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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

9 months

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Livable Cville

@LivableCville

9 months

History has been made in Charlottesville! City Council has unanimously approved the new zoning code!

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

UVA student Covid testing off to a strong start. I’m not concerned at all.

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Matthew Gillikin

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2 years

People resist shifting away from car-centric design, then love it

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett

@modacitylife

2 years

To great uncertainty and controversy, in 2007, Ljubljana closed 12 hectares of its city center to private cars. Just 40% of residents approved. A decade later, no less than 97% were against reopening to motor traffic: “None of us can really imagine cars ever staging a comeback”.

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Matthew Gillikin

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1 year

It’s funny how time after time “parent choice” is just for certain parents

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1 year

Youngkin quietly rolled back a policy allowing families to select "Non-binary" on their children's school registration forms. He replaced the 3rd (inclusive) option with a new (dehumanizing) option: OTHER.

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Matthew Gillikin

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4 years

My cousin’s husband had to convince an older woman at the grocery store to not purchase bleach to put in her food to “help fight Covid-19” in case you were wondering where having an idiot for president gets you.

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Matthew Gillikin

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4 months

I’m hearing that all the UVA students arrested yesterday have been barred from coming on campus. Perhaps unsurprisingly, some of them live on campus, so they’re now homeless, having to stay with off campus friends. They cannot easily access their possessions on campus obviously.

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Matthew Gillikin

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4 years

Wow. It’s happening.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

Can architects commit a felony?

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

The millennial urge to live in precedented times

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

“Every beat of Heard’s narrative…follows well-established patterns of interpersonal violence.” I initially didn’t pay much attention to the trial but Hobbes convinced me it mattered in some very troubling ways. So many people got played by the pro-Depp misinformation machine.

Michael Hobbes

@RottenInDenmark

2 years

I wrote about the Amber Heard - Johnny Depp trial, mostly so I'll be on record when the inevitable HBO documentary comes out

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

If you think shoplifting is a big problem, wait til you hear how much the police steal from people

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

If a stadiums were good investments, billionaire owners would pay for them to get all the profits. But since they usually aren’t money makers, owners con politicians into helping pay for them. Amazing how politicians fall for this over and over.

Key Va. lawmakers reach deal to cap Commanders stadium bonds at $350 million

The latest effort to tighten legislation meant to lure the Washington Commanders to Virginia would limit the tax revenue that could be diverted to pay back stadium bonds to $350 million, plus...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

1 year

Awesome work by the Orange County High School valedictorian Sakhile Mthethwa calling out the people on the far right making life hard for teachers and students. He also demanded the resignation of racist, anti-LGBT School Board members.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

FYI in Charlottesville, a progressive city, has single family exclusionary zoning for 73% of its residential land.

Warren J. Wells, AICP 🚴🏙️🦀

@WarrenJWells

4 years

The real way to see if your city thinks Black Lives Matter is how they paint their zoning map, not their streets.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

Good morning Charlottesville! #Vaccinated

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

The courts have now verified that an Albemarle County police officer lied about being assaulted on May 4. UVA used that lie as part of its narrative to justify calling in state riot police.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

A whole lot of history packed into this one minute tik-tok by Mr. Barricade: the Black Panthers, equity, pedestrian safety, policing, and racism in city design and services.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

In Fauci’s UVA talk today, he had a slide with Covid transmission by setting. Highest risk by far: restaurants, bars/coffee shops, churches/religious gatherings, and gyms. We have not just kept these places open, but have prioritized keeping them open. We are idiots.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

Thinking about it some more - it’s not surprising at all the UVA decided to arrest the protesters. But Ryan seems to admit in his letter that it was UVA’s choice to call in the state police. This was a massive escalation that made the situation many magnitudes more dangerous. 🧵

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

I feel like we are caught in a nearly perpetual cycle of anticipating, experience, and trying to recover from traumatic events.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

1 year

Guys on the right finding new ways to alienate themselves from their kids

The Federalist

@FDRLST

1 year

Taylor Swift’s Popularity Is A Sign Of Societal Decline

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

What angers me most about that stupid stunt today is seeing people continuing to use the events of summer 2017 in Charlottesville as a symbol/parable/hashtag or means to push their agenda, despite the constant refrain from those most affected to not do that

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

So many of our city’s problems in one photo

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

5 years

This is unreal. Neighbors are suing to block Rachel’s Haven -apartments for people with developmental disabilities - from being built in their neighborhood. Welcome to our progressive town.

