Reading in “Master of the Senate” about how Thomas Jefferson tried to purge Federalists from the judiciary. So I guess the Jefferson Council is carrying on that part of TJ’s tradition too, besides the whole racism thing.

I needed a vacuum repair and Charlottesville Sanitary Supply provided great service but more importantly handed me a receipt on perforated printer paper. The 90s are back!

Glad to see this as @katrinacallsen.com first priority in her newsletter: “Reforming university governance so no single person, Governor, or President can bully a public college or pack it with partisan political appointees.”

Pretty fall afternoon at Rives Park

this is objectively very funny but also why it’s so critical we don’t take these losers at face value when they’re making ridiculous authoritarian threats

Youngkin’s legacy will be “Trump stooge rich guy who accomplished very little” virginiamercury.com/2025/11/05/a...

Helpful thread on the long history of conservative guy afraid of cities

Until tonight, I had not previously appreciated the influence of Gavin Belson on UVA

You enjoy literature right?

+6.5% isn’t a narrow victory. It’s the political equivalent of a gentleman’s sweep.

AMAZING. Great night in the commonwealth, powered by THE PEOPLE.

wHaT IS tHE pOInt OF THe nO KinGs pRoTeSt

My brother-in-law lives in Brooklyn and is always quick to point this out. The DSA in NYC has been effectively organizing and getting people elected for a decade. Mamdani is a generational talent and the DSA infrastructure positioned him to succeed.

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It looks like New Yorkers just passed all three pro-housing charter amendments on the ballot. The mandate is clear: it's time to build more housing.

Jones soundly beating Miyares is so satisfying

You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!

Huge. HUGE. We know Lily Franklin and are thrilled to have been part of this. Remember those 8,000 postcards we all wrote at the Ix Art Park? It was worth it!!

***VIRGINA HOD RACE FLIP*** ***THIS IS A BIG ONE!*** VPAP SHOWING HD 41 HAS FLIPPED FRANKLIN DEFEATS OBENSHAIN

A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE!!!!

Pitch perfect every time

Let’s go!!!!!

Next season of “UVA BOV” is going to have a whole new cast

HELL YES

that’s my flag 🫡

This is a very nice place to vote!

Decent chance it was Jefferson Council reporting a student was learning “a leftism” at the library

UVA’s Emergency Alerts are in function about creating a perception of safety rather than safety, but in the most stressful and ineffective way possible. And this logic is so tortured as to be non-sensical.

Parenting is always full of discoveries. A recent one is figuring out which of our kids have a sense of direction. One is a good navigator, another yells “you’re going the wrong way” as we turn into our destination. The third is somewhere in between.

This is so embarrassing

yes yes yes to all of this. material politics is the way forward and that doesn’t mean slogans it means the very difficult work of being a real presence in the lives of the people who you want to trust you.

Very cool to see the progress on the Charlottesville Middle School renovations. Big theme: lots of windows where there used to be walls.

Thinking about Payment in Lieu of Taxes. Two key points: 1) the largest group most negatively impacted by UVA not paying real estate tax are UVA’s own employees 2) it will take action by legislature to get state universities appropriately compensate municipalities for lost revenue/opportunity

Interesting to look at Sliwa’s political views and not see a huge difference between him and Spanberger

One by-product of closely following the NYC mayor race is the Curtis Sliwa experience, with which I was previously not familiar. Definitely going to win best supporting actor.

What extra hour of sleep

Still holding firm on this

Very excited about the books I got in the mail today

This is gonna be a really fun event! I’ll be there tabling for @livablecville.bsky.social. Come by and say hey!

I think Charlottesville is sneakily an above average Halloween town. My kids had a blast trick or treating tonight.

It’s cool to see Dems actually using their power. They should do that more often. www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

Seems like this audience did its homework

I can’t figure out if Weiss is just stupid or also high all the time

Worth following!

“Architectural determinism is poor family policy.” The Charlottesville Area is great for families (with or without children) in many ways, but often only for those with significant means to buy in. The city and county need to work to make more affordable, family friendly housing options available.

We would love to see this in Charlottesville

Saw a tik tok proposing a haunted house full of people whose names you should remember but it’s too far along to ask them their names. Scariest thing I’ve ever seen.

One of the big reveals of the city’s efforts to address homelessness is finding out who supports and who opposes solutions to homelessness. Each step along the way, people have shown their true character. Some great reporting by Erin O’Hare from @cvilletomorrow.bsky.social

Let’s go!

Yes. That’s why Charlottesville irreparably altered our Confederate statues. Please donate to @jsaahccville.bsky.social’s Swords Into Plowshares project, which uses the bronze from Charlottesville’s melted down Lee statue to make new public art. www.sipcville.com