Marlene
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Undaunted. Member @massdems All In for
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Sasha aka Sauchi
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AFreakingMen
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Harry Turtledove
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On the World Wide Webster.
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Merry Christmas, and Happy Thursday! Here's to finding light in the darkness.
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Happy two-days-after-Solstice! I am a little late posting this, but wanted to say how grateful Rio and I are for the
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Mara Dolan, Governor’s Councillor
4 days ago
Our state courts are moving in the right direction and we’ve got to keep it that way. With gratitude, I ask for your support. Stay tuned for campaign kickoff news!
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Tom Cox
6 days ago
THREAD. My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments. I've collected his work here...
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Blue Heron Farm
9 days ago
How can you lose something you never had?
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli
8 months ago
Oh sorry, you DIDN'T want a backlit baby killdeer scampering across your timeline? Sorry. I'll tell the bird they're unwanted here. They'll be so sad. But it's fine. What really matters is you. No no. I'll tell them they're too smol and "low resolution" They'll understand.
#birds
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This be me. And I am willing to tell my story about my healthcare costs to any media outlet.
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Blue Heron Farm
15 days ago
Once again I will stress the importance of running for unwinnable seats. It allows you to get your positions into the consciousness of the people in your district. In 2018 I ran on expanding Medicare, doubling the minimum wage, and other progressive positions. Push that Overton window, y'all.
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That be me. I have to figure out how to come up with an extra $700.00 per month now. Thoughts and prayers, right? I am fucked.
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Michelle Wu 吳弭
17 days ago
We’ve been waiting for nearly two years for the State Senate to take a vote on our bill. If they have additional proposals, we’re not the ones stopping them. Btw our legislation includes balanced tax stabilization to help all residents AND additional tax relief for seniors & small businesses.
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Jonathan Cohn
17 days ago
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/experts-authoritarian-regimes-trump
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Animal Photo Reference Repository
17 days ago
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
https://scz.org/blog/the-reality-of-ai-animal-content?fbclid=IwRlRTSAOka_hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEehuwv0W4fSqUX68i6zvfrcF1IEE1wXEEQ27hxuJesiiCtue0FrK0tcEJEwgU_aem_I8bP-ySH1Hv9VCjCCuFWHQ
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The Fort Pointer
17 days ago
No lies detected
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Mary Ann ❌👑
18 days ago
When 60% of clothing is fossil‑fuel fibers and 90% of dyes are petrochemical, industry‑sanctioned norms like Pantone's Color of the Year accelerate conformity and pollution. 👉 My latest post:
maryannstewart.org/pantone-colo...
#Pantone
#ColorOfTheYear
#NaturalDyes
#BioFabricatedDyes
#knitsky
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Pantone Color of the Year Controversy: Why Industry Norms Limit Creative Independence
For fiber artists, artisans, and small studios, resisting industry norms is about more than color. It’s about values. Choosing hues rooted in place, ritual, and ecology challenges the idea that cre…
https://maryannstewart.org/pantone-color-of-the-year-controversy
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Jaya Saxena
21 days ago
I wrote this earlier this year and I still hope it can be of use!
www.eater.com/24364171/ice...
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli
23 days ago
Ilhan Omar will be in office far longer than Donald Trump. And America will continue to move in her direction until his entire legacy is burned to the ground.
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Claire Willett
23 days ago
a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
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Jade Walker
24 days ago
In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/metro/snap-food-stamps-employers-massachusetts/
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Chris Ingraham
24 days ago
There was a tweet some years back that was like "Being a Democrat is like going to a concert where the band is telling everyone to calm down the whole time" and I think about it a lot
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All of us today.
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Harry Wallop
24 days ago
Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s
@thetimes.com
about Tom Stoppard
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Marisa Kabas
27 days ago
i love my city so much. thank you to every single person who was out there.
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Claire Willett
about 1 month ago
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore I feel like we need this
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Robert Reich
about 1 month ago
This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It is the root of our dysfunction.
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Don Moynihan
about 1 month ago
This is...sort of brilliant.
