections than whether our specific social media platform has been acquired by a recognizable billionaire yet.

Advocacy.

My car randomly had a fully flat tire late at night last week, so I metroed home and dealt with it by train and bike the next morning. Bikes (and trains, and air pumps) make cars more feasible.

Over here 👀 for familiar DC faces. Thanks to those who have already created #DCStarterPacks - super helpful! Any others to add? 🧵🧵🧵

Okay I’m closing this app for a few months again.

This week Luz Lazo published two articles in the @washingtonpost.com about traffic violence. 1️⃣ With less than 2 weeks left in 2023, there have been 47 fatalities—the most since 2007—and 6,000+ injuries this year on DC streets. Gift link: wapo.st/3tiUbFO

Adding here since it's circulating on the other place. There's a vigil tonight (Sat 11/25) at 5pm for Riverdale Elementary students Sky and Shalom. More information here: www.gofundme.com/f/sky-sosa-a...

Y'all... I have attempted to create a DC feed, currently curated by me, here. My hope is that this can start to make it easier to get off the hellsite! I have added individual users that I know about who post about DC (or DC-area stuff) as well as the tag #DC. Hope it works...!

Is there an app that allows crossposting and aggregating feeds from multiple microblogging platforms? Maybe with the ability to mute the decomposing one except when I’m already engaged in a thread.

“A vehicle could fail the pedestrian crash-worthiness test and still receive 5 stars,” he said. A voluntary evaluation isn’t enough for Jessica Hart, whose 5-year-old daughter Allie was struck and killed in 2021. Her petition on Change.org has collected more than 28,000 signatures.

Would love to connect and reconnect with DC safe streets, education, and housing advocates here! The bad place is getting worse but I need the good place to feel a little less empty!

Struggling on Tinder? You’re date-limited.

Someone get DC 311 on here so I can start tagging them in trash can pics

🎤 Test… test…El*n made me come here.