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“No one can wrap their head around the idea that HUD is about to kick 170,000 vulnerable people out of their homes. People don’t know what’s about to hit them.”
Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“No one can wrap their head around the idea that HUD is about to kick 170,000 vulnerable people out of their homes. People don’t know what’s about to hit them.”
Wore my @transalt.org One Less Car shirt to the gym. A man who is in his 70s/80s who I've seen before came up:
Him: does your shirt mean you support biking?
Me: yes [talks about TA]
Him: where can I get a 3 wheeler? I'm scared about falling because I love looking at the trees when I bike.
Him: does your shirt mean you support biking?
Me: yes [talks about TA]
Him: where can I get a 3 wheeler? I'm scared about falling because I love looking at the trees when I bike.
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Wore my @transalt.org One Less Car shirt to the gym. A man who is in his 70s/80s who I've seen before came up:
Him: does your shirt mean you support biking?
Me: yes [talks about TA]
Him: where can I get a 3 wheeler? I'm scared about falling because I love looking at the trees when I bike.
Him: does your shirt mean you support biking?
Me: yes [talks about TA]
Him: where can I get a 3 wheeler? I'm scared about falling because I love looking at the trees when I bike.
I've never seen this in MoCo before: a cyclist-o-meter. It says how many cyclists today, and roughly how many year to date. What do you think?
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I've never seen this in MoCo before: a cyclist-o-meter. It says how many cyclists today, and roughly how many year to date. What do you think?
Seen in the wild on my bike ride home! University Boulevard Corridor Plan is a plan for more housing options, safer streets and better transportation choices!
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Seen in the wild on my bike ride home! University Boulevard Corridor Plan is a plan for more housing options, safer streets and better transportation choices!
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If you live in/around the University Blvd Corridor Plan area, you need to tell the Council to NOT cut back on safe streets, better transit, and more inclusive housing in the plan—all these things are at risk! 🚨
Be heard & contact the Council ASAP:
smartergrowth.net/ubc
Be heard & contact the Council ASAP:
smartergrowth.net/ubc
Learn more about the University Boulevard Corridor Plan
The University Boulevard Corridor Plan envisions a community with safer streets, thriving local businesses, better public transit, and more housing choices to meet people’s needs at all ages and stage...
smartergrowth.net
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you live in/around the University Blvd Corridor Plan area, you need to tell the Council to NOT cut back on safe streets, better transit, and more inclusive housing in the plan—all these things are at risk! 🚨
Be heard & contact the Council ASAP:
smartergrowth.net/ubc
Be heard & contact the Council ASAP:
smartergrowth.net/ubc
Yes! This is why I kind of hate can drives. Instead we donated directly to manna food and shepherd's table.
This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Yes! This is why I kind of hate can drives. Instead we donated directly to manna food and shepherd's table.
Takoma Bev Co brunch date ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Takoma Bev Co brunch date ❤️
Old news but we have fully entered the let-them-eat-cake era.Trump hosts two extravagant parties as he fought to withhold food stamps and consumer prices skyrocket. share.google/iDzuhtEMDp40...
Trump attends another extravagant party at Mar-a-Lago as thousands hit food banks amid shutdown - Yahoo News Canada
Images of the president were shared by guests on social media Friday at the lavish event which featured a three-course menu of beef filet, truffle dauphinoise, pan-seared scallops and a trio of desser...
share.google
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Old news but we have fully entered the let-them-eat-cake era.Trump hosts two extravagant parties as he fought to withhold food stamps and consumer prices skyrocket. share.google/iDzuhtEMDp40...
"Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each." This is the law and order party.
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each." This is the law and order party.
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"Zohran Mamdani will be the first mayor of New York City in decades not to own a car"
Will be exciting to see if he can implement his vision to pedestrianize areas in the congestion pricing zone and dedicate entire streets as combo busways + active transportation
Will be exciting to see if he can implement his vision to pedestrianize areas in the congestion pricing zone and dedicate entire streets as combo busways + active transportation
How Mamdani could push a bold redesign of New York's streets
The mayor-elect has articulated a vision for reshaping the city streets. Janette Sadik-Khan, the former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation under the Bloomberg Administratio...
www.fastcompany.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Zohran Mamdani will be the first mayor of New York City in decades not to own a car"
Will be exciting to see if he can implement his vision to pedestrianize areas in the congestion pricing zone and dedicate entire streets as combo busways + active transportation
Will be exciting to see if he can implement his vision to pedestrianize areas in the congestion pricing zone and dedicate entire streets as combo busways + active transportation
Totally agree, I literally did not know people commonly say this. Maybe I've been spoiled but some pretty amazing advocates. Most youth cannot drive, and there's plenty of people that can't drive for various reasons but can cycle.
