Anthony Bravo
@abravo56.bsky.social
Washington, DC - Urbanism, transit, baseball, soccer, music.
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Boom!
A good deal of my time spent on the beach at Jökulsárlón is trying to capture waves hitting icebergs, without the iceberg moving (and being blurred). Occasionally it all comes together :)
#Iceland
A good deal of my time spent on the beach at Jökulsárlón is trying to capture waves hitting icebergs, without the iceberg moving (and being blurred). Occasionally it all comes together :)
#Iceland
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Boom!
A good deal of my time spent on the beach at Jökulsárlón is trying to capture waves hitting icebergs, without the iceberg moving (and being blurred). Occasionally it all comes together :)
#Iceland
A good deal of my time spent on the beach at Jökulsárlón is trying to capture waves hitting icebergs, without the iceberg moving (and being blurred). Occasionally it all comes together :)
#Iceland
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If this game goes past daylight savings time a portal to The Good Dimension opens and we call all walk in!
November 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
If this game goes past daylight savings time a portal to The Good Dimension opens and we call all walk in!
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the administration is laser-focused on making sure Americans don't get clean energy, so Saudi Arabia (Trump's paymaster) has someone to sell their oil to in 10 years when the rest of the world has moved on to solar+batteries
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
the administration is laser-focused on making sure Americans don't get clean energy, so Saudi Arabia (Trump's paymaster) has someone to sell their oil to in 10 years when the rest of the world has moved on to solar+batteries
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Visited a stone circle in Kenmare today. Near the circle was a Hawthorne “wishing tree,” where people hang wishes for things they want to see in their or others lives. Most were heavy and heartfelt pleas for peace, recovery or reconciliation.
And then there was this person who’s very mad at Nancy.
And then there was this person who’s very mad at Nancy.
October 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Visited a stone circle in Kenmare today. Near the circle was a Hawthorne “wishing tree,” where people hang wishes for things they want to see in their or others lives. Most were heavy and heartfelt pleas for peace, recovery or reconciliation.
And then there was this person who’s very mad at Nancy.
And then there was this person who’s very mad at Nancy.
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Trump and whatever advisor last spoke to him.
October 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Trump and whatever advisor last spoke to him.
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Rosemonde Kouassi launches a hail mary from distance for the game-winner 🚀
October 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Rosemonde Kouassi launches a hail mary from distance for the game-winner 🚀
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We don’t call everyone who disagrees with us a Nazi, JD, just the ones doing Nazi shit like:
-masked secret police kidnapping people off the street
-creating concentration camps
-attempting to eradicate trans people
-banning/burning LGBTQ/opposing viewpoint books
-murdering fishermen in open waters
-masked secret police kidnapping people off the street
-creating concentration camps
-attempting to eradicate trans people
-banning/burning LGBTQ/opposing viewpoint books
-murdering fishermen in open waters
Vance: "If you want stop political violence, stop telling your supporters that everybody who disagrees with you is a Nazi."
September 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We don’t call everyone who disagrees with us a Nazi, JD, just the ones doing Nazi shit like:
-masked secret police kidnapping people off the street
-creating concentration camps
-attempting to eradicate trans people
-banning/burning LGBTQ/opposing viewpoint books
-murdering fishermen in open waters
-masked secret police kidnapping people off the street
-creating concentration camps
-attempting to eradicate trans people
-banning/burning LGBTQ/opposing viewpoint books
-murdering fishermen in open waters
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Again Bouie from the top rope
September 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Again Bouie from the top rope
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Wow, so glad I found these and won’t have to pay the late f . . .
September 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Wow, so glad I found these and won’t have to pay the late f . . .
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"In 2023, there were a record 74,100 carless households, representing 20% of all Seattle households. That’s up from 53,200, or 16% of households, in 2017."
NEW // While Seattle Population Spikes, Car Population Stalls Out
By Doug Trumm
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/07/w...
By Doug Trumm
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/07/w...
