So, another librarian and I are creating a master list of DC-area/DMV writers in an effort to promote local scribblers in our displays. If you would like to be included in the list, comment 'me' in the comments or DM me.
Yes, we are always doing old fashioned research, too but

PSA: Don't let any Google docs setting be: 'Anyone on the internet with the link can view', they're scraping these docs for AI.

All aboard the bike bus! 🚲😄

This volunteer led group helps students safely bike to school—encouraging environmentally sustainable commuting.

Shoutout to @bergenbikebus and The Brooklyn Green School for letting us tag along for the ride!

I'm so intrigued!

Also identified with this form of online gaming: 'My thing is more looking at shoes that I don’t need or, like: 'My kid needs a raincoat! I’m going to look at kids’ raincoats for the next half-hour!'”

i would say this attitude is probably the single biggest barrier to effective urban policymaking in new york specifically and the united states as a whole, we simply can't accept that there are essentially off the shelf solutions for our problems that have been proven elsewhere

'More than anything, I want our kids to thrive. Not just my kids. All kids. This longing has become my subject matter, and the central meaning of my life.' oldster.substack.com/p/this-is-47-c…

Our story about the killing of 10-year-old Yitty Wertzberger by a driver in Williamsburg has been updated with arrest details and other info. The story remains horrific, unfortunately. Mayor Eric Adams nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/04/16/ten…

Designing a school for Columbus, IN (with gorgeous schools by Birkerts, Weese, Johansen) is a dream project, congrats to Howeler + Yoon therepublic.com/2024/04/17/bcs…

For the past six months I've been asking people what stories they want me to write about LA. Just about everyone asked me: 'Can you find out what's going on with the Olympics?' I just launched my new newsletter and I hope you'll subscribe.

Sign up at torched.la 🔥

That’s one way to avoid architecture criticism

Kids are people and they have rights.

You can buy this 23-story Mies van der Rohe building in downtown Baltimore, modeled on the Seagram Building in NY, for a song today. Bidding starts at a mere $1.5 million this afternoon. thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/real-e…

The “Minneapolis Public Seating Authority” placing unauthorized benches around the city so people actually have somewhere to sit down has been one of my favorite recent acts of civil disobedience.

Has anyone done a cost comparison of Caitlin Clark's first-year WNBA salary and the retail price of her Prada outfit?

You can read the statement from Asna Tabassum in full here:

Incredible that NYC still doesn't have the power to lower its speed limits because legislators are quietly working to block the bill—including, per one Hell Gate *subscribe today!* source, a key sponsor. hellgatenyc.com/ny-state-assem…

“we are reopening the suicide machine/real estate value generator but with nets”

While all of Design Brooklyn is in Milan, at least half of the tourists in Brooklyn Bridge Park are speaking Italian.

I griped to my HOA that the neighborhood playground was full of mud and needed some mulch...they clearly responded...

People are sleeping with their phones for real. AI girlfriend and NSFW companion apps have been downloaded over 100 million times. For the @newyorker's Tech issue, I wrote about our brave new libidos and some recent novels that are trying to keep up. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…