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(((Alex Holt)))

@SkatingTomato

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Just your friendly neighborhood geek/“propogandist.” Baltimore/Maryland correspondent for @ggwash . He/him. Vocal advocacy classist. Tranist. #ActuallyAutistic

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@SkatingTomato
(((Alex Holt)))
3 years
This is so irresponsible:
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
THE MARYLAND MTA JUST CANCELLED THE BUS CUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2 years
@DW_reader And even then, you still have to wait a couple months for the next chief prosecutor if the current one has a grudge against you and your family.
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5 years
Happy Hanukkah, that most antifascist of all Jewish holidays. They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat!
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5 years
@jrpsaki @BarackObama @JoeBiden I’m just here to help push this over the ratio
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I see you, Baltimore, holding Fleet Week and Pride more or less the same week…
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Baltimore,
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1 year
Happy Larry Hogan unemployment day!
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 years
WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK, LADS
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7 months
@x8is_ @worsematt I find using the backspace button generally helps.
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 months
And how, pray tell, does one “colonize” a truck?
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
@BobbyBigWheel @OsitaNwanevu Oh my God, it’s the Election Twitter equivalent of those fake sports reporter accounts that always pop up at the trade deadlines.
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 years
Baltimore Twitter, meet Pippin:
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1 year
@robert_sobus
Robert Sobus
1 year
FROM THE INBOX: Maryland @GovWesMoore to announce major transit project in Baltimore. The news conference is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Thursday.
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
Thanks Bernie. But it still should have been you.
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(((Alex Holt)))
1 year
Related, if you’d like to see a bike lane on Falls Rd. (Including the first part after the City line), like or retweet this tweet. Trying to prove something…
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 years
Pippin says it’s a beautiful day to go vote for ⁦ @iamwesmoore ⁩, ⁦ @arunamiller ⁩, ⁦ @BrookeELierman ⁩, ⁦ @BrownforMD ⁩, ⁦⁦ @ChrisVanHollen ⁩, ⁦ @AshleyEsposito_ ⁩, ⁦ @SalimahForBmore ⁩, & Questions H & I and AGAINST Question K
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(((Alex Holt)))
9 months
@NickTagliaferro @merovingians Mentored by the guy who can make a random fundraise at some chain pub in the burbs feel like the March on Washington, no less....
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
WHEEEEEEEE:
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1 month
@revhowardarson *100%, most likely as some kind of Shomer Shabbos carveout.
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(((Alex Holt)))
9 months
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Southbound Baltimore Light Rail this crowded this far north (Mt. Washington) and I’ve been to about 20-30 Orioles games at this point.
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 months
Yeah funny how that family likes to bring that decade to everything...
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(((Alex Holt)))
3 years
And this is dangerous. It essentially launders a dangerous and hateful conspiracy theory by condoning it:
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3 years
This is obtuse:
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5 years
@AlbatrossAlex @mistercodester Don’t do Jeff Mangum like that, Cliffy.
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8 months
I love this city
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5 years
I’m never going to get tired of this block. Ever.
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1 year
@NickTagliaferro @Dak0ta175 No specific plans just yet but Maryland answering the call
@GovWesMoore
Governor Wes Moore
1 year
I want to be clear: Abortion remains legal in Maryland as does abortion medication. The right to choose is exactly that — a right. And in our Maryland, we will always defend that right.
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
Last month, I wrote for @ggwash about a new bill that would expand MARC access to Delaware, Virginia, and within Baltimore City. Last week, Larry Hogan vetoed that bill so I'm writing for @ggwash about that, too:
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(((Alex Holt)))
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And Hogan had never done it until today, despite having lived in Anne Arundel way longer than 5 years, still hasn’t done the ones in Westminster, Havre De Grace, Cumberland, Hagerstown, Rockville, Frederick, Salisbury, Columbia, etc….
@Politics1com
Politics1.com
23 days
@TheSWPrincess @KernenBlake Fact check: It did not exist in 2018 when Hogan was last a candidate. 2019 was first year of Annapolis Pride. Moore skipped it in 2023. He only did it this year after Hogan first announced he was marching.
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(((Alex Holt)))
3 years
Happy birthday, Baltimore, you weird, beautiful, amazing city, you.
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(((Alex Holt)))
3 years
HB 114 IS PASSED BY THE SENATE!!!! THE MARYLAND TRANSIT SAFETY AND INVESTMENT ACT HAS OFFICIALLY CLEARED BOTH CHAMBERS!!!!
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(((Alex Holt)))
5 years
My God... At the ⁦ @prattlibrary ⁩ grand reopening.
