What’s frustrating to me about the quotes from local & state electeds here is the implication that authority and power trumps law. That is not what the Supremacy Clause says. Why take an oath to support the US Constitution? www.boston.com/news/local-n...

But the SC puts law above power. “The Supremacy Clause makes it …tough…to get anything done. It’s …been a very frustrating ordeal not only for the town but for the Select Board in general. We apparently don’t have much jurisdiction over a building in our town.” www.boston.com/news/local-n...

Boycott Hilton

A stroke of genius by @ofsevit.bsky.social. Well worth pushing @massdot.bsky.social to see beyond the status quo. ariofsevit.com/apb/2026/01/...

The study estimated that the human brain was 0.5% microplastics by weight - around 7 g of tiny plastics, the weight of a plastic spoon.” (Other experts disagree - I hope the other experts are right). www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/04/n...

The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!

“Help support America’s car culture.” Celebrate the 40k+ killed annually in America. winacar.larzanderson.org

@bostonu.bsky.social admin is up there with the taken-over New School, obeying in advance, asked people to hide window pride flags to evade attention. Admin apparently too ashamed to put request in writing. apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/metr...

Anyone know why UT, NH, NY, PA & VT are moving on balcony/plug-in solar while MA isn’t, and how much Eversource & National Grid are paying our electeds for the delay? www.sierraclub.org/sierra/plug-...?

Richard Grenell, the Kennedy Center’s chairman, said…that the artists canceling shows were “far-left political activists” & that they had been booked by previous leadership. “Boycotting the arts to show you support the arts is a form of derangement syndrome.” 👏👏👏 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...

Better: use solar on housing built on parking lots.

“PECO confirmed a compromised gas main caused a free-flow gas leak, fueling the explosion and fire.” www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

Learned about #YIGBY - terrific idea!

It’s not that they’re complicit with ICE, the Burlington Mall just needs the parking. 🙄

Another “accident”: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/23/m...

Another one of 40k slaughtered every year in Carmerica www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/19/m...

I allowed limited AI use with full disclosure on a term paper, but give kudos to this student's disclaimer: "This report contains 100% original human thought with no AI used at any point in the research, writing, or citation processes."

What a F’ing liar. Corrupt Mariano said in a statement that “campaign donations have no influence on the work done by legislative committees, nor do they have any impact on the House’s agenda.”

“Campaign donations have never influenced my work as a member of the House of Representatives or as a committee chair,” Cusack said in a statement. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/16/m...

Is why the US uniquely tolerates gun violence the same as why we uniquely tolerate car violence?

Can you be honest and tell us if you’re still taking $ from the fossil fuel industry?

Social hot h20 kettle: battery heated on-peak, recharge off peak. Internal sensor records grid $/CO2 savings, aggregate across thousands of incorporated households, bid into wholesale @iso-ne.com demand response market when collective reaches >100kW, distribute $, give more kettles & grow network.

Congrats CAISO, ERCOT, MISO, PJM states, plus AZ, FL, & UT! Ratepayers in @iso-ne.com states applaud your leadership electrek.co/2025/12/08/u...

Judge orders regime to restore Tufts grad student Rümeysa Öztürk's entry in a federal student database www.universalhub.com/2025/judge-o... #ICE #SomervilleMA

Not interested in debating semantics, but inter-agency inconsistency in using the word "emergency" is confusing/ concerning - and blackouts in Braintree were attributed to a transmission surge from outside the distribution system - by Braintree officials - making it substantive.

@bostonu.bsky.social asked faculty for anticipatory obedience/ appeasement yet again, to remove pride flags, and these amazing community members responded to say a resounding NO.

“It is truly sad how much valuable knowledge is currently being lost here in the US due to fear within the academic community that they could be punished for their speech and beliefs like I was.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/m...

@iso-ne.com doubled-down yesterday in a meeting of the Consumer Liaison Group, claiming the Energy Emergency Level 1 alert ISO-NE declared 11/23 was a "not emergency". Hundreds of residential & business outages occured in Braintree, Milton and Mattapan during this emergency "not emergency".

White Homeland Security SUV’s parked in violation of National Development parking lot restrictions, near the Burlington MA ICE facility. So far NatDev has shown no shame in aiding & abetting ICE.

@markey.senate.gov at #BearingWitness #BurlingtonMA @universalhub.com

Interested (as always with energy/grid) in @jglarusso.bsky.social’s take? H/t @grumpygrumpyowl.bsky.social

ISO New England has lifted the abnormal conditions alert. System conditions have returned to normal.

Hey #energysky #energyhub what’s happening to power and the grid in #NewEngland?? 📢 #power #blackout #BELD #Braintree #MApoli #ISONewEngland 🔌🐇 @miriamwasser.bsky.social @wbur.org @wcvb5.bsky.social @jglarusso.bsky.social @nathanpboston.bsky.social @nbcboston.com

Actually it was an emergency:

More power to @bostonu.bsky.social students, for the courage to assert “Sanctuary” while their so-called leaders self-censor and comply with desecration.

Proud of @bostonu.bsky.social cross-country team leaders: dailyfreepress.com/11/21/08/216...

@repauchincloss.bsky.social why aren’t you invited/going? Will you be going on another date soon to follow up on this humanitarian disaster? moulton.house.gov/news/press-r...

This story fails to note Post owner Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon, one of the leading builders of AI data centers. And this is part of a trend, as I wrote for FAIR fair.org/home/wapo-de...

For the many who can (not everyone can) it’s a reliable 15 min by bike & 35 min by foot; you’ll pollute less, save money, increase your health, reduce congestion for those who actually must use a car, and reduce your utter dependency on the car-fossil-fuel-industrial complex.

In essence, BU says “We’re already effectively a sanctuary campus, we just can’t use that term.” “Clarity of language is the first casualty of authoritarianism” - Robin Morgan.

SO DEFINE IT. “It has no clear legal definition and may imply protections no university can guarantee,” @bostonu.bsky.social Spokesperson Colin Riley wrote. “What matters most is not the label, but the depth of the University’s commitment to its students and the resources it provides them.” 1/x

Since @plosone.org has been sitting on our ms. for 6 months with zero progress (on to a 3rd editor), this could well be the better choice for ecology.

@plosone.org on to our 3rd manuscript editor fully six months after submission, with no progress in sight. Worst experience in 30 years of peer-review. Considering cutting losses and publishing elsewhere. Ughhhh @plos.org

Cell cramming 30-40 people in the BurlingtonMA ICE facility: www.facebook.com/share/p/1JgK...?

“Pump up the numbers” - because they’re not humans, just numbers? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/13/m...

The dilemma of turning swords into ploughshares mindful that the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.

ICE out of Waltham standout at Waltham District Court, an ICE trap site. @universalhub.com

@bostonglobe.com catering to the cars first crowd, choosing glass-half-empty framing & ignoring the other 50%. “In a Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll in July, half of respondents said the city’s bike lanes make it slower and less convenient to get around.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...