Andrew Pericak
@andrewpericak.com
GIS professional but also environmental policy. Plus crosswords, music theory, and the District of Columbia. Words and views my own; he/his.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three
December 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three
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Of all the inexplicable, shocking, disorienting events of this decade, the Nashville "Downtown" Christmas morning RV bombing and the national media's almost complete refusal to pay any real attention to it remains at or near the top of the list.
This is a really good, comprehensive look at how 2nd Ave is STILL getting built back, 5 years after that guy blew up his RV in the street and the media mostly just moved on a few days later.
(also, the headline says “unexplained”, but if you read all the way to the end……it’s basically explained)
(also, the headline says “unexplained”, but if you read all the way to the end……it’s basically explained)
Nashville's Second Avenue Set to Reopen Five Years After Bombing - Nashville Banner
After nearly five years, the historic Second Avenue in Nashville is set to reopen following a devastating Christmas Day bombing.
nashvillebanner.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Of all the inexplicable, shocking, disorienting events of this decade, the Nashville "Downtown" Christmas morning RV bombing and the national media's almost complete refusal to pay any real attention to it remains at or near the top of the list.
weekends like this one really enforcing why I don’t want to have kids, there’s way too much daily trauma they would have to live through
December 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
weekends like this one really enforcing why I don’t want to have kids, there’s way too much daily trauma they would have to live through
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i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
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shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
I’m in a training about Copilot and half the demos don’t work and the instructor keeps reiterating how you need to check its accuracy. Like what’s the point of using a half-baked tool that _also_ requires more effort to make sure it’s not making things up? I’m trying to be open minded but come on
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m in a training about Copilot and half the demos don’t work and the instructor keeps reiterating how you need to check its accuracy. Like what’s the point of using a half-baked tool that _also_ requires more effort to make sure it’s not making things up? I’m trying to be open minded but come on
one thing I’ve learned as a Duke grad alumnus is just how much Duke loves to ruin Virginia’s day
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
one thing I’ve learned as a Duke grad alumnus is just how much Duke loves to ruin Virginia’s day
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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Hegseth announces plans to order deployment of 500 additional National Guard troops to DC following the shooting.
![RAPID RESPONSE
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@DOWResponse
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.@SECWAR on the shooting that took place earlier today.
[Hegseth video 3:28]
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November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hegseth announces plans to order deployment of 500 additional National Guard troops to DC following the shooting.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I know nearly everyone who follows me is already subscribed, but—
There‘s a reason why my puzzle work these days is almost exclusively with AVCX. We all know someone in our lives who does mainstream puzzles, but doesn’t know that indies exist or how good they are. If you can, gift them an AVCX sub.
There‘s a reason why my puzzle work these days is almost exclusively with AVCX. We all know someone in our lives who does mainstream puzzles, but doesn’t know that indies exist or how good they are. If you can, gift them an AVCX sub.
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We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
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i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
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ICE just hit Durham, community is activating, message me if u wanna help
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ICE just hit Durham, community is activating, message me if u wanna help
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this is the correct framing
Republicans vote overwhelmingly to pretend they want the Epstein Files released. www.axios.com/2025/11/18/h...
House votes to force DOJ release of Jeffrey Epstein files
While the vote marks an important step in backers' crusade to get the files released, significant barriers remain.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
this is the correct framing
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WE ARE HEADED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
WE ARE HEADED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP
“Maybe this will fix me,” he thought as he completed the purchase for the LEGO “Happy Plants” building kit
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“Maybe this will fix me,” he thought as he completed the purchase for the LEGO “Happy Plants” building kit
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Dozens of Washingtonians get killed and thousands more injured every year by cars, and now @ddotdc.bsky.social is claiming e-bikes are the "same as" that. Like claiming baseball bats are the same as machine guns. 🚩🚩🚩🚩
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Dozens of Washingtonians get killed and thousands more injured every year by cars, and now @ddotdc.bsky.social is claiming e-bikes are the "same as" that. Like claiming baseball bats are the same as machine guns. 🚩🚩🚩🚩
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i look forward to DDOT supporting speed limiters on cars
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
i look forward to DDOT supporting speed limiters on cars
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far