Melissa Schober
@melissaschober.bsky.social
Health policy, Baltimore, *personal views*
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Baltimore begins budget hearings this week.
Five years ago, in the wake of George Floyd's murder, dozens of people signed up to testify on the police budget.
The husband and I sat down and wrote this as written testimony. It remains relevant: warskeptic.com/2020/06/05/t...
Five years ago, in the wake of George Floyd's murder, dozens of people signed up to testify on the police budget.
The husband and I sat down and wrote this as written testimony. It remains relevant: warskeptic.com/2020/06/05/t...
That's... That's a big increase in the Title VI litigation for City Schools.
$100k to $850k for Wilmer Cutler. go.boarddocs.com/mabe/bcpss/B...
$100k to $850k for Wilmer Cutler. go.boarddocs.com/mabe/bcpss/B...
December 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
That's... That's a big increase in the Title VI litigation for City Schools.
$100k to $850k for Wilmer Cutler. go.boarddocs.com/mabe/bcpss/B...
$100k to $850k for Wilmer Cutler. go.boarddocs.com/mabe/bcpss/B...
Hi @npr.org The White House didn't replace Adm. Levine's first name with her pre transgender name -- whatever that means. They replaced it with a false name. Adm Levine's legal name is Rachel.
This is petty cruelty and you're minimizing it.
This is petty cruelty and you're minimizing it.
December 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hi @npr.org The White House didn't replace Adm. Levine's first name with her pre transgender name -- whatever that means. They replaced it with a false name. Adm Levine's legal name is Rachel.
This is petty cruelty and you're minimizing it.
This is petty cruelty and you're minimizing it.
On the way home. The heat is wild. It must be 80 degrees in here.
I'm on Amtrak. I didn't wait long enough for my memories of Trenitalia to fade.
Why isn't there assigned seating? Families wandering aisles looking for seats together. Why is the train so dirty? Why are the bathrooms abysmally filthy?
Why isn't there assigned seating? Families wandering aisles looking for seats together. Why is the train so dirty? Why are the bathrooms abysmally filthy?
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
On the way home. The heat is wild. It must be 80 degrees in here.
I'm on Amtrak. I didn't wait long enough for my memories of Trenitalia to fade.
Why isn't there assigned seating? Families wandering aisles looking for seats together. Why is the train so dirty? Why are the bathrooms abysmally filthy?
Why isn't there assigned seating? Families wandering aisles looking for seats together. Why is the train so dirty? Why are the bathrooms abysmally filthy?
December 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I'm on Amtrak. I didn't wait long enough for my memories of Trenitalia to fade.
Why isn't there assigned seating? Families wandering aisles looking for seats together. Why is the train so dirty? Why are the bathrooms abysmally filthy?
Why isn't there assigned seating? Families wandering aisles looking for seats together. Why is the train so dirty? Why are the bathrooms abysmally filthy?
What the actual fuck. I shouldn't be surprised or furious but the unrelenting, petty, bullshit cruelty of these people.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
What the actual fuck. I shouldn't be surprised or furious but the unrelenting, petty, bullshit cruelty of these people.
I would like to congratulate past me on scheduling matzah ball soup for dinner on what turns out to be a frigid, snowy Friday.
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I would like to congratulate past me on scheduling matzah ball soup for dinner on what turns out to be a frigid, snowy Friday.
Pardon me? Did IDEA get repealed over night? This from the Baltimore Banner story on the closure of New Song Academy.
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Pardon me? Did IDEA get repealed over night? This from the Baltimore Banner story on the closure of New Song Academy.
I don't know how he's comfortable but Peter sleeps curled alllllll the way up with his feet next to his face and his toes above his head.
December 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I don't know how he's comfortable but Peter sleeps curled alllllll the way up with his feet next to his face and his toes above his head.
Baltimore parents and caregivers: PCAB is asking for feedback on your child's/children's transit experience.
Bit.ly/PCABtransportation
Cc @drberger.bsky.social @carolsott.bsky.social @onetjesse.bsky.social @elipousson.bsky.social @jogadsby.bsky.social @mskerrygraham.bsky.social
Bit.ly/PCABtransportation
Cc @drberger.bsky.social @carolsott.bsky.social @onetjesse.bsky.social @elipousson.bsky.social @jogadsby.bsky.social @mskerrygraham.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Baltimore parents and caregivers: PCAB is asking for feedback on your child's/children's transit experience.
Bit.ly/PCABtransportation
Cc @drberger.bsky.social @carolsott.bsky.social @onetjesse.bsky.social @elipousson.bsky.social @jogadsby.bsky.social @mskerrygraham.bsky.social
Bit.ly/PCABtransportation
Cc @drberger.bsky.social @carolsott.bsky.social @onetjesse.bsky.social @elipousson.bsky.social @jogadsby.bsky.social @mskerrygraham.bsky.social
Can't wait until one inevitably gets stuck on the light rail tracks.
Waymo driverless rides coming to Baltimore, Moore touts "long, proud tradition of embracing innovation"
Waymo driverless rides coming to Baltimore, Moore touts "long, proud tradition of embracing innovation"
Baltimore has been added to the list of U.S. cities that will welcome autonomous ride-hailing service Waymo to its streets.
www.cbsnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Can't wait until one inevitably gets stuck on the light rail tracks.
Dried marigolds for dye bath.
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Dried marigolds for dye bath.
Acts are beliefs. Budgets are moral priorities.
