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mikelovesbaltimore.bsky.social
Favored son of Charm City. Music man. Goofs. Local. Likes picking up trash. Dislikes being trash.
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Reading a book about trains, because trains. As I keep reading I keep grappling with how important rail has been to entirely build the skeleton of our country. Something in which the interstate highway system pales in comparison. All the rise to global importance happened on the rails.

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HOW HAS MIKE ROWE NOT RELEASED A BRAND OF CHIPS CALLED "MIKE ROWE CHIPS"? He already has brand affiliation with people who get snacks at gas stations. Do you hate money Mike? Big ups of you donate all the brand proceeds to vocational school grants.

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Today is a day of observance for Jimmy Carter's lifetime of service, and a day of great suffering for those caught in a climate disaster. What would JC Do? Probably build affordable housing, provide services to those in need, and push investments in climate change remediations.

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In 2009 my professor introduced me to the economic argument for climate action "yes climate action will cost 100s of billions of dollars now, but will offset the cost of 10s of trillions of dollars in damages and supply chain destruction." If only economists and ecologists had the same timeframes.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Cold as a motherfucker out there today. As Baltimore celebrates municipal "my lower back is sore from shoveling" day, ya boy is staying inside, reading a book, and taking one more day of aimless oblivion before going back to work.

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My father is not a partisan man. He told me there were only two times he had ever felt happy at the voting booth, voting for Obama and voting for Jimmy Carter. Regarding both candidates he remarked "they were both good men. It's rare to have anyone "good" running for president"

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Just so we're crystal clear on the standard 20th/21st century conservative grift: There exists a government function that serves the public without a profit>Conservatives run on tax breaks and reducing "government waste"

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Lord of the Rings Extended Edition is sick as hell. Peter Jackson just said "Listen up you fucking nerds, we took all the shit you like and made it 12 hours long." Fuck yeah dude. FUCK YES MY DUDE!

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Scrapple egg and cheese. Boots with the furs.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Being told by your family that you're responsible for cooking scrapple is one of the highest household breakfast honors in a #baltimore household.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

If you care about the environment there is one low friction policy you should be constantly voicing your whole hearted approval of and that is the liberation of residential property from single family zoning

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Exercising and eating a big salad to keep the ghosts of Christmas cookies past at bay. Please don't torment me with these visions of not fitting in my cool new dad jeans.

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According to the Washington Post 1906 one #Baltimore #christmas included a super cool #Dogmom covering her Christmas tree with assorted meats and treats so her #pug #terrier and #foxhound could have a Christmas feast. "In record time the tree was bare..."

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

National Politics is a cavalcade of flaming dumpsters. Local #Baltimore and #Maryland state politics is where it's at. Housing affordability, opioid epidemic, educational outcomes, transit expansion, with the fed being a big shit sandwich let's focus on greatness in our back yard. We can do it.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

I think the most pervasive and semi-non-partisan bad gut feeling I have towards #politics is I truly believe we have very serious national and international WORK to do and a broad swath of very unserious #politicians with which to do it.

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One of my favorite churches in Mount Vernon. Love that you can see it from all over. First & Franklin Presbyterian Church #Baltimoee

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Buy an ugly #Christmas #sweater and everyone's expectation is that you wear it at parties for everyone else's fun. No Ken this isn't for the office holiday party. This is my new goddamn sweater. I'll wear it next Monday too. You think I'm gonna spend sweater money for a party? In this economy?

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When perusing those financial self help books that tell you "do these x things to become a millionaire" ask yourself "when was the last time this author folded their own laundry?" If it's 5 yrs to never they might be winning but they were never playing by the same rules to begin with. #finance

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This is a statement of appreciation to Levis corporation for naming their jeans with extra thigh room "Athletic Fit" and not "Dummy Thicc Men's™" #thanksgiving #pants

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