AB
@acapps.bsky.social
Day job - Indianapolis tenant advocacy
After hours - sports dad, resident led development
After hours - sports dad, resident led development
Uh oh
NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Uh oh
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A tenant union representing 150 residents across four buildings in Rogers Park has approved a rent strike to begin Saturday after a new owner announced a spike of several hundred dollars in monthly fees.
Rogers Park tenant union authorizes rent strike, urges eviction moratorium during immigration crackdown
Tenants say new landlord is demanding they pay on average 60% higher rent.
trib.al
October 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A tenant union representing 150 residents across four buildings in Rogers Park has approved a rent strike to begin Saturday after a new owner announced a spike of several hundred dollars in monthly fees.
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"The legislature should institute controls on rent statewide, or at least allow local communities to make their own decisions on how to address the rising costs contributing to the over 70,000 evictions filed each year in Indiana."
www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
Indiana needs rent control to address housing crisis | Opinion
Indiana is fine with putting price controls on health care, power, water and sewage costs. Why not apply that same logic to housing?
www.indystar.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"The legislature should institute controls on rent statewide, or at least allow local communities to make their own decisions on how to address the rising costs contributing to the over 70,000 evictions filed each year in Indiana."
www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
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The Indystar has a column saying to ban students from China from attending Purdue
October 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Indystar has a column saying to ban students from China from attending Purdue
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THE BRIGHTWOOD DATA CENTER
The company (Metrobloks) has ONLY existed since May 2024
Curiously Datacenters .com already has the data center they're PROPOSING listed on the website with renderings of the facility
www.datacenters.com/providers/me...
The company (Metrobloks) has ONLY existed since May 2024
Curiously Datacenters .com already has the data center they're PROPOSING listed on the website with renderings of the facility
www.datacenters.com/providers/me...
September 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
THE BRIGHTWOOD DATA CENTER
The company (Metrobloks) has ONLY existed since May 2024
Curiously Datacenters .com already has the data center they're PROPOSING listed on the website with renderings of the facility
www.datacenters.com/providers/me...
The company (Metrobloks) has ONLY existed since May 2024
Curiously Datacenters .com already has the data center they're PROPOSING listed on the website with renderings of the facility
www.datacenters.com/providers/me...
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The residents of complexes owned by Capital Realty Group, one of the country’s largest affordable housing owners, are hoping that tenant unions can help secure agreements to address mold, pests and repairs — for renters in apartments across the owner’s portfolio.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tenants Seek to Unionize One Private Equity Firm's Entire Housing Portfolio
By organizing renters across Capital Realty Group’s affordable housing complexes, the Tenant Union Federation hopes to bring sectoral bargaining to negotiations with large landlords.
www.bloomberg.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The residents of complexes owned by Capital Realty Group, one of the country’s largest affordable housing owners, are hoping that tenant unions can help secure agreements to address mold, pests and repairs — for renters in apartments across the owner’s portfolio.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Some guy in Danville has an Indystar Op-Ed telling IPS to give up all its schools🤣
www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
IPS should embrace what works. Make all schools autonomous. | Opinion
This isn't "charter versus district." It's about creating a single system where excellence is the expectation.
www.indystar.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Some guy in Danville has an Indystar Op-Ed telling IPS to give up all its schools🤣
www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
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not just "some guy" he is a literal charter school hack. oops how did that second image get there
September 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
not just "some guy" he is a literal charter school hack. oops how did that second image get there
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🛢️ Groundwater monitors have detected cancer-causing benzene and other chemicals at a westside industrial site.
The EPA will answer questions about the clean up at a meeting next week.
by @enriquesaenz.bsky.social
mirrorindy.org/west-indiana...
The EPA will answer questions about the clean up at a meeting next week.
by @enriquesaenz.bsky.social
mirrorindy.org/west-indiana...
Learn about the environmental cleanup of a westside site at this open house
The EPA will host the Reilly Tar Superfund site cleanup open house Sept. 24.
mirrorindy.org
September 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🛢️ Groundwater monitors have detected cancer-causing benzene and other chemicals at a westside industrial site.
The EPA will answer questions about the clean up at a meeting next week.
by @enriquesaenz.bsky.social
mirrorindy.org/west-indiana...
The EPA will answer questions about the clean up at a meeting next week.
by @enriquesaenz.bsky.social
mirrorindy.org/west-indiana...
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A small-scale data center in Martindale Brightwood? A company has bought 13 acres for that purpose, @taylorwooten.bsky.social reports
(paywall)
www.ibj.com/articles/unk...
(paywall)
www.ibj.com/articles/unk...
Company pursuing small-scale data center in Martindale-Brightwood - Indianapolis Business Journal
The project is proposed for a 13-acre parcel east of Brightwood Plaza that was home to the now-demolished Sherman Drive-In from 1965 to 1983.
www.ibj.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A small-scale data center in Martindale Brightwood? A company has bought 13 acres for that purpose, @taylorwooten.bsky.social reports
(paywall)
www.ibj.com/articles/unk...
(paywall)
www.ibj.com/articles/unk...
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Elanco quietly started demolishing the LAST crane bay from the historic 1930 Chevrolet (GM) stamping plant
AFTER telling the public it would be incorporated into White River State Park.....
www.ibj.com/articles/cra...
AFTER telling the public it would be incorporated into White River State Park.....
www.ibj.com/articles/cra...
