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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

I think I've figured out why I have more patience for my FiL these days, as compared to my MiL. I'm not bearing as much of the care burden, obviously, but I've also gone through similar things before with family, whereas MiL's family members all died young or […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

Outdoor dinner between two elderly parents, left side of table, and two adult kids, right side of table. Looks cozy. The elders are wearing bibs to eat lobster.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Hoooly crap, the Middlesex & Suffolk MA state senate race is ... Lander vs Brownsberger with a difference of 3 votes??? That is wild. #MAPoli

State Senate Massachusetts primary election results from WBUR website, showing senate seat of "Suffolk & Middlesex" with each candidate having 50% of the vote. The challenger, Daniel Lander, is shown with 12,132 votes. The incumbent, William N. Brownsberger, is shown with 12,129 votes. That is a 3 vote difference in Lander's favor, with 99% of the votes counted.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Find you a candidate for public office who makes you feel the way I feel about Evan MacKay's run for state rep in #CambridgeMA ! www.evanforcambridge.com #MApoli #uspol #elections

Photo of me, a white person with blonde hair and wearing a Flo Mask. On the mask I have written "Evan 4 Cambridge." I'm also wearing a trans flag button from Evan's campaign.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

MAMAS open gardens day today! Come by any of these gardens between 1-4pm today to meet other volunteers and learn about the MAMAS Gardening Collective: Central Hill garden (Grand View Avenue at Walnut Street, near Somerville Central Library) Area 52 garden […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

MAMÁS open gardens day, 8/16/26, 1-4 pm!
Come by any of these gardens between 1-4pm to meet other volunteers and learn about the MAMAS Gardening Collective:
Central Hill garden (Grand View Avenue at Walnut Street, near Somerville Central Library)
Area 52 garden (corner of Mossland and Elm Street, near Porter Square)
Hyperspace garden (42 Elm Street, near Porter Square)

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Hey, mastodon, and esp my friend @therisingtithes! Is this "Trinidad folktale" familiar? It was in an assigned reading for my summer class, an excerpt from a 1992 book. Feels totally possible to me that it could be BS, particularly given the time period and […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

Screenshot of a pdf of a book. This page reads:

FOLKTALE : WISDOM OF THE MEDIATOR
Trinidad

Once upon a time there was a poor devout man with an old,
blind mother and a bitter, barren wife . His life was miserable ,
so each morning he rose early and went to the temple to pray
for the blessing of God to relieve his family's suffering.

After twelve years of prayer, he heard a voice -- the voice
of God. "What one thing do you desire?” “I don't know, " he
said. "I really didn't expect you to ask. Do you mind if I go
home and ask my mother and my wife? ”

After receiving permission, he ran home , and first met his
mother.
"Son , if you will ask God to restore my eyes so that I may
see again , you will never be indebted to me for anything."

Then the man went to his wife and told her of God's promise. "Forget your mother; she is old; she will soon close her eyes for the last time . Ask for a son who may care for us, and perhaps bring us wealth."

The mother was listening , and she came with her cane and
began to beat the wife . “No , it must be my eyesight. " The wife
fought back, pulling her hair, and a terrible fight ensued.

The poor man ran from the house to a wise adviser, an old
man who had mediated many conflicts , and he told him his
dilemma . "My mother wants eyesight , my wife wants a son ,
and I, I wish for a bit of money so we can eat everyday. What shallI ask? Whose needs come first?"

The adviser thought for a moment , then he answered:
"Ah, my friend , you must not choose for any one
of your family alone , but for the good of all. Although you may ask only one
thing of God, ask wisely. Tomorrow morning you shall say...

Screenshot of a pdf of the next page of the book. The text, from page 44 of "Conflict: Creative or Destructive Dynamics?" continues with the rest of the advice from the mediator, as follows:

'Oh Lord, I ask nothing for myself; my wife seeks nothing for herself; but my mother is blind , and her desire is, before she dies, to see her grandson eating milk and rice from a golden bowl.'

