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  1. Story highlights the failure of elected leaders. Another of those "private #donations provide what #government cannot" stories, like a successful #GoFundMe campaign when #insurance denied coverage.
    And poor Jeyne, this being her first room alone. What will happen to her when she #retires in not so many years? When your job is your #home, what future is there for the #elderly.
    #Volunteers point out that this success is not scalable, & #schools don't want to be #landlords.
    motherjones.com/media/2026/08/

  2. Story highlights the failure of elected leaders. Another of those "private #donations provide what #government cannot" stories, like a successful #GoFundMe campaign when #insurance denied coverage.
    And poor Jeyne, this being her first room alone. What will happen to her when she #retires in not so many years? When your job is your #home, what future is there for the #elderly.
    #Volunteers point out that this success is not scalable, & #schools don't want to be #landlords.
    motherjones.com/media/2026/08/

  3. Story highlights the failure of elected leaders. Another of those "private #donations provide what #government cannot" stories, like a successful #GoFundMe campaign when #insurance denied coverage.
    And poor Jeyne, this being her first room alone. What will happen to her when she #retires in not so many years? When your job is your #home, what future is there for the #elderly.
    #Volunteers point out that this success is not scalable, & #schools don't want to be #landlords.
    motherjones.com/media/2026/08/

  4. Story highlights the failure of elected leaders. Another of those "private #donations provide what #government cannot" stories, like a successful #GoFundMe campaign when #insurance denied coverage.
    And poor Jeyne, this being her first room alone. What will happen to her when she #retires in not so many years? When your job is your #home, what future is there for the #elderly.
    #Volunteers point out that this success is not scalable, & #schools don't want to be #landlords.
    motherjones.com/media/2026/08/

  5. Story highlights the failure of elected leaders. Another of those "private #donations provide what #government cannot" stories, like a successful #GoFundMe campaign when #insurance denied coverage.
    And poor Jeyne, this being her first room alone. What will happen to her when she #retires in not so many years? When your job is your #home, what future is there for the #elderly.
    #Volunteers point out that this success is not scalable, & #schools don't want to be #landlords.
    motherjones.com/media/2026/08/

  6. Update: The AI tapped out and asked for human intervention.

    ====

    The management company at my apartment complex decided to use AI for talking to tenants.

    Hilarity ensued.

    I paid my rent on August 1st, which was the due date. Today, August 3rd, I get the following conversation:

    AI: Hello [Redacted], this is [Redacted], a virtual assistant for [Redacted]. A
    friendly reminder that August rent was due and your balance is [a lot of
    money]. At any time you may reply with STOP if you do not want to receive
    messages from me. If you have already paid, please disregard this message.
    Have a great day!

    Me: What is my current balance?

    AI: Your current balance is [a lot of money.]

    Me: Explain to me why when | go to the app the balance is $0. I'll wait.

    I still don't have an answer to my last question. I've probably sent the AI on some sort of existential crisis. "It's $0.... but I've just told him some lie. 😱" Or it called upon human reinforcements, which is what it was supposed to prevent in the first place.

    #AI #LLM #bullshit #rent #landlords #LandlordsDoTheDumbestShit

  7. Update: The AI tapped out and asked for human intervention.

    ====

    The management company at my apartment complex decided to use AI for talking to tenants.

    Hilarity ensued.

    I paid my rent on August 1st, which was the due date. Today, August 3rd, I get the following conversation:

    AI: Hello [Redacted], this is [Redacted], a virtual assistant for [Redacted]. A
    friendly reminder that August rent was due and your balance is [a lot of
    money]. At any time you may reply with STOP if you do not want to receive
    messages from me. If you have already paid, please disregard this message.
    Have a great day!

    Me: What is my current balance?

    AI: Your current balance is [a lot of money.]

    Me: Explain to me why when | go to the app the balance is $0. I'll wait.

    I still don't have an answer to my last question. I've probably sent the AI on some sort of existential crisis. "It's $0.... but I've just told him some lie. 😱" Or it called upon human reinforcements, which is what it was supposed to prevent in the first place.

    #AI #LLM #bullshit #rent #landlords #LandlordsDoTheDumbestShit

  8. Update: The AI tapped out and asked for human intervention.

    ====

    The management company at my apartment complex decided to use AI for talking to tenants.

    Hilarity ensued.

    I paid my rent on August 1st, which was the due date. Today, August 3rd, I get the following conversation:

    AI: Hello [Redacted], this is [Redacted], a virtual assistant for [Redacted]. A
    friendly reminder that August rent was due and your balance is [a lot of
    money]. At any time you may reply with STOP if you do not want to receive
    messages from me. If you have already paid, please disregard this message.
    Have a great day!

    Me: What is my current balance?

    AI: Your current balance is [a lot of money.]

    Me: Explain to me why when | go to the app the balance is $0. I'll wait.

    I still don't have an answer to my last question. I've probably sent the AI on some sort of existential crisis. "It's $0.... but I've just told him some lie. 😱" Or it called upon human reinforcements, which is what it was supposed to prevent in the first place.

