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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 9h

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.

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Carol Ott 🏚️ @carolsott.bsky.social · 14h

Happy Wednesday!

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Melissa Schober @melissaschober.bsky.social · 1d

@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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

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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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 4d

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!

freedom.press

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

I knew it would reach you eventually! 😂

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

Happy Tuesday!

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

It makes me tired.

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

The way people display it everywhere makes me cringe. Even “liberal” politicians wear it on ties, scarves, on socks…

It’s disgusting.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Jared Douglas @jareddouglas.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent local piece here from @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social + @kuow.org + @propublica.org.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

NEW: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.

By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

www.propublica.org

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

I wish Maryland would change its flag for the same reason.

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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 2d

All Maryland Rite Aid stores closed, prescriptions transferred to new pharmacies

Maryland Rite Aid stores now closed, prescriptions transferred to new pharmacies

Rite Aid has officially closed all 16 of its Maryland stores, with customers’ prescriptions transferred to other pharmacies.

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

Back to reality. Happy Monday!

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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 3d

If a military member did this to an enemy soldier, it would be a war crime

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.

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

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

I filed a 311 this morning and just now they left a yellow tag on my door saying there was no problem found.

Sigh.

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

I think it’s been my starting word since I first played Wordle.

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

We’re also having a water issue on my side of the block. Water is coming from somewhere east of us, making all of our sump pumps work overtime to get rid of the water. Thankfully my neighbor said he’d call the city.

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