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#3GoodThings @3goodthings

1. It's a beautiful day today, sunny and 80°F.

2. Picnic lunch date on the #motorcycle with Spouse, eating lunch and then walking by the river, culminating in…

3. Discovered a new ice cream place, https://www.naturalfruttiberri.com, which has absolutely amazing Saffron & Rose soft serve.
#Boston #BostonMA #Watertown #WatertownMA #food

RE: https://mastodon.social/@starluna/117178735851915855

@starluna tagging me here gives me an opportunity to provide an update about what Boston poll-workers have been told regarding Feds showing up at the polls.

This is a long thread, so buckle up.
#Boston #BostonMA #politics #MAPoli #BosPoli #elections #voting #pollWorker

Bottom line up front: Feds at polls are considered observers, and if they don’t follow the rules observers are required to follow they can be removed or arrested if they refuse to leave.

Read on for more.
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#SupportOurVeterans 🇺🇸

Back at New England Center and Home for Veterans in Boston today for the Sunday brunch ☕️ shift! Honored to serve alongside long-time volunteer and veteran Ted, as well as fellow volunteer Wallace.

⭐️ Showing up in person is just one way to back our veterans. If you can’t make it out to volunteer, you can still make a positive impact:

ℹ️ Learn more at https://nechv.org
💬 Like, comment, and share this post—every share helps spread NECHV’s mission and services to those who need them most.

Grateful to all who serve! 🇺🇸

#NECHV #Veterans #Volunteer #Recovery #GiveBack #BostonMA #Homelessness #Foodbank #Recovery

💟 One of my favorite quotes from Coretta Scott King at The Embrace. A reminder that love for humanity isn't passive—it’s the driving force for civic courage, community action, taking personal risks, and working to dismantle structural inequalities for people you might never even meet.

📍1965 Freedom Plaza, Boston, MA

#CorettaScottKing #TheEmbrace #BostonCommon #1965FreedomPlaza #CivilRights #Equality #Humanity #equity #CommunityAction #BostonMA #MLK #Love #dei #history #vote

I went straight from there to Morris Shoe Repair in #Allston. They said it would be only $100 to both recondition the jacket and re-dye the road salt stains.
Would The Designers have done a better job? Maybe, who knows. Would it have been a >3x better job than Morris? Probably not.
#Boston #BostonMA #AllstonMA

I called around today to find a place to recondition my leather jacket, which became all "lumpy" after getting soaked through in a storm.
I found https://www.designerleatherclothes.com. I called them and asked if they could do it. They said bring it in for them to look at. I brought it in. They said $350. I said that's more than I paid for it. They said, OK, how about $325. I said still more than I paid for it, no thanks.
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#Boston #BostonMA

Do you know what's awesome? [Narrator: it is not, in fact, awesome]
When the city of #BostonMA sends you a motor vehicle excise tax bill in April, and you send them back paperwork indicating that the car in question was donated to charity in March, and they ignore that and send you another bill in August. 😡
I have emailed my city councilor asking for help. Hopefully her office can get this fixed.
#Boston

#BostonMA - #FixitClinic: Boston Building Resources

Saturday, September 12⋅1:00 – 4:00pm

Boston Building Resources
100 Terrace St,
Boston, MA 02120, USA

Free, but items must be pre-registered.

ALWAYS RECONFIRM DAY/TIME/LOCATION WITH THE VENUE
-Register items at https://bit.ly/itemcheckin
-Volunteer to Fixit Coach or observe at http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup

"Check in your repair project for Fixit Clinic. Neighbors working together on repair projects, with some neighbors volunteering to generously share their time, tools and expertise to aid in assessment, disassembly, troubleshooting and possible repair.
✓Bring your broken item with all parts necessary to recreate the symptoms (carry-in only: no oversize items)
✓Bring any parts and tools you already own that might be helpful (e.g. hand tools, sewing supplies)
✓Come ready to describe what’s wrong and what you’ve tried
✓Bring your exuberance for trying new things and sharing your knowledge with others
Whether you fix it or not, you'll learn more about how it was manufactured and how it worked, ready to share your new-found skills and insight with friends, neighbors, and the community at large. (Hopefully you’ll be inspired to become a #FixitCoach yourself.)

