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I care about baltimore, safe non-car transportation, watching blu-rays, and the Boston Celtics
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
One funny side effect of the snow storm is that it's proved how many of these roads you could turn into one land and it would be totally fine. Obviously more people are staying off the roads so it's not exact, but I feel like Baltimore should actually use these instances as real world test cases.
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
One funny side effect of the snow storm is that it's proved how many of these roads you could turn into one land and it would be totally fine. Obviously more people are staying off the roads so it's not exact, but I feel like Baltimore should actually use these instances as real world test cases.
I ride my bike to work, and Monday night walked down 25th Street where I live (in the middle of the street because sidewalks weren't clear, including one I shoveled in front of a row of vacants), and saw that this was the bike lane. Glad I can telework but many others can't!
Hey Zohran would you like to be mayor of baltimore as well? we have some bike lanes that need plowing and also every crosswalk in the core has a 5 ft glacier preventing anyone who actually lives here from crossing the street because suburban motorists are more important than actual residents i guess
January 30, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I ride my bike to work, and Monday night walked down 25th Street where I live (in the middle of the street because sidewalks weren't clear, including one I shoveled in front of a row of vacants), and saw that this was the bike lane. Glad I can telework but many others can't!
Forgot to post last night, but loved going to @beyondvideo.bsky.social and seeing how slammed it was by people getting physical media in preparation for the snow storm. It was fun seeing so many people browsing together! Excited to settle into stuff that's been on my list, plus new finds!
January 23, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Forgot to post last night, but loved going to @beyondvideo.bsky.social and seeing how slammed it was by people getting physical media in preparation for the snow storm. It was fun seeing so many people browsing together! Excited to settle into stuff that's been on my list, plus new finds!
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2025 was the best year for our city's shared mobility program to date.
As a city, we took over 3 million rides during the year, reaching over 3.9 million miles covered on shared e-bikes and scooters. This is nearly double the rides Baltimore took in 2024!
www.bikemore.net/news/2025-in...
As a city, we took over 3 million rides during the year, reaching over 3.9 million miles covered on shared e-bikes and scooters. This is nearly double the rides Baltimore took in 2024!
www.bikemore.net/news/2025-in...
2025 in Shared Mobility — Bikemore
As a city, we took over 3 million rides during the year, reaching over 3.9 million miles covered on shared e-bikes and scooters. This is nearly double the rides Baltimore took in 2024!
www.bikemore.net
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
2025 was the best year for our city's shared mobility program to date.
As a city, we took over 3 million rides during the year, reaching over 3.9 million miles covered on shared e-bikes and scooters. This is nearly double the rides Baltimore took in 2024!
www.bikemore.net/news/2025-in...
As a city, we took over 3 million rides during the year, reaching over 3.9 million miles covered on shared e-bikes and scooters. This is nearly double the rides Baltimore took in 2024!
www.bikemore.net/news/2025-in...
This should be national news!
Analysis: Baltimore homicides declined furthest, fastest in the country as killings could reach a 48-year low
Analysis: Baltimore homicides declined furthest, fastest in the country, could reach a 48-year low
Baltimore is on track to end 2025 with its lowest homicide total in 48 years, with fewer than 150 killings expected, marking a significant decline since 2022.
buff.ly
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This should be national news!
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Christmas movie about a guy who accidentally chugs Santa’s bone juice while on vacation in Italy and everyone’s mad at him but he develops the power to know what gifts everybody wants.
And then at the end it turns out Santa’s bone juice was in a different cup and he had the magic in him all along
And then at the end it turns out Santa’s bone juice was in a different cup and he had the magic in him all along
The bones of Santa have been leaking liquid for 1,700 years.
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Christmas movie about a guy who accidentally chugs Santa’s bone juice while on vacation in Italy and everyone’s mad at him but he develops the power to know what gifts everybody wants.
And then at the end it turns out Santa’s bone juice was in a different cup and he had the magic in him all along
And then at the end it turns out Santa’s bone juice was in a different cup and he had the magic in him all along
In the last month in Baltimore alone, a cop is indicted for a political blackmail scheme, a cop is indicted for trying to murder someone with a police car, and the *commander* of a district is under criminal investigation. Beating a dead horse, but what more needs to happen to stop funding them?
