Bill Shaner
@billshaner.bsky.social
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I write about a city that punishes you for caring
https://www.worcestersucks.email/
Gold star Shaws doing corned beef briskets $2 a pound - crazy. Also new post up
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Joe Petty finally showed us who he is
Apropos nothing, he's out front against rent control. Why? Great question.
https://open.substack.com/pub/billshaner/p/joe-petty-finally-showed-us-who-he?r=bpz9&utm_medium=ios
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Gremlin đ“…· McCoy
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Failed society.
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Jesus fuuuuucking Christ dude
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Frickin Super Bowl weekend out here for pink and purple trees
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Worcester Affordable Housing Coalition statement on the tax break vote the council's expected to take tonight on a polar park-adjacent residential tower with craaazy rents
8 days ago
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incredible
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In the fake metropolis to cajole the fake legislature w
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all day 👍
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The death of Enrique Delgado Garcia is a consequence of a pointedly militarized training program and the specific circumstances of it read like they’re plucked from a bad first draft of full metal jacket. Latest Worcester dispatch for Hell World:
www.welcometohellworld.com/the-presumpt...
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Luke O'Neil
15 days ago
Today
@billshaner.bsky.social
reports on the MA State Police officers charged with involuntary manslaughter after the death of a recruit during boxing match training.
www.welcometohellworld.com/the-presumpt...
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The presumption of innocence
MA State Police officers charged with involuntary manslaughter after a trainee boxing match
https://www.welcometohellworld.com/the-presumption-of-innocence/
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this thread on the Worcester subreddit is hilarious. So many people going 'it's not a scam they just stake out specific lots in a predatory way and then overcharge ppl'
18 days ago
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Said it before i'll say it again the #1 rule of massachusetts is "the more you know the worse it gets"
19 days ago
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sorta deep in the weeds but this is a crazy new revelation from the state police boxing death investigation... they bring a hardo who doesn't know how to ref in to ref with no prior knowledge of either opponent's skill level... what's the worst that could happen, someone gets bludgeoned to death?
19 days ago
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Comfortably Numb
20 days ago
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You do have to hand it to the mass state police for having the self awareness to name their union SPAM (state police association of massachusetts). Good bit 👍
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We love a 'Hogs To Slaughter' Newscycle
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Since this was unbelievably annoying to get for some reason that has nothing to do im sure with the fact the court clerks & state police are 'on the same team' here is the full statement of facts filed at the Enrique Delgado Garcia arraignments today
drive.google.com/file/d/1RzFt...
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statement of case enrique delgado garcia .pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RzFtq80_AMcy04WfWTbMT8m-qiSG233c/view?usp=sharing
20 days ago
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Community Health Link is cutting jobs across three services, subcontracting out geriatric and substance abuse treatment and getting rid of its housing program all together. Big new hole in an already fragile net!
20 days ago
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Wow we really are sister cities đź’«
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Andrew Quemere
about 1 month ago
that's right
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Seth Moulton Saw Trans Rights as a Political Liability. It Could Doom His Senate Campaign.
Rep. Seth Moulton is challenging Sen. Ed Markey — and struggling to land his message with his past anti-trans comments haunting him.
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/19/seth-moulton-ed-markey-senate-democrats-trans/
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Roast of Worcester tonight !! Gunna be fun. Come watch me bomb
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-roast-...
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The Roast of Worcester
Another year where the city needs to get their ass roasted. All proceeds going to LUCE.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-roast-of-worcester-tickets-1983883395641?aff=oddtdtcreator
about 1 month ago
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No power in burncoat
about 1 month ago
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Add “Reaganism” to the many roads that lead back to Worcester lol
about 1 month ago
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This was a good time!
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about 1 month ago
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Matthew Noe
about 1 month ago
Why can't Worcester have nice things? Well, usually the police, but it is also because of small town, wealth hoarding, white nonsense that usually gets joked about on Midwest sitcoms but is very much part of Central Massachusetts.
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Omfg "Lake kids in Central Massachusetts are not fucking around" the new Chris Flemming special is so good
about 2 months ago
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Today I'm peasantmaxxing. Got the volcano livestream up, im in the digital commons with the boys deciphering what the omen portends, we're all a little pissed about how they fenced it off with hedges but we're mostly just hoping we dont get conscripted
about 2 months ago
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Not a great time to be taking credit for rocket technology lol. In fact probably the worst time in decades
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
hiiii late posting about it but i'm starting a monthly column at Worcester Sucks (and I Love It)!! shoutout
@billshaner.bsky.social
for seeing the vision. it's called How Did We Get Here? you should subscribe and get it direct to your inbox just sayinggg
www.worcestersucks.email/p/how-did-we...
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How Did We Get Here #1: The Woman’s Progressive Club
The first issue of a new local history column by Gillian Ganesan
https://www.worcestersucks.email/p/how-did-we-get-here-1-the-womans
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elia ayoub
about 2 months ago
That + 6 accounts on polymarket made around $1 million in profit by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28. Accounts were all freshly created in Feb and had only ever placed bets on this
bloom.bg/3ORPnBo
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Sue Coghlin Mailman - Worcester School Committee
about 2 months ago
⬇️⬇️⬇️. 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.
