Cathy-in-Dot
@just-a-mom.bsky.social
Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity; health/healthcare for all; love this planet; value public ed; masks/ventilation work; Dorchester, MA; budding gardener; writer; excel at pointless worrying, but I'm right more often than I'd like.
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My cousin lives where ICE is going door-to-door looking for "Asians". She no longer feels safe leaving the house.
January 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
My cousin lives where ICE is going door-to-door looking for "Asians". She no longer feels safe leaving the house.
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The Fair Share Amendment continues to deliver for Massachusetts.
When we tax the rich, we can do great things.
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2026/01/14/f...
When we tax the rich, we can do great things.
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2026/01/14/f...
'Fair Share' Millionaire Tax Continues to Exceed Expectations - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The Commonwealth's budget office expects that Fair Share tax collections will be $300 million higher in fiscal year 2027.
mass.streetsblog.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The Fair Share Amendment continues to deliver for Massachusetts.
When we tax the rich, we can do great things.
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2026/01/14/f...
When we tax the rich, we can do great things.
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2026/01/14/f...
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My career has been focused on one thing: listening. And that’s what this campaign is about too. I hope to hear from you tomorrow in Clifton Forge. RSVP here www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
December 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My career has been focused on one thing: listening. And that’s what this campaign is about too. I hope to hear from you tomorrow in Clifton Forge. RSVP here www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Stunned by how dishonest senators like Senate President Karen Spilka and Senator Nick Collins are being about Mayor Michelle Wu's tax shift home rule petition.
It was filed in February. They ignored it. No right to complain that it's a brand new ask. #mapoli
It was filed in February. They ignored it. No right to complain that it's a brand new ask. #mapoli
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Stunned by how dishonest senators like Senate President Karen Spilka and Senator Nick Collins are being about Mayor Michelle Wu's tax shift home rule petition.
It was filed in February. They ignored it. No right to complain that it's a brand new ask. #mapoli
It was filed in February. They ignored it. No right to complain that it's a brand new ask. #mapoli
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For every $1 donated to your local food pantry, 10 meals will be served to families in need this holiday season
#GivingTuesday
For every $1 donated to your local food pantry, 10 meals will be served to families in need this holiday season
#GivingTuesday
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It costs nothing for you to share this
For every $1 donated to your local food pantry, 10 meals will be served to families in need this holiday season
#GivingTuesday
For every $1 donated to your local food pantry, 10 meals will be served to families in need this holiday season
#GivingTuesday
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A friend with a new baby asked guests to mask in order to hold her baby. A relative refused to mask & broke down in tears about her "restrictions"
As a reminder, babies <6 months have the 2nd highest hospitalization rate from Covid after adults 75+ & are too young to be vaxxed
As a reminder, babies <6 months have the 2nd highest hospitalization rate from Covid after adults 75+ & are too young to be vaxxed
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A friend with a new baby asked guests to mask in order to hold her baby. A relative refused to mask & broke down in tears about her "restrictions"
As a reminder, babies <6 months have the 2nd highest hospitalization rate from Covid after adults 75+ & are too young to be vaxxed
As a reminder, babies <6 months have the 2nd highest hospitalization rate from Covid after adults 75+ & are too young to be vaxxed
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It’s completely, horribly predictable that our unaccountable, armed, masked snatch squads are doing sex trafficking.
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It’s completely, horribly predictable that our unaccountable, armed, masked snatch squads are doing sex trafficking.
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Should we focus on charter schools or just install air filters in every classroom?
www.vox.com/2020/1/8/210...
www.vox.com/2020/1/8/210...
Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits
$1,000 can raise a class’s test scores by as much as cutting class size by a third.
www.vox.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Should we focus on charter schools or just install air filters in every classroom?
www.vox.com/2020/1/8/210...
www.vox.com/2020/1/8/210...
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"Cities and towns across Massachusetts are doing just that. By passing home rule petitions for ranked choice voting, they are embracing a time-tested reform that makes our elections both more competitive and more collegial."
#mapoli
www.progressivemass.com/testimony-ci...
#mapoli
www.progressivemass.com/testimony-ci...
Testimony: Cities and Towns Want the Right to Rank.
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Chair Keenan, Chair Hunt, and Members of the Joint Committee on Election Laws:
My name is Jonathan Cohn, and I’m the policy director of Progressive Massachusetts, a...
www.progressivemass.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
"Cities and towns across Massachusetts are doing just that. By passing home rule petitions for ranked choice voting, they are embracing a time-tested reform that makes our elections both more competitive and more collegial."
#mapoli
www.progressivemass.com/testimony-ci...
#mapoli
www.progressivemass.com/testimony-ci...