Neighbors file court petition to overturn Belmont church rezoning

The church, at 750 Hinton Ave., requested the change to create a 15-unit apartment building known as Rachel’s Haven.

dailyprogress.com

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

Just a reminder that if stadium developments were profitable, billionaire sports team owners would self-fund them, rather than holding cities hostage for public funding

Block Club Chicago

@BlockClubCHI

5 months

Mayor Brandon Johnson is all in on the proposed $4.7 billion Bears stadium — and thinks you should be, too.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

The statues are finally starting to come down in Charlottesville

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

5 months

I'm fascinated by the segment of people who perseverate on college student behavior while simultaneously never putting in any effort to understand what the students are doing. Imagine being a 65 year old man whose passion is misunderstanding the activities of 20 year olds.

Michael Hobbes

@RottenInDenmark

5 months

At least 30,000 people are dead and children are starving but did you know that some people were rude at the protests against these things?

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

Sometimes I think about how SAT scores are just for colleges to figure out how rich your family is

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

Disgraceful actions by UVA leadership. Arresting its own students who were peacefully protesting. Changing policies ad hoc to justify its actions. Completely shameful.

Thomas Baxter

@tbaxcd

4 months

One protestor has been dragged away by police already. More police coming.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

UVA’s historians brilliantly explaining how history will not look kindly on the actions of UVA’s leaders yesterday. Fantastic statement.

Erik Linstrum

@ErikLinstrum

4 months

Members of the History faculty @UVA condemn yesterday's police action and demand an honest explanation from the university. Proud to co-sign this open letter with 34 colleagues and counting.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

9 months

No setback, no stepback, no problem

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

5 years

So I found out this week that my neighbor’s father was born BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR! She is in her late 80s. He was 74 when she was born. History isn’t the past - it’s now!

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

9 months

It’s wild to live in a time where a significant portion of the punditry class doesn’t know how words work and consistently get played by the most bad faith actors in our society

Michael Hobbes

@RottenInDenmark

9 months

Losing my mind. There's not a single instance of plagiarism here. They're not even saying the same thing! One of these paragraphs is about crime and the other is about political turnout. Using cliches like 'there are two primary reasons' is not fucking plagiarism!

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

Due to limited capacity, UVA is canceling testing events for higher risk communities AND is unable to test all hospitalized patients, BUT is still planning to bring thousands of students to town.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

There are a lot of good arguments for increasing density, some of which are health related. But trotting out intellectually lazy and discriminatory anti-fat arguments ain’t it. Don’t do this urbanist friends.

Phil Walkability🇺🇸🦅🌲

@PhilWalkable

2 years

Single family zoning is obesity zoning. The suburbs make us fat.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

UVA changing its tent policy in real time

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

It seems worth noting that Bob Good’s support for Israel is based largely on an interpretation of the Bible that says Jesus will come back and the world will end once Israel takes over territory from Biblical times.

Congressman Bob Good

@RepBobGood

4 months

Violent antisemitism is spreading on college campuses like wildfire. I wrote a letter to the President of UVA demanding he take appropriate and decisive action to protect Jewish students, and eliminate visible demonstrations of antisemitism at UVA.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

I wouldn’t recommend having Bob Good as your congressional rep

Josh for Virginia

@JoshforVirginia

2 years

Last night, Bob Good called into a school board meeting to say that cameras should be installed in your kids' classrooms and their classes should be live-streamed on the internet. He claims this will allow anyone to monitor their lessons for "leftist indoctrination."

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

It’s amazing how the city will conjure new parking out of thin area despite there being hundreds of unused parking spots, but when it comes to opening up an existing restroom to the public, they can’t find the key. Let’s prioritize people over cars!

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

Perhaps UVA could have done things differently - that’s TBD - but nowadays every institution has to create complex and almost certainly inadequate safety systems in the context of a violent, gun mad, calloused country with limited political will to make things better.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

Get rid of your (turf) grass!

