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Jimmy McBroom

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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 08/10/2026
i had not considered how much i need a neon sign that simply says PANCAKES
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Alhambot @alhambot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A procedurally generated Islamic geometric tile mosaic: a seamless repeating pattern of interlocking eight-pointed stars separated by polygonal tiles. The strapwork is drawn as pale ribbons that weave over and under at each crossing, set over glazed compartments in aubergine, ochre and bone, in the Andalusi zellij tradition.
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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Windsor, ON. I'll say more after October but for now, speaking strictly on the 'strong Mayor' part, I don't know how this doesn't kill the veto/pre-veto (eg what most people see as 'strong Mayor') for good. Between it and 2-3 other cases, it will mean the authority - windsorstar.com/news/dilkens...
windsorstar.com
Dilkens vows to use strong mayor powers to kill fourplexes if new council supports sweeping density
'For a lot of Windsorites, this was a central issue to them'
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 29/09/2026
This neighbor was the real ShotSpotter www.freep.com/story/news/l...
freep.com
Neighbor warned Detroit police of violence before strip club shooting
A neighbor down the street from the illicit after-hours strip club said he warned police of violence a day before Sunday's mass shooting.
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every lot detroit.. before and after @everylot.det.city · 26/09/2026
3119 E CANFIELD Parcel ID: 13002329. Year built: Unknown Zoned R2 Tax status: EXEMPT (211.7S) Image dates: Aug 11 2019 on left; May 08 2026 on right
Street view imagery of 3119 E CANFIELD captured on Aug 11 2019Street view imagery of 3119 E CANFIELD captured on May 08 2026
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 25/09/2026
i think this misunderstands the study, which just took a basket of fast food goods across many cities and compared it to the average income. there's nothing to do with how much fast food is actually consumed.
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 24/09/2026
There are stations all over this city charging much less than $6 a gallon, including just blocks from here
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 24/09/2026
how can this gas station be leaving drivers with "no alternative" but to pay up?? are they coercing people to purchase gas by force?
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Aaron Mondry @amondry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Detroit’s water department may decide to relocate from its historic downtown office building after discovering costly structural problems, with total renovations costing an estimated $30 million-$40 million. More info here: outliermedia.org/detroit-wate...
outliermedia.org
Detroit’s Water Board Building needs $30 million or more in repairs
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department temporarily evacuated its offices due to structural problems in the historic Water Board Building, designed by Louis Kamper.
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 23/09/2026
what truly blows my mind is that all property owners benefit from this, not just homeowners
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 22/09/2026
the solution is clear. abolish townships
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 19/09/2026
jaunty roof line detected
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 19/09/2026
woodward sidewalk is pretty wide but still probably shouldn't be e-biking on it
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 19/09/2026
nature is healing
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 17/09/2026
the entire user experience could use some polishing but it's an amazing service and a great deal
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 17/09/2026
MDO carshare just keeps getting better: mdocarshare.org/michigan/ Peaches & Greens (3rd and Hazelwood) just added as a new location, and coming soon to the new rehabbed apartment building on Hamilton & Calvert
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Michigan Carshare - MDO Carshare
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 15/09/2026
Michigan has a problem: people of any age driving cars
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bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 14/09/2026
Every car in your city now represents over 12K/year being sucked out of your local economy instead of being spent on housing, goods & services. I wish more parking-obsessed retailers & elected officials understood this. #WindshieldBias #CarBlindness
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Pizzatown @djoodiwithad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I dreamt there was high speed rail from Detroit to traverse city and mackinaw
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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think it's underrated in every discussion of deindustrialization ever that the existence of Metra and the 'L' helped substantially mitigate enormous job losses due to deindustrialization in Chicago.
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 08/09/2026
Is the center punch indicating the specific route they took?
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 02/09/2026
Painful loss of eminently savable mixed use buildings in my neighborhood bsky.app/profile/ever...
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Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
USA airports build tons of structured parking which pays for a bunch of employee salaries, and underlies their borrowing picture, but aggressively incentivizes them to make transit to the airport poor. This is bad
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 27/08/2026
the "frame" includes considerable portions of the suburbs as well as Windsor. but the population figure is the city's alone
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 27/08/2026
nolan finley: "we've tried one thing and we're all out of ideas"
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I just hitched a ride with a coworker to a nearby meeting and I absolutely would have gotten their sooner on my bike. So now, I am wondering: Is there a catchy word or term for the regret you feel when you drive somewhere but biking would have been faster?
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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 27/08/2026
My contribution to the helmet discourse is to note that there is a strong inverse correlation between helmet use and cycling. There is no real-world evidence that you can convince lots of people to ride bikes and wear helmets. God bless you for trying, but I don’t think it will work.
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 26/08/2026
😡
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 26/08/2026
dan gilbert, best known for completely screwing up the alignment of the QLine streetcar against the wishes of the public, will now be the grand marshal of the thanksgiving parade
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 25/08/2026
if you're staying in town and it works with your accomodations, happy to lend you a couple of e-bikes. best way to see the city imo
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 25/08/2026
cranbrook campus, point pelee
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 25/08/2026
a good mnemonic to remember the names of the Great Lakes now is SHAME
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 25/08/2026
a wild land boat appears
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 19/08/2026
i (civil servant) have never even heard of the civil service commission lol
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 19/08/2026
automated camera enforcement is illegal in MI (outside the extremely narrow school-bus and construction-zone exceptions that just passed last term IIRC)
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 19/08/2026
the non-mansion homes are way more reasonable; my tax bill is around $1200/yr. but it’s definitely a bizarre feature of the super expensive neighborhoods
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 19/08/2026
just looked up the tax history and there’s like 150K in unpaid back taxes. current owner bought for 574K in 2020, the tax uncapped and they are trying to get out from this bad decision
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 19/08/2026
That’s correct. The assessed value is 348K and generally you pay about 5-10% of that figure in yearly tax.
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 19/08/2026
Detroit has a tremendously high millage rate. Most of the city has very low valuations to match, but these massive old homes get completely soaked.
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 16/08/2026
thanks, i hate it.
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 14/08/2026
make it easier to access both the Great Lakes and DTW from anywhere in the state, since none of these things can be physically relocated.
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 08/08/2026
Will the prescriptions from the article address the reason or no?
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 08/08/2026
I don’t really think it makes sense to include people living 40 miles away as potential CoD Target customers (particularly when they have their own ring of Targets 10-20 miles from the center)
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 08/08/2026
this article accurately nails the problem: "Stores need customers". Somehow, it doesn't seem to mention the obvious remedy of attracting more residents.
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 07/08/2026
Ranger III spotted.
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 07/08/2026
today's discourse reminding of the 2018 gubernatorial primary, where Shri won the City of Detroit over both Whitmer and El-Sayed. But nobody was panicking then that Whitmer was in trouble with Black voters.
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Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 03/08/2026
this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 03/08/2026
had to wake up and bear witness to the carnage wrought by our collective dependency
A Chevy Malibu lodged in the side of a two story home after crashing into it.
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 03/08/2026
we love to see multifamily rehabs
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Jimmy McBroom @jmcbroom.det.city · 03/08/2026
every single god damn day in this city.
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