My unpopular opinion: those of us advocating for non-car travel need to stop apologetically saying "I know not everybody can cycle!" Obviously not everyone can cycle, but that's also true of driving. I fear we're just giving our opponents' attack lines legitimacy by shouting them out for free
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Totally agree, I literally did not know people commonly say this. Maybe I've been spoiled but some pretty amazing advocates. Most youth cannot drive, and there's plenty of people that can't drive for various reasons but can cycle.
And this made me laugh.
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And this made me laugh.
Wow plus one on not realizing that parking in bike lanes was legal in MoCo. As You can see from my post yesterday, it's a big problem. Glad @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social has remedied that!
like many folks I did not know that parking in bike lanes technically wasn’t illegal in Montgomery County, at least until this week. now we just need MCPD to enforce it— www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Parking in bike lanes will soon be illegal in Montgomery County
Drivers will now face a $60 fine and a traffic citation for parking in a bike lane in Montgomery County.
www.thebanner.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Wow plus one on not realizing that parking in bike lanes was legal in MoCo. As You can see from my post yesterday, it's a big problem. Glad @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social has remedied that!
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Democrats notched big wins around the country in yesterday’s election – but another trend, nationally and locally, is that pro-homes candidates also prevailed.
Pro-homes candidates notch wins in 2025 election
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November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Democrats notched big wins around the country in yesterday’s election – but another trend, nationally and locally, is that pro-homes candidates also prevailed.
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Zohran Mamdani's focus on public transportation - and on affordability in general - paid off in a big way. Lots of fascinating insights in this map (free link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Zohran Mamdani's focus on public transportation - and on affordability in general - paid off in a big way. Lots of fascinating insights in this map (free link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has the chance to revolutionize the city’s streetscape, as other ambitious mayors did across the globe. Here’s how nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/a...
AGENDA 2026: The New Mayor Must Revolutionize NYC's Streets - Streetsblog New York City
We've already offered the low-hanging fruit that the new mayor could accomplish on Day 1. Now, it's time to roll up the sleeves for our big list.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has the chance to revolutionize the city’s streetscape, as other ambitious mayors did across the globe. Here’s how nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/a...
MCPS shared potential sites for the relocation of Sligo Creek Elementary School, a walkable neighborhood school serving downtown Silver Spring. Three are park sites near the urban core, one is unspecified commercial space and the rest are in low-density neighborhoods not walkable to downtown.
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
MCPS shared potential sites for the relocation of Sligo Creek Elementary School, a walkable neighborhood school serving downtown Silver Spring. Three are park sites near the urban core, one is unspecified commercial space and the rest are in low-density neighborhoods not walkable to downtown.
I thought the mainstream coverage of no kings was so bizarre.
Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.
October 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I thought the mainstream coverage of no kings was so bizarre.
Went to SOS (Save Our SSIMS) rally. Community members, parents and students were dismayed over mcps superintendent's proposal to BOE to relocate SCES and convert SSIMS into a holding school. People cited:
October 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Went to SOS (Save Our SSIMS) rally. Community members, parents and students were dismayed over mcps superintendent's proposal to BOE to relocate SCES and convert SSIMS into a holding school. People cited:
My partner and I are not married, but have been together for 15 years, have kids together and own a house together. Just found out we have to be married for him to be on my insurance. Benefits are no longer extended to domestic partners, even if you're legally registered domestic partners.
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My partner and I are not married, but have been together for 15 years, have kids together and own a house together. Just found out we have to be married for him to be on my insurance. Benefits are no longer extended to domestic partners, even if you're legally registered domestic partners.
And this is a major reason we need a variety of different types of housing in all our neighborhoods; people can find housing that meets their current needs in the neighborhoods they live in.
Our population of residents 60 and older in Montgomery County is growing, with a projected population of 25% by 2030 — and I will be one of them! As someone who grew up in an intergenerational home, I know firsthand the value and contributions of our older adults and importance of aging in place.
July 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
And this is a major reason we need a variety of different types of housing in all our neighborhoods; people can find housing that meets their current needs in the neighborhoods they live in.
Extreme weather events are more common. In Montgomery County we need to plan for and build infrastructure that mitigates extreme heat/flooding AND supports lifestyles that don't speed climate change. Flash flood in Silver Spring. Video: @wtopnews.bsky.social
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July 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Extreme weather events are more common. In Montgomery County we need to plan for and build infrastructure that mitigates extreme heat/flooding AND supports lifestyles that don't speed climate change. Flash flood in Silver Spring. Video: @wtopnews.bsky.social
www.facebook.com/wtopnews/vid...
www.facebook.com/wtopnews/vid...
contemplating maybe dipping my toes in on bluesky.
July 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
contemplating maybe dipping my toes in on bluesky.