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Ginny Bixby @ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social · 7h

Breaking from me: Councilmember Gabe Albornoz will be leaving the Montgomery County Council on Dec. 1. A process to fill his seat for the last year of his term will follow: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Albornoz to step down from Montgomery County Council at end of year

At-large Montgomery County Council member Gabe Albornoz is stepping down in December, he announced Thursday. This creates a hole on the council that will be temporarily filled by an appointment.

www.thebanner.com

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 1d

FYI people slightly southwest of me!

Alex Goyette @alexgoyette.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of opportunities to advocate for more housing in Alexandria in the next couple weeks.

Here's a little thread, arranged by each action's due date

I'll also quote-skeet the items back onto your feed as their dates approach. 1 person told me those reminders are helpful, now you all suffer 😏

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Alex Goyette @alexgoyette.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of opportunities to advocate for more housing in Alexandria in the next couple weeks.

Here's a little thread, arranged by each action's due date

I'll also quote-skeet the items back onto your feed as their dates approach. 1 person told me those reminders are helpful, now you all suffer 😏

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 1d

Yuuuuuup

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 1d

I’m just sad I no longer have the video of them shouting “never!” to “if not now, when?”

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 1d

This is a good idea even if pushing for it gets rich opponents to call the police on you, which amazingly isn’t a hypothetical ggwash.org/view/84518/a...

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 1d

Big same

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KLM @klm.bsky.social · 1d

an extremely in my wheelhouse little analysis from @yonahfreemark.com about libraries and housing, looking at the conditions that make for a good library reno + housing project
www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...

Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services

Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…

www.urban.org

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 1d

All over a tiny minority of innocent people just trying to live their best lives.

Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 1d

More than half of Republican ads in Virginia are focused on trans issues. Officials say they plan to run similar attacks in North Carolina’s Senate race.

www.theassemblync.co...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Republicans Go All In on Anti-Trans Messaging

More than half of GOP ads in Virginia are focused on trans issues. Officials plan to run similar attacks in North Carolina's Senate race.

www.theassemblync.com

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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 1d

People hate this take, but the reason why you can’t afford housing isn’t because of corporations or billionaires, but because of mom 🧑 dad 👨 grandma 👵 grandpa 👴

Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 2d

Please repost this inspirational and beautiful photo of a COMMUNITY ACTION!!

Yes! Menlo Park activists have gathered enough signatures for a ballot measure to get a citywide vote to prevent parking lots from being turned into low income housing!!

❤️ ❤️ ❤️

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Michael🎃🎃🎃🎃👻👻👻👻 @ballstonbakfiets.bsky.social · 1d

Tell 'em, @janefgreen.bsky.social

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 2d

Sports gambling is a complete economic and social disaster and I don’t think we have seen such a bad move recently

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Josh Linden @joshlinden.bsky.social · 2d

Yes and please

And thank you 🙌

Welcoming Neighbors Network @welcomingneighbors.us · 2d

“Gone are the days when we are a state of ‘no’ and ‘slow.’ We will be the state of ‘yes’ and ‘now.’” — @govwesmoore.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥

Gov. Moore’s sprawling executive order aims to boost Maryland housing stock

It’s unclear how many more units the governor’s executive order would induce, and to what extent it fills Maryland’s housing gap.

www.thebanner.com

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 3d

What could make a community of white, affluent boomers so livid? In a shocking twist, the reason is exactly what you think it is. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

‘Not going to suck it up’: What turned this former hippie town into the angriest place in California?

The local rancor is focused on plans for a six-story, 243-unit apartment building near the town center. The School Street project is universally loathed. Almost everyone believes it to be out of place in a town where one-story and two-story buildings are the norm, and they worry about the impact on parking, traffic and fire safety.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 6d

I can't stress enough that if this is what Border Patrol does to a middle-aged Midwestern white woman producer on camera, imagine what they are doing to people who are *not* middle-aged Midwestern white women off-camera

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Kate Stewart (she, her) @cmkatestewart.bsky.social · 6d

Today, we recognize World Mental Health Day! We stand together to promote understanding, compassion, and open conversations about mental well-being. Let's continue to support one another and break the stigma.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 5d

While he's less of a prominent Poaster than other members of the @cayimby.bsky.social team, @aceckhouse.bsky.social put in WORK managing the policy development of SB 79 and he deserves more public recognition than he'll get.

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 5d

Love it

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

Good news for transgender people at MIT.

Unlike some prestigious universities, MIT has defied the Trump administration and refused its attempt to pressure the university into banning transgender people from bathrooms.

The latest from reporter S. Baum.

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MIT Rejects Trump’s Bid to Institute Trans Bathroom, Athletics Ban

“A government that can reward colleges and universities for speech it favors today can punish them for speech it dislikes tomorrow.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

Good news for transgender people at MIT.

Unlike some prestigious universities, MIT has defied the Trump administration and refused its attempt to pressure the university into banning transgender people from bathrooms.

The latest from reporter S. Baum.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

MIT Rejects Trump’s Bid to Institute Trans Bathroom, Athletics Ban

“A government that can reward colleges and universities for speech it favors today can punish them for speech it dislikes tomorrow.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 6d

I wore a windbreaker this morning cause it was chilly but then I walked through a sunny spot and now I’m dying

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 6d

A disenchanted looking man in a hard hat giving a thumbs up from the Futurama “Ya gotta do what ya gotta do” poster

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 6d

It’s exhausting

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 6d

Yuuuuuup

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 6d

Somewhat relatedly ggwash.org/view/89882/w...

While some on the left demonize developers, the housing shortage continues

Focusing on developers as the only problem with (or the only solution to) our housing market obscures other issues and makes it hard to make sure everyone can afford a place to live.

ggwash.org

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, NIMBYism is a fundamentally conservative mindset, no matter what self serving hoops people jump through to convince themselves it is somehow progressive.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Ciattarelli: "We've got a severe overdevelopment crisis in our suburban communities because of the Democrats' idea of social engineering."

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