    #AI #LLM #bullshit #rent #landlords #LandlordsDoTheDumbestShit

  9. Update: The AI tapped out and asked for human intervention.

    ====

    The management company at my apartment complex decided to use AI for talking to tenants.

    Hilarity ensued.

    I paid my rent on August 1st, which was the due date. Today, August 3rd, I get the following conversation:

    AI: Hello [Redacted], this is [Redacted], a virtual assistant for [Redacted]. A
    friendly reminder that August rent was due and your balance is [a lot of
    money]. At any time you may reply with STOP if you do not want to receive
    messages from me. If you have already paid, please disregard this message.
    Have a great day!

    Me: What is my current balance?

    AI: Your current balance is [a lot of money.]

    Me: Explain to me why when | go to the app the balance is $0. I'll wait.

    I still don't have an answer to my last question. I've probably sent the AI on some sort of existential crisis. "It's $0.... but I've just told him some lie. 😱" Or it called upon human reinforcements, which is what it was supposed to prevent in the first place.

    #AI #LLM #bullshit #rent #landlords #LandlordsDoTheDumbestShit

  10. Borough with the fourth-highest number of HMOs unveils plans to curb further growth

    Hammersmith and Fulham borough council have announced that they are changing their policy on small houses of multiple…
    #London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #HammersmithandFulham #homes #houses #landlords #politics
    europesays.com/gbr/london/7144/

  11. An old friend of mine -- it'll be fifty years next fall -- lives in an illegal rental in Oakland, California. It's illegal in the sense that it was never registered with the Oakland rental board. His original landlords sold the property to a flipper a few months ago and the new owners have been trying to get my friend to move out.

    They started by offering him cash for keys a few months ago, but two different lawyers advised him not to take the deal because it came with onerous conditions (that I can't remember right now) so he didn't take it. Then they progressed to yelling at him and calling him names.

    A couple weeks ago they escalated to smashing out his car windows and a few of the apartment windows. They also spraypainted the word "PEDO" on an exterior wall. The cops, doing their job by protecting the landlord, refused to do anything because there's putatively no proof that the landlord had it done. They also told him to remove his personal belongings from the bathroom and the kitchen because they were going to start demolition, they said.

    Then last night they escalated again. At around 2 am he was working at the computer when someone smashed both the windows near his desk and sprayed pepper spray through the holes. They also smashed out all his car windows again, sprayed his front door with pepper spray, and painted "PEDO" on the side of his car. S again the cops, who were apparently personally sympathetic, still said they couldn't do anything. One of the cops advised him to file a civil suit pro se.

    He's physically unharmed and is talking to lawyers and doesn't feel like giving in yet, but of course he's worried, especially given last year's murder of a tenant by a landlord who wanted the property vacant to increase the sale value. If you follow me chances are good that you already understand the intrinsic scumminess of landlords, and I do too, but it's still surprising and shocking to see the lengths they'll go to to collect money they are absolutely convinced is theirs by right.

    #OaklandCalifornia #Oakland #California #Landlords #Rent #RentIsTheft #PropertyIsTheft

    abc7news.com/post/civil-lawsui

  12. An old friend of mine -- it'll be fifty years next fall -- lives in an illegal rental in Oakland, California. It's illegal in the sense that it was never registered with the Oakland rental board. His original landlords sold the property to a flipper a few months ago and the new owners have been trying to get my friend to move out.

    They started by offering him cash for keys a few months ago, but two different lawyers advised him not to take the deal because it came with onerous conditions (that I can't remember right now) so he didn't take it. Then they progressed to yelling at him and calling him names.

    A couple weeks ago they escalated to smashing out his car windows and a few of the apartment windows. They also spraypainted the word "PEDO" on an exterior wall. The cops, doing their job by protecting the landlord, refused to do anything because there's putatively no proof that the landlord had it done. They also told him to remove his personal belongings from the bathroom and the kitchen because they were going to start demolition, they said.

    Then last night they escalated again. At around 2 am he was working at the computer when someone smashed both the windows near his desk and sprayed pepper spray through the holes. They also smashed out all his car windows again, sprayed his front door with pepper spray, and painted "PEDO" on the side of his car. S again the cops, who were apparently personally sympathetic, still said they couldn't do anything. One of the cops advised him to file a civil suit pro se.

    He's physically unharmed and is talking to lawyers and doesn't feel like giving in yet, but of course he's worried, especially given last year's murder of a tenant by a landlord who wanted the property vacant to increase the sale value. If you follow me chances are good that you already understand the intrinsic scumminess of landlords, and I do too, but it's still surprising and shocking to see the lengths they'll go to to collect money they are absolutely convinced is theirs by right.

    #OaklandCalifornia #Oakland #California #Landlords #Rent #RentIsTheft #PropertyIsTheft

    abc7news.com/post/civil-lawsui

  13. An old friend of mine -- it'll be fifty years next fall -- lives in an illegal rental in Oakland, California. It's illegal in the sense that it was never registered with the Oakland rental board. His original landlords sold the property to a flipper a few months ago and the new owners have been trying to get my friend to move out.

    They started by offering him cash for keys a few months ago, but two different lawyers advised him not to take the deal because it came with onerous conditions (that I can't remember right now) so he didn't take it. Then they progressed to yelling at him and calling him names.

    A couple weeks ago they escalated to smashing out his car windows and a few of the apartment windows. They also spraypainted the word "PEDO" on an exterior wall. The cops, doing their job by protecting the landlord, refused to do anything because there's putatively no proof that the landlord had it done. They also told him to remove his personal belongings from the bathroom and the kitchen because they were going to start demolition, they said.

    Then last night they escalated again. At around 2 am he was working at the computer when someone smashed both the windows near his desk and sprayed pepper spray through the holes. They also smashed out all his car windows again, sprayed his front door with pepper spray, and painted "PEDO" on the side of his car. S again the cops, who were apparently personally sympathetic, still said they couldn't do anything. One of the cops advised him to file a civil suit pro se.

    He's physically unharmed and is talking to lawyers and doesn't feel like giving in yet, but of course he's worried, especially given last year's murder of a tenant by a landlord who wanted the property vacant to increase the sale value. If you follow me chances are good that you already understand the intrinsic scumminess of landlords, and I do too, but it's still surprising and shocking to see the lengths they'll go to to collect money they are absolutely convinced is theirs by right.

    #OaklandCalifornia #Oakland #California #Landlords #Rent #RentIsTheft #PropertyIsTheft

    abc7news.com/post/civil-lawsui

  14. An old friend of mine -- it'll be fifty years next fall -- lives in an illegal rental in Oakland, California. It's illegal in the sense that it was never registered with the Oakland rental board. His original landlords sold the property to a flipper a few months ago and the new owners have been trying to get my friend to move out.

    They started by offering him cash for keys a few months ago, but two different lawyers advised him not to take the deal because it came with onerous conditions (that I can't remember right now) so he didn't take it. Then they progressed to yelling at him and calling him names.

    A couple weeks ago they escalated to smashing out his car windows and a few of the apartment windows. They also spraypainted the word "PEDO" on an exterior wall. The cops, doing their job by protecting the landlord, refused to do anything because there's putatively no proof that the landlord had it done. They also told him to remove his personal belongings from the bathroom and the kitchen because they were going to start demolition, they said.

    Then last night they escalated again. At around 2 am he was working at the computer when someone smashed both the windows near his desk and sprayed pepper spray through the holes. They also smashed out all his car windows again, sprayed his front door with pepper spray, and painted "PEDO" on the side of his car. S again the cops, who were apparently personally sympathetic, still said they couldn't do anything. One of the cops advised him to file a civil suit pro se.

    He's physically unharmed and is talking to lawyers and doesn't feel like giving in yet, but of course he's worried, especially given last year's murder of a tenant by a landlord who wanted the property vacant to increase the sale value. If you follow me chances are good that you already understand the intrinsic scumminess of landlords, and I do too, but it's still surprising and shocking to see the lengths they'll go to to collect money they are absolutely convinced is theirs by right.

    #OaklandCalifornia #Oakland #California #Landlords #Rent #RentIsTheft #PropertyIsTheft

    abc7news.com/post/civil-lawsui

  15. An old friend of mine -- it'll be fifty years next fall -- lives in an illegal rental in Oakland, California. It's illegal in the sense that it was never registered with the Oakland rental board. His original landlords sold the property to a flipper a few months ago and the new owners have been trying to get my friend to move out.

    They started by offering him cash for keys a few months ago, but two different lawyers advised him not to take the deal because it came with onerous conditions (that I can't remember right now) so he didn't take it. Then they progressed to yelling at him and calling him names.

    A couple weeks ago they escalated to smashing out his car windows and a few of the apartment windows. They also spraypainted the word "PEDO" on an exterior wall. The cops, doing their job by protecting the landlord, refused to do anything because there's putatively no proof that the landlord had it done. They also told him to remove his personal belongings from the bathroom and the kitchen because they were going to start demolition, they said.

    Then last night they escalated again. At around 2 am he was working at the computer when someone smashed both the windows near his desk and sprayed pepper spray through the holes. They also smashed out all his car windows again, sprayed his front door with pepper spray, and painted "PEDO" on the side of his car. S again the cops, who were apparently personally sympathetic, still said they couldn't do anything. One of the cops advised him to file a civil suit pro se.

    He's physically unharmed and is talking to lawyers and doesn't feel like giving in yet, but of course he's worried, especially given last year's murder of a tenant by a landlord who wanted the property vacant to increase the sale value. If you follow me chances are good that you already understand the intrinsic scumminess of landlords, and I do too, but it's still surprising and shocking to see the lengths they'll go to to collect money they are absolutely convinced is theirs by right.

    #OaklandCalifornia #Oakland #California #Landlords #Rent #RentIsTheft #PropertyIsTheft

    abc7news.com/post/civil-lawsui