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@justupthepike.bsky.social
maryland policy director @ggwash.org, your east silver spring civic association VP, pit bull parent, elder emo, just out here getting cuter. no growth has to mean less is less. they/them. https://linktr.ee/justupthepike
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it is perfect porch weather rn and Drizzy and I just got a visit from his best friend Poutine, who lives across the street. such a cute pair 🥹
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Still thinking about this article. It’s always been a sore spot in YIMBY circles that so many progressive foundations pour money into NIMBYism, and I’m glad it’s finally being aired in public. Keep talking about it. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
Philanthropy Needs to Pick a Side on the Housing Construction Debate
Despite California’s severe housing shortage, foundations are still funding on the wrong side of the housing fight there, guest author Ned Resnikoff writes.
www.insidephilanthropy.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Still thinking about this article. It’s always been a sore spot in YIMBY circles that so many progressive foundations pour money into NIMBYism, and I’m glad it’s finally being aired in public. Keep talking about it. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
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What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Downzoning Chicago: How Local Land Use Policy Has Reduced Housing Construction and Reinforced Segregation | Published in Findings
By Yonah Freemark, George Kisiel. Downzonings were used by US cities in the postwar period to preserve neighborhood character. These land-use policies were associated with lower housing supply, higher...
findingspress.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
everybody and everything has a creation story and these are some of ours
This week on Do Something: celebrating 100 editions of Do Something, and Alex and Dan share our stories of why we started this column in the first place
Do Something #100: Why we first Did Something
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ggwash.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
everybody and everything has a creation story and these are some of ours
I grew up in this building and can still hear my mother screaming every time she found a “visitor” in our apartment. @acornpark.bsky.social and I talk a lot about how MoCo’s reluctance to stand up to NIMBYs means even folks with a little money get stuck in substandard housing
The housing stock in Silver Spring is suffering from more than just viral vermin.
A viral vermin video exposes Silver Spring's decaying housing stock
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ggwash.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I grew up in this building and can still hear my mother screaming every time she found a “visitor” in our apartment. @acornpark.bsky.social and I talk a lot about how MoCo’s reluctance to stand up to NIMBYs means even folks with a little money get stuck in substandard housing
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Fleetwood Mac 's "Silver Springs" is a trending sound right now at least on Insta, and people are using it for ... their wedding videos and getting brunch with friends.
they hear "you won't forget me" and go "awww 🥹"
🫠 You don't even need to know the background, just actually listen to the song
they hear "you won't forget me" and go "awww 🥹"
🫠 You don't even need to know the background, just actually listen to the song
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Fleetwood Mac 's "Silver Springs" is a trending sound right now at least on Insta, and people are using it for ... their wedding videos and getting brunch with friends.
they hear "you won't forget me" and go "awww 🥹"
🫠 You don't even need to know the background, just actually listen to the song
they hear "you won't forget me" and go "awww 🥹"
🫠 You don't even need to know the background, just actually listen to the song
i’m sorry they did not call this the “wee trail” that cannot be what this is called www.capitalgazette.com/2025/11/21/a...
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m sorry they did not call this the “wee trail” that cannot be what this is called www.capitalgazette.com/2025/11/21/a...
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What was I gonna do, NOT write about the rat video???
The housing stock in Silver Spring is suffering from more than just viral vermin.
A viral vermin video exposes Silver Spring's decaying housing stock
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ggwash.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What was I gonna do, NOT write about the rat video???
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New episode. @bnhowe.bsky.social @ricktagious.bsky.social @jamiedemarco.bsky.social
@justupthepike.bsky.social @karalevchenko.bsky.social linktr.ee/ihppod @sunildasgupta.bsky.social
@justupthepike.bsky.social @karalevchenko.bsky.social linktr.ee/ihppod @sunildasgupta.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
@caseybanderson.bsky.social, a person who knows from public meetings, issues this treatise on why public meetings don't work and how they can work better
Opinion: The problem at public meetings isn't who shows up, but the roles that the people at public meetings are expected to play
What are planning hearings actually for?
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ggwash.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
@caseybanderson.bsky.social, a person who knows from public meetings, issues this treatise on why public meetings don't work and how they can work better
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New town problems! From the Takoma Park council minutes, Dec. 2, 1901. The town borrowed a rope, but damaged it. They need to make their neighbor whole, and besides, the town really needs to own a rope and 60 ft of its length are still good. Expenditure of $5 to buy the rope, approved.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New town problems! From the Takoma Park council minutes, Dec. 2, 1901. The town borrowed a rope, but damaged it. They need to make their neighbor whole, and besides, the town really needs to own a rope and 60 ft of its length are still good. Expenditure of $5 to buy the rope, approved.
on our walk today Drizzy and I visited the under construction Dale Drive Purple Line station. I decided to time how long it would take us to go home walking at a brisk pace: 14 minutes door to door, stopping twice to sniff and pee. ngl I never thought this day would come
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
on our walk today Drizzy and I visited the under construction Dale Drive Purple Line station. I decided to time how long it would take us to go home walking at a brisk pace: 14 minutes door to door, stopping twice to sniff and pee. ngl I never thought this day would come
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Extremely silver spring things happening in the Thanksgiving parade
SHE IS ROASTING COFFEE WHILE MARCHING IN THE PARADE this is why Silver Spring is the best Spring
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Extremely silver spring things happening in the Thanksgiving parade
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there's a bright and festive holiday parade between me and the movie about nazi war crimes i'm trying to get to
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
there's a bright and festive holiday parade between me and the movie about nazi war crimes i'm trying to get to
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Any changes to the neighborhood will be approved 'over his dead body'.
