I don't care about football, and won't be watching the Superbowl, but as a matter of principle I'll be rooting for the Seagulls.

@weatherishappening.com I'm looking at next weekend's forecast and uh is this Snowpocalypse 2?

Practice good media hygiene! Don't just post screenshots. Include the link to the news source and use alt text for images. Sharing where the information comes from is paramount when it's easier than ever to just make stuff up. Supporting trustworthy media means including story links!

🎵 Every spot is precious, every spot is great! If a parking spot is wasted, God is quite irate! Every spot is wanted, every spot is good. Every spot is needed, in your neighborhood!🎵

Notes from a walk in Somerville: - Market Basket isn't that crowded, for Market Basket anyway. Assuming you can walk there. Can't vouch for how well stocked it is, didn't actually go in. - Icy sidewalks are now extra dangerous cause the snow hides the fact it's icy.

The pain and the outrage is correct and just and I'm glad everyone can see and understand it here, and this is also already what BLM was, if you argued for training, police reform or body cams instead of abolition this is what you sounded like, this is why people were so mad at you

As someone who has spent over 35 years trying to explain that violence is inherent to policing only to have most people be OK with this, I could be excused if I decided to just give up. But I'm not. I knew we would be where we are today. I still think that we do not have to live like this.

Name a single thing you've done to stop ICE from terrorizing our communities. #Massachusetts #mapoli

Remember a true pre-storm French Toast run includes: Milk Eggs Bread A nice beverage as a treat from Page & Leaf cafe A beefy book or two recommended by a libromancer Candles A journal to finally start your novel Ingredients for the hex Anything less is just screwin' around at Market Basket

If you're interested in urban politics, urbanism, urban political economy, or anything urban-y things, this book is really excellent, and on sale: www.versobooks.com/products/132...

We agree. And it's time to act. Join us in asking the governor to partner with lawmakers to protect our communities. ❌DON'T assist ICE. ❌DON'T turn police into ICE agents. mobilize.aclum.org/a/tell-heale...

Reality check: snow doesn't actually have feet.

On December 7, at least eight jail guards killed Shacoby Kenny, a 32-year-old man held pretrial on $2,500 bail right here in Boston's South Bay jail, in nearly the exact same way -- in a violent group assault, held down, choked to death. Still no ME report. COs haven't even been suspended. #bospoli

Less speeding ✅ Less traffic ✅ More trees ✅ Safer for all ✅ Traffic calming efforts on Summer St are working: “Traffic volumes on Summer Street dropped by more than 30%, and speeding vehicles decreased from 55% to 19%.”

Today on THINGS THAT WON'T GET YOU FIRED IF YOU'RE A COP: “A [New Bedford] police officer is facing a 15-day suspension for excessive force after punching and pepper spraying a juvenile suspect, issuing false statements about the incident, and violating the department’s body-worn camera policy.”

When the Attorney General's Office covered up the evidence about this alleged criminal misconduct that could impact hundreds of thousands of drug cases, @massgovernor.bsky.social Maura Healey was the attorney general.

The Massachusetts legislature solves this problem by not passing any laws.

The fact the Summer St bike lane is considered a national best is so sad. Like, it's a lot better than what was there before, but it's only one direction on a two-way street, and it's not protected for large stretches with just a tiny one inch curb perfectly designed for a delivery truck to park on.

I need to apologize for something I did. The @bostonherald.com is right, there is no place for profanities in politics.

THREAD: This morning federal law enforcement raided a building at Lesley University in Cambridge. Here's what happened and what we're doing about it.

Body cameras will solve it! It's almost as if the House GOP was inspired by the Cambridge City Council. www.politico.com/live-updates...

They kinda do. In Cambridge, you can have a mental breakdown, the police will show up, shoot you based on a made-up policy that is not CPD policy ("20 foot rule"), the Commissioner will explain that no policies were violated, and City Councilors will make speeches about how wonderful the police is.