(Dorson 1975, 511-13, abridged )

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

The mutual aid garden is work and has struggles, but it's always super exciting to pick veggies with my neighbors. #mutualaid #garden

A small green cardboard box full of cherry tomatoes of different types.

A red bucket with various beans and tomatoes inside.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

It's good to sit and watch the bees. (I didn't get video, sorry.) #Bees #bloomscrolling

A fluffy pink flower -- I think it's called Joe pyeweed. Close up, lots of mini-blooms. There are 2 bees visible on it, and they are of different types of bees.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

Sometimes, I do simple things. This is a big pot of strawberry jam I'm making, mostly for the community fridge. A farmer I know donated most of the ingredients. Is it an efficient use of my time? No. Does it actually make a dent in the food insecurity in my […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

A silver pot on a black stovetop. Inside is a red mixture of strawberries, liquified sugar, and a couple of red apple slices. The background is the rear of the stove, blurry in this pic.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

Finland and libraries: two things I love! Wanted to share this item from the BBC. (Also please enjoy this very silly pic of me in front of the iconic Helsinki Center train station, which is apparently the best pic from Finland on my phone, lol.) #Finland […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

Photo of me, a person with blonde hair and glasses, with a drawing of pink cat ears and strawberries on my head. In the background and far above me is a pair of iconic statues holding light fixtures at the Helsinki Central Train Station. The building behind them is a pale orange with greenish roof.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026

Update: the baby bunnies appear to have left the nest! This is a few yards away (and around the corner) from where they had been burrowing, and I haven't seen evidence of them in the self-watering container for the intervening days.

A small brown rabbit hides in the space behind some recycling containers turned into plant containers.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

Whatever else can be said of my misspent youth of organizing scifi conventions, I have lots of hilarious pics from it. Tonight, after the city council meeting, I absolutely floored a neighbor by telling him that I didn't need his book recommendation for John […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

Photo of author John Scalzi, right, wearing a white shirt that says "Ohio" and pretending to chew on my blonde hair with his eyes closed. I am on the left side, wearing a teal dress and a blue convention lanyard. I am looking askance at the camera. John is hamming it up. This is not a sexy pic; it's very silly. I'm probably not explaining it very well, in terms of the tone. Sorry about that.

Photo of John Scalzi, right, and me on the left. John is wearing a red sweatshirt and a white checkered convention lanyard. I'm wearing a black tank top or something. I'm holding up two fingers behind John's head in the universal "bunny ears" position.

I'm on the left side. John Scalzi is in the middle, wearing a loud orange Hawaiian shirt. Walter Jon Williams, another science fiction author, is on the right in a black and white and yellow Hawaiian shirt.

Me on the left, wearing a teal blue shirt with a white polar bear on it. There are white and blue sunglasses in my hair, stylized to look like the flag of Finland on the lenses. John Scalzi is on the right side, wearing an olive collared shirt and a checkered convention lanyard. We are both smiling at the camera, although John looks like he's about to make another joke and I'm already laughing.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026

Carol Danvers (my kitten) also had a Worst Day, and sends sympathies. @nonelvis

Black and white cat sitting on greenish sheets over a bed, crossing her forearms and looking at the camera. She looks a bit annoyed.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

It's #gardening season, which means sometimes the pictures I take in a day are plants, plants, weird insect, a blurry weed, seedlings, and a selfie of me incredibly dirty and/or soaked to the bone so I can prove to a friend I'm still alive, just have my hands full of dirt all day.

A picture of me, a white person with blonde hair, who has clearly been rained upon. My glasses are dripping water, as is the rest of me. I'm giving the camera a thumbs up. My arm is covered in mud.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026

This chart was particularly impactful to me. Somerville has fluctuated spending on the police in the budget over the past couple of years. Since 2019, the least we've budgeted for the police was apparently $15.5M in 2021, and the least we actually spent was […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

Bar chart of Somerville police budgeting vs actual money spent, with blue for budgeted numbers and orange for actual numbers. Chart demonstrates the Somerville police budget vs actual from 2019 to 2026.
The following numbers are in millions of dollars.

