Emily Lieb
@emlieb.bsky.social
Historian, writer, killjoy. Tried nothing; all out of ideas.
Preorder ROAD TO NOWHERE: HOW A HIGHWAY MAP WRECKED BALTIMORE (coming November 2025)
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo255390347.html
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Preorder ROAD TO NOWHERE: HOW A HIGHWAY MAP WRECKED BALTIMORE (coming November 2025)
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo255390347.html
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Hello, East Coast and Seattle friends! Come by starting next week to talk highways, maps, what happens when a city tries to destroy itself—and how we can do better in the future.
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Baltimore and Atlanta: I'm doing two more talks in 2025. Two cities that have been home, and I'm looking forward to both. Tues, 12/02 at the Enoch Pratt Central Library with Senator Emerita @jillpc.bsky.social + Thur, 12/04 at Auburn Ave Research Library with @jduffyrice.bsky.social. Come say hello!
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Baltimore and Atlanta: I'm doing two more talks in 2025. Two cities that have been home, and I'm looking forward to both. Tues, 12/02 at the Enoch Pratt Central Library with Senator Emerita @jillpc.bsky.social + Thur, 12/04 at Auburn Ave Research Library with @jduffyrice.bsky.social. Come say hello!
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
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Goldberg has turned the Atlantic into a troll factory, an amoral operation that seeks controversy for clicks, not truth.
In that he and AG Sulzberger bear similar great responsibility for the end of the American republic.
They have failed to convey truth to their readers.
In that he and AG Sulzberger bear similar great responsibility for the end of the American republic.
They have failed to convey truth to their readers.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Goldberg has turned the Atlantic into a troll factory, an amoral operation that seeks controversy for clicks, not truth.
In that he and AG Sulzberger bear similar great responsibility for the end of the American republic.
They have failed to convey truth to their readers.
In that he and AG Sulzberger bear similar great responsibility for the end of the American republic.
They have failed to convey truth to their readers.
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
Sunday afternoon snoozing dog
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Sunday afternoon snoozing dog
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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Those cottages in particular lead to my first local "we believe... / but no to the housing!" sign pairing sighting!
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Those cottages in particular lead to my first local "we believe... / but no to the housing!" sign pairing sighting!
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
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this. we need to extricate the car-first mentality that pervades SDOT and prevents us from the safety and quality of life transformations needed to meet climate and vision zero goals
Continuity can be good, and there are Harrell administration leaders who have earned a chance to continue, but @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social should accept Adiam Emery’s resignation, and appoint a new interim SDOT director to serve while she conducts a national search.
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
this. we need to extricate the car-first mentality that pervades SDOT and prevents us from the safety and quality of life transformations needed to meet climate and vision zero goals
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Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
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Fuckin rocking out
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fuckin rocking out
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honestly with how much these two deserve each other it's kind of beautiful they found each other if only for a little bit 😍
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
honestly with how much these two deserve each other it's kind of beautiful they found each other if only for a little bit 😍
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sorry but yes politics is not currently local and won't be local until the fascists are driven from power
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
sorry but yes politics is not currently local and won't be local until the fascists are driven from power
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Find a gap, get in it, and remember you were told by AppleCare that it does not say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Find a gap, get in it, and remember you were told by AppleCare that it does not say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty
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Federal funding cuts go deeper than erasing Black history; they suppress the voices of those who share and protect Black stories, which puts the future of Black history at risk. baltimorebeat.com/the-importan...
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Federal funding cuts go deeper than erasing Black history; they suppress the voices of those who share and protect Black stories, which puts the future of Black history at risk. baltimorebeat.com/the-importan...
Thanks to @theurbanist.org for a very kind ROAD TO NOWHERE review and hope to see Seattle folks tonight at Elliott Bay Books! 7 pm with @margaretomara.bsky.social. Be there or be square! www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/19/b...
Book Review: How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore » The Urbanist
# Road to Nowhere author Emily Lieb is speaking at Elliott Bay Books on November 20. Here's a sneak peek at her book, which covers the plight of the Rosemont neighborhood of West Baltimore, as it was ...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thanks to @theurbanist.org for a very kind ROAD TO NOWHERE review and hope to see Seattle folks tonight at Elliott Bay Books! 7 pm with @margaretomara.bsky.social. Be there or be square! www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/19/b...
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There is no mention of a driver. Maybe nobody was driving the car.🤷
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
There is no mention of a driver. Maybe nobody was driving the car.🤷
Thanks @baltimorebeat.bsky.social @redemmas.org for including ROAD TO NOWHERE on this list of terrific holiday gifts!
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thanks @baltimorebeat.bsky.social @redemmas.org for including ROAD TO NOWHERE on this list of terrific holiday gifts!
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Knowing Seattle, a committee did do it.
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Knowing Seattle, a committee did do it.
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Sure, it took almost a decade to build one apartment building, but what matters is that in the end we broke up the massing
More than nine years after the process started, the "Save Madison Valley" building is finally getting close to opening its doors to residents.
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Sure, it took almost a decade to build one apartment building, but what matters is that in the end we broke up the massing
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These articles always depend on a bizarre Schroedinger's Seattle: The city is falling apart due to progressive overreach but we should have re-elected the conservative non-socialist who has been in charge for the last four years.
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
These articles always depend on a bizarre Schroedinger's Seattle: The city is falling apart due to progressive overreach but we should have re-elected the conservative non-socialist who has been in charge for the last four years.
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Schroedinger’s apartment building: simultaneously raising and lowering property values by being full of both rich and poor people.
It's very funny that in an urban context people say that apartments will destroy the neighborhood by bringing rich people in and in a suburban context people say that apartments will destroy the neighborhood by bringing poor people in. Is 'funny' the right word?
Building new housing does not destroy neighborhoods. Single family homes are the most expensive and luxurious form of housing, which is why nearly all rich people live in them.
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Schroedinger’s apartment building: simultaneously raising and lowering property values by being full of both rich and poor people.
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New! We've mapped a bunch of stories about the radical history of Spokane, Washington, check them out on our map: map.workingclasshistory.com#map=13.18/47...
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
New! We've mapped a bunch of stories about the radical history of Spokane, Washington, check them out on our map: map.workingclasshistory.com#map=13.18/47...