jonlink
@jonlink.bsky.social
Somerville safe streets, climate, and social justice enthusiast. Possible artist and avid enjoyer of the arts. Also sometimes do software stuff.
Running for Somerville City Council At-Large.
JonForSomerville.com
Running for Somerville City Council At-Large.
JonForSomerville.com
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Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
Union Square Main Streets along with a load of local businesses are holding a "Jingle" on 7 December (1-6pm).
Looks like there'll be lots of family-friendly activities and opportunities to shop local for the holidays.
www.unionsquaremain.org/jingle
Looks like there'll be lots of family-friendly activities and opportunities to shop local for the holidays.
www.unionsquaremain.org/jingle
December 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Union Square Main Streets along with a load of local businesses are holding a "Jingle" on 7 December (1-6pm).
Looks like there'll be lots of family-friendly activities and opportunities to shop local for the holidays.
www.unionsquaremain.org/jingle
Looks like there'll be lots of family-friendly activities and opportunities to shop local for the holidays.
www.unionsquaremain.org/jingle
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As a part of the Transition Team, we have interns from Tufts University helping with various aspects of the transition, from committee support to community engagement and communications. Swipe through to meet the students interning with our Transition Team! 2/2
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
As a part of the Transition Team, we have interns from Tufts University helping with various aspects of the transition, from committee support to community engagement and communications. Swipe through to meet the students interning with our Transition Team! 2/2
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Uranium mining left a trail of sickness & death through Navajo territory, yet Trump pushes for a reemergence of this extractive practice.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social on the miners, their family members, and all surrounded by the toxic nuclear energy industry.
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
@sarahlazare.bsky.social on the miners, their family members, and all surrounded by the toxic nuclear energy industry.
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Uranium mining left a trail of sickness & death through Navajo territory, yet Trump pushes for a reemergence of this extractive practice.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social on the miners, their family members, and all surrounded by the toxic nuclear energy industry.
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
@sarahlazare.bsky.social on the miners, their family members, and all surrounded by the toxic nuclear energy industry.
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
It's sad that the success of something that resonated with kids has been weaponized against trans people—I especially feel for all the trans kids who have to live with Rowling's work being embraced by peers knowing how much hate she has aimed at their young lives. No kid deserves that.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's sad that the success of something that resonated with kids has been weaponized against trans people—I especially feel for all the trans kids who have to live with Rowling's work being embraced by peers knowing how much hate she has aimed at their young lives. No kid deserves that.
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Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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This feels like maga on maga leaking. You don’t leak to Miranda Devine at the ny post unless you consider her to be a legit journalist, If you consider her to be legit then…..
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This feels like maga on maga leaking. You don’t leak to Miranda Devine at the ny post unless you consider her to be a legit journalist, If you consider her to be legit then…..
Really love to see underutilized highways become public space again. Looking forward to Somerville's McGrath coming down. ...by the way, the new public meeting about the McGrath project is here (happening on 9 Dec) : www.mass.gov/event/somerv...
Eyes on the Street: The Fall of a Freeway in Fall River - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The demolition of MassDOT's blighted Route 79 expressway opens up 19 acres of land for new housing next to Fall River's MBTA station.
mass.streetsblog.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Really love to see underutilized highways become public space again. Looking forward to Somerville's McGrath coming down. ...by the way, the new public meeting about the McGrath project is here (happening on 9 Dec) : www.mass.gov/event/somerv...
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NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
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"Dogs don't bark at parked cars" is an all-time great line
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Dogs don't bark at parked cars" is an all-time great line
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Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls
Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency—and unwittingly revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually foreign actors.
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency—and unwittingly revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually foreign actors.
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls
Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency—and unwittingly revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually foreign actors.
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency—and unwittingly revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually foreign actors.
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
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“I’m warning you for the 15th time…”
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“I’m warning you for the 15th time…”
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The U.S. is the biggest emitter of carbon emissions from AI, making up 45% of the world’s emissions.
“Data Crunch”: AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals
A new report titled “Data Crunch: How the AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals” from the Center for Biological Diversity warns the booming artificial intelligence in...
www.democracynow.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The U.S. is the biggest emitter of carbon emissions from AI, making up 45% of the world’s emissions.
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What if we took the money we’re shoveling into building data centers to make AI slop that nobody wants, and that’s putting our whole creative class out of work, in a way that will inevitably crash the markets … and instead built housing and provided social services that people actually need?
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What if we took the money we’re shoveling into building data centers to make AI slop that nobody wants, and that’s putting our whole creative class out of work, in a way that will inevitably crash the markets … and instead built housing and provided social services that people actually need?
These sorts of things annoy me.
Eversource is doing a good thing _here_, however people struggled with bills last winter because Eversource price gouged its customers via “delivery” fees.
They are not saviors, they contributed to food insecurity and will eagerly hike prices again when allowed.
Eversource is doing a good thing _here_, however people struggled with bills last winter because Eversource price gouged its customers via “delivery” fees.
They are not saviors, they contributed to food insecurity and will eagerly hike prices again when allowed.
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
These sorts of things annoy me.
Eversource is doing a good thing _here_, however people struggled with bills last winter because Eversource price gouged its customers via “delivery” fees.
They are not saviors, they contributed to food insecurity and will eagerly hike prices again when allowed.
Eversource is doing a good thing _here_, however people struggled with bills last winter because Eversource price gouged its customers via “delivery” fees.
