Brittany Joseph
@brittanyjoseph.bsky.social
Sometimes I quilt 🧵 Renewable energy & public transport enthusiast ⚡️🚇 Opinions are plentiful and my own
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In the first six months of congestion pricing, air pollution within Manhattan's toll zone dropped 25%.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In the first six months of congestion pricing, air pollution within Manhattan's toll zone dropped 25%.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
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Pantone’s color of the year is drunk liquor store raccoon burglar
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Pantone’s color of the year is drunk liquor store raccoon burglar
All I want for Christmas is for @wmata.com to put up “stand right, walk left” signs in view of the escalators 🤞🏻❄️✨
December 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
All I want for Christmas is for @wmata.com to put up “stand right, walk left” signs in view of the escalators 🤞🏻❄️✨
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The recent seiche on Lake Erie, driven by strong NE winds, resulted in a remarkable tilting of lake levels. This particular seiche resulted in a lake-level difference of about 8-10 ft. Here is a plot of lake levels in Buffalo and Toledo (at either end of Lake Erie).
#LakeErie #seiche
#LakeErie #seiche
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Phone autocorrected PA “turnpike” to “the puke” and honestly, accurate.
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Phone autocorrected PA “turnpike” to “the puke” and honestly, accurate.
Suggestions for a local DC/VA/MD beer (no IPAs) to take to an out-of-state Thanksgiving?
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Suggestions for a local DC/VA/MD beer (no IPAs) to take to an out-of-state Thanksgiving?
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JUST IN: Spanberger, a former congresswoman, flips the governor's mansion from red to blue after campaigning against the Trump administration's federal layoffs and tariffs.
Democrat Spanberger wins Virginia governor race with message on DOGE, cost of living
Spanberger, currently in the U.S. House, flips the governor's mansion from red to blue after campaigning against the Trump administration's federal layoffs and tariffs.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
JUST IN: Spanberger, a former congresswoman, flips the governor's mansion from red to blue after campaigning against the Trump administration's federal layoffs and tariffs.
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Voting concludes Tuesday in Virginia's gubernatorial race. Follow the live results. n.pr/47mHjj1
Virginia governor race: Live 2025 election results
View live results for Virginia's governor race.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Voting concludes Tuesday in Virginia's gubernatorial race. Follow the live results. n.pr/47mHjj1
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Driving should be banned on Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Driving should be banned on Halloween.
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José Andrés's @WCKitchen will provide free meals to furloughed federal workers beginning today.
Details here:
www.washingtonian.com/2025/10/27/j...
Details here:
www.washingtonian.com/2025/10/27/j...
José Andrés's World Central Kitchen Will Feed Furloughed Federal Workers
Free meals will be available in Navy Yard today.
www.washingtonian.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
José Andrés's @WCKitchen will provide free meals to furloughed federal workers beginning today.
Details here:
www.washingtonian.com/2025/10/27/j...
Details here:
www.washingtonian.com/2025/10/27/j...
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We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling for this sturgeon song timeline cleanse.
#DoomscrollingBreak
#DoomscrollingBreak
October 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling for this sturgeon song timeline cleanse.
#DoomscrollingBreak
#DoomscrollingBreak
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Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
September 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
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Democrat James Walkinshaw won the special election to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, NBC News projects.
Democrat Walkinshaw wins Rep. Connolly's 11th District seat, NBC News projects
Virginia voters chose Democrat James Walkinshaw to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, NBC News projects, filling a vacant seat to represent a deep-blue, D.C.-area suburb in a closely divided H...
www.nbcwashington.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Democrat James Walkinshaw won the special election to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, NBC News projects.
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It’s Suicide Prevention Month. Metro’s Crisis Intervention Specialists & our Metro Transit Police Department are here to support you. 🤝
For help, call 202-962-2121 or text MYMTPD (696873). You can also reach the National Suicide & Crisis Hotline by calling or texting ‘988’ — available 24/7.
For help, call 202-962-2121 or text MYMTPD (696873). You can also reach the National Suicide & Crisis Hotline by calling or texting ‘988’ — available 24/7.
September 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It’s Suicide Prevention Month. Metro’s Crisis Intervention Specialists & our Metro Transit Police Department are here to support you. 🤝
For help, call 202-962-2121 or text MYMTPD (696873). You can also reach the National Suicide & Crisis Hotline by calling or texting ‘988’ — available 24/7.
For help, call 202-962-2121 or text MYMTPD (696873). You can also reach the National Suicide & Crisis Hotline by calling or texting ‘988’ — available 24/7.
“This almost foolproof recipe…” ::camera cuts to the recipe author glaring directly into my soul::
September 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“This almost foolproof recipe…” ::camera cuts to the recipe author glaring directly into my soul::
Elden Street Tea Shop pulling no punches at today’s Lake Anne cardboard boat regatta
August 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Elden Street Tea Shop pulling no punches at today’s Lake Anne cardboard boat regatta
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Want to save money? Households using transit save about $2,800 annually on rideshare, taxis, parking, and tolls, plus $10,500 on car ownership costs.
July 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Want to save money? Households using transit save about $2,800 annually on rideshare, taxis, parking, and tolls, plus $10,500 on car ownership costs.
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Did you know transit is 20 times safer than driving a car? Each year, public transportation prevents more than 2,500 injuries related to car accidents. Take Metro!
July 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Did you know transit is 20 times safer than driving a car? Each year, public transportation prevents more than 2,500 injuries related to car accidents. Take Metro!
There’s been so much rain this summer, but at least today there’s a rainbow in my backyard, so that’s pretty cool 🌈
July 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
There’s been so much rain this summer, but at least today there’s a rainbow in my backyard, so that’s pretty cool 🌈
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
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I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.
June 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.
Washington (G)Nats
May 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Washington (G)Nats
Date night brought to you by induction cooking 🫕
May 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Date night brought to you by induction cooking 🫕
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on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.
May 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.
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this lives rent-free in my mind, in my heart, and in my soul
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
this lives rent-free in my mind, in my heart, and in my soul