Joyce Frieden

@peggy_blair My mistake -- I was talking about a different Senate! You are correct; my apologies (and it's a good lesson for me in not being so U.S. -focused)

@joycefr Their website says they don't have a sitting day until February 3. Can't pass until they sit.

Was talking to a friend of mine who's a mortgage broker yesterday and it turns out the GST/HST rebate for new home buyers hasn't cleared the Senate and they don't sit again until February. Meaning first time buyers still have to pay GST/HST on purchases of new $1M homes.

@keetmuise @keetmuise, I couldn't agree more! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #MasksGivingDay

#ConnectTheDots #Covid #MaskUp #LongCovid #LongCovidKids

@MontgomeryCoMD Don't a lot of those parking garages contain metered spaces? Does the free parking apply to them, or not?

🅿️ Free parking in all County garages & lots in Bethesda, Silver Spring & Wheaton on Nov. 29 and Dec. 20, two of the busiest shopping days of the year! Shop local & support MoCo businesses ❤️ Meters still apply. ow.ly/Hjfs50Xuh38

@RideOnMCT Also, why do all the dates say "Oct" under them when this is November?

@RideOnMCT Don't you mean Veterans Day, not Labor Day?

So what could have been a great ending to their trip was just a frustrating experience (and a loss of whatever money they had put on their cards). I hope telling you about this will prevent it from happening to others. /end

"The station manager kept turning his head when I tried to talk to him," my relative said. "Finally I yelled, 'Why won't you help us?' and he said he was on the phone." They gave up, left, and called a rideshare.

@wmata and @wmatagm, I do appreciate the hard work WMATA does to keep the trains going. But I thought you should know about this disappointing experience some of my relatives had on Monday. A 🧵:

@wmata @wmataGM Thanks, I really appreciate the reply! One more thing: in that same station, only one escalator going from the mezzanine to the platform was working, and it too was going up instead of down during evening rush.

@joycefr @wmataGM Hey Joyce. We understand your frustration and appreciate your feedback. We'll look into this matter. - AR

Two working escalators (out of three) at Farragut North station (L Street on east side of Connecticut Avenue) and BOTH are heading up out of the station during evening rush, when most people are going down INTO the station. What’s up with that, @wmataGM ?

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Really, @UPS ? This was the best you could do?

Really interesting panel from the Population Health Colloquium! medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverag…