I just looked outside here in Upper MoCo & there's a streetlight across from our house & it has a smoke halo around it. It already looks like something is on fire and it's barely an hour past midnite.

Stay safe out there & stay inside if you can.

Maryland is losing more than 350 jobs in Baltimore and Montgomery County as software giant Microsoft makes deep slashes to its video game divisions. Bethesda Game Studios workers are rallying outside ZeniMax offices across North America in Rockville, Austin, Dallas, and Montreal. They're calling it the "Save Our Devs" rally, finding support from Rockville Mayor Monique Ashton and the Communication Workers of America.

According to a notice filed with the state labor department this week, 166 roles were cut at ZeniMax Media in Rockville and 213 at ZeniMax Online Studios in Cockeysville, both of which are owned by Microsoft. The cuts will take effect Sept. 4.

Microsoft acquired ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Rockville-based Bethesda Game Studios, for $7.5 billion in 2021. The award-winning video game publisher is behind popular titles such as “Fallout,” “Starfield,” “Doom” and The Elder Scrolls. ZeniMax Online runs the online version of The Elder Scrolls.

This interview features Fallout and The Elder Scrolls game developers Jay Woodward, Stephanie Zachariadias, and Mandi Parker as well as Rockville Mayor Monique Ashton.

Story by Rondez Green, Clara Longo De Freitas, and Shayla Colon https://www.thebanner.com/economy/zenimax-layoffs-maryland-WXOPX2KTRNCRZAS6I2LNYAD2YI/

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Her is the original Instagram video https://www.instagram.com/p/Da3TSB8lBMt/

It will keep air in your home cycling through your air filter during this horrible air quality day. Especially helpful if you have older windows like my home.

Stay safe out there, it's supposed to be WORSE tomorrow.

Courtesy of https://www.capitalweather.com/

Most of Maryland will see UNHEALTHY air quality on Friday while Western Maryland will see VERY UNHEALTHY air quality. It’s recommended to wear an air mask when outside and to avoid strenuous activity

Greetings fellow users,

I recently found this now seemingly hard to find capture of the former display that was in the lower floor of Eastpoint Mall and I was also curious if anyone on had any information about it. A former coworker had mentioned that the mall once had a gym in the lower floor and since the old display in the image resembles weights, was that what it was originally for before Ultrazone put their name on it? Also, does anyone know what happened to that display?

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suggest a mask if you’re gonna be out walking around

😮‍💨 this is bad

if you have any lung breathing problems please be careful

Looking for other marylander's favorite crab recipes, have about 3.5lbs of crab meat here left over from a crab pick.

CNBC rated Maryland as second worst economy. Yikes!