Rob Pitingolo
robpitingolo.bsky.social
Rob Pitingolo
@robpitingolo.bsky.social
Weekday researcher. Nights and weekend tour guide. Sometimes "that guy from the internet" on the National Mall.
This dog dressed as Maryland Driver for Halloween has to be the most local-DC costume ever.
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Someone in the 90th percentile of household income is actually closer to someone at the 1st percentile ($251k difference) than they are to someone in the 99th percentile ($408k difference).
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I still maintain that this is all that matters to her and all decisions being made can be traced back to it.
September 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Took these photos on July 3rd. Typically one of the busiest dates of the year. This year: empty.
August 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I guess Capital Bikeshare took all the National Mall stations offline for the 4th but it's Sunday morning now and I still can't ride down there. Ugh.
July 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Tonight's downtown hotel rates kind of give away the game about how many people traveled in from out of town this weekend.
June 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
De facto Open Streets.
May 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Or maybe stocks just make no sense. Like this headline "sales plunge" and therefore the stock is up 5% 🤷‍♂️
April 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
They are really leaning into the federal Washington vs. local DC distinction with these new hats.
April 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Wish I was being facetious but what is the risk that El*n goes for a walk one day, sees this work happening and tries to kill the contracts for the whole project?
March 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It's wild how "cord cutting" originated from the desire to only pay for the channels you want to watch to now the grocery store is bundling a bunch of streaming services together as a means to sell you yet another subscription.
December 12, 2024 at 9:11 PM