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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 1h

Whew! Happy Friday!

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 23h

Christian nationalist grifter Franklin Graham quits financial accountability group after it institutes standards for behavior.
baptiststandard.com/news/faith-c...

Franklin Graham quits financial accountability group

Franklin Graham, the president and CEO of two of the largest Christian ministries in the country, has quit his organizations’ membership in a financial accountability group that sets standards for eva...

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 13h

Watching “Born Poor” on @frontlinepbs.bsky.social . My goodness this is sad. And scary.

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Lisa Snowden @lisasnowden.bsky.social · 20h

What local businesses should we highlight in the Baltimore Beat gift guide?

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20h

NEW: Few states hold elections with such national prominence as Pennsylvania — and this year is no exception. With three of the state’s Supreme Court justices up for retention, the GOP could have an opening to control a court that influences the state’s elections.

Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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infinity. @xytinifnix.bsky.social · 20h

Judge said “matter fact, MORE TIME!!”
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SoloChills @solochills.blacksky.app · 21h

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

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URL Media @url-media.bsky.social · 21h

The “arrest first and ask questions later” reality forces families to spend immense energy on safety planning, rights rehearsals, and preparing for potential detentions, fraying the very foundation of community well-being (via our partner @baltimorebeat.bsky.social) baltimorebeat.com/indiscrimina...

Indiscriminate ICE arrests have left Baltimore’s immigrant communities in a constant state of fear and anxiety

Highlandtown sidewalks tell a much different story today than they did a year ago. Shops that once bustled with conversation sit emptier; families who once roamed the streets have now retreated. The d...

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 20h

Journalist Mario Guevara was deported because the American government punishes reporters to protect its own power.

“There’s no real crime here. It’s just pretext,” FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social told @dwallacewells.bsky.social.

Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’

www.nytimes.com

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 23h

Pam Bondi's smirking non-sequiturs at her Congressional hearings embody DOJ's attitude -- that they can use the tools of justice to do fascism and who's gonna stop 'em. No wonder juries are pitching it back at them. www.lawandchaospod.com/p/where-is-d...

Where Is DOJ Getting No-Billed Today?

Hint: We will celebrate with a shot of Malört.

www.lawandchaospod.com

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Eviction Lab @evictionlab.bsky.social · 23h

“These new requirements would give tenants certainty, enable them to make firm plans for their belongings and their next steps for housing.”

www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

By @bannermoco.bsky.social’s @ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social

#housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

Montgomery County could force landlords to give tenants more notice before evictions

Most Montgomery County Council members want to force landlords to give tenants two full weeks’ notice before evicting them.

www.thebanner.com

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Thursday!

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 1d

If you live in Maryland, and you're a furloughed Federal worker, you may be entitled to utility bill and tenant protections. Go here for more information: econaction.org/tenant-advoc...

Utility Bill Information for Furloughed Federal Employees | Economic Action MD Fund

Because the federal shutdown has lasted longer than 7 days, protections for certain residential utility customers are now in effect.

econaction.org

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Wednesday!

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Melissa Schober @melissaschober.bsky.social · 2d

@zekecohen.bsky.social Substantial increase over six years of homeless young peolle, even as the total population of city schools has fallen slightly since 2019-2020.

Is this part of study on chronic absenteeism? Budget planning for FY27 and beyond?

From go.boarddocs.com/mabe/bcpss/B...

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Barbara Samuels @bsamuels72.bsky.social · 2d

A key but overlooked aspect of the housing crisis—the lack of family friendly housing. The deliberate failure of most localities to meeting the need is not just a market rate issue—LIHTC also builds few 3BRs or is senior-only. Yet safe, stable housing in healthy n-hoods is most critical for kids.

Bobby Fijan @bobbyfijan.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote a real estate investor focused essay in Thesis Driven on the in-depth applications of the Institute for Family Studies paper I did with Lyman Stone

How family friendly" apartment projects can actually make sense financially ... and a few examples

www.thesisdriven.com/letters/can-...

Can Building "Family Friendly" Apartments Make Financial Sense?

A study of the importance - and feasibility - of family-friendly units

www.thesisdriven.com

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Fund abortion @rahulastrohl.bsky.social · 2d

Japanese internment was first and foremost a land grab by central California white farmers.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 2d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 2d

Thankfully my neighborhood group isn't awful. But there are some I've had to leave because of the racists. On the flip side, none of the businesses in those neighborhoods get my money, so I guess it's a win for me.

PS -- Nextdoor is a cesspool.

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 2d

No heat, sparky electrical wiring, plugs that give off their own 4th of July fireworks display, soggy floors -- YEP, LOOKS GREAT. HERE'S YOUR RENTAL LICENSE!

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 2d

Also, why isn't the name of the inspector/inspection company listed in the City's rental license database? That's important information that should be publicly available.

Plus I'd like to know who's doing all of these shoddy inspections, because my GOD.

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 2d

It would be less expensive if they actually maintained the infrastructure instead of letting it rot.

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 2d

Landlords, who are husband and wife, also own an inspection company. The wife submitted the inspection and application under her maiden name to hide the huge conflict of interest. A representative of Baltimore City DHCD said there was no conflict, just "an example of entrepreneurship."

GTFOH.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 5d

Just as everything is getting more expensive, Microsoft plans to pull support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025.

The good news: There are free alternatives. Our digital security team talks through some options.

Warning: Time to move away from Windows 10

With Windows dropping support for Windows 10, you’ll need to upgrade — or consider another operating system entirely!

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 3d

I knew it would reach you eventually! 😂

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Tuesday!

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 3d

It makes me tired.

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