David Alpert

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Founder and former head of Greater Greater Washington @ggwash. Previously product manager at Google and Tellme. Now spending days taking kids to activities and figuring out what activities to take them to, and on the side advocating for education in Washington, DC.
@IMGoph @MrTinMD @jfk What happened?

So I have a new get-rich-quick idea. I'm going to lie.

I'm going to lie about everything all the time. Just lie. Who's in?

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/

Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints

About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.

Reuters
@peter @Will That would not have been something External Affairs would spend time on or that a major media outlet would write about, but it’s valuable for people who care, outside the agency, to hear from people who care inside.
@Will @peter I used an example of you just tweeting something like “here’s our warehouse with a bunch of concrete things we’re going to put down to separate a bike lane.” It just let people realize “hey these agency people actually have expertise”. This wasn’t some huge scoop, just a day in the life of a competent bike facility planner.
@peter @Will I think your online presence has been very valuable for increasing advocate trust in the agency. At least I once told Jeff Marootian and Dena Iverson, when they were running DDOT, that letting you tweet and whoever was the other person who often did (my brain is foggy today) was really valuable and they should appreciate it.
@Will @peter Aw thanks so much!
Stuff nobody had on their 21st century Bingo card: Germany being seen as a place of safety for Israeli refugees fleeing a fascist government

I would like invite refugees from #TransitTwitter who are looking for a good instance to check out https://urbanists.social

#TwitterMigration #cities #urbanism #transit #rail #train #bus #cycling #highspeedrail #Metro

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