#somervillema — Public Fediverse posts

Come see Jinxland play this weekend at Sorceror's Soirée and get your funk-soul fix! We're playing with Macrotones and Vudu Sister—you don't want to miss this! Come support local artists and vendors, including poets, tarot readers, and more, and welcome in the new season with us :)

https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/jinxland/jinxland-presents-sorcerers-soiree2

#somervilleMA #bostonMusic #boston #funk #jinxland #BostonWeekend

What the #Fluff? - #FluffFestival this Saturday in #SomervilleMA https://www.flufffestival.com #boston #Massachusetts

Boston Friends

Mark your calendar for a counter demonstration against the forced birthers who plan to march on in boston on Sunday Nov 1

#Boston #MApoli #Massachusetts #Cambridge #Somervillema #CharlesRiver #Harvard #BU #Newton #Watertown #waltham

https://themensmarch.mykajabi.com/e/BAh7BjoWZW1haWxfZGVsaXZlcnlfaWRsKwgLDHloCgA%3D--59fe712a8208f6df5b6f91121accb0aba15297f9?skip_click_tracking=

Boston Friends

Mark your calendar for a counter demonstration against the forced birthers who plan to march on in boston on Sunday Nov 1

#Boston #MApoli #Massachusetts #Cambridge #Somervillema #CharlesRiver #Harvard #BU #Newton #Watertown #waltham

https://themensmarch.mykajabi.com/e/BAh7BjoWZW1haWxfZGVsaXZlcnlfaWRsKwgLDHloCgA%3D--59fe712a8208f6df5b6f91121accb0aba15297f9?skip_click_tracking=

Boston Friends

Mark your calendar for a counter demonstration against the forced birthers who plan to march on in boston on Sunday Nov 1

#Boston #MApoli #Massachusetts #Cambridge #Somervillema #CharlesRiver #Harvard #BU #Newton #Watertown #waltham

https://themensmarch.mykajabi.com/e/BAh7BjoWZW1haWxfZGVsaXZlcnlfaWRsKwgLDHloCgA%3D--59fe712a8208f6df5b6f91121accb0aba15297f9?skip_click_tracking=

Boston Friends

Mark your calendar for a counter demonstration against the forced birthers who plan to march on in boston on Sunday Nov 1

#Boston #MApoli #Massachusetts #Cambridge #Somervillema #CharlesRiver #Harvard #BU #Newton #Watertown #waltham

https://themensmarch.mykajabi.com/e/BAh7BjoWZW1haWxfZGVsaXZlcnlfaWRsKwgLDHloCgA%3D--59fe712a8208f6df5b6f91121accb0aba15297f9?skip_click_tracking=

Boston Friends

Mark your calendar for a counter demonstration against the forced birthers who plan to march on in boston on Sunday Nov 1

#Boston #MApoli #Massachusetts #Cambridge #Somervillema #CharlesRiver #Harvard #BU #Newton #Watertown #waltham

https://themensmarch.mykajabi.com/e/BAh7BjoWZW1haWxfZGVsaXZlcnlfaWRsKwgLDHloCgA%3D--59fe712a8208f6df5b6f91121accb0aba15297f9?skip_click_tracking=

If you have a kid in Somerville public schools, I made a calendar file for all of the 2026-27 holidays (except for winter and spring breaks): https://lab.brainonfire.net/calendars/Somerville-school-holiday-SY26-27.ics

(It would be nice to have one with those, plus early-release days, but the tiny tool I wrote only supports full-day events. That's fine, now there's less to manually enter.)

#SomervilleMA

#BostoNWeekeND Sat ARTS #SomervilleMA hosts the #GilmanSquare arts festival put on by the #SomervilleArtsCouncil. Located just north of the central library branch. Free. Live music pumpkin painting, food, esh and Cate the Great circus performances. noon to 5 https://somervilleartscouncil.org/events/gilman-sq-fest/ #boston #BostonKids #BostonFree #bostonCircus #BostonMusic #EmperorNortonStationaryMarchingBand #ENSMB

#BostonWeekend Sat STUFF Riverfest in #SomervilleMA. free. fireworks at 830. on teh mystic. https://assemblyrow.com/event/riverfest-2026/ #boston #fireworks #bostonFree

Reminder that the #SomervilleMA hearing on police #BodyCameras is *tonight* (September 8, 2026) at 6pm.

To testify at the hearing, sign up for the Zoom meeting using the link below, and then after you join the meeting, raise your hand when the hearing begins.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WRdRHrGRTFC7GZuN1__1VA#/registration

#policing #surveillance #MAPol

The group that I've been organizing with on police body cameras in Somerville just put out an update on where things sit, including the call-to-action with regard to Tuesday's hearing.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQrFlvLo_07XvQRMCu7cOk8Y2xXDWDTEXvS6MEKHFp1iub7uPiMq2JUOxqonE2jXmyvLdKmr1ign-Qg/pub

#SomervilleMA #surveillance #policing #BodyCameras #MAPol

The good news for Somerville is that although council has approved the purchase and deployment of police #BodyCameras, the cameras will only be worn by superior officers at this time. The patrol officers, who come into highest contact with the public, must agree to the same terms before they will begin wearing cameras.

