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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 17h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 14h

Yes, but it was short-lived, and not well-known to people outside the Bay Area.

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 14h

Are you old enough to remember Ladies Against Women?

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 14h

I’m math challenged, as my husband always told me, but I know that’s impossible.

Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 17h

Please don’t let them do it with AI. Someone who speaks the language fluently needs to write anything requiring technical expertise.

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 18h

One of the few defenses in a non-payment of rent case is that you paid the rent. But you have to be able to show proof and address the law properly, something that requires a lawyer.
kfor.com/news/local/m...

kfor.com

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 18h

Are you surprised that Florida has terrible landlord-tenant laws? You shouldn’t be.
www.wftv.com/news/local/t...

As tenants face homelessness, government staff say their hands are tied

How does a government not know about an apartment building with sagging floors and a roof so full of moisture, apartment units’ ceilings were falling in?

www.wftv.com

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 18h

nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

LA Tenants’ Strikes Forced a Major Landlord to Refund Opaque Utility Fees. Their Fight Isn’t Over.

Ratio utility billing systems can allow landlords to quietly shift building utility costs onto tenants. Tenants say it’s time to break open the black box.

nextcity.org

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 22h

“Multiplying protest frogs” 🤣

Troops to Portland still on hold, multiplying protest frogs, fact-check on Trump claims: Get caught up

It’s not clear when the 9th Circuit panel will issue its ruling, but it will likely come before an Oct. 17 hearing

www.oregonlive.com

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 20h

Who can forget this famous headline?
www.economist.com/leaders/2007...

Castro was right

As a green fuel, ethanol is a good idea, but the sort that America produces is bad

www.economist.com

Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 1d

How long will it take for Israel to violate the cease fire?

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 1d

bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/c...

California AG urges tenants to report landlord mistreatment

Lou Young, a 70-year-old resident of an east Bakersfield apartment managed by Equity Management, has reported mold and other unresolved issues in her home.

bakersfieldnow.com

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 1d

ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

Tenants still fighting to go home nearly 3 years after fire

A NY1 investigation found landlords missing deadlines for repairs.

ny1.com

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

California Renters Won’t Have to Buy Their Own Fridge Under New Law

www.nytimes.com

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 1d

truthout.org/articles/ten...

Tenants Launch US’s First Ever Rent Debt Strike Against Corporate Landlord

Nine tenants organized by the Debt Collective are refusing to pay back rent, hoping to inspire others to do the same.

truthout.org

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 1d

Bubbles tend to crash just after people stop talking about it being a bubble.

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 2d

That landlords collude with police to evict tenants and gentrify neighborhoods is well-known. Tenant orgs have been talking about this for years.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 2d

For his adoption day, we should have all of his baby pics and videos.

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 2d

Discovered I could get the livestream of a concert I missed because I was watching HSB on the weekend.💪🏻

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 2d

But she forgot to ask you what the best smoked Gouda was.

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 2d

That is so cool!

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 2d

That is a cuteness overload.

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 2d

And you can just go downstairs to the library.

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Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 2d

The Spook Who Sat By The Door. Ivan Dixon.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 3d

Name a Film with a Black Director.

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 2d

Its 9am, time to call CA Gov to sign bills. 916-445-2841 or write gov.ca.gov/contact Yesterday a misleading article went around suggesting he had rejected bills, truth is he hasn't acted on them yet.

Ask him to sign all LGBTQ rights bills and housing bill SB79 (cause we need places to live also!)

Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 4d

Among this year's LGBTQ rights state bills, the six California trans rights bills are:

Healthcare
AB1487
SB418

Privacy
AB82
AB1084
SB59
SB497
lgbtqcaucus.legislature.ca.gov/legislative-...

2025 Legislative and Budget Priorities | California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus

lgbtqcaucus.legislature.ca.gov

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