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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

MA has a historic number of ballot questions. Here's a handy guide for the 9 statewide ballot questions this year.

✅VOTE YES ON 1 to expand the public records law to cover the Governor and the Legislature. We’re the only state in the country that doesn’t do that already. Let the sunlight in.

✅VOTE YES ON 2 to enable public defenders to collectively bargain. Every worker deserves to have a union, and public defenders, who are often overworked and underpaid, should be no exception.

❌VOTE NO ON 3 to prevent private equity billionaires from rigging our election system in their favor. Top-two primaries empower corporate PACs and self-funders, disadvantage grassroots candidates, and turn MAGA voters into election kingmakers.

✅VOTE YES ON 4 to enable voters to register to vote or update their registration on Election Day. No eligible voter should be turned away due to a clerical error, and this reform is one of the most proven ways to increase voter turnout.

❌VOTE NO ON 5 to protect our state’s ability to invest in health care, transportation, and public education. The rich would get millions in tax rebates, while the rest of us suffer from underfunded public services.

⚪VOTE how you want on 6. Question 6 fell shy of our endorsement threshold: our members valued land and water conservation, but were worried about the dedication of existing funds as opposed to new ones.

✅VOTE YES on 7 to enable more starter homes across the Commonwealth. We have a housing crisis, and large lot size requirements mean fewer homes are able to be built.

❌VOTE NO on 8 to protect our state’s cannabis laws. We said NO to the war on drugs back in 2016, and we shouldn’t turn back time and destroy local economies.

✅VOTE YES ON 9 to protect our state’s landmark gun safety law, which cracked down on ghost guns, banned machine gun conversion devices, and strengthened gun violence data collection.

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This headline feels like a Simpsons gag

Boston Globe website:

Empty semi-truck slams into Braintree brewery, injuring no one, but wiping out 30 barrels of craft beer

By Rita Chandler Globe Correspondent, Updated October 10, 2026, 1 hour ago
(Picture of truck crashes into wall)

Officials haven't yet determined what caused the truck to roll off the road and ninto the building as its driver was exchanging trailers. BRAINTREE FIRE DEPARTMENT

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Is this the Pima air and space museum with the airplane boneyard?

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Casey Toner @ctoner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm trying to find it but the Chicago Tribune story where the reporters identified Dennis Hastert's victims and showed what kind of human he was is one the great feats of Chicago journalism of my lifetime

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KILLY krat nyahah >w< @ BLFC @spookybiscuits.com · 04/10/2026

do u wanna play a great game narrated by queen latifah? well here's your chance

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Leeann A. @lva1113.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Gorgeous day today for Open Streets on Merrimack Street in downtown Lowell, MA. Great to see so many people out enjoying fun activities, shopping, music and dance performances, a community art project, and more. Need more of this!

Photo of Merrimack Street in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts, closed to cars for the day for an Open Streets event. The street is filled with people, booths, and tables.

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm ok with it! But I will probably be awkward!

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I biked to downtown Lowell today. There was an anime cosplay social going on at Cafe Eclipse, so I put on my Totoro kigurumi and got an anime style portrait! After I biked down (in costume) to Open Streets Lowell and walked around a bit before heading home.

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Quebec trip recap from day 4! We explored the Montreal underground and went to a fancy camera store, but they didn't have the camera my wife was looking for. I adventures solo in the afternoon and went to Fairmount Bagels, and my wife and I had our anniversary dinner at Lola Rosa!

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also saw a lot of really cool murals while biking around Montreal!

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Quebec recap day 3: My wife was feeling under the weather so I biked around the city! Got a smoked meat sandwich from Schwartz's Deli, stopped at Cafe Dispatch, walked around Parc St Fontaine, and made my way down to the artsy/queer neighborhood in Le Village

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Quebec Recap Day 2 - we took the train out to Île St Helene and looked at Parc Jean Drapeau! We rented electric scooters and rode around the Parc for a bit, saw the Mosaiculture Sculptures, and briefly visited the Montreal casino.

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Quebec Trip Recap: Day 1 - walked around Old Montreal, then through the city to a fancy stationary store (Nota Bene Papeterie). In the evening, went to LOV, a vegetarian restaurant, to meet up with my cousin and her husband who were visiting Montreal on their honeymoon!

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just made it home from our anniversary trip to Montreal and Quebec City! I tried to take a break from posting while on vacation but I'll do a recap over the next few days. Today, we came back through Vermont and New Hampshire, and it was amazing to see the colors of the leaves in the mountains.

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My wife used to go to Monhegan island as a kid and she loved it there! Looks like a nice place to relax.

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Foxtrot Creamery @foxtrotcreamery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

FOXTROT CREAMERY KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!!! OUR DEMO IS LIVE!! GO CHECK IT OUT HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fox... please share, spread the word, stream our game, post about it!!! we've worked so hard, and we're so thankful for everyone's love and support!!! HAPPY FOXTROT DAY!!

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

And I'm back home! Bunny bikeventure was fun, just road my usual routes but had fun bopping along. But now my bones are sore and I'm gonna relax for a bit.

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Took my bunny stuffie on a bike venture today!

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Good morning! Feelin on brand today 🩷🩵

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Holy crap they are selling out fast. My top picks were already gone!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

happy hobonichi day to all who celebrate

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's hobonichi day! I ordered my 2027 edition from www.thepapermouse.com -- a local stationary store that goes all out for hobonichi. Most of the covers I had my eye on already sold out but I got a fun one! I've used the 2026 planner every day so far so I'm looking forward to using it in 2027 too!

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Bike ride took me around Gloucester harbor and to the art enclave of Rocky Neck. Also had a run in with... the SHELLFISH CONSTABLE

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Beach day today! Went to stage fort park in Gloucester. Aka the place in Widows Bay where the mayor had his inaugural swim!

