Engineer on @googlechrome. Involved in CSS and W3C standards. Previously @mozilla, @w3ctag. Mastodon: @dbaron@w3c.social
Rockville, Maryland, USA
Joined March 2008
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
A McConnell staffer reached out to someone who *used* to work at main justice and *that* person called the FBI deputy director (a career FBI agent) who, on his own authority, dispatched tac teams.
....How fucking tenuous
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Absolutely astonishing detail here: what got the FBI SWAT teams to Congress? Not the Capitol Police. It was a call from a private lawyer who used to work at DOJ, who in turn was responding to a call from a friend on McConnell's staff in the building.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
BIG NEWS: Gov Newsom just announced, as part of his proposed budget, a new unit whose only job is to enforce state housing laws & hold cities accountable on housing.
This is a HUGE step. Passing strong housing laws is step one. Enforcing them is crucial.
Thank you, @GavinNewsom
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Law enforcement arrested 15 people today in D.C, according to NBC.
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People were being arrested by the hundreds in Ferguson for peacefully protesting the killing of an unarmed black teenager.
NBC News: Law enforcement made at least 15 arrests today in D.C. including multiple people charged for assault and 4 people for possession of a gun and possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device.
People arrested from MI, CO, MD, VA, TX, FL, DC, and NC.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Trump should be impeached and convicted tomorrow.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Breaking News: Vice President Mike Pence was rushed from the Senate chamber and the Capitol building was placed on lockdown as pro-Trump protesters who sought to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory stormed Congress. nyti.ms/39mVy8r
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Mitch McConnell: "Nothing before us proves illegality anywhere near the massive scale that would've tipped the entire election. Nor can public doubt alone justify a radical break when the doubt itself was incited without any evidence."
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
The needle is now active. With less than 10,000 votes in, it's still a coin toss.
nytimes.com/interactive/2021…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
A large chunk of the South is experiencing record hospitalizations today.
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Which single stop subway line extension do you want the most?
57%
Blue line to Charles/MGH
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Line 10 to Gare de Lyon
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Songshan Line to Kunyang
21 votes • Final results
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A few bits of geography that might surprise you:
1. Rome is further north than NYC
2. Portland, OR is north of Montréal
3. Boston is west of Santiago, Chile
4. Havana is north of Hong Kong
5. Seattle is south of Paris
6. Cairns is closer to the equator than Jamaica or Antigua
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
A 🧵 on COVID Living Room Spread:
Saturday:
- Older, out of the house brother wants to visit younger siblings.
Mom says "get a test on the way, if you are negative you can come."
- Rapid test is (-), family spends a day together inside, laughing, playing, eating.
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I think my phone got up to about 170... and then I just stopped getting push notifications from @Twitter on it.
Oh, and of the 2 RT-50 parcels that were developed:
101 Forest (only partly in the RT-50 zone) doesn't look like it has any housing. I think it's Philz Coffee plus office.
801 Alma is a 100% affordable housing complex built with the city's affordable housing money.
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How many of those 55 parcels zoned RT-35 were developed in 2004 or later (by "Year Built SCCA")?
None!
(The 10 parcels zoned RT-50 did a little better; 2 were developed: 101 Forest and 801/809 Alma.)
I'd say this makes it pretty hard to call the SOFA II plan a success.
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In late 2003 (I think, the date on the final SOFA II report is December 2003), the RT-35 zone was created, with 55 parcels zoned RT-35.
I just clicked on all 55 of them in the @cityofpaloalto parcel reports at xmap.cityofpaloalto.org/parc… .
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Or maybe it's the amount of process that @cityofpaloalto puts in the way of any construction that isn't a single family home or a zoning-conformant office building or other business.
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This restrictive zoning includes the floor area ratio (FAR) limit of either 1.15:1 or 1.3:1 (!!!!), the setbacks (15 feet front and sides, 10 feet rear), and the parking requirements (1 space per 1 bedroom or smaller unit, 2 spaces per 2 bedroom or larger unit).
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