How to DIY your own SCIF! I’m sure the “But Her Emails”professional chattering class will be all over this…

February Brief is up!

“The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.”

Caved in and finally started watching Heated Rivalry.

Caved in and finally started watching Heated Rivalry.

The Monster At The End Of The Street

I witnessed Tim Raines get thrown out of a Newark Bears game in the 1st inning. He went around and personally cussed out each ump before hitting the showers. Then 2 innings later, he bought a ticket and showed up in the stands to keep yelling at the umps.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

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.

Happy President’s Day to my President.

Why are you worried about aliens? The DOW is at 50,000!

Why are you worried about aliens? The DOW is at 50,000!

4. Medical malpractice. Here’s why I say stopping this detention-to Texas pipeline is life of death. An 18-month old hospitalized after nearly dying of three simultaneous respiratory infections. When she returned to the camp, DHS withheld her meds. 23/ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Shame on that jury, Officer Duffy, and DA Gagne. I still don’t understand why Duffy didn’t have to take the stand.

Seems like a missed opportunity to ask when and how Officer McGuirk learned of Councilor Haxhiaj’s arrest?

I knew without clicking which School Committee Member was misbehaving in public, again.

Last weekend. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

An email I sent to school committee about the lack of good faith conversation around my petitions for student privacy protections heard at TLSS. (Except for Vanessa Alvarez who was incredibly prepared and thoughtful.)

Appreciate this article by @jessecollings.bsky.social —I’m shocked they didn’t tell the petitioner when it would be heard! share.newsbreak.com/h3k1dbho?s=i16

I wonder if this guy enjoyed this showing of Melania.

Catherine O’Hara was amazing, consistently a scene stealer and hilarious in everything she did. Moira Rose was the pinnacle of a deep and wonderfully funny career.

All Orc patrols sent out to round up Hobbits from The Shire will be given Palantirs so they can fall under the ever watchful Eye of Sauron.

New England nice is telling your neighbors “no, you can’t use my snow shovel while I’m still shoveling but you can have it after I’m done.” Then going to help them when you’re done as they use a dustpan and broom to shovel a foot and a half of snow.

Every time I go by the lots at Roosevelt School during school hours, they are already full, long before school ends. The issue is cars idling in the breakdown lane and blocking driveways starting an hour before dismissal. That’s the problem to address. A parking ban won’t solve anything.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Stop or I’ll say stop again!

This has always been the plan. This is who we were, and who they want to be again as they escalate. bookshop.org/p/books/wilm...

The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect. /1

Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."

I was kicked out of second grade for telling the teacher we shouldn’t make penguins for arts & crafts during our North Pole week.

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

Trump is going to demand Chewbacca’s medal next.

Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.

“And you dare to call me a terrorist, while you look down your gun When I think of all the deeds that you had done” -The Wolfe Tones

Someone please help my Uncle Marty, who is trying to free the socialist hellhole that NYC has become. I fear he’s in great danger. We were on the phone, and just before it disconnected, he said “oh crap,” and I haven’t heard from him since.

Im proud to announce my startup Eärendil, which will produce the Phial™️, allowing users to bypass Sauron’s security systems. We will also produce Mithril™️ and Sting™️, products to defend against and attack whatever lethal systems this company eventually dreams up.

Isn’t this the CEO who enshittified Sonos in an attempt to sell all new speakers and build an app to collect all the customer’s data? And then walked it back after the app crashed and burned and customers were pissed their speakers were bricked? Good luck buddy.

Without safer pedestrian options and an understanding of why so many parents choose to drive and not use the bus or walk, you’re just going to move these parked cars to side streets. It’s whack-a-mole. www.masslive.com/worcester/20...

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

It’s a newly self aware reading of A Christmas Carol, right?

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:

Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE. “They’re failing all of us,” his mom said. thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...

It would be a full Electoral College sweep if a politician runs on eliminating spam calls, lowering the volume of broadcast ads, and hiring human operators to answer phone calls instead of useless virtual assistants that leave you yelling “human” and “operator” over and over into your phone.

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How the New York Times described this takedown and arrest of a 16 year old, 100 pound teenager whose mother had just been dragged off by ICE: “Police officers raced to stop her, and the teenager ended up on the ground.” (Starts at 7:10 in the video) youtu.be/iTHyBwxhiD4

Cancelling my NYT subscription because they quoted Steve Quist in an article about Worcester politics.

Good reporting on the details of the Worcester recount by @speedofwhite.bsky.social

D3 had roughly 200+ more blank ballots compared to other districts.