Alex Holt
@skatingtomato.bsky.social
Still your friendly neighborhood geek/“propogandist.” Baltimore/Maryland correspondent for GGW. He/him. Vocal advocacy classist. Tranist. #ActuallyAutistic
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Alex Holt
@skatingtomato.bsky.social
· Feb 20
What to watch in the 2025 Maryland General Assembly
Between a budget crunch, a housing crisis, and a new appetite in Annapolis for tackling longstanding energy and environmental issues, this year’s Maryland General Assembly session could be a very prod...
ggwash.org
My latest article for @ggwash.org takes a look at some of the biggest urbanist bills of #MDGA25, especially in transit, housing, & even the environment. Check it out, there's a lot of good stuff being discussed in Annapolis, even amidst all the chaos in Washington: ggwash.org/view/98490/w...
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Texas, Gonzales County, School Records, 1910-1970
Texas, Gonzales County, School Records, 1910-1970
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Anita Arse
Texas, Gonzales County, School Records, 1910-1970
Texas, Gonzales County, School Records, 1910-1970
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"Do not do the oldest fucking war crime there is" is apparently the line.
November 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
"Do not do the oldest fucking war crime there is" is apparently the line.
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fundamentally most congressional democrats still think the first strike was acceptable through the proper channels. that's a problem.
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
fundamentally most congressional democrats still think the first strike was acceptable through the proper channels. that's a problem.
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couldn't just blow up the boat, had to violate every law of civilized combat while they were at it, enough to anger even bloodless hawks
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
couldn't just blow up the boat, had to violate every law of civilized combat while they were at it, enough to anger even bloodless hawks
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Lane Kiffin is trying to win over the media by procrastinating on a deadline
November 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Lane Kiffin is trying to win over the media by procrastinating on a deadline
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watching Auburn with the ball
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
watching Auburn with the ball
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I would trade my Bobson Dugnutt rookie card for that
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I would trade my Bobson Dugnutt rookie card for that
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misread this as Wesley Crusher and was very confused.
ultimately a reasonable concern, but what's more remarkable is that James Blunt yes, that James Blunt, under the command of Michael Jackson, no not that Michael Jackson, refused Clark's order to shoot Russians.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/...
ultimately a reasonable concern, but what's more remarkable is that James Blunt yes, that James Blunt, under the command of Michael Jackson, no not that Michael Jackson, refused Clark's order to shoot Russians.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/...
BBC News | EUROPE | Confrontation over Pristina airport
news.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:13 AM
misread this as Wesley Crusher and was very confused.
ultimately a reasonable concern, but what's more remarkable is that James Blunt yes, that James Blunt, under the command of Michael Jackson, no not that Michael Jackson, refused Clark's order to shoot Russians.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/...
ultimately a reasonable concern, but what's more remarkable is that James Blunt yes, that James Blunt, under the command of Michael Jackson, no not that Michael Jackson, refused Clark's order to shoot Russians.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/...
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it took gratuitous cruelty and disregard for international law to turn this into a scandal, but well, at least this administration is always good for those
There are now bipartisan investigations in both the House and Senate into the administration targeting and killing people in the Caribbean without due process.
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
it took gratuitous cruelty and disregard for international law to turn this into a scandal, but well, at least this administration is always good for those
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The Grinch is breaking his silence in his first-ever interview, exclusively on The Guy Who Got Fired From Mumford & Sons Because Of Woke’s podcast
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The Grinch is breaking his silence in his first-ever interview, exclusively on The Guy Who Got Fired From Mumford & Sons Because Of Woke’s podcast
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I didn't vote for this bullshit...
November 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I didn't vote for this bullshit...
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The Robots series by Asimov is about white flight and how suburbanism and contempt for urban cores destroys dynamism
There is basically zero YIMBY literature and sci-fi other than Toni Morrison's Jazz and The Expanse.
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The Robots series by Asimov is about white flight and how suburbanism and contempt for urban cores destroys dynamism
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Dimon practicing some risk management here is a big tell.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Dimon practicing some risk management here is a big tell.
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im not like a historical materialist guy but i do think low hanging fruit for a left leaning mayor promising affordability is to do abundance-type yimby/regulatory reforms. it also provides you cover to do social welfare soc dem stuff.
thinking of that quote from gustavo petro about how columbia first has to do functioning capitalism before it can do socialism
Honestly it's funny that he is *quite literally* saying "deregulate and reduce the burden of taxation on business to create jobs" and nobody on the left will criticise him. Good.
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
im not like a historical materialist guy but i do think low hanging fruit for a left leaning mayor promising affordability is to do abundance-type yimby/regulatory reforms. it also provides you cover to do social welfare soc dem stuff.
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AG Sulzberger needs to be put on trial by the National Salvation Front when the day comes
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
AG Sulzberger needs to be put on trial by the National Salvation Front when the day comes
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Not a one off, I officially have a Cybertruck Neighbor.
There's a Cybertruck parked in my neighborhood with dealer plates. Hopefully this is a one off but in case it's not, does anyone have a hookup for left over Mamdani campaign literature? DMs are open.
November 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Not a one off, I officially have a Cybertruck Neighbor.
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“‘No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting, said (UCC pastor Rev. Jorge) Bautista, who said he intends to sue DHS.”
When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“‘No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting, said (UCC pastor Rev. Jorge) Bautista, who said he intends to sue DHS.”
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I'm here to ride horses on scenic vistas and usher into being a new kind of apocalypse, and I'm all out of scenic vistas.
J. Robert Oppenheimer, Atomic Scientist
Great photograph of Oppie!
Great photograph of Oppie!
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I'm here to ride horses on scenic vistas and usher into being a new kind of apocalypse, and I'm all out of scenic vistas.
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The Gambino Administration is going exactly as you would expect a Gambino Administration to function
November 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The Gambino Administration is going exactly as you would expect a Gambino Administration to function
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Profound
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Profound
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I am challenging The Grinch to a debate
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I am challenging The Grinch to a debate
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You don’t have to be a pedestrian in a crosswalk, a biker, or in a car crash to be killed by carbrain violence
Woman, teen accused of fatally beating Baltimore traffic worker over parking spot
Woman, teen accused of fatally beating city traffic worker over parking
A 49-year-old woman from Northeast Baltimore has been arrested and charged with fatally beating a city traffic worker last month during an argument over a parking spot downtown.
buff.ly
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
You don’t have to be a pedestrian in a crosswalk, a biker, or in a car crash to be killed by carbrain violence
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we had conference divisions for a reason and the tiebreaker here is "higher conference opponent winning percentage" which is not something anybody — the players on the field, even the coaches — even had any control over
For real though. Chaos is great but having to watch a bad 7-5 Duke team in a conference title game while an actual good team sits home because of tiebreaker minutiae is just bad
This might be an unpopular take ... but if I'm the ACC and Cal upsets SMU, I override the tiebreakers and put Miami in the ACC championship game against Virginia.
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
we had conference divisions for a reason and the tiebreaker here is "higher conference opponent winning percentage" which is not something anybody — the players on the field, even the coaches — even had any control over