2019 budget: $16.1M
2019 actual: $17.6M
2020 budget: $16.2M
2020 actual: $15.4M
2021 budget: $15.5M
2021 actual: $19.7M
2022 budget: $16.7M
2022 actual: $17.6M
2023 budget: $16.7M
2023 actual: $16.8M
2024 budget: $17.7M
2024 actual: $15.4M
2025 budget: $18.1M
2025 actual: $16.8M
2026 budget: $21M
(We don't yet have 2026 actual, I think)

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026

Kinda obsessed with the native columbines. I have several plants that are now old enough to reliably produce blossoms in sufficient quantity that I think they'll continue spreading with less explicit intervention on my part. Went out and took another couple of photos this afternoon.

Close up of a native columbine flower in shade. The outer blossom is a pinkish-orange ish color. The inside has yellow pollen and stamen. The plant has very sparse green leaves.

Close up of the columbine from below, so the delicate stamens and pistils are more clear but it's also a lot less colorful against the bright blue sky (with some clouds and electric wire visible).

Another closeup of the columbine flower, with street in the blurry background.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

Thought I'd share this quick pic I snapped of a native columbine flower I've been fostering next to a street tree. There are lots of columbine flowers, but the red ones with yellow insides are native to MA. #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening

Columbine flower, which is kinda trumpet-shaped with three long petals that curve out at the bottom. The trumpet faces downward, and there are 3 trumpets per flower. This columbine flower is a pinkish-orangeish-red on the outside and yellow inside. It sprawls outward over a sidewalk and crosswalk in this pic. There are several flossoms in the background, including ones that haven't opened yet and are still greenish. The stalks are quite gangly, and leaves are sparse.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026

God help me, but today I discovered a den of adorable troublemakers living in the garden: 4 baby bunnies. Plus a mom. Living in the trash barrel I repurposed into being a self-watering container. Dammit, I wanted to plant some beans and tomatoes there. 🐰 #gardening

4 baby bunnies with adorable ears standing up out of their little heads, peeking at me from behind some weeds and old straw and a tomato cage. They are burrowing in my reused blue trash bin. SIGH.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026

I loved everything about reading The Subtle Art of Folding Space by @john_chu , but I *particularly* loved this description of Daniel pouting because he's constitutionally incapable of doing something he wouldn't want to do anyway. Extremely relatable, lol. 😂 #SFF #Books #Reading

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

Super thrilled to see @john_chu interviewed last night at Porter Square Books about his new novel, The Subtle Art of Folding Space. Magical for me was also that both John and Max Gladstone (his interviewer) were wearing high-quality masks, and I estimate […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

John Chu, left, gestures with his hands and the microphone. He's wearing a blue N95 mask and a black tshirt that says, "More people have read the text on this shirt than I have." Max Gladstone, right, is wearing a white N95 mask and a beige suit coat. He looks ready to ask a next question. Between the two of them is a blue poster of the book cover art, and behind them is a red background that reads "Porter Square Books." There are many bookshelves behind them.

This pic is of Max and John talking from further away, with more of the crowd in the pic. More of the faces pictured don't have masks because the masked groups were further back in the audience and/or directly in front of me.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

Proof positive that I have a good book club: Someone I only met a few months ago and don't know through SFF circles at all has spontaneously suggested we could read @john_chu 's new book "The Subtle Art of Folding Space." #SFF #books #bookstodon

Post in Discord by a user whose ID I've removed for their privacy. Their comment reads:

"Open to many other books and topics!
I'm also excited to check out this one"

Followed by an image of the book cover for The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu.

