goddamnit. I don’t really blame her, but man we’ve got a serious fuckin problem with right wing agitators fixating on county politicians and driving national hate their way.

CBS19 News: Charlottesville News First@cbs19news.bsky.social · yesterday

She made the announcement during the Tuesday morning special meeting of the Albemarle County School Board.

Today is August 4, 2026, so I suggest reading Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains”

I keep thinking about this gorgeous essay about how LLMs- so often trained by inheritors of colonial English- has now rendered the kind of language that is natural to us (“fancy” vocabulary, passive voice, reduced relative clauses) artificial and suspect. marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...

I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.

I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.

marcusolang.substack.com

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · 5d ago

A Nigerian born author, Jerry Falade, had his $2.4M book deal pulled because he was accused of using AI. There is unavoidable optics of a Black man writing a brilliant novel that people assume must have been written by AI. However the broader issue is we can’t trust any writing isn’t AI generated.

[guy who is seventeen years late to the party voice] boy Wolf Hall sure is a hell of a book huh. more people should be talking about this

well well well look what finally made it to the Albemarle Board of Supervisors agenda for 8/5: a housing advisory committee. just a draft for review right now, but it actually exists!

I drifted back to /r/asoiaf last night to catch up on the recaps of the Mad King play, and hoo boy do I not miss that corner of the internet. what a rotten fandom. or maybe all fandoms are like that now, IDK.

Fun fact: the anonymous contact who set up Kassell with Epstein says they were introduced by Bob Pirie - presumably Robert Pirie, a banker who worked with Robert Maxwell back in the day and was eulogized at his funeral by Henry Kissinger. Also a member of the Zodiac Society, if you're into that.

DTM@thedtm.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hard to believe this "Dinner in Charlottesville" email found in the Epstein files hasn't received any local attention. I stumbled on it reading an ABC8News report on UVA neurosurgery prof Neal Kassell's association with Epstein. Link: www.wric.com/news/local-n...

this is really the thing, and why I am a YIMBY who thinks it’s absolutely critical we start doing some serious redistribution of wealth. shit’s going to get even worse unless we pursue both parts of the solution.

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 2w ago

The two hardest and most unforgiving facts in housing policy are that it actually costs a lot of money to build new homes and that the rents that poor people can afford are not enough to pay off the cost of construction.

spot the difference, Housing Albemarle edition

Volunteers are still needed to assist Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless with the Point In Time count this week on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. Please sign up if you're able. The PIT is important for implementing homelessness interventions. m.signupgenius.com#!/showSignUp...

Skies were appropriately apocalyptic for my first Mörk Borg game tonight, very cathartic game to run.

Impact fees kill housing. www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...

this is a terrible time for me to begin my "bring a taco bell to crozet" campaign in earnest, isn't it

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Federal and state health officials are reportedly investigating whether Taco Bell restaurants played a role in one of the largest U.S. outbreaks of an illness that causes explosive diarrhea

"Deepest gratitude to my friend Lindsey Graham, who graciously permitted me to sup upon his vital forces, drawing his spirit into my Soul Jar, revivifying this mortal husk i wear so cunningly, that i might continue my predations upon those who live unaware of the empire of the Ghoul. SAVE America!"

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Mitch McConnell has released a photo and the first statement on his condition: "I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia."

one of the many reasons A Feast for Crows is my favorite ASOIAF book is the treatment of the death of Tywin Lannister.

thank you CBS19 for sharing this jpeg of a police car

CBS19 News: Charlottesville News First@cbs19news.bsky.social · 4w ago

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"We are deeply inspired by the courage and persistence of everyone who made this moment possible over the past decade, and we are honored to contribute to a future shaped not by inherited symbols, but by shared values and collective imagination.” www.architectmagazine.com/design/the-l...

Rebuilding America's Memory

How MASS Design Group is transforming Charlottesville's Lee monument into a new civic landscape. Discover architecture's evolving role in public memory.

architectmagazine.com

Hawes Spencer has plans to interview a literal nazi down at the free bridge encampment tomorrow and I don’t think that’s ok

Rory Stolzenberg@rorystolzenberg.bsky.social · 4w ago

A literal Nazi! Very cool!

Imagine a world in which we hate homelessness more than we now hate the homeless & unhoused. A world in which we hate poverty more than we hate the poor.

speaking as both someone who could have maybe been a problem dude if life had gone differently, and who’s waged multiple successful wars against entrenched problem dudes in professional environments, I cannot over stress that you gotta immediately run them off the second it’s clear they’re a Problem

rhaenyra targaryen moving into the red keep with the same energy as dennis and mac moving to the suburbs

house of the dragon s3 is really good television. emma d'arcy is made of electricity, it's insane. very much interested to see how they handle changes around Rhaena/Nettles in particular...

Well well well, Eastern Avenue rears its head once more. That which is not dead can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.

The Declaration of Independence "is most powerful when the people it was never meant to represent grab hold of its language and toss it back like an undetonated grenade, whether those hands belong to Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, Maria Stewart, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., or Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam."

Hammer and Hope@hammerandhope.bsky.social · last mo.

"The Declaration’s significance extends far beyond the aims of the American Revolution or an expression of American nationalism," writes Robin D.G. Kelley in Issue No. 11. hammerandhope.org/article/robi...

"The Declaration’s significance extends far beyond the aims of the American Revolution or an expression of American nationalism," writes Robin D.G. Kelley in Issue No. 11. hammerandhope.org/article/robi...

“Do You Understand Your Own Language?”

Black radicals read the Declaration of Independence.

hammerandhope.org

Charlottesville masquerades as a progressive city. lol. In any case, read about this targeted prosecution of a local Black woman activist.

DTM@thedtm.bsky.social · last mo.

Yesterday, a felony indictment brought by a special grand jury charging local activist Tanesha Hudson with voter registration fraud was quickly thrown out. But not before it caused Hudson to lose her job. “The process was the punishment,” says Hudson. www.charlottesvilledtm.com/p/special-gr...

man if i had the time i would love to run Red Hand of Doom again. truly one of the greatest adventure modules ever. i learned so much about DMing by just reading this over and over, let alone by running it.

Something i try to convey when talking with people concerned about "luxury apartments:" the most "luxurious" form of housing is in fact the large single family detached home.

Mike English@mocomikee.bsky.social · last mo.

In your regular reminder that “luxury” is a meaningless marketing term, this signage was for the site of a now competed and awesome 100% affordable LIHTC development near me.

It's a beautiful day on the Bar Bo rooftop!! We are out in force, look for the people with name tags!

Livable Cville@livablecville.bsky.social · last mo.

Come and join us Wednesday!

additional conversation option, now that i've had a chance to catch up on it: House of the Dragon season 3 episode 1 and why it rules

"Michael Monaco"@mmonaco.bsky.social · last mo.

Just a reminder Albemarle/Cville friends: this Wednesday, Bar Botanical in Crozet, 5 to 7 pm! Whether you have strong opinions on housing or transit in Albemarle County or just want to spend the evening shooting the breeze with friendly people, this is the place for you!