Tristan

Tristan

@dcpackerpacker.bsky.social

Packers fan. DC transplant in Stronghold. Pro bike lanes and housing.

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Tristan
@dcpackerpacker.bsky.social

Now do the unsafe drivers that nearly got me on my bike twice in 3 miles today. @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social @councilofdc.bsky.social @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social @robertwhitedc.bsky.social @cmzparker5.bsky.social

The Washington Sun Metro@washsunmetro.bsky.social

D.C. is cracking down on unsafe electric scooter and bike riders amid an uptick in traffic fatalities across the city. https://www.washingtonsun.com/metro/dc-electric-bike-scooter-enforcement-campaign

washingtonsun.comD.C. Police Start Enforcement Campaign Targeting E-Scooters and BikesThe safety push comes a week after a senior D.C. official was killed in a scooter crash.
Tristan
@dcpackerpacker.bsky.social

Man. There is so much cool stuff going on in DC the next three weekends. Wish the weather let us spread it them out over the year rather than cramming things into the six weeks before and after summer.

Tristan
@dcpackerpacker.bsky.social

This is why I don’t give money to my alma mater. I don’t give to endowments larger than the GDPs of countries I’ve lived in.

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@dcpackerpacker.bsky.social

Not that it would fix the entire gap, sacrificing streateries for parking has to be a huge own goal here. Such short-sighted policy in our desire to get back to 2019 “normal”.

Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social

It’s a big day in the D.C. Council, where lawmakers will hold a hearing on a bunch of possible tax hike ideas. The context is important: The city is facing up to a $800 million deficit next year, economy is down, and a mayor-to-be made big promises: www.washingtonsun.com/metro/dc-cou...

washingtonsun.comWith Budget Gap Looming, D.C. Council Starts Talking About Tax IncreasesThe revenue is tempting, but critics say the last thing the city’s weak economy needs right now is tax hikes.
Tristan
@dcpackerpacker.bsky.social

This book made its way to every volunteer when I was in Peace Corps in Central Asia. I managed to not read it somehow. Glad I didn’t.

If Books Could Kill@ifbookspod.bsky.social

Episode 54: Three Cups of Tea One man's mission to build schools, fight terrorism and promote peace, one private jet reimbursement at a time.

buzzsprout.comThree Cups of Tea - If Books Could KillIn 1993, a desperate man stumbled into a remote village in the foothills of the Karakoram mountains. After the residents nursed him back to health, he placed his hands on the village elder's shoulders...
Tristan
@dcpackerpacker.bsky.social

McMillan/Reservoir rec center playground was hoppin’ this morning and my older kid just went back for a birthday party. Why did we have to fight this for years? Now we just need to open the bathrooms on Sundays! #YIMBY

Tristan
@dcpackerpacker.bsky.social

Just saw this from the Stronghold Civic Association minutes about Indigo 2. Now we just have a vacant store front. Nice work NIMBYs. This is why we can’t have nice things.

Tristan
@dcpackerpacker.bsky.social

Kamala should have leaned into the “these people are freaks and you’ll hate what they want to do angle”. Every democratic consultant who touched that campaign should be tarred and feathered.