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The most Midwestern reply ever.
What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The most Midwestern reply ever.
Let’s call it what it is: Coalition To Waste Alexandrians‘ Tax $$ because beyond soliciting donations that could go to actually helping people they also want to waste city funds defending their 🗑️ lawsuits of petty grievances.
Save it for Festivus and save us all some $$.
Save it for Festivus and save us all some $$.
Coalition seeks $43,000 in two weeks to fund appeal of Alexandria zoning ruling
Coalition seeks $43,000 in two weeks to fund appeal of Alexandria zoning ruling
Group says total litigation costs have reached $252,000
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Let’s call it what it is: Coalition To Waste Alexandrians‘ Tax $$ because beyond soliciting donations that could go to actually helping people they also want to waste city funds defending their 🗑️ lawsuits of petty grievances.
Save it for Festivus and save us all some $$.
Save it for Festivus and save us all some $$.
Hey Alexandrians, you and/or your neighbors are struggling with expensive groceries, rent, paying back shutdown payday loans, etc etc but it’s really these litigious cranks who refuse to admit they‘re wrong that need your money so choose your holiday season giving wisely I guess. 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Coalition seeks $43,000 in two weeks to fund appeal of Alexandria zoning ruling
Coalition seeks $43,000 in two weeks to fund appeal of Alexandria zoning ruling
Group says total litigation costs have reached $252,000
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hey Alexandrians, you and/or your neighbors are struggling with expensive groceries, rent, paying back shutdown payday loans, etc etc but it’s really these litigious cranks who refuse to admit they‘re wrong that need your money so choose your holiday season giving wisely I guess. 🙄🙄🙄🙄
I love this so much. Get these west end kids some bikes and now let’s get these west end kids some non-car lanes and paths on the west end so they can bike places and do stuff.
Third graders at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School win free bikes after essay contest
Third graders at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School win free bikes after essay contest | ALXnow
Third graders at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School were unexpectedly surprised with free Huffy bikes during an assembly this morning (Friday). Earlier this month, the students participated in an essay...
www.alxnow.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I love this so much. Get these west end kids some bikes and now let’s get these west end kids some non-car lanes and paths on the west end so they can bike places and do stuff.
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Hop on the Bike Bus!
Parents & students at Naomi Brooks & Patrick Henry organized a Bike Bus!
A safe way to bike to school together!
#ecocityalx #biketoschool #bikes #ebikes #greencities #greentransportation #students
Parents & students at Naomi Brooks & Patrick Henry organized a Bike Bus!
A safe way to bike to school together!
#ecocityalx #biketoschool #bikes #ebikes #greencities #greentransportation #students
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hop on the Bike Bus!
Parents & students at Naomi Brooks & Patrick Henry organized a Bike Bus!
A safe way to bike to school together!
#ecocityalx #biketoschool #bikes #ebikes #greencities #greentransportation #students
Parents & students at Naomi Brooks & Patrick Henry organized a Bike Bus!
A safe way to bike to school together!
#ecocityalx #biketoschool #bikes #ebikes #greencities #greentransportation #students
TLDR; BAR insists on expensive, unnecessary s*** that will take even more tax dollars out of the wallets of myself and every other resident, at a time when this city is trying to keep teachers paid and a lot of the city is trying to keep food on the table.
Tone deaf.
Out of touch.
Outrageous.
Tone deaf.
Out of touch.
Outrageous.
The Alexandria Board of Architectural Review unanimously approved the City Hall renovation project Wednesday night, with extensive design requirements that the city had explicitly opposed, including mandatory chimneys and arched entrances.
BAR mandates chimneys, historic details for City Hall despite city's objections
Board of Architectural Review unanimously approves renovation with extensive conditions after city attorney says requirements exceed submitted application
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
TLDR; BAR insists on expensive, unnecessary s*** that will take even more tax dollars out of the wallets of myself and every other resident, at a time when this city is trying to keep teachers paid and a lot of the city is trying to keep food on the table.
Tone deaf.
Out of touch.
Outrageous.
Tone deaf.
Out of touch.
Outrageous.
Ok but where have I seen this already 🤔
Iowa City Transit is being featured in the New York Times for its fare-free bus program.
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Ok but where have I seen this already 🤔
Perusing kiddo’s GOTR journal and on the question of “person who always makes me feel good about myself,” she wrote “my mom” and holy shit did I actually break the multigenerational cycle of trauma and abuse on this one and my god who is cutting onions in here. 😭😭😭
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Perusing kiddo’s GOTR journal and on the question of “person who always makes me feel good about myself,” she wrote “my mom” and holy shit did I actually break the multigenerational cycle of trauma and abuse on this one and my god who is cutting onions in here. 😭😭😭
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
Got to have a short but sweet meet up with college friends who were in town for a conference before they drove back to the Midwest. It is really the best to have people you’ve had bonds with for over half your life and who truly understand your High Plains sensibilities.
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Got to have a short but sweet meet up with college friends who were in town for a conference before they drove back to the Midwest. It is really the best to have people you’ve had bonds with for over half your life and who truly understand your High Plains sensibilities.
This has been my experience too.
ACPS finally sent notice to families who are being redistricted this morning. Group texts of multilingual working class West End parents are blowing up with questions and confusion about these messages because ACPS and the school board completely failed to actually engage with these communities.
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This has been my experience too.
I for one would like wealthy powerful elites to stop pretending to care about who is playing sports against girls in elementary through high school and actually care about who is raping girls in elementary through high school.
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I for one would like wealthy powerful elites to stop pretending to care about who is playing sports against girls in elementary through high school and actually care about who is raping girls in elementary through high school.
