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Aparna Raj @aparnafordc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Interested in working in the Ward 1 DC Council office? While right now, we're focused on the general election, we're also gauging interest from people dedicated to fighting for a better Ward 1 in the Council office if we win. Share your interest by November 8 here: airtable.com/app5UvQUZgEw...

Graphic that reads "Want to work with us? (If we win the general election in November" -- Share your interest by November 8th"

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Julie Patton Lawson @srfrjulie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Part of my campaign strategy is that I have stickers cued to my issue priorities, scaled to fit on my yard signs, so supporters can choose how they identify. The three yard signs requested today⤵️

Mulberry and green yard signs propped up on my dogs’ green couch. Customization of a metro train, paw print, and graduation cap on each one

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm just learning that Better Call Saul has the record for the most Emmy nominations without any wins...

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Indeed because DPR rarely has this up-to-date...

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Thanks to Axios for covering all of my side projects that I've done to make life better in DC! What tools in DC gov bother you? I'm always looking for another project :) www.axios.com/local/washin...

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Frustrated with D.C.'s apps? He's building new ones.

One D.C. resident is tackling everything from rat problems to splash pads.

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I've gotten positive feedback so far - there are definitely some challenges remaining so I've kept breadcrumbs to the DCMR website wherever possible. I'd love more feedback! So please check out the site here, and let me know what you think :) dcmr.districtjosh.com

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DC Municipal Regulations

Browse and search the complete District of Columbia Municipal Regulations — every title, chapter, and section.

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I made DC Regulations easier to read! Why did I bother with this? To read the current regs, you need to find the section and then open up a .doc or .docx file, and it's difficult to jump between sections. It's bothered me when investigating something in code in the past (1/2)

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

DoorDash hasn't been on our side in DC so I'm asking folks to Delete DoorDash and following the lead of @freedcproject.bsky.social. Add your name on my site below and share with friends! deletedoordash.com

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Delete DoorDash: three demands

Three demands for DoorDash on ICE raids, the DC task force, and H.R. 9720. How to close your account until it answers.

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Fine to disagree on tax policy, but not fine to work with GOP to significantly limit DC home rule. If DoorDash thinks DC will accept them intervening in our tax code, they don't deserve our business. I've deleted my DoorDash account and encourage others to do the same.

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Added more breakdowns and improved the visualizations on my site. Checkout the pairwise matchups! And the number of ballots without a first choice.

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Sort of, but not easily. Looking at the outer ring, you can see JLG 1st and Kenyan 2nd is actually the most common in mayoral race (besides JLG first and no other candidate) I'm going to update the colors so that the outer ring matches the candidate in that ranking and not the initial candidate.

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Ahh I surface some of this in the sunburst chart at the bottom! dcelections.districtjosh.com/cvr.html

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Happy to think through this - how would you define "ranked together"? Just if they are ranked 1st and 2nd together or something else?

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I've had a lot of folks ask me about this today so wanted to get this out quickly. I'm still iterating on the visualizations on my website, so please let me know if there's anything in particular you want surfaced! dcelections.districtjosh.com/cvr.html

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Ballot-Level Ranked Choice | DC 2026 Primary & Special Election

Ballot-level ranked-choice views of the DC 2026 primary and special election, built from DC BOE's published cast vote record: results per ward and per precinct, where each finalist's votes came from, ...

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Seems like the Ward 1 cross endorsement had limited impact. Roughly an equal amount of Rashida voters ranked Miguel and Aparna second. Same goes with Miguel's 2nd rankings. You can drill into more details on the rankings in the sunburst chart at the bottom. (2/3)

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

BOE released more data today so we can do our own calculations on RCV! Topline for head-to-heads: - W1: @aparnafordc.bsky.social - 63.6% - Mayor: @janeese4dc.bsky.social - 60% - At Large: @repoyedc.bsky.social - 63.8% More below! (1/3)

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Check out a new rodent petition tool! This makes it easier to organize your neighbors and handles filling out the PDF that goes to rodent control.

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

One of my favorite things about Snap311 is that it has automated detection for incidents such as media uploads apparently being broken for all of 311 right now... snap311.app/status/

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Can you email me at 1e06@anc.dc.gov along with Audra (1e02@anc.dc.gov)? BEGA can be very annoying about inferring accounts "official" government accounts if I act on government related work through them... 🙃

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Making it super expensive to operate streateries is quite possibly one of the dumbest public space decisions we've made as a city recently. Streateries existing are a net public good. They make our neighborhoods livelier and more enjoyable to be in.

