being a native Virginian, I am well-acquainted with the specific hazards Maryland-titled vehicles pose to smooth operation of public roadways, but far from their Control Center in Glen Burnie, the staticky signal causes behaviors to become even more unexpected, chaotic, and in some cases?, undefined

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Last🧵/ I was really looking forward to our new WRIR studio being finished so I could give him a tour of it, and try to convince him to commit to doing another talk program with us.

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I really appreciated that, despite being the 30-year head of our city’s history museum, he was willing to join @onehitwanda.bsky.social & I over coffee so we could get his advice on starting a capital campaign, and pick his brain for advice and strategies. 🧵4/

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For one, he was a colleague: the host of “Richmond Stories”, a talk program that aired a few years ago on WRIR (@wrir973fm.bsky.social). And he was also a frequent guest on WRIR program Open Source RVA, hosted by Don Harrison (@donhop.bsky.social ) 🧵2/

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For the other, he was my work-day boss as Director at The Valentine ( @thevalentinerva.bsky.social ). Just about every day I was at work he would, by necessity, come through my office to bring guests on tours of collections. Or he’d just poke his head in the office to say “helloooooo”. 🧵3/

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