Cover has several artsy tiers of dim sum containers with people's hands and chopsticks coming out of a space background to take buns and treats from the round baskets.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

I went outside this week during daylight and I saw my first bee of the season! This was very exciting, lol. #Bees #bloomscrolling

A photo of a small bee on some white snowdrop flowers, amidst brown leaves still on the ground from last year. I have circled the bee with thick purple highlighter, drawn "OMG BEE!!" in yellow handwriting, and made lots of sketched purple hearts around the clump of flowers to celebrate the event.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

Idk if this is helpful to anyone else, but I dashed off this email to my Somerville electeds (plus the public comment email account). Anyone who wants to can use/modify this text for your own use if helpful. The worst feeling is when we feel we can't do […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

Screenshot of an email which reads:

Dear Somerville City Council, Mayor Wilson, and beloved city staffers,

So many of our neighbors are impacted by ICE kidnappings and violence. ICE has made it unsafe for remaining immigrants to go to work, school, or go about daily life. This has knock-on financial effects for people in Somerville regardless of immigration status, although obviously it is vital to protect our immigrant neighbors in this chaotic time. Many of my neighbors are unable to make rent this winter, and it's unsafe for them to relocate (even if they had other safe housing options).

I suggest that Somerville put a new eviction moratorium in place, as elected officials are preparing to do in Minnesota, until such time as we can guarantee that ICE will not be able to kidnap any more people from Massachusetts streets.

Particularly since we are entering a time of budgetary input in Somerville, now seems like a great time to have this discussion and make plans to back our moral commitments with our money. Adding to the budgets of the Office of Housing Stability, Somerville Office of Immigrant Affairs, and food security work in the city seems only sensible, as part of this effort.

I look forward to seeing y'all next week at the finance and council meetings.

Best,

Crystal M. Huff

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

Carol Danvers fell asleep on my hand. Naturally, I couldn't move for hours. I did manage to get this pic, though, for the sake of posterity. This is how she normally behaves as I'm going to sleep, not when I'm waking up. Proof that we should all be sleeping more, clearly. #catsofmastodon #cats

Black and white kitten, eyes closed, curled up on a yellow sheet. My right hand is below her chin. She has fallen asleep on my outstretched hand.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

When I go to the Zelle website to contact support directly, "Contact Zelle" page has 2 options: Contact Support Join Zelle Partners I select Contact Support. The only option on the Contact Support page is to report a scam. There is no option to contact […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

"Contact Zelle" page that offers two options underneath "How can we help?"
The two options are to contact support or to find out how to join Zelle partners.

(The website is a simple purple-and-white design, which I do like, aesthetically.)

The "Contact Zelle" page has information on how to Report a Scam, and their definition of a scam.

"A scam is when you are deceived into knowingly sending money to someone. For example, someone tricked or persuaded you into sending them money, or promised that you would receive something in return that they did not provide."

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2025

Welp. I thought I knew what to expect re funding sources for the "No on 3" campaign, but this legit astonished me. $20k of donations from one wealthy Somerville family, another $19k from 69 other donors in Somerville ... and that makes up less than 20% of […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

Pie chart of donations to the "Focus on Somerville" campaign -- the people urging a NO vote on ballot question 3.
9.8% (aka $20k) from one Somerville household
9.4% (aka $19k) from 69 other Somerville donors
28.4% (aka $58k) from institutions external to Somerville (CJP, ADL, etc.)
52.3% (aka 106k) from 275 individual donors external to Somerville

Data downloadable from Somerville Election Commission https://www.somervillema.gov/campaign-finance-reports

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2025

I am a very slow canvasser, but I went out today to canvass for Jon Link. Had some really great conversations on the doors. Definitely felt like I was having an Overton Window discussion with a couple of folks. 😅

Left to right: Daniel, Ben, me, Jon Link, and Aaron. Pic taken from below. Pretty trees above us. The clear sky is visible through the leaves.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2025

The mutual aid garden keeps on giving, both in friendships and in food bounty. Harvested beans for 30 min tonight with a neighbor. Now to curl up with my reading while @hakamadare cooks them for the household. 😍 #garden #mutualaid #gardening

A bounty of shelled beans in pink, white, purple, and black shades. Behind the pile of beans is a yellow squash and two books: Copaganda by Alec Karakatsanis and The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander.

