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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 13h

We switched to calling them Zones 1 - 4, of course. Because there is this weird hatred of being labeled "suburban" Guess it's too cringe.

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 13h

In my California city, we had four different types of zones we needed to name... and for our least dense/ least connected to transit zone, the Mayor's office suggested "Urban Outlying Areas"... and I was like, it's like these areas are not quite urban, but rather SUB-urban...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

There are more complicated answers to this but one clear answer is, “Those good jobs are in the government that the GOP shot and drowned in that bathtub.”

Narako @narako.bsky.social · 1d

aaarrggghhh, where are good-paying honest jobs for people without college degrees? don't make them feel like getting a handout, treat them with dignity!

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:

1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 3d

I told my staff today that I get why v people don't like candy corn-- the cloyingly sweet taste-- but I just cannot get enough of the texture!

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 12d

It wouldn't even block the views. The millionaires live THAT much higher than the lowly Midway community

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 13d

I find this to be true of the chat feature on youth sports apps, too. Like you'll have parents treat it as their group chat. And all I can think is, get some friends!

Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 13d

The judges took the plaintiff's argument hook, line, and sinker. The City did a full initial study to scope out all other issue area. Not that it matters because the plaintiff would have just invented new fake impacts of removing the height limit.

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 14d

The decision made my blood boil. The City focused the environmental on views because that was the only impact. The idea that the report should have covered geotech, noise, or bio resources (in Midway?!) more thoroughly than they did is ludicrous.

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 14d

He seems to want to revert back to what was there prior, but I find this baffling. Who wants cars going faster near the school?! Also, it's really not that bad! Traffic moves slowly through the area for like 15 min twice daily!

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 14d

The principal at Marston Middle School includes a message about Clairemont Drive in every school newsletter because he is upset that the City took away a vehicular lane in each direction to add a protected bike lane (street parking between the bike lanes and vehicular lanes).

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 17d

I know this isn't the point, but how in the world did CPS find out about a 13 yo watching a 1 yo?

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 18d

Unfortunately, he was a victim to early-onset dementia, which he passed away from a couple years ago. But I've always thought that if he had still been mentally sharp when I got really into Austen, I totally could have gotten him to write an academic paper on the Economics of Jane Austen.

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 18d

My father was an economics professor with a focus in the history of economic thought, especially British monetary theory from the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 19d

My son asked, why is Trump bombing America?

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 26d

I finally listened to the podcast about the 2005 P&P and LOVED IT. Definitely captured how I feel right now-- that I have to escape into the world of Austen just to maintain my sanity!! I also really loved the book recommendations at the end @barelytolerable.bsky.social @firstimpresspod.bsky.social

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 26d

www.cbs8.com/article/news...

This is ridiculous. The principal and "concerned parents" ignore any parent response that says the new configuration is fine, actually. #sandiego #bike #bikesafety #bikelanes

Marston Middle School parents, principal claim Clairemont Drive bike lanes cause 'traffic mess'

Changes to Clairemont Drive continue to cause strong reactions from cyclists, residents and now, Marston Middle School.

www.cbs8.com

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · 28d

I would guess a lot of this is fork- takers.

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · Sep 23

My experiences were in 2012 and 2014, and both were flawless. In 2014, I was using the benefit I had earned in a previous job, because 8 months prior to the birth, I'd started working a public sector job that didn't pay into the State system. So it used to work... at least for me...

Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · Sep 19

My 13 yo son did not know of CK until he saw his death auto-play on his phone (great social media environment we've got!)... but in the last week, he's like THIS GUY is the one they are losing their minds over?! Any clips he sees of CK, he's just like, that's straight up loser shit

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more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · Sep 11

dan bongino and kash patel lying unconscious on the ground after bonking their heads together as they both bent down to examine what is later determined to be their own footprints

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · Sep 8

In my City, it's City Council who adopts the plans. And many community planning areas were downzoned in the 80s to "protect neighborhood character." Believe me, the plans would look very different if planners could adopt them.

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · Sep 8

Only because this is what city planners can get approved.

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · Aug 30

I got into the Tilney/Darcy mysteries because of your recommendation, and got two of my friends into them. We go out to lunch to discuss each time all three of us have finished one. It's the little joys that keep me going!

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · Aug 29

100% The bus frequency needs to be increased.

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Cat Morland, Unlikely Heroine @catmorland82.bsky.social · Aug 29

Blergh. I'd probably prioritize that, too!