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TBR's statement on the sex work allegations surrounding Paul Toner is so much more intelligent and on-point than I could ever manage. A must-read if you live in Cambridge. https://www.theblackresponsecambridge.com/letters/statements/response-to-inquiries-about-cambridge-city-councilor-paul-toner

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Federal #immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a #Tufts PhD student who is a #Turkish national, her atty & community activists said. The student, #RumeysaOzturk, is student at the Tufts’s doctoral program for Child Study & Human Development, & graduated w/a master’s degree from the […]

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

Rally TODAY in Somerville to protest Rumeysa Ozturk's disappearance: March 26 5:30 PM Powder House Square Park #Tufts #SomervilleMA #MedfordMA #CambridgeMA #FuckICE #Events

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Lol. I have always known Paul Toner was a lying sneaky two-faced sonofabitch. What an unsurprising end to his political career.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Get your wallet name sorted: #CambridgeMA and #SomervilleMA name change clinics on the radar in February and March, via #Massachusetts #Transgender Political Coalition https://www.somervillema.gov/events/2025/03/02/name-change-clinic

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Curious if anyone in my network has participated in tax resistance before. I don't think I can stomach the idea of sending money to this federal "administration." #taxresistance #Thoreau #CivilDisobedience

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

10:25 ET Monday - There was an #earthquake somewhere in New England just now. Working on getting details.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Shaking felt in North Cambridge. Anyone else?

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

3R's achievement of the week: saved my husband's electric razor from the dump using my minimal electronics repair skills. The motor was cutting in and out, so I opened it up and lo and behold one of the wires to the motor had broken out of its solder. Re-stripped and re-soldered the wire […]

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

360 Hotel Due in 30 minutes 730 Deficit 50 Phone Due 01/10 94 Registration & IDs Due NOW 160 Gas & Food & etc 1899 Weekly Goal This family is mere minutes away from the hotel being due. Lack of shelter leads to arrest in Florida, especially. Indigenous brown immigrant family. Disabled […]

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone on my timeline got money to give to some accounts that have been fundraising on the fediverse for a while now? I'm gonna boost some that I keep seeing that still need money, even if everyone chips in like $5 or $10 we could still make a big difference.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Smaller pack than usual for tonight's #CriticalMass #Boston, but we got out there and did the thing, saw some lights in #SomervilleMA and #CambridgeMA, made our presence known. We should be back to full strength next month, lots of people are still out of town now. #BikeTooter #FediBikes

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

#CriticalMass #Boston this friday, bring your lights, see some lights Starting as usual at 17:30 in Copley, roll at 18:00, route heads north into Cambridge and Somerville, then comes back into Boston #BikeTooter

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Maybe you see my #PlowSidewalksToo hashtag and think, "Yeah, sure, sounds great but it would require a massive tax increase and expansion of the public payroll and no one is going to willingly sign on for that. Real shame, though." So: a thread. 🧵 #urbanism

submitted 116 days ago • 5 comments

United Healthcare insurance twice denied me coverage for in-network maternal healthcare during my pregnancy. One time I had to threaten to report them to the state insurance board. Over an ultrasound. For my baby. If you sell something that people are forced to buy, and then deny people the […]

submitted 119 days ago • 1 comment

Number one problem LGBTQ people face is poverty, so if you want to be a good ally, open #MutualAid hashtag and help some people in need.

submitted 124 days ago • 0 comments