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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

The best targeted ad I've ever gotten

instagram ad for kohler that says "introducing claude toilet" with "claude" in a rather claude-like serif font

Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Can someone explain to me why this flyer feels so palpably ai generated? It's not just the busy-ness, it's something about the fonts. (also, why CEA why)

A post from the Cambridge Education. Association on Instagram. There is a blue banner at the top with the name of the org and a slogan "Our Students. Our Schools. Our Union." It proceeds to say "Five Union Contracts Are Now Expired. Why? Settle the Contraces. Fair Pay for All Educators.
- Living Wages for All
- Useful and Differentiated Professional Development
- And Educator Voice In Admin Evaluations"

In another blue banner at the bottom is written "Strong Educators. Strong Schools. Strong Cambridge."

A lot of the writing is made to look like it's been stenciled or stamped with paint. There are bunch of clip art like icons - for example the bullet points are pencils emerging from symbols in circles: a dollar sign, a book, and a megaphone.

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

Wow I was just minding my business and this popped up Hell of a way to promise "no ads"

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

Something to do tonight when you're snowed in #boston

FROM MINNESOTA TO MASSACHUSETTS:
ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES
RAPID RESPONSE WEBINAR
SUNDAY JANUARY 25 at 6PM
REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/466rwUf
Join us to learn about updates in Minnesota and upcoming actions to protect our communities.
Sponsors: AFT Massachusetts, Indivisible Mass Coalition, Boston DSA, Mass 50501, Massachusetts Teachers Association, UUMass Action, MEJA, PSL

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026

#BOSTON Emergency demonstration at 7pm tonight 1/7 at Park St Station

FROM MINNEAPOLIS
TO BOSTON:
STOP ICE TERROR!
EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
TONIGHT, WED. JAN. 7 7PM
PARK STREET STATION

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/11/2025

ok can someone explain this? I've started getting obvious phishing emails from Paypal (gmail verified!)

gmail app screenshot of an email from service@paypal.com with a little blue verified badge next to the sender. It is sent to Cristina Ullrich and says
Recurring Payment Reactivated
Your Merchant has reactivated the following recurring payment. Please contact your merchant with questions.

later text includes some classic unicode text substitutions and the statement "a payment of $1499.99 deducated" (sic)

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/11/2025

ok, question I backed into this guy trying avoid an ambulance. We're gonna try to avoid an insurance claim so he's getting a quote to repair the scratches. What's the line between "reasonable" and "I should balk and ask to get a 2nd opinion"

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2025

Ended up at Bluestone Lane, which turns out to be a hoity toity sit down restaurant - but mission accomplished

cup of berries and an americano in a ceramic cup. not quite the thick lipped mug I had in mind but close enough

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2025

idk this seems like kind of a dick move to Jivan and the rest of the ABC slate #CambMA

envelope from ned melanson, burhan azeem, and dana ray bullister

The next image is the letter itself but i'll start the text here because it's too long for one description

letter text
Dear neighbors,
It is no secret that Cambridge has become one of the most expensive places to live in America.
We have the nation's highest child care costs, and everyday essentials like groceries and meals out just keep rising. Most urgently, Cambridge has some of the highest rents and home prices in the entire country. Families who have lived here for generations are being pushed out. Young people raised in Cambridge often cannot imagine staying. Even middle-class families with good jobs are barely hanging on.
This is not just bad luck. It is the result of decades of discriminatory and exclusionary polley choices that made it nearly impossible to build housing. Until recently, 85 percent of existing Cambridge homes were illegal to build under our zoning laws. Triple-deckers, small apartments, modest multi-family homes-the buildings that once kept Cambridge affordable and diverse-were outlawed by our own rules.
Meanwhile, Cambridge has still not reached the population we had back in 1950. Yet currently, even if no new people wanted to move here, the children born in Cambridge today would not have a place to live once they grew up. A city that pushes out its own next generation is not a sustainable city.

