J. I. Swiderski, MURP

I never thought of it quite like this, but the world seems to be made up of two kinds of people. Those who find the diversity in the world to be comforting and approach difference with curiosity even if they are cautious, and the opposite. Those scared by difference, who go in assuming the worst.

I mean, you can't say there's room for the whole team if there's not room for the _whole_ team...

Oooh it’s the harvest moon!

Don’t forget to leave milk and cookies out for Neil Young tonight

30th Street Station as seen from the bridge over the Schuylkill River.

Good morning, Philadelphia...!

BusETA also has schedules (e.g., buseta.wmata.com/where/schedu...), but (esp on mobile) they're not always easy to get to.

WMATA | Timetables Metro news and service information for the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

what, www.wmata.com/schedules/ti... doesn't do it for you...? 😸

...and only 2.15 time the land area!

Who'da thunk a US State would be denser than a European one...?

I will never, ever stop singing the praises of neighborhood bars within walking distance. There is nothing sexier than knowing that you can just walk 5-10 minutes there and 5-10 minutes back, no driving or parking or DD necessary.

So they made us smarter. The anxiety and depression were side effects.

Thank you to the Alaska Raptor Center for telling the truth that birders already knew: every bald eagle cry you hear in an advertisement is a red-tailed hawk.

Meanwhile in DC it's chilly enough that I'm wearing a hoodie tonight for the third night on a row.

(Still wearing shorts, though -- you can take the kid out of the Midwest, but…)

Twitter I believe allows 1,000 chars in alt text — here it's 2K.

really wish reporters — especially those posting screenshots of _documents_ — could take 15 seconds out of their rush to be first to BREAK NEWS and add ALT text to their images.

(Admittedly, sometimes documents, even text ones, are built as images or don't allow copying. This isn't one of them.)

[same image, with ALT text]

(seriously, guys, it takes 15 seconds. just copy the text and add it as ALT text.)

🚨🚨The House reading clerk just read a letter from House Speaker Mike Johnson where he declares a 'District Work Period' from October 7 to October 13. That would mean no votes until mid-month.

How the hell is this shutdown our fault if Republicans can’t be bothered to show up

was just thinking...

new Panic! At the Disco cover band just dropped....

Remember that Halloween when you dressed up as a[n] [insert urbanist costume here]? Send us a photo + description at editor@ggwash.org. We'll feature a selection in an upcoming post. 👻🚌

Mayor Bowser and President Trump agree: when a legislature says "You must spend this money in this way," the executive can simply disregard the legislature.

DC under Bowser-Trump rule does not want our children to learn.

Map shows the streets that are being studied as part of the Columbia Heights Crosstown Transit Priority Project: * Harvard, Mount Pleasant, and Irving Streets from Columbia Road to Park Place NW * Columbia Road from Warder St to 16th St NW * 14th St from Euclid St to Newton St NW A large red X marks the spot where the Mount Pleasant Library is located, near the corner of 16th & Lamont St NW.

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DDOT announces "Concept Open House" for the COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CROSSTOWN BUS PRIORITY PROJECT

SAT Nov 1 (1–4p) OR
TUES Nov 4 (5:30–7:30p)
Mount Pleasant Library (16th & Lamont NW)

Details at content.govdelivery.com/accounts/DCW...

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Photo of a cat lying down. A tiny pumpkin has been placed next to him. He is doing his best to ignore the tiny pumpkin.

Great news, Tiny Pumpkin Season has begun.

DC MPD’s Falcon helicopter clearly on a mission and not just looping around at low altitudes across the District for no reason.

Hatch Act Violation As A Service

(Aside: I personally dislike the term 'hybrid meeting' almost as much as I despise "virtual" for online meetings....)

🔹 ANC 1B Monthly Meeting (HYBRID) — ANC 1B We’d love to have you join us for our ANC 1B meeting. This meeting will be hybrid (in person, with a virtual option). Please note the new location for the in-person meeting: Josephine Butler Park...

Due to Yom Kippur, the October #ANC1B meeting—usually the first Thursday of the month—is pushed back a week.

This meeting will be hybrid, and they have a new location for in-person attendance! Join online or at the Josephine Butler Parks Center, 2437 15th St NW (btwn Chapin & Euclid), Ground Floor.

Pirkei Avot 2:16 He used to say: It is not your responsibility to finish the work, but neither are you free to desist from it. If you have learned much Torah, your reward will...

Close enough 😸

Pirkei Avot 2:16 — “It is not your responsibility to finish the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.”
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....

Don't worry about not being able to do *everything*, but also don't not do *anything* just because you can't do it all.

Unfortunately the Family Bike Festival was last weekend, but there's always a variety at the @ward5familybiking.bsky.social ride each month (or every morning at the school where I volunteer Tuesday mornings...).

I was going to say, ‘what is this “too much” of which you speak…?’

Really nice, @wmatagm.bsky.social @wmata.com , parking in multiple bike lanes on the same block. Do you *want* bicyclists to get hit by yr officers or other drivers?

I take it by the laughs I heard when snapping photos that your officers don't care about road safety or building community relations.

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