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Brigid Howe

@bnhowe.bsky.social

Mom to a teen & 3🐈. Advocate for education, road safety, & housing. DC-born, MoCo-grown, Maryland AF. Oxford comma fan. she/her. I ❀️ music, sewing & books.

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Ben, I have a newspaper from 1990 that has a letter to the editor about the Bethesda-Silver Spring trolley. My mom kept the paper for other reasons but I always am amazed when I see it.

18.11.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

16.11.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 58888    πŸ” 36182    πŸ’¬ 1294    πŸ“Œ 2844

If I can one day eat crabcakes again….I’d be so grateful.

15.11.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not saying I moved to Wheaton for the bragging rights of my home station having the longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere…but I am a nerd & have entirely too many Wheaton escalator facts in my head.

10.11.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I just called my senators.

10.11.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?

10.11.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 10863    πŸ” 2610    πŸ’¬ 456    πŸ“Œ 306

I’ve had that book on my list for awhile if you want to send a copy over!

10.11.2025 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s gorgeous

10.11.2025 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They could live in an amazing urbanist setting. Parks and transit and a mix of housing types. And have adventures!

10.11.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would still like a children’s book about Poutine and Drizzy.

10.11.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

10.11.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 15290    πŸ” 4137    πŸ’¬ 259    πŸ“Œ 206

She lives in my general vicinity and I am kind of wishing my kid was still playground age.

07.11.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

stanning the made up moms in this fake ass story

07.11.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
modified NYTimes heading:

Opinion
interesting times

Should Men Be Allowed To Drag Their Itchy Buttholes Across The Carpet Of Society?
A viewpoint just as valid as the tripe this paper constantly platforms via conservative dullards.

Nov. 6, 2025

modified NYTimes heading: Opinion interesting times Should Men Be Allowed To Drag Their Itchy Buttholes Across The Carpet Of Society? A viewpoint just as valid as the tripe this paper constantly platforms via conservative dullards. Nov. 6, 2025

06.11.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3049    πŸ” 693    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 20

I have no patience for this kind of ridiculousness anymore. I have visited too many crash scenes while there are still gloves and bandage wrappers on the ground.

07.11.2025 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari was outside Mike Johnson's office today holding up a sign that read: "Mike Johnson is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein files. CHANGE MY MIND."

06.11.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7582    πŸ” 1673    πŸ’¬ 122    πŸ“Œ 38

Think of how this number is going to increase when Woodward HS opens for people who live near Woodward.

07.11.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bobbi is a college friend of mine! Proud of her and you!

07.11.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, they love their deadly streets.

06.11.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for this. I’m big mad that the slip lane persists. In under 2 years Northwood will reopen and that intersection will again have conflicts between drivers & teen pedestrians/cyclists.

06.11.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There are more of us than there are of them.

05.11.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 32902    πŸ” 5249    πŸ’¬ 446    πŸ“Œ 260

this is genuinely wild

05.11.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 15322    πŸ” 2031    πŸ’¬ 204    πŸ“Œ 42
Google Streetview of a front drive aisle, which is the pick-up/drop-off for car parents, in front of a middle school. There is an orange traffic cone at a faded marked crosswalk between the handicapped parking spaces and the front of the school.

Google Streetview of a front drive aisle, which is the pick-up/drop-off for car parents, in front of a middle school. There is an orange traffic cone at a faded marked crosswalk between the handicapped parking spaces and the front of the school.

On Mon 10/27/25 8:06 am
the driver (62/M) of a 2019 Honda Fit
hit & injured a pedestrian (40/M)
in the [car loop] at Francis Scott Key MS, 910 Schindler Dr.
Police (MCP32680066) found the pedestrian at fault: failure to obey traffic signs.πŸ‘€

01.11.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a Safe Routes to School problem when a driver hits children next to an elementary school, even if it happened on a weekend.

01.11.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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USDA Quietly Deletes Its Contingency Plan for Funding SNAP The 55-page β€œlapse of funding” document for USDA is no longer available online.

USDA Quietly Deletes Its Contingency Plan for Funding SNAP - NOTUS
www.notus.org/trump-white-...

30.10.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Is….is there a version of this that actually has a tiger, an elephant, and a giraffe?

28.10.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, they’re using the shutdown to turn off SNAP benefits.

No, they don’t have to.

27.10.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8977    πŸ” 2500    πŸ’¬ 248    πŸ“Œ 74

Every mention of SNAP being frozen should include this simple fact:

TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.

27.10.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1983    πŸ” 1008    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 32

Since 2020, we have been posting data from every police crash report involving a non-motorist in Montgomery County MD.

In 2023, when the MD State Police started posting crash data ✨with ages✨, we were shocked to find out how many of those non-motorists were children.

27.10.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have a very bad feeling about this...

27.10.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 54638    πŸ” 10264    πŸ’¬ 1880    πŸ“Œ 653

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