We have a choice. We can continue with the status quo, watching prices rise higher and neighbors leave. Or we can say yes to providing needed housing. Yes to homes that working families can afford. Yes to apartments for young people starting out. Yes to a Cambridge that grows while staying true to its values of fairness and inclusion.
Growth will bring challenges. Construction can be noisy. Traffic and parking need to be managed. But those are problems we can solve. The alternative is far worse: empty classrooms, closed storefronts, friends and family forced to move away, and a city where only the wealthy can stay.
This election is about building a Cambridge where everyone-families, students, seniors, and the next generation-has a place to call home. That is the future we are fighting for.
On Election Day, we ask you to stand with us. Please rank Burhan Azeem, Dana Ray Bullister, and Ned Melanson at the top of your ballot.
Sincerely,
Clir. Burhan Azeem
Dana Ray Bullister
Ned Melanson

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2025

anyone know what this critter is that just flew in? and uh how we can get it to leave?

a huge ass beetle sitting on the edge of a ceiling lamp shade

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2025

people always leave out the second part

alec baldwin in the famous scene in glengarry glenn ross, where he has written on a chalkboard "ABC: Always Be Closing" but it's been changed with a sloppy photoshop to "Anyone But Cuomo"

Alec Baldwin pointing to the other half of the chalkboard but the original text has been erased and it says "but to be explicit you gotta rank Zohran" - the x in explicit and the y in You are capitalized to force it into an x y z mnemonic)

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2025

Happy #Juneteenth #Boston! Want to keep the celebration going? This Saturday, come to THE TINY CIRC DESK CONCERT at the Boston Public #Library #Roxbury Branch in #NubianSquare!

Tiny Circ Desk Concert
Roxbury Library | 21st June | 1 pm to 3 pm

feat. Nahli, Maya Divine, and Maceyomaze
Live Q&A with special guest Edo.G
Hosted by DJ Troy Frost & Paul Willis

Roxbury Branch Library 149 Dudley St., Roxbury, MA 02119

(Isomorphic style illustration of a green boom box against a pink background)

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2025

Cape Cod coming out strong against electoralism

three street signs attached to the same set of sign poles: "one way" "stop" and "voting today" - it looks like it's saying "one way: stop voting today"

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2025

ok I searched for "egg cooker" but I guess go off facebook coming up with disgusting new innovations in kitchenware

facebook notification:

New Listings
egg steamer juicer: from your recent search.

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2025

I like this new facebook feature, "fun facts about your dead relatives"

facebook notification:
"The Majority Report is LIVE. David Wooten's friends also follow The Majority Report."

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2025

fuck you showerhead, I ain't saying shit

showerhead with the name "speakman" printed on it

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2025

ngl I am slightly tempted to sign up just so in my survey response I can pan it

Hello,
(redacted employer) is conducting a pilot program to assess the impact of Microsoft 365 Copilot among a variety of job roles and use cases. You’ve been identified as someone who would benefit from Microsoft 365 Copilot!

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2025

any idea what might be up with these two guys I spotted this morning in Boston? Hiding their faces but they were both bearded, smoking or vaping, and seemed to have earpieces of some kind? I'm hoping it's just crew for some country music thing or whatever but the vibes were highly off

two bearded white men in identical black clothes, and black cowboy hats, walking side by side by a parking lot, with what seem to be earpieces or headsets of some kind

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2025

course this is where my mind went

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2025

pov: your auntie suddenly goes Stephen King in the group chat

group chat with a pic of a medium sized dog with cow spots digging a hole in the dirt. His whole head and shoulders are in the hole.

someone has written: "lol, Rocco is working in the garden
- his front and paws are gray - he will probably need a bath! Love, c"

someone else adds "That's a big hole!!
Omg"

finally someone adds "Hi , Rocco thought you asked him to dig a hole to plant a bone tree."

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025

pro tip, signal is more fun when you change the icon to this

signal icon but instead of blue it's a gradient of pastel / rainbow sherbet colors

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2025

Parents got that limited edition Arctic Blast Sriracha

A sriracha bottle in my parents' bedroom filled with a blue fluid that looks like antifreeze (it is probably soap)

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2025

Do you live in #Boston? Are you connected to a university or hospital? (probably!) Show up tomorrow! #NationalDayOfAction WEDNESDAY, FEB 19 at 3 pm: JFK Building, 15 Sudbury St., Boston, MA […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

BOSTON-AREA WORKERS ARE UNDER ATTACK!
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION WEDNESDAY, FEB 19 | 3PM | 15 SUDBURY ST. BOSTON, MA

THE BOSTON ECONOMY IS IN DANGER.

