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@jonlink.bsky.social
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Somerville safe streets, climate, and social justice enthusiast. Possible artist and avid enjoyer of the arts. Also sometimes do software stuff. Somerville City Councilor At-Large. JonForSomerville.com

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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 10h
A Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) plan for Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) control is currently taking comment until Oct 30. Water & sewer bills in Somerville are the highest in the state and are set to double and CSO is why. Here's a short explainer and what you should do.
voice.somervillema.gov
Combined Sewer Overflow Control Planning Program - Joint efforts by Cambridge, MWRA, and Somerville
The Draft Plan is here! Submit comments by October 30, 2026. The City of Cambridge, the City of Somerville, and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority are proud to present the Draft Updated Combi...
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Cambridge Somerville Independent @csindie.bsky.social · 10h
Lucky’s Picks: connect with clubs, Burning Man, accessibility and the art of verse
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Lucky’s Picks: connect with clubs, Burning Man, accessibility and the art of verse
Oct. 2: Fully Versed (All She Wrote Books, Somerville) Come celebrate four new poetry collections by four Massachusetts-based poets at All She Wrote Books this Friday. The evening will feature a reading and Q&A with poets John Bonanni, Mckendy Fils-Aimé, Joey Gould and Danielle Jones. Their new... The post Lucky’s Picks: connect with clubs, Burning Man, accessibility and the art of verse appeared first on Cambridge | Somerville Independent.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 23h
"Meanwhile, what we need to demand from universities far and wide is clear: Cease to be a place where sexual assault is often subject to less punishment than protesting and plagiarism." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Mitch Jackson ⚖️ @mitch.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans in Congress got hours of free airtime in front of the American people. They spent it stating false facts as true and calling Jack Smith a dirtbag and a villain. Here's all you need to know, under oath.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 16h
To quote Indian Jones: “it belongs in a museum”
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Are we kinda being pricks?" Volume 2. The Winthrop Edition.
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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mark your calendars: @smoorearch.bsky.social, me, and several others are planning a great night of music on Friday, December 11 at the Crystal Ballroom as a benefit for the Dana-Farber cancer care access program. I hope to see many of you there.
An event flier for a concert called "Let's Rock Cancer" on December 11 at the Crystal Ballroom in Somerville, MA.
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Lorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 29/09/2026
I don’t claim to understand the financial market but reading about a loss-making company that warns its product might wipe out humanity does not motivate me to buy their shares.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Cambridge Somerville Independent @csindie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Empty home near Somerville businesses is gutted in three-alarm fire
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Empty home near Somerville businesses is gutted in three-alarm fire
A three-alarm fire tore through an empty duplex home early Thursday at 8-10 Park St., which is by a commercial district in Somerville’s Ward 2 – immediately behind a Boston Garden cannabis dispensary, across from the Cambria Hotel and Josephine restaurant, and by a Walgreens pharmacy and Conway... The post Empty home near Somerville businesses is gutted in three-alarm fire appeared first on Cambridge | Somerville Independent.
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KNIZER @knizer.toot.boston.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
ooh yafa opening up a second location in the old posto location in #davis #SomervilleMA csindie.com/yafa-bakery-cafe-looks-…
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Somerville friends, do you have an opinion about Davis Square? You've got until Sunday to share your thoughts for "baseline" visioning.
cityofsomerville.jotform.com
Davis Square Neighborhood Plan Survey
Please click the link to complete this form.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This will hurt city budgets. Please let the governor know what you think of this plan.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is an attack on public education, on public transportation, on everyone who worked on Fair Share, and on the will of the voters.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
The GOP keeps talking about “phantom patients” hoarding Affordable Care Act cash. But the real story is more complicated.
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JD Vance is coming for your Obamacare
Are you really young and healthy—or are you a "phantom patient" trying to con Dr. Oz?
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What a horrific way to spend money meant to improve all the infrastructure and institutions we’ve neglected.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Davis Square is getting its first community yard sale. Put on by the Davis Square Neighborhood Council & city. Buy cool stuff on: Sunday, Sept. 27, 1-5pm (Rain date: Sunday, Oct. 4, 1-5pm) Live in Davis? Sellers can sign up to sell from your home or statue park. Sign up: bit.ly/4HDUULM
JOIN THE DAVIS SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL & THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE FOR THE INAUGURAL DAVIS SQUARE COMMUNITY YARD SALE

