ACTION ALERT: Stop DDOT from removing protected bike lanes


From the June 13, 2025 Seven-Thirty DC (7:30 DC) newsletter

Unprotecting a bike lane

In what appears to be a first, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is removing flex post-protected bike lanes in favor of unprotected painted ones. The move goes against traffic control standards both in DC and nationally, as well as what appeared to be a deliberative consensus-building process among neighbors, local officials, and DDOT itself. DDOT is still soliciting additional feedback through its notice of intent, where you can give your input.

#bike #bicycling #biking #cycling #commuter #transportation #urban #traffic #transit #WashingtonDC #DC #action #feedback

Anyone have video of last night's music & poetry at Bloombars?


If anyone has video of last night's music & poetry at Bloombars (Washington, DC, February 26, 2025), please post somewhere other than Instagram and let me know.

Thanks.

(I cannot reach Instagram.)

#music #video #recording #WashingtonDC

TONIGHT 2025-02-26 7:00 PM ET - Bloomars, Washington, DC - music / celebration


TONIGHT - Wednesday, February 26, 2025 7:00 PM at Bloombars (3222 11th St NW, Washington, DC 20010) - a non-profit community space.

Vegan pot luck, jam session, open mic, or whatever the mood calls for. The celebration is that "we are still here, and have the ability to come together in person" to quote John Chambers. No alcohol.

bloombars.com/

#music #community #nonprofit #WashingtonDC

Wed. Feb. 19, 2025 - Hands Off Our Healthcare Research Rally


Wednesday (TOMORROW), February 19, 2025 3:00 PM
HHS Building, Washington, DC

Rallies are being held across the country to protest the funding cuts to science and the illegal firing of federal workers.

Please join if you can. We need to show that many people oppose these destructive attacks on science and healthcare.
#Resist #WashingtonDC #HHS #MadKingDonald #PresidentMusk

VULGAR DEMAGOGUE


VULGAR DEMAGOGUE

A vain, outlandish, anti-immigrant, fear-mongering demagogue runs for President of the United States -- and wins. Sinclair Lewis's 1935 bestseller is the story of Buzz Windrip, who promises poor, angry voters that he will make America proud and prosperous once more, but takes the country down a far darker path. As the new regime slides into authoritarinanism, newspaper editor Doremus Jessup can't believe it will last -- but is he right? This cautionary tale of liberal complacency in the face of populist tyranny shows it <b><i>can</i></b> happen here.

Book blurb for "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis (1935)

"Vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected.. He was an actor of genius"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can%2…
#Fascists #Nazis #UnitedStates #politics #PresidentMusk #VicePresidentTrump #broligarchy