While Seattle Population Spikes, Car Population Stalls Out » The Urbanist
# Seattle's human population is growing fast, but its car population has stalled out. Between 2017 and 2023, Seattle added 35,000 households and about 80,000 residents, but just 3,300 cars, new Census...
www.theurbanist.org
September 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"In 2023, there were a record 74,100 carless households, representing 20% of all Seattle households. That’s up from 53,200, or 16% of households, in 2017."
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So if the real problem is not the amount of crime, but people's feelings of fear... then wouldn't the real source of the problem be the people overhyping individual crimes in order to scare people?
Unless you *want* people irrationally scared about crime, in which case it makes perfect sense...
Unless you *want* people irrationally scared about crime, in which case it makes perfect sense...
September 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
So if the real problem is not the amount of crime, but people's feelings of fear... then wouldn't the real source of the problem be the people overhyping individual crimes in order to scare people?
Unless you *want* people irrationally scared about crime, in which case it makes perfect sense...
Unless you *want* people irrationally scared about crime, in which case it makes perfect sense...
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This is not true. Blackstone owns 0.06% of the single family homes in America. There is no market where they own more than 1% of the homes.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
September 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is not true. Blackstone owns 0.06% of the single family homes in America. There is no market where they own more than 1% of the homes.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
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as usual, Trump's clownish incompetence and lawbreaking gets retroactively covered for by his allies on the Supreme Court, along with the media they are the real power behind Trumpism
NEW: Chief Justice Roberts has halted the reinstatement of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter—whom Trump fired in direct violation of federal law—while the full court considers the case.
In other words, Slaughter just got booted from her job again. It's a worrisome sign for her ultimate prospects.
In other words, Slaughter just got booted from her job again. It's a worrisome sign for her ultimate prospects.
September 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
as usual, Trump's clownish incompetence and lawbreaking gets retroactively covered for by his allies on the Supreme Court, along with the media they are the real power behind Trumpism
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Sports and politics may sometimes coexist uneasily, but they're inseparable at Washington Spirit games – where fans have been loudly and proudly chanting and displaying their opposition to Trump's takeover of D.C. Me for @51st.news: 51st.news/dc-spirit-tr...
Washington Spirit games provide a field for Trump resistance
Women's soccer fans have taken to the stands with banners, flags, and pro-D.C. chants.
51st.news
September 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sports and politics may sometimes coexist uneasily, but they're inseparable at Washington Spirit games – where fans have been loudly and proudly chanting and displaying their opposition to Trump's takeover of D.C. Me for @51st.news: 51st.news/dc-spirit-tr...
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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
September 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
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put your kid on the fucking bus this shit is so stupid
I tracked down source of a TikTok i saw about horrific car pick up lane in a Tennessee school district. And it is true. Parents arriving by noon to wait in line for hours, doordashing food as they wait, etc.
www.wbir.com/article/traf...
www.wbir.com/article/traf...
Traffic near Loudon County schools stirs frustration, raises safety concerns with few immediate fixes
For years, school drop off and pickup lines at Eaton Elementary and North Middle School have frustrated drivers, backing up traffic on two highways.
www.wbir.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
put your kid on the fucking bus this shit is so stupid
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This one is only for Blueskyers of a certain age.
August 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This one is only for Blueskyers of a certain age.
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Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind ind...
www.pbs.org
August 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
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📣 NOW OPEN 📣
Our pop-up shop is BACK & we definitely understood the ✨ assignment ✨ with our new line of Metro U merch! 🙂↕️
Shop A+ fits now through Sep 12! Visit 300 7th St SW, Mon-Fri from 10am-6pm or shop online: dcmetrostore.com 🤎
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Our pop-up shop is BACK & we definitely understood the ✨ assignment ✨ with our new line of Metro U merch! 🙂↕️
Shop A+ fits now through Sep 12! Visit 300 7th St SW, Mon-Fri from 10am-6pm or shop online: dcmetrostore.com 🤎
➡️ www.wmata.com/about/news/T...
