I wrote a thing about upcoming MA primary; Cambridge specific but other than locations of early voting/dropboxes applies everywhere in the commonwealth: https://letschangecambridge.us/articles/you-can-vote-in-primary/
Independent voter? Moving? You can (and should) still vote in the Sep 1 primary
If you’re a registered voter, you can and should vote in the upcoming primary.
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The MA legislature is discussing requiring K-12 schools use the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism. It's a bad idea, so I asked School Committee candidates for their thoughts. Here are answers from nine of the candidates: letschangecambridge.us/articles/sch... #CambMA #CambridgeMA
School Committee candidates respond to my question on free speech
I asked School Committee candidates if CPSD should adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
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Hey #bostodon ! We are having a Mastodon meetup (tootup?) next Friday the 19th, because @skinnylatte is in town! Details: Trillium Beer Garden In the Greenway by Rowes Wharf 5–7pm (or thereabouts, who knows, we could shut the place down if we are feeling feisty) I have gotten permission to […]
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CVS has new COVID vaccines in Portsmouth NH (and elsewhere in New Hampshire). Self-attestation for access, though who knows what happens when you show up.
Anyone know of unionized print shops that I can order printed material from _without_ having to "email or call for a quote"
Loving this demonstration of how MWRA creates the graphs on their their COVID wastewater page: with screenshots, apparently. https://www.mwra.com/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_image/public/2025-05/MWRAData20250509-NSGraph.jpg?itok=YlIfH3iY
Cardinals desperately running around shouting for the fire extinguisher as they realize they dropped the wrong wood in the fireplace.
Any suggestions for good companies to do heat pump installation? I know there was some discussion here but I forgot to bookmark it, and this instance doesn't have search. #CambridgeMA #SomervilleMA #Boston
In addition to going to the city's open house tonight, please sign and share our petition to show your support for the Broadway project! Petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/su... ---- Open House: Thursday, May 1, 2025 | 6–8 p.m. (drop in!) Community Art Center Gym, 119 Windsor St camb.ma/432lwuG
Cambridge Bicycle Safety@cambbikesafety.bsky.social · last yr.Broadway is a dangerous street for people walking and biking. The City plans to install separated bike lanes + other safety improvements in 2025-26. However, the "Save Broadway Parking Coalition" wants to kill this project. Sign and show your support for safety: actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
The weird thing about Harvard being in the news is that I keep seeing random photos of my neighborhood on news sites.
Today was spent running around Harvard campus looking for a misdelivered package, refreshing the site where Canadian legal rulings are posted, and finding fun software bugs. How was your day?
Woodpecker, welcome to the war on cars https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/14/metro/knock-knock-woodpecker-is-menacing-rockport-neighborhood/
A woodpecker is wreaking havoc in Rockport, smashing car windows and mirrors: ‘This thing is huge’ - The Boston Globe
People thought it was an April Fool's Day joke when a neighbor posted on Facebook about a vandal bird breaking car mirrors. Now, the Squam Hill neighborhood is dotted with broken glass.
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For the second time (at least? maybe I'm forgetting something, like a throwaway reference in a Pychon novel) in 20+ years my knowledge of Jewish mysticism is helping me understand some cultural references in media. The last time was how Katamari Damacy is really just Lurianic Kabbalah in […]
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Ordering cheap COVID tests from Altruan.com (in Germany) before Trump decides to get rid of de minimus tariff exmeption for Europe, and I have learned that this particular test has "No equipment required, pain -free removal of nasal dancing".
Oooh, graupel! Or hail? Some sort of solid precipitation anyway.
Apparently I can vote for Harvard board of overseers. Anyone know who I should vote for? #harvard
The Trump regime is cutting funding across government. Cambridge's response: we don't have the money to mitigate these cuts. In fact, it wouldn't cost much more in taxes to cover the shortfall. The problem is political, not fiscal. letschangecambridge.us/articles/cam... #CambMA #CambridgeMA
Cambridge’s fiscal policy: a reflexive surrender to the Trump regime
Raising property taxes is necessary, inexpensive… and unless we act, politically unthinkable.
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Week 4 of being sick enough that I can't go to protests 😠
Should I make a "Welcome to war on cars, President Trump" joke or too soon
Hey bikers in #CambridgeMA: back in December, the city council passed a policy order asking for a plan to redesign Garden St to make it a two-way street again (due to opposition to its current configuration, which is one-way towards #HarvardSq with a semi-protected bike lane on each side). I […]
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Hot take: Canadian Federal political parties all have ugly logos.
Calling my reliable senators to thank them, and ask them to initiate a vote of no confidence in party leadership.
Eric Adams is a plot by NYC voters to make Cambridge political geeks shut up about how ranked choice voting makes everything better. Everyone excited to watch the Canadian Liberal Party's voting round results?
I know of no less than SIX really great schools that badly need HS and MS math teachers in NYC. There has been an uptick in vacancies as many people are moving closer to family and other such things. Not as bad as in 2020 but staffing at schools is a bit of an issue now.
Feelling kinda meh today so going to alternate between reading Georgette Heyer and watching old Hong Kong martial arts movies.
In case you too get stung by a scorpion in Logan Airport (?!): The last time I got stung by a scorpion was while visiting a friend who lived in the apartment complex in Austin where "Office Space" was filmed. Waking up with a scorpion in my bed is definitely on my top 5 worst ways to get […]
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“The policy being considered is a complete surprise to me and so I would like to submit this 30-page document I wrote detailing its impact on the local charismatic megafauna and the peak flow capacity of our municipal stormwater drainage system.”
“I have lived in this city for 35 years and, despite reading the newspaper every day, I was unaware of the issue being discussed.”
