Alex Dickson
Usually designing buildings. Often distracted by brick. Citizen, Cyclist, Pedestrian, Cat Lady. DC & HHI.
- I'm excited to start playing #transpobingo with an easy Connect 2 - SW to NE, Ward 6 to Ward 5. I'm heading to Catholic University's Architecture Career Fair to check out the new class of architects.
- Reposted by Alex DicksonImportant paper. Schools are high-risk environments for respiratory disease transmission MAINLY because classrooms are underventilated. This problem has a workable solution - it just needs political will. Air quality is as important as water quality for public health. MT @martinmckee.bsky.social
- Our paper modelling transmission risk in schools is published in Nature Communications. **The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools** doi.org/10.1038/s414...
- This. Anyway, there are more of us than them. If they decide to try to intimidate us that should just make us even more determined to turn the elections into one great big community festival and make sure everyone votes.
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- I've noticed a new trend here of women posting a photo of themselves with the phrase "not in the files" And ... uhhh ... I guess I'm happy for you? But please don't forget that the victims are in the files. The victims are in the files and I am going to stand with them.
- I'm honestly confused as to why anyone would think there are only two options: "not in the files" or "perpetrator in the files"
- If you aren't part of the wealthy and powerful, and that's most of us, the only reason you would be in the files is as a VICTIM. And I'm glad you aren't one of the victims. There but for the grace of God and all that. It's not something to brag about.
- Yes, they will do everything they can. And there is a real difference between that and rigging an election. Maybe I'm a bit too pedantic, but I strongly believe it's important to define the differences. Why is it so difficult to expect and want clarity on conversations about the risks we face?
- I'm so tired of flattening these serious conversations to imply it's "all the same thing!" It is not all the same thing and the people deserve a serious and honest discussion about what we are facing.
- Reposted by Alex DicksonThe Fight Is Upon Us: What The Right to Vote Looks Like on Trump’s Terrain of Violence talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...
- I would definitely read a report about who owns these facilities, when they purchased/built/renovated, projected profit from sale, and how much they donated to Trump, the GOP, and Trump supporting PACs.
- uh.... a 10% rate is awful.
- SEN BERNIE SANDERS: We need to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, Trump is right (Fox News) Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
- Good. I hope venues across the region are scrambling to find space for many of the Kennedy Center programs (what a great way to introduce audiences to venues they have never attended). The loss of the venue for just two years will be a tragic loss to the community.
- But: The Kennedy Center plans to continue funding the National Symphony Orchestra, and has agreed to find it alternative places to perform, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
- At the very least, we should be making every effort to keep the NSO alive and financially healthy.
- Is CNN suggesting that the NSO had cancelled their 2026-27 season?
- Yes. Although he just might do a bit of demo, strip out anything he thinks might be valuable, and leave the empty damaged shell.
- There's a DC crypto bar?
- Reposted by Alex Dickson“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” ― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
- Fuck these guys. Minneapolis got this 100% right with their 'neighbors for more neighbors' campaign.
- I've learned that low rise jeans are possibly making a comeback and I'm just going to say ... Fuck No.
- Reposted by Alex DicksonHoly moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
- (CNN) - The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago. @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/h...
- Reposted by Alex Dickson"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised." Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
- Anosognosia is a condition where your brain cannot recognize one or more health conditions you have. It's a physical change in the brain and different from denial. More than 80% of Alzheimer's patients experience anosognosia.
- It may seem like a patient is being stubborn or living in denial when in reality, this condition affects a person's ability to understand what is happening to their own body. A frightening thought for any of us. And yes, a very not a good situation with the President of the United States.
- My god, I love this town.
- Just an SUV towing a guy on a snowboard at the U.S. Capitol this afternoon. #DC #snow #sleetpocalypse @capitalweather.bsky.social @popville.bsky.social @thehillishome.com @hillragdc.bsky.social
- Reposted by Alex DicksonDC Public Library branches are open today!
- Reposted by Alex Dicksoni know there are some congressional staffers who follow me on here: your comms people need to turn off scheduled posts NOW
- Reposted by Alex Dickson*Operating costs* per unit (even in fairly new buildings) are $872/month for a local social housing provider. truegroundhousing.org/newsroom/how... Even assuming free land AND free buildings, "To lower rents to 50% or 30% AMI, rents don’t cover operating expenses, so more subsidies are needed."
- All right DC - I haven't managed to run over to the grocery store yet. How bad is it?
