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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

7 days

When someone tries to take the bike lane away

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

America doesn't have a shortage of gas. We have a shortage of bike lanes, five minute cities, and safe pedestrian infrastructure.

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

@wmataGM Randy this is fare evasion

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Michael Starnes

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9 months

Maryland has a D trifecta, Ds in the White House, and we're still doing highway expansion. We're locking ourselves into decades more of highway deaths and nobody cares.

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Michael Starnes

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1 year

We literally beat the Nazis in less time than it makes to make a bike lane

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Michael Starnes

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4 years

@EoinHiggins_ <coughs and shares cup with daughter> NO

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Michael Starnes

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3 months

Three people were murdered on the streets of DC last night and policing students is taking priority over... actually policing.

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The DC Police Department has assembled a massive force of officers and vehicles near the GWU campus.

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Michael Starnes

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4 years

@darrgonsif @post_hegemony [Citation Needed]

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Michael Starnes

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3 years

Mayor pete in shorts sksksksks

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@arash_tehran

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Michael Starnes

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3 years

How it started: How it's going:

Lee 'the J stands for Jender' Carter

@carterforva

3 years

We're now on day 5 of gentrifiers in cities with good public transit insisting that gentrification is the key to reducing housing costs, and that a vehicle mileage tax won't hurt the rural and suburban poor the most.

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

@OlufemiOTaiwo If you noticed in the op-ed he also intimated he would sleep with his roomates if it weren't for homophobia???

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Michael Starnes

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4 years

@JucheMane @basspankai Wtf

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Michael Starnes

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@Noahpinion Literally isn't immigration.

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Michael Starnes

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@ArlingtonModDem One more lane bro! One more lane!

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Michael Starnes

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4 years

@tweetsbycurtis This is bad for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who need something objective to prove themselves

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

@CherFeldman @GovKathyHochul respectfully this is a conspiracy theory. You don't make money with empty apartments. (Also this would make them pay property taxes without using services, which is awesome)

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Michael Starnes

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9 months

@UrbanLandRent Population density, a lot of those neighborhoods were denser. also churches. Harder to run a club when you have a 25 minute drive vs a three minute walk.

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

Mark Elrich really is a supervillan

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Michael Starnes

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@savion_blanc Kind of weird to take a photo of someone without permission on a flight??????

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Michael Starnes

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4 years

@HowlinFantods @NathanJRobinson @mattyglesias Their religion is empiricism till it stops confirming their preconceptions.

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Anne Hidalgo: Not just bikes! Muriel Bowser: Just not bikes!

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@ad_mastro The real human rights violation was the lack of free parking.

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Michael Starnes

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3 years

@KathyParkPrice Caught this one recently

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

2 months

Speedbumps and concrete bollards. Speedbumps and concrete bollards. Speedbumps and concrete bollards.

Troyotathon

@trojoy22

2 months

200 block of Key Highway…. @MayorBMScott @FOXBaltimore @BaltimoreBanner @wbaltv11 @wjz

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Michael Starnes

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5 years

@michaelsayman @marisa_schultz @AOC All power to the people.

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

@zimmerob glad Aaron Schock is doing well

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Michael Starnes

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@data_bayes THE HANDS ARE HUMAN

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Michael Starnes

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1 year

What Arlington will look like if missing middle is passed

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

2 years

Texas drivers are literally half of a percent of all carbon emissions. We could change the planet if we changed our communities. Everything counts in large amounts.

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Michael Starnes

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save me pete

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Michael Starnes

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3 months

Mayor Bowser is more concerned with putting F1 on our streets over bikes.

Mayor Muriel Bowser

@MayorBowser

3 months

Formula One is coming to Downtown DC this weekend 🏎️ Bring the whole family to see the transformation of Pennsylvania Ave into a temporary track and to get up close to the F1 fun. #BeDowntown to be part of the action ⬇️

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Michael Starnes

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meanwhile in maryland

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Michael Starnes

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5 years

@EdmundGriffiths Stop gatekeeping

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

1 year

Step 1 : Propose a ban on new housing Step 2: Make fun of people for living with their parents

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@EJGoulet

1 year

@Tim_Pnin @FeverPotomac Even more likely...their parents' Takoma Park basements.

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

8 months

This is climate arson.

Kalinsky

@Kalinsky_

8 months

This is an absolute disaster. Governor Moore campaigned on transit expansion, while his proposed budget kills essentially all expansion and slashes service funding. This will have devastating impacts on both the MTA and WMATA.

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Michael Starnes

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5 months

Beyond the slow erosion of 1st amendment rights, why the hell did they knock on his door at midnight over a civil matter?

The Takoma Torch🔥🐓

@TakomaTorch

5 months

WARNING: This is not satire. Editorial: State of Maryland vs. The Takoma Torch via @takomatorch

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Michael Starnes

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4 years

@SoBendito Save midtown manhattan from skyscrapers is really a take

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

2 years

1/. DC is undergoing one of the largest changes to zoning in years, and it is going basically no media coverage 📰 The change is being finalized, but here are my biggest takeaways 👇

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

4 months

Food $300 Data $150 Rent $800 Gift to Ted Leonsis $515 million Utilities $200 Someone who is good at budgeting, please help me. My family is starving!

