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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"The Government cannot escape liability for DOGE’s work by scapegoating ChatGPT." A US judge slammed DOGE's use of AI in a decision today blocking the termination of $100M in humanities grants, finding DOGE lacked authority and unlawfully based decisions on race and viewpoint buff.ly/Qw0qcDH
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lorimt.bsky.social @lorimt.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
There's a reddit thread with an update claiming no confirmed sighting of ice - some debate about whether there were police at any of the relevant locations or not. www.reddit.com/r/Somerville... Given what I heard from staff, it sounds like there was police *something*, but I don't have proof
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lorimt.bsky.social @lorimt.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Star market folks said they thought it was state police not ice, but Petsis said it was ice and super early (their 5am crew saw at some point)
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genevieve 🏳️‍⚧️ @triceratops.zone · 17/03/2026
ME: oh a little Zohran video for St Patrick's Day, probably just celebrating Irish culture, maybe a few green beer jokes ZOHRAN (2 minutes in): ...and that's why King Leopold I of Belgium is a big wet bitch. Furthermore...
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 26/01/2026
Did you miss out on your last opportunity to bankroll the fully stocked pop-up leftist supply depot?? Do you want to send free hand warmers, winter gear, first aid supplies, YOU NAME IT, to the Twin Cities? This is your moment. Let's ride. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... (non 'zon in follow up!)
@GuntherEagleman on Twitter says, "BREAKING: The "No-Go-Zone" in Minneapolis is getting fully stocked like a pop-up leftist supply depot, free hand warmers, winter gear, coffee, food, milk, you name it.

This is PROFESSIONAL-grade logistics. Someone is BANKROLLING this autonomous zone.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 13/01/2026
when ICE asks you questions about your neighbors, you've never met your neighbors in your life. you've never even seen them from afar. neighbors? what neighbors?
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/01/2026
Folks on the ground are asking me to lift this up because the need is still growing, all around Minnesota. If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
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Democrats @democrats.org · 07/01/2026
ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video. The Trump administration is lying.
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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16/12/2025
Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 13/11/2025
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
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The Can’t Win Victory Fund @cantwinvictoryfund.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
#Gerrymandered and fired up? Fight back—run for office, even when the map is rigged. Can’t Win Victory Fund helps “can’tidates” in impossible districts make noise, grow the vote for up-ballot races and push for fair maps—and yes, we make it fun. Apply to run: cantwinvictoryfund.com/run
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/11/2025
57% of all ad spending by Republicans in the Virginia governors race was on anti trans ads. Just an incredibly mismanaged campaign. Anti-trans politics are a losing issue.
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Who I am voting for, and why, Cambridge 2025. (Easy chart on the first page, then 7 pages of word salad, which is still more comprehensible than some of the school committee candidates' websites) docs.google.com/document/d/1... (Also obligatory fuck off Tim Flaherty)
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Who I am Voting for (and why
Who I am Voting for (and why!) 2025: Cambridge There’s an election in Cambridge. November 4. You should vote. For starters, here is a cheat sheet. You do not need to read beyond the first page. You p...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/10/2025
😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings
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Carolyn Fuller @carolynfuller.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
#CambMA #housing #MApoli Lots of fear mongering and misinformation being given to voters about what exactly the February 2025 rezoning meant for #CambMA. Here are the facts!
NEIGHBORHOOD MULTIFAMILY UPZONING

What does Cambridge's New Upzoning, passed in February 2025, actually mean for residential neighborhoods?

A quide with facts for 2025 voters.

