Worcester Education Collaborative’s Principal for a Day program! I was happy to visit the fabulous Canterbury School w Principal Liz Merchant and AP Kerrie Kelly. We then met everyone back at Worc tech and had a program and lunch. Kayanna James from Robyn Kennedy’s office was the speaker.

At City View school! Important reminder for ALL of us!

Although the vote was lost - the city will give Menkiti more tax breaks - the carpenters have done an amazing job elevating the problem! Thanks vice chair King and councilors Bilotta Ojeda and Rosen. Kevin Ksen has the best sign (it’s in my office!). “Who’s TIF’s? Our TIF’s!” #communitydevelopment

Big show this morning! And, as always, to join the conversation just call or text us @ 774-364-8255 7:00 - Local Worcester Political Roundtable 8:30 - Lisa Swanson of the BBB 8:45 - Workers Credit Union ⏰ 6:00-10:00 💻 radioworcester.com 📻 AM-830, WCRN

Representative Frost was fabulous in this interview.

The fact that it happened is horrifying. The fact that no one is talking about it is also horrifying.

#ywcacentralma - “Rights. Justice Action”. May the god of their choosing be with all women today. Particularly those living in wars, famine and or civil unrest…. 🙏🏼

Thanks to Victor Infante from Worc Mag for pulling together different journalists over the past year for a series about the media! Informative and well attended today @billshaner.bsky.social @notjustawriter.bsky.social Matt Sheree (sp?) Brad Petrishan and Edgar

Teachers: PLEASE do not normalize AI use with K-12 students. First and foremost, they need to know it's a tool for some bad people to exploit them, alienate them, and undermine confidence in their own thinking. Trying to be open minded, but nothing offered by pro-AI peers has convinced me otherwise.

The Worcester City Council spent two hours discussing 2025 crime statistics and praising the police department. See all the statistics that they won't consider.

@tracynovick.bsky.social is another valuable local blogger/writer on education - I read most everything she writes! ⬇️. Including this one.

Driving into Cambridge and two older white folks are already on an overpass with a giant "no war in Tehran." The muscle they've been building on no kings and ice is also going into play here. Will be important to see how different this kind of reception is from usual welcome of war.

Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.

⬇️⬇️⬇️. Important reporting on WPS school committee work. Here in Worcester or nationally reporting on our public bodies is increasingly important. Thanks @aislinn.bsky.social and @billshaner.bsky.social and all of other independent writers. Thank you for your work.

Important story from This Week In Worcester. Duffy being barred from testifying to the political nature of the charges yet he apparently helped draft the apology letter to the police that was a condition of the plea deal Gagne offered. Cartoon corruption thisweekinworcester.com/duffy-gagne-...

That would be a good way to end the week 👀

LEI’ing this AM! Thanks Maria for a great meeting and Cathy for all the work you do w Worc public kiddos! (And parents!)

I think we could dream bigger than potholes.

Thank you #WEC! Glad to hear about #QCC at the equity roundtable.

Great thread!!! Open to all residents.

Aislinn. Are these 311 app pics or some of the neighborhood apps?

View from Durkin Administration building about 5:30 pm

BREAKING: The FBI is serving search warrants at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the superintendent’s home.

Local: St. John's: More volunteers needed for overnight shelter to stay open www.telegram.com/story/news/l...

“Human-made traumatic experiences are often more challenging to recover from. The harm comes not just from the event itself, but from the knowledge that another person deliberately chose to inflict pain or deny basic needs.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

And in Worcester we HAVE a non cooperation policy and long have but the Eureka St videos and trial testimony tell a very different story.

Just another place where Worcester's solicitor was out of step with the MA courts. www.universalhub.com/2026/judge-r...

@billshaner.bsky.social reporting is stellar. There are serious repercussions from this conviction & prosecution. Beyond the personal cost, this is about chilling community defense & police misconduct enabled by prosecutorial discretion. www.worcestersucks.email/p/convicted-...

Although Burncoat freshman lost by a mile each point was CELEBRATED! 🏀

⬇️⬇️⬇️. Rest in peace Rev. Jesse Jackson

Roses are red. 🌹 Violets are blue. 💙 You should run for office, 🗳️ And we’ll help you! 🤝 traindems.org/register

NEW: Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found. The government keeps doing it nonetheless. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Just another time when it would be good for city leaders like Eric Batista Joe Petty and the Chief to speak up about all Etel’s good work in the city.

Turned on “all too early” just now. There’s a clip Rand Paul asking some homeland security boss about Minneapolis “is there ever a time when it’s necessary to throw a woman into the snow because of a verbal threat” (the woman that Alex Pretti tried to help) and the homeland security dude, 1 of 2

The ADA argued condescendingly that I would rehabilitate myself w/community service so something good would come of this. The way men speak to women they know they could never measure up to.

Sitting in a “Library Research” class in a WPS middle today. Presenting AI as the new best thing that “we have to learn whether we like it or not. It’s just part of life now”. I asked if the downsides of AI were going to be presented… non commitments shrug. Or was gross.

Massachusetts students and families!! Join @brownspromise.bsky.social tonight for office hours with our Chief Legal Counsel. We want to hear about your school experiences! tinyurl.com/BPOffice226

I like this. I wish the early programs were open to public institutions alone. We need to grow this “innovation” IMO

And @tracynovick.bsky.social did y’all see the follow up that the owner is saying they are NOT leaving? The vibes around this place have always seemed weird to me. And yes, for the love of god, a good little cafe is desperately needed AND WANTED.

Back in the '90s this would likely have started a war in the T&G newsroom, but here it is. Regardless of whether I was editing the story, I would have loudly said to the Page 1 editor, " 'Jury finds Etel guilty' is a bull--it, lazy headline. It should be 'Jury delivers split verdict'." #WordsMatter

⬇️⬇️⬇️. Agree Mark.

I love you! 💕

I will be taking the stand this morning. Our community was and always will be on the right side of history and on the right side of love. Thank you to everyone who packed the court yesterday.

AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.

Rep Mary Keefe being Mary. Bringing community together as she does to gain more information about possible development in her neighborhood.

Will we see justice in Worcester tomorrow? 🙏🏼. Thanks to @bill_shaner @EtelHaxhiaj and Ashley fighting charges, that should never have been brought, stemming from ICE’s visit to Worcester on MAY 8. May justice be yours. ❤️🙏🏼 open.substack.com/pub/billshan...

Iconic moment as he says "God Bless América" and then names every country in South, Central, and North america in order For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S. It means evveeerrybody

My wife @clbergpowers.bsky.social works for an organization @brownspromise.bsky.social that is working on School Segregation. We are indeed more segregated than pre-Brown vs. Board

I finished my shoveling. Jim’s still snowblowing. @DohertyHigh boys 🏀🏀🏀 are playing! It’s warm in here.