@dalias Hawes would be your best bet then https://dailyprogress.com/users/profile/hawes%20spencer/

@dalias my understanding is that all of that is handled out of the national office

“The Charlottesville man known as the Rivanna Trail groper has accepted a plea deal which calls for a year in jail.” Again. https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_b1f64dc8-31c2-4e49-b2b3-6b0e4820258f.html #cville #parks

https://www.planetizen.com/news/2025/06/135399-berkeley-approves-middle-housing-ordinance “The ordinance approved by the City Council on Thursday permits buildings of up to three stories and up to eight units on a typical 5,000 square foot lot. The ordinance applies citywide, with the exception of the city’s hilly neighborhoods, where denser development could increase fire risk.” #Berkeley #zoning #housing #MissingMiddle

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/25/california-democrats-stage-intraparty-war-over-last-minute-push-to-build-more-housing-00425196 “The housing crisis is the most politically, socially, economically destabilizing crisis in California” #housing #CAleg

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/06/11/us-image-declines-in-many-nations-amid-low-confidence-in-trump/ “Trump gets his lowest overall marks on climate change. A median of 21% express confidence in his ability to deal with climate change, while 72% lack confidence.” #USPolitics #climate #polling

https://www.vesselfinder.com/ports/USBAL001 Just checking on some of my favorite American ports to see how things are going. Quiet. #TradeWar #USPolitics

Brief mention on the #Maddow of a protest in #charlottesville over the recent disappearance of two local house painters from the lovely historic courthouse by large anonymous men. I think I talked to them once, they were very funny. They sang Mexican ballads while they worked. https://youtu.be/D5WpL760XNI #cville #ice

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-nest-thermostats-eol-3548272/ I was expecting this as soon as #Google purchased #Nest . I liked the promise of a relationship with a company that would make the hardware I bought from them better over time. That has not been my experience. #SmartHome

https://dailyboulder.com/ice-can-now-enter-your-home-without-a-warrant-to-find-migrants-doj-memo-says/ “immigration officers can sign their own administrative warrants. The bar for action is low — a “reasonable belief” that someone might be part of a Venezuelan gang is enough.” #USPolitics #privacy

One of the many odd things about this year: instead of associating #Louisiana with delicious food and great music, I now associate it with #detention in a cold cell. #USPolitics

@cwebber My personal favorite theme

@cwebber Fun, I’d missed that! I was a big OCRemix fan back in the day

@cwebber ah but which one? The new one’s a banger

@DocAtCDI I found that surprising also. Best I can tell it’s to qualify for giant federal subsidies that have no relationship to what would benefit a chain of islands with serious transportation and land use problems

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2025/04/17/texas-school-district-virginia-flag-ban-nudity #virginia #censorship #education

Meanwhile here in free #Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_and_seal_of_Virginia

https://www.kxly.com/news/idaho-governor-signs-bill-criminalizing-public-breast-exposure-and-truck-nuts/article_2d191c2c-31da-44f5-913f-e5ec5b5031a4.html “the bill stemmed from him seeing a topless woman at an event at Lakeview Park in Nampa” #Idaho #FreeSpeech #TruckNuts #censorship

https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/gdot-atl-savannah-intercity-rail-project-train-plan-survey “Imagine boarding an intercity train at lunchtime on Friday in Atlanta, finishing out the workweek online while in transit, and spending the weekend in one of the most walkable cities in America—Savannah—before boarding the train again Sunday to swing back home.” #atlanta #savannah #rail

@PapyrusBrigade @agitatra @aral We have privatized immigration detention in the U.S. and it is a politically influential multi-billion dollar industry with vast growth potential https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/24/detained-us-largest-immigrant-detention-trump