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this is a shame, Trivvy was an awesome free tool. "rivy version 0.69.4 has been compromised. This includes the Brew version, so if you run `brew info trivy` and it shows 0.69.4 installed, please start incident response ASAP."

REMINDER: Join me at the opening reception of a group show "We Create Diamonds" at the Nave Gallery in West Somerville. Saturday, March 21st, 6-8pm. See you there! navegallery.org/wp/we-create...

A strategy I am recommending to people who don’t want to mask all the time is always in healthcare facilities and public transportation, AND if you see someone in a mask, put yours on. The first helps protect spaces high risk people may have no choice but to go, the second shows them support.

Almost two weeks ago, I wrote on why this is a very bad idea. Not much has changed since then.

This is my kind of kind-hearted pedantry - words mean things?

We need volunteer marshals for No Kings Day Boston 3/28! Get trained to support the rally and then sign up as a marshal. Join this virtual training to learn nonviolent tactics to help keep the rally and events like it safe and effective.

FBI seeks victims of Steam games used to spread malware

SINNERS was the best film of all of the movies nominated. It was the best written, the best directed, the best scored, the best choreographed, and the best acted film of the year. ROBBERY

Okay also one more thing about Mr. Nobody Against Putin winning the Oscar: on some level awards are stupid and don't matter, but on the other hand, truly beautiful that a man who risked his life and abandoned literally everyone he loved to stand up to fascism won the Oscar.

Today was a great day to kick off @wilfredmbah.bsky.social's campaign for 34th Middlesex State Representative at the Great American Beer Hall in Medford, Massachusetts

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Come on down to Aeronaut for @indivisiblesville.bsky.social's “Community Defense: Supporting our Immigrant Neighbors” - sign up now! Sunday March 15 at 1 PM! www.mobilize.us/indivisibles...

Please join today’s MMI Standout to Boycott Citizens Bank 3/14 11-12pm: two locations Medford Square and Davis Square www.mysticmashup.org/events/ #1: Medford Square, across from Citizens Bank, 1 Riverside Ave, #2: Sidewalk near bank, Davis Square, 212 Elm St, Somerville

We are fucked, sure, but this is the median voter. Most voters have no personal ideology - their policy preferences are wildly inconsistent. An actual voter will have no problem being pro-choice, pro-gun, pro-ubi, anti-income tax, pro-crypto, and determined to end the Federal Reserve.

let’s fucking go

Hegseth can be found at Christ Church in Washington, DC just about every Sunday @ 10:30am. Do with this what you will.

"Some state leaders around the country have proposed similar measures at the local level" Every state budget already looks like Carrie at the prom but sure, let's pause gas taxes gizmodo.com/gas-prices-a...

If you're On Here, and you live in Somerville Massachusetts, I cannot encourage you enough to read Chris Dwan's City Council live microblogging. It's thorough enough, insightful and often funny. I've tried other methods, this one is the best.

"Recent polling shows the majority of Americans oppose the US military action in Iran and disapprove of Trump’s handling of the conflict as it approaches its second week." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/09/n...

Mike is clearly not a U2 fan

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Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music Several dozen folks did Some even dubbed music over the original clip. I haven't been able to get this out of my head. So I give you A Bluesky exclusive: Reservoir Ducks 🐣 🪶

The March 15, 2025, killing of Ruben Ray Martinez drew almost no public attention. But Martinez is now the first known American citizen shot to death by federal immigration agents during President Trump’s second term. https://wapo.st/4lbpGYC

Everyone is very angry at Timothee Chalamet over on Threads, because he was mean about opera and ballet, and I feel like that’s the sort of scandal we were meant to be having in the President Kamala timeline

I called Gov. Ivey's office this morning and left the recommended message. They're open Monday to Friday, 8 to 5. So if you call today, you definitely won't have to talk to a person.

I don't get the acrobatics on behalf of Platner. The stuff he's good about MANY candidates should be good about. Why go to such incredible ends to defend this guy? We can't manage anti-imperialist, pro-labor candidates who don't flirt with Nazis? Let's dare to dream! We can do it!

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

There are a lot of reasons to hate SMS fundraising. Today I am struck by the stupidity. *If* there is a letter, will it do anything? It's not a political exercise. Would it, conceivably, be comforting to Colbert? Does he not know that people like his show? Is that the premise?

Join us at our next Community Defense training on March 15 at 1pm! mobilize.us/s/4xQ0Ui

This is my problem with Platner in a nutshell

Trans Kansan's being stripped of their licenses due to having previously - legally - changed their gender marker is absolutely shocking. A person who misses the letter - let's they moved and forgot to have their mail forwarded - could drive to work and be arrested for driving without a license.

We are counter-programming the State of the Union with a fundraising telethon featuring everyone’s favorite Bluesky posters doing short presentations and sketches on stuff they are passionate about. Will stream on YouTube starting at 8:30pm EST postersmadness.wordpress.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 2 Good backgrounder from The Advocate on the state of anti-trans bathroom laws in the states, 21 of which have passed some ban with 2 adding the possibility of criminal penalty. Many of these are limited to govt buildings and schools.

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I still don't understand how this isn't the headline everywhere. If Biden or Obama said the words, "I'm allowed to destroy the country" Fox News would be giving tips on where to buy pitchforks and torches.

This is the way

32. When you understand this double standard, you can see how the news media actually created conditions during the 2024 election in which some middle-class Americans unknowingly voted for their own immiseration. And now they’re mad. www.editorialboard.com/why-isnt-the...

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The targeting of trans adults in a new round of state level bills is just driving home the lesson I learned over and over while researching The Perfect Moment: compromising doesn’t really work. Horse trading does.

Discovering I was trans was the greatest blessing of my life. A simple explanation for a sense of wrongness I'd felt so long I thought that wrongness was me. I credit the trans community for bringing society to the point where I could understand what was wrong and get help.

Oliver Willis has probably forgotten more about US politics than I will ever know, but I think this win-Republican-support-with-logic approach became irrelevant around 1981, with the first Reagan inauguration

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.” Join us on March 7 at 12 in Davis Square to stand out for human rights, justice, and build community among our neighbors. Sign up: mobilize.us/s/Ot5Lc3 #immigrantsmakeamericagreat #releasethefiles #vote #justice

Roses are red, Violets are blue, We're going to No Kings Day on 3/28, Are you? #valentinesday #lovenothate #lovemakesamericagreat #nokings

Boston Herald spilling ink, bitterness and innuendos this week, making a big deal of Mayor Wu making a friendly bet with the mayor of Seattle — at no cost to Boston. The Herald patriarchy had no problem with Walsh, Menino or prior mayors making these types of friendly wagers, did they?

If you haven’t attended one of these trainings, do yourself a favor and sign up. Very informative and important information!

great digest! I will link to this in my trainings as a one stop page to visit

This is the bottom line you must demand from all your electeds— especially if they would like your support and vote this November or ever.

BTW, if you're trying to keep up with Minnesota and ICE, @startribune.com has lifted the paywall on their blog that covers that: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...