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

At what point does UVA start to realize that the high price of Charlottesville area housing combined with their mediocre compensation is harming their ability to attract and retain good employees?

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

I’ve been working on the Covid unit some this week, seeing 2-3 patients a day. I’m telling you all: UVA students coming back in person this fall is a really bad idea.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

So this guy who showed up at a student’s room with a razor blade a couple years ago was just appointed to UVA’s Board of Visitors

noah strike 🥥🌴

@noah_strike

4 years

I have tried to bite my tongue on a lot of the shit I see in the UVA Parents Network on Facebook...but:

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

There you have it

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

I have a feeling that as the legal process plays out, UVA’s decision to call in riot police will look even worse than it already does

molly conger

@socialistdogmom

4 months

almost all of the 26 people arrested have been processed & released with their court date. still waiting on a few, but 1 person is being held without bail on a charge of assaulting an officer, despite clearly exonerating video. she’ll be in jail all weekend because a cop lied.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

Chait’s mastery of creating permission structures for moderates to participate in the anti-trans moral panic makes him an incredibly dangerous bullshitter

Jonathan Chait

@jonathanchait

4 months

Hobbes' mastery of specific (albeit false or misleading) detail combined with his air of absolute confidence makes him an incredibly effective bullshitter.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

5 years

See if you can spot the contradiction:

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Matthew Gillikin

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1 month

I cannot believe this actually happened - it was a total long shot from the start and yet a dedicated group of activists, low-income housing providers, and city leaders came together, worked with the neighborhood, and made this happen - all in about a month. Truly amazing.

Michael Payne

@MPayneCville

1 month

As of today, Habitat for Humanity’s counter-offer to purchase the Carlton Mobile Home Park was officially accepted This will prevent the displacement of the 66 families who live there while also allowing a resident-involved process to determine the future of the community

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

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Last fall UVA’s official position was to be very upset about two proposed apartment buildings for its own students and staff because one might be visible from the Rotunda and the other would change the visual experience of drivers on Ivy Rd.

Woody Wingfield

@uvadubs2007

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Wow, you can see the new @UVAFootball Jumbotron illuminated from Carter Mountain!

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

5 years

Take a few minutes to read “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” MLK’s cutting critique of white moderates and churches, his argument that law & justice are not always the same (I’m looking at you jail board), and his call to action all ring true today.

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Matthew Gillikin

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4 years

Tik Tok is undefeated. The kids are leading the way.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

This is a must read - a complete dissection of UVA’s leaders narrative around what happened on May 4. Every part of their story has major holes or in some cases complete fabrications. Incredible journalism and I’m very grateful to everyone who spoke up.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

It’s mind boggling to me that the most powerful “environmental” group in our region actively opposes utility scale renewable energy projects.

PEC

@piedmontenviron

2 years

Culpeper just adopted new, reasonable size limits on solar projects to help protect farms, natural resources, local character, and historic resources as it advances renewable energy production in the county 👍

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

Hey white people, upzoning your neighborhood to allow for more affordable housing types is not the same as destroying Vinegar Hill, FYI

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

UVA Health is vaccinating so efficiently that staff are being asked to move their scheduled dates forward again so broader community vaccination can start sooner. Really amazing work being done!

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Matthew Gillikin

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3 years

Absolute rot

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

7 months

Found footage of a conversation between Glen Youngkin and Ted Leonsis

The Salt Lake Tribune

@sltrib

7 months

An analysis of 130 studies on the impact of public financing of sports venues found that, almost without exception, the benefits were minor or non-existent and did not justify the public expenditures.

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Matthew Gillikin

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2 years

The cancel culture crowd is still having a hard time finding conservative beliefs allegedly not allowed on campus that don’t involve racism, homophobia, transphobia, or undermining democracy.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

reminds me of 2017 when Charlottesville police tear gassed the people protesting the KKK

molly conger

@socialistdogmom

4 months

another push. more pepper spray. cops shoving hard.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

I think it’s likely that Saturday’s events - where one group of students cheered as their peers were attacked by riot police called in by UVA - were the end of Jim Ryan’s credibility as a leader able to build a healthy university community. Trust is now completely broken.