Would love some support from @aclum.bsky.social to raise awareness about these issues & the murder of a presumed innocent man held on cash bail by Boston's jail guards on 12/7. Renee Good's and Shacoby Kenny's killings are not a Venn Diagram. They are one circle. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Jail guards killed Shacoby Kenny here in Boston last month. Speakers at the rally uplifted his death. It is a continuum. Law enforcement abuses are felt every day most directly & urgently by incarcerated people. ICE new hires are jail + prison guards. ICE went to South Bay *last week* #bospoli

The Massachusetts Senate put out a press release when they set the primary date for 2026. The subtitle: "Bill Sets Optimal Date for Voter Participation". The optimal date? September 1st. What an amazing way to say Fuck You to renters. malegislature.gov/PressRoom/De... #massachusetts #masspoli

Shout out to Fatema Ahmed, ED of the Muslim Justice League, for knitting together so beautifully the shared experience of people being targeted by ICE, by police, by the US military, and by prison guards. All people targeted by state violence must stand in solidarity. #bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay

They call it policy. We call it violence. ICE terror at home. War abroad. Justice for Keith Porter and Renee Nicole Good. ICE out of Massachusetts. Hands off Venezuela. 🇺🇸Boston stands up January 10. Be there.🇺🇸

Rep. Katherine Clark is #2 in the House leadership, and represents half of Cambridge, MA. She has two primary challengers.

This job posting seems... illegal? www.ziprecruiter.com/c/Commonweal...

ICE Out of Massachusetts Protest. This Saturday, January 10. 2 pm. JFK Federal Building (next to Boston City Hall). www.lucemass.org #JusticeForReneeGood

Cops love ICE, who could have predicted: www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/... (You can also see the original statement on their Facebook: www.facebook.com/mnfop/)

Note that "ICE-related shooting" is just a rehash of the Orwellian language cities and police departments use when a police officer kills someone. Thus when Cambridge, MA police officer shot and killed Sayed Faisal, they called it an "officer-involved shooting": www.cambridgema.gov/news/2023/01...

Evan's almost-win scared the legislature enough to implement some transparency, like public committee votes. The result: a bill rolling back MA climate action stalled out, despite the support of the House Speaker, because publicly voting for it was embarrassing. A win would be even more impactful!

We spent a huge amount of money on bodycams so that next time the police gets away with murder we will have videos of it (that won't get released). Instead of actually trying to prevent the police from killing people, because that would be an insult to our amazing police department.

INBOX: Evan MacKay, who came close to knocking out Cambridge state Rep. Marjorie Decker in 2024, plans a rematch Launches campaign Jan. 7

The MA Senate, for example, has more white guys named John or Michael than women of color. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/04/m...

my cue

your feed has been blessed by the 3rd rail anti-icing work train. RT if you too are anti-ice

Was reminded that as a Massachusetts resident I can use Commonwealth Catalog to do easy interlibrary loans. And then reminded that the UI is terrible so it's easy to think that it's missing books it actually has. After getting past that, so far it's had every book I've wanted.

This is how the #Massachusetts State Police train recruits to see the public. This doesn't seem like a very public-service-oriented worldview! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/m...

all I’ve got is that the idea that you can commit any act of violence and say you were just executing a warrant is chilling and also common to US police

New England folks, this committee includes minority members @shaheen.senate.gov (NH), @warren.senate.gov (MA), @reed.senate.gov (RI), and @blumenthal.senate.gov (CT).

storrow drive up your game look at this

MassDOT is hosting a virtual public meeting to introduce a project to replace the William Reid Overpass over Brookline Street in Cambridge. Cambridge residents are encouraged to attend and share feedback at the virtual meeting on Tuesday, January 6. Learn more and register: https://camb.ma/3KTMmza

any discussion of city transit improvement online ever

I would put it more that in US culture, people outside of a car are not seen as fully human. For example, the NHTSA only started talking about including pedestrian safety in car safety ratings (NCAP) in the past 5 years or so. Program was originally created in 1979.

I biked by James Mickens on my way to give a talk, and continued on my way suitably humbled by this reminder how much better my public speaking skills could be.

A thread, with examples. This is why we need to vote out the incumbents in the legislature. They stand for nothing except for doing nothing.