My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

I understand that this is "wanting what you don't have" syndrome, but I'm really enjoying Switzerland's use of a pretzel everywhere in lieu of the US bagel. More pretzel breakfast sandwiches, please!

This is a gorgeous essay. “So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”

In Switzerland for the first time. Despite everyone telling me it's extremely cold and extremely expensive here, it mostly feels like Boston, only with more extensive public transit. 🤷‍♀️

I'm always happy to be a Masshole, but I'm increasingly pleased to be in ISO-NE (and maybe not in PJM).

Want to get involved locally to keep democracy going? See if your city/town Board of Registrars has any vacancies. I joined mine this year for a 3-year term. I oversee the elections to help make sure they're smooth, free, and fair. P.S. you get a cool stamp with your signature!!

Reminder that you and your family should have a plan in place. Emergency phone numbers, contacts for elected officials, information for immigration lawyers. I just went over it with my (white) parents. They didn't respond well (that #adoptee life, but you need to have a plan.

Happy “Brick” by Ben Folds Five Day to all who celebrate

As someone from the Wyoming Valley, this bit of historical lore never ceases to entertain me.

Just saw a local production of the Nutcracker, and I don't think gentle parenting Fritz after he breaks Clara's toy really translated well via ballet.

USPS subsidizes a *lot* of shipping in the united states and characterizing it in terms of profit and loss is fundamentally a bad faith exercise given how many of it’s benefits are truly universal in a way that not all federal agencies are

RIP to one of the greatest, and this new factoid basically explains my whole personality.

Just when you think you can't get more angry...

I fucking love bookmatch season, there are always questions that make me genuinely crack up, but this is an all-timer forever.

This morning in WBUR Today: SNAP users account for 20% of grocery sales in Mass. Stores are bracing for a hit Plus: — Family of detained 13-year-old seeks "voluntary departure" — Quincy mayor proposed scaled-down $66k raise — Star Market over Pike closed www.wbur.org/news/2025/10... @wbur.org

New AP/NORC poll finds: - 47% of U.S. adults are “not very” or “not at all confident” they could find a good job if they wanted to - 36% say electricity bills are a "major" source of stress; 50% say the same about grocery prices apnews.com/article/poll...

Go Tech!

I was judging Jean Piaget for this and then I realized this is how the number of tabs I have open looks to my laptop

I’m trying to figure out the right way to say this, because: Look, the CPB closing is devastating, and I don’t in any way want to blow even a wisp of smoke that it isn’t. But twice today, I’ve seen people express how sad they are that all of public television and radio is over. Not true! (1/3)

Theater producer/managing director of a theatre

With both South Park and Wicked back in the general consciousness, a reminder that You and Me from the Book of Mormon is a perfect satirical take on Defying Gravity.

PJM capacity prices cleared at $329.17/MW-day (UCAP) RTO-wide for delivery year 2026/27, hitting the price cap approved by FERC after prices rose nearly 10-fold in the July 2024 auction. See Full Story: ow.ly/SbTC50WtEEt Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian and Rich Heidorn Jr.

Look, I just want to be on this app without having to engage in discourse about the other app. Is that too much to ask?

I....what??

Everyone be careful out there, international adoptee fam. www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...

8:40 on a Saturday night, and everyone is watching C-SPAN.

it’s pretty wild that the nation’s first climate law is headed towards a chainsaw and the only people talking about it here are wonks

Congrats to Vamsi Chadalavada, the next CEO of ISO-NE! www.iso-ne.com/static-asset...

We’re about to release a new Forecast Analysis app, and we're looking for users to test it out! If you have experience analyzing forecasts or enjoy beta testing new data tools, comment or shoot us a DM for the link 🔌💡 we've been using it to watch PJM's load forecasts for the heatwave next week

If you're a trans person in Massachusetts, know that @massequality.bsky.social is out there fighting for you every day. Even with the inhumane treatment at the federal level, know you can find space in our little Commonwealth.

Iberian blackout: not inertia, but lack of procurement of voltage regulation (reactive power absorption) by TSO to blame for spreading power outage, according to first government report. Plausible explanation for the scale of the incident, less for the root cause. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Still strongly recommend her autobiography as one of my favorites. Hearing famous and deeply traumatic events from her perspective is eye-opening. Plus, she's a terrific writer.

It takes a special kind of person who confuses Chris Hanson the NRC Chair with Chris Hansen the former Colorado State Senator who heads La Plata Electric, and that leads to a bunch of nonsensical texts about whether the President can fire the head of a co-op. Anyway, I'm here all week, folks.

Former state rep here. Here's the thing: being a state legislator is not fancy. You're not doing it for the money or the glamor. You're not raising millions of dollars like folks in Congress. You don't have security details. You're just a person who cares about their community.

Before Les Miserables was a musical, it was a book. One of those classic books you're supposed to read, especially in elite university settings. That's all I'm saying.

YES FRANCIS JUE FTW!!!!! What a gorgeous performance and human. #tonyawards

What is Joey wearing?? #tonyawards

I know everyone is already irritated with all the camera cuts to George Clooney, but just pretend they're cuts to Celia Keenan-Bolger! So much more enjoyable! #tonyawards

I love this for Brian Stokes Mitchell #tonyawards

Extremely excited to see how this new partnership between SPP and Hitachi develops to combat long generation interconnection times! spp.org/news-list/sp...

It's official: Trump's 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. have gone into effect.

Building a reliable, resilient electric grid takes steel. Rates continue to increase due to years of deferred maintenance/necessary end of life replacements. This tariff will just harm consumers. Tough time to be a utility regulator trying to balance it all!

I guess you won't see me going east of 95 on these days, especially with university graduations going on.

I put together some very initial thoughts on the four nuclear executive orders today. A lot of heavy lifting for LPO to do in there (10 AP1000s anyone?)

@marisakabas.bsky.social has been gracious enough to lend me her platform to make one last plea to the universe to keep Papa in the US. www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-deport...

🤯 EVERY DAY for these 10 days we’re in now, is going to be the same backwards. 5/20/25 5/21/25 5/22/25 5/23/25 5/24/25 5/25/25 5/26/25 5/27/25 5/28/25 5/29/25

An extremely quick Summer Reading recs post only this time with books that actually exist, because I'm fussy like that. kjcharleswriter.com/2025/05/20/s...