#bostonma — Public Fediverse posts
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Not quite #meermittwoch material, though it's near where the Charles River empties into the #atlanticocean
https://adam-gladstone.pixels.com/featured/small-dock-in-bostons-esplanade-adam-gladstone.html
#bostonma #boston #massachusetts #charlesriver #esplanade #photography #ayearforart #buyintoart #landscape #fedigiftshop #mastoart #wallart #giftidea
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Not quite #meermittwoch material, though it's near where the Charles River empties into the #atlanticocean
https://adam-gladstone.pixels.com/featured/small-dock-in-bostons-esplanade-adam-gladstone.html
#bostonma #boston #massachusetts #charlesriver #esplanade #photography #ayearforart #buyintoart #landscape #fedigiftshop #mastoart #wallart #giftidea
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Not quite #meermittwoch material, though it's near where the Charles River empties into the #atlanticocean
https://adam-gladstone.pixels.com/featured/small-dock-in-bostons-esplanade-adam-gladstone.html
#bostonma #boston #massachusetts #charlesriver #esplanade #photography #ayearforart #buyintoart #landscape #fedigiftshop #mastoart #wallart #giftidea
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Not quite #meermittwoch material, though it's near where the Charles River empties into the #atlanticocean
https://adam-gladstone.pixels.com/featured/small-dock-in-bostons-esplanade-adam-gladstone.html
#bostonma #boston #massachusetts #charlesriver #esplanade #photography #ayearforart #buyintoart #landscape #fedigiftshop #mastoart #wallart #giftidea
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Not quite #meermittwoch material, though it's near where the Charles River empties into the #atlanticocean
https://adam-gladstone.pixels.com/featured/small-dock-in-bostons-esplanade-adam-gladstone.html
#bostonma #boston #massachusetts #charlesriver #esplanade #photography #ayearforart #buyintoart #landscape #fedigiftshop #mastoart #wallart #giftidea
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If you know of somewhere in the #Boston area where I can either get a dehumidifier fixed for less than it would cost to buy a new one (about $200) or donate it for them to fix up and resell (or if you want to take it yourself), please let me know.
I don't have the time or skills for it to be cost-effective to figure out what's wrong and fix it myself, but I hate to just throw the whole thing away when it's fixable. I mean, it could just need the refrigerant recharged.
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This is your periodic reminder that the City of #Boston is pretty much always looking for new poll-workers. You can make a bit of money, get to know your neighbors (if you work the polls in your neighborhood), and help preserve democracy.
You need to be a US citizen living in Massachusetts (but not necessarily Boston).
More info here: https://www.vote4boston.com/pollaccess/
I've been doing this for several years, so feel free to ask me any questions you have.
#BostonMA #pollWorker -
Boston has way more to offer than I ever imagined 🏛️
Read more: https://flip.it/sQyHkJ
#travel #unitedstates #usa #usatravel #massachusetts #boston #bostonma #wanderlust
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Boston has way more to offer than I ever imagined 🏛️
Read more: https://flip.it/sQyHkJ
#travel #unitedstates #usa #usatravel #massachusetts #boston #bostonma #wanderlust
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Boston has way more to offer than I ever imagined 🏛️
Read more: https://flip.it/sQyHkJ
#travel #unitedstates #usa #usatravel #massachusetts #boston #bostonma #wanderlust
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Boston has way more to offer than I ever imagined 🏛️
Read more: https://flip.it/sQyHkJ
#travel #unitedstates #usa #usatravel #massachusetts #boston #bostonma #wanderlust
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Boston has way more to offer than I ever imagined 🏛️
Read more: https://flip.it/sQyHkJ
#travel #unitedstates #usa #usatravel #massachusetts #boston #bostonma #wanderlust
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Well, there were over 100,000 folks protesting in #BostonMA, over 10,000 folks protesting in #PortlandME, and 500,000 folks protesting in #London. I'd say voices were heard! YES!!!
#FightTheRight #RightWing #NoKings3 #UKProtests #USProtests #USPol #UKPol
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Well, there were over 100,000 folks protesting in #BostonMA, over 10,000 folks protesting in #PortlandME, and 500,000 folks protesting in #London. I'd say voices were heard! YES!!!
#FightTheRight #RightWing #NoKings3 #UKProtests #USProtests #USPol #UKPol
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Well, there were over 100,000 folks protesting in #BostonMA, over 10,000 folks protesting in #PortlandME, and 500,000 folks protesting in #London. I'd say voices were heard! YES!!!
#FightTheRight #RightWing #NoKings3 #UKProtests #USProtests #USPol #UKPol
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Well, there were over 100,000 folks protesting in #BostonMA, over 10,000 folks protesting in #PortlandME, and 500,000 folks protesting in #London. I'd say voices were heard! YES!!!