MoCo Makes History By Appointing First Ever Dead Historic Preservation Commissioner
WHEATON, MD – The Montgomery County Council took a visionary leap toward modernizing bureaucracy by confirming the appointment of its first-ever dead resident to the Historic Preservation Com…
takomatorch.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Any changes to the neighborhood will be approved 'over his dead body'.
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listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
the Washington Post ran a powerful story about dangerous roads and pedestrian deaths across the US with this interactive map–and not ONE SINGLE WORLD about the many deadly roads in the DC area which, famously, is in the Washington Post's name www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
the Washington Post ran a powerful story about dangerous roads and pedestrian deaths across the US with this interactive map–and not ONE SINGLE WORLD about the many deadly roads in the DC area which, famously, is in the Washington Post's name www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
for months my neighbors have been fighting @mcdotnow.bsky.social for stop signs at intersections where drivers hit an 11yo, as well as my dog and I. Michael Paylor, #2 at MCDOT, literally said the best thing the county can do is “nothing”
bethesdamagazine.com/2025/11/19/e...
bethesdamagazine.com/2025/11/19/e...
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
for months my neighbors have been fighting @mcdotnow.bsky.social for stop signs at intersections where drivers hit an 11yo, as well as my dog and I. Michael Paylor, #2 at MCDOT, literally said the best thing the county can do is “nothing”
bethesdamagazine.com/2025/11/19/e...
bethesdamagazine.com/2025/11/19/e...
taking advantage of being 5 minutes from the fillmore to skip the *first two opening bands* and just see the band i’m really excited about. the downside: got here too late to lean on my favorite column. my back 😖
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
taking advantage of being 5 minutes from the fillmore to skip the *first two opening bands* and just see the band i’m really excited about. the downside: got here too late to lean on my favorite column. my back 😖
we did it y’all 🥹💪 they said it couldn’t be done www.fox5dc.com/news/new-bil...
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
we did it y’all 🥹💪 they said it couldn’t be done www.fox5dc.com/news/new-bil...
Ben is one of the Purple Line OGs and honestly I teared up a little seeing this
Big day for me.
Walking to Metro, I saw rails being installed at the Bethesda Purple Line station.
Test trains are already running at the other end of the line.
I first testified for this project in 1989.
Walking to Metro, I saw rails being installed at the Bethesda Purple Line station.
Test trains are already running at the other end of the line.
I first testified for this project in 1989.
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ben is one of the Purple Line OGs and honestly I teared up a little seeing this
i’m at the prince george’s county council today testifying on behalf of @ggwash.org in support of the pitbull pilot program, which will allow any dog to live in the county. the room’s packed with folks in purple supporting the bill—
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
i’m at the prince george’s county council today testifying on behalf of @ggwash.org in support of the pitbull pilot program, which will allow any dog to live in the county. the room’s packed with folks in purple supporting the bill—
six months and I'm still fighting @mcdotnow.bsky.social to get a crosswalk, speed bumps, and a stop sign at the intersection where a driver hit me and my dog. staff takes weeks to respond to emails. they're condescending. they keep misgendering me. just total contempt for the people they serve
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
six months and I'm still fighting @mcdotnow.bsky.social to get a crosswalk, speed bumps, and a stop sign at the intersection where a driver hit me and my dog. staff takes weeks to respond to emails. they're condescending. they keep misgendering me. just total contempt for the people they serve
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kind of says everything about the modern editorial direction of the Washington Post that they nearly completely dismantled their coverage of local DC metro issues yet want the Editorial Board to weigh in on other cities’ politics in this sneering tone
Oh, and don't forget the gratuitous shot at queer and trans communities at the very end of this screed:
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
kind of says everything about the modern editorial direction of the Washington Post that they nearly completely dismantled their coverage of local DC metro issues yet want the Editorial Board to weigh in on other cities’ politics in this sneering tone
was on 14th Street today and forgot how controversial this apartment building (the Harper, opened 2015) was on the DC neighborhood blogs. one blogger called it “Wallachzilla” after the side street. this is maybe 7 floors at its tallest? wonder where they are now
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
was on 14th Street today and forgot how controversial this apartment building (the Harper, opened 2015) was on the DC neighborhood blogs. one blogger called it “Wallachzilla” after the side street. this is maybe 7 floors at its tallest? wonder where they are now
the approval process for new housing is so complicated that DR Horton, one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, is using AI to speedread zoning codes—and beat others to development opportunities www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/d...
November 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
the approval process for new housing is so complicated that DR Horton, one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, is using AI to speedread zoning codes—and beat others to development opportunities www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/d...