Posts about current events/politics/development in Africa, building better cities, local Washington DC issues, and how biking is the best form of transportation. Live in Ward 8/EOTR. Lover of front porches and #bikeDC.
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Ryan Musser
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Many problems in our cities have emerged because of poorly thought-out or outdated zoning. Better zoning can help solve these problems & help us make cities/neighborhoods delight the eye & soul & aid in human flourishing. This requires asking who & what are cities for?
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Love this article in the Institute of Family Studies that highlights neotraditional character of "Strong Blue Families" in DC neighborhoods. This has been my exact experience for 15+ years in DC.
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An investigation into Cameroon’s gold sector has uncovered more than 200 illegal artisanal mining companies, most of them foreign-owned, particularly run by Chinese nationals.
www.africanews.com/2026/05/14/c...
Kagame take some swings at Trump and the US at the Africa CEO Forum amid US sanctions on Rwandan individuals for their role in conflict in the DRC www.theafricareport.com/418694/rwand...
African governments are trying to tax their way toward stronger states, while much of the population remains informal precisely because the state has historically been weak, says @yinka.bsky.social
www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
Gulf states have emerged as a new middle power & Africa is a key component of their foreign policy. US has historically accommodated their adventurism in Africa, failing to protect core US interest of stability across the increasingly important continent
foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/03/a...
@sarahykim.bsky.social at @wamu.org.web.brid.gy has highlighted the closing of my kid’s daycare center and several other affordable sites in Wards 7 and 8: wamu.org/story/26/04/...
Washington will need to “begin treating the continent as a region of genuine strategic value, rather than as expendable at the altar of its Middle East agenda.”
Great piece from @zurilinetsky.bsky.social and @mikewoldemariam.bsky.social on how the US lets Gulf powers wreak havoc on Africa
We're (now) the older couple on the block that never had kids & has been here for 25+ years, and I can confirm it's not just people with kids who get included in these wonderful communities (at least in DC).
In her new book, Sara C. Bronin leans on her joint expertise in architecture and law to argue that many of the problems in our cities today have emerged due to poorly thought-out or outdated zoning.
Nearly 200 illegal artisanal gold mining companies, most of them foreign-owned, have been uncovered in central and eastern Cameroon, the mines ministry said Wednesday.
