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"No voting on who gets to be people." -- N. K. Jemison. Trans rights are human rights.

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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Massachusetts friends! There are NINE (9) questions on the November ballot, some of which are confusing. Here's my local Dem committee's cheat sheet - we discussed the questions at length before voting on endorsements - and I'll put additional resources in the comments.
Know your ballot. Early voting: Oct 17. Election Day: Nov 3. 
Melrose Democrats endorse these questions on all nine statewide questions.
Q1, Public records: governor and legislature - YES
Q2, Public defenders may bargain collectively - YES
Q3, Top two primary - NO
Q4, Election Day registration - YES
Q5, State tax revenue cap - NO
Q6, Nature for All fund - NO
Q7, Smaller minimum lot sizes (housing) - YES
Q8, Recriminalize marijuana - NO
Q9, Repeal gun safety law. YES keeps it. - YES

Q9 is worded backwards on purpose. YES keeps the gun safety law. NO repeals it.

melrosedems.org

Paid for by the Melrose Democratic City Committee
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Make it make sense: 2024: "We lost Michigan when Arab-American Democrats stood back because of Harris's stand on Gaza/Israel". 2026: "Only Stevens has a chance to win against Rogers. Electability!"
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “What's Next: Election Integrity” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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What's Next: Election Integrity · Indivisible
American elections are threatened from many directions. The mid-term elections are just 3 months away; this is the time to prepare to make every vote be heard. Join us on Wednesday July 29 at 7 PM t...
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
In its own words, Project 2029's Day One goals are to stay within "current legal and constitutional parameters". They plan to support the status quo of the current corrupt system, to move the policy optics around but not make structural changes. Project 2029 is not the Democratic program we need.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
@somershade.bsky.social 's Somerville city council writeups are a public service, but also sometimes there's a buried gem. (context, water rate increases)
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A Damned Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My mother, the inimitable Jane Yolen passed away this morning after a blessingly short fight with Alzheimer’s. She did not suffer, and went peacefully into the ether which, I am certain for her, will be filled with words of the most exquisite beauty and meaning.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I signed this petition organized by True North Action Alliance Boston. They still need more signatures. Can you sign and share as www.mobilize.us/truenorthact...
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Petition to Save Bunker Hill History · True North Action Alliance Boston
**Introduction** The National Park Service has been ordered to remove selected quotes from banners at the Bunker Hill Monument that comment on American slavery, the contributions of immigrants, and th...
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
In combination with www.reuters.com/business/med... passive investors, which is most people with retirement accounts, are being ser up to be fleeced. Someone should be in jail.
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MSCI confirms early index inclusion rules ahead of SpaceX IPO
Index provider MSCI confirmed on Monday it will apply existing rules for early inclusion of large IPOs in its Global Standard ​Indexes, likely clearing the way for SpaceX to join, which will ‌fuel dem...
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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Ed Markey tears into Seth Moulton: "Massachusetts deserves better than a senator who scapegoats trans kids." The crowd goes fucking wild.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Among the things I learned while volunteering for Alex Rikleen's campaign was how incredibly arduous the process of running for office really is. I did not know how difficult it is just getting onto the ballot for a new candidate in the Massachusetts nominating system.
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Lorin Hochstein @norootcause.surfingcomplexity.com · 20/05/2026
Proposed operational definition for AGI: when a computer can be held accountable
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
No. You dont have to. youtu.be/vzVggo3bB7Y?...
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Cheryl Wheeler - If It Were Up To Me
YouTube video by Music To Please
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
In honor of Nakba Day, I am starting a thread of things I "learned" as a younger person that were simply untrue. It's short now and I plan to add to it over time.
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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
And not a word of a lie.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Democratic pundits: reporting on the well-known candidates repeatedly, shutting viable new voices out of the conversation long before the voters get to decide. Also Democratic pundits: Why don't we have any generational change around here?
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Language Puzzle by Steven Mithen, eloquently reviewed here, was a book I deeply enjoyed.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I periodically forget that black tea is not gentler on my sleep than coffee.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I'm still mulling over whether "Sara" is female because women in tech and their skills deserve recognition or because if you're going to invent a character that holds your shit together in poor conditions with no recognition of course she'll be a be a woman old enough to be your mom.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
open.substack.com/pub/fialeann...
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how to argue with a three year old (and lose gracefully)
on language development and the art of nonsense
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Mass DOT is celebrating May 4. The announcement sign on 93N says M FALCON HAD SEAT BELTS /CLIP UP & BE SAFE May the 4 be with you!