Motion to stop calling everything west of Quaker, but especially addresses on the west *side* of Quaker the “west end.” It is the best end, but c’mon, we really got stop lumping literally half of the city (and I venture more than half the population) into one neighborhood.
APD investigating after suspects steal cash register from West End convenience store
APD investigating after suspects steal cash register from West End convenience store | ALXnow
The Alexandria Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that took place at a convenience store this morning (Monday) in the West End. APD responded to a store at the 1600 block of N. Quaker...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Motion to stop calling everything west of Quaker, but especially addresses on the west *side* of Quaker the “west end.” It is the best end, but c’mon, we really got stop lumping literally half of the city (and I venture more than half the population) into one neighborhood.
Washington PKs amirite
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Washington PKs amirite
Did not have “reading case law including an opinion that starts with “Around 2000 B.C. …” on my bingo card for today but I guess here I am.
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Did not have “reading case law including an opinion that starts with “Around 2000 B.C. …” on my bingo card for today but I guess here I am.
Kiddo is going to play junior academy and rec this spring. Am I soccer mom now? I don’t know how to process this thing that seems very middle class coded to me. But kid is excited and I do like having ways for her to burn her endless well of energy so I guess I’m gonna learn how to be a soccer mom.
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Kiddo is going to play junior academy and rec this spring. Am I soccer mom now? I don’t know how to process this thing that seems very middle class coded to me. But kid is excited and I do like having ways for her to burn her endless well of energy so I guess I’m gonna learn how to be a soccer mom.
I really need opponents of zoning reform and building new housing to take a hard look at these income requirements and how much even “affordable housing” rents are. Pull out your mortgage statement and compare how much these rents compare to what you’re paying for your SFH you bought years ago.
Thirty-six affordable rental units are currently available in Alexandria, ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments, according to the city’s Nov. 4 update.
36 affordable rental units are available in Alexandria right now; here's how to apply
City updates list of committed affordable rentals monthly; applications accepted on rolling basis
www.alexandriabrief.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I really need opponents of zoning reform and building new housing to take a hard look at these income requirements and how much even “affordable housing” rents are. Pull out your mortgage statement and compare how much these rents compare to what you’re paying for your SFH you bought years ago.
Mississippi.
We would do well to stop painting rural America with a broad brush and writing off whole swaths of this country.
Listen to Sarah Smarsh’s podcast “Homecomers” or pick up her books.
We would do well to stop painting rural America with a broad brush and writing off whole swaths of this country.
Listen to Sarah Smarsh’s podcast “Homecomers” or pick up her books.
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Mississippi.
We would do well to stop painting rural America with a broad brush and writing off whole swaths of this country.
Listen to Sarah Smarsh’s podcast “Homecomers” or pick up her books.
We would do well to stop painting rural America with a broad brush and writing off whole swaths of this country.
Listen to Sarah Smarsh’s podcast “Homecomers” or pick up her books.
Whether you’re a federal worker, a single mom, a service worker, a bodega owner, or a farmer, people just want to be able to afford to live in their communities. To not always have way more month than paycheck left. I see it in my blue city and my red hometown. We mostly want the same thing.
November 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Whether you’re a federal worker, a single mom, a service worker, a bodega owner, or a farmer, people just want to be able to afford to live in their communities. To not always have way more month than paycheck left. I see it in my blue city and my red hometown. We mostly want the same thing.
8 year old walked the dog today by herself in the neighborhood and I made the mistake of looking online for posts on age kids should be allowed to walk their family pet dog alone.
Someone suggested 17.
Someone reported CPS getting called on them for letting their 8.5 year old walk their dog.
Someone suggested 17.
Someone reported CPS getting called on them for letting their 8.5 year old walk their dog.
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
8 year old walked the dog today by herself in the neighborhood and I made the mistake of looking online for posts on age kids should be allowed to walk their family pet dog alone.
Someone suggested 17.
Someone reported CPS getting called on them for letting their 8.5 year old walk their dog.
Someone suggested 17.
Someone reported CPS getting called on them for letting their 8.5 year old walk their dog.
How did you know.
October 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
How did you know.
Maybe they done could’ve figured out a way to deal with the extreme overcrowding in West End school FACILITIES and find a TRANSPORTATION solution if the Executive Director for Facilities and Operations wasn’t collecting a six figure full time paycheck without doing a full time job.
PERHAPS.
PERHAPS.
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Maybe they done could’ve figured out a way to deal with the extreme overcrowding in West End school FACILITIES and find a TRANSPORTATION solution if the Executive Director for Facilities and Operations wasn’t collecting a six figure full time paycheck without doing a full time job.
PERHAPS.
PERHAPS.
ACPS leadership? Screwing up royally and not being transparent? Pissing off everyone? Who* could have predicted this would happen AGAIN?!
*everyone. everyone could.
*everyone. everyone could.
a woman is drinking a shot of liquor from a glass .
ALT: a woman is drinking a shot of liquor from a glass .
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
ACPS leadership? Screwing up royally and not being transparent? Pissing off everyone? Who* could have predicted this would happen AGAIN?!
*everyone. everyone could.
*everyone. everyone could.
In case my elementary aged child ever grows up to run for office, she’d like to get ahead of the scoop that she knows her tia Sonia is not in fact her actual aunt, but one of her mom’s best friends, like such good friends they’re almost like sisters.
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
In case my elementary aged child ever grows up to run for office, she’d like to get ahead of the scoop that she knows her tia Sonia is not in fact her actual aunt, but one of her mom’s best friends, like such good friends they’re almost like sisters.