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Cyclist, banjo picker, teacher. Living in suburbia working for protected bike lanes.
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God damn. So many people have such terrible opinions. I'm sitting here having some shit wings at a shit bar in a strip mall and hearing the bartender (young lady in her late 20's): "You know I hate seeing all these homeless people, you never saw that in our suburb when I was growing up".

Respecting "the office of the presidency" right now would require you to be disrespectful to the wannabe monarch who currently holds the position.

It's like the titanic is sinking and Warner is worried about the silverware arrangement on the tables. The time for respect is over. The time for decorum is over. The time to fight fascism is now.

This is really bad news and it's potentially bad news for me and the future of wxrisk and other private weather services. and here is why /1 All of the weather models, the upper air soundings, the Radar, Hurricane Recon flights, Doppler maintenance, communication networks, on going research,

If you live in Henrico, please turn out for the upcoming Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday at 6pm; we're urging them to include a climate action strategy into their revisions to the county's comprehensive plan. The meeting is at 4301 E Parham Rd, Richmond, VA 23228 #RVA #ClimateActionNow

For no particular reason, what the Commonwealth of Virginia thinks about kings.

seems like it is a big deal that the unifying ideology of the doge team is neo nazism

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The speed that they are building these local data centers is wild. Here are two slides shared by a local activist in Fburg. They all require either existing FF infrastructure to be maintained or will build new stuff altogether. For what…?

Latest Mayo Bridge redesign shows two car lanes, plus bikes lanes, sidewalks and shared-use path richmondbizsense.com/2025/02/11/l...

A group is trying to effectively sabotage the Fall Line trail’s path through Bryan Park. Sign BikeWalk RVA’s petition here to tell City leadership you support the trail! www.sportsbackers.org/program/bike...

Not exaggerating when I say I would like a personal, handwritten apology from every pundit who barfed out a dozen "the left wants to change the way you talk!" op-eds based on non-mandatory guidelines in obscure PDFs.

Anyone know where to purchase some cheap "flexposts"? Considering doing a bit of tactical urbanism. This will be, as Edward Abbey called it, a bit of night work, so the funding would be coming out of my pocket, and my budget for this is pretty small.

I'm trying to build a list of local organizations (RVA or Chesterfield area) that can help people who are worried about or at risk for deportation. I have a couple of individuals and CASA on my list currently. If you know any local orgs who work with that type of thing, please list them below

More like... elected a man who sees any criticism as disrespect and lashes out when it happens. I really don't think it's much deeper than that.

So I watched some segments of the inauguration live and remember seeing crowd members return Elon's salute during his speech. I have since looked for that footage again and can't seem to find it online anywhere. Does anyone have stills or the video showing the crowd salute back at musk?

Translation: some parents want it to be legal to deprive their children an education in favor of religious indoctrination.

Now that trump pardoned all the folks who attacked cops on Jan 6, the chuds should remove those silly back the blue stickers from their trucks. It's clear that they only back the blue if those in blue are beating up black folks and left wingers.

My god I was such a menace as a kid. I can remember my parents asking me multiple times just to call them and let them know where i was on weekend nights. We'd leave out on Friday and not show up at home again until Sunday. Mostly harmless stuff interspersed with mild alcohol poisoning.

Chesterfield residents: here is your opportunity to let the county know how much you would support expanded cycling infrastructure in Chesterfield county. www.chesterfield.gov/transportati...

It's unreal how often I see this locally.

Thinking about how this decal is sold online (and there are many others like it) while vehicle attacks become more common/normalized as a murder method

What percentage of people do ya'll think engage with social media in order to placate their inner desire to be an argumentative asshole? I put it at somewhere between 15 and 20%

In this political climate I hope you find the courage to drive the speed limit. Diving 27 in a 30 mph zone where kids ride to school is in fact legal.

My poor Myer lemon tree. I was trying to let it overwinter outside so I built a temporary greenhouse. Things were going well until that last cold snap. Poor guy's leaves are all shriveled up and the tree is looking sad. Hopefully this small harvest won't be the last. maypops beside the lemons

What's everyone's thoughts on nuclear fusion coming to chesterfield? richmondbizsense.com/2024/12/17/b...

Ghazala has been so good on so many issues.