Billions of dollars are being slashed from university workplaces and research institutions to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-rich. This money currently funds upkeep and resources needed for vital research on diseases, climate crisis, and many more projects. MANY jobs in our community — from delivery to teaching, from maintenance to goods and services - are linked to these grants.

NIH and other gov funding sources help keep Boston-area jobs in Boston. The threat to research funding is a threat to us ALL.

Join us for the rally: FIGHT BACK!

Logos of sponsoring unions:

AFT MA

MIT GSU

BUGWU

MTA

GENU-UAW

HGSU/HAW-UAW

UMASS-GEO

UMASSD GSU

SAVE OUR SERVICES

RALLY TO DEFEND FEDERAL WORKERS

x No cuts to vital services
x No mass layoffs
x End funding freeze
x Stop Elon Musk's Attacks

National Day of Action
When: Wednesday 2/19 | 4:30PM
Where: O'Neill Federal Building,
10 Causeway St., Boston
bit.ly/SOSaction

Logos of participating orgs:
Greater Boston Labor Council, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, National Federation of Federal Employees, National Treasury Employees Union, Massachusetts AFL-CIO, AFGE, Greater Boston Building Trades Unions

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2025

I was saving for some body work and gonna put this on after but you know, fuck it, I can get another one

bumper sticker that says "respect my trans homies or i'm gonna identify as a fucking problem" in pink on black. there is also a horizontal bar with blue, pink, and white segments.

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2025

texts that are threatening if not dad

text: "I'm in basement"
(followed by the dot dot dot indication of another text being typed)

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2025

we're all rooting for you spike24

$5000 buy it now price
description says "please buy this I need a new car"

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2025

wow they really went and gave that guy a cape

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2025

Apparently every dispensary in Massachusetts is legally mandated to have one of these things

a "mural" in bright colors overlooking a parking lot, with text in the style of a cliche tourist postcard that says "good watertown" and another word that is obscured by a car. There is a picture of an bird flying by a skyline in a circle for some reason. Maybe the missing word would explain it.

another "mural" with similarly bright colors, probably ordered from the same catalog, that says "Cambridge, Love Brought You Here"

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2025

It's only Kirkland Champagne if it comes from the liquor section of Costco

bottle of costco champagne on a table surrounded by glasses and some people in the bg

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/12/2024

Well now I *have* to do a good job out of spite.

reddit thread.

someone comments:
• won't be done in time if outcome is important
• the crack needs to be addressed and that can take DAYS alone...."

I reply "What do you think the crack needs? And when you say "outcome" how do you mean? Like I think I would prefer to do a sloppy job that has to be done over than waiting and doing it right, but maybe I'm wrong?"

They answer: "every one has their level of quality they have no problem to live with. Why we have junkyards thru out the South in people's front yards"

I write: "Thanks, not what l asked but happy new year to you too!"

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/12/2024

Want to take this with me everywhere and use it as my ubiquitous note pad, but pretty sure this pen is a second drop on pavement away from dying forever

busted livescribe pen and pocket sized flip notepad

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2024

We were so confused when we got the save the date on the right and the envelope just said "Meghan & Ryan"

Two save the date cards, one from Ryan and Meaghan and Meghan & Ryan. (faces, last names, and locations redacted)

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/12/2024

lol Apple Intelligence has the "confidently wrong" part nailed down (this was my first query)

i asked siri for the name of the horror movie starring Fiona Apple's dad. It said "Curse of Chucky" which stars Fiona Dourif. The correct answer is "Christmas Evil" starring Brandon Maggart who is indeed the father of acclaimed musician Fiona Apple.

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2024

Looking for some home gym advice I've started using this room for my home workouts, but I'm not really satisfied with the flooring situation. I'm kind of thinking a giant roll up yoga mat kind of deal might be the thing. So I can easily roll it back up when […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

a room with nice wooden floors, a tiled square gym mat, three yoga mats stacked on top of each other. There are three windows, some kettlebells and weights, a red cushy chair, and various storage stuff. It's a nice sunny room I want to feel nice to be in, for the 165 hours a week I won't be using it as a gym.

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Jesse @misc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/11/2024

Facebook just shared this with me as a "blast from the past"

9/25/2016 fb post by me: "How are you planning to watch the debate? Getting drunk alone in a dark room and alternately laughing and crying hysterically is my fallback plan, but it occurs to me that there are probably better options."

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