last month, a friend of mine had a confrontation in #SomervilleMA with a violent driver who wanted to drive their vehicle into a protest. the driver ran over their bicycle and did their best to endanger the other people present who were standing in front of the vehicle. today, they've shared […]

If you grew up in New England in a certain era, you probably thought it was normal for all Chinese restaurants to look like a Polynesian island fantasy.

Have R senators? (Like me?) Call Schumer’s office to tell him you will never donate to another D senate campaign again as long as he’s Senate leader. Tell him this deal is a shameful joke and a betrayal. (202) 224-6542

Thank you, Ocean State Job Lot, for bringing me Canadian candy!

Semi-periodic reminder that the DM feature here is utterly broken and should not be regarded as "private" in any meaningful sense. And its semantics seem designed to violate the principle of least surprise. Example: ANYONE mentioned in a message, not just tagged at the start, is a recipient. So […]

#bostonweekend 16x SLUTCRACKER - Not running yet but tickets are On Sale Now! Make plans for December early and support local weirdo performers so this stuff keeps happening https://www.somervilletheatre.com/production/the-slutcracker/ #bostondance #boston #slutcracker #ballet #nutcracker

"In races from New York to Georgia to Washington, voters backed funding renewables, reining in energy costs, and building out mass transit — and the people promising to deliver those policies. " https://grist.org/politics/it-was-a-very-good-election-for-the-climate/

For reasons unknown, one of my rhododendrons (or azaleas, not quite sure which) has decided November is a great time to bloom in Boston. #bloomscrolling

Joining MSNBC at three from lovely Boston, Massachusetts to talk about this: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

#bostonweekend 15x Renn Faire event at #bowmarket https://www.bowmarketsomerville.com/upcomingevents/bow-market-renaissance-faire #boston #sidequest #renaissancefaire #bostonkids

"After three decades of annual conferences, global emissions are still rising – and critics say the process is failing. But that misses the point. Emissions are rising much more slowly now than they would have been without the UN regime. In 2009, the world faced up to 6°C of warming. Before […]

Nextdoorians are crashing out over the Cambridge City Council election moving us even more pro-bike-lanes, and oh how I want to post the elite-projection link and run humantransit.org/2017/07/the-...

Kids use they/them ubiquitously, without prompting or a second thought. The GOP SCOTUS, just like the manosphere podcasters so angry about it, are trying to push back the tide. The are Grandpa Simpson yelling at the clouds. Society has moved on, they're just hurting as many as possible first.

AUTUMN JOY - highs still hitting 50s-60s. Sat looks perfect, tons going on, rain Sunday, fewer happenings. Veterans Day is Tuesday. Your #bostonweekend thread goes only where *you* share it - Boost to build #boston #massachusetts community in non-bigcorp spaces. Enjoy, Enjoy! (1/?)

One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions. I am in Spain this week launching the book - come along! www.tomgauld.com

It's now Baby Bird Time in Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, New Zealand. Here are four of my observations from today of the next generation of the city's birds. I wish them all luck. Baby mallards/greylards: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/325003722 Baby […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

Y'all - go vote today if you haven't already! If you're in #somerville I would love one of your at-large votes, but there are competitive races in #cambridge and #boston as well today. I cannot stress enough how important municipal elections are to your day-to-day life, so please get out there […]

Try my new file format, OCSV: Oxford Comma Separated Values

*snap* The sound of the antenna breaking off a delivery bot is so pleasing. Of course you have to know how to disable the destruct charge first. “Hold still lil buddy, and i’ll get this bomb off you. There, done. May i have your permission to attach a new comms module? Left motor for yes, right […]

If you’re a user of Libby (the library app), consider before following their suggestion to type #inspireme into the search bar. It seems harmless, but it turns on an unrequested AI feature, & there is no way to reverse that. This comes courtesy of ProfHeyRochelle, who is now reasonably pissed […]

OCTOBERend. Gale warning overnight, 30s-50s for the weekend, brr but mostly dry sky. A roundup of shows & Halloween-adjacent events for Boston at the end of October 2025 - help your #bostonweekend thread travel far around the #fediverse when *you* share it - Boost to build #boston #massachusetts […]

The TV show Dept. Q is excellent. The first book in the series….mmmm, nah. Just watch the show.