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Following up on some questions from @chenderson.bsky.social re 311 and rodent trends. Writing up something longer, but I found this trend interesting. It is taking the city much longer to close out rodent abatement tickets in Ward 5 recently. cc @cmzparker5.bsky.social

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Do you have other things that you'd like to see? Let me know! Happy to incorporate them! (4/4)

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

And in case you are curious why the DC Health dashboard is missing ~5k requests - their query on 311 data looks at the name of the service request type and not the ID. The name for rodent control requests changed in May so all requests after May are missing (3/4)

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

You can check it out here! rats.districtjosh.com Also, my neighbor Kyle made his own version that can be found here: kfiducia.github.io/dc311-data/e... (2/4)

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DC Rat Tracker · rats.districtjosh.com

A mobile-friendly view of DC rodent 311 complaints and rodent-control activity, built on DC Open Data.

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

DC Health released a new rodent dashboard... but it is very difficult to use on mobile and has incorrect data. So I made my own site with the linked resources and accurate data. (1/4)

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

With OUC's sessions on 311 being in person, I'm doing a survey of challenges with the current app! If you have experience with the DC 311 mobile app, I'd appreciate if you'd fill out the below linked survey. I'll be sharing key takeaways with OUC!

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Council should require DC Health to revise the pilot design, publicly explain its methodology, address non-target and safety questions, and hold off on expanding these products until the data can actually support the claim. 7/7

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Dense urban neighborhoods are hard: rats have competing food sources, and bait uptake/repeated consumption matter. Without accounting for those factors, DC may spend money scaling products without knowing whether they work at all! 6/7

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A pilot should answer a clear question: does fertility control reduce rat populations in dense urban conditions? To do that, DC needs an evaluation design that can measure the fertility-control intervention independently. 5/7

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

DC Health first uses a rodenticide, then a tracking power with burrow closure, then fertility-control bait weekly. They are also doing education during this time. If rat activity declines after, they can’t credibly say fertility control was the reason. 4/7

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

That’s not just my concern. I’ve participated in two meetings with DC Health’s rodent-control team and world-leading experts Dr. Jens Jacob and Giovanna Massei, who raised serious concerns about the pilot design and how results will be interpreted. 3/7

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Lower burrow counts are good. But this pilot design can’t show that the fertility-control product caused them. DC Health has layered in several interventions, meaning we won’t know what is actually having an impact. 2/7

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A 7News story says DC Health is pointing to lower rat burrow counts in Adams Morgan and Eastern Market as evidence that its fertility-control pilot is working. DC Health is wrong to say that proves fertility control is working. (1/7)

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Listening sessions are an opt-in engagement that many kinds of people will not choose or be able to participate in. A better process would be identifying kinds of users and features, then interviewing identified people who are your types of users to develop your product requirements.

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I agree with both of you on this fwiw. But I think the best thing we can do in the moment is to pack these listening sessions with people who are willing to remind them that the most important thing is an app that functions and doesn't go down. In parallel, Kyle will keep making his app better :)

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Going just so I can say on repeat "make the app faster" and "make sure the contractor has tools in place to detect crashes"

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

For those interested, OUC will be hosting listening sessions on how folks want to see the 311 app improved. I encourage you to sign up if you have had challenges with 311! www.eventbrite.com/e/dc-311-app...

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DC 311 App Resident Engagement Sessions

OUC and OCTO are hosting four 311 App Resident Engagement Sessions for DC residents citywide. Help us shape the future of the 311 App!

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Glad to see my neighbor's 311 app being covered by NOTUS. We're waiting on final approval from Apple before it will be opened to a broader audience! www.notus.org/metro/washin...

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D.C.’s Broken 311 App Has Sparked a Debate Over Government, Tech and AI

A new generation of technologists and hackers say they can build better apps than the District can.

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Another ballot drop today. Expect this to be the last! 1k more Dem ballots

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Kyle's app thankfully answers the question for the user if they upload a photo. Can't remember the behavior if a photo isn't uploaded.

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thankful for community members like Bill who take the time to beautify the neighborhood. Ideally, DC Gov would handle this since it is public space but glad to see people step up!!

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Josh Jacobson @districtjosh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

cc @chenderson.bsky.social and @elissasilverman.bsky.social since they might be interested in what a better 311 could look like! Beta still available for android. We’ve hit the max users for iOS and will hopefully launch in the next week!

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