Update: The commander of the Eastern District is among the officers suspended amid a criminal investigation in San Francisco www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In the last month in Baltimore alone, a cop is indicted for a political blackmail scheme, a cop is indicted for trying to murder someone with a police car, and the *commander* of a district is under criminal investigation. Beating a dead horse, but what more needs to happen to stop funding them?
Very happy to have a local newspaper doing great journalism for the city. When I ran a housing program I was shocked by how many checks I mailed out to New York (not to either company mentioned here). Crossing my fingers the city and state can mitigate this fallout
The housing hustle igniting a foreclosure crisis in Baltimore
The housing hustle igniting a foreclosure crisis in Baltimore
The foreclosures could send neighborhoods spiraling and make Baltimore America’s next great housing crisis.
buff.ly
October 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Very happy to have a local newspaper doing great journalism for the city. When I ran a housing program I was shocked by how many checks I mailed out to New York (not to either company mentioned here). Crossing my fingers the city and state can mitigate this fallout
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This is so silly
August 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is so silly
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New poll: The vast majority of NYC Dem primary voters agree with Mamdani’s Israel positions, even arresting Bibi.
57% say they’d be less likely to support incumbent Dems who don’t endorse Mamdani. That includes Schumer and Jeffries right now. www.semafor.com/article/07/2...
57% say they’d be less likely to support incumbent Dems who don’t endorse Mamdani. That includes Schumer and Jeffries right now. www.semafor.com/article/07/2...
Poll: New York Dems side with Mamdani on Israel, Netanyahu
New York City’s Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly believe that Israel is “committing genocide” in Gaza.
www.semafor.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New poll: The vast majority of NYC Dem primary voters agree with Mamdani’s Israel positions, even arresting Bibi.
57% say they’d be less likely to support incumbent Dems who don’t endorse Mamdani. That includes Schumer and Jeffries right now. www.semafor.com/article/07/2...
57% say they’d be less likely to support incumbent Dems who don’t endorse Mamdani. That includes Schumer and Jeffries right now. www.semafor.com/article/07/2...
They just showed Alcatraz in the hallway before the match and he was putting on sunscreen. Obviously athletes must wear sunscreen but I truly never thought about it, and it's created so many questions. Do they reapply? Do they also use coppertone sport? I need to know
July 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
They just showed Alcatraz in the hallway before the match and he was putting on sunscreen. Obviously athletes must wear sunscreen but I truly never thought about it, and it's created so many questions. Do they reapply? Do they also use coppertone sport? I need to know
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Your periodic reminder that Baltimore is the city Austin and Portland pretend to be.
July 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Your periodic reminder that Baltimore is the city Austin and Portland pretend to be.
On the bus downtown and the bus lane is just filled with cars and all the buses are delayed. Obviously no traffic enforcement in sight, even during peak hours. People complain the buses don't work, drive their cars, then block the bus with their cars. Should've just risked biking in the storm!
July 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
On the bus downtown and the bus lane is just filled with cars and all the buses are delayed. Obviously no traffic enforcement in sight, even during peak hours. People complain the buses don't work, drive their cars, then block the bus with their cars. Should've just risked biking in the storm!
It's hard because I do want Dems to use procedural gimmicks to block legislation, but also less than one hour after "the longest house speech in history" the bill passed so I don't really get it
JUST IN: Hakeem Jeffries has broken the record for the longest House speech in history.
