Ruhi Maker
@ruhimaker.bsky.social
Public Interest Law. Housing, access to credit /zoning. NY. Gardener.
Mamdani Nominates Top City Lawyer and Deputy Mayor of Health www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
Mamdani Nominates Top City Lawyer and Deputy Mayor of Health
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December 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Mamdani Nominates Top City Lawyer and Deputy Mayor of Health www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
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Judge Rules That Consumer Bureau’s Funding Cannot Lapse
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December 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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From the opinion:
By clarifying the scope of a previously issued preliminary injunction, a court “add[s] certainty to an implicated party’s effort to comply with the order & provide[s] fair warning as to what future conduct may be found contemptuous.”
The judge is warning Vought of a contempt order.
By clarifying the scope of a previously issued preliminary injunction, a court “add[s] certainty to an implicated party’s effort to comply with the order & provide[s] fair warning as to what future conduct may be found contemptuous.”
The judge is warning Vought of a contempt order.
December 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
From the opinion:
By clarifying the scope of a previously issued preliminary injunction, a court “add[s] certainty to an implicated party’s effort to comply with the order & provide[s] fair warning as to what future conduct may be found contemptuous.”
The judge is warning Vought of a contempt order.
By clarifying the scope of a previously issued preliminary injunction, a court “add[s] certainty to an implicated party’s effort to comply with the order & provide[s] fair warning as to what future conduct may be found contemptuous.”
The judge is warning Vought of a contempt order.
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Soaring home prices, rising costs for homeowners and renters, and a new social housing movement: In case you missed them, our top blogs of this year examined persistent housing challenges in the US and opportunities for reforms.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/our-top...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/our-top...
Our Top 10 Blogs of 2025
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December 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Soaring home prices, rising costs for homeowners and renters, and a new social housing movement: In case you missed them, our top blogs of this year examined persistent housing challenges in the US and opportunities for reforms.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/our-top...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/our-top...
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And here are the numbers to prove it:
December 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
And here are the numbers to prove it:
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Opinion | When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw
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December 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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More Student Loan Borrowers Are Shedding Debts in Bankruptcy
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December 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Anyway here’s my report on why Housing First hasn’t led to sustained homelessness declines in California’s major cities cayimby.org/wp-content/u...
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December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Anyway here’s my report on why Housing First hasn’t led to sustained homelessness declines in California’s major cities cayimby.org/wp-content/u...
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Mostly I write political essays at my newsletter, but today I'm publishing a personal account of outrunning the storm from Southern California to home yesterday and the day before.....
Death and Rebirth on the Road Home
I wish you all a peaceful day, whatever this day means to you or doesn't, and I'm more grateful than I might have been otherwise for the gift of life itself, because of my journey home Tuesday and yes...
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December 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Mostly I write political essays at my newsletter, but today I'm publishing a personal account of outrunning the storm from Southern California to home yesterday and the day before.....
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"It’s a Gas" by @billmckibben.bsky.social for New York Review of Books: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
It’s a Gas | Bill McKibben
I’m writing this in the last days of the northern hemisphere’s autumn in 2025. Over recent weeks we’ve seen a hurricane hit Jamaica with wind speeds a few
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December 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"It’s a Gas" by @billmckibben.bsky.social for New York Review of Books: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
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Trump's Big Beautiful Bill cuts $4.5 trillion in taxes for the ultra-rich—paid for by the rest of us.
December 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Trump's Big Beautiful Bill cuts $4.5 trillion in taxes for the ultra-rich—paid for by the rest of us.
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2/2 ...here is the Alan Mallach piece that shreds the arguments in the libertarian piece above.
shelterforce.org/2023/04/05/i...
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Is the Solution to Homelessness Obvious?
Some say yes. But simply making it easier to build will not reach those who are unhoused. Alan Mallach responds to a piece in "The Atlantic."
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December 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
2/2 ...here is the Alan Mallach piece that shreds the arguments in the libertarian piece above.
shelterforce.org/2023/04/05/i...
shelterforce.org/2023/04/05/i...
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Beyond the fact that so many homeless folks are working, Brian's book also shows that many homeless families are not sleeping on the streets or in shelters. And yet we rely mostly on a one-day-in-winter, locally administered survey of folks on the street & in shelters for our homeless counts.
"When they finished work, they weren't going to a home. They were going to a shelter."
"[A]ctively written out of the story we as a nation have told ourselves about who becomes homeless, and why."
"[P]eople are not falling into homelessness; they're being pushed."
