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Sometimes you lie flat, sometimes you dance, and sometimes you let it rot. Baltimore and Maryland Politics. 🏳️⚧️
aaaaaaaaaaa the pitch shifted percussion 😻 looking forward to feathers 2 now
January 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
aaaaaaaaaaa the pitch shifted percussion 😻 looking forward to feathers 2 now
one of the things that's so cool about the maryland.gov redesign is they clearly used a modified version of the us web design system, which handles a lot of accessibility issues that are present in the beta baltimore city website (and makes a mockery of vendor 1's lack of development chops ;)
Maryland.gov
An official website of the state of Maryland connecting you to benefits, services, businesses, education, and government information.
maryland.gov
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM
one of the things that's so cool about the maryland.gov redesign is they clearly used a modified version of the us web design system, which handles a lot of accessibility issues that are present in the beta baltimore city website (and makes a mockery of vendor 1's lack of development chops ;)
having one of those brain broken coming off relapse hermit mode mornings :| just want mga to release the prefiles already so we have other more distracting enrichment activities
January 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
having one of those brain broken coming off relapse hermit mode mornings :| just want mga to release the prefiles already so we have other more distracting enrichment activities
thought we'd check in on the ole catholics, see how they're doing... gonna say putting a caricature of a mass shooter in the thumbnail of one's native genocide apologia video implies a strong "no, the catholics are Not Doing Okay"; cesaire was right.
December 31, 2025 at 5:01 AM
thought we'd check in on the ole catholics, see how they're doing... gonna say putting a caricature of a mass shooter in the thumbnail of one's native genocide apologia video implies a strong "no, the catholics are Not Doing Okay"; cesaire was right.
anxiously waiting for the next terrible ross douthat take so we can deploy this
December 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
anxiously waiting for the next terrible ross douthat take so we can deploy this
we're kind of a fan of the premise that someone would be attentive enough to mind religion polling but not attentive enough to have paid attention to the terrorgram indictment and other right wing extremists to know Whats Coming Next
I know Bluesky loves to celebrate this stuff, but uh, you guys aren’t going to love the stuff that’s replacing the churches.
The U.S. is undergoing its fastest religious shift in modern history, marked by a rapid increase in the religiously unaffiliated and numerous church closures nationwide.
December 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
we're kind of a fan of the premise that someone would be attentive enough to mind religion polling but not attentive enough to have paid attention to the terrorgram indictment and other right wing extremists to know Whats Coming Next
someone needs to invent a progressive primary challenger that can beat wes moore because another term of sigma-grindset centrist-pilled data-driven grift-maxxxing will be insufferable. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/12/23/g...
December 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
someone needs to invent a progressive primary challenger that can beat wes moore because another term of sigma-grindset centrist-pilled data-driven grift-maxxxing will be insufferable. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/12/23/g...
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reposting my article about @govwesmoore.bsky.social's extremely sketchy AI plans for Maryland with Anthropic and a brand new company run by ex-Palantir employees that's getting sued by Palantir
www.polemics.md/maryland-gov...
www.polemics.md/maryland-gov...
Maryland Governor Wes Moore signs AI deals labeled "High Risk" by the state's own criteria with Anthropic and a Palantir competitor
On November 13, Maryland governor Wes Moore announced a partnership between the state and Anthropic, the Amazon-sponsored creator of the Claude AI chatbot, to use its AI models for a number of governm...
www.polemics.md
December 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
reposting my article about @govwesmoore.bsky.social's extremely sketchy AI plans for Maryland with Anthropic and a brand new company run by ex-Palantir employees that's getting sued by Palantir
www.polemics.md/maryland-gov...
www.polemics.md/maryland-gov...
lrs, just following orders.
No, @rudbeckia.bsky.social you're not an acquired taste. you're Baltimore's sweetheart and everybody loves you. You're our Kelly Rippa.
No, @rudbeckia.bsky.social you're not an acquired taste. you're Baltimore's sweetheart and everybody loves you. You're our Kelly Rippa.
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
lrs, just following orders.
No, @rudbeckia.bsky.social you're not an acquired taste. you're Baltimore's sweetheart and everybody loves you. You're our Kelly Rippa.
No, @rudbeckia.bsky.social you're not an acquired taste. you're Baltimore's sweetheart and everybody loves you. You're our Kelly Rippa.
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you’re not supposed to be liking this post, you’re supposed to be saying “no rudbeckia you’re not an acquired taste, you’re Baltimore’s sweetheart and everybody loves you, you’re our Kelly Ripa“
December 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
you’re not supposed to be liking this post, you’re supposed to be saying “no rudbeckia you’re not an acquired taste, you’re Baltimore’s sweetheart and everybody loves you, you’re our Kelly Ripa“
struck by how terrible of a premise "we just threw some listings of businesses into the llm and spat out a number" is when you consider that didn't include things like "we checked to see if the listings were accurate" compass.maryland.gov/map/
Locate the Opportunity - Maryland Community Business Compass
compass.maryland.gov
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
struck by how terrible of a premise "we just threw some listings of businesses into the llm and spat out a number" is when you consider that didn't include things like "we checked to see if the listings were accurate" compass.maryland.gov/map/
we've been thinking a lot lately about how vehicle registration fees should be scaled by the fourth power law. preliminary spreadsheet thoughts: would change suv regis less ems fee from 151 to 490, impacting 16.7% of registrations and would bring in 416 million/yr (1/3rd of road sustaining budget)
dang it's almost as if all the baltimore potholes might be caused by all these fuckin too-big cars drivin around
You “road tax” reminder
December 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
we've been thinking a lot lately about how vehicle registration fees should be scaled by the fourth power law. preliminary spreadsheet thoughts: would change suv regis less ems fee from 151 to 490, impacting 16.7% of registrations and would bring in 416 million/yr (1/3rd of road sustaining budget)
one of the things that's fun about the high injury network being finally released is that you can compare it to the projects that bmore dot has been posting about over the last year... and they're almost all disjoint from the high injury network. www.thebanner.com/community/tr...
