Ryan Musser
@ryanmusser.bsky.social
Posts about current events/politics/development in Africa, building better cities, local Washington DC issues, and how biking is the best form of transportation. Live in Ward 8/EOTR. Lover of front porches and #bikeDC.
Check out my Africa starter packs.
Check out my Africa starter packs.
A $750 million Great Lakes regional compact could rapidly do the following:
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africa...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africa...
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A $750 million Great Lakes regional compact could rapidly do the following:
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africa...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africa...
lol we put baby stuff out on the sidewalk for free weeks ago, and it is now suddenly being sold on Minnesota Ave
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
lol we put baby stuff out on the sidewalk for free weeks ago, and it is now suddenly being sold on Minnesota Ave
Some guy posted in the Greater Petworth Facebook group complaining/warning that the zoning commission is considering changing the 10-foot rule for pop-backs to a 16-foot rule and honestly I’m surprised the majority of comments are YIMBY pushback
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Some guy posted in the Greater Petworth Facebook group complaining/warning that the zoning commission is considering changing the 10-foot rule for pop-backs to a 16-foot rule and honestly I’m surprised the majority of comments are YIMBY pushback
My toddler is recreating the space of cars vs. bikes meme
October 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
My toddler is recreating the space of cars vs. bikes meme
Some @wmata.com station manager is doing a hell of a job @wmatagm.bsky.social
(Side note: this Facebook page for DC tourists is just constantly full of praise for our city. People are constantly praising our residents, transit, offerings. I never see complaints about crime or anything else)
(Side note: this Facebook page for DC tourists is just constantly full of praise for our city. People are constantly praising our residents, transit, offerings. I never see complaints about crime or anything else)
October 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Some @wmata.com station manager is doing a hell of a job @wmatagm.bsky.social
(Side note: this Facebook page for DC tourists is just constantly full of praise for our city. People are constantly praising our residents, transit, offerings. I never see complaints about crime or anything else)
(Side note: this Facebook page for DC tourists is just constantly full of praise for our city. People are constantly praising our residents, transit, offerings. I never see complaints about crime or anything else)
As the sun was setting, suddenly it hit the clear patch of sky & it went from dull & overcast to brilliantly blindingly orange in a split second. This first picture is after the sun already set, but you can see the difference between the clouds and the patch of clear sky.
October 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
As the sun was setting, suddenly it hit the clear patch of sky & it went from dull & overcast to brilliantly blindingly orange in a split second. This first picture is after the sun already set, but you can see the difference between the clouds and the patch of clear sky.
Amazing phenomenon yesterday evening. I was out with my toddler and all evening the entire sky was blanketed with clouds, which the sun was hidden behind. But there was this *small* patch of clear sky in the west by the horizon.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Amazing phenomenon yesterday evening. I was out with my toddler and all evening the entire sky was blanketed with clouds, which the sun was hidden behind. But there was this *small* patch of clear sky in the west by the horizon.
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Love the views you can get from my neighborhood Randle Heighlands. These are all street-level views of:
1. The National Basilica behind the DC Armory
2. The Air Force Memorial behind the FDM Bridge
3. Bethesda
4. Capitol Dome, Library of Congress, and National Cathedral
1. The National Basilica behind the DC Armory
2. The Air Force Memorial behind the FDM Bridge
3. Bethesda
4. Capitol Dome, Library of Congress, and National Cathedral
October 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Love the views you can get from my neighborhood Randle Heighlands. These are all street-level views of:
1. The National Basilica behind the DC Armory
2. The Air Force Memorial behind the FDM Bridge
3. Bethesda
4. Capitol Dome, Library of Congress, and National Cathedral
1. The National Basilica behind the DC Armory
2. The Air Force Memorial behind the FDM Bridge
3. Bethesda
4. Capitol Dome, Library of Congress, and National Cathedral
Liberia and Sierra Leone leading the pack in respondents who had to pay a bribe to obtain healthcare, according to @afrobarometer.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Liberia and Sierra Leone leading the pack in respondents who had to pay a bribe to obtain healthcare, according to @afrobarometer.bsky.social
I’m not sure exactly. This presentation had 35 countries surveyed 2024-2025. The latest thing I can find online was just 2024 data for 24 countries. This had Tanzania at the bottom:
www.afrobarometer.org/wp-content/u...
www.afrobarometer.org/wp-content/u...
October 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I’m not sure exactly. This presentation had 35 countries surveyed 2024-2025. The latest thing I can find online was just 2024 data for 24 countries. This had Tanzania at the bottom:
www.afrobarometer.org/wp-content/u...
www.afrobarometer.org/wp-content/u...
