Maggie Downing
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Maggie Downing
@maggiedowning.bsky.social
public space + public history // avid baker // casual cyclist // DC + New England // she/her
The only person I’ve ever known who was truly good at explaining board games was an elementary school teacher and I think that’s no coincidence.
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I am convinced that Jonathan Bailey’s team worked overtime to get that Sexiest Man Alive status locked in before the Fiyero/Scarecrow reveal, because they knew it would never happen after the public had been exposed to this.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This has been me with the Kitty Genovese story several times since hearing about it on You’re Wrong About.
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Oh yes, I’m familiar!
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I think it’s just a classic lack of leadership at DC government, and an unwillingness to take on the bigger task of permanently changing the streetscape to be less car-centric.
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Oh, I worked on streateries in Georgetown in the early days of the program (back when we had to measure distance btwn tables for covid safety) and I actually don’t think that’s the case. Because of the OGB, Gtown always has to have its own considerations.
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I’ve managed to avoid that trap so far!
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This skeet brought to you by a row house where it was 80 degrees in one unit and 65 in another, and until I arrived the solution was apparently to play passive aggressive games with the thermostat. So now I’m discussing radiator balancing techniques with the landlord.
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Like, how is it that I have to pay $100, print the signs myself at a police station, hang the signs up (always in a location where there aren’t existing posts to hang them on), take and submit photos of the signs, and it’s still not enough to get them enforced?
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM