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FemmeUTCD

@femmeutcd.bsky.social
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Safer streets = day job, Washingtonian (DC), Disgruntled pelican (former Louisianian), baker, mom, insomnia poster, and oxford comma enthusiast, tweeting (skeeting?) into the void as "me time". tweets/skeets = my own. she/her/hers

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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@janeese4dc.bsky.social pls take note
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This 100%. It's like smartphones: everyone has opinions on how well or not well they work, but when it comes to fixing issues or a new OS design you have to move past opinions and vibes
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Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 22/05/2026
DC friends, they've started up checkpoints again. There's a checkpoint at Rhode Island Ave NE and South Dakota Ave NE. And fuck ICE.
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Look, I hate big cars & I cannot lie. But from a safety lens you can't deny, that crash survivability rates for vehicle occupants have improved 95% over the past 100 years. So you're more likely to get sprung...I'm sorry I don't know why my brain works like this pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
At this point, @citycastdc.bsky.social is creating rage bait with their clumsy "story" on automated enforcement. The rhetoric is both tired and legit dangerous for the District. So even if no one reads this...a thread re their 'How your city could be better' ep #forclicks /1
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This isn't unprecedented, just pulled a Robert Moses #thepowerbroker
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
After tech conferences my brain turns into a LLM w/ integrated AI cloud capacity for descriptive expansion & adaptive solution based architectures. This model operationalizes a proprietary predictive algorithm that can synchronize venture-capitalist-backed false competencies & functional viability
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Hell yeah. Call out the bullshit. Take their hoods off, make them face it all out in public. 💕 Gary Chambers. For those unaware: about 1/3 of the state population is Black, in a mix of urban/suburban & rural parishes along the Mississippi River & Gulf The proposals disenfranchise these residents.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Okay, all in one place now: I explain with only a few expletives why the Virginia Supreme Court’s redistricting ruling is trash and what can and can’t be done about it open.substack.com/pub/statehou...
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Virginia's Supreme Court Goes Full GOP Hack
An explanation of the redistricting ruling and what can and can't be done about it
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Oh if you're in Virginia, and haven't yet voted, vote Yes tomorrow so we have another state fighting back against... *Waves arms wildly around* this flaming dog park trash can
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BUILD A BIKE LANE TO START A BIKE NETWORK WHERE THERE AREN'T ANY CURRENT BIKE FACILITIES THAT CONNECT WHERE FUTURE OTHER CONNECTIONS WILL CONNECT
Skeet saying in all caps "if you build a bike lane that doesn't connect to another bike lane then you didn't build a bike lane"
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This is gonna be interesting! First DC mayoral debate www.youtube.com/live/a-5xBFX...
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2026 Mayoral Forum at MLK Library
YouTube video by DC Public Library
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
At this point DC journalists are just creating rage bait on speed cameras washingtonian.com/2026/04/17/h... Also, If someone isn't seeing the massive increase in engineering treatments and design changes across DC over the past 5 years then they are just blatantly or willfully not paying attention.
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How Much Can Cameras Discourage Drivers Who Speed the Most? - Washingtonian
Experts say traffic calming and enforcement across state lines are more effective than mounting fees.
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
*Cries in DC football stadium*
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
When one regional jurisdiction closes a streetcar, another opens a new light rail line
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Pair these with EV charging infrastructure at commuter bus and rail stations with surface lots/tops of parking garages and inject this into my veins
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Alexandria's Fourth Most Impactful News Source @alxbeef.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
From the archives: “What, jugglers on the pier mean NOTHING to you now?!”
Screenshot of Opinion Column: Bikes are the worst thing to ever happen
by Two Unicycles in a Trench Coat.
Bicycles, bicycles, bicycles, it’s all I ever hear about. “Ooooh the Tour de France! Oooh, the olympics!”
Oh, did we all just conviently forget about the circus? What, jugglers on the pier mean NOTHING to you now?
You know what no one worries about? You know what no one asks? “My goodness dear, I love the idea, but WHERE would we keep a unicycle?”
The one exception is those super tall unicycles, but even we unicycles think those guys are weird, so don’t worry about them. We normal unicycles are super cool and easy to put in a closet. 
Uh, I mean, that’s what I HEAR about unicycles, I’m a normal human man who makes a lot of money in private equity, so you need to take me seriously. 
But seriously, have you ever even seen a bicycle? Like, could an object be more pretentious? “Oh look at me, I have two wheels, I’m superior.” GOD just SHUT UP. 
Uh last time I checked, no one cared if a bear rode a bicycle. But a UNIcycle? Guys. It’s just... like super sick. 
Plus I heard a bike poisoned a local reservoir, which as you know is very important to humans like us. Boo, bikes! Boo!
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I enjoy seeing their faces when I'm doing my lil spiel for new staff "traffic modeling is our best guess at what will happen when current volumes of traffic don't change routes & use the same street in different configurations, it is not a crystal ball & only models 2 of the 24 hours in a day."
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Look, I may have disagreed with Chuck Norris‘s politics, but that doesn’t mean I can’t also acknowledge he was an untalented actor who made shitty movies. RIP
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The bike lane removal underscores the utter stupidity of this federal admin. Taking safe, leisurely bike space for more loud, aggressive fossil fuel burning cars to see Cherry Blossom TREES & what's been a serene natural/historical architecture of the Potomac & Anacostia Rivers/Tidal Basin.
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Please more of this energy from Mayors
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Look- we unalive nutria b/c they are invasive since brought by fur traders & destroy marshes & wetlands. SOME, mostly Cajuns, who lived off the land since they got here after the Great Expulsion, will eat it but it's not a common thing you can find around the state in restaurants.
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Specifically for @bikepedantic.bsky.social
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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Traffic engineers are among the worst offenders, because they believe they are a hard STEM science but in reality half of what they study (if not more), like people behaviour and traffic setups, is better understood as social science, planning history or even political science.
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Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 13/03/2026
Why do US traffic engineers routinely grade the performance of intersections using a measure that focuses solely on peak-hour delay for motor vehicle drivers, while ignoring traffic fatalities & injuries, people walking & biking, & people riding transit? It's all they've ever known...
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
DC weather today was a messy bitch... Morning: 50 degrees and balmy Noon: FULL WINTER BLIZZARD Evening: Full sun and 40 Girl, what are you doing
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I demand justice for the North-South line that was in planning in 2014-2016ish. But now Georgia Ave is getting built...I hope
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Greater Greater Washington @ggwash.org · 11/03/2026
Mayor Bowser hid this report from you for more than four years, but now it's out in the world. Why? We fought to make it public — and we won.
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We forced Mayor Muriel Bowser to release a long-delayed report on road pricing
View this post on ggwash.org
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
DC DE-congestion Report is out!! Finished in 2021, not released til 2026 for "reasons". The Mayor's letter criticizes use of pre2020 data (when the project was active) & uncertainty to follow. However, She claims commuters downtown are vital to DC's recovery 🫠 www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
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Redirect Notice
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This international women's day, I challenge my masc colleagues to find and attend one "femme issues" session at a national transportation conference. If you can't find one, ask the organizers why. And also read this, which, amazingly, still exists www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/wmntran...
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Alex 🏴Ⓐ🔆 (The Anarchist Turtle) @theanarchistturtle.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
LIFE OR DEATH URGENT: Does anyone have ANY wheelchair accessible housing I can stay at in the DC area so I don't have to live on the street and die?
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Bike lanes help those that have to drive by being one less car. Glad he's seeing that bad behavior isn't unique to a mode, it's a human problem. But when cyclists crash into pedestrians or each other they rarely have serious injuries & even more rarely, die from the crash. ggwash.org/view/102313/...
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No bicycling for me — but I appreciate even one fewer car
I am not a bicyclist, and I sometimes wish that more of them would stop for me when I’m in a crosswalk or stay off the sidewalk. But despite that, I’ve got to admit that the growth of bicycling is goo...
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
My queendom for a journalist and editor pair that can correctly frame and byline speed camera enforcement without mentioning "so much revenue!" And "how annoying it is that these cameras catch me breaking the law". Oh no! You're facing the consequences of your actions! How inconvenient for you.
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maura johnston @maura.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
what a setlist music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Set List on Apple Music
Playlist · 18 Songs
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WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston @wcvb5.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Please release this as a single and add a ft. Benito kthxbye
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/02/2026
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance theonion.com/terrified-conservative…
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Forget espn post game I want a post performance play by play from @beckyhammer.bsky.social complete with marking up the screen and instate replays/rewinds
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Everything I wanted in this halftime show except I want it to be 3 hours long. I thought I saw Cardi B was there? Also why did I shout "ah be careful Benito!" When he climbed the faux power pole 😂
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
To have statehood so Congress stops playing in our business (DC)
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✶ MarcusD ✶ @marcusd.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Ice out
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alex baca @alexbaca.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The horrors persist, but so do the tangible rewards and joys of local organizing. We're hiring; you'll work for me! Applications due by Wed., Feb. 11: ggwash.org/careerboard/...
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DC Organizer at Greater Greater Washington
Greater Greater Washington (GGWash) is hiring a DC Organizer. This is an early- to mid-career role for a practiced organizer who will, primarily, manage our work with Advisory Neighborhood Commissione...
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Was listening to Paul Simon's Graceland album and when "you can call me Al" came on, my 10 year old looked at the display and said incredulously, "why is this called 'You can call me A.I.'??!" 🤣
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
I have made 10 batches of cookies so far this season but my favorite is this one. It's so damn good. Please talk me out of making a 3rd batch, my friends are all out of town and I will eat them all myself. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027...
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Dark ’n’ Stormy Cookies
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Paging @dcdutchiedude.bsky.social 😁
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
This!! I worked in the archives of my university library through college & loved it. l learned a ton about the town! But to digitize all that was in even that small school's library would have taken years and lots of funding for high quality scanners & photos. No one ever dedicates funds for it.
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Dammit!!! @wamu.org.web.brid.gy why'd you have to blow up my one good soul food spot in DC?
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FemmeUTCD @femmeutcd.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
TW: driver hits person crossing. So many notable things here- Big dumb truck, windshield barely cleared of snow, permissive left turn, narrow crosswalk w/ perpendicular traffic very close to pedestrians (forward blind spots), access management of all gas stations, lack of building setback (far side)
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