Dan Miller
@meelar.bsky.social
Queens volunteer chapter leader for @opennewyork.org. YIMBY, pro-transit, pro-biking, anti-borders-and-cars. He/him
There's going to be an LPC meeting about this on March 10, dm me for info
February 10, 2026 at 12:16 AM
There's going to be an LPC meeting about this on March 10, dm me for info
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It is. The Jewish Musuem in Prague has a collection of children's drawings from the Terezin ghetto. It was the worst thing I've seen in my life.
“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
It is. The Jewish Musuem in Prague has a collection of children's drawings from the Terezin ghetto. It was the worst thing I've seen in my life.
Doesn't help that they consider bratwurst to be a garnish
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Doesn't help that they consider bratwurst to be a garnish
I feel like subtitles on pop music just wouldn't work well, so I don't blame NBC for omitting them
February 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I feel like subtitles on pop music just wouldn't work well, so I don't blame NBC for omitting them
Because bobsled and luge seem like the most fun sports, and I'm pretty sure there's no way I could survive luge
February 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Because bobsled and luge seem like the most fun sports, and I'm pretty sure there's no way I could survive luge
What I want to know is: what would happen if I was swapped in for one of the seats (or, realistically, two of the seats) in a four-man bobsled crew? Would the run be OK, just slower than normal? Or would I be required to lean at the proper time and doom us to crashing?
have the Olympics added just a regular audience member to each competition, just to create a difficulty baseline for the I-can-fight-a-bear crowd?
February 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM
What I want to know is: what would happen if I was swapped in for one of the seats (or, realistically, two of the seats) in a four-man bobsled crew? Would the run be OK, just slower than normal? Or would I be required to lean at the proper time and doom us to crashing?
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in a sane world we would be doing everything possible to make e/bikes a default mode of travel for short distance journeys.
It really annoys me that the moral panic over e-bikes obscures the incredible impact they have had for disabled people.
This. For the disabled they are a vital tool, and without mine, I am housebound. The inherent ableism infuriates me, especially since I am a careful rider. In every incident I have been in, and there are very few, I was the victim not the cause. Every time.
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
in a sane world we would be doing everything possible to make e/bikes a default mode of travel for short distance journeys.
Their play would be to claim there's a new Congress that consists of all the elections with uncontested results. That Congress (if the shenanigans kick up enough dirt) could have a GOP majority that then chooses to install the GOP candidates in the races that are legally challenged.
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Their play would be to claim there's a new Congress that consists of all the elections with uncontested results. That Congress (if the shenanigans kick up enough dirt) could have a GOP majority that then chooses to install the GOP candidates in the races that are legally challenged.
Special election results haven't always been predictive either. I'm in the "willing to bet a couple hundred bucks" zone on this, not "bet my entire life savings/the fate of American democracy".
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Special election results haven't always been predictive either. I'm in the "willing to bet a couple hundred bucks" zone on this, not "bet my entire life savings/the fate of American democracy".
This seems like a very confident proclamation? If I were placing bets, yeah, I don't see control coming down to a few close races. But polling has missed in the past, and we're still 9 months out--too soon to say for sure.
February 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
This seems like a very confident proclamation? If I were placing bets, yeah, I don't see control coming down to a few close races. But polling has missed in the past, and we're still 9 months out--too soon to say for sure.
I agree, but it's a tough way to do mass politics in a nation of 350 million.
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I agree, but it's a tough way to do mass politics in a nation of 350 million.
Am I weird for loving long-distance cycling and hating weed?
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Am I weird for loving long-distance cycling and hating weed?
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The problems with ebikes are mostly an etiquette problem that people try to inflate into a safety problem (because our political/social system has almost no good mechanisms for solving etiquette problems outside of a safety framework)
February 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The problems with ebikes are mostly an etiquette problem that people try to inflate into a safety problem (because our political/social system has almost no good mechanisms for solving etiquette problems outside of a safety framework)
The problems with ebikes are mostly an etiquette problem that people try to inflate into a safety problem (because our political/social system has almost no good mechanisms for solving etiquette problems outside of a safety framework)
February 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The problems with ebikes are mostly an etiquette problem that people try to inflate into a safety problem (because our political/social system has almost no good mechanisms for solving etiquette problems outside of a safety framework)
But you're not sorry enough to stop speeding.