WHAT DOES THE NEW ZONING ACTUALLY CHANGE? 
• Allows multifamily housing in all Cambridge neighborhoods (most already have multifamily homes, but new construction
was banned for decades)
• Promotes more housing, especially adding more affordable housing units built within a larger, market-rate development
• Removes barriers like minimum lot sizes, unit limits, and floor area restrictions

WHAT REMAINS UNCHANGED:
	•	Climate Resilience requirements
	•	Inclusionary Housing requirements
	•	Green Building requirements
	•	Historical Commission review
	•	Tree Protection Ordinance
	•	Building, codes fire safety, sanitary, energy
ALL CURRENT PROPOSED PROJECTS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS (3):
Three projects currently in design review with city of Cambridge utilize the multifamily housing zoning for residential neighborhoods (none under construction):
	•	60 Ellery Street - demolition approved, project will include 20% inclusionary unit, 6 stories
	•	84-86 Ellery Street - demolition not approved, development will repurpose existing building project will include 20% inclusionary unit, 6 stories
	•	Spears Funeral Home - demolition approved, construction likely 2027, project will include 20% inclusionary unit, 6 stories
NEIGHBORHOOD MULTIFAMILY ZONING
OTHER BENEFITS
	•	Homeowner flexibility: Possible to change your home to add rental units for income or to house home caregivers (previously required difficult variances)
	•	Housing ladder: Helps residents transition from shared housing to family homes, from shelters to homes, and more
	•	Affordable housing stock: Encourages developers to build affordable units that are rented to qualified people and rents are set at 30% of household income for families.
	•	Housing crisis: A step forward in addressing local, regional and national housing shortage