SELLERS CAN SIGN UP TODAY
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1-5 PM
RAIN DATE - OCTOBER 4, 1-5 PM

WWW.BIT.LY/4HDUULM

Register to sell outside your home or in Statue Park
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Somerville is working on a home rule petition. Give your input into how the city should preserve creative spaces.
form.jotform.com
Build your Ideal Somerville Municipal Cultural Trust
Please click the link to complete this form.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Please support local 26 as they fight to get fair pay better healthcare from an organization making tens of millions of dollars in profit. Workers deserve to live lives with dignity.
Jon Link (aka me) speaking on the picket lines at Encore in support of the Union there, local 26, fighting for dignity through fair compensation for their labor.
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Popcornbender Spatch @spatch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thanks to the Somerville Library's online newspaper archive I discovered other businesses in the Hobbs Building when the Somerville Theatre opened Some we knew about, like the bowling alley and the auditorium/ballroom, but nobody knew about the undertaker who maybe worked where theaters 2 and 3 are
A column of ads from June 12, 1914, a month after the theater opened. Three of the four are for Hobbs Building businesses: the Hobbs Bowling Alley, which featured six of the "latest type loop the loop alleys" and 4 pool/billiard tables and a "special provision for ladies"; the Somerville Auditorium (which IIRC would later be renamed Hobbs' Crystal Ballroom) advertising "glide and modern dancing parties" every Wednesday and Saturday evening; and one Alfred E. Mann, Undertaker.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Four Somerville households lost their homes in Tuesday's fire on Dartmouth Street. Everyone is safe, but they're starting over with nothing. Clothes, medicine, groceries, a place to sleep. Give what you can to the Homeless Coalition's Emergency Fund: secure.qgiv.com/for/emerfun
https://bit.ly/shcfund
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Not just pedestrians, even! Bike lanes increase safety for all road users. Bike lanes reduce the number of people going to the hospital, suffering life-altering injuries, or being killed. They save families from tragedies that can be felt for generations. govfacts.org/housing-infr...
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“Data from New York City shows that when protected bike lanes are installed, injury crashes for all road users – drivers included – typically drop by 40% to 50%.

A multi-year study that looked at 12 cities concluded that protected bike lanes reduced traffic deaths and serious injuries by nearly half for everyone on the road.”
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Love the council for pushing for this! (note: I can say that because it predates me) It’s also worth noting that this creates a safe way to reach the police and fire stations.
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ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
VICTORY! The Trump administration tried to use the postal service to interfere in our elections: it failed. The administration has not, and cannot, change the rules for mail voting. Mail voting remains a safe, secure option for eligible voters. www.aclum.org/press-releas...
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U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Postal Service From Restricting Mail Ballots - ACLU of Massachusetts
In a major win for voting rights, election integrity, and democracy, the Supreme Court has blocked the U.S. Postal Service from restricting mail ballots.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When in history has this ever worked? It certainly been proven to fail in the last couple months. Not just that, but the safety concerns are broader than just its customers.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When I’m feeling down, Somerville’s quirky and caring community is often there to pick me back up. What lovely people we have among us! (And fear not, the dove made it safely to the vet)
Screenshot of email: 
We've got an injured mourning dove in Somerville. HEAL vet in Watertown can take it. But we need transport. Can anyone do that? Please see address in Somerville and details below. Let me know ASAP!
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The US could be a leader, instead at every turn, we are the deadweight unrepentantly dragging the rest of the world underwater to drown with us.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When it comes to ballot questions, follow the money. The funding for Question 3 isn’t coming from democracy advocates. It’s coming from private equity execs and venture capitalists who bankroll education privatization, conservative Dems, and Republicans across the country. #NoOn3
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This weekend is packed with good stuff. Here’s one annual event that I always look forward to: Gilman Sq Arts and Music Festival (Saturday 12-5pm) held, unsurprisingly, in Gilman Square at Ef Leathers Park somervilleartscouncil.org/events/gilma...
GILMAN SQUARE ARTS & MUSIC FESTIVAL
Saturday 12 September 12-5Pm