#FightTheRight #RightWing #NoKings3 #UKProtests #USProtests #USPol #UKPol
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Well, there were over 100,000 folks protesting in #BostonMA, over 10,000 folks protesting in #PortlandME, and 500,000 folks protesting in #London. I'd say voices were heard! YES!!!
#FightTheRight #RightWing #NoKings3 #UKProtests #USProtests #USPol #UKPol
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#Boston #pollWorker story…
When we were processing early voting ballots sent to us from City Hall to count, the Poll Pad said one of the early voters was inactive and needed to complete an affirmation of continuous residency. This, of course, was impossible, since the voter wasn't there, just their ballot was.
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#Boston folks, the Election Department needs more poll-workers! Please see https://boston.gov/pollworkers for more details.
Help preserve our democracy!
I've been working the polls for several years. Feel free to ask me any questions you have about serving.
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Sitting in the shade, wearing my favorite #USDS T shirt, waiting for the #AllstonBrightonParade to pass by. Hoping for a selfie with #MichelleWu.
#Allston #Brighton #Boston #BostonMA #BrightonMA #parade -
Observations from working the polls at yesterday's preliminary municipal election in #Boston:
❌ Less than 20% of registered voters turned out for yesterday's election. This sucks. With everything that is going on in this country, how do people not understand how important it is to vote? I mean, if more people had voted than Donald Trump would not have won either in 2016 or 2024.
#BostonMA #elections #pollWorker
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For those who are curious, here are the poll-worker training manual and quick reference guides distributed to #Boston poll-workers for the preliminary municipal election taking place tomorrow. I've elided the private election department phone numbers meant to be used only by poll-workers, but these are otherwise unchanged.
#voting #elections #BostonMA #pollWorker
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BHeljbM7eoG5p-sy5luW36AWZgYwNgZY?usp=sharing -
I attended #Boston #PollWorker training today, and after hearing what they have to say about the new electronic poll books, I am much less worried that they could prevent people from voting or allow people to vote who shouldn't. I do, however, have some remaining concerns. See my new write-up at https://blog.kamens.us/2025/07/21/city-of-boston-electronic-poll-books-they-do-know-what-theyre-doing/ .
#BostonMA #elections #voting -
#Boston Election Department switching over fully to electronic poll-books; I hope they know what they’re doing!
Using electronic poll-books at 275 precincts on election day is a much heavier lift than using them at ten early-voting locations. I hope they've covered all their bases!
https://blog.kamens.us/2025/07/07/boston-election-department-switching-over-fully-to-electronic-poll-books-i-hope-they-know-what-theyre-doing/
#BostonMA #elections #voting #pollWorker -
#Trump’s #BigBill Would Let Him Expand His #LosAngeles #ImmigrationCrackdown ‘Everywhere’
“If it works out well in L.A., expect it everywhere,” a Trump official says of the admin’s plans for #militarized #ICERaids around the country
By Andrew Perez, Asawin Suebsaeng
June 12, 2025"Donald Trump’s '#BigBeautifulBill' wouldn’t just force millions of #poor people off their #HealthInsurance and #FoodAssistance to help pay for more #TaxCuts for the rich.
"The Trump #TaxBill would steer tens of billions of dollars to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for #detention capacity, employee bonuses, and to hire new agents. It would supercharge ICE’s ability to conduct raids, and allow the administration to expand the campaign of terror it’s waging on immigrants in Los Angeles to blue cities around the country.
"ICE’s aggressive worksite raids and courthouse arrests throughout the Los Angeles area have, of course, inspired a wave of protests — giving the president an excuse to send the U.S. military to a Democratic city, something he’s long fantasized about, while inspiring demonstrations across the country.
" 'This bill would give Donald Trump the ability to do what he’s doing [in California] on a scale we really haven’t seen before,' says #DavidBier, the director of immigration studies at the #CatoInstitute, a libertarian think tank. 'He will be able to replicate this militarized approach to Los Angeles across maybe dozens of American cities.'
"For Trump and key officials, including immigration-crackdown policy architect #StephenMiller, this is exactly the point, with Los Angeles currently being used as an autocratic staging area. They want to replicate this militarized, ramped-up blitz of ICE raids, backed by the U.S. armed forces, in several other Democratic strongholds — particularly if larger-scale protests spread to other cities.