September 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Elanco quietly started demolishing the LAST crane bay from the historic 1930 Chevrolet (GM) stamping plant
AFTER telling the public it would be incorporated into White River State Park.....
www.ibj.com/articles/cra...
AFTER telling the public it would be incorporated into White River State Park.....
www.ibj.com/articles/cra...
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Immeasurable contributions to the Culture of Indianapolis 🙏🏿
August 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Immeasurable contributions to the Culture of Indianapolis 🙏🏿
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S/O Dominic Dorsey, Don't Sleep and the crew behind Eight Down Festival
I would have a great time here even if yall hadn't surprised me with this award
I'm forever grateful to be appreciated by yall and the community like this 🙏🏿
I would have a great time here even if yall hadn't surprised me with this award
I'm forever grateful to be appreciated by yall and the community like this 🙏🏿
August 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
S/O Dominic Dorsey, Don't Sleep and the crew behind Eight Down Festival
I would have a great time here even if yall hadn't surprised me with this award
I'm forever grateful to be appreciated by yall and the community like this 🙏🏿
I would have a great time here even if yall hadn't surprised me with this award
I'm forever grateful to be appreciated by yall and the community like this 🙏🏿
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Despite the decline, federal funding for charter schools has increased to $500 million annually, much of which is awarded to schools that later fail, misuse funds, or never open at all.
August 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Despite the decline, federal funding for charter schools has increased to $500 million annually, much of which is awarded to schools that later fail, misuse funds, or never open at all.
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These camps are often portrayed as if their residents are inherently inflicting harm on nearby housed residents.
But they can just as easily be the victims of people looking to make trouble.
@tyfenwick.bsky.social talked to some folks in a Fountain Square camp
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
But they can just as easily be the victims of people looking to make trouble.
@tyfenwick.bsky.social talked to some folks in a Fountain Square camp
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
Fountain Square homeless camp residents trying to protect their image
‘You feel like you’re a part of the trash that people take out,” one person said.
mirrorindy.org
July 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
These camps are often portrayed as if their residents are inherently inflicting harm on nearby housed residents.
But they can just as easily be the victims of people looking to make trouble.
@tyfenwick.bsky.social talked to some folks in a Fountain Square camp
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
But they can just as easily be the victims of people looking to make trouble.
@tyfenwick.bsky.social talked to some folks in a Fountain Square camp
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
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Which one of these triflin ass landlords dumped this at 33rd and MLK?
July 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Which one of these triflin ass landlords dumped this at 33rd and MLK?
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I read this article and I'm sure I don't fully understand the implications of it
But its alarming ...
www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
But its alarming ...
www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
Democratic-leaning Indiana donors want to 'turn our state around,' but lawsuit shows infighting
Infighting is plaguing a Democratic donor alliance in Indiana as the former leader of one nonprofit in the ecosystem is suing the head of another.
www.indystar.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I read this article and I'm sure I don't fully understand the implications of it
But its alarming ...
www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
But its alarming ...
www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
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Here's a follow-up to a story Mirror Indy first brought you last year: A local developer is promising to fix a mistake in a Northwest Landing housing project as he pursues a second phase mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
Canal Village developer promises to fix last ‘mistake’ in Northwest Landing neighborhood
But some neighbors are urging the city to reject tax breaks for the project’s second phase.
mirrorindy.org
July 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Here's a follow-up to a story Mirror Indy first brought you last year: A local developer is promising to fix a mistake in a Northwest Landing housing project as he pursues a second phase mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
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One of the slumlords in my neighborhood is asking for more tax breaks on the free land he's already built hodge podge housing on, This Monday at City council committee meeting 🔥
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
Canal Village developer promises to fix last ‘mistake’ in Northwest Landing neighborhood
But some neighbors are urging the city to reject tax breaks for the project’s second phase.
mirrorindy.org
July 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
One of the slumlords in my neighborhood is asking for more tax breaks on the free land he's already built hodge podge housing on, This Monday at City council committee meeting 🔥
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
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In Michigan, native plants and pollinators are mandated by law around solar facilities.
Research and experience show it supports bio diversity, beneficial insects, better drainage, and improved soils.
good video explainer here
thinc.blog/2025/06/27/s...
Research and experience show it supports bio diversity, beneficial insects, better drainage, and improved soils.
good video explainer here
thinc.blog/2025/06/27/s...
Solar and Prairie Pollinators a Win-Win
Pretty great video about what has become standard practice around any solar farm, and in fact, mandated by law in Michigan – native plants and pollinators, which, this video maintains, create…
thinc.blog
June 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
In Michigan, native plants and pollinators are mandated by law around solar facilities.
Research and experience show it supports bio diversity, beneficial insects, better drainage, and improved soils.
good video explainer here
thinc.blog/2025/06/27/s...
Research and experience show it supports bio diversity, beneficial insects, better drainage, and improved soils.
good video explainer here
thinc.blog/2025/06/27/s...
Yes please let them (me) know
Starting a SCARED STRAIGHT style program where pro athletes visit high schools across America to make parents realize their kids have no chance
June 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Yes please let them (me) know
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We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so…
projects.propublica.org
June 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
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IU is lucky to have Pamela Whitten weathering the MAGA storm - James Briggs, fantasy author at the Indystar
June 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
IU is lucky to have Pamela Whitten weathering the MAGA storm - James Briggs, fantasy author at the Indystar