david rain

urban geographer & prof @gwu cities population health environment transportation densification bicycling & smart things @gwgeog

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

“If you think the world is selfish and rotten, go to the cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer overlooking Omaha Beach. See what one group of men did for another on D-Day, June 6th, 1944.” — Andy Rooney

[david rain @geograph008]

@wmataGM @wmata @Nationals @dcunited @Capitals Way to go Randy. I love the short waits for trains now

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

As a flashback to what we’ve lost, and what we can strive to be again, here is my favorite Kennedy Center Honors performance—from 2012.

Heart and Jason Bonham absolutely crushing Stairway to Heaven to honor Led Zeppelin—who watched in tears. It’s worth every second.

[Randy Clarke @wmataGM]

Safer, faster, more reliable, more frequent…America’s Metro System is laser focused on continuous improvement.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

All this talk of a ballroom to service the super wealthy while the rest of us continue to pay more for healthcare and basic essentials makes me think of this powerful political cartoon from 1906, the artist is William Balfour Ker.

[VizArt @hellovizart]

Finally the map of Alps is here!
We sought a style halfway between classic and modern, with elements such as sealines but adopting the division of the Alps proposed by SOIUSA in 2005.

Link in bio to read the blog article!

#alps #cartography #maps

[david rain @geograph008]

In case you wondered how summer visitors to Washington coped with the heat and humidity before air conditioning, they didn’t. They stayed home. Most Washington hotels closed in the summer, according to Karl Baedeker’s US- Hbk for Travellers, 1909, p 211.
#dc #heat #climate #swamp

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Where most US food is imported from

[david rain @geograph008]

@mluckovichajc,

[Isaac Bogoch @BogochIsaac]

To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.

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https://t.co/3IZTyZy8Vn

[david rain @geograph008]

I don’t check this account anymore, find me on BlueSky at https://t.co/2xneO2DT1F

[david rain @geograph008]

https://t.co/2xneO2DT1F

[david rain @geograph008]

Obit from Wapo for my brother-in-law Bruce Reedy, who lived in DC Friendship Heights and worked as a photographer, first for WUSA and then freelance, for more than three decades.

https://t.co/aYmeYRO7dR

[david rain @geograph008]

@wmataGM @scottfaucettmd Get well soon Randy!

[david rain @geograph008]

@jenniferquail you’re on the tv honey

[DC Car Violence @DCCarViolence]

I am trying to imagine Mayor Bowser doing this and it is hurting my brain

[david rain @geograph008]

#NewProfilePic

[John Penniman @Historiographos]

I will never recover from this student email.

[david rain @geograph008]

https://t.co/vrwmzTqSD8
US life expectancy (77.5) is now halfway between that of the Czech Republic (78) and Slovakia (77)

[The GW Hatchet @gwhatchet]

BREAKING: GW suspended Students for Justice in Palestine at GWU from organizing or participating in campus events for at least 90 days after four of its members projected anti-Israel and anti-GW messages onto the side of Gelman Library last month https://t.co/d3X5CEzlX0