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nate-in-va.bsky.social

Traditionalist black shoe. Boats, beer, outdoors. YIMBY. Univ. of Tennessee and Villanova U. alumnus. Tennessee expat. Aspirational bike commuter. Temporarily in Hampton Roads, Virginia and missing civilization. Views are my own/not the US DoD.

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This is great, but they should have done this years ago. It's not a new problem, and people have been begging them to do something about these maniacs for decades.

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McSweeney's has taken all of this gestures vaguely and entered a golden age.

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NIMBYs writing to the Alex Times

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opened this and it was just a Bluesky invite code and a pack of Parliaments???

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

Costco and Trader Joes are yin and yang. Together they form a harmonious balance. One sells big piles of normal food, the other sells small piles of weird food. These are the two food piles people need

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Smart dog is smart.

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I'm sure the existence of 5000sqft+ townhouses in Old Town has nothing to do with the housing shortage in Alexandria. Nope, not one bit.

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Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

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Go ask a generative AI program to write a short history of pretty much any topic, especially something without a lot of publishes work on it, and ask it to cite its sources. It will be almost entirely fabricated, and the real sources it does spit out may or may not actually say what it says they do.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Back in civilization for a weekend! Right Proper Blanc Slate

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Can confirm.

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A 30 second ad of a QR code that drains your crypto and sends you a Goatse

submitted 13 days ago • 10 comments

Fly Eagles Fly!

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They're both a little obsessed with watching airplanes...

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2001: "I paid $0.99 for this Linkin Park song to be my ringtone." 2025: "I have not had my phone off of vibrate-only for ten years. People who have audible ringtones are psychopaths."

submitted 18 days ago • 211 comments

Ey?

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Clearly this is fake news. Yates Pizza is opening soon!

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

Mentally prepping for whatever insanity tomorrow may herald by cracking open the Eagle Rare.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

If you have a chance to swing by Pitt and Montgomery in Old Town north, the unearthed canal lock that has been buried under a parking lot for several decades is a neat sight.

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

I'm having trouble taking The Pillars of the Earth very seriously after reading the phrase "her hot body" twice in the first three chapters.

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

He...he knows that Lewis is largely remembered for marrying his 13 year old first cousin now, right? Right??

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Stay vigilant and fight disinformation about CDs

submitted 28 days ago • 41 comments

The $20k Door has a competitor in most ridiculous home fixture (outside of that one house in Florida).

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments

Burning tobacco on school campus is not socially acceptable but burning fossil fuel is. #Motonormativity #CarBrain #WindshieldBias

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

Max’s 4 point plan for attainable homeownership: 1. Reform zoning to allow taller, denser housing on smaller lots. 2. Tweak building codes to legalize point access blocks with small elevators. 3. Fix construction defect law so people can own new apartments. 4. Strict limits on development fees.