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Aislinn Doyle (@aislinndoyle)
February Brief is up!
https://substack.com/@aislinndoyle/note/c-220896210?r=73e0j&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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Andrew Quemere
about 2 months ago
There's no such thing as a police officer shortage. "The police chief is complaining" is not an objective measurement.
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This lede is a good example of the torqued discourse around cops and crime in local news. The "though" at the beginning of this creates an implicit causality (need more cops for less crime), but the evidence presented suggests the exact opposite
about 2 months ago
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You gotta hand it to her no one licks boot quite like kate toomey
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about 2 months ago
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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-...
about 2 months ago
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25 in wustáh
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about 2 months ago
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Getting amped for the blizzard by watching this vid I took then forgot about of a kid eating shit snowboarding across the street from the gold star Shaw’s a couple weeks ago
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about 2 months ago
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lord help me I'm Getting Really Into Obsidian
about 2 months ago
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I’d like to thank Thomas Duffy once again for making another Worcester progressive look like a hero. Keep doing it bud
2 months ago
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Etel Haxhiaj (ha-jee-eye)
2 months ago
@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-...
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Convicted of assault for getting assaulted
A timeline of political retribution in this city under the dome
https://www.worcestersucks.email/p/convicted-of-assault-for-getting?publication_id=57244&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=73adh&fbclid=IwZnRzaAQBLJRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEenJ1auqeK1op3envrCR-_OZqDeuvRqMrWwLUze50AyX05-JecC9sXNoZtIsg_aem_Rezrm-YGsOm1qmLXjlIMFw
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Luke O'Neil
2 months ago
In May we reported on the abduction by ICE of an asylum seeker in Worcester.
@etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social
, a city councilor at the time, was absurdly and unjustly convicted last week of assaulting a police officer that day in what she says was a politically motivated trial. We talked about it.
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A crisis that needed my attention
In May of last year Bill Shaner reported for Hell World on the abduction of a Worcester, MA asylum-seeker named Rosane Ferreira-De Oliveira by the federal government. It was an early look at how horri...
https://www.welcometohellworld.com/a-crisis-that-needed-my-attention/
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Luke O'Neil
2 months ago
There is no rational world in which what Haxhiaj did amounts to assault. It simply highlights the ridiculous double standard when it comes to how we allow our brave warriors to brutalize us to no end while also counting the most modest or incidental resistance as a grave affront to the law.
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A crisis that needed my attention
In May of last year Bill Shaner reported for Hell World on the abduction of a Worcester, MA asylum-seeker named Rosane Ferreira-De Oliveira by the federal government. It was an early look at how horri...
https://www.welcometohellworld.com/a-crisis-that-needed-my-attention/
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The Shoestring
2 months ago
The Northwestern DA’s office successfully convicted Etel Haxhiaj, a rapid responder to a Worcester ICE raid, of assault on a police officer. Haxhiaj declined a plea offer that would have required her to sign an apology letter. “I chose the truth,” she said.
@billshaner.bsky.social
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Northwestern Assistant DA convicts Worcester ICE protester
https://theshoestring.org/2026/02/14/northwestern-assistant-da-convicts-worcester-ice-protester/
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Etel Haxhiaj (ha-jee-eye)
2 months ago
Thank you immensely
@andrewjmarsh.bsky.social
for this powerful beautiful analysis in
@billshaner.bsky.social
’s Worcester Sucks. ❤️
www.worcestersucks.email/p/criminaliz...
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Criminalizing those who rush to help their neighbors
An op-ed from Andrew Marsh
https://www.worcestersucks.email/p/criminalizing-those-who-rush-to-help?publication_id=57244&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=73adh
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Thomas Duffy was in the building the whole time, had conversations with Gagne outside the courtroom, walked into the courtroom with the called witnesses and stared down the jurors with them (Gagne pretended to not know who he was) and now this, in the guardian... Yet judge barred him from the stand!
2 months ago
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Etel Haxhiaj (ha-jee-eye)
2 months ago
Major props to
@billshaner.bsky.social
for spending two days in court documenting the trial, the details and for also just being an outstanding G as my young son called him when Bill lent Danny a charger. We are fortunate to have Bill’s outstanding work & analysis.
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On one side we have a dedicated community organizer with six months probation and on the other side we have a police dept spending two days showing us they collaborated with ICE, will do so in the future, don’t follow their own use of force policies, don’t know what de-escalation means don’t care
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Etel Haxhiaj (ha-jee-eye)
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Couple things stick in my mind. Just before they called ppl back in to hear the verdict, a court officer came out and gave the cops on the other side of the hall a big thumbs up. Then Gagne came out and did the same. Then they tried to let just the cops in, past the public, but got called on it
2 months ago
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WPD patrolman’s union president Thomas Duffy rn
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2 months ago
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