Tom VanAntwerp 🔵
@tomvanantwerp.com
💻 code things, mostly TypeScript
🏡 hyperlocal Alexandria VA drama
🔮 building bizarre things nobody wants
Please don't make me run for office, I do not want to run for office.
🏡 hyperlocal Alexandria VA drama
🔮 building bizarre things nobody wants
Please don't make me run for office, I do not want to run for office.
The Democratic Party needs more leaders who understand this!
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The Democratic Party needs more leaders who understand this!
Yeah, you're right, it's W Luray Ave.
I frequently find myself trying to get onto E Luray from Braddock heading southeast, and it's really awkward trying to turn left onto Hancock first. Feels dangerous.
I frequently find myself trying to get onto E Luray from Braddock heading southeast, and it's really awkward trying to turn left onto Hancock first. Feels dangerous.
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Yeah, you're right, it's W Luray Ave.
I frequently find myself trying to get onto E Luray from Braddock heading southeast, and it's really awkward trying to turn left onto Hancock first. Feels dangerous.
I frequently find myself trying to get onto E Luray from Braddock heading southeast, and it's really awkward trying to turn left onto Hancock first. Feels dangerous.
"I did what any other mother would do to protect her children."
November 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"I did what any other mother would do to protect her children."
Y'all, the state of the world being what it is, I cannot emotionally handle your zero context sports posts.
November 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Y'all, the state of the world being what it is, I cannot emotionally handle your zero context sports posts.
More things done like this please.
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
More things done like this please.
I did the backyard chicken map again! Updated and expanded upon in all its glorious absurdity.
Read about the only three locations in Alexandria Virginia where you can, technically, have a backyard chicken.
tomvanantwerp.leaflet.pub/3m4b5jj6p5c2l
Read about the only three locations in Alexandria Virginia where you can, technically, have a backyard chicken.
tomvanantwerp.leaflet.pub/3m4b5jj6p5c2l
October 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I did the backyard chicken map again! Updated and expanded upon in all its glorious absurdity.
Read about the only three locations in Alexandria Virginia where you can, technically, have a backyard chicken.
tomvanantwerp.leaflet.pub/3m4b5jj6p5c2l
Read about the only three locations in Alexandria Virginia where you can, technically, have a backyard chicken.
tomvanantwerp.leaflet.pub/3m4b5jj6p5c2l
Huh. I was curious who the landlord might be at 1504B Mount Vernon Ave...but the city doesn't have a parcel with the address?!
Skips from 1502 to 1506. Weird...
Skips from 1502 to 1506. Weird...
October 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Huh. I was curious who the landlord might be at 1504B Mount Vernon Ave...but the city doesn't have a parcel with the address?!
Skips from 1502 to 1506. Weird...
Skips from 1502 to 1506. Weird...
We're firmly in hoodie season now.
October 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We're firmly in hoodie season now.
If anything this test just gives me new ideas to further my AI-enabled depravity.
October 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If anything this test just gives me new ideas to further my AI-enabled depravity.
This is why too many Americans have seriously decided "maybe let the demons be in charge, see if that helps".
October 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is why too many Americans have seriously decided "maybe let the demons be in charge, see if that helps".
All-natural, organic, locally-sourced speed bump.
October 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
All-natural, organic, locally-sourced speed bump.
Bit of a buried lede: the plant-based protein powders were substantially worse than the dairy ones.
October 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Bit of a buried lede: the plant-based protein powders were substantially worse than the dairy ones.
Is this anything?
October 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Is this anything?
'Tis the season!
There's nowhere I'd rather be for Halloween than Del Ray.
There's nowhere I'd rather be for Halloween than Del Ray.
October 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
'Tis the season!
There's nowhere I'd rather be for Halloween than Del Ray.
There's nowhere I'd rather be for Halloween than Del Ray.
It's still so weird to me to see copyright become left-coded rather than right-coded.
When I was a kid, the lefty thing to do would've been to pirate whatever the fuck you wanted and screw the fat-cat megacorps and their copyright. 🤷
When I was a kid, the lefty thing to do would've been to pirate whatever the fuck you wanted and screw the fat-cat megacorps and their copyright. 🤷
October 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It's still so weird to me to see copyright become left-coded rather than right-coded.
When I was a kid, the lefty thing to do would've been to pirate whatever the fuck you wanted and screw the fat-cat megacorps and their copyright. 🤷
When I was a kid, the lefty thing to do would've been to pirate whatever the fuck you wanted and screw the fat-cat megacorps and their copyright. 🤷
Today is #NationalBlackDogDay and I'm celebrating with my wonderfully sweet pup Oreo.
October 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Today is #NationalBlackDogDay and I'm celebrating with my wonderfully sweet pup Oreo.
I've got a feeling that DRBA isn't going to be turning its back on YDBF any time soon...
September 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I've got a feeling that DRBA isn't going to be turning its back on YDBF any time soon...
I really want to love the URL constructor in JavaScript, but it's way too easy to shoot yourself in the foot with it. I keep expecting it to work like path.join(), and let me tell you that it *does not*.
September 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I really want to love the URL constructor in JavaScript, but it's way too easy to shoot yourself in the foot with it. I keep expecting it to work like path.join(), and let me tell you that it *does not*.
My comments to TPB at the time were that those engagement requirements would emulate the neighborhood sidewalk program, which boasts a whopping ONE successful project on their web page.
I don't fully buy into "the purpose of a system is what it does", but...
I don't fully buy into "the purpose of a system is what it does", but...
September 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
My comments to TPB at the time were that those engagement requirements would emulate the neighborhood sidewalk program, which boasts a whopping ONE successful project on their web page.
I don't fully buy into "the purpose of a system is what it does", but...
I don't fully buy into "the purpose of a system is what it does", but...
One of my most hated city programs is the Neighborhood Sidewalk Program.
"Why hate that?! Don't you *like* sidewalks?!"
Yes! I love them! And I hate this program because the community engagement requirements make it impossible to actually request a sidewalk!
www.alexandriava.gov/transportati...
"Why hate that?! Don't you *like* sidewalks?!"
Yes! I love them! And I hate this program because the community engagement requirements make it impossible to actually request a sidewalk!
www.alexandriava.gov/transportati...
September 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One of my most hated city programs is the Neighborhood Sidewalk Program.
"Why hate that?! Don't you *like* sidewalks?!"
Yes! I love them! And I hate this program because the community engagement requirements make it impossible to actually request a sidewalk!
www.alexandriava.gov/transportati...
"Why hate that?! Don't you *like* sidewalks?!"
Yes! I love them! And I hate this program because the community engagement requirements make it impossible to actually request a sidewalk!
www.alexandriava.gov/transportati...
