Paul
@pawlbologna.bsky.social
Socialist in Boston. Digital comms director for Mayor Michelle Wu. Markey 2020 digital. Had a lot of fun biking across the US
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Spicy scramble egg tacos 🤤
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Spicy scramble egg tacos 🤤
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This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
Dark mode app icons all look terrible
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Dark mode app icons all look terrible
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Pikachu chonk rating: F
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Pikachu chonk rating: F
Kind of an unusual Thanksgiving week this year. For one, I’m off work. Taking Amtrak to NYC today for a one day visit home to see my mom and a high school friend. Then a couple of easy (?) days at home and a small Thanksgiving of our own.
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Kind of an unusual Thanksgiving week this year. For one, I’m off work. Taking Amtrak to NYC today for a one day visit home to see my mom and a high school friend. Then a couple of easy (?) days at home and a small Thanksgiving of our own.
In America close friends don’t say “I love you”
Instead they bill you quarterly for the Spotify family plan and I think that’s beautiful
Instead they bill you quarterly for the Spotify family plan and I think that’s beautiful
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
In America close friends don’t say “I love you”
Instead they bill you quarterly for the Spotify family plan and I think that’s beautiful
Instead they bill you quarterly for the Spotify family plan and I think that’s beautiful
Local Man Doesn’t Have Goddamn Clue Where iPad Is
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Local Man Doesn’t Have Goddamn Clue Where iPad Is
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Happy (belated) 125th to Boston Symphony Hall! 🎂
Maps: Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1898); Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1902), Indexed map of Boston (1900)
Source: WBUR
Images: Digital Commonwealth, Boston Symphony Orchestra
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #BSO
Maps: Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1898); Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1902), Indexed map of Boston (1900)
Source: WBUR
Images: Digital Commonwealth, Boston Symphony Orchestra
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #BSO
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Happy (belated) 125th to Boston Symphony Hall! 🎂
Maps: Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1898); Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1902), Indexed map of Boston (1900)
Source: WBUR
Images: Digital Commonwealth, Boston Symphony Orchestra
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #BSO
Maps: Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1898); Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1902), Indexed map of Boston (1900)
Source: WBUR
Images: Digital Commonwealth, Boston Symphony Orchestra
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #BSO
Appreciate this Japanese visitor to Boston who loves the Blue Line
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Appreciate this Japanese visitor to Boston who loves the Blue Line
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Congress wrote into the law that someone who overstays a visa while applying for asylum is not considered to be accruing “unlawful presence,” but it didn’t explicitly say those people couldn’t be arrested and detained — because it was presumed that they wouldn’t be. Well, Trump is doing it.
We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Congress wrote into the law that someone who overstays a visa while applying for asylum is not considered to be accruing “unlawful presence,” but it didn’t explicitly say those people couldn’t be arrested and detained — because it was presumed that they wouldn’t be. Well, Trump is doing it.
Boston
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Boston
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And it has indeed come to pass.
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
And it has indeed come to pass.
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Last night's Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil was a moving gathering that provided space to honor and remember loved ones lost to anti-trans violence, rhetoric, and injustice.
Boston remains dedicated to protecting our trans neighbors and everyone’s right to live joyously and authentically.
Boston remains dedicated to protecting our trans neighbors and everyone’s right to live joyously and authentically.
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Last night's Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil was a moving gathering that provided space to honor and remember loved ones lost to anti-trans violence, rhetoric, and injustice.
Boston remains dedicated to protecting our trans neighbors and everyone’s right to live joyously and authentically.
Boston remains dedicated to protecting our trans neighbors and everyone’s right to live joyously and authentically.
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Day 1 of turkey distributions is officially wrapped! 🙏🏾🦃
Dropped off 100 turkeys to organizations in Roxbury today, and my heart is full. Giving back will always be one of my favorite things to do. Grateful to serve and proud to work for the City of Boston. 💙
Dropped off 100 turkeys to organizations in Roxbury today, and my heart is full. Giving back will always be one of my favorite things to do. Grateful to serve and proud to work for the City of Boston. 💙
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Day 1 of turkey distributions is officially wrapped! 🙏🏾🦃
Dropped off 100 turkeys to organizations in Roxbury today, and my heart is full. Giving back will always be one of my favorite things to do. Grateful to serve and proud to work for the City of Boston. 💙
Dropped off 100 turkeys to organizations in Roxbury today, and my heart is full. Giving back will always be one of my favorite things to do. Grateful to serve and proud to work for the City of Boston. 💙
Not only is woke back, it never left.
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Not only is woke back, it never left.
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Happy microwaving bowls season
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Happy microwaving bowls season
The apology statement meme isn’t funny.
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The apology statement meme isn’t funny.