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
a special may day reminder that it was a pair of FBI agents targeting civil rights activists who accidentally introduced zohran mamdani’s dad to the works of karl marx 🥰
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Sitting with this. The struggle to build more collaborative and also more sustainable homes for our best ideals exists everywhere.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It was a wonderful place for many. And its vision will be missed.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Ok Mobilize, when do we Mobilize? If not now (or really, yesterday) when?
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Oh good,no thermonuclear war tonight. I had things to do tomorrow.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Who speaks for the trees? morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This is your periodic reminder that we do deserve better choices in our politics.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Its so normalized that it's hard to remember this, but it's increasingly clear that infinite money in politics is incompatible with democracy.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I have a history joke but it sort of repeats itself.
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Indivisible Melrose Wakefield MA and Beyond @indivisibleinn.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Indivisible in Melrose Wakefield and Beyond will host No Kings Rally in #Stoneham MA on Sat. 3/28 from 10-11:30am! Inspiring speakers, info tables, music, coffee, food, face painting, ASL interpretation & more! You can still go to Boston 1-4pm! Please invite your friends and neighbors. nokings.org
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I'm starting to understand that one of the things that drives radicalization - in either direction - is that the feeling that there is an explanation for what's going on is preferable to just being buffeted by random waves of sh*t.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
You dont have to be coming to the Stoneham MA event to wear this tshirt.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
An AI companion for children was in a story in an SF anthology from my childhood. Spoiler: it did not end well.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Tbh I’m annoyed that so much of the sexism targeted towards my candidacy is about painting me as an influencer rather than a journalist. It COMPLETELY erases my bartending career.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Several almost identical candidate messages -- "I just made a difficult decision" ... and it turns out that, the difficult decision was "... to spend money I don't have so, send me money." Why do campaign consultants think "a difficult decision to spend YOUR money" is a compelling message?
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 14/02/2026
I am gonna go out on a limb and say that a Jersey dude so horrified that he went to his first protest and is trying not to cry on camera has a pretty good chance of staying radicalized. And that while Bluesky loves to pick apart things like this, this kinda video moves the needle for OTHER dudes.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Imagine a billboard on the approach to the old bridge: "You're sitting in traffic so a billionaire can get richer."
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Its great that we have an EO against new 287(g) agreements but can we get rid of the one we have @massgovernor.bsky.social ?
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2timesgrumpy_owl @2timesgrumpyowl.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
WHY NO MASSACHUSETTS?!?! #mapoli @massgovernor.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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State Legislators from 27 States convene to say "The federal government has crossed a line"
Cora Neumann, a State Senator from my state of Montana, stood up today with legislators from 27 U.S. states to say, “We stand together now or we fall separately later.” State Legislators came together...
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
First time hearing result as a verb: "The blood test hasn't resulted yet." Verbing weirds the language, so they say.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
70th day of the occupation of Minneapolis.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I dont know who needs to read this but ...
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
@totient.bsky.social
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The "meaningful reforms" are too timid and not responding to the continual stakes-raising of the administration. At a minimum, bring back safe zones of schools and daycare, hospitals, places of worship, courts, and POLLING PLACES. @schumer.senate.gov
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
TIL that the building of the Mass Turnpike through Newton paved over a Black neighborhood. patch.com/massachusett... via links posted by @mekka.mekka-tech.com
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A City Divided: The Building of the Mass Turnpike in Newton (Part II)
One of your neighbors posted in Arts & Entertainment. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I approve this message.
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
TIL about Operation MIlkweed operationmilkweed.org which is a clearinghouse of links for GoFundMe's for Massachusetts families harmed by ICE, and other organizations helping those families.
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Operation Milkweed
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Here go the democrats negotiating against themselves again. Shut it down. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Senate Democrats urged to demand ‘real reforms’ over ICE funding bill
Progressive caucus leader Greg Casar calls for five ‘non-negotiable’ items to be included before Democrats vote yes
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bluedroplet.bsky.social @bluedroplet.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Here are the seven Democrats who voted for ICE funding: •Davis (NC-01) •Cuellar (TX-28) •Gillen (NY-04) •Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) •Gonzalez (TX-34) •Golden (ME-02) •Suozzi (NY-03) Wouldn’t it be nice to see them all challenged? But alas…. See 🧵
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