#Georgia #USA #Housing #Labour
"[A]ctively written out of the story we as a nation have told ourselves about who becomes homeless, and why."
"[P]eople are not falling into homelessness; they're being pushed."
#Georgia #USA #Housing #Labour
Working, homeless, hidden: A talk with Brian Goldstone
Street Sense editor-in-chief chats with author of “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America,” Brian Goldstone.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Beyond the fact that so many homeless folks are working, Brian's book also shows that many homeless families are not sleeping on the streets or in shelters. And yet we rely mostly on a one-day-in-winter, locally administered survey of folks on the street & in shelters for our homeless counts.
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San Francisco should do this too. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
December 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
San Francisco should do this too. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Leavitt: “These are heinous monsters.”
Reality: Half had no charges, “ICE’s own records say only 3% had been sentenced for a violent crime”
Reality: Half had no charges, “ICE’s own records say only 3% had been sentenced for a violent crime”
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Leavitt: “These are heinous monsters.”
Reality: Half had no charges, “ICE’s own records say only 3% had been sentenced for a violent crime”
Reality: Half had no charges, “ICE’s own records say only 3% had been sentenced for a violent crime”
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Young Kim is the MAGA Trump boot-licking Republican in my area. She's the worst.
But Esther Kim Varet is the Dem that will replace her if we help raise her profile( @estherkimvaret.bsky.social ), repost for her & for those who can afford to, make a contribution.
Even $2 helps.
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But Esther Kim Varet is the Dem that will replace her if we help raise her profile( @estherkimvaret.bsky.social ), repost for her & for those who can afford to, make a contribution.
Even $2 helps.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Young Kim is the MAGA Trump boot-licking Republican in my area. She's the worst.
But Esther Kim Varet is the Dem that will replace her if we help raise her profile( @estherkimvaret.bsky.social ), repost for her & for those who can afford to, make a contribution.
Even $2 helps.
EstherKimVaret.com
But Esther Kim Varet is the Dem that will replace her if we help raise her profile( @estherkimvaret.bsky.social ), repost for her & for those who can afford to, make a contribution.
Even $2 helps.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reconsidering the "Open Banking Rule," leaving confusion among third-party banking apps.
The Biden-era rule that lets you move money on Zelle and Venmo is now in limbo
A CFPB rule designed to give consumers more control over their financial data is now in limbo, as banks and fintech companies clash over who gets access — and at what cost.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reconsidering the "Open Banking Rule," leaving confusion among third-party banking apps.
No one should be treated as disposable,” Ms. Su said on Friday. “Dignity on the job is not a privilege but a right, justice is not abstract but it is felt in a paycheck you can live on, a schedule that you can build a life around, a workplace where your voice matters and a city that has your back.”
Mamdani Names Deputy Mayors for Housing and Economic Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Mamdani Names Deputy Mayors for Housing and Economic Justice
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December 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
No one should be treated as disposable,” Ms. Su said on Friday. “Dignity on the job is not a privilege but a right, justice is not abstract but it is felt in a paycheck you can live on, a schedule that you can build a life around, a workplace where your voice matters and a city that has your back.”
Mamdani Names Deputy Mayors for Housing and Economic Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Mamdani Names Deputy Mayors for Housing and Economic Justice
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December 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Mamdani Names Deputy Mayors for Housing and Economic Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
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lmao
Elise Stefanik announces she is dropping out of the race for New York governor and won’t run for reelection to the House
December 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
lmao
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Tips for more housing in MA that we can all learn from: state design guides & pre-approved plans, training cohorts, pilots in friendly communities, shared funding insights, centrally coordinated public efforts.
Pick what helps. Build more homes. Let's get it done.
Pick what helps. Build more homes. Let's get it done.
Massachusetts lost its ‘middle’ housing. This study has 6 tips for getting it back.
After an in-depth look at the dearth of middle housing types in the state, the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies published recommendations for revitalizing the affordable housing options.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Tips for more housing in MA that we can all learn from: state design guides & pre-approved plans, training cohorts, pilots in friendly communities, shared funding insights, centrally coordinated public efforts.
Pick what helps. Build more homes. Let's get it done.
Pick what helps. Build more homes. Let's get it done.
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There's really interesting social science on how white people significantly overestimate the number of people of color in a room or in a picture. A room with, like, 20% POC will be perceived as majority POC.
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There's really interesting social science on how white people significantly overestimate the number of people of color in a room or in a picture. A room with, like, 20% POC will be perceived as majority POC.
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