Inside Hakeem Jeffries' record-breaking decision to filibuster Trump's "big, beautiful bill"
Jeffries warned Mike Johnson ahead of his record-breaking speech that he had changed his mind about only speaking for an hour.
www.axios.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It's hard because I do want Dems to use procedural gimmicks to block legislation, but also less than one hour after "the longest house speech in history" the bill passed so I don't really get it
This should be a national story! This is incredible! Especially as people (including mainstream Dems) are freaking out about Mamdani's efforts to divert resources from police to his Department of Community Safety. Not a 1-1 correlation, but some similar ideas
The previous first half low was 77, in 1977. Even adjusting for the massive population loss since then, this is the lowest murder rate since 1978 when William Donald Schaefer was mayor
July 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This should be a national story! This is incredible! Especially as people (including mainstream Dems) are freaking out about Mamdani's efforts to divert resources from police to his Department of Community Safety. Not a 1-1 correlation, but some similar ideas
Instead of worrying about all the horrible things in the world, here are my top 10 movies of the 21st century (didn't actually submit since I share an NYT account). This list would almost certainly change if I made it 6 months from now or 6 months ago
June 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Instead of worrying about all the horrible things in the world, here are my top 10 movies of the 21st century (didn't actually submit since I share an NYT account). This list would almost certainly change if I made it 6 months from now or 6 months ago
It honestly boggles the mind how many times we are explicitly shown how much cops just blatantly lie and yet we never hold their profession accountable. The NYT editorial board just ran a hit piece about how we've been too mean to cops!
CONFIRMED
ICE accuses Lander of assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer
ICE accuses Lander of assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer
June 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It honestly boggles the mind how many times we are explicitly shown how much cops just blatantly lie and yet we never hold their profession accountable. The NYT editorial board just ran a hit piece about how we've been too mean to cops!
This story is why it's important to have local journalism! Really well researched and investigated.
A state senator aided a disgraced developer’s ‘affordable’ East Baltimore project
A state senator aided a disgraced developer’s ‘affordable’ project
Sen. Cory McCray’s involvement in Ronald Lipscomb’s proposed apartment building raised alarms, ethical concerns, emails show.
buff.ly
June 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This story is why it's important to have local journalism! Really well researched and investigated.
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nobody in attendance for a tank show in Washington? Is this a military parade or the last 4 months of the Wizards’ season????
THE TANKS! THE TANKS! SHREDDING OUR STREETS! COSTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!! THE TANKS ARE HERE
June 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
nobody in attendance for a tank show in Washington? Is this a military parade or the last 4 months of the Wizards’ season????
It's crazy to me that large swaths of the US would see this video and still truly believe removing parking ruins neighborhood
June 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's crazy to me that large swaths of the US would see this video and still truly believe removing parking ruins neighborhood
Loved reading this entire thread. My idea would be to ban cars from certain areas (avenue in Hampden, fells, etc.) from Friday at 5pm through Sunday at 10pm. Traveled to Vietnam last year and a bunch of cities did this and it was awesome. Let the people have the streets!
Do you have an off-the-wall idea for how to make Baltimore City and/or the surrounding area better, about any topic, feasibility be damned?
June 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Loved reading this entire thread. My idea would be to ban cars from certain areas (avenue in Hampden, fells, etc.) from Friday at 5pm through Sunday at 10pm. Traveled to Vietnam last year and a bunch of cities did this and it was awesome. Let the people have the streets!
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Here is one I have: there should be a series of weekend shuttles to and from our three large reservoirs from rail stations (Owings Mills subway to Liberty, Lutherville or Timonium light rail to Loch Raven, Hunt Valley light rail to Prettyboy) so residents can reach hiking and recreation points
June 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Here is one I have: there should be a series of weekend shuttles to and from our three large reservoirs from rail stations (Owings Mills subway to Liberty, Lutherville or Timonium light rail to Loch Raven, Hunt Valley light rail to Prettyboy) so residents can reach hiking and recreation points
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Should at minimum be a daily MTA regional bus line from Baltimore to Frederick, Hagerstown, and Cumberland and one from Baltimore to Annapolis, Easton, Cambridge, Salisbury, and Ocean City. MARC expansion would be tough but we could spin up some NJT-style state connector bus routes easily
Someone's gotta figure out a way to run a train from Hagerstown to Baltimore on a daily basis, so I don't have to drive every time I want to go to an Orioles game.
June 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Should at minimum be a daily MTA regional bus line from Baltimore to Frederick, Hagerstown, and Cumberland and one from Baltimore to Annapolis, Easton, Cambridge, Salisbury, and Ocean City. MARC expansion would be tough but we could spin up some NJT-style state connector bus routes easily