I’ve written about a lot of horrible historical figures in American politics and I always get earnest questions asking “but did they really believe that?”
I get the curiosity but I tend to remind people what they do in public is vastly more important than what they tell themselves in private
I get the curiosity but I tend to remind people what they do in public is vastly more important than what they tell themselves in private
I have no idea what Graham Platner's religious views are, but the way our culture is obsessed with trying to divine a person's "real" interior views, by definition radically private and unknowable, above and beyond external actions in the world, is a sign of how culturally Protestant we all are.
December 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Acts are beliefs. Budgets are moral priorities.
Take three to six months off entirely and then never work FT again. Every FT job I've ever had has said 40 but really it is more like 45, or 50, or more. It is nigh impossible to pursue interests/hobbies, work a FT gig, exercise, rest, and have time for family and community.
I'm tired.
I'm tired.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Take three to six months off entirely and then never work FT again. Every FT job I've ever had has said 40 but really it is more like 45, or 50, or more. It is nigh impossible to pursue interests/hobbies, work a FT gig, exercise, rest, and have time for family and community.
I'm tired.
I'm tired.
Man, I have such trouble with [insert commercial, usually employer-sponsored insurer here], can you help?
I work on Medicaid, so, no.
I work on Medicaid, so, no.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Man, I have such trouble with [insert commercial, usually employer-sponsored insurer here], can you help?
I work on Medicaid, so, no.
I work on Medicaid, so, no.
This is our Friday after Thanksgiving family tradition. We schlep books over, get new ones. Then home for reading before family movie night and hit chocolate.
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is our Friday after Thanksgiving family tradition. We schlep books over, get new ones. Then home for reading before family movie night and hit chocolate.
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Humpback whale
Gray seal
Harbor seal
Red fox
Painted turtle
Humpback whale
Gray seal
Harbor seal
Red fox
Painted turtle
Introduce yrself with five animals you have seen in the wild
Northern harrier
Barred owl
Snowberry clearwing moth
Mink
Silvery checkerspot
Northern harrier
Barred owl
Snowberry clearwing moth
Mink
Silvery checkerspot
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Piping plover
Woodland box turtle
Cricket frog
Beaver
Wavy-lined emerald caterpillar
Piping plover
Woodland box turtle
Cricket frog
Beaver
Wavy-lined emerald caterpillar
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Humpback whale
Gray seal
Harbor seal
Red fox
Painted turtle
Humpback whale
Gray seal
Harbor seal
Red fox
Painted turtle
Guess I'll do the dishes in a bit.
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Guess I'll do the dishes in a bit.
Giant project at work and have been up to 11 most nights since I got back from Italy. Just brutal.
Last night I threw in the towel and went to bed at 930. I must have slept oddly because my right shoulder is basically a block and has decided I definitely do not need to raise my right arm fully.
Last night I threw in the towel and went to bed at 930. I must have slept oddly because my right shoulder is basically a block and has decided I definitely do not need to raise my right arm fully.
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Giant project at work and have been up to 11 most nights since I got back from Italy. Just brutal.
Last night I threw in the towel and went to bed at 930. I must have slept oddly because my right shoulder is basically a block and has decided I definitely do not need to raise my right arm fully.
Last night I threw in the towel and went to bed at 930. I must have slept oddly because my right shoulder is basically a block and has decided I definitely do not need to raise my right arm fully.
Reposted by Melissa Schober
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
This picture should appear under the definition of Manel.
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This picture should appear under the definition of Manel.
We're getting tickets tonight. Read out the description and the kid decided to come along.
Tickets now available: ~Black Reconstruction in Lower Charles Village~ premiering in late November! fullstorybaltimore.tours/our-tours/#c...
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We're getting tickets tonight. Read out the description and the kid decided to come along.
Worked MANY hours last week. Many, many deadlines and not enough hands.
Logged off F night, all of Sa. Took an embroidery/mending class today. Two hours to just be creative and experiment. Really needed that.
Logged off F night, all of Sa. Took an embroidery/mending class today. Two hours to just be creative and experiment. Really needed that.
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Worked MANY hours last week. Many, many deadlines and not enough hands.
Logged off F night, all of Sa. Took an embroidery/mending class today. Two hours to just be creative and experiment. Really needed that.
Logged off F night, all of Sa. Took an embroidery/mending class today. Two hours to just be creative and experiment. Really needed that.
@mtamarylandalerts.bsky.social I know you had a cyberattack. But months later this is what the majority of the Silver buses look like.
And here's the Gold. Is it a 12 mins wait (fine) or nearly an hour (not fine).
And here's the Gold. Is it a 12 mins wait (fine) or nearly an hour (not fine).
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
@mtamarylandalerts.bsky.social I know you had a cyberattack. But months later this is what the majority of the Silver buses look like.
And here's the Gold. Is it a 12 mins wait (fine) or nearly an hour (not fine).
And here's the Gold. Is it a 12 mins wait (fine) or nearly an hour (not fine).
Oh good, another day in which none of the buses I am waiting on arrive anything like on time. Why should it take over an hour to get from Charles Village to Fells?
It has been months since the cyber attack at MTA. Here's what the tracker looks like at 1040 on a random Saturday. Will I wait no minutes, 10 minutes or nearly an hour for bus?
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Oh good, another day in which none of the buses I am waiting on arrive anything like on time. Why should it take over an hour to get from Charles Village to Fells?