The program is still very expensive, but this does mean that there's still time to insist that civilian oversight must come *first*.

#MAPol #surveillance #SomervilleMA

#BostonWeekend Sun CULTURE #SomervilleMA #Fermentation festival at the #SomervilleArmory https://www.somervillefermfest.com #Boston #Pickles #Kimchi #saurkraut #massachusetts #bostonFree

Commentary on the #SomervilleMA police #bodyCameras situation, and what the Mayor might be trying to do, from Chris Dwan:
https://csindie.com/somervilles-mayor-is-forcing-a-special-council-meeting-to-vote-on-body-worn-cameras/

#surveillance #policing #MAPol #legislativeProcess

Here is a generic-language version of the email I just sent to #Somerville Council about police #bodycameras for the 12pm deadline.
https://sandstorm.appux.com/shared/lGlNKXBAaxeBW0-1FUCMihCp9r-K3h6HryHO2vNa4oa

If you are delivering public comment tonight, feel free to adapt ideas in there. It's a complicated issue, and I know that concerns differ.

#SomervilleMA #MAPol #surveillance #policing #privacy

Some folks from the #Somerville DSA group put together these slides with tips on how to prepare public comment for the Special Meeting on #bodycameras tomorrow.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xmdAuHLzOOFhmdxZE3nWoZ7SveOiNW2mstvn7xPvr6Q/edit?usp=sharing

#SomervilleMA #surveillance #policing #MAPol

Update: On July 23rd, the Mayor introduced a new version of the STIR and TSSUP for police #bodycameras in #Somerville. The new documents clarify a number of policy points, but don't substantively address the concerns we've highlighted in our toolkit above.

#surveillance #policing #MAPol #SomervilleMA #privacy

Here is the latest update from the Somerville ad hoc group working on the body cameras issue: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRiU1P7QeQoR9Tbx-xr1wzevoa7D5UnRo8kRdEws6CFHLEgDCU7EzDkR60PAv4Rk0FByuZemkjya95c/pub

The very short version is that the Mayor is still trying to rush this specific body cameras policy through without proper deliberation and that #Somerville is holding a special meeting on July 27th for public comment *and* a vote.

This is *not* the public comment session that was requested by petition.

#bodycameras #SomervilleMA #policing #surveillance #privacy #MAPol

Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves, Roll With You, 2008 on Q Division, Reissued By Yep Roc

https://goatless.org/2026/07/19/eli-paperboy-reed-the-true-loves-roll-with-you-2008-on-q-division-reissued-by-yep-roc

Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves, Roll With You, 2008 on Q Division, Reissued By Yep Roc

https://goatless.org/2026/07/19/eli-paperboy-reed-the-true-loves-roll-with-you-2008-on-q-division-reissued-by-yep-roc

#SilentSunday #SomervilleMA

#BarakObama #PresidentObama

An OCR'd version of the current Somerville Memorandum of Understanding on body camera use is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wyNH99s9MREk18L44uK7HRb5Khv-bUX5/view

#SomervilleMA #bodycameras

There's another update on #Somerville #BodyCameras posted here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS6Lvi0cNzhztgzCyB-Ie28CSLJi1xzYOg6mEpNvXN_SJO4Dhyy2F6ZZJk-lBwd3zCissDDkIUXCu86/pub

We finally have the memorandum of understanding on body cameras, and unfortunately it still says the data will be controlled by the police, with civilians only able to access the footage through public records requests.

#MAPol #SomervilleMA #surveillance

#science #metrology #electronics #retrocomputing What do we think this instrument measures? Maybe an old voltmeter? Spotted at an open-house in #SomervilleMA

#BostonWeekend Sun ACAPELLA Barbershop, in space? #SomervilleMA at the Armory , early start all ages show https://artsatthearmory.org/events/expedition-five-a-barbershop-a-cappella-space-opera/ #Acapella #SomervilleArmory #bostonMusic

From one of our #Somerville City Councilors:
https://jonforsomerville.beehiiv.com/p/on-body-worn-cameras

#SomervilleMA #bodycameras #citybudgets

For anyone interested in a more complete update on the #Somerville #bodycameras deliberations, one of my collaborators put together this document summarizing ways to support our organizing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSLHo6CD3P8L-EGbsr7pqxXf0CaU1A-XhsXV95ES43uPehjHgTpnwEORUTq_H_87V3nw2cEwSTgSMnY/pub

#surveillance #SomervilleMA #MAPol #MAPoli

Last night the #Somerville Legislative Matters Committee decided to hold the #bodycameras proposal in committee rather than voting to approve it.

It's not clear what the next steps will be (stay tuned), but for now they are not moving forward on the proposal for body cameras without civilian oversight.

Thank you so much to everyone who wrote or called in to council to express concern about the city's proposal!

#MAPol #SomervilleMA #surveillance

This little video gives some of the background on how body cameras have been previously discussed in #Somerville, including clips illustrating the broad consensus to reject body cameras in 2022 unless there is civilian oversight (which wasn't on the table then and at this point appears still not to be on the table).

