Open notebook dump of all things related to Etel Haxhiaj and Ashley Spring's motion to dismiss hearings this morning including video of @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social addressing supporters. Will be updating it furiously until I have to leave at 5 www.worcestersucks.email/p/open-noteb...

the shane gillis early onset republicanism bit but it's the gulf war and communism

Realistically AIs don't cross the threshold from imitating art to making art until they 1. figure out how to kill themselves 2. decide not to

Fuck it why not

Judge is set to rule Thursday morning on a motion to dismiss the assault charge WPD hit Etel with for getting in ICE's way. Need a good crowd out! More in the latest newsletter post www.worcestersucks.email/p/giving-up-...

israel is the crazy guy at the beginning of every Ballard book and America is the main character going woah i'll never get that crazy haha unless... ?

Lmao northborough got jokes

Worcester is whatever you call the opposite of a meritocracy… a dipshitocracy lmao

21 minute council meeting. Last real meeting before the election lol. If you ever had any doubts about this being a real government body, or questioned whether there was any “business” to “get back to” .. doubts = confirmed

Here's the council agenda and packet for tomorrow's meeting in a link you can actually click thru to. The city isn't hosting HTML versions anymore I guess s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/up.raindrop....

Petition to rename Lake Quinsig the Gulf of Worcester

Top *eight* articles on NYT devoted to Charlie Kirk, top one asks if he will be remembered like MLK. This is a man who only a tiny percent of Americans had even heard of before his death, whose views are too nasty for NYT to detail. But they are trying so hard to turn into martyr.

Mass Landlords is activating the sleeper cells it keeps at the corner table of every Honey Dew Donuts in the state to go out and spy on ppl gathering rent control signatures today. DO NOT ENGAGE any Honey Dew Guys you see outside of a Honey Dew. Just call animal control

Join Fanbase Press for the ‘Get Involved in Local Politics’ Virtual Forum on September 21, 2025, to Learn How You Can Make an Impact in Your Community fanbasepress.com/about/newsfe...

"A shocking death cannot retroactively transform a wicked man into a saint." Only take you need on the matter IMO from @andrewqmr.bsky.social andrewqmr.substack.com/p/no-boston-...

Debuting the DocuScan6900 at WPL

"It is the municipal government that uncomfortably holds the leash of that rabid dog, unsure if they could actually control the thing should they need to. Some, like Toomey, have decided just to be the dog themselves." @billshaner.bsky.social www.worcestersucks.email/p/theres-a-w...

Second week in a row I made it part of my editing process to put together a quick piece of original music for the intro. Gunna keep doing a new take on this theme in perpetuity every episode, it’s fun! why not. Also new ep up check it out www.worcestersucks.email/p/episode-36...

Downright biblical rain in Burncoat rn

I sent Nelly $50 to help her make our first Qanon school committee member our last Qanon school committee member. If you care abt the city and have some spare time or money over the next few months, this is one of the best ways to spend it

Found a piece of 24 karat solid gold cleaning my desktop out just now. God bless the local 69 commenters union

Luke was nice enough to send an advance copy my way and.. you don't know how hard this cover is gunna gut you until you read the thing lol. 10/10 perfect art

dont worry everyoen im getting to the bottom of it

City hall's 'evil or incompetent?' paradox on full display in Pride Worcester's statement tonight. Anyone's guess!!

Gannett putting Western MA slop content on the Telegram... the news subpage to boot.... real insult to injury

quick hit on the results i'll be updating it over the next few days as I work on a proper writeup for the weekly email www.worcestersucks.email/p/charles-la...

Welp looks like Charles lacked Luster

results!

Katie and I were voters 125 and 126 at Burncoat. Only ones there besides poll workers. As we were leaving a cop told 3 black teenagers to get away from the door bc "you're scaring people." Can't make this shit up man

These are the questions Kathy Roy had to answer to secure the state's only endorsement from a shitty culture warrior slush fund called the 1776 Project PAC. Every day she spends on the Worcester School Committee is an insult to the city.

Logging back on after a much needed weekend away from The Bullshit. And I'm LOVING the range of reactions to the campaign finance piece gillian and Greg put up over the weekend lmao some people are sooooo mad www.worcestersucks.email/p/introducin...

@billshaner.bsky.social Newish reader, first time caller: I appreciate your reporting on the election and wanted to thank you for doing the work. I feel like it’s filling an information accessibility void. Public service. Also this appeared on Wplace right next to my orange cat and I love it.

At the courthouse. Zoom is down building-wide. Some guy from IT on speaker phone with the judge in my courtroom: “the whole system crashed cuz I crashed it” lmaooo

What if I started holding office hours at the greendale nazi eagle statue lol

POV: you’re visiting worcester’s famous lightless void

Candy Mero-Carlson's new radio campaign commercial is 1., obviously ai 2., there is no veep or parks and rec bit that comes close

bill and i are at it again, come hang out with us at steel and wire tonight at 7! the weather looks nice this time! @billshaner.bsky.social

kate toomey's obstruction of the sprinkler ordinance the fire dept is begging for is maybe the most blatant case of local govt corruption ive ever seen. And the mayor just... lets it happen. This is from last night—it's like at least the third time she's done this w/o saying why

Tonight wasn’t an entire loss I was able to put the finishing touches on my finest city council techno track to date, WATER LAWNMOWER worcestersucksmp3.bandcamp.com/track/water-...

four pothole inspectors who inspect potholes in this city, lots of potholes. Eight members of the WPD vice squad who... ???, mitigating ????????. Maybe we should #FundTheDPW

broooooo Toomey just held the sprinkler ordinance again wtf

Since not a single outlet deigned to link the podcast episode at the heart of the most recent St Vs nurses story here it is lol. Carla will 1000 percent win her lawsuit. She told us nothing but the truth www.worcestersucks.email/p/episode-10...

If crimes committed by police counted in crime statistics this week alone would bring DC’s current 30-year low up to par

Kate Toomey never ceases to amaze

omfg

We finally did it folks! The first good use of prop 2.5 local control. Only took 45 years

the mayor and council majority have at least three times in recent memory voted for a recess, convened in his office, came back out & executed the plan they'd just obviously rehearsed. A time out before an offensive snap. Ridiculous that the most benign oml violation out of hundreds is A1 material

per my post that just went out... I haven't made a mistake this stupid in a long time and im kicking myself. You have ONE vote in the school committee district E preliminary. Not two. Big fuckin dumb idiot over here.

wow sorry to hank stolz i was unfamiliar with your game brother