Very close photo of a bounty of shelled beans in pink, white, purple, and black shades.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2025

Sometimes, what I need is to see flowers and the butts of pollinators at work. Sharing here in case that's also true for you. #bloomscrolling #bees #flowers

A blurry tannish-yellow bee (not a classic bumblebee) in foreground. Less-blurry white aster flowers around it.

A bumblebee, close up with wings in focus, while pollinating a series of white asters. The centers of many flowers are light purple, indicating they've been successfully pollinated.

Wider-scope pic of a few bees on aster flowers, with a light green hose and white house visible in the background.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2025

I did actually make it out to the end of the Fluff festival in #SomervilleMA today. This is basically the only photo I got, but it's a banger! This guy said he voluntarily got decorated with a peanut butter and fluff sandwich. His partner said there would be thorough showering when they got home. 😆

Me, on the left, wearing a white Flo mask and my hair in pigtails. On the right is a person with long hair and a beard, absolutely covered with white marshmallow fluff. There is fluff all over hair and beard and shirt. In the middle is a person with a grey hat, laughing and holding a jar of fluff.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2025

I made this quilt top a year ago and still haven't managed to finish the edges off after quilting the sandwich, but fuck, I want to prove to myself I still do crafts, so I'm looking at this pic and feeling some pride. This was a ton of work. It's not done […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

A very large, striped quilt top with yellow, blue, purple, and white shades. It is huge. I (a white person with blonde hair) am trying to hold up one corner for the photo. It covers the entire floor and then some. Probably 150" on one side. There are stacks of books behind my head, and a skeleton. A sewing machine is in the forefront of the pic, lower left corner.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2025

Wooooow. Not for nothing, but I was outside the house this week for way less than 40 hours. My Pro Flo mask filter is rated for 40 hours at 100 AQI. I think this is the first time I've seen it go black before changing it. #WearAMask #airquality #smoke #climatechange

2 Pro filters for Flo Mask. The first is unused and totally white. The second is used and completely middle-to-dark grey except for the slight edge around the rim where the filter attached to the mask. It's a shocking color difference, showing the particulates filtered out of my air this week.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2025

Developer says they're trying to integrate the Revival window next door, which will be next to their courtyard. #SomerPoli

Artistic rendering of first floor, with Revival coffee on the right.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2025

Artistic renderings of what they plan the building to look like (next to Revival restaurant). Commercial elevator for accessibility. #SomerPoli

Artistic rendering from an angle, in front.

Artistic rendering from the front, head-on.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2025

I apparently talk a lot about how much I love beets... to such an extent that someone left me a box of fresh beets in the garden this week, and I honestly don't know who! 😅😅😅 I have begun putting them to good use, though!

A large, blue and yellow pan with sliced red beets cooking in it, on top of an electric stovetop.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2025

Screenshot attached, and I will copy/paste the convo over the next few toots. He'd asked me for my vote. I replied: Hi, Justin, I don't think so. You blocked me on twitter for favoriting a tweet a few years ago that asked about why you were changing the […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

I will copy-paste the texts from this screenshot into the next few toots because the text limit is too small for this convo.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2025

HA, this is a common occurrence around here, but I don't often manage to catch it on video! Carol Danvers went from purring up a storm, cuddling my foot, to twisting around onto her back and putting her (shaved somewhat recently due to illness) belly in the air. #cat

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2025

Cuddle the nearest foot when a foot is all you can reach, I guess? Carol Danvers is very silly. #cat

A b&w tuxedo cat is lying on the wooden floor and on top of my bare foot. Her eyes are mostly closed.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2025

Just when I thought Google couldn't get worse, it went in for more enshittification. We've got special brand map symbology for national brands & slogans for some! We've got suggested activities while there! (Telling me I might want to replace my car keys is […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

A screenshot of Google maps with "Tags Hardware -- replace your automotive keys" in the center. Tags Hardware has a special branded marker that says "ACE" in all capital letters (because it's part of the Ace Hardware franchise). All other businesses in the area have a generic blue marker with a shopping bag.

