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• Post #3971493

  https://www.boston.gov/news/mayor-michelle-wu-signs-city-order-expand-property-tax-relief-older-homeowners “Helping seniors age in place means keeping them connected to homes, neighborhoods, families, and support networks, and this order provides real relief to older homeowners at a time when costs keep rising” #Boston #TaxRelief #housing #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments

• Post #3602993

  101 degrees today in red hot Cville. A heavy storm just hit and knocked out the power. #cville #VAwx

• Post #3583857

  Starting every sentence with “WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS” today in honor of my neighbor Thomas. #July4

• Post #3581195

  Me: (to the tune of REM's "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville"): 🎶 Don't go back to Ponyviiiiille!" 🎶 Little one: Stop making up songs! #parenting

• Post #3547460

  https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-07-02/charlottesville-downtown-mall-50th-anniversary-brown-vinegar-hill-wade We still have a lot of work to do, but fifty years of safe protected space is a big achievement in auto-dependent America. I am proud to have carried some of the weight. #cville #DowntownMall #walkable #urbanism #SatyendraHuja

• Post #3389029

  https://www.404media.co/we-will-fight-to-our-very-last-breath-township-leaders-vow-to-fight-nuclear-ai-data-center/ For a moment I thought AI companies were using datacenter regulatory loopholes to build nuclear power plants near population centers. No, this is a datacenter working on optimizing nuclear war #zoning #GlobalThermonuclearWar #AIBubble

• Post #2573603

  https://www.wvtf.org/news/2026-05-04/virginias-vineyards-suffer-damage-after-april-freeze “Fariss said nearly 100% of his first buds were killed by the freeze. The first buds produce the most fruit, so an early kill means there will be much less wine this year.” #frost #climate #wine #VirginiaWine

• Post #2463183

  https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/administrative-tech/2026/05/11/instructure-pays-ransom-canvas-hackers “While there is never complete certainty when dealing with cyber criminals, we believe it was important to take every step within our control to give customers additional peace of mind, to the extent possible” #HigherEd #academia #Canvas

• Post #2463182

  The packet for the May 12th #cville Planning Commission is posted here (hey wait that's today!) #cville https://charlottesvilleva.portal.civicclerk.com/event/2624/files/agenda/6375

• Post #2433729

  Today is the meeting of the Virginia Board of Housing and Community Development. I am watching for whether two of the three statewide building code proposals I worked on will be adopted: affordable elevators at 6 stories and below and single stair at 5 and 6 stories. Fourth floor single stair has consensus and is likely to be adopted.

• Post #2221828

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundie #TIL there is a huge archive of music performances called “Soundies”. I stumbled on to this doing a deep wiki dive on a Memphis Minnie album. #music #Soundie

• Post #1568393

  https://kruunusillat.fi/en/releases/kruunuvuori-bridge-the-new-icon-of-helsinki/ “it is also globally exceptional as bridges of this size have not been built for the sole use of public transport, pedestrian traffic and cycling” #Helsinki #BikeTooter #transit #walkable #WarOnCars

• Post #1287019

  https://virginiamercury.com/2026/04/16/a-new-law-will-make-it-easier-to-build-a-tiny-house-in-your-back-yard-starting-next-year/ “Virginia has shown that states can cut through restrictive zoning” #Virginia #VALeg #housing #zoning

• Post #1169891

  https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2026/april-releases/name-1116382-en.html “Governor Abigail Spanberger did not sign dozens of tax bills into law — because the General Assembly never passed them, and the bills never reached her desk.” #VALeg #Virginia #TaxReform

• Post #1169889

  I believe HB282 permitting Charlottesville, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, and Newport News to tax land at a higher rate than buildings has been signed by the Governor and enters into effect on July 1st! https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB282 #VALeg #TaxReform #SplitRateTaxation #HB282

• Post #1039093

  I see a lot of anxiety about nuclear war on the timeline. As a child of the Cold War I find this very familiar. I don't know if it helps you, but here is a fictional account of how that would go here in only slightly radioactive Charlottesville https://www.nps.gov/articles/charlottesville-1979.htm #cville #Charlottesville #NuclearWar #disaster

• Post #1039092

  The agenda has been posted for the April 14th meeting of the Charlottesville Planning Commission here https://charlottesvilleva.portal.civicclerk.com/event/2623/files #HOME #CDBG #cville #housing

• Post #1039091

  https://virginiamercury.com/2026/04/08/repub/drive-for-more-housing-sparks-rare-bipartisanship-in-statehouses/ “Fix housing prices, for the love of God” #housing #Virginia #VALeg #USPolitics #inflation #shortage #zoning

• Post #1039090

  I am excited to go to another puppet parade in sunny Charlottesville this month to honor Stan Winston and Steve Warner https://www.arch.virginia.edu/events/stan-winston-steve-warner-festival-moving-creature-2026 #cville #puppet #StanWinston #UVa

• Post #978558

  I believe I have removed all of the many Google apps I had installed on my phone now. The reversal of their climate pledge and their embrace of air pollution to max out fire and flood and starvation deaths was the final straw for me. https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-google-funded-data-center-will-be-powered-by-a-massive-gas-plant/ #degoogle #climate #goodnight #AIBubble

• Post #958071

  https://dof.virginia.gov/forest-management-health/forest-health/financial-assistance-program/callery-pear-exchange-program/ Hey Virginia, want to replace up to three Bradford Pear trees with a native? This is a great time. #Virginia #trees #PlantNatives

• Post #928138

  Heading to sunny Norway this summer to soak in the fjords. This will be my first time. Any top Norway travel tips? #Norway #travel

• Post #865799

  https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/08/pamplin-urban-tree-coverage-real-estate.html Missed this when it came out: “While tree cover supports owners’ property values, their tree cover benefits the greater community property values” #TreeCanopy #RealEstate

• Post #745158

  https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/03/18/austins-surge-of-new-housing-construction-drove-down-rents “Rents declined about 11% in older non-luxury buildings that cater to lower-income renters” #zoning #ATX #housing #inflation

• Post #745156

  https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/ “the entire process for building Windows has been broken for some time” #Windows #AIBubble

• Post #745153

  I’m glad Juicy did well but I missed her on this lip sync. I feel like she would have done something great. #RupaulsDragRace

• Post #745152

  https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/live/2026/03/22/french-municipal-elections-follow-results-live_6751701_7.html “We will spend a few hours celebrating and, tomorrow, we get to work very early” #Paris

• Post #745151

  https://www.richmonder.org/study-finds-rezoning-impacts-will-be-limited-in-single-family-neighborhoods-due-to-lot-layouts-economics/ “Large minimum lot widths drive up acquisition costs and reduce the number of new lots created, making it difficult for developers to outbid traditional homebuyers” #RVA #zoning #housing #shortage

• Post #745150

  Helpful rundown on this legislative session in Virginia focusing on the Bay #SaveTheBay #VALeg #conservation #Flood #RGGI #CleanWater #TreeCanopy https://www.cbf.org/virginia-legislative-session/

• Post #535693

  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/02/prediction-markets-iran-strikes-khamenei.html “It’s insane this is legal” #USPolitics #war