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1 in 4 children will be a victim of some form of sexual abuse & yet people INSIST they don't know anyone who would do such a thing
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
1 in 4 children will be a victim of some form of sexual abuse & yet people INSIST they don't know anyone who would do such a thing
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Really lazy journalism for State House News service to say "Emerging House energy bill switches focus to affordability" when the House's bill actually guts energy efficiency programs that save people money and makes people pay a tax for new pipeline construction. It's Trumpian in its dishonesty.
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Really lazy journalism for State House News service to say "Emerging House energy bill switches focus to affordability" when the House's bill actually guts energy efficiency programs that save people money and makes people pay a tax for new pipeline construction. It's Trumpian in its dishonesty.
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MA House Democrats want to vote for a MAGA energy bill that abandons our clean energy commitments.
Poll after poll, voters show that they care about fighting climate change, but MA House Democrats apparently care more about utility profits.
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
Poll after poll, voters show that they care about fighting climate change, but MA House Democrats apparently care more about utility profits.
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
House moves forward with bill to weaken 2030 climate goals - CommonWealth Beacon
The plan reverberating around Beacon Hill, as first reported by CommonWealth Beacon last week, is sure to put lawmakers in a politically difficult position and test their willingness to defend the cli...
commonwealthbeacon.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
MA House Democrats want to vote for a MAGA energy bill that abandons our clean energy commitments.
Poll after poll, voters show that they care about fighting climate change, but MA House Democrats apparently care more about utility profits.
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
Poll after poll, voters show that they care about fighting climate change, but MA House Democrats apparently care more about utility profits.
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
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BPD Missing Person Alert: 15-Year-Old Briyana Jacques, of Dorchester
Learn More At: police.boston.gov/2025/11/10/b...
Learn More At: police.boston.gov/2025/11/10/b...
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
BPD Missing Person Alert: 15-Year-Old Briyana Jacques, of Dorchester
Learn More At: police.boston.gov/2025/11/10/b...
Learn More At: police.boston.gov/2025/11/10/b...
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Something has to give—or be forced.
This is untenable.
This is untenable.
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Something has to give—or be forced.
This is untenable.
This is untenable.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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we deported a 13 year old www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
Everett boy in ICE detention 'allowed' to return to Brazil, judge says
An immigration judge in Virginia says 13-year-old boy from Everett currently in federal immigration detention can return to his home country of Brazil.
www.wbur.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
we deported a 13 year old www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
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NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.
Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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Imagine paying rent, buying groceries, and then get a bill with your insurance tripling. This could hit your inbox—and your future.
HOW IT STARTED: $307
HOW IT’S GOING: $964
HOW IT STARTED: $307
HOW IT’S GOING: $964
October 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Imagine paying rent, buying groceries, and then get a bill with your insurance tripling. This could hit your inbox—and your future.
HOW IT STARTED: $307
HOW IT’S GOING: $964
HOW IT STARTED: $307
HOW IT’S GOING: $964
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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//The German Physics Society and the German Meteorological Society have agreed on a joint statement for the first time since 1987 and, in light of the available data, are emphatically warning of a 3-degree warming by 2050.//
Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Physik und die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Meteorologie haben sich zum ersten Mal seit 1987 wieder auf eine gemeinsame Stellungnahme geeinigt und warnen angesichts der Datenlage mit Nachdruck vor 3 Grad Erwärmung bis 2050.
www.zeit.de/2025/41/erde...
www.zeit.de/2025/41/erde...
Erderwärmung: "Es braucht einen Plan, Hamburg kilometerweit landeinwärts zu ziehen"
Schon 2050 könnte die Erde 3 Grad wärmer sein, warnen deutsche Forscher. Das wäre schlimmer als erwartet. Alarmismus? Nein, der Klimawandel trete in eine neue Phase ein.
www.zeit.de
September 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
//The German Physics Society and the German Meteorological Society have agreed on a joint statement for the first time since 1987 and, in light of the available data, are emphatically warning of a 3-degree warming by 2050.//
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My god. Kidnapping, human trafficking, etc, etc.
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My god. Kidnapping, human trafficking, etc, etc.
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📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:
Civilian men are increasingly posing as ICE agents -- wearing plain clothes, masks, unmarked vehicles, to kidnap, threaten, and sexually assault immigrant women. #AbuseofPowerWatch
Civilian men are increasingly posing as ICE agents -- wearing plain clothes, masks, unmarked vehicles, to kidnap, threaten, and sexually assault immigrant women. #AbuseofPowerWatch
How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women
"This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.
www.teenvogue.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:
Civilian men are increasingly posing as ICE agents -- wearing plain clothes, masks, unmarked vehicles, to kidnap, threaten, and sexually assault immigrant women. #AbuseofPowerWatch
Civilian men are increasingly posing as ICE agents -- wearing plain clothes, masks, unmarked vehicles, to kidnap, threaten, and sexually assault immigrant women. #AbuseofPowerWatch