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1 year
It’s real
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
I LOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY SO MUCH!!!!!!
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@emilyasullivan
emily sullivan
1 month
Zac Blanchard now leads Eric Costello in the D11 race by 28 votes, according to unofficial results from the elections warehouse Blanchard now has 3,246 votes to Costello's 3,218, per data from today's count that has yet to be posted on the state BOE website.
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6 years
Thread. Honestly, if it hasn't already, this series is going to go down as one of the best Big Two series of the decade and arguably the best Wolverine solo series ever (yeah, I said it).
@TomTaylorMade
Tom Taylor
6 years
Saying goodbye to #AllNewWolverine , but not to Laura and Gabby. A thread and a lot of thanks...
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(((Alex Holt)))
3 years
Worst person you know, etc etc
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(((Alex Holt)))
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@DerekFromBmore @imbecilesrus “Speeeeennnddd your liiiiiives in sin and misery/in the House of the Falling Sun….”
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
FOH with this crap.
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3 years
Maryland has the THIRSTIEST Mayors, you guys...
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(((Alex Holt)))
3 years
Just yelled out the “O” at Camden Yards during the Star-Spangled Banner for the first time in 19 months and man oh man did it feel good!
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 years
@justin_fenton I’ve sworn for years he just does to avoid having to take any of his campaign signs down
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(((Alex Holt)))
1 year
My first @ggwash article of 2023 focuses on two bills currently making their way through the Baltimore City Council both with the potential to make a significant impact on housing in Baltimore:
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 years
Happy Thanksgiving from Train Heaven
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 years
On a northbound Baltimore Light Rail train, which up until now had ostensibly been headed towards Hunt Valley: “Our last & final stop will be North Avenue, I apologize for the inconvenience, it wasn’t my decision.” #Givethatmanaraise .
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(((Alex Holt)))
9 months
@merovingians I mean did you see the whole saga with running a candidate last time? They might as well skip anyhow beyond running for NE-02.
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(((Alex Holt)))
6 months
Well-played, @mtamaryland , well-played. A Christmas miracle indeed!
@mtamaryland
MTA Maryland
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Light Rail service is officially back on track starting Dec 23rd! Shuttle buses between stations will no longer be in service. While we transition to full service, some travel delays may occur. As a thank you to our riders, enjoy FREE Light Rail rides until January 2nd! (1/2)
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
Believe it or not, it's actually *Southern* Maryland that has the nation's worst traffic, according to a 2019 Bloomberg News study. My latest article for @ggwash looks at the effort to advance a light rail line that could help solve that problem:
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
My latest piece for @ggwash is one I've been hoping to write for a while and thanks to some recent developments, I finally get to do it. It's on Baltimore's B&P Tunnel and how replacing it is one of the hidden keys to the future of the Northeast Corridor:
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(((Alex Holt)))
5 months
It needs to be a priority for the Baltimore City Democratic Party and indeed for the Maryland Democratic Party to stop this ballot initiative (And for that matter Renew Baltimore's as well). Because make no mistake, it's not true Democrats pushing them:
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(((Alex Holt)))
3 months
@NickTagliaferro @leboism Hell he’d be naming names himself.
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 months
Shot....Chaser:
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 months
If you care about the future of Baltimore transit, then the odds are you know which of our elected officials have worked hardest to advance that future and well…they’re pretty clear about who you need to vote for for Mayor and Council President to make that future happen.
@MayorBMScott
Brandon M. Scott
2 months
🚨 ENDORSEMENT ALERT 🚨 Extremely proud to have @ElectEdelson be a part of this coalition devoted to moving Baltimore forward the right way. He’s has been an incredible partner fighting for Baltimore’s families in Annapolis — especially on all things transportation!
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(((Alex Holt)))
3 years
My latest piece for @ggwash , admittedly based on the assumption that Maryland isn't going to shed any of its 24 counties anytime soon, is about the bipartisan efforts to return passenger rail to Hagerstown & Western Md. via MARC and an old B&O spur:
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
I'm particularly proud of my latest piece for @ggwash , a look at how @jaredssolomon 's bill to help bring MARC service into Va. was expanded to also include expanding it north from Cecil Co. into Del. & creating a new Penn-Camden connection in Baltimore:
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
This is not even remotely the craziest part of Baltimore Twitter.
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gibonobo
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Baltimore Twitter is so crazy there are parody accounts of specific councilpeople.
