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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1h

I cannot believe people were losing their jobs for being mildly critical of Charlie Kirk and the president of the united states just went on tv and said "skill issue loser, RIP but I'm different"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2h

Since last fall, sheriffs in MA have been accused of misusing campaign funds (funneling cash to their personal business, one sheriff purchased a $700 course to start a podcast), drunken driving, and extorting a cannabis company, respectively. They have a $162M deficit on their $737.2M annual budget.

Samantha Gross @samanthajgross.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/m...

Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts lawmakers propose holding back $162 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill, citing “questionable spending practices."

www.bostonglobe.com

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allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 3h

Awww, I love their stylish little tusk caps!

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 5h

The US continues to use its military to murder foreign civilians from a country the US is not at war with and who pose no imminent threat that could conceivably justify a claim of self-defence, based entirely on allegations of criminal activity for which the penalty, if convicted, is not death.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 3h

If they didn’t, imagine them seeing this post having thought this whole time that they voted for Totten and finding out they were counted for Pickett.

allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 3h

If they intended to vote for both, I desperately want to meet them. I need to understand.

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allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 3h

RCV is great but it requires so much voter education every year. It seems like this person thought you had to rank 15 candidates. Because I have a hard time imagining there’s someone out there who thought, “Well, I really liked Dan Totten but Joan Pickett would also be great!”

Cambridge, MA's 2023 Municipal Ballots @cambma2023ballots.bsky.social · 2d

Precinct: 2-3
15 candidates ranked.
Rankings: Totten, Sobrinho-Wheeler, Al-Zubi, McGuirk, Walker, Klein, Nolan, Azeem, McGovern, Simmons, Toner, Hanratty, Pickett, Pasquarello, Winters
Vote was counted for: Pickett
This ballot is unique and no other ranked exactly these candidates.

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bikepedantic @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 4d

We’re firing up the HONK Bike Bus again, on Halloween morn!

We need volunteers! If you’re local to #CambMa, click thru if you can tote a musician, lend a cargobike, help out with publicity or marshaling or whatever! Or just come out the morning of and cheer us on!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

Me: I just don't understand why I can't just out-think my anxiety and emotions and simply react and respond in the most ideal way every single time and never feel bad
My therapist of eight years: *audibly loading gun*

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allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 15h

If sinking PayPal entirely is too big an ask, I frequently think about the time when Musk crashed his McLaren F1 with Thiel in the car and they both walked away uninjured

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allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 21h

And not for nothing, there’s a lot of overlap between the “that must be AI because it’s too complex for a normal person” and “sometimes the curtains are just blue” crowds. Like, I’m sorry you can’t read or write but I promise it’s not too late to learn.

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allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 21h

This is why the em dash thing fucking kills me. Writing isn’t AI because it contains punctuation you don’t know how to use! Most people can barely be trusted with commas.

Jordan Carlson @jordantcarlson.bsky.social · 23h

This is also why the "AI is good at writing" thing gets to me. It is probably better than the average person at writing. The average person does not write, has not tried to write seriously, and does not consider writing a skill worth their time!

The average is so low it's subterranean.

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allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 1d

It’s her birthday! You can be Team Basil today if you want

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allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 1d

The cats can coexist on the couch iff Basil is under a blanket

Chunky gray cat loafing on a couch, looking at a crocheted blanket with a suspiciously cat-shaped lump under it

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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social · 1d

Are you an author or illustrator living in Massachusetts & want to help pass right to read legislation here? Join Authors Against Book Bans and then connect with the Massachusetts chapter. You'll have access to a discord with tons of resources & get newsletters with action items, info, & more.

AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors…

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allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 1d

He’s got a brand new catnip banana and no idea what to do with all these feet

My beautiful cat son is far too high. All of his feet are in the air in no particular order

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allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 2d

Gotta do a full Archer and change it to the CIA

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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allison @rockcelery.bsky.social · 2d

I love when they blame protesters after they indiscriminately pepper spray each other

vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 2d

In case you’re hearing about the “protest that turned violent” in Boston last week, here’s the “violence” in question, per the police report

Following the protest, four officers were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries. One officer had a broken nose and had his glasses broken, another was treated for pepper spray exposure, one sustained a finger injury while handcuffing and another sustained a lower back injury attempting to make an arrest.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Rise Up for Justice @riseupforjustice.bsky.social · 2d

#Respect #RestInPower
Jesse L. Douglas, Aide to King in Marches From Selma, Is Dead at 90.

A lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. and a fellow preacher, he played a vital role in organizing voting-rights protests in 1965 that began with “Bloody Sunday.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...