I thought this had to be satire, but it's not. Oh, and a friendly reminder, you would much rather have kids with autism than kids that are dead from vaccine preventable diseases.

The Volatile Mermaid@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’m sorry what

One more thing, don't forget the MLO meeting about charter change on Monday, August 17 at 5 PM. This one is really important because we need two out of three votes to get any discussion of charter change out of committee. And yes, that's two nights in a row.

Bill Shaner @billshaner.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We get to do it all over again at the next meeting, Aug 18. Really strong showing tonight, thank you to everyone who came out!! I'll be adding to this with more scene from the meeting throughout the night.

Turns out that this is the year that Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, and Ed Markey all turn 80.

Anyone hear about Amtrak discontinuing the connecting bus between Worcester and Providence for the Northeast Regional rail? I don't see any way to book trips that would require this past July 31.

In 1992, Donald Shoup's ideas were correct but unpopular. The little band of reformers who agreed with him (like me) were lonely & frustrated. We're not lonely anymore! After passing the North Carolina's House by a vote of 107-0, the "state Senate voted 44 to 1 to pass House Bill 162 on Tuesday."

North Carolina could eliminate parking minimums statewide

Legislation would limit local control over parking mandates.

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BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

One of the hardest things to accept is “my ideas are correct but unpopular” and it’s particularly tricky for leftists who romanticize “the people”

I see a whole lot of libraries are ending access to Hoopla lately. Is it resulting from IMLS funding cuts? Is there more to it? Just curious, it's great for reading through book series.

Lovely to see my state praised here, but Massachusetts does not put money behind their support for bilingualism, and Worcester is about to roll back their K-12 program. www.the74million.org/article/busi... #MAEdu

Businesses Want Bilingual Workers, Families Want Bilingual Kids, So Why the Gap?

Conor Williams on what schools need to do to meet the need and face down a sustained federal assault on K-12 linguistic and cultural diversity.

the74million.org

Is Tim Horton's Canadian Dunks? Discuss.

This is Ken Paxton's mugshot. He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him.

We've been saying this since 2015. And yet candidates that Trump likes get elected and candidates that lose favor with Trump no longer have political careers.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The GOP is going to implode around Trump like a dying star

Dear #readers, May is Mental Health Awareness Month, the theme is “More Good Days, Together.” This is a good reminder that “having a good day” can be filled with small things that add up in the bigger picture. #booksky #library #audiobooks #mentalhealth www.libbylife.com/blog/feeling...

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Gender is innate and immutable but also so fragile that it can be destroyed by drinking out of a straw 🤔

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last yr.

Rep. Tim Burchett told Fox News that he doesn't "drink out of a straw" because "that's what the women in my house do"

Is Noah Kahan the new Taylor Swift?

If anyone has any extra Amtrak points that they don’t plan to use in the near future, please feel free to message me! Thanks in advance! 🤗🚆

Can folks amplify this please.

The Shoestring@theshoestring.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Northwestern DA’s office successfully convicted Etel Haxhiaj, a rapid responder to a Worcester ICE raid, of assault on a police officer. Haxhiaj declined a plea offer that would have required her to sign an apology letter. “I chose the truth,” she said. @billshaner.bsky.social reports:

Thank you immensely @andrewjmarsh.bsky.social for this powerful beautiful analysis in @billshaner.bsky.social’s Worcester Sucks. ❤️ www.worcestersucks.email/p/criminaliz...

Criminalizing those who rush to help their neighbors

An op-ed from Andrew Marsh

worcestersucks.email

When they do the police unions have them sentenced for assault.

Dave Byrnes@djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 8mo ago

You want to avoid civil unrest? Then leaders need to show people that they actually stand for something! Foremost, for *them!* For protecting their communities - including people convicted of crimes - from a masked paramilitary that has already proven lethally hostile to the community at large!

So if you try to fight ICE, do you get murdered or do local police trump up charges against you?

At #Worcester District Court for the trial of @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social. Huge crowd here.

Andrew Quemere@andrewqmr.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Northwestern DA's Office is prosecuting a former #Worcester city councilor and another community member for allegedly assaulting Worcester cops who were aiding ICE while they used the children of a mother with a valid asylum claim as bait to lure her out and kidnap her. #Massachusetts #mapoli

Please be aware of people at rallies and protests holding American flags. If people feel bold enough to open carry like that, I'm worried.

Please forgive me if this is a stupid question, but doesn't ICE have to have a judicial warrant to arrest Don Lemon and wasn't that turned down and I don't see anything that states that it was later granted?

Watching forum on journalism and social media. Working on creating mediocre content today.

I just found some pictures I took of the opening of Valley Metro light rail at the system opening at the Sycamore/Main station 17 years ago today. The light rail extends much further east than that now.

Why isn't it yet Trump, D.C. and the United States of Trump yet?

I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.

In order to make the Big XII championship game we have to win tonight, and...

Stop what? Stop advocating for better transit? If we want to make America great again, we should invest more in our transit networks. So that Americans have reliable options to get around.

Trump attacks Brutalism (again): the people movers were part of the original Saarinen design washingtonian.com/2016/11/21/m... Bonus excerpt from the Eames film "The Expanding Airport" about them www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL-m...

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 11mo ago

A Trump nominee to the advisory board overseeing Dulles International Airport plans to push for an end to its signature “people movers,” saying the shuttles that drew headlines this week for a crash that hospitalized 18 people are outdated and dangerous.

Why do I feel like we need to celebrate being bowl eligible? #ForksUp

I maintain that I like seeing Metayer used more. #GoDevils