“Corn is not a villain.”

Harvard economics professor Ed Glaeser: VP Harris housing plan is "too small and too poorly targeted." To solve the housing crisis, Dr. Glaeser says we must borrow from The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. What does booze have to do with housing? Glad you asked: --

Over 1 MILLION birds migrated through DC overnight. 🤯 After nights of high traffic, we typically admit an influx of window collision-injured birds & record even more fatalities. 💔 #fallmigration #birdsofamerica #washdc #washingtonian #washingtondclife #urbanwildlife

Ça, par exemple 😏? 2020 / 2024

The entire state of *Montana* can now build denser forms of housing by-right than is legal in much of DC. It's time to legalize apartments city-wide.

The rest of the Council needs to vote to expel Trayon White

The fact that it took several years and several millions $$$$ for "specialized master craftspeople" to install this stuff at Meridan Hill/Malcolm X Park, and they couldn't even make the fountain work, is so tiresomely fraudulent 💀

Chicago & Boston probably do set records of 100 cold days in a row, but you put on a parka & go skiing & drink hot chocolate & go ice skating When Phoenix has 100 hot days in a row, you simply must stay indoors. There is no "cold coat". You can't dress to fix the heat

Cooper® Sharp Enjoyer this is american public policymaking writ large, we pretend that other places and countries don't exist so we must run our own bespoke studies to determine if solved policy solutions could work *here*

Woah! New research shows how vital biodiversity is to thriving humanity: In US counties where bats declined from white-nose syndrome, insect numbers surged, leading to a 31% rise in pesticide use and subsequently *an 8% increase in infant mortality*! #Biodiversity #Conservation

In places where bat populations crashed, insect numbers increased, farmers sprayed more insecticides to combat the insects, and the infant mortality rate spiked due to pesticide exposure. Everything is connected. We need biodiversity. bit.ly/3XwmbBO

Your infrequent reminder that requests for bike racks are fulfilled—often delightfully quickly—by dedicated DDOT team members. Please use 311 to request more, especially in Ward 5 where we could use more!!