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Michael Starnes

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1 year

most normal day in DC

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Michael Starnes

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5 months

@RahneAlexander Beyond the obvious racial justice impacts of only putting them in the ""black butterfly"" it is dumb to have gaps in the rest of downtown where ostensibly you still want to detect shootings...

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Michael Starnes

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4 months

Nice to see Nick Delledonne win out over the lives of our children

Adam Tuss

@AdamTuss

4 months

BREAKING - @DDOTDC Chief Sharon Kershbaum says a bike lane is now NOT being considered for a more than 3 mile stretch of busy CT Ave in NW DC. This has been a controversial project for years - a bike lane was recommended. But the new DDOT Chief is changing course #bikedc

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Michael Starnes

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3 years

@HenryJamesDavid @Howie__ja @Berenger513563 @cutmeoutinstars @ChefJonKung MESOAMERICA

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Michael Starnes

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@sam_d_1995 Children who famously don't exist in Italy, Tokyo, Mexico City, and NYC

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Michael Starnes

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@alanthefisher "But the tax breaks" Yeah and you have a 400 dollar electric bill and can only go outside after dark

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Michael Starnes

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@its_Xopher Arlington-pilled

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Michael Starnes

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The narrative that cycling was only for lycra clad white bros was a lie the whole time. Never let the haters win: they are dead wrong.

Baltimore City DOT

@BmoreCityDOT

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Polling: What Baltimore Area Voters Say about Transportation The support for bike lanes was stronger among non-white people than among white people. 64% of Black respondents say bike lanes benefit people and 74% of Latino respondents agreed.

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Michael Starnes

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3 years

@MrDubC @darthweger this has got to be second base right?

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Michael Starnes

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5 years

@noculottes @RpwWilliams I demand homelessness or a 5 acre lot as God intended.

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

4 months

Muriel at the Masters Tournament as we have record cuts to schools, who still lack A/C

Washingtonian Problems

@WashProbs

4 months

Caption this (DC Edition)

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Michael Starnes

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23 days

how is it that a celebrity kid has like a better position on public health than CDC

Joaquín Beltrán for a Free Palestine

@joaquinlife

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Violet Affleck holding it down at the LA County Board of Supervisors demanding mask availability, mask mandates in hospitals, and clean air in all government buildings including jails and detention centers. Go Violet! 😷🍉

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

Wrong week to be asking that question for the DC Pro-Life scene...

anarcho-racoonist

@shanthropology

2 years

Removed this anti-abortion bull shit near union station, keep your eyes out friends

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Michael Starnes

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@tayforpay

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Michael Starnes

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@whitemishima @questionableway They couldn't even establish a method of death effectively????

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

one billion "The Cairos"

Andrew DeFrank

@andrewdefrank

2 years

NIMBYs: DC is full. Where could we possibly build more housing? Capitol Hill:

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Michael Starnes

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@SycamoreANC @PatriciaEguino @MayorBowser @CommissionerTRS @OANC_DC @dcbega What are you going to do, dock her ANC salary?

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Michael Starnes

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"Nobody rides public transit"

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Michael Starnes

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11 months

@mnolangray I love the interior courtyards in Guate. they aren't that common in the West but I think they are a smarter way to have a little bit of geeen space without lawns.

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

@gusselsprouts @rafaelshimunov Support for liberal housing policies are like 2x greater among African Americans than white people Opponents are largely whiter, wealthier, more affluent homeowners

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

11 months

32% percent of washingtonians are food insecure and the mayor is lobbying for the hobby of billionaires

Mayor Muriel Bowser

@MayorBowser

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It’s time to get the Commanders back where they belong - at RFK Stadium. #SportsCapital See my full interview with @JBsportscaster ➡️

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Michael Starnes

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5 years

@thinkprogress Braiding hair without even needing scissors shouldn't require thousands of hours of training or a $10k certificate. Nor should florists need a license. Overzealous licensing just perpetuates economic injustice

Hair-Braiding Professionals Fight For Right To Practice Without Licenses

Hair braiding doesn't require any chemicals, hair dyes or cutting. But to legally braid hair, 13 states require a cosmetology license.

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Michael Starnes

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@dylan_j_kennedy @ArmandDoma The funny one

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

2 years

There isn't one good reason this spot shouldn't be carfree.

Alan Henney

@alanhenney

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2 PEDESTRIANS STRUCK WITH CPR REPORTED IN PROGRESS ON 1 --- 14th St and New York Ave NW DC.

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Michael Starnes

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@zachblackburn23

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

2 years

Susan Shore, a researcher at U Michigan, just published her results showing a 75% reduction in tinnitus in 12 weeks. Pretty revolutionary science.

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

2 months

Back when Annapolis had high frequency transit

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

3 years

@RogerMissoCNY @carterforva "We shouldn't be too loud in decrying extrajudicial assasinationa by police because we might hurt people's feelings"

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Michael Starnes

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3 years

@SamLauter can we get apology for your support of the occupation while we're at it?

