RIP Willie Colon

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"The district’s budget is projected to be short by $53 million for this year – and more budget trimming could be on the way with the Trump administration expected to slash Department of Education funding..." via @yawumiller.bsky.social in DotNews.

Franklin Park today

Fascism is here 🇺🇸

1/2 Gov. Healey’s immigration response to ICE: ban on detentions without judicial warrant in courts, no new 287g agreements, no natl guard troops here without state approval

Union activists turn out at South Bay to protest ICE action. Home Depot and Target have come under fire for cooperating with ICE in Minneapolis

District 7 City Councillor Miniard Culpepper hosted a community inauguration celebration at the Thelma Burns Building in Grove Hall last week, via @yawumiller.bsky.social www.dotnews.com/2026/culpepp...

BRA urban renewal map - South End, '68, Villa Victoria area. Before the city tore down housing there, they envisioned new housing, commercial and municipal buildings. W. Dedham St. would end at Shawmut. Also, landscaping on Washington St., no El.

BDS Boston picketing Capital One in the Seaport for the bank’s ongoing financing of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems

Hundreds of volunteers collected 124,000 signatures in 322 Massachusetts cities and towns for the rent control ballot measure flipsidenews.net/volunteers-s...

"In 2019, the median Black household earned just 61 cents for every dollar of income the median white household earned (up from 59 cents in 2018), while the median Hispanic household earned 74 cents (unchanged from 2018)." (68% of students enrolled at RCC are Black vs. 22% at Bunker Hill)

During the Sept. preliminary, no District 7 candidate won more than 15% of the vote, leaving 70% of voters without a first choice. How might giving voters a chance to rank a second choice have led to a different outcome? Ranked choice voting proponents say their system would increase participation.

For no matter how unhinged the position you’ve taken, or paid someone marginally credentialed to sketch out on your behalf—“Can Woman Think?: We Investigate,” “Is the Negro a Man: A Reconsideration”—that opinion will, by virtue of such provenance, possess all needed evidentiary gravity for the Times

“AI is an agreement machine, which is anathema to learning and critical thinking.” -Maggie Tokuda-Hall www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

Rev. Miniard Culpepper wins the Boston City Council District 7 seat left vacant by Tania Fernandes Anderson. Story via @yawumiller.bsky.social www.dotnews.com/2025/culpepp...

Two #Boston city councillors seek to ease process for ‘single-room’ dwelling expansion via @yawumiller.bsky.social www.dotnews.com/2025/two-cou...

(1/2) A study published in June found that Blacks are more likely to be hit in pedestrian accidents than whites. While the study's authors attributed the disparities to lower car ownership among Blacks, studies in other cities have suggested driver bias is a factor.

Boston City Council District 7 finalists, pressed on key issues, grapple with answers; endorsements pile-up for Culpepper via @yawumiller.bsky.social dotnews.com/2025/distric...

@bill-walczak.bsky.social argues that eliminating odd-year municipal elections would raise voter turnout. It would give politics reporters less to talk about on odd years, but I think the boost in turnout would outweigh the downsides. www.dotnews.com/2025/one-mor...

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

New in The Reporter via @yawumiller.bsky.social

Rep. Pressley, union leaders sound the alarm on federal shutdown impacts in #Boston via @yawumiller.bsky.social www.dotnews.com/2025/pressle...

Bees being bees

Views from the summit of Mt. Moosilauke: Cannon, Franconia Ridge, Washington (rt); Camel’s Hump, about 80 miles west; an Adirondack peak seen through the Appalachian Gap (VT rt 17), possibly Whiteface?

A heated standoff between MassDems Chair Steve Kerrigan and angry delegates on the floor derailed the party's attempt to craft a more centrist platform. flipsidenews.net/can-massachu...

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

🧵 Haitian bands had increased presence at carnival. There was this new rara band called Freda Rara making their debut this year. And…

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Soca Under?

From Trinidad: the Lavent Hill Rhythm Section

Rainy day snuggles

"It’s an endless stream of tax-dollar-wasting, task-bungling, butt-covering alphabet soup, a river of woe that leaves well-meaning managers who get caught up in it to drown." massterlist.com/2025/08/18/m...

Do your homework

The Trump admin. is now requiring that 10% of its Homeland Security grants go toward "supporting border crisis response and enforcement," ie., working with ICE. The Boston Regional Intelligence Center will apply, Wu says. flipsidenews.net/wu-says-city...