Ada Wigglebean is ready for some hockey. @bostonfleet.com

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Lowell” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

And snow it begins.

I'm attending Indivisible's event, “ICE Out For Good Lowell” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Ada is not finding our board game night as exciting as the rest of us. Thankfully, our hosts provide a pet sofa #gamenight

Well shit... January 6th

Very confused. Trying to figure out if I have a cat or a meerkat.🙃

Taking a break from the craziness of the news to watch the @pwhlgoldeneyes.bsky.social and @bostonfleet.com game. Go Fleet!

As a teacher, I was in Target and buying from Amazon for my classroom constantly. Now I refuse unless I absolutely cannot find what I need (not want) anywhere else. Now, not only am I not supporting these businesses with my money, but I’m actually saving because it’s harder to impulse buy.

This should be the standard for the entire nation.

I’m too lazy to get up and see what’s going on outside, but apparently these two are fascinated.

It’s about time. We had multilingual voting stickers. #vote

This is a beautiful truth.

#NoKingsLowell When my granddaughter asks where I was when fascism was rising, I want to make sure she knows I was in the resistance.

After dealing with parents who were upset because I couldn’t accommodate all the students who wanted to join one of my clubs, I just had a parent send me a message saying they appreciate me. Closing my computer now so that it’s the last thing I see before shutting it down.

Got a Nina Ottoson puzzle for Callie the Demon-Slayer (she’s sometimes just Callie the demon). Took her a few minutes but she figured out the easy mode! Have to keep kitten brains active.

What an amazing time at Bird Dog Cider and Fox Cottage Farm (Greenland, NH). Picking dahlias and the relaxing with charcuterie and a cider flight? Yes please!

Make Polluters Pay bill is a landmark bill in the MA State House that would require that the biggest oil and gas companies have to pay a fee on historic emissions to fund critical climate resiliency investments. MA voters, please sign! actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...

What could possibly go wrong?

A federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding. nbc4dc.com/t9xnjJ3

Dog Groomer: @ada-wigglebean.bsky.social is such an easy dog to work with! Me: you sure you mean THIS dog? 🙃 She’s a drama queen whenever I try to do anything at home. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.

Good to know.

Turned off all the newsfeeds for a few days last week to get away from it all for a bit. Went on a whale watch and this humpback, Nile, put on an amazing show. In this one-minute clip, she breeched THREE TIMES! Thank you Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch!

“A farmworker labor strike is coming”

ICYMI: 9,000 Philadelphia city workers are on strike for the first time in 40 years as they fight for better pay, benefits, and more. These workers provide essential services for their communities day in and day out. Philadelphia doesn’t run without them. Solidarity!

What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow? Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy? Our new concentration camps? Our dying economy? Our ditching due process? Our corruption? Our broken legislature? Our corrupt SCOTUS? Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly

More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.

As someone who had multiple miscarriages before finally having children, I am horrified that women are having to go through them without appropriate medical care.

When you’re having a week that seems like it will never end, being sent flowers out of the blue from a friend is just what you need. #friends

Yes, this grown-assed woman is going to see How to Train Your Dragon to get away from the world for a bit.

@ada-wigglebean.bsky.social day so far: #NoKings rally, major nap. Might ask for a treat later. #serviceDogs

Our little local rally now overflows to across the street. #NoKings

It’s hard to show how many people are here in Kerouac Park because of all of the sculptures, but we are packed in here. #NoKings #LowellMA

I love my neighborhood. You head out to walk the dog and end up joining a protest march. Just a normal day in this city. #lowellma

The Governor and Mayor from whom this completely unqualified head of DHS is claiming to be “liberating” the people of Los Angeles were democratically elected to their positions. This “liberation” is a fascist attack on democracy.

Oh no, I’m trapped by a fierce beast and unable to do those chores I so desperately wanted to accomplish today! I’ll be forced to stay here and read. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Denied use of laundromat because of my service dog. Pushing back but I do feel badly that the employee is afraid she’ll be in trouble with the owner.

To all of my fellow educators, and our students, especially those who cannot safely be out, wishing you a wonderful Pride month. Know that I see you and stand with you. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #pride

DOGE takeover of US Institute of Peace ruled illegal.

Taking a moment between the school craziness and the news craziness to sit outside in the beautiful weather at my favorite ice cream stand. May you have moments like this today.

National Endowment for the Arts is pulling funding from The Lowell Folk Festival.

Violence prevention initiatives are losing funding. UTEC is an important part of how we help at-risk youth in our city.