* LIVE MUSIC & PERFORMANCES
* BEER GARDEN
* FOOD VENDORS
* ARTISTS & MAKERS
* KIDS ACTIVITIES
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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For reasons known only to myself, I have created a single web page with links to privately hosted copies of a whole bunch of documents related to police oversight and reform in Somerville. dwan.org/index.php/po... 1/?
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Mini Book Sale @ Vinal Bakery on Sunday, September 13 9:00-11:00am Brought to you by Friends of the Somerville Public Library
Mini Book Sale @ Vinal bakery
Sunday, September 13 9:00-11:00am
Brought to you by Friends of the Somerville Public Library
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
September Newsletter is out!
jonforsomerville.beehiiv.com
September Newsletter
Just like Somerville Schools, City Council is Back!
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We need to pass medicare for all. Thankful the Globe is shining light on this anti-democratic effort.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We have to protect voting from all sides. However, it does help me sleep at night knowing that our federal government is terrified of what’s coming for them.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Well this certainly doesn’t seem like it’ll get worse… secret DHS police using predictive policing couldn’t possibly end badly.
404media.co
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.
theguardian.com
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New ballot question reports are in, and it couldn’t be more clear: Question 3 (jungle primaries / all-party primaries / top two) is an effort by billionaires to rig our election system in their favor.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Sad to know this person will no longer be sitting beside me. I really appreciated the time I am able to serve with him. He's done a lot to make Somerville a better place than he found it.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Proud to support Tufts workers of SEIU 32BJ. They have been fighting to get basic cost-of-living increases and reasonable healthcare costs from a university that has a huge endowment and annual surplus. They can and should make it possible for workers to live off their paychecks.
left to right: councilors Hardt, Link, Mbah, and Wheeler out supporting SEIU 32BJ.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Somerville needs new members for the Commission for Women to advocate for women and gender minorities. Members serve for a three-year term meeting monthly on the 3rd Tues 7-8pm (in-person or virtual) Open to all residents. Apply by 10/2 with why you are interested email: ebroker@somervillema.gov
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There's currently an opportunity to support the Mystic Tenant Association's mission to uplift and advocate for Mystic View and Mystic River residents. Join me in helping them reach their goal.
zeffy.com
Together We Rise Gala
🎉 Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at The Mystic Tenant Association's fundraising event. It's an event like no…
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Huge congrats to @benforward3.bsky.social, @electerika.bsky.social, @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social, and Will Mbah for their election successes! I'm so thrilled to see what this progressive delegation will accomplish. Somerville is in good hands with this crew.
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tyrannusrexbook.bsky.social @tyrannusrexbook.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
6% of Texas’s Voters Have Had Their Voter Registrations Suspended (Over 1M People) Suspensions in big Democratic urban areas could sway close Senate race to R Affected people have until October 5 to update their voter registrations NB: Faux Elections newrepublic.com/post/214832/...
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Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate Race
If you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it.
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ugh: A new Massachusetts poll has a 51-32 lead for a ballot initiative to adopt the top-two “primary” system. This system has been a wreck in California. The majority party frequently risks getting shut out of general elections, so party organizations often pick favorites in primaries to avoid that
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All but two Mass. ballot questions likely to pass in November, poll finds
Nine statewide ballot questions will face all Massachusetts voters this November, and a new poll finds that all but two are likely to pass.
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The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡ @thebostonlol.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The @streets.boston.gov has decided to repave the high crash corridor of Hyde Park Av without any safety improvements. Boston Better Streets Coalition is asking for letters from the community to go to the mayor to call for FIXING the streets not paving over the problem foresthills.boston#write
foresthills.boston
Hyde Park Avenue: No repaving without safety improvements
Compare Boston’s current resurfacing plan with safer alternatives and tell Mayor Wu’s Streets Team to do better.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Remember when food was safe to eat www.dailymail.com/health/artic...
dailymail.com
Blueberry recall moved to highest risk level... 'probability of death'
A recall of frozen blueberries has been upgraded to the FDA's highest warning level over potential deadly bacterial contamination. There have been 12 sickened and four hospitalized.
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jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We all know that the current system is ineffective and insufficient. Americans are under insured and routinely bankrupted by healthcare costs. It’s inhumane.
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