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maryland policy director @ggwash.org, your east silver spring civic association VP, pit bull parent, elder emo, just out here getting cuter. no growth has to mean less is less. they/them. https://linktr.ee/justupthepike
starting to work my way through @thebaltimorebanner.com’s list of the best snowball stands starting with The Snowball Stand in Woodstock www.thebanner.com/culture/food...
d. reed, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇬🇾@justupthepike.bsky.social · last mo.my first thought was “did they go to the snowball stand in front of Kendall’s Hardware in Clarksville???” they did 😮💨 game recognize game
20 years in the making, woodside place would be a big addition to downtown silver spring and i'm excited it may finally happen, though i'm bummed there won't be any retail–once upon a time, it was supposed to have a harris teeter dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...
Four Buildings, 1,340 Units: An Enormous Redevelopment Planned For Downtown Silver Spring
Plans are in the works for the largest mixed-use development in downtown Silver Spring in years.
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pls let James Hedrick do his job secure.everyaction.com/N2hg_35aQUKj...
Tell the Montgomery County Council: keep James Hedrick on Planning Board
Late Friday afternoon, Marc Elrich once again vetoed the appointment of a sitting Planning Board member, James Hedrick, who's been a champion for more homes and better transit in Montgomery County. Te...
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Greater Greater Washington@ggwash.org · 4d agoThis week on Do Something: join us for Planners of Color tonight; please try our ANC tool; let James Hedrick do his job; and faster buses on New Hampshire Avenue.
a few weeks ago a MoCo Planning Board member lost his job for, basically, doing his job. if you have a few minutes: please tell the County Council to keep James Hedrick and let the Planning Board do their jobs secure.everyaction.com/N2hg_35aQUKj...
Tell the Montgomery County Council: keep James Hedrick on Planning Board
Late Friday afternoon, Marc Elrich once again vetoed the appointment of a sitting Planning Board member, James Hedrick, who's been a champion for more homes and better transit in Montgomery County. Te...
secure.everyaction.com
I’m trained in GIS (as in, making maps!) and these maps bum me out, especially when they come from people or orgs who should know they’re egregiously wrong (local governments, for example)
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 5d agoAI may eventually destroy us, but for now it just makes unbelievably sloppy and inaccurate maps of places. To wit: - There are two Capitols. - National Harbor is… in Virginia? - Georgetown now has skyscrapers. - There are two bridges direct from Anacostia to Crystal City.
just saw the documentary dead city punx at afi—about taking over leftover spaces for guerrilla shows—and walked out to a lil version of that in downtown silver spring, as ppl have been doing here for 20+ years, tho it used to be much busier. i miss that energy on a saturday night
buying tickets to a movie at AFI tomorrow night and I always laugh that you have to check a box saying you acknowledge you are going to Maryland (as opposed to…LA or DC or something idk)
i don’t like sharing things from the montgomery fix but this premise is so goofy. why would any endorsing group endorse a candidate if the party they represent doesn’t share that group’s values? www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/gca...
GCAAR to GOP Candidates: Disavow Party if You Want Endorsement — Montgomery Fix
A dispute between the Montgomery County Republican Party and the Greater Capital Area Association of REALTORS® has erupted over a question GCAAR is asking Republican candidates seeking its endorsement...
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lost in all the discussions of dogpiling is how in elementary school if a dude yelled "dogpile" then all the other dudes would run to the source of the sound and crash delightedly into one another, forming a heap (the "pile"). this ruled and was fun and we should bring it back
It seems Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich doesn't want the Planning Board to plan.
Let Montgomery County's Planning Board do its job
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if you have a few minutes: let the Montgomery County Council know to keep James Hedrick, one of our biggest champions for more homes and more affordable homes, on the Planning Board after he was removed without cause secure.everyaction.com/N2hg_35aQUKj...
Tell the Montgomery County Council: keep James Hedrick on Planning Board
Late Friday afternoon, Marc Elrich once again vetoed the appointment of a sitting Planning Board member, James Hedrick, who's been a champion for more homes and better transit in Montgomery County. Te...
secure.everyaction.com
a remarkably effective life hack: just be nice to people it's incredible how much goodwill people will extend to you if you're pleasant to them
the fillmore turns 15 this month and once again i’m grateful that on a night i’m tired and cranky i can go hear some of my favorite bands a mile from my house, watch ppl have massive zoomies in the pit, and immediately feel much better
over the weekend y'all sent the Montgomery County Council 47 emails for @housingjames.bsky.social 💪 keep em coming
d. reed, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇬🇾@justupthepike.bsky.social · 2w agoin 2023 *you* sent over 170 emails asking the Montgomery County Council to reinstate a Planning Board member after Marc Elrich kicked him out for basically doing his job. it happened again, so let the Council know: keep James Hedrick on Planning Board secure.everyaction.com/N2hg_35aQUKj...
