25 to 50 Large Birds

I saw this Twitter thread and thought it might be interesting to do a similar compilation for the state of Maryland. There are 24 counties (including Baltimore City) in Maryland, which is small compared to Ohio or Minnesota which have upwards of 80 counties. I tried to focus on local news publications for each county. Montgomery County : (my home county, so you get a triple feature) " Students weigh in on online learning " by Caitlynn Peetz  at Bethesda Beat. " Olney Grille customers start fundraiser to help restaurant staff " by Deirdre Byrne at Montgomery Community Media [I wrote this one] " Grocery delivery services at local stores face increased demand amid pandemic " by Rachel Taylor   Prince George's County :  " A better way to map Maryland's coronavirus outbreak " by Michael Theis at Route 1 Reporter  " College Park's UMD Engineering Labs Make Hand Sanitizer, Surgical Masks " by Alison Beckwith at the Hyat...

In the past two days, two pedestrians have been killed while crossing Rockville Pike . Media reports about pedestrian and cyclist fatalities often fail to responsibly portray the nature of these crashes. They may either overtly or implicitly blame the pedestrian or cyclist for getting killed while minimizing the driver's responsibility as well as the role infrastructure and road design play in traffic crashes. Responsible and ethical reporting about the subject of pedestrian and cyclist deaths should follow these best practices as explained in these  Columbia Journalism Review  (Meg Dalton) and  Citylab  (Richard Florida) pieces. Crash or collision, not accident.   The word "accident" implies a sense of inevitability or that the event was unavoidable. However, there are things that can be done to reduce the number and severity of traffic collisions. Driver, not car .  Do not attribute agency to inanimate objects like cars, unless it was a ...