* Get a head start: join the 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙞𝙭𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧 for online help and advice: follow the instructions in this Google Doc: https://bit.ly/joinglobalfixers

* Afterwards: please fill out the Repair Project Report form to help others: http://bit.ly/brokenitemreport
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* Community repairers (or aspiring repairers, e.g. "fixing families") are always welcome to help fix or simply observe: sign up at http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBewZzwa_ZJQW7USbx4lHc2ykCvvytjmr6_2-6m4C-HdBTww/viewform?pli=1

#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesMassachusetts #BostonFixItClinics #RightToRepair #FixIt #MassachusettsEvents #RepairCafesBoston #BuildingCommunity #SharingKnowledge

Nine years ago, @MSPCAAngell saved #Lancelot's life. We'll always be grateful for how well they cared for him and for the financial help they gave us. That's why I just made my annual donation to their Pet Care Assistance Fund. Maybe you would like to as well (https://www.mspca.org/programs-resources/pet-care-assistance/)?
Alas, we lost Lancelot to cancer a couple years ago; Angell provided expert, compassionate care for him then as well.
Here he is a few months before he left us.
#CatsOfMastodon #Boston #BostonMA

#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇺🇸

🗣️This afternoon I made my way to Dorchester to see my mom Millie — my first visit with her since returning from Ukraine.

I brought her a little gift from the trip — a magnet for her fridge. She loves them. 🧲🇺🇦

💙💛 She stands with Ukraine. I even taught her how to say “Slava Ukraini”. She’s got it down. 😄

#Dorchester #SlavaUkraini #Ukraine #BostonMA #Boston #FieldsCorner #volunteer #family #Love #moms

I found a list of #NewEngland #PowWows! Some have already passed, but they usually happen around the same time every year (at least the ones in Maine). This may not be a complete list...

New England (Plus) Powwow & Event Schedule 2025

May 3 Spring Awakening PowWow 435 WMain St #TiltonNH - 603-723-4982 nhinac.org/

May 4 UMass Boston Pow wow 100 Morrissey Blvd #BostonMA [email protected]

May 10 Dartmouth 1 E Wheelock St #HanoverNH [email protected] 603-646-2110

May 17-18 UNACC’s 28th Annual Unity Days Powwow 29 Antietam Street #DevensMA [email protected]

May 24-25 #OdenongPowwow 21 Mattoon St #AmherstMA [email protected]

May 24-25 AIS Powwow Camp Marshall 92 McCormick Rd #SpencerMA

May 31 - June 1 #AlsteadNH PowWow Millot Field Chief Paul Bunnell @ 978-337-9085

May 31 -June 1 42nd WIIC Powwow 394 Pleasant Dale Rd #RutlandMA Wiiccenter.com

June 6-7 #MetisOfME Powwow Yellow Feather Cultural Center - 106 Gould Road, #DaytonME 207-838-1956

June 14-15 #Wollomonuppoag 51st Annual PowWow 947 Park St, #AttleboroMA 508-838-4478

June 27-29 LIHA Good Time PW 117 Osgood Road, #SanborntonNH 03269 www.lihaofnh.net

July 12-13 #MtKearsarge Indian Museum Powwow 18 Highlawn Rd #WarnerNH [email protected]

July 19-20 Wells PowWow Harbor Pk 331 Harbor Rd, #WellsME 603-723-4982 nhinac.org

August 2-3 #Pocumtuck Homeland Festival Unity Park #TurnersFallsMA [email protected]

August 16-17 #Mohegan Wigwam Festival 340 Massapeag Side Rd #UncasvilleCT

August 23-24 #FourDirections #InteribalPowwow 200 Mountain View Dr #DixfieldME 207-740-0375

August 31 - Sept 1 LIHA Labor Day Powwow 117 Osgood Road, #SanborntonNH www.lihaofnh.net

September 6-7 42nd Annual #Nipmuck Powwow Lake Siog Park Dug Hill Rd #HollandMA 508-347-7829

Source: WanderingBull.com

#NewEnglandPowWows #PowWows #MetisOfMaine #2025PowWows #NativeAmericans #Intertribal #Metis

The Mass Pike should be narrowed! But MassDOT is insisting they need to design for 20% more cars than are there today, and that could cost the project hundreds of millions of dollars.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/04/16/the-path-forward-for-allstons-highway-megaproject-is-getting-narrower

#Massachusetts #MassPike #MassDOT #AllstonMA #AllstonBrighton #RoadDiet #urbanism #BostonMA