As we begin the 2026-2027 school year, it's frustrating to revisit this story from the 25-26 school year, which talks about a driver hitting a child during the 24-25 school year After two years, this intersection is exactly the same. Our neighborhoods deserve much better than this kind of neglect
d. reed, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇬🇾@justupthepike.bsky.social · 10mo agofor months my neighbors have been fighting @mcdotnow.bsky.social for stop signs at intersections where drivers hit an 11yo, as well as my dog and I. Michael Paylor, #2 at MCDOT, literally said the best thing the county can do is “nothing” bethesdamagazine.com/2025/11/19/e...
Please read this thread. As usual D is right on the money here. A big reason I push for the things I do is not (just) direct affordability but the capacity for more people to be able to realistically live where they can be safe. Who and what YIMBYs hone in on can run frustratingly counter to this
d. reed, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇬🇾@justupthepike.bsky.social · 2w agosometimes i feel like i’m screaming into the void: helping people, especially trans people, move to safety and opportunity is what the yimby/pro-homes movement is all about. but the movement, as it grows and seeks legitimacy, feels quite indifferent to us
sometimes i feel like i’m screaming into the void: helping people, especially trans people, move to safety and opportunity is what the yimby/pro-homes movement is all about. but the movement, as it grows and seeks legitimacy, feels quite indifferent to us
Feena van@feenavan2099.bsky.social · 2w agoIts been compared to the great migration.
in 2023 *you* sent over 170 emails asking the Montgomery County Council to reinstate a Planning Board member after Marc Elrich kicked him out for basically doing his job. it happened again, so let the Council know: keep James Hedrick on Planning Board secure.everyaction.com/N2hg_35aQUKj...
Tell the Montgomery County Council: keep James Hedrick on Planning Board
Late Friday afternoon, Marc Elrich once again vetoed the appointment of a sitting Planning Board member, James Hedrick, who's been a champion for more homes and better transit in Montgomery County. Te...
secure.everyaction.com
like the man in the white house, marc elrich is too angry, too spiteful, and frankly too much of a coward to know when to shut his mouth. i am ashamed that montgomery county democrats keep electing him bethesdamagazine.com/2026/08/26/e...
Elrich to veto Hedrick’s appointment to Montgomery Planning Board, again
County Council could override veto with vote of nine members
bethesdamagazine.com
drizzy and I are at the beach in unceded maryland territory aka delaware this week. on the way to dewey beach i tried to get him to pose with the slaughter beach sign but big guy has no patience for my emo band jokes smh
I just walk around the house sometimes singing IN A 90’S KIND OF WORLD, I’M GLAD I GOT MY GIRLS
We Geek Girls@wegeekgirls.bsky.social · 3w ago‘Living Single’ premiered on this day 33 years ago on Fox! (August 22, 1993) Created by Yvette Denise Lee. Starring Queen Latifah, Kim Coles, Erika Alexander, T.C. Carson, John Henton, Kim Fields, & more. #OTD #OnThisDay
as a country music liker I know the answer but still I must ask: who are these approximately 14,000 goobers who *drove* to nationals park to see jason aldean
Metro@wmata.com · 3w agoMetro gets you to the big events of the summer, including a jam-packed week of concerts at Nationals Park, where we moved more than 62,000 trips for three major shows!
Being edited is sometimes painful, but always worth it. An editor really can save you from yourself.
Seattle Times Dipshit Quits Because His Editors Were Smart Enough To Spike His Stupid Columns | Defector
People sometimes wonder what editors do. It’s a fair question to ask, given how difficult it is to read a column or blog post and be able to discern exactly how much influence an editor did or did not...
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iykyk: Indian Head Highway aka Route 210 is a brutal stretch of road. our summer intern and Charles County native Jewel Lester takes a look at how Maryland officials have been trying to fix this highway for over a century
Greater Greater Washington@ggwash.org · 4w agoWith packed traffic and high speeders, Route 210 makes it intimidating to drive from Charles County into Prince George’s County and DC. Why is the roadway so unsafe, and what solutions could it safer for every type of traveler?
revisiting transit, one of my favorite bands from the 2010s, since the lead singer came out as trans and i’m like 1) huh it makes so much sense now 2) no wonder i had this on rotation *constantly* 3) lol they had trans in their name
i love to hate on ocean city but ngl this week it’s been growing on me. we’re not going to the jersey shore this year but there are moments where you remember that ocean city is, in fact, a town