2. Culinary Witches

3. Utter Horror!

Three @theguardian.com books cartoons from previous halloweens: 1. Haunted Bookshop

Interesting book alert: “The Highest Exam”, about how China’s 3 day college examination determines.. everything (has its roots in exams dating back to the.. 7th century) “Each year, more than ten million students across China pin their hopes on the gaokao, the nationwide college entrance exam […]

Looks like the rain may spare us, and HONKoween is looking good to go! Want to see a marching band, five City council candidates, and like 100 elementary school kids parading through our #CambMa streets on bikes? Join us along the parade route Friday morn, 8:10-8:25am!

Loud explosion followed by a power outage. This morning a a bad omen for me getting any more work done today.

I really think that people who haven’t been poor should not give money or frugality advice to poor people. The problem with poor people isn’t money management or knowledge, it’s the insufficiency of money. This goes for anyone who wants to help people on food stamps navigate this situation […]

I know it’s overwhelming right now, but kick in your rational brain and risk measures and then evaluate if things are the same or as good as they were a year ago, ten years ago, etc. Is this something you would have considered normal or noteworthy? Is this what you’d expect from the gov or media?

Man, I could never run for public office; I still call my parents’ friends “aunt” and “uncle.”

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics is down. It feels like a metaphor.

Want a quick Halloween read? A Fistful of Lollies, a comic Halloween romance novella, is now permanently 99 cents at all retailers except Amazon. books2read.com/u/3yQl9p

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I'm a YES on the charter proposed (even though I have quibbles with it). It'd be better than what we have now on several fronts (particularly audits for the city budget and periodic review of the charter and multi-member bodies). It'd also be way easier to submit further charter updates, going […]

As I was getting off the T at Davis Square, I watched a pigeon look left, look right, with an “is anyone going to catch me doing that?” look on its face, and then sidle onto the train. It sat there next to the seats as the doors closed. I assume it decided taking the T to Alewife was easier […]

Just did this with my Drive settings, and yeah it had Gemini ticked by default without ever asking me if that was something I wanted

Ok, I failed to include the photo in my original post so I'm attaching it here with the alt text where it belongs. I only edited my description to include the color of the bird. In my defense, I hadn't had my morning tea before I answered this prompt.

As someone who has exclusively worn reproduction 1740’s frames for 30 years now, I found this thread fascinating!

I need to build an email list for my neighborhood. It needs to be user friendly. Is there any reason I should NOT use Gaggle? #emaillists

If you subscribe to #microsoft365 and they just sent you email telling you they're raising your subscription fee, click the " #microsoft account" link in the email, log in, and tell it that you want to cancel your subscription. It will then offer to let you switch back to your current, cheaper […]

Today I held a block party. Several neighbors pulled me aside and thanked me for creating community. But I didn’t create community. I got enough signatures to close down the street to traffic and rented a bounce house. It was the people that attended that created the community.

I want to do a supper club where I cook various forms of pasta and noodles and invite people to come to talk to me about their impasta syndrome. Then after you eat the pasta, you’re cured of it.

hell, it was taunting by teenagers (about a Redcoat not paying his wig maker’s bill) that started the Boston Massacre and the Redcoats didn’t even fire until they misheard an order so TAUNT AWAY

the #FBI is now officially visiting the homes of people spotted at protests like #NoKings, #ICE, etc. it boggles the mind that there are people at #protests in america who, upon finding #FBI agents at their door asking “do you have a few minutes to talk […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Yard sale was set for 9am. The signs and postings all say 9am. As I was setting up, someone got super shirty with me. “But everything I saw said 8am!” “I’m sorry, I posted 9am. Where did you see that?” “I asked AI.” She was still indignant that we didn’t start at 8 and made her wait.

would anyone happen to know of a low-cost vet clinic in the Central Pennsylvania area (i.e. reasonable radius around Bloomsburg) my youngest boy is having urinary issues and i need to get him seen, but going to my usual vet is going to be $100+ just for the _checkup_ , much less any testing or […]

The Olympic Rain Shadow is clearly visible on #weather radar this morning with Sequim, the San Juan Islands, and Bellingham all dry. Interestingly, Sequim averages less rain annually than Walla Walla in the Eastern Washington desert! #WAwx

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