Fascinating stats from @afrobarometer.bsky.social on which African countries have the most citizens considering emigrating. At the top: The Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, Cabo Verde, Angola, Sierra Leone.
Overall East Africa doing much better than West and Southern Africa.
Overall East Africa doing much better than West and Southern Africa.
October 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Fascinating stats from @afrobarometer.bsky.social on which African countries have the most citizens considering emigrating. At the top: The Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, Cabo Verde, Angola, Sierra Leone.
Overall East Africa doing much better than West and Southern Africa.
Overall East Africa doing much better than West and Southern Africa.
Alright folks. You can only live & travel within one region of DC for the rest of your life. What are you?
September 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Alright folks. You can only live & travel within one region of DC for the rest of your life. What are you?
Excited to announce that our family is reaching personal replacement fertility rate. There’s gonna be another passenger for the Madsen bike, coming this December. This time it’s gonna be a girl!
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Excited to announce that our family is reaching personal replacement fertility rate. There’s gonna be another passenger for the Madsen bike, coming this December. This time it’s gonna be a girl!
Listening to last week's Compound & Friends and just want to point out that, in my effort to invest in Africa, I've been investing in the AFK ETF since 2014! Unfortunately, I am still down 18.39%.
@downtownjoshbrown.bsky.social @michaelbatnick.bsky.social
@downtownjoshbrown.bsky.social @michaelbatnick.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Listening to last week's Compound & Friends and just want to point out that, in my effort to invest in Africa, I've been investing in the AFK ETF since 2014! Unfortunately, I am still down 18.39%.
@downtownjoshbrown.bsky.social @michaelbatnick.bsky.social
@downtownjoshbrown.bsky.social @michaelbatnick.bsky.social
In honor of the Fleetwood Mac Dreams meme, here is my son and I riding along the Anacostia River trail to get dinner at the Wharf
July 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
In honor of the Fleetwood Mac Dreams meme, here is my son and I riding along the Anacostia River trail to get dinner at the Wharf
Weekly grocery run on my Madsen
June 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Weekly grocery run on my Madsen
I’m at the Africa AI Village at the AI+ Expo and just learned about Nkenne, an app devoted exclusively to learning African languages. So excited to try this app out!
apps.apple.com/us/app/nkenn...
apps.apple.com/us/app/nkenn...
June 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I’m at the Africa AI Village at the AI+ Expo and just learned about Nkenne, an app devoted exclusively to learning African languages. So excited to try this app out!
apps.apple.com/us/app/nkenn...
apps.apple.com/us/app/nkenn...
Thousands of children will likely die because Musk and Marocco are going on an ideological rampage, Trump doesn’t care, and Rubio and Republican senators are spineless.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/p...
March 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Thousands of children will likely die because Musk and Marocco are going on an ideological rampage, Trump doesn’t care, and Rubio and Republican senators are spineless.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/p...
After being denied mes evac when it could have helped, they face the threat of *now* being forced to evacuate and then immediately terminated or stripped of their diplomatic passport if they don’t evacuate s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
After being denied mes evac when it could have helped, they face the threat of *now* being forced to evacuate and then immediately terminated or stripped of their diplomatic passport if they don’t evacuate s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
The USAID officer’s wife was facing complications due to the stress of the stop work order, was refused a med evac, and is now hemorrhaging in the hospital.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The USAID officer’s wife was facing complications due to the stress of the stop work order, was refused a med evac, and is now hemorrhaging in the hospital.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
This lawsuit by a USAID Foreign Service Officer is of unspeakable horror. The US government has abandoned him and his 31-week pregnant wife who is hemorrhaging in a foreign hospital in a volatile, insecure country
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This lawsuit by a USAID Foreign Service Officer is of unspeakable horror. The US government has abandoned him and his 31-week pregnant wife who is hemorrhaging in a foreign hospital in a volatile, insecure country
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Some of the effects of the stop work order:
February 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Some of the effects of the stop work order:
People are always complaining about demands their Airbnb hosts put on them & I don’t understand where they find these places. In Greece, we had numerous Airbnbs gave us wine or liquor as a welcome gift. These were the (amazing) checkout instructions for our recent stay in Tempe.
January 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
People are always complaining about demands their Airbnb hosts put on them & I don’t understand where they find these places. In Greece, we had numerous Airbnbs gave us wine or liquor as a welcome gift. These were the (amazing) checkout instructions for our recent stay in Tempe.
Yesterday while hiking I introduced Calvin to a pine cone and he thought it was the funniest thing ever.
January 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Yesterday while hiking I introduced Calvin to a pine cone and he thought it was the funniest thing ever.