DC YIMBY

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

So glad we tore down the Adams Morgan streateries so we have plenty of space for this guy who owes $2,200 in unpaid tickets so he can park directly in front of tryst!!!

Trying to make a list of all the bike projects that DDOT planned and then seriously watered down over the last year or two... --CT Ave (obviously) --KS Ave (described below) --11th street NW --K Street NW transitway not to mention downgrading AZ ave which was already protected but isn't anymore

File under "charts that need no explanatory context to make the story clear" wapo.st/4iC8oCR

“WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Dept of Transportation report revealed that it’s ‘actually kind of crazy’ that U.S. citizens are allowed to drive automobiles.” The Onion strikes again.

the SEC should have a law that just says any CEO who uses the term "infinite money glitch" just has to go straight to prison, right away

The fact that he made sure to get into the bike line? Absolute king.

So if being anti-fascist is considered domestic terrorism, that means the Federal government just openly admitted to being fully Fascist, correct?

This is an agent of the US federal government, armed for live-fire combat against a modern army, slamming a passive and nonviolent female candidate for the US Congress into asphalt. Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

"By contrast, in 2025 thus far, Bluesky has driven "a hundred times as many page views" to Southern Fried Science as Twitter." arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Words/phrases Democrats should never use: * bipartisan * my Republican friends * real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans) * yea (when voting on Republican bills) * distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did) * woke (in derogatory sense)

Ha ok Washington post, this is a great photo

@ddotdc.bsky.social is removing a protected bike lane on Arizona Ave NW, DESPITE ANC objections. The reason given — a few wealthy and connected neighbors don’t like the look of flexposts! Time to get rid of @mayorbowser.bsky.social, who looks more like Trump every day. #urbanism #safestreets

Your periodic reminder that the estimated cost to end hunger in the U.S. is $25 billion.

what this is, above all else, is the biggest green light we’ve ever seen for Dem primary challenges the Dem base is deeply, deeply angry at the party for not doing more to oppose Trump and the door is wide open for anyone who is serious about doing more on that front

Stop travelling to America. It’s not safe & your tourist dollars shouldn’t support fascism If you’re American, stop going to Florida They built a concentration camp in 8 days They’ve opted to kidnap and detain thousands instead of housing the homeless, feeding the hungry & providing healthcare

The District Dept. of Transportation plans to eliminate Arizona Ave. NW protected bike lanes. Use this action to tell DDOT you object: waba.org/action-page/... . The city should not compromise safety because a few individuals don’t like the look of flex posts.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

@wmata.com The stop for the D94 eastbound at MacArthur Blvd NW and Arizona Ave NW is not showing up on buseta.com. Also, there is still the old D6 sign. This stop wasn’t scheduled to be removed.

Literal cages — in sweltering, 100 degree temperatures. 🥵 Ron DeSantis should be brought up on criminal charges.

Lisa Murkowski cuts a last minute deal solely to benefit Alaska, exempting it from some of the more odious parts of the bill to secure her vote and sell out the rest of the US. Yeah this stuff sucks and hurts a lot of people, but I got Alaskans exempted so the hell with you.

The blind zone on a Chevy Suburban is much, much bigger now than 20 years ago. The same is true for all 6 models that researchers recently examined. Bigger blind zones --> More pedestrian deaths (which have surged in the last 20 years) Research: saemobilus.sae.org/articles/lon...

One of the SpaceX fan cams caught a crane collapse at Starbase in Texas. This kind of thing only happens from a completely unacceptable safety culture failure and I'd be shocked if there wasn't a death here

NYC mayoral race a sliver of light in these dark, dark times.

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D.C. government is taking out a protected bike lane for the first time, saying the flexposts are ugly. Unclear what this means for the many other flexposts around the city marking bike lanes, curb extensions, etc www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Removing PBLs because of aesthetics shouldn’t happen! “Paul Dougherty, a real estate investor in the Palisades neighborhood, said he called Kershbaum during recent road repaving and thanked her for taking the bike lanes out. […] ‘She listened,’ [he] said.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

What a horrible precedent. Sharon Kershbaum and Paul Dougherty should be ashamed. This kind of regressive, Trumpian politics has no place in our city government.

Friday DDOT news dump - they plan to remove the protected two-way bike lane from Arizona Ave and replace it with two one-way unprotected lanes. Reason: “aesthetics” of flexposts, which new design omits.

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Capital Crescent Trail was bumpin’ this morning. Rode without a helmet, which I rarely do, and it was glorious. Would love if we had safe enough streets to bike without a helmet everywhere.

this entire paragraph is Stephen Pinker openly saying, "I think race science is real and correct."

Virginians will remember this vote and hold them accountable at the ballot box.

This is the zoning map for the second biggest city in the world's largest economy. All the yellow you see only permits single-family homes. Stop saying our cities are "full".

Well this is chilling as all hell. As I've said a million times, we are sliding into autocracy in the most telegraphed, cliched, scripted way possible. Just dully walking through steps that have been trod dozens of times before, stupid enough to think we're different.

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

Happy Indie Bookstore Day, DC! Let’s do this!

Why do we treat car crime so differently from other forms of law-breaking — and who benefits?

For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce" www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...

If you don't call your representatives and senators, then don't complain online. Do something. 👇☎️