They are not saviors, they contributed to food insecurity and will eagerly hike prices again when allowed.
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I would like to know who at the Boston Globe thought it was appropriate to give a platform to this eugenicist Nazi. How does this serve Boston Globe readers?
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I would like to know who at the Boston Globe thought it was appropriate to give a platform to this eugenicist Nazi. How does this serve Boston Globe readers?
For those who want to feel GOOD about our state, I’ve now heard that this bill got killed today. Nice work state reps!
For those who want to be mad about federal AND state actions (inactions), may I present a bill that doesn’t just curb climate goals, but also makes it harder to stop pollution…
Conceding to Trump, State House Democrats Fast-Track Legislation to Repeal State Climate Laws - Streetsblog Massachusetts
House Democrats are poised to embrace the Trump administration's energy policies by repealing key science-based provisions in the state's climate laws.
mass.streetsblog.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
For those who want to feel GOOD about our state, I’ve now heard that this bill got killed today. Nice work state reps!
For those who want to be mad about federal AND state actions (inactions), may I present a bill that doesn’t just curb climate goals, but also makes it harder to stop pollution…
Conceding to Trump, State House Democrats Fast-Track Legislation to Repeal State Climate Laws - Streetsblog Massachusetts
House Democrats are poised to embrace the Trump administration's energy policies by repealing key science-based provisions in the state's climate laws.
mass.streetsblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
For those who want to be mad about federal AND state actions (inactions), may I present a bill that doesn’t just curb climate goals, but also makes it harder to stop pollution…
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Ok, so maybe you're not ready to commit to 8 or 12 books in a bundle either for a gift for someone or for yourself, well, we've got a whole bunch of 3 book bundles to choose from as well. (But I'm still gonna drop a link to our Holiday Bundles at the start of this thread anyway. Gotta hustle!) 1/7
Holiday Bundles
The perfect gift for the reader in your life, these bundles offer an individually curated selection of books to open over the course of the holiday seasons. 8 or 12 book bundles.
portersquarebooks.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ok, so maybe you're not ready to commit to 8 or 12 books in a bundle either for a gift for someone or for yourself, well, we've got a whole bunch of 3 book bundles to choose from as well. (But I'm still gonna drop a link to our Holiday Bundles at the start of this thread anyway. Gotta hustle!) 1/7
Foreman: did everyone get their company issued protective flip flops?
Problem: AI needs massive amounts of power to thrive. Nuclear makes lots of power. Nuclear takes a long long time to do safely.
Proposed solution that I'm sure will have no unpleasant consequences: Use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear plants.
Proposed solution that I'm sure will have no unpleasant consequences: Use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear plants.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Foreman: did everyone get their company issued protective flip flops?
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It's so enraging that -- given how little our Legislature does -- *this* is something the House wants to move forward.
There's still time to call or email your state rep if you haven't yet!
Say NO to rolling back climate targets, rolling back clean energy, and rolling back energy efficiency in order to line utilities' pockets and cost you more.
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/letters/ma-h...
Say NO to rolling back climate targets, rolling back clean energy, and rolling back energy efficiency in order to line utilities' pockets and cost you more.
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/letters/ma-h...
MA House: Don't Cave on Climate
On Friday, the Massachusetts House Energy Chair, Rep. MarkCusack (D-Braintree), told Commonwealth Beacon
that he is considering repealing our critical state commitments to
climate pollution reductio...
actionnetwork.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
It's so enraging that -- given how little our Legislature does -- *this* is something the House wants to move forward.
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🐟Watch our Resolution on sewage overflows here👇
Cities across MA are being put in an impossible position: asked to build infrastructure that doesn’t solve the sewage problem, at costs that local residents can’t afford. We need the MWRA to help fund & design regional stormwater & infrastructure
Cities across MA are being put in an impossible position: asked to build infrastructure that doesn’t solve the sewage problem, at costs that local residents can’t afford. We need the MWRA to help fund & design regional stormwater & infrastructure
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🐟Watch our Resolution on sewage overflows here👇
Cities across MA are being put in an impossible position: asked to build infrastructure that doesn’t solve the sewage problem, at costs that local residents can’t afford. We need the MWRA to help fund & design regional stormwater & infrastructure
Cities across MA are being put in an impossible position: asked to build infrastructure that doesn’t solve the sewage problem, at costs that local residents can’t afford. We need the MWRA to help fund & design regional stormwater & infrastructure
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More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Like books and/or libraries? Friends of the Somerville Public Library is having a book sale.
Saturday Dec 6th 9:15-3pm
Sunday Dec 7th 1:15-3pm
SPL Central Branch Auditorium,
79 Highland Avenue
95% of donations & sales directly fund library programs & cultural passes.
Saturday Dec 6th 9:15-3pm
Sunday Dec 7th 1:15-3pm
SPL Central Branch Auditorium,
79 Highland Avenue
95% of donations & sales directly fund library programs & cultural passes.
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Like books and/or libraries? Friends of the Somerville Public Library is having a book sale.
Saturday Dec 6th 9:15-3pm
Sunday Dec 7th 1:15-3pm
SPL Central Branch Auditorium,
79 Highland Avenue
95% of donations & sales directly fund library programs & cultural passes.
Saturday Dec 6th 9:15-3pm
Sunday Dec 7th 1:15-3pm
SPL Central Branch Auditorium,
79 Highland Avenue
95% of donations & sales directly fund library programs & cultural passes.