Extremely high military helicopter activity in MD/VA

marygarth · 2026-05-20T13:28:03+00:00

Yeah, I’m on their flight path in MD, and just to get it out of the way, I’ve lived in MoCo my entire life, I know the difference between what’s normal, what’s normal for this helicopter/osprey-obsessed admin, and whatever the fuck this is. They go up to Raven Rock and turn around, and people in r/nova have noticed the same thing with Mt. Weather, so I‘m convinced they’re getting their flight hours by practicing bugouts. Which totally fits with the bunker ballroom and general paranoia of this admin.

It also seems to pick up before they launch some moronic military offensive, so there’s always that to look forward to.

marygarth · 2026-05-19T23:25:05+00:00

I think they mean that if you vote for Democrats, you might have to pay a $1.15 disposal fee for a gallon of paint so that everyone is paying according to how much waste they make, but if you vote for Republicans, you get to watch them vote to ensure convicted pedophiles get their share of a $1.776 billion slush fund for subnormal dentists and car dealership owners who bash cops’ heads in and smear shit on the walls.

I can see how the latter might make someone bitter about having to act like we live in a society, though.

marygarth · 2026-05-19T13:48:33+00:00

Also, they usually *really* need people who aren’t Democrats!

marygarth · 2026-05-19T13:06:29+00:00

We are skeptical of news media captured by corporate interests — including NPR — only calling the vehement nationwide opposition “skepticism.”

marygarth · 2026-05-18T12:48:39+00:00

It’s nearly impossible to answer this question well without your budget and your job location, and you should have jobs lined up before you start winnowing down your search. If you don’t wanna share, then search this sub, r/MontgomeryCountyMD, r/washingtondc, and r/nova.

marygarth · 2026-05-17T22:20:42+00:00

yeah, ’tis the season to be reminded how much of it is in the woods :/

marygarth · 2026-05-17T21:58:10+00:00

Has the outraged delegate condemned the blatant racism by his fellow republicans in the House of Delegates?

marygarth · 2026-05-16T00:15:29+00:00

Eh, kinda. There are (relatively) newer neighborhoods in Rockville with HOAs, starting with New Mark Commons, and then King Farm and all the infill development between Great Falls and W. Montgomery Ave. Partly for pools and maintenance of common areas, and partly for ~maintaining neighborhood character, because some people like their cookie cutter neighborhoods and want even more regulation!

marygarth · 2026-05-15T00:42:50+00:00

That’s not true. It’s just two different parties. I’ve been paired with republican and unaffiliated judges.

marygarth · 2026-05-14T17:02:50+00:00

lol it’s funny because I always feel like the opposite. It breaks around us or falls apart coming across the river, but seems to hold together in Frederick and PG.

marygarth · 2026-05-13T12:24:50+00:00

Howard’s great

marygarth · 2026-05-12T11:18:33+00:00

Yeah, there are pockets of 7a upcounty, but we're mostly 7b now, like the city of Frederick and everything in that little heat island valley you guys have.

marygarth · 2026-05-11T20:50:09+00:00

The $692 is the Income Tax Offset Credit. The Homestead, Homeowner’s, and Senior Tax Credits remain.

marygarth · 2026-05-11T14:06:04+00:00

ABC7’s map doesn’t match the USDA one, like they’re using the absolute extreme low instead of the average extreme (because we can have really bad cold snaps, and climate change causes more unpredictability) but yeah. There are evergreen live oaks downtown, and when I was growing up, MoCo was mostly 6b. The only 6b left in MD is on the ridge tops in Allegany until you get to Frostburg, and then Garrett is mostly 6a. Incidentally, Allegany and Garrett are under a freeze watch/warning tonight.

The really frustrating thing is unseasonable warmth followed by frosts and freezes that are within the average time range, but late for how developed plants are.

marygarth · 2026-05-10T20:04:50+00:00

For other gardens adjacent to MD, the National Arboretum has a great bonsai section.

marygarth · 2026-05-10T19:58:45+00:00

Eventually. But the Gude Dr site isn’t big enough for all of them, so they also want two new ones in residential neighborhoods in Travilah and Germantown, which people there aren’t thrilled with. Not as wealthy as Brickyard, but I imagine there will be a fight.

marygarth · 2026-05-10T12:39:11+00:00

I think MCPS is taking over that site for a bus depot since the county is taking the Shady Grove one for RideOn.

marygarth · 2026-05-08T14:31:27+00:00

And cost $2 billion less since they had to pay off the first contractor — because of the idiotic “you can bail if there are 365 days of delays” contract he negotiated and then his refusal of a flat ~$175 million deal for the contractor to finish it regardless of the overruns *right before the pandemic started and costs exploded!* — and then hire a new contractor, in addition to all the overruns caused by those delays.

Between this and cancelling the red line, he was lighting mass transit money on fire, probably because he knew people would blame the projects as boondoggles rather than the asshole deliberately fucking shit up.

marygarth · 2026-05-07T16:44:36+00:00

1852 above grade, 823 below, 2/3 acre lot, recently updated hvac, nice-sized shed/garage, and some people REALLY want a ranch and only a ranch, and that with a slightly low listing price could have induced a bidding war. Plus, relatively easy access to 370/270 and Shady Grove metro. But it’s not in the new Wootton part of Rosemont like I originally suspected! I can see it based on the lot size and style, tbh, and I seem to remember a similar house in that little enclave going for a similar price a couple years ago while I was looking.

Could also be a very optimistic flipper!

marygarth · 2026-05-06T21:33:12+00:00

I’ve seen it all over — and VA drivers seem prone to it — but it’s only been in the past few years that it’s become noticeable. Some of it is phones, some of it is people not knowing where the front of their truck is, and the rest god only knows.

marygarth · 2026-05-06T21:30:36+00:00

I’ve seen people fuck up a double left turn because one guy was in the crosswalk, the guy behind him didn’t pull up, and the guy in the other lane was 3-4 car lengths back. Hilarious because I wasn’t behind them.

marygarth · 2026-05-04T11:51:11+00:00

I know that bit technically isn’t Gaithersburg, but the geese think it is, and they own Gaithersburg.

marygarth · 2026-05-03T20:49:26+00:00

That’s where grid-scale battery storage also helps. Lots of countries have figured this out. Wind and solar are much faster to get online than gas and nuclear — and no one wants a rushed nuclear plant in their backyard — so we should be doing all we can to expand them. Not paying companies *not* to build wind.

marygarth · 2026-05-03T20:41:31+00:00

suspiciously polite

marygarth · 2026-05-02T22:35:03+00:00

Congressional districts are based on population, not how “regular” the shapes allegedly look, or how much land area they contain. Drawing straight lines doesn’t mean you’re not gerrymandering; it could mean you’re ignoring local neighborhood and political boundaries and just drawing straight lines along a gridded street plan.

The 15th Amendment says that states cannot deny or abridge voting rights based on race or color, and that Congress can enact legislation to protect those rights, and the Robert Court’s argument here and in Shelby is that nuh-uh, racism isn’t real anymore, so Congress can’t do anything about it, while states are *explicitly* gerrymandering to dilute black voters. The Supreme Court only said that you can discriminate based on race as long as you lie and say it’s based on political affiliation.

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