#SomervilleMA #bodycameras #surveillance

If you'd like to stay informed of community organizing efforts regarding the City of Somerville's pursuit of Body Worn Cameras for Police, please fill out this form:
https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/VzpeBEc1duRVTYgevX3BuF4CcDWxqAmS6J+YP9zykh8/

#SomervilleMA #surveillance #bodycameras #MAPol #MAPoli

#Rumeysa left. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/17/metro/rumeysa-ozturk-returns-turkey/ #Boston #SomervilleMA #Tufts #FuckIce #RumeysaOzturk #USPol

#BostonWeekend 46/x

Wed 5/21 4-9p, Fabville (#SomervilleMA High School #makerspace) hosts a free 'scrap bashing' night, upcycling trash into terrain building - "Aimed at creating #terrain for games such as #Warhammer40k, #Battletech, Dungeons and Dragons, #StarWarsLegions and more" https://fabville.org/new-events/2025/1/28/open-shop-hours-29sa7-cs7am-p6eaf-nxyyc-6rt5c-3cf4n-4lmpy-h6sjc-cbhym-a5kz9-ln5xa-emc6j-tflx2-bgp78-2rwpb-nke76-hzh7y-t2rr3-htflr-kbb9x

#BostonGeek #bostonArt #BostonGames #Boston #Pandemonium #TTRPG #TerrainBuilding #fabville #ArtisansAsylum #craft #BostonKids #BostonFree

#BostonWeekend 25/x
Sat #books Somerville Community Growing Center #BookSwap, free, rain might reschedule https://www.thegrowingcenter.org/calendar
#BostonBooks #SomervilleMA

"By most accounts, Ozturk was not a prominent activist on campus, which has prompted questions as to why she was arrested. Her most significant foray into politics appears to be a jointly written March 2024 op-ed in the student newspaper that urged the university to engage with a student-led push for Tufts to divest from Israel. But the editorial was enough for Ozturk to be highlighted by Canary Mission [...]"

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-canary-mission.html

#Rümeysa #SomervilleMA #FreeSpeech

Folks in Somerville, MA. I hope to see you at City Hall soon.

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/03/27/protests-are-planned-in-cambridge-and-somerville-for-a-second-day-after-taking-of-tufts-grad-student/

#SomervilleMA #Somerville #Rümeysa #mahmoudkhalil #Rumeysa #firstamendment

#BostonWeekend (3/x)
Gilman Arts and Music Festival by #SomervilleArtsCouncil
#GilmanSquare #SomervilleMA
Free, Saturday, noon start, #BostonMusic #BostonArts #BostonFree
https://somervilleartscouncil.org/somerstreet/gilman

#BostonWeekend 8/x
10th annual #BostonHipHop Festival #SomervilleMA 4pm #UnionSquare Saturday
https://somervilleartscouncil.org/artsunion/2024/hiphop
#BostonMusic #BostonFree #SomervilleArtsCouncil

#BostonMusic Shows (what did I miss?):
Thursday: #ChaseAndStatus - British electronic duo (#Jungle/#DnB, usually with a live drummer), @ Roadrunner
#LanaDelRey @ Fenway

Friday: #ThisWillDestroyYou, Texan instrumental rock, Crystal Ballroom
#PVRIS, from #LowellMA (!), pop/electronic rock, HoB
“Underground” (#HipHop_ music party by #VertuOuVice at #TheArmory, featuring #Cakeswagg (#RoxburyMA) and a bunch of other #GreaterBoston area Hip Hop artists
#HootieAndTheBlowfish @ Fenway
#Shrek #Rave, yes, its a Shrek themed dance party, Don't worry about it, @ Big Night Live

Saturday:
#TedLeo and the Pharmacists, American rock, @ the 'dise
#RaviColtrane (John and Alice's kid!), gifted #MBase saxophonist, #TheArmory in #SomervilleMA

Sunday:
#SilversunPickups, American rock/#DreamPop, @ the HoB
#MdouMoctar, guitarist blending rock/#blues/#tuareg people styles, @ the 'dise

Fri-Sun: #GreenRiver festival, headliners include #Cake and #FleetFoxes and a ton of really cool up and coming acts, relatively reasonable ticket prices, #WesternMass

(#BostonWeekend 4/x)

Good morning, #Boston. Hope you are staying as warm as possible the next few days.
Here’s a few important links to help if you or someone you know needs a place to keep warm:
- Boston #WarmingCenters: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OW_qs7xQ-0q6BD-EiklTVcrEFSRt1lD3oeWgLq9IXYU/edit#gid=0
- #SomervilleMA: https://www.somervillema.gov/departments/health-and-human-services/council-aging#tab/1
- #CambridgeMA: https://www.cambridgema.gov/Services/winterwarmingcenter
- #Medford: https://www.facebook.com/MedfordMAofficial/posts/500859765564612
- Dial 211 in your city to find a local #WarmingShelter if not listed above.
And please add to this list! This is by no means comprehensive. Thanks.