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
What you have to understand is I'm the one who's really angry at Larry Hogan for making me agree with Jack Young and his spokesman right now:
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(((Alex Holt)))
5 months
“Seven Nation Army” chant on the Light Rail, a fervent debate about Taylor Swift, a guy cracking wise about growing up in “the poorest house in Roland Park” (“We only had a 3-bedroom house”, he quipped), we’ve so got this. Love you, Baltimore.
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(((Alex Holt)))
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In the meantime, I’ll stick with the guy who’s about to make it to his 3rd Pride in as many years, 2nd in as many since taking office, and that includes voting for his statewide endorsees.
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(((Alex Holt)))
3 months
Play, and I can’t stress this highly enough, ball
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(((Alex Holt)))
3 years
Not giving him the retweet but this is indeed huge.
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(((Alex Holt)))
3 years
Hey @thebrokenplate , guess what I found yesterday at the corner of Falls & Mattfeldt while I was walking my dog? I came back this morning to snap a pic:
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(((Alex Holt)))
5 years
Oh great, Sheila's for the spy plane and against the consent decree.
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
I've never been happier to post a @ggwash story than my latest piece, proclaiming the good news for all to hear that the Md. MTA has reversed its decision to cut or reduce dozens of Baltimore-area bus routes. Check out the SECOND best headline this week:
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(((Alex Holt)))
3 years
I swear to God if Pete kills this godforsaken highway project AND the Maglev, I might just have to take back every bad thing I've ever said about him. And I've said A LOT of bad things about him:
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
Sheila Dixon's banner really laying on the metaphor kind of thick here:
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 months
Curious why Nick Mosby’s taking a $9,281 contribution from BGE’s PAC when the legal limit is $6,000…
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
I begin my second year of writing for @ggwash with today’s piece on the Union Station Expansion Project and the strange coalition of advocates fighting to reduce the amount of parking in its plans:
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 years
Proudly presenting my first @ggwash article of 2022, a look at the long and controversial quest to "right-size" one of Baltimore's most infamous stroads, Druid Park Lake Drive. Check it out!:
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
Never been so happy to have a Facebook event cancelled:
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 years
Petition for @ElectRyanDorsey to march past Armstead Jones' house banging a bunch of pots and pans at 3 AM if he keeps delaying posting these results.
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(((Alex Holt)))
5 months
I’m going to miss being able to read stuff like this in the Sun…
@baltimoresun
The Baltimore Sun
5 months
Add affordable, reliable transportation to list of Baltimore necessities | STAFF COMMENTARY
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(((Alex Holt)))
5 years
Maybe Baltimore City should cancel any upcoming school trips to Carroll County, just to be safe:
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 years
So Kathy Szeliga is trying to sneak the Don't Say Gay Bill into a Maryland Democrat's bill against discrimination in kindergarten:
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4 years
Oh my God, they took down the Rough Ride sign AGAIN!!!!
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2 years
My God it worked!
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 years
What does Baltimore need to do to jumpstart its transit network for the new federal infrastructure bill? @GW_Partnership and @GBCorg have some ideas and their new campaign to share them is the subject of my latest @ggwash article:
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(((Alex Holt)))
6 months
No tree damage on the Light Rail???
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(((Alex Holt)))
2 years
As of today, I’ve officially been a resident of Baltimore City for 5 years. Happy Pride indeed
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5 years
So what happened to the other 398 richest Americans from Baltimore?
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(((Alex Holt)))
5 months
May God have mercy on us all...
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(((Alex Holt)))
4 months
So Thiru's going after A: the people behind Lexington Market's successful revival and R House & B: one of the most powerful unions in the state. Bold strategy, Cotton!
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(((Alex Holt)))
1 year
@NickTagliaferro Also it's Ryanair, the Spirit Airlines of the British Isles, good luck getting them to listen to you on anything, it's kind of the whole point of the business model...
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(((Alex Holt)))
3 years
HAPPY MELTDOWN MAY, BALTIMORE
@emilyasullivan
emily sullivan
3 years
Council President Nick Mosby calls Mayor Scott's veto of the controversial security deposit alternatives bill "modern-day redlining.... We cannot allow our residents’ broad interests to be overrun by the loudest voices"
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(((Alex Holt)))
1 month
As someone who’d barely set foot in Baltimore until I was 21 but now can’t imagine living anywhere else, this is exactly what I love about Zeke Cohen: having been welcomed to it with open arms & fallen in love with it, he wants to return the favor & make it an even better place.
@Zeke_Cohen
Zeke Cohen
1 month
I ❤️ this city! I didn’t grow up here but Baltimore adopted me. Our children deserve universal Pre-Kindergarten. Our elders deserve to age in place with dignity. We all deserve great city services. Let’s win this together!
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