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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 19h

Mainers have until tomorrow to reject a voter suppression effort pushed by Leonard Leo’s money and the unrelentingly deceitful Yes on 1 campaign.

Vote No on 1 and help get out the vote. #mepolitics open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...

Misinformation in Maine’s Voter Suppression Referendum Began with a Deceptive Title

Petition tactics hid absentee ballot limits. Question 1 proponents then used Newburgh ballots to mislead further.

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The Fort Pointer @fortpointer.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s @massterlist.com email includes a MUST-READ regarding MWRA’s staggeringly short-sighted plans to dump raw sewage into the Charles River for years to come, and pushback arriving from @crwa.bsky.social. What a disgrace, MWRA. massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/courts-rul...

Courts rule and Beacon Hill scrambles as SNAP cutoff date arrives

massterlist.beehiiv.com

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Steve Ayr @stevenayr.bsky.social · 3d

In Dorchester the city shuts down Melville Ave and surrounding streets and it is the most delightful mayhem. The whole neighborhood is out in the streets, best night of the year.

A house on Melville Avenue in Dorchester, Massachusetts lit up with multicolored lights and googly eyes for Halloween, with a street full of trick or treaters.

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Steve Ayr @stevenayr.bsky.social · 3d

Seconded.

Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing better than a moonlit street crowded with screaming kids in costumes. Falling leaves. Cold breezes. Smell of the fire pit. Halloween is easily the best night of the year in Massachusetts.

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 3d

Wu: #Boston and the Boston Foundation starting a fund to help 140,000 Bostonians who get SNAP benefits to afford food. Starting with $1 million in seed funding. BPS, BHA will be alerting people how to get aid, 311 operators trained on resources.

boston.gov/snap

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Steve Ayr @stevenayr.bsky.social · 5d

A Defector post based on a close read of the Massachusetts Corporations Division database involving Boston sports and Dorchester real estate feels like it was created in a lab to appeal specifically to me.

Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 5d

I dug through the paperwork for all 18 LLCs that Jordon Hudson has registered with Massachusetts since she started dating Bill Belichick.

They tell the story a young woman with big plans for her and her boyfriend.

Gift link!

The Rise Of Jordon Hudson, Small Business Owner | Defector

Before he was stumbling over interview questions on national TV, before he was the guy who made North Carolina football worse, before you could bet on when he might be fired, Bill Belichick was one of...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.

This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.

I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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Steve Ayr @stevenayr.bsky.social · 5d

Always a good time to re-up the work of Cathy O'Neil, who has been sounding the alarm about the dangers of algorithms and AI in exactly these ways for a decade:

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roscone @roscone.com · 5d

This is a really sweet story, it got me choking up in the office.

Give this a read if you need a good dose of love and kindness today

Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 5d

Was putting my face on and missed a call from my dad. Saw this text and called him back. (This is a nice story. Also his name is not Bob. That’s what the grandkids call him. Long and unrelated story.)

Notification Center

Dad
16m ago
It's your father, otherwise known as Bob, give me a call. I got some little news for you. Love you

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)

Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness

www.nytimes.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 6d

Lia Smith, a transgender athlete who was on Middlebury's swimming and diving team, was just found dead by suicide this week.
www.them.us/story/lia-sm...

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🍂 fall firmstival 🍂 @ind3fatigable.online · 8d

Donate to the Greater Boston Food Bank if you can. They seed donations to smaller pantries across the region. When you help them, you help a lot of people.

The Greater Boston Food Bank

The Greater Boston Food Bank works to end hunger here by providing our neighbors in need across 190 cities and towns with the food and resources they need.

Gbfb.org

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Steve Ayr @stevenayr.bsky.social · 14d

Our mortgage lender specifically warned us about this and waited to do the hard credit pull until after we confirmed that we had done fresh signups on the Do Not Call list, but we still got lots. Great system we have here!

Steve Ayr @stevenayr.bsky.social · 14d

Now we just need the MBTA…

Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 14d

It is pretty great having many of Boston's departments and teams active on Bluesky. The difference in engagement speaks for itself and it's all around a great addition to our city's social media toolkit.

All official accounts are available in this starterpack: bsky.app/starter-pack...

Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 27d

@boston.gov onboarded all their agencies to Bluesky to engage with Bostonians. Whether it's broken sidewalks, missing signage, or community issues, they want to hear from constituents. With little to no engagement on X, their actual interactions on bsky have increased. Engagement > follower count

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Whitney Merrill @wbm312.bsky.social · 14d

Let today be a reminder that competition and diversity in the tech industry is extremely important.

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 16d

In America’s first public park, where Bostonians came together 400 years ago to protect a common space for the common good, we told the Trump Administration that when it comes to freedom and our families, Boston doesn’t back down. #NoKings

Mayor Michelle Wu stands on stage at the No Kings rally with a large crowd stretching across the Common.

Mayor Wu speaks from the podium with a "This is what democracy looks like" banner in front of her and the American flag behind.

A large crowd of protestors with homemade No Kings rally signs.

Protestors hold American flags and homemade No Kings rally signs with Boston skyscrapers behind them.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 16d

pretty proud of my home state sometimes

fack you, assholes

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16d

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

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Boston Dyke March @bostondykemarch.com · 17d

Friends!

We’ll see you today for this emergency rally outside Fenway Health.

Join us to protest their shameful decision to abandon Trans Youth!

EMRGENCY RALLY

Fenway Community Health Center Join us to protest Fenway's new policy ending all transgender healthcare for those under the age of 19

Friday 10/17/25
1340 Boylston Street
4 - 6 PM

We cannot allow our institutions of health to abandon transgender youth!
Fenway's caving to bureaucratic fear sets a precedent that the
administration's threats are effective and only serves to validate their continued efforts to chip away at the rights of our most vulnerable here in Massachusetts!

Flyer from ACT UP BOSTON

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 20d

I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.

The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21d

Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.

I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.

Alt text:
Statement from Fenway Health explaining that due to new federal requirements effective October 1, 2025, they can no longer provide medical gender-affirming care such as hormones and puberty blockers to patients under 19, but all other services for patients of all ages will continue unchanged.

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Kat Stuart @luckykatstuart.bsky.social · 22d

Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 22d

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22d

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22d

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 23d

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Ed Belongia MD @belongia.bsky.social · 23d

CDC has been a global leader in public health & played a key role in smallpox eradication. Health depts in red states & blue states rely on CDC expertise & support. The CDC EIS program trains the next generation of public health leaders & disease detectives.

They are burning it to the ground.

JAMA Health Forum Oct 9, 2025 by LO Gostin and P Lurie.
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has long served as the cornerstone of the US
public health system, combining technical expertise, evidence-based policy recommendations, and high-quality health information. Yet, it is undergoing profound weakening by the Trump administration, including major funding cuts, the dismissal and resignation of experienced senior staff, and the erosion of its scientific independence. With tightening political control, public trust in
the CDC is diminishing. Undermining the agency’s reputation and capacities will reverberate for generations, making the nation less prepared for future health emergencies, including diseases of
pandemic potential. At this perilous moment, we document the current assault on the CDC that will inevitably have serious repercussion

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Steve Ayr @stevenayr.bsky.social · 25d

I like Josh’s jokes, but I cherish his incisive class commentary.

Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 25d

Whenever anyone says how much of the U.S. economy is tied to AI right now, I'm like...damn, what if a single rich person had any idea other than "try to zero out labor costs through theft."

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