POLITICAL REALITY
After years of meetings and community
input, the final zoning petition passed in the
council 8 to I.
	•	Extensive compromises negotiated by all councillors and through community engagement resulted in :
	⁃	Market-rate buildings: max 4 stories
	⁃	6 stories only if: 20% inclusionary, 5,000+ sq ft lot, 30% green space, larger setbacks
	⁃	Buildings over 3 stories require community meetings
	•	Pro-housing is a popular policy position and pro-housing candidates took 68% of the #1 votes in 2023
	•	In 2023, pro-housino candidates ran on supporting at least 4 stories in neighborhoods
Sources: Cambridge CDD
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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
My top 6 picks for City Council are those endorsed by both A Better Cambridge and Cambridge Bike Safety. Incumbents - Marc McGovern - Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler - Burhan Azeem - Sumbul Siddiqui Challengers - Dana Bullister - Ned Melanson If you want more housing and safer streets, you want these 6!
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Priorities.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
"The AI infrastructure build-out is so gigantic that in the past 6 months, it contributed more to the growth of the U.S. economy than /all of consumer spending/" - @mims.bsky.social My takeway is that The US has gone ALL IN BET OF THE 21st Century on AI, while China has gone all in on green tech
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
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Carolyn Fuller @carolynfuller.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
What has the #CambMA @abciepac.org‬ Pro-Housing City Councilors Accomplished? Check it out www.abciepac.org/aho-accompli... and while you are at it, please consider donating to and/or volunteering for ABC IEPAC so we can ensure our progress is not rolled back.
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a sign that says vote for affordable housing is above a house
Alt: a sign that says vote for affordable housing is above a house
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HELL-mann amnesia amnesia @whatthecarp.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
if you've been thinking about an e-bike and the cost has been holding you back, this closeout sale is worth a look. this might be the lowest price i've seen for a UL-listed e-bike with a dealer network.
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lorimt.bsky.social @lorimt.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Actually, reading more closely, this is a newer study. I know one key study I've seen cited a lot was retracted. I don't know anything al about this one.
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lorimt.bsky.social @lorimt.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Good news - this study has a cataloging error, and it's results are incorrect. At least statistically, this isn't a pattern.
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Steve Koczela @skoczela.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Our new poll for @abundanthousingma.org is out this morning. "Poll Finds Strong Support for More Housing Development." bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
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Poll Finds Strong Support for More Housing Development
Voters strongly support land use policy changes that would make multifamily development easier in Massachusetts, according to a statewide survey commissioned by Abundant Housing Massachusetts (AHMA).
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/04/2025
Gigantic protest in Boston
Thousands of people gathered in Boston Common
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Dan Sprague @dansprague.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
@cambridgemass.bsky.social has a housing crisis. Yet unaccountable "Neighborhood Conservation Districts" (NCDs) run by the city drastically decrease housing construction and increase down-converted unit losses compared to equivalent parcels outside NCDs. dan-sprague.github.io/2025/03/30/ncd
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Neighborhood Conservation Districts Suppress Housing in Cambridge, MA
Stories of variation around a mean.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 21/03/2025
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
This isn't deportation if they are being sent to a random country not of their origin. This is a slave prison.
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Sarah @mommypedals.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I love seeing companies that make inclusion a priority. Bunch adapts their bikes for people with disabilities at no extra charge- need a special seat? Included. Need a modification for a wheelchair? Included. This is another example of that.
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 11/03/2025
Status report, "Adventures in Staying Housed" dep't: The time for lease-signing on our rental house is getting really close... but we've got some arrears we're trying hard to handle. Can we interest you in some sale-priced #ebook bundles? 🙂Details are here: www.tumblr.com/dduane/77775...
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Status report: In the "Adventures In Staying Housed" department...
Greetings to the Bluesky folks who've dropped by! Just to confirm what's going on: We're hoping to sign the lease on our rented house early next week, but we have some rental arrears that we're very…
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Vice Mayor Burhan Azeem @burhanazeem.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge. We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style Here’s the details 🧵
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Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev · 10/02/2025
I'm kinda Over the lazy "techies need to take liberal arts classes so that they don't turn out terrible" argument. Peter Thiel & Alex Karp did their undergrad degrees in philosophy. Elon Musk & JD Vance both have Bachelor of Arts degrees. A liberal arts education isn't a panacea against bad ideas.
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TBFighters @tbfighters.org · 08/02/2025
US foreign aid is frozen so people aren't getting crucial medication! Keep up the fight against these actions by contacting Congress. If you're in DC or one of the 22 states in the lawsuit, also contact your Attorney General. For instructions, go to: tbfighter.link/contact-congress
Three frozen medicine bottles. "US foreign aid is frozen, and people aren't getting their medicine"
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Richard @ R. Rook 🔜 Sleep @rrookstudio.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace. If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 12/10/2024
Sometimes you find some art by someone where you can't help but mourn that they missed the internet by nearly three centuries.
Two hammerhead sharks drawn on parchment. One is viewed from the top and has awkwardly placed googly eyes. The other is pictured from below and has similarly dorky eyes, but also a friendly smile like a Muppet.
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 13/05/2024
For people who were certain they were sick but their Cue tests kept coming out negative: Cue diminished accuracy of its tests August, 2022 and again in October, 2023. Link: www.fda.gov/medical-devi...
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Do Not Use Cue Health’s COVID-19 Tests
The FDA is concerned about the risk of false results with Cue Health’s COVID-19 tests as several changes have been made to the tests without FDA review and thes
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
This is huge!! An attenuated vaccine for dengue that over 80% effective against symptomatic dengue fever 🧪
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Live, Attenuated, Tetravalent Butantan–Dengue Vaccine in Children and Adults | NEJM
Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Live, Attenuated, Tetravalent Butantan–Dengue Vaccine in Children and Adults
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
Alright besties: we’ve got another union walkout tomorrow, timed with the Oscar noms announcement. Don’t click on any links from Vanity Fair, Vogue, Bon Appetit, GQ, Glamour, Self, Allure, Teen Vogue, Condé Nast Traveler, etc: ✊ www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Condé Nast Union Members Launch 24-Hour Walkout Amid Layoff Talks
More than 400 workers at Vanity Fair, Vogue, Condé Nast Entertainment, Bon Appétit and other brands are walking out on Tuesday to protest bargaining practices the union alleges are unlawful.
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lorimt.bsky.social @lorimt.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
Some impressive things happened this year, especially around energy: futurecrunch.com/goodnews2023/
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