Ruhi Maker
@ruhimaker.bsky.social
Public Interest Law. Housing, access to credit /zoning. NY. Gardener.
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New ACS data show US household mobility hit another record low in 2024, driven by homeowners staying put amid high prices & rates—especially younger owners. In my @harvard-jchs.bsky.social post, I unpack the data and reflect on what may have happened in 2025: www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/househo...
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
New ACS data show US household mobility hit another record low in 2024, driven by homeowners staying put amid high prices & rates—especially younger owners. In my @harvard-jchs.bsky.social post, I unpack the data and reflect on what may have happened in 2025: www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/househo...
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HUD is considering changes that would weaken enforcement of the #FairHousingAct of 1968—putting fair and affordable housing at risk. Don’t stay silent. Speak up now: https://bit.ly/3NR0Rop
February 9, 2026 at 3:07 PM
HUD is considering changes that would weaken enforcement of the #FairHousingAct of 1968—putting fair and affordable housing at risk. Don’t stay silent. Speak up now: https://bit.ly/3NR0Rop
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I finally put together this six minute slideshow featuring the Smolenski park prairie restoration and the plants and animals in it. Six years ago it was a weedy unused farm field, now it's habitat!
#nativeplants #prairie #prairierestoration #pollinators #birds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7MJ...
#nativeplants #prairie #prairierestoration #pollinators #birds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7MJ...
The Smolenski Prairie Restoration (Slideshow)
YouTube video by JBtheExplorer
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February 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I finally put together this six minute slideshow featuring the Smolenski park prairie restoration and the plants and animals in it. Six years ago it was a weedy unused farm field, now it's habitat!
#nativeplants #prairie #prairierestoration #pollinators #birds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7MJ...
#nativeplants #prairie #prairierestoration #pollinators #birds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7MJ...
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[slightly wobbly] clip of my @msnownews.bsky.social News interview with Chris Jansing on the threat #climatechange poses to the winter Olympics (plus a short discussion of Trump climate denial nonsense)
(courtesy of Dorothy Knable)
(courtesy of Dorothy Knable)
February 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
[slightly wobbly] clip of my @msnownews.bsky.social News interview with Chris Jansing on the threat #climatechange poses to the winter Olympics (plus a short discussion of Trump climate denial nonsense)
(courtesy of Dorothy Knable)
(courtesy of Dorothy Knable)
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“As housing costs continue to climb, households are facing affordability pressures in record numbers.”
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/housing...
By @harvard-jchs.bsky.social’s @pjwhit.bsky.social
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By @harvard-jchs.bsky.social’s @pjwhit.bsky.social
Housing Unaffordability Soared to New Highs in 2024
The number of cost-burdened households rose to record highs in 2024 as housing affordability remained a widespread challenge. According to Center estimates of newly released American Community Survey…
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February 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
“As housing costs continue to climb, households are facing affordability pressures in record numbers.”
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/housing...
By @harvard-jchs.bsky.social’s @pjwhit.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/housing...
By @harvard-jchs.bsky.social’s @pjwhit.bsky.social
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This #BlackHistoryMonth, NFHA honors the truth—and commits to changing the future. Invest in a future where every door is open: bit.ly/4qS3jJj.
February 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
This #BlackHistoryMonth, NFHA honors the truth—and commits to changing the future. Invest in a future where every door is open: bit.ly/4qS3jJj.
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A US citizen in Oregon was followed for a few blocks, then stopped and surrounded by agents asking to see her "papers". The agents smashed her car window, pulled her out of the car and then left when found her passport after rifling through her purse. She required medical attention.
U.S. citizen was running errands. After ICE stop, she ended up at the hospital instead
The Oregon woman was on her way to pay rent and to buy a cake for her grandson’s birthday when federal agents started following her.
www.oregonlive.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
A US citizen in Oregon was followed for a few blocks, then stopped and surrounded by agents asking to see her "papers". The agents smashed her car window, pulled her out of the car and then left when found her passport after rifling through her purse. She required medical attention.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Steps Onto a Wider Stage
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February 6, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
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WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Empire Justice Center Submits Testimony on Human Services for the Joint Legislative Public Hearings on the New York State 2025-2026 Executive Budget Proposal. Find the complete testimony on our website: empirejustice.org/resources_po...
WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Empire Justice Center Submits Testimony on Human Services
Joint Legislative Public Hearings on 2025-2026 Executive Budget Proposal This testimony touches on the work of the New York State Office for the Aging, the Office of Children and Family Services, th...
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February 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Empire Justice Center Submits Testimony on Human Services for the Joint Legislative Public Hearings on the New York State 2025-2026 Executive Budget Proposal. Find the complete testimony on our website: empirejustice.org/resources_po...
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
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For a long time, a degree in economics or business was considered a solid bet toward landing a job. Despite historical stability, research suggests that entry-level positions in these fields might be especially at risk for becoming AI automated.