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

10 months

We need more seats + higher capacity trains

Tony Melone

@tonymelone

10 months

Two months out, this is the lowest one-way @Amtrak fare NYC-BOS for 2 adults+2 kids the day before Thanksgiving. We desperately need a regional transit policy that's not "everybody can just drive!"

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Michael Starnes

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@upzone_CA We need an affordable ticket lottery

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

8 months

Being against new buildings isn't materially different than being against the people in them.

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Michael Starnes

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5 years

@Kdenkss @mattyglesias >implying there are decades left to come

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

3 months

Every day people log on here and say that what is happening in this photo is against the ADA for reducing access for people in wheelchairs.

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

2 years

This is what the anti-sign lobby stole from us

Jack Chambers

@JackChambersGB

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Cincinnati, 1880s

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Michael Starnes

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4 years

@brad_polumbo Whatever gets clicks homie

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

4 years

@xdanharmonx @M_feeney @Popehat @CatoInstitute Your daily reminder the Koch bros have been actual leaders on economically inclusive policies and ending the drug war

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

MINT THE COIN

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Michael Starnes

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7 months

Is Trayon just on bigotry side quests right now or what?

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

It's almost like upzoning wasn't a big deal after all

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Michael Starnes

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@Shredded_teat this goes really really hard

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Michael Starnes

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4 months

Most of the cans on the right have 3/4g connections to tell when they are too full and the routes for trucks picking them up go dynamically rather than stopping where not needed. this is common in 🇨🇿🇵🇹

Market Urbanism

@MarketUrbanism

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Americans on Twitter are always like, how have you not figured out waste containerization yet like every other city in the US has? Well, we are a real city, not an overgrown suburb like San Francisco where a bunch of little cans are enough. We need a real man’s solution…

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Michael Starnes

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3 years

Shibuya crossing x Downtown Silver Spring ⁦ @justupthepike ⁩

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Michael Starnes

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@LeftistConnor @wafoli How much you want to bet they all own homes lmao

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

BREAKING: Jeb carries Italy from Como to Sardinia, first Texas born Prime Minister expected to take office

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Michael Starnes

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1 year

wtf-the area should be pedestrianized anyways

Driver kills pedestrian after fleeing Secret Service near National Mall in D.C., and is still at...

The driver had been pulled over for an expired registration, officials said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

2 years

@Cobylefko Americans have a weird aversion to courtyards They're nearly ubiquitous in Guatemala and Budapest.

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Michael Starnes

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the seabrook MARC station is like 20 minutes away from DC Union Station on the Penn line-why aren't we doing statewide preemption on single family zoning here?

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Michael Starnes

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@Rybread_26 It's actually very brave that Maryland could be willing to elect an openly annoying Congressperson.

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Michael Starnes

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Rich in 2022: has a home Rich in 2023: can afford a Canada goose jacket and an omelette

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Michael Starnes

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@WaluigiSoap Why only 100%? Why not 110?

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Michael Starnes

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@knowngaslighter 👏 diversify 👏 corporate 👏 raiders

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Michael Starnes

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4 years

@mtsw Presented without comment.

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

2 years

"Prevent increases in density without infrastructure" this is how you get a housing crisis. Remember how Moco made new development illegal because there "wasn't room in the schools"

Alaina

@alaina_pitt

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NIMBYism front and center on @PGCCouncilMedia . 1. When you prioritize single-family sprawl, you do not prioritize open space and trees. 2. Sprawling SFH development is terrible for climate, infrastructure, and the county's fiscal health.

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

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@IbraheemSamirah This is a win for climate, business, young people, developers, traffic reduction, and maintaining green space. It is as close to a win/win as you can get. Also I have no idea how you can be fine with a 5k square foot home but balk at a duplex of two 1.5k sqft units.

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

1 year

"Our proposal may have been ineffective, but it is actually a part of a long series of ineffective proposals"

Kounkuey [KDI]

@Kounkuey

1 year

This pilot is one element of a larger Gender Equity Action Plan, which will be released by @LADOTofficial this year and will include a long list of actions to improve the safety, efficiency, access and affordability of public transit for all Angelenos.

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Michael Starnes

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@tomsherwood @wcp also lol @ bowser being a climate mayor

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Michael Starnes

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10 months

@DSAYIMBY Only a racist would view giving everyone equal rights as a threat.

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Michael Starnes

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2 years

@daguilarcanabal @PEWilliams_ The gaslighting on socioeconomic status from people who are literally millionaires is like, actually super common

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

10 months

Nothing better than a 386sqft new construction condo that is literally half the size because they had to build a parking pad on the side due to lot coverage

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Michael Starnes

@_michaelstarnes

10 months

somehow making FL Ave/NY Ave safe hasn't been on the radar for years but whining on twitter is a priority

DDOT DC

@DDOTDC

10 months

This account is not and does not represent the District Department of Transportation in any shape or form. This account is fake and is not affiliated with DDOT and our logo should not be portrayed in the profile. This account has been reported and asked for removal.

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