August 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
📣 NOW OPEN 📣
Our pop-up shop is BACK & we definitely understood the ✨ assignment ✨ with our new line of Metro U merch! 🙂↕️
Shop A+ fits now through Sep 12! Visit 300 7th St SW, Mon-Fri from 10am-6pm or shop online: dcmetrostore.com 🤎
➡️ www.wmata.com/about/news/T...
Our pop-up shop is BACK & we definitely understood the ✨ assignment ✨ with our new line of Metro U merch! 🙂↕️
Shop A+ fits now through Sep 12! Visit 300 7th St SW, Mon-Fri from 10am-6pm or shop online: dcmetrostore.com 🤎
➡️ www.wmata.com/about/news/T...
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I wrote an unusually strongly worded thing about the transit crisis in Pennsylvania, which is coming soon to Oregon and Illinois. humantransit.org/2025/08/the-...
The Fall of Philadelphia — Human Transit
The Pennsylvania State Senate has decided that the transit system of America’s fifth largest city should be substantially destroyed. Similar dramas are playing out in Illinois, Oregon, and Rhode Isla...
humantransit.org
August 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I wrote an unusually strongly worded thing about the transit crisis in Pennsylvania, which is coming soon to Oregon and Illinois. humantransit.org/2025/08/the-...
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No the core problem w the NYT is liberals trust it. It isn’t conservatives buying subs and doing wordle and getting excited by recipes. It is liberals funding the most influential news org in the world as it furthers right wing horse shit
I really don’t think the broad brush strokes help. I cancelled my subscription several years ago even though I enjoyed Wordle. Whatever is going on at the top isn’t good, it isn’t about liberalism, it’s about clicks at this point. No problem with you calling it out, maybe adjust the framing.
August 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
No the core problem w the NYT is liberals trust it. It isn’t conservatives buying subs and doing wordle and getting excited by recipes. It is liberals funding the most influential news org in the world as it furthers right wing horse shit
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The point of journalism is to tell people the truth! If the population and political leaders are panicking about something that isn't happening, your job as a reporter is to loudly debunk it — not plead with the other party to join the panic.
"but crime is a real issue, people are worried about crime and you have to take that seriously"
No you don't! If people are getting more scared about crime while crime is happening less frequently, it's a made up issue and you should make a point of yelling that all the time
No you don't! If people are getting more scared about crime while crime is happening less frequently, it's a made up issue and you should make a point of yelling that all the time
August 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The point of journalism is to tell people the truth! If the population and political leaders are panicking about something that isn't happening, your job as a reporter is to loudly debunk it — not plead with the other party to join the panic.
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Once you understand that a driving principle of American politics is there is no such thing as a compassionate solution that's cheap enough or a cruel solution that's too expensive, a lot of things click into place.
I think it's possible that Trump's illegal invasion of DC will really in some sense "get rid of the tents." If that happens, elite commentators will rush to praise him and attribute it to the effectiveness of cruelty, and not to the fact that they spent millions of dollars per tent cleared.
August 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Once you understand that a driving principle of American politics is there is no such thing as a compassionate solution that's cheap enough or a cruel solution that's too expensive, a lot of things click into place.
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The entirety of the 51st minute of the Amazon Prime broadcast of Spirit vs. Louisville in DC
Big shouts to @mikewattsonair.bsky.social and Lianne Sanderson for letting the crowd have that moment of airtime, however intentional or not it may have been
Big shouts to @mikewattsonair.bsky.social and Lianne Sanderson for letting the crowd have that moment of airtime, however intentional or not it may have been
August 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The entirety of the 51st minute of the Amazon Prime broadcast of Spirit vs. Louisville in DC
Big shouts to @mikewattsonair.bsky.social and Lianne Sanderson for letting the crowd have that moment of airtime, however intentional or not it may have been
Big shouts to @mikewattsonair.bsky.social and Lianne Sanderson for letting the crowd have that moment of airtime, however intentional or not it may have been
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Reason #1,479 why we need to fight like hell until our last dying goddamned breath for our scientific institutions 🧪
The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global
An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...
newatlas.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Reason #1,479 why we need to fight like hell until our last dying goddamned breath for our scientific institutions 🧪