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I am writing a book that explains why Washington DC is the way it is: leafy, monumental, and segregated. I am also a licensed architect.

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A huge part of the Eisenhower memorial conflict was just that subcommittee staffers on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee wanted to pick a fight with Obama’s Department of Interior.

11.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Again, understand that this is crybully behavior. Western republicans have been starving NPS for decades and New Gingrich personally killed the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation for clout.

Now, of course they want to take credit for fixing. Don’t give it to them.

11.03.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is correct, it was in the lifecycle cost analysis.

11.03.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You have to understand that our mayor is the reincarnation of a man who was mayor of a midwestern town in the 70s.

11.03.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really don’t get it. It’s a lot of bloat for track changes.

11.03.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I spent the afternoon reading about Herbert Hoover’s international relief work, and it’s kind of shocking how much of it was just responding to one idiotic or cruel action after another by world leaders.

10.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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terrible, terrible stuff we are doing over there www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/w...

10.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The plan is simple: refinance all of our properties until we have no equity and depend on the most conservative lenders. Then, we have no choice but to build bland, unappealing neighborhoods with safe retailers and no bike lanes.

10.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is saying that he is not a miracle worker . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying that he is not a miracle worker .
10.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was at a panel discussion with a bunch of big DC developers recently, and literally all they talked about was how DC wasn't giving them enough tax credits or subsidizing parking downtown and then one whined about how Union Market was hard to emulate. Zero initiative, heads in the sand.

10.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am sorry but seeing signature policies as anything other than an electoral strategy is boomer-brained. There are better ways of measuring success and also better ways to message efforts to the public.

10.03.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Where is this allegation that Janeese doesn't have "signature policies" coming from?

We've had 12+ years of chasing big projects while basic services rot. DC didn't have a working crime lab during the peak of COVID violence!

Do these people know what the mayor does?

10.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Speaking of circular sanitation, La Bistoquette in Geneva completed construction several weeks ago. This mass timber cooperative has over 100 homes and every WC flush is directed to an earthworm composter onsite, where the nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium can be returned to the soil.

10.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Love the Low Library National Gallery National Archives

10.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please no, just plant some rain gardens.

10.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Understanding other minds? Pretty hard it turns out!

10.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is OK if you thought this. Radiolab and The Oatmeal spread this research before it was fully cooked, and almost everyone outside of Spain is taught bad color theory.

10.03.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The #1 thing to understand about color perception is that it takes place in your brain and not in your eyes.

Just as different kinds of receptors have evolved, so have different signal processing systems.

Human eyes can sense way less of the spectrum but the brain differentiate very finely.

10.03.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You can’t understand this administration if you don’t understand this ⬇️

10.03.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just think the credibility is shot no matter who.

10.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I actually think the Post’s self-immolation benefits Janeese, for better or worse. In 2018 they could get Ward 3 to line up for Bowser, but this year I wonder if an endorsement would be a kiss of death.

09.03.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

If wanting old people to lobby out of a building that looks like Gormenghast Castle is wrong, I don’t want to be right.

09.03.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Tell them Blue Crush (2002) is part of the Avatar universe.

09.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s where it flinches

09.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It commits!

09.03.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not more than 7! I remember it being built.

09.03.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The same architect designed this five years later, 12 blocks away.

09.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You just have to lean into this. Only reference ragtime and Busby Berkeley numbers. Make stuff up. Convince them that Lush Budgett won the 1998 Oscar for directing.

09.03.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kenyan McDuffie seeks to ramp up D.C. mayoral campaign amid early jitters from supporters Some of McDuffie’s top backers, including Mayor Muriel Bowser, have expressed concern about his campaign strategy. He’s seeking to grow more visible to voters.

Walk around this city and you might get the impression the race is between JLG and Vincent Orange.

I have seen a single sign for him.

09.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

"Surely this narcissist will appreciate MY genius"

09.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0