UVA

@UVA

2 years

President Jim Ryan and Provost Ian Baucom write in Inside Higher Ed that universities should train students to be empathetic speakers and generous listeners.

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Matthew Gillikin

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3 months

People don’t realize it took the same amount of time to make both Sainte-Chapelle and Charlottesville’s zoning code: 7 years

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Matthew Gillikin

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4 years

UVA had the same number of new Covid cases yesterday as Australia

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 months

UVA won’t fund its own affordable housing projects

Marty Hudtloff

@martyhudtloff

3 months

Last night was the grand opening of Virginia's new 80-million dollar Football Operations Center. We got a tour. It is impressive.

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Matthew Gillikin

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3 years

Annual reminder that UVA charges all students $700 a year to subsidize its athletic department

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Matthew Gillikin

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8 months

If you’re a native Virginian, stay off the roads. If you’re from the Midwest or Northeast, secondary roads aren’t great but primary roads are okay.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

UVA Alumni magazine publishing letters to the editor asking for more white students at UVA, preserving Confederate monuments, and ditching anti-racist training. Great organization.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

UVA’s claims to care about sustainability can’t be taken seriously until they make a serious effort to reduce how many employees drive to work. Transportation is a major source of emissions locally. UVA should be providing loads of incentives to change commuting patterns/modes.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

10 months

Wasn’t expecting to have to write an email today to UVA leadership explaining how their land use positions are wrong, but here we are

Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

10 months

This is embarrassing behavior by UVA. This is not their land and they do not get to dictate what gets built there.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

11 months

I’ve been waiting for this episode and it did not disappoint. Semaglutide seems like a really good diabetes drug, not nearly as good for weight loss as often advertised, and is already being widely used to reinforce anti-fat bias in our society.

Maintenance Phase

@MaintenancePod

11 months

New episode!

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

Imagining being a 67 year old millionaire and coming 500 miles with a razor blade to confront an undergrad about bad words. PERFECTLY NORMAL BEHAVIOR

noah strike 🥥🌴

@noah_strike

4 years

I have tried to bite my tongue on a lot of the shit I see in the UVA Parents Network on Facebook...but:

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

Did the library just put UVA in timeout?

University of Virginia Library

@UVALibrary

4 years

Facial covering compliance in Clemons Library has fallen below the required level, which means that we have to close Clemons for 2 hours. Because Clemons would normally close at 6 pm, this means it will reopen tomorrow morning at 10 am.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

No one: Bodo’s: What if the internet stopped evolving in 1999?

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

If Mayor Walker spending $300 a year with city credit cards without approval has you worked up, please sit down before I tell you about an $18 million a year police budget for which no documented justification exists

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

This might be the worst theological take ever written. Actually maybe just worst take period.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

It’s almost like they had some flexibility in interpreting their policies

Keagan Hughes

@KeaganHughesTV

4 months

@UVA Communications states tents were allowed Friday night “given continued peaceful behavior and the presence of young children at the demonstration site, and due to heavy rain Friday night, officials allowed the tents to remain in place overnight.”

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Matthew Gillikin

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3 years

Just a reminder about how CPD officers perceive living in Charlottesville

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

Test result came back positive this morning. Her brothers developed some symptoms over the last 36 hours, though fortunately all 3 kids are doing pretty well. We are pretty cautious, so this is a bad sign for…lot of things, including school this fall.

Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

My daughter has a congestion and fever. We are at Med Express parking lot waiting for a Covid test. They opened 50 minutes ago - ten people are ahead of us in line for tests. Staff said testing has jumped from 60 a day 130 a day of late. Expect 45 to 120 minute wait.

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Matthew Gillikin

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4 months

Well, “fuck them kids” won this one

Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

I’m VERY curious to see how UVA handles this. The angel and devil on Jim Ryan and Tim Longo’s centrist liberal shoulders have to be in a major battle right now.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

Someone needs to run for city council with a single issue platform of bringing an Ethiopian restaurant to Charlottesville. Would win in a landslide.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

8 months

A remarkable 🧵 on how’s Jefferson’s massive debt was resolved after his death. About 200 enslaved people were assessed and then sold at auction, with minimal to no concern that families were ripped apart in the process. Contra his worshippers, this is Jefferson’s true legacy.