A screenshot of Google maps with two CVS boxes and a Ben & Jerry's branded box in the middle. One CVS is subtitled "CVS is your one stop shop." The other CVS is subtitled "Photo Quality Guaranteed." The Ben & Jerry's is subtitled "Takeout - Delivery." A nearby Healthworks does not have a branded mark, just a generic green dot. It is subtitled "Less busy than usual."

A white screenshot with "Saved - Notifications - Messages" across the top. Yellow and grey talking balloon icons are below. It says "No messages yet."

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2025

Not for nothing, but this is the first time I've ever actually seen CAO Lammis Vargas in any live form in Somerville. I'm still irritated that we have a CAO before we have a revised charter. :P #Somerpoli

Screenshot of 3 femme people in a Zoom room labeled "Conference Room." On the left, Lammis Vargas of RI. Middle is Somerville's mayoral chief of staff, Nikki Spencer. Right side is Director Singh.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2025

Also, everyone's protest signage is great, but I'm not sure anyone can top this sign from 2017, after the Charlottesville murder of Heather Heyer via nazi car. (This was not my sign, to be clear -- it was held by someone near me at a Boston protest against homophobic nazis.)

A white sign with large black letters in all capitals:
"NOT TODAY SATAN."
The two As in SATAN have two red eyes in each, as though KKK white hats.
You can just see two hands holding the sign at the edge of the frame of this pic.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2025

Not for nothing, but the city of Somerville posting excitedly to social media about the Braille printer tonight is A WHOLE LOOK. The machine was purchased over a year ago but never used! This ADA coordinator has also (within the past month) been publicly […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

Post to Facebook by the official City of Somerville social media account. The only text in the post preview appears to be "10 min. ago." The post is a photo of a smiling white woman with grey hair holding some Braille-embossed papers in front of her. She is in an office setting next to a desk. There is a computer in the background behind her, and the computer is next to a IRIE BrailleTrac 120 desktop Braille embosser which is in white, green, and grey plastic.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2025

I'm looking forward to this book talk next week! Copaganda: how the police and media manipulate our news. Wednesday, 6/4 at 6:30 pm at Connexion in Somerville, MA. #MApoli #Somerpoli #policing #politics #SomervilleMA

Peach background
Flyer for a book talk and discussion.
Book title: "Copaganda: How police and the media manipulate our news"
Blue book cover on left, picture of a white person with a beard on right.
Connexion: 149 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02145

Sponsors:
All She Wrote Books
The New Press
Defund SPD

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2025

Today I learned a bunch about map projection stuff for my GIS course. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection DID YOU KNOW that Florida uses two different map projection systems for different parts of the state??? This kinda blows my mind. (See image […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

A map of the continental United States that demonstrates the TYPE of map projection used in each state (or section of state) when mapping it. The map is in green and red segments, so far as I can tell, although the legend also says there's a yellow portion. Most states, even if there are lines to show different portions of the state, are all in one color. A few, however, are mixed colors.

For example, Florida uses Lambert Conformal Conic Projection (in red) for the western part of the state (as that's better for distances that are wider in the east-west directions), but uses Transverse Mercator Projection (in green) for the southern and east-most parts of the state (because that's better for distances that are lengthy in the north-south directions).

I'm still learning all this stuff, so I'm not sure how better to describe this in order to be accessible, but I hope that helps.

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2025

My cat, Carol Danvers, is very very silly. She does this thing where she twists around and pets her own head and sticks her back legs straight out and flips over (sometimes falling off furniture) when she sees us looking at her and she wants treats. This pic […] [Original post on mas.wrong.tools]

Black and white kitten sitting on the bottom shelf of a bookcase with her head upside down, back legs sticking out straight off the shelf, front paws curled up under her chin like a dog's. Her tummy is somehow facing up toward the ceiling. Behind her is my painted mural of books (unfinished). The background color of the wall is yellow. The books in the mural are all sorts of colors.

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