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Fiddlesticks

@mothsrcuull

I like soil, moths, and choral music.

Joined Eylül 2014
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Fiddlesticks@mothsrcuull·
🧵Pack the House Purple put together a great rundown of The KC's Finances. Here's an infographic. There's been a lot of misinformation flying about who pays for what. Stark contrasts exist between past funding and this year, following the extremist takeover #KennedyCenter
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@repoyedc Totally agree. Baltimore is using evidence-based practices, fully funding programs and it’s working. Knee-jerk fear-based responses have a terrible track record. But I guess it scores points with voters. Or at least Pinto thinks so…
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Dr. Oye Owolewa@repoyedc·
Young people in DC need support, not incarceration. For the past 12 years, I’ve supported thousands of kids with science experiments to get them interested in become pharmacists like me. Right now, kids are acting out and fighting at public spaces like the navy yard. Rather than finding ways to engage youth, The DC Council is looking to extend a juvenile curfew. I oppose extending the curfew because it’s not evidence based, it’s antagonizing and a waste in resources. Kids need programs, not over policing.
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Fiddlesticks@mothsrcuull·
So @HaikuDeck has become one of those companies that slaps people with a surprise $50 fee and just doesn’t respond to emails? Are they going under? #HaikuDeck
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Rakesh Kumar@Rakeshhkumaar·
“Victims of Communism Museum” in Washington, D.C., with an actual victim of capitalism lying right in front of it.
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Ryan@Rybread_26·
Interesting. Given how often this white lobbyist impulsively racially identifies people in photos, does William Garrison Rose aka Potomac Fever actually want to be a scientific racist/phrenologist or a MetLife lobbyist?
Potomac Fever@FeverPotomac

Interesting. This is the march that @Janeese4DC attended and promoted. Does she want to be Secretary of State or Mayor of DC?

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MC Squared
MC Squared@mcsquared34·
It’s called Artificial Intelligence but it’s really just systematic plagiarism
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Shane 🏴🌹🇵🇸
Shane 🏴🌹🇵🇸@misterAmos·
genuinely asking—if you truly care about making DC a better place to live, can you shut the fuck up more often? we actually don’t need politicos with opinions on so much they know so little about. listen to marginalized residents. then use your platform to uplift their voices.
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias

@davidpoms Why is that clear to you? I live here, and I would sincerely like the city to be a better place to live. I'm genuinely worried that George is a socialist who does not know how to foster economic growth in a city that needs it.

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Fiddlesticks@mothsrcuull·
@ZacharyforWard5 It’s crazy. Pepco won’t even respond to me. My experience was they used to be a reasonable company but now they’re as bad as DC Water. Squeezing every last drop from customers, slapping them with high bills, and unwilling to work out basic pay-back arrangements.
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Zachary Parker@ZacharyforWard5·
Whereas rats were all the talk last month as I knocked on doors, the vast majority of neighbors are now complaining about utilities. One senior said she wears sweaters and keeps her power off at home trying to control her bill. The reckoning is coming.
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Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle·
Just now @CMRobertWhiteDC said he has emergency legislation to give refunds to residents and businesses that paid higher bills under this rate increase: "The lawyers are looking at it now. I'm not willing to take no for an answer. It's just too much. Inaction is irresponsible."
Councilmember Zachary Parker@CMZParker5

The energy bills are too damn high. Following the DC Court of Appeals ruling invalidating the most recent energy rate increases, I sent a letter to @DC_PSC today asking for responses to questions including how they plan to mitigate accrued overpayments from residents since January 2025. 🔗zacharyparkerward5.com/wp-content/upl…

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Fiddlesticks@mothsrcuull·
@maustermuhle @charlesallen I remember from a couple years ago when I applied one of the DC programs you have to be so far behind that essentially your utilities would have to be cut off. So I would have had to be living in a house with no water for probably about 3 weeks to qualify.
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Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle·
Interesting: In a D.C. Council hearing, @charlesallen says that only 20% of eligible D.C. residents are enrolled in utility discount programs. "These are systems that are set up to make lower-income working families prove their poverty over and over again," he says.
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@dwaldenwrites Right on point. I think it’s also primed to steamroll over teacher’s unions and tell us “you wouldn’t need all this costly and wasteful planning time if you just used AI”
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Sitting around looking patriotic, all faced in one direction to watch a non-existent concert is actually perfect for this exact moment in US history.
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Councilmember Zachary Parker
Councilmember Zachary Parker@CMZParker5·
Hey everybody! CM Parker's staff here 🤫....it's his birthday! We think he's pretty great. Drop a note and help us wish him a very happy birthday today 🥳
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Daniela Spector@daniela0spector·
A portal to my mom.
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