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wvistheduck.bsky.social
You seem naive about most big city mayors. Or you agree with them that the motorist experience of suburbanites should be prioritized far higher than what most real city residents actually care about. Either way, goodbye.
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ryanmusser.bsky.social
Love the views you can get from my neighborhood Randle Heighlands. These are all street-level views of:
1. The National Basilica behind the DC Armory
2. The Air Force Memorial behind the FDM Bridge
3. Bethesda
4. Capitol Dome, Library of Congress, and National Cathedral
wvistheduck.bsky.social
It's great to have a good one, our mayor in DC rn sucks shit.
wvistheduck.bsky.social
Do you mean the Bill de Blasio who took his motorcade to the gym in Park Slope everyday, or the one who opposed congestion pricing at first, or the one who called Sadik-Khan a "radical" for supporting protected bike lanes? Or do you know any of the other NYC mayors? But yeah, he's better than adams!
wvistheduck.bsky.social
They're real and they're spectacular 🚲🤩
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digiphile.bsky.social
Hypothesis: The disconnect between US news media coverage of causes of death and what Americans actually die from is then reflected in what people are scared of & what politicians invest in, or defund. Refocusing attention on causes will help all of us reduce harm.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
wvistheduck.bsky.social
Other countries having showy mascot kings is also bad. No kings, simple.
wvistheduck.bsky.social
It is WILD how many big city mayors think the point of their city is for suburban drivers to crash through them as fast and callously as possible. What a breath of fresh air to imagine a mayor who actually likes their city and the people who live there.
walkingtaako.bsky.social
He seems to actually like the city he lives in, which is unusual for NYC mayors
wvistheduck.bsky.social
As great as it would be to see her get rejected by voters, I'm willing to be satisfied with her terrible polling pushing her out just so long as she's gone!
wvistheduck.bsky.social
DC needs a mayor who fights for the good people of this city instead of city-hating business elites from Potomac MD, let's go @janeese4dc.bsky.social!!
alexkoma.bsky.social
New: Mayor Bowser is seriously considering turning down a bid for a fourth term.

She's discussed the prospect with her allies in recent days. Several have described it as a 50-50 chance she runs again. This would be a huge shift for a mayoral race defined by the incumbent:
wamu.org/story/25/10/...
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser might not run for reelection. That could scramble the 2026 mayoral race
The three-term mayor is discussing the possibility of stepping aside, despite months of speculation she planned to mount a bid for a fourth term.
wamu.org
wvistheduck.bsky.social
My only quibble is this that studying something that's already been studied to death is just more "no and slow" instead of "yes and now"
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scottgoldstein.bsky.social
LFG! Time for new leadership. @janeese4dc.bsky.social
alexkoma.bsky.social
Here's the results: It was conducted by a coalition of labor unions, many of which supported Bowser in '22, and they found very worrying numbers for her.

53% say she's not doing a good job as mayor and she loses 59-40 (!) against a generic challenger.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
wvistheduck.bsky.social
“they like Trump and want to help them” and "they like to scrutinize dems and praise trump" seem effectively equivalent.
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anotherjonah.bsky.social
This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".
wvistheduck.bsky.social
Used to see people begging to pass the lines at the airport bc they're so late for their flight once in a blue moon, but now it seems to happen every time I fly, anyone else notice that?
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cainnorris.net
Dude, if bottle deposit would sink you, your finances are already shit. Grow up.
wvistheduck.bsky.social
Yeah good point, should definitely focus on the plastics first
wvistheduck.bsky.social
A six pack of local DC beer costs like $18 nowadays and they're saying a 60 cent can pollution tax would cause local brewers to "not exist"?? 🤔
51st.news
Right Proper brewery co-founder Thor Cheston knows that advocating against D.C.'s proposed bottle bill might put him on the wrong side of environmentally conscious customers: "We have to take that risk to be judged in the court of public opinion because if we do not fight this, we do not exist.”
D.C. breweries worry about effects of a bottle-deposit bill
Lawmakers are considering the measure to help clean up the Anacostia River.
51st.news
wvistheduck.bsky.social
Most residents say the redesign is much better, and the data says this as well
wvistheduck.bsky.social
Next #MBTpubroll just dropped 👀!
barredindc.bsky.social
Super cool event in Union Market area this weekend and next. Each of the 16 rooms in the former Motel 6 (4th and Penn St. NE) is being designed up. Free admission. Cash bar from Bar Betsie
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self.agency
every dollar you spend for a subscription to a major publication like the times or wapo is better spent on propublica and local and independent media
joeberkowitz.bsky.social
Incredible things are happening, as ever, at The Paper of Record.
two articles in a row that feel like very 2025 slaps in the face:

Frank Bruni, Kristen Soltis Anderson and Nate Silver

‘Democrats Fumbled This a Bit’: 3 Writers Assess Where We Are With the Shutdown

Marc Rowan

Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.