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cait (and adonis)
about 1 month ago
this man really decorated before his crush came over lmfao
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District
about 1 month ago
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
https://neorsd.medium.com/what-tom-hollands-historic-lip-sync-showcase-taught-us-about-stormwater-management-9dead8680143
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True confessions - I remember taking the train to Buzzy's.
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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉
about 1 month ago
My fellow Worcesterites, Holy Cross University has allowed an ICE agent, Ryan Vasquez, to attend their upcoming career day in a recruiting capacity. Tell their president what you think of this. Holy Cross President: Vincent Rougeau
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This is important - happening now, worth watching. Mass Health Policy Commission Working Together to Safeguard the Commonwealth’s Commitment to Health Care Affordability, Access, and Equity
masshpc.gov/meetings/annua
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https://masshpc.gov/meetings/annua
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Ezra Levin ❌👑
about 2 months ago
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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Karly Kingsley
about 2 months ago
Seven million people came out on No Kings Day, the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, and then followed it up with sweeping every major race on Nov. 4. We did our job in the streets and at the polls. It’d be nice if Democrats in the Senate could get on board.
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Greg Pak
about 2 months ago
Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line. Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding! Find them here:
reps.fyi
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Imani Gandy Cane 🎅🏾
about 2 months ago
The emerging deal will be that Democrats get fuck all and then go on thanksgiving break while 41.7 million people slip into food insecurity. Fucking hell
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Taniel
about 2 months ago
This has not gotten much attention, but it should. Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE. Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
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toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton
about 2 months ago
Massport covers up ICE activity at Hanscom airfield. See our story at
lexingtonalarm.org
oversight bodies asked Massport specifically about ICE flights. They denied any knowledge. Two weeks before they got an official email with the subject “ICE charter flights”. What is Massport hiding.
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Lexington Alarm! – 1775 – No King! Resisting Tyranny in America – 2025
https://lexingtonalarm.org
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G Elliott Morris
about 2 months ago
Seven data-driven lessons from the 2025 elections
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
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Seven data-driven lessons from the 2025 elections
Democrats outran their polls and swept statewide races from Georgia to New Jersey, on an agenda of affordability and a broad anti-Trump backlash
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data-driven-takeaways-from
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Sing it from the hilltops...
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James
about 2 months ago
LOCAL ELECTION RESULT: Let me congratulate
@zysaidso.bsky.social
for her election to the Charlottesville School Board. For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
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Great news.
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Andrea Pitzer
about 2 months ago
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
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Jonathan Cohn
about 2 months ago
It's embarrassing that we don't have this yet.
#mapoli
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Adam Willis
about 2 months ago
An industrial menhaden fishery out of Virginia is the last of its kind on the Atlantic seaboard. Some say it's decimating a keystone Chesapeake fish with big fallout for other bay species. But, perhaps thanks to industry political donations, no one can prove it:
www.thebanner.com/community/cl...
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The little fish at the center of a big debate in the Chesapeake
No one — fisherman, conservationist or scientist — can say for certain how “the most important fish” is really faring in the Chesapeake Bay.
https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/atlantic-menhaden-chesapeake-bay-fishing-GJTLDRREMJAX7DOTVHERGSEQAM/
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NPR
about 2 months ago
The average new car costs $50,000. The average used car is $25,000. Insurance, repairs and maintenance are soaring. But America's car-centric habits also cost us in more subtle ways.
n.pr/47B4pRT
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Cars are essential in most of the U.S. They're also increasingly unaffordable
The average new car costs $50,000. The average used car is $25,000. Insurance, repairs and maintenance are soaring. But America's car-centric habits also cost us in more subtle ways.
https://n.pr/47B4pRT
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Blue Heron Farm
about 2 months ago
It's Dia de los Muertos. The day you log on to the ACA exchange to see if you can afford to live any longer.
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Happy Halloween! That's Jasper, who might murder me later.
about 2 months ago
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers
about 2 months ago
This is now at least two Massachusetts teens torn from their families, our schools, and our communities and sent back to the country their families are seeking legal ASYLUM from. Where is the leadership??
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