"As Rolling Stone previously reported, the president and his senior officials have already mapped out near-term plans for how to further ratchet up the already tense blitz of ICE operations, especially in the coming days in Los Angeles, where the federal agents are now being protected by Trump’s literal troop deployment to the city, against the wishes of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
"Sources familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone that senior Trump administration officials are closely monitoring the situation in L.A. as a test case for what they want to do soon in places such as #Chicago, #philadelphia #BostonMA, or the #WashingtonDC, area."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/SgWWL#BigUglyBill #USSenate #USPol #Authoritarianism #protestors #SilencingDissent #USPol #NoKings #Protest #Solidarity #Immigrants #MassDeportation #EndICE #StopICE #Project2025 #MAGA #ThisIsFascism
#USConstitution #DueProcess #FirstAid #JustFollowingOrders #NationalGuard #Resistance #FashPatel #TrumpIsANazi #StephenMillerIsANazi #ResistICE #FuckICE #KillThePoor #EatTheRich #NoTaxBreaksForTheRich -
#BostonMA protest calls for end of war in #Gaza, release of activist #MahmoudKhalil
Nationwide demonstrations were scheduled this weekend to protest the arrest of Mahmoud KhalilBy Thea DiGiammerino, March 16, 2025
"Hundreds calling for the end of the war in Gaza rallied in the streets of Boston Sunday, one of many demonstrations across the country protesting not only the violence but also recent action by the Trump administration toward a man who was arrested by immigration officials after speaking out about the issue.
"Chanting '#FreePalestine,' and other mottos calling for the end of the war, the crowd gathered in Copley Square then marched to the Mass. Ave Bridge, where they blocked traffic for around 10 minutes before moving off the streets.
"Massachusetts State Police said they monitored the event and no arrests were made."
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"'When the Trump administration detained multiple people from the #PalestineMovement we could have seen our communities react in fear, we could have seen hundreds of Bostonians staying home today. And that’s not what we’re seeing because we know people will stand up against this #bullying,' one attendee told NBC10 Boston.
"Tensions over the situation in the Middle East and the #Trump administration's policies concerning the war remain high. Last week, the #DepartmentOfEducation issued a warning to 60 colleges and universities that they were under investigation for allegations of antisemitism. The Department of Justice also announced the creation of a federal task force to investigate the issue, and said Boston would be one of the cities targeted in the work."
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/hundreds-rally-calling-for-end-to-war-in-gaza-release-of-activist-mahmoud-khalil/3660014/
#USPol #FreeMahmoudKhalil #FreeSpeech #ResistFascism #ResistDOGE #ResistICE -
The Senate Chair of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary is Lydia Edwards, who represents Third Suffolk (#Revere, #Winthrop, and parts of #Boston).
The House Chair is Michael Day, who represents 31st Middlesex (#Stoneham and parts of #Winchester.
If you know anyone in those districts who cares about electronic privacy and the 4th amendment, it'd especially valuable to have them on board.
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Calling all #BostonMA #pollWorkers!
I have once again produced a compact version of the book that tells you the correct precinct for all the streets at your polling place, so you can point people at the correct check-in table. Instead of flipping through many pages, all the same information is on just 2! For example, below shows the polling place where I work.
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Id0l Jam is happening in September in Somerville! :mexcitedmiku:
After there was some issue with the venue for the summer, Metam0re is now hosting Autumn Id0l Jam on September 29 at Arts at the Armory in Somerville. A day of Idol Showcases, singing, cosplay, and other idol and anime related stuff. (And now conveniently located in my city, no more needing to take the commuter rail :TamakoLaugh: .)
More info, and applications for performances and for vending space (I think they're especially looking for more artists to vend, anyone who's got some nerdy stuff to sell): https://autumnid0ljam.carrd.co/
#Id0lJam #AutumnId0lJam #SummerId0lJam #Id0lJam2024 #Convention #Conventions #AnimeConvention #AnimeConventions #AnimeCon #AnimeCons #Anime #Idol #IdolAnime #IdolCosplay #IdolCosplayer #Kaigai #KaigaiIdol #Cosplay #Cosplayer #Somerville #SomervilleMA #Boston #BostonMA #CambridgeMA #Artist #FanArtist #ArtistAlley
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Top o' the mornin' to you all, on this gray and appropriately chilly #StPatricksDay in #BostonMA . My family fled famine and landed here. #ImmigrantsGetTheJobDone
Special thanks to @yarnplayer for my new clover necklace! It's perfect for today's history brunch.
The pattern is on her free patterns page, #CelticKnot #shamrock.
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Metam0re is looking for vendors/artists for Summer Id0l Jam 2024, to be held on July 27th in Framingham, MA. It's a free entry single day idol-themed con-type event, mainly featuring idol showcases (plural!!! :mexcitedmiku: ), singing, and a cosplay contest. Last year's was easily one of the most fun events of the year. They're looking to grow it out a lot this year, in one way by having a market area for vendors. (Because we clearly need another way to spend money on merch. The Miku pin I bought at the artist alley last weekend was a need, it was Miku day! :leafeonmoney: ) Figure I should post about it here since word tends to spread mainly on instagram, but there are a decent number of fanartists and folks in the Northeast US/Boston-area specifically on Fedi!
Info link: https://summerid0ljam.carrd.co/#applicati0ns
#Id0lJam #SummerId0lJam #Idol #Conventions #Convention #AnimeCon #AnimeCons #AnimeConvention #AnimeConventions #Artist #Artists #Fanart #Fanartist #BostonMA #Boston #Framingham #Massachusetts