Ed Markey tears into Seth Moulton: "Massachusetts deserves better than a senator who scapegoats trans kids." The crowd goes fucking wild.

Among the things I learned while volunteering for Alex Rikleen's campaign was how incredibly arduous the process of running for office really is. I did not know how difficult it is just getting onto the ballot for a new candidate in the Massachusetts nominating system.

Proposed operational definition for AGI: when a computer can be held accountable

No. You dont have to. youtu.be/vzVggo3bB7Y?...

In honor of Nakba Day, I am starting a thread of things I "learned" as a younger person that were simply untrue. It's short now and I plan to add to it over time.

And not a word of a lie.

Democratic pundits: reporting on the well-known candidates repeatedly, shutting viable new voices out of the conversation long before the voters get to decide. Also Democratic pundits: Why don't we have any generational change around here?

The Language Puzzle by Steven Mithen, eloquently reviewed here, was a book I deeply enjoyed.

I periodically forget that black tea is not gentler on my sleep than coffee.

I'm still mulling over whether "Sara" is female because women in tech and their skills deserve recognition or because if you're going to invent a character that holds your shit together in poor conditions with no recognition of course she'll be a be a woman old enough to be your mom.

open.substack.com/pub/fialeann...

Mass DOT is celebrating May 4. The announcement sign on 93N says M FALCON HAD SEAT BELTS /CLIP UP & BE SAFE May the 4 be with you!

a special may day reminder that it was a pair of FBI agents targeting civil rights activists who accidentally introduced zohran mamdani’s dad to the works of karl marx 🥰

Sitting with this. The struggle to build more collaborative and also more sustainable homes for our best ideals exists everywhere.

It was a wonderful place for many. And its vision will be missed.

Ok Mobilize, when do we Mobilize? If not now (or really, yesterday) when?

Oh good,no thermonuclear war tonight. I had things to do tomorrow.

Who speaks for the trees? morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

This is your periodic reminder that we do deserve better choices in our politics.

Its so normalized that it's hard to remember this, but it's increasingly clear that infinite money in politics is incompatible with democracy.

I have a history joke but it sort of repeats itself.

Indivisible in Melrose Wakefield and Beyond will host No Kings Rally in #Stoneham MA on Sat. 3/28 from 10-11:30am! Inspiring speakers, info tables, music, coffee, food, face painting, ASL interpretation & more! You can still go to Boston 1-4pm! Please invite your friends and neighbors. nokings.org

I'm starting to understand that one of the things that drives radicalization - in either direction - is that the feeling that there is an explanation for what's going on is preferable to just being buffeted by random waves of sh*t.

You dont have to be coming to the Stoneham MA event to wear this tshirt.

An AI companion for children was in a story in an SF anthology from my childhood. Spoiler: it did not end well.

Tbh I’m annoyed that so much of the sexism targeted towards my candidacy is about painting me as an influencer rather than a journalist. It COMPLETELY erases my bartending career.

Several almost identical candidate messages -- "I just made a difficult decision" ... and it turns out that, the difficult decision was "... to spend money I don't have so, send me money." Why do campaign consultants think "a difficult decision to spend YOUR money" is a compelling message?

I am gonna go out on a limb and say that a Jersey dude so horrified that he went to his first protest and is trying not to cry on camera has a pretty good chance of staying radicalized. And that while Bluesky loves to pick apart things like this, this kinda video moves the needle for OTHER dudes.

Imagine a billboard on the approach to the old bridge: "You're sitting in traffic so a billionaire can get richer."

Its great that we have an EO against new 287(g) agreements but can we get rid of the one we have @massgovernor.bsky.social ?

WHY NO MASSACHUSETTS?!?! #mapoli @massgovernor.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

First time hearing result as a verb: "The blood test hasn't resulted yet." Verbing weirds the language, so they say.

70th day of the occupation of Minneapolis.

I dont know who needs to read this but ...

The "meaningful reforms" are too timid and not responding to the continual stakes-raising of the administration. At a minimum, bring back safe zones of schools and daycare, hospitals, places of worship, courts, and POLLING PLACES. @schumer.senate.gov

TIL that the building of the Mass Turnpike through Newton paved over a Black neighborhood. patch.com/massachusett... via links posted by @mekka.mekka-tech.com

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TIL about Operation MIlkweed operationmilkweed.org which is a clearinghouse of links for GoFundMe's for Massachusetts families harmed by ICE, and other organizations helping those families.

Here go the democrats negotiating against themselves again. Shut it down. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Here are the seven Democrats who voted for ICE funding: •Davis (NC-01) •Cuellar (TX-28) •Gillen (NY-04) •Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) •Gonzalez (TX-34) •Golden (ME-02) •Suozzi (NY-03) Wouldn’t it be nice to see them all challenged? But alas…. See 🧵

Organizing is 10% doing the thing and 90% trying to make it as simple and accessible for other people to do the thing

This is a more accurate metric of impending bad weather than the Waffle House Index

True story, last week my mom, who is gf, was in an ER for about 8 hours with no food that she could eat. Eventually someone found her a banana. When I got there late in the evening, I brought her a meal from home, but otherwise she might have gotten nothing until morning.

Completely agree with this. Roberts Court decisions should not stand as precedent, if we can get to a point where we are healing the damage of these years.

Trump’s plan is that the entire world uses Chinese EVs while America’s auto industry sells gas powered cars literally only to Americans

We agreed to meet at noon.

Between the pardons for other drug traffickers and the obvious collusion between DOJ and a political agenda, you'd think there would be a vindictive prosecution case. Just thinking about the recent Abrego Garcia case. Or hey maybe it'll be a good old fascist show trial.

This is a beautiful wish.