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Recently I read a bunch of MA state rep interviews about an effort to updating restrictive zoning to allow duplexes by right. Most of them shut it down, saying it 'takes away' the chance for younger people to buy single family homes. But current policy has already done that.

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

In less fun news, my ebike is throwing a 'motor phase current error'. I should take it in to get looked at -- it did this on my ride home on Wednesday too. But it's frustrating. 😮‍💨

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Did a bike ride this morning, after getting my hair cut and before going to my cousin's wedding in Rockport. Rode up to the softball fields, around the Williamsburg condos in north Chelmsford, and up around freeman lake. Also, got some free local corn from a farm stand by the community garden. Yay!

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I hope people read this. This includes a great breakdown of the proposed legislation in Massachusetts which includes guard rails for data use and collection, and importantly limits the use of information collected by traffic cameras for anything but enforcement.

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

While I was out I also rode around the giant data center (the Markley Monolith) being built in back central, and... it's ugly. It's got an ungodly amount of diesel generators. Huge black fences and surveillance cameras around it. And it looks like they're trying to get permits to expand more.

The Markley monolith towering over a neighborhood park

Requests for permits to redevelop old mill buildings next to the datacenter

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Back from Saturday bike venture! Highlights include: - wandering through the Lowell highlands, Cambodia town, and back central - picking up pastel de nada at the Portuguese bakery - iced tea and Greek yogurt parfait at cafe eclipse - Pawtucket farm block party - Indian street food from Desi Adda

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Cafe Eclipse in Lowell!

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Markey also showed up and sponsored the trans bill of rights. (Also fun fact, my friend who owns the local queer cafe went down to lobby for it and is in this photo!) www.washingtonblade.com/2026/02/11/t...

washingtonblade.com

Top Democrats re-introduce trans bill of rights

Lawmakers spoke outside US Capitol on Wednesday

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Thinking of throwing my office's Return to Office meeting into chaos by asking "if I go into the office every other day (including weekends), does that count as three days or four days for the RTO mandate" and restarting the dumbest forum thread of all time (Context: youtu.be/eECjjLNAOd4?... )

youtu.be

THE DUMBEST BOY ALIVE. PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE SIX.

YouTube video by Jon Bois

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"Witness my Act and Deed", 1882 - Frank Paton, British (1855 - 1909)

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/08/2026

14 hours later and my mentions are still full of angry treatises about badly behaved cyclists. Bike lanes are not a reward for good cyclist behavior! They are infrastructure proven to make cities safer for ALL ROAD USERS. Whatever way cyclists have wronged you is irrelevant to the discussion!

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Also looking up the history of this place, it sounds kinda badass. forgottennewengland.com/2014/03/29/t...

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Real 'great clown pagliacci' vibes

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Saw this on the Lowell townie Facebook page and it feels like a great online reax from 50 years ago

Business card front:

YOUR STORY HAS TOUCHED MY HEART
NEVER BEFORE HAVE I TALKED TO ANYONE WITH MORE TROUBLES THAN YOU
PLEASE ACCEPT THIS AS A TOKEN OF MY SYMPATHY

Business card back:

CHEER UP
You may regain your health and happiness by
ROLLER SKATING
at HI-HAT ROLL-A-WAY - - -
- - - LOWELL
Princeton Boulevard (Rt. 3A) — Phones GL 3-1500 or GL 2-8355
Every night 7:30-10:30 p.m. except Saturday until 11:00 ......Adm. 70c
Sunday and Holidays 1:30 to 4:15 p.m.
Saturday morning 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Admission 50c
Admission 25c
Saturday afternoon 2:00 to 4:45 p.m.
Admission 40c
Snack Bar - TV - Hammond Organ Music
Member R. S. R. O. A.

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Bonus vid: a Cambodian cover of Play That Funky Music White Boy

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Had a busy day yesterday! Saw The Odyssey in IMAX (I thought it was good!) then biked over to the Lowell Southeast Asian Water Festival, and took my parents to see Pink Talking Fish in Boarding House Park. Tired today tho!

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Biked to work today! Feeling pretty good. Took the direct route and riding around Billerica center / route 3A still suck but I survived!

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

But it syncs with my watch and seems like a good tool for tracking things. So I'm going to give it a shot and see how it goes

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I downloaded strava today. Wanted something to track my walks and bike rides and sync it to something like wandrer.earth to show where I have and haven't been. I kinda hate it? It feels steeped in personal bests, grindset culture, and fitness purity. I just want to ride on my ebike and walk places.

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Lee CroNina's The Mummymoto 💀 @spacecoyote.com · 08/08/2026

I could swear I made this Tactics meme before but I couldn't find it, so I made it again

Scene from the Simpsons where a diner waitress is saying "I hate it when the waffles stick together," except she's holding a ring of Tactics Ogre characters saying "I hate it when the ogres clinging together."

Same scene; screenshot of the cook saying "sticking together is what good waffles do," but it's modified to say "Clinging together is what tactics ogres do." This is a reference to the video game "Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together."

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

GOOD PARENTING RIGHT HERE,!!

A kid says his favorite band in public enemy and draws a picture of them

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

ACLU of Massachusetts had a good article recently making the distinction between speed cameras/red light cameras and automated license plate readers like Flock, so it's good to see some nuance out there www.aclum.org/news/were-pr...

aclum.org

We’re privacy hawks. Here’s why we’re alarmed by license plate readers, and not necessarily by speed cameras - ACLU of Massachusetts

When properly regulated, speed cameras don't pose the same threats to privacy as license-plate-reader surveillance

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