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Matthew Gillikin

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3 years

One of the low hanging fruit of moving Charlottesville beyond policing is to get police out of traffic enforcement. Yet CPD is doubling down on increasing the number of encounters it has with the community, putting more lives in danger.

Charlottesville Police Department

@cvillepolice

3 years

(1/3) Please join us in congratulating the newest members of the CPD Traffic Unit on their recent graduation from the @VSPPIO Motor School!

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Matthew Gillikin

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Realized today that UVA’s top lawyer is the same guy who helped stop 30 affordable housing units from being built near his million dollar home off Barracks Road. #notgood #notgreat

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

How much of an impact does Nassau County’s decision to stop growing 60 years have on NY metro housing prices today?

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Matthew Gillikin

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1 year

It’s almost like parent choice wasn’t actually about giving parents choices

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

@presjimryan Can you please please stop boosting YAF? You’re making a huge mistake every time you do

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 months

I went and saw it with my own eyes in Old Cabell Hall. This is so gross. And keep in mind that the student is supposed to be a sort of prototypical UVA student. How was this approved? How is it still there? It’s only like ten years old!

Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 months

Does UVA still have that mural of the professor having an affair with a student?

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

It’s something else to watch the anti-trans moral panic unfolding before our eyes when the evidence that a problem exists is non-existent

Michael Hobbes

@RottenInDenmark

2 years

I still can't get over how a moral panic driven almost entirely by anecdotes can't seem to find a single anecdote of a teenager medically transitioning without assessment.

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Matthew Gillikin

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Incredible

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

2 years

I suspect Charlottesville will be an attractive place to move to as climate change worsens: good water supply, limited flood risks, cooler than average southern city, adjacent to mountains, emerging green energy sector, local governments theoretically caring about mitigation.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

Heard it again today: UVA having trouble retaining nurses due to the high cost of housing in Charlottesville. Want better medical care for yourself? Advocate for more housing.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

5 years

I was curious, so I counted all the seating on the Downtown Mall. I probably missed a few, but I counted 1218 seats. About 98% (1193) are private, spread between ~38 cafes & restaurants. 2% (25) are public seating. Please discuss...I think we can do better.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

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UVA is blocking a local community college student from completing his nursing degree, despite what appears to be a lack of evidence that a No Trespassing Ordered stemming from May 4 is justified.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

I’m case you were wondering, as of this morning only 59% of Charlottesville police are confirmed to be vaccinated.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

10 months

I told a group of UVA students this evening that the fact that they often have to sign leases by October for the following school year is a symptom of our local affordable housing crisis, which gives landlords way too much power, and is not something we should accept as normal.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

They even radicalized the astronomers. The astronomers! Those people aren’t even awake during the day!

molly conger

@socialistdogmom

4 months

the astronomy club at the university of virginia condemns the actions taken by the university & police over the weekend & denounce the false claims made by university president jim ryan in justifying the use of force against the protesters

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

This gets worse with each word

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

Thinking more about UVA students coming back. I asked three UVA doctors today if they thought it was safe. Their answers: no, no, & hell no.

Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

Due to limited capacity, UVA is canceling testing events for higher risk communities AND is unable to test all hospitalized patients, BUT is still planning to bring thousands of students to town.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 years

Project in the works to address housing for people who are chronically homeless by converting a hotel on 29 into 140 homes. Very cool!!

Area housing orgs planning project for chronically homeless

Project spurred by concerns for people living outside during pandemic.

dailyprogress.com

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

4 months

This is the “assault” on an officer?

Levi Vonk

@VonkLevi

4 months

The Virginia State Police were shoving an elderly woman with a cane. When a bystander came to help keep her on her feet, the police snatched them and charged them with “assaulting an officer.” As you can see, there was never any assault. All lies.

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Matthew Gillikin

@mtgillikin

3 years

Mark Kavit sued the city in 2019 to stop a church from building an apartment building for people with intellectual disabilities

molly conger

@socialistdogmom

3 years

mark kavit says he would need hours to outline all of his issues with the current comprehensive plan. he says the community needs to address the issue of "how dense do we want the city to become?"

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