Rent Controller OG
@alisonb916.bsky.social
Little old lady who whines about a lot of stuff. Misses her husband a lot. Raving radical.
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Let's try this again with a public link. Come work at CURA! hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/370...
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Let's try this again with a public link. Come work at CURA! hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/370...
He’ll never find me!
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
He’ll never find me!
You don’t need to spend $30K on your wedding. Really.
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You don’t need to spend $30K on your wedding. Really.
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MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
I got my ballot for my local DSA election. I can’t vote because I’m DSA’s laziest member and have no idea who the candidates are.
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I got my ballot for my local DSA election. I can’t vote because I’m DSA’s laziest member and have no idea who the candidates are.
I have John’s voice on some of my pictures. I don’t want an AI version.
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I have John’s voice on some of my pictures. I don’t want an AI version.
This is a really namby-pamby piece, but for those of us who are old rent controllers, it’s surprising that rent control is no longer rejected out of hand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
Opinion | Economists Hate This Idea. It Could Be a Way Out of the Affordability Crisis.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is a really namby-pamby piece, but for those of us who are old rent controllers, it’s surprising that rent control is no longer rejected out of hand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
I read part of this aloud to John’s chair.
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I read part of this aloud to John’s chair.
Having Alice Wong follow me on social media was a wow moment in my life. I was so honored.
November 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Having Alice Wong follow me on social media was a wow moment in my life. I was so honored.
There’s a reason why women don’t do economics, and it’s not because they can’t do math.
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
There’s a reason why women don’t do economics, and it’s not because they can’t do math.
You’d think Dershowitz would have the sense to shut up.
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
You’d think Dershowitz would have the sense to shut up.
Back with customer service to fix a problem that I thoughtwas fixed days ago. I spent fucking hours on this!
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Back with customer service to fix a problem that I thoughtwas fixed days ago. I spent fucking hours on this!
I heard a frog outside today.
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I heard a frog outside today.
Two things:
It’s a club and you’re not a member.
And every revelation creepier than the last.
It’s a club and you’re not a member.
And every revelation creepier than the last.
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Two things:
It’s a club and you’re not a member.
And every revelation creepier than the last.
It’s a club and you’re not a member.
And every revelation creepier than the last.
The US has extensive copyright and patents protections, but if you’re a bunch of rich guys, thieving is all good.
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The US has extensive copyright and patents protections, but if you’re a bunch of rich guys, thieving is all good.
Who are you surprised to learn isn’t in the Epstein emails?
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Who are you surprised to learn isn’t in the Epstein emails?
John had an entire drawer filled with maps. Some of them are out of date, but I haven’t gotten rid of any of them.
A store you can drop your partner off at while you go shopping, and it is just full of maps. Big murals of maps, typographical maps, old maps, road atlases, maps of fictional locations, maps of real places done in the style of national park maps, national park maps, etc
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
John had an entire drawer filled with maps. Some of them are out of date, but I haven’t gotten rid of any of them.
Dean does arithmetic so we don’t have to.
50-year mortgages are not a great idea deanbaker22.substack.com/p/50-year-mo... Maybe Bill Pulte should go back to digging up dirt on Trump's enemies.
50-Year Mortgages: What Bill Pulte Does When He Isn’t Reviewing Mortgages of Trump’s Enemies
Pulte's innovation could be the most fun since subprime mortgages
deanbaker22.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Dean does arithmetic so we don’t have to.
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This is getting posted to all my socials.
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is getting posted to all my socials.
It’s impossible to “deradicalize” a population that lives under apartheid.
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It’s impossible to “deradicalize” a population that lives under apartheid.
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Cloverdale, a tiny town in Sonoma County, California, is being invaded by secretive investors who want to build a new "town."
Of course, the backers of "Esmeralda" have very deep ties to the Network State cult and Peter Thiel.
My notes:
www.thenerdreich.com/esmeralda-ne...
Of course, the backers of "Esmeralda" have very deep ties to the Network State cult and Peter Thiel.
My notes:
www.thenerdreich.com/esmeralda-ne...
Esmeralda: Network State comes for Cloverdale
The questions no one is asking about strange new California ‘town’
www.thenerdreich.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Cloverdale, a tiny town in Sonoma County, California, is being invaded by secretive investors who want to build a new "town."
Of course, the backers of "Esmeralda" have very deep ties to the Network State cult and Peter Thiel.
My notes:
www.thenerdreich.com/esmeralda-ne...
Of course, the backers of "Esmeralda" have very deep ties to the Network State cult and Peter Thiel.
My notes:
www.thenerdreich.com/esmeralda-ne...
Economists have stayed silent on Summers. I figure they think he’ll survive the scandal and don’t want to alienate him.
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Economists have stayed silent on Summers. I figure they think he’ll survive the scandal and don’t want to alienate him.
