ECCC is my local show, I'd take the bus there and pack a PBJ for lunch. But I don't want to do it because this show isn't for comics fans anymore.
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ECCC is my local show, I'd take the bus there and pack a PBJ for lunch. But I don't want to do it because this show isn't for comics fans anymore.
Happiness and hope alert
New #DeLaSoul on #TinyDesk https://youtu.be/5AVYDHTOixU
Honestly, am getting a little emotional watching this. #HipHop #NewMusic
Just so we're clear Massachusetts currently has Canadian electrical workers restoring power to Cape Cod after our blizzard.
We see and love our northern neighbors. A lot of Americans do.
I'm sorry for what that man has done to that relationship.
Interesting! Getting pedantic, if you had to: Domestic Mail standard is 8+ printed pages with text - so as long as the zine is 2 sheets of paper and bound together on a half-fold spine somehow, it reasonably counts. pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/...
JT thank you for the update - Do you have access to the grant application to UASI that justifies the stated need for this project? I found the Award letter tied to the agenda item (26-0156) but tracing it back to the original grant request is opaque. Are the existing cameras broken/ancient or?
Chris, you've certainly done more records requests than I - do you have a template/tips/notes/best practices for engaging in this part of the Somerville apparatus? I don't want this to be a big ask, but eg if you have your process written up as a blog post somewhere already, I'd love to read that.
well that'll learn me to not go to a city council meeting.
slipped in ice and skinned my knee walking home afters, ripped a 5 inch hole in my pants too. UGH.
The jokes write themselves here.
Friends, I am LIVE AND IN THE CHAMBERS for tonight's meeting of the Somerville City Council.
Also here are a few dozen people, carrying signs and singing.
As Vice President @wilfredmbah.bsky.social gavels the meeting into order, they file out.
Lotta police too.
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Thank you! Curious, do you have a reference for ranking the busiest bus stops, by city? I might scout around Somerville to see, what you are documenting here is good praxis worth copying.
Idea: I'm aiming to run a #bostodon meetup april 19th, tailing onto the start of the #Swapfest season.
Do folks want to have a Boston #Mastodon meetup before that? Anything Big and hella nerdy going on that we could tack on to?
Like, #Boskone (SF con @ #seaport) this weekend or something […]
February 20th 2026 kicks off the short school vacation week this #BostonWeekend - Friday early evening rain switches to snow and maybe a couple inches after 2 back to back 40F+ days. Sat and sun his in the 30s. If its available to you, get out, turn neighbors into friends, grow your community […]
i can no longer tell what is real anymore. Everything is a The Onion headline now.
NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program:
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal
SWEATER WEATHER - #BostonWeekend is back, with snow. Again. 3-5 inches forecast today, 2F overnight, Sunday clouds but likely won’t hit 20F. If you can, go be neighborly today, check in on someone you haven’t heard from in a while. Sportsball sunday night, perfect time to execute a heist. Enjoy […]
"I'd like to share a story from a local paper in Coldwater, Michigan dated to the 9th of April, 1945. It tells how the US Army, under General Patton--the US 3rd Army--came onto what you might call a detention center just outside the village of Ohrdruf, Germany. The US Army brought the leading citizens of Ohrdruf to tour the facility, which turned out to be part of the Buchenwald network of concentration camps. A US Army colonel told the German civilians who viewed the scenes, without muttering a word, that they were to blame. One of the Germans replied that what happened in the camp was (quote) 'done by a few people, and you cannot blame us all.' And the American, who could have been any one of our grandfathers, said, 'this was done by those that the German people chose to lead them, and all are responsible.' The morning after the tour, the Mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don't know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough. I ask you to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf might have thought before he died. Maybe he felt like a victim. He might have thought, 'how is this my fault? I have no jurisdiction over this.' Maybe he would have said, 'this site was not subject to local zoning, what could I do?' But I think, when he reflected on the suffering that occurred at this camp, just outside of town, that those words would have sounded hollow even to him. Because in his heart he knew--as we do--that we are all responsible for what happens in our community. I urge the council to take action to stop, or stall, or at the barest minimum to think creatively about how to exercise oversight over this proposed ICE facility. Thank you."
This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
I'll repost this tomorrow, but if you're commemorating the Boston Mooninite Scare anniversary today, one of its heroes is nearing the end of his life, and you can let him know how much that moment meant to you and help his family out here
@universalhub.com
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
YARDSTICK TIME - The bread, eggs, and milk aisles may get scary as Boston neighbors elbow their way to storm rations. But not you, you'll be kind, yeah? Somercon on Sunday (maybe); #KoolKeith #Atmosphere #Sage Francis Friday at the HoB, BLOWW, Divorce Cake, Coyote Island. Your 🇫🇷🍞lovin’ […]
Boston comes out to support MINNEAPOLIS. (South Bay, Dorchester)
Abolish ICE!
haha, yes!
I'll share another link for you, then - detroit manhole cover clothing prints: welldonegoods.com/collections/...
check out @ironcovers.bsky.social, then
MOLASSES WAVES - MLK Jr Monday might make it a long weekend for you. 51F already today, but back to 30s Fri. French toast alert: 2 slices, guarded: Sun, snow may be plowable, or nothing. Arisia, Boston Celtic Festival, Anthro Con New England (welcome, #furries). Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (solo […]
Sad that he died at only 76, but now a lot of people are learning about him for the first time, and I hope we're all taking away from his obituary the correct lessons.
(In the crude lingo of my youth, amazing the man could walk with a set of balls that big)
A drawer full of squessers, labeled “Squessers”
Like 12 years ago my friend sent me this picture from his work and it immediately, permanently changed the name of this utensil in my head. The bytes were fully overwritten. I don’t remember the former name of this item and frankly I don’t care
[#BostonWeekend USPOL 1/9 Boston Vigil]
#BostonWeekend 24x Fri SOLIDARITY Noon Community vigil @ Embrace Monument #ReneeNicoleGood https://www.instagram.com/p/DTRAU1iDJx-/ #Boston #Uspol #Mapol
[CW Boston Weekend - USPOL - protest 3pm today]
#BostonWeekend 6x - #MassPeaceAction organizing emergency protest today (Sat 1/3) at 3pm, Park Street Station in Boston.
Go […]
[CW USpol - Protest today]
ANSWER Coalition coordinates protests today https://www.answercoalition.org/venezuela happening *today* in many cities, including:
#Anchorage #Alaska
#Phoenix #Arizona
#SanDiego
#SanFrancisco #California
#Denver #Colorado
#Bridgeport
#Hartford
#NewHaven
#NewLondon […]