As AI spreads, entry-level economics jobs are shifting
From finance to consulting, automation is reshaping entry-level roles. Wendy Carlin explains how students and schools might adapt.
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February 4, 2026 at 9:31 PM
For a long time, a degree in economics or business was considered a solid bet toward landing a job. Despite historical stability, research suggests that entry-level positions in these fields might be especially at risk for becoming AI automated.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Opinion | Are We at the End of the Industrial Age?
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February 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
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Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:
Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article)
Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:
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Wow 🤩 yes! 🙌
The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...
February 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Wow 🤩 yes! 🙌
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❌ Working in silos is part of what got us to this housing shortage.
State, local, and private sectors working together is a winning strategy in our book, too. Let's go, VA! 🤩
State, local, and private sectors working together is a winning strategy in our book, too. Let's go, VA! 🤩
Alexandria and Falls Church Mayors; Arlington County Vice Chair: Proposed State Laws Would Help Solve Virginia’s Housing Shortage
See below for a guest post from Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins, Falls Church Mayor Letty Hardi, and Arlington County Board Vice Chair Maureen Coffey on why "It’s time for all of us – state, county,…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
❌ Working in silos is part of what got us to this housing shortage.
State, local, and private sectors working together is a winning strategy in our book, too. Let's go, VA! 🤩
State, local, and private sectors working together is a winning strategy in our book, too. Let's go, VA! 🤩
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Doctors nationwide are seeing patients avoid care amid ICE crackdowns, sometimes with dire consequences.
Health providers are now employing pandemic-era tactics to keep care accessible.
How immigration policy is changing American health care:
www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i...
Health providers are now employing pandemic-era tactics to keep care accessible.
How immigration policy is changing American health care:
www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i...
Fearing ICE crackdown, immigrants nationally are avoiding treatment, sometimes with dire consequences
Doctors nationally are describing harrowing consequences for patients who put off medical care because of fears of ICE.
www.statnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Doctors nationwide are seeing patients avoid care amid ICE crackdowns, sometimes with dire consequences.
Health providers are now employing pandemic-era tactics to keep care accessible.
How immigration policy is changing American health care:
www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i...
Health providers are now employing pandemic-era tactics to keep care accessible.
How immigration policy is changing American health care:
www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i...
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I strenuously disagree w/Dean Chemerinsky's legal analysis on the appropriateness of UC Berkeley's disciplining of Prof. Kao. If Kao was teaching w/in duties, then per the 9th cir, the appropriate test is Pickering, not Garcetti. (see Demers v. Austin). If...1/2
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February 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I strenuously disagree w/Dean Chemerinsky's legal analysis on the appropriateness of UC Berkeley's disciplining of Prof. Kao. If Kao was teaching w/in duties, then per the 9th cir, the appropriate test is Pickering, not Garcetti. (see Demers v. Austin). If...1/2
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
February 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
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My tea loaf recipe- 350g dried fruit (i use sultanas, raisins & cranberries) 300ml strong Earl Grey tea, 275g self-raising flour, 225g muscovado sugar (I've made it with castor too & the cake is paler) 1 large egg or egg replacement for vegan.
Soak fruit in tea overnight.
Soak fruit in tea overnight.
January 25, 2026 at 11:39 PM
My tea loaf recipe- 350g dried fruit (i use sultanas, raisins & cranberries) 300ml strong Earl Grey tea, 275g self-raising flour, 225g muscovado sugar (I've made it with castor too & the cake is paler) 1 large egg or egg replacement for vegan.
Soak fruit in tea overnight.
Soak fruit in tea overnight.
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Inside the historic First Avenue and the energy is defiant at Tom Morello’s benefit honoring Alex Pretti and Renée Good. Bruce Springsteen takes the stage with On the Streets of Minneapolis. This is what solidarity sounds like: loud, unapologetic, and unafraid 🔥
January 30, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Inside the historic First Avenue and the energy is defiant at Tom Morello’s benefit honoring Alex Pretti and Renée Good. Bruce Springsteen takes the stage with On the Streets of Minneapolis. This is what solidarity sounds like: loud, unapologetic, and unafraid 🔥
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We stand in solidarity w/ immigrant communities & the nationwide strike against ICE. As protesters are killed & immigrant communities are attacked, we continue to be advocates for our immigrant client communities throughout NYS.
🔗 empirejustice.org/immigration/
✨ Donate: empirejustice.org/donate
🔗 empirejustice.org/immigration/
✨ Donate: empirejustice.org/donate
January 30, 2026 at 8:54 PM
We stand in solidarity w/ immigrant communities & the nationwide strike against ICE. As protesters are killed & immigrant communities are attacked, we continue to be advocates for our immigrant client communities throughout NYS.
🔗 empirejustice.org/immigration/
✨ Donate: empirejustice.org/donate
🔗 empirejustice.org/immigration/
✨ Donate: empirejustice.org/donate
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it