Here’s where Baltimore says the worst traffic crashes occur
The number of crashes in Baltimore overall is down about 16% since 2019, according to city statistics, but the number of serious injuries or deaths resulting from such crashes is up over the same time...
www.thebanner.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
one of the things that's fun about the high injury network being finally released is that you can compare it to the projects that bmore dot has been posting about over the last year... and they're almost all disjoint from the high injury network. www.thebanner.com/community/tr...
someone please forward this study to howard county's delegate jen terrasa, who was pointedly wrong about single stair reform in this recent committee meeting.
~53:24 here mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/C...
~53:24 here mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/C...
December 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
someone please forward this study to howard county's delegate jen terrasa, who was pointedly wrong about single stair reform in this recent committee meeting.
~53:24 here mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/C...
~53:24 here mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/C...
reading bloomberg opinion is great because you get a mix of interesting business takes and then every time there's a terrible sounding headline or the piece reads like knockoff nazism its one of a small predictable number of weirdos.
December 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
reading bloomberg opinion is great because you get a mix of interesting business takes and then every time there's a terrible sounding headline or the piece reads like knockoff nazism its one of a small predictable number of weirdos.
we had forgotten that the trails strategic plan features one of the most silly bike intersections in baltimore city. (33rd and st john) probably a push to call the plan robust but it IS a plan, so we'll play along.
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
we had forgotten that the trails strategic plan features one of the most silly bike intersections in baltimore city. (33rd and st john) probably a push to call the plan robust but it IS a plan, so we'll play along.
intrusive thought: a sip and oil paint podcast focused on university of maryland athletics... terpin' time
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
intrusive thought: a sip and oil paint podcast focused on university of maryland athletics... terpin' time
secretary jack day 🤝 us:
needing to declare tab bankruptcy
needing to declare tab bankruptcy
December 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
secretary jack day 🤝 us:
needing to declare tab bankruptcy
needing to declare tab bankruptcy
earnestly curious what percentage of the people on this set of replies know who dr. bender is and have read bender gebru et al '21 🦜 or shah bender '22 🔍 guess: it's closer to 0% than 100%
I would like to add that this is not only horsecrap but completely unfalsifiable, and therefore a useless standard.
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
earnestly curious what percentage of the people on this set of replies know who dr. bender is and have read bender gebru et al '21 🦜 or shah bender '22 🔍 guess: it's closer to 0% than 100%
sketching plans and really struggling with the absolute worst voice dysphoria 0/10 would not recommend
December 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
sketching plans and really struggling with the absolute worst voice dysphoria 0/10 would not recommend
we're consistently in awe of hullinger's moral clarity and stupendous writing. great reads, as always.
State's Attorney Ivan Bates, a drama-loving drug warrior, has repeatedly shown he's unfit to be Baltimore's top prosecutor. He must be primaried from the left to bring some semblance of sanity back to the office.
Read the latest Redux Newsletter. 🔽
mobtownredux.news/ivan-bates-a...
Read the latest Redux Newsletter. 🔽
mobtownredux.news/ivan-bates-a...
Ivan Bates, a drama-loving drug warrior, must be primaried from the left in 2026
State's Attorney Ivan Bates has repeatedly shown is unfit for his office. A known drug warrior, his most recent clash with Mayor Brandon Scott further illustrates his incompetence.
mobtownredux.news
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
we're consistently in awe of hullinger's moral clarity and stupendous writing. great reads, as always.
oh boy, hot on the heels of gov moore's anthropic deal, we have this absolute stinker in the 10 year plan for baltimore
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
oh boy, hot on the heels of gov moore's anthropic deal, we have this absolute stinker in the 10 year plan for baltimore
the capitulation is heartbreaking but predictable; the essence of trans-cis relations is that cis people do not view trans people as coequal humans deserving of dignity. we are abject to be jettisoned at the first sign of difficulty, not included such that "an injury to one is an injury to all"
WI and Girl Guides UK are talking out of both sides of their mouths. If you stand with trans women and girls by excluding them when the going gets rough rather than ACTUALLY FIGHTING TO STAY TOGETHER, what use is your allyship
“we stand with them” HOW, motherfucker, you’re falling over at a light breeze
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
the capitulation is heartbreaking but predictable; the essence of trans-cis relations is that cis people do not view trans people as coequal humans deserving of dignity. we are abject to be jettisoned at the first sign of difficulty, not included such that "an injury to one is an injury to all"
impatiently waiting for this yellow box to disappear. iykyk
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
impatiently waiting for this yellow box to disappear. iykyk
read a proposal by the neighborhood design center and we have questions like "is it a road diet if it doesn't reduce car lanes?" "should an org propose incomplete streets in the year of our lacrimation 2025?" and "how much car-brain can one subject themselves to before it counts as self harm?"
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
read a proposal by the neighborhood design center and we have questions like "is it a road diet if it doesn't reduce car lanes?" "should an org propose incomplete streets in the year of our lacrimation 2025?" and "how much car-brain can one subject themselves to before it counts as self harm?"