February 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
But you're not sorry enough to stop speeding.
I've also seen the YIMBY/NIMBY axis divide self-professed liberals.
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I've also seen the YIMBY/NIMBY axis divide self-professed liberals.
I was just old enough to be commuting in the pre-smartphone days when there were a ton of different options that you could get for reading on the Metro. The Post, but also Washington City Paper, the Washington Blade, the various Hill papers--I think it was probably good to be forced to read widely.
I finally got around to it. Because The Washington Post has laid off The Washington Post, I, myself, have laid off the @washingtonpost.com
When I was a kid, I'd scoop up discarded WaPo copies on the Metro just so I could read what was there. Now there isn't a paper left to throw away.
When I was a kid, I'd scoop up discarded WaPo copies on the Metro just so I could read what was there. Now there isn't a paper left to throw away.
February 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I was just old enough to be commuting in the pre-smartphone days when there were a ton of different options that you could get for reading on the Metro. The Post, but also Washington City Paper, the Washington Blade, the various Hill papers--I think it was probably good to be forced to read widely.
I think part of the issue is that the actual ideological difference between "liberals" and "moderates" in the US is pretty small; most of the fighting is over political strategy, not desired end points.
February 9, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I think part of the issue is that the actual ideological difference between "liberals" and "moderates" in the US is pretty small; most of the fighting is over political strategy, not desired end points.
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Something to keep in mind the next time the city tries to repurpose parking and drivers complain that every last car is necessary at all times. The storm was two weeks ago.
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Something to keep in mind the next time the city tries to repurpose parking and drivers complain that every last car is necessary at all times. The storm was two weeks ago.
Posting this is an attack on me personally (fr, tho, enjoy!)
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Posting this is an attack on me personally (fr, tho, enjoy!)
2. Remove the ability of the Senate to amend legislation
3. Remove the abillity of the Senate to refuse to take up legislation; everything that passes the House gets a vote, as written, on a hard timeline
4. Set the threshold for passing legislation in the Senate to 20 votes
3. Remove the abillity of the Senate to refuse to take up legislation; everything that passes the House gets a vote, as written, on a hard timeline
4. Set the threshold for passing legislation in the Senate to 20 votes
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
2. Remove the ability of the Senate to amend legislation
3. Remove the abillity of the Senate to refuse to take up legislation; everything that passes the House gets a vote, as written, on a hard timeline
4. Set the threshold for passing legislation in the Senate to 20 votes
3. Remove the abillity of the Senate to refuse to take up legislation; everything that passes the House gets a vote, as written, on a hard timeline
4. Set the threshold for passing legislation in the Senate to 20 votes
It's definitely doable if you can amend the constitution. You'd do a few sections:
1. Remove the ability of the Senate to originate legislation; everything must start in the House (already true for appropriations, so precedent exists)
(cont.)
1. Remove the ability of the Senate to originate legislation; everything must start in the House (already true for appropriations, so precedent exists)
(cont.)
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
It's definitely doable if you can amend the constitution. You'd do a few sections:
1. Remove the ability of the Senate to originate legislation; everything must start in the House (already true for appropriations, so precedent exists)
(cont.)
1. Remove the ability of the Senate to originate legislation; everything must start in the House (already true for appropriations, so precedent exists)
(cont.)
At a minimum, it would vary a lot over the course of a person's life cycle. A 25-year-old has options for long-term investments in a way that a 75-year-old does not.
February 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
At a minimum, it would vary a lot over the course of a person's life cycle. A 25-year-old has options for long-term investments in a way that a 75-year-old does not.
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They’re rounding up and imprisoning even legal workers:
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
They’re rounding up and imprisoning even legal workers:
It'd be good to think about how to better capture and excite these voters, without turning off the voters we have.
February 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
It'd be good to think about how to better capture and excite these voters, without turning off the voters we have.