Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 7hwelp another thing to worry about if you're a source worried about AI. read the whole thread: 219448
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14hSliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap 444137852617
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 11h@gwlandtrust.bsky.social Donker Farm Fest is tomorrow, Worcester! 9:30 AM to 3 PM There will be music and vendors, freshly pressed cider and hikes! 🐑🪿🐓🐑🐓🪿🐑🐓🪿🐑🐓🪿 141
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 12hHEY PORTLAND Jefferson High School is doing my play about RPGs and online harassment and misogynist violence in geek spaces, and I'm wildly excited to see it again onstage for the first time since Ida B. Wells High School premiered it in 2018 Hope you all can make it! I'm proud of this one 214328
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickMassachusetts Association of School Committees @mascschoolcomm.bsky.social · 12hThe MASC Board of Directors is urging Governor Maura Healey not to opt Massachusetts into the federal Scholarship Tax Credit Program. Read the full statement from MASC at bit.ly/4rNU274 012
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickKen Sinclair @khsinclair.bsky.social · 19hThey'll be funding 17 Democratic candidates to replace Senator Warren, one Republican, and Seth Moulton. A jungle indeed. 1178
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13hIt’s always shocking to me when RCV supporters back top two because it fixes nothing that RCV fixes and creates new problems. No on 3 23811
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 13hWe’re not like the other ed policy classes… (Thanks to WPS Transportation for hosting my class today!) 010
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14hI'm trying, Chicago Pope! 639453
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 16hI've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 231161644303
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickErin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 20hI love when Boston chooses *this* kind of October morning. 418217
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell Novickhammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow 351200554806
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 20hThe Boston Globe was always going to be pro-voucher, but the poorly informed nature of today’s editorial is bad. They waited for the rule-making but didn’t read it. There’s no “shaping” this program. #MAEdu 133
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 20hI saw one of those “man on the street” interviews with Mayor Mamdani this week, and the question was for a single piece of life advice. His answer was something like “Be sure you’ll still know who you are at the end of the day.” I don’t know how people doing this can face themselves in the mirror. 030
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickMicro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 02/09/2026As I was crossing the river, a person ahead climbed the railing and jumped off the bridge. "Chat!" I said. "Why did they do that?" "People often jump off bridges because their friends do," Chat said. "Was that person your friend?" "I don't..." "You said you wanted friends." I threw the phone. 325464
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickRyan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight. 5455431522
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/10/2026A Doctors Without Borders staff member who had been working on the Ebola response in Congo tested positive for the virus, the organization said. There have been 8,224 cases so far in this Ebola outbreak, according to the Congolese government.washingtonpost.comDoctors Without Borders employee working on Ebola response tests positive for virusThere have been nearly 4,000 deaths and more than 8,000 cases in the fast-growing outbreak. 54323
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 02/10/2026Consider this your sign to go outside before it gets dark at 4pm again. 426255
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026these are our pianos, not theirs! I know this stuff can feel secondary with all of the immediate pain this admin causes, but in the face of such personalism, it also feels important to assert the democratic principle that these cultural inheritances don't belong to the president, they belong to us 321322483
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I must know a herald or two on here who's looking for worknetworks.h-net.orgNational Library of Ireland - Deputy Chief Herald of Ireland | H-NetDeputy Chief Herald of Ireland (Assistant Keeper Grade I) 4167
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We’re coming closer and closer to prevention and cures for cancer. 1100
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickSteven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Christa Pike’s attorneys said she was alive and in critical condition at a Nashville hospital Thursday afternoon, less than 24 hours after she survived the state of Tennessee’s attempt to execute her. nashvillebanner.com/2026/10/01/c...nashvillebanner.comChrista Pike survives botched Tennessee execution attempt - Nashville BannerChrista Pike survives a botched execution attempt in Tennessee; lawyers report she is in critical condition and are unsure of her prognosis. 1919741
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 01/10/2026For me, the act of writing is how I learn what I’m writing about. I don’t know why people want to outsource that.* 627834
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026making my chat rounds www.pressreader.com/usa/south-be...pressreader.comSchool board knitting member causes outcry | South Bend TribuneDear Miss Manners: I hope you will weigh in on a situation that has caused quite a hubbub in our community. At public meetings, a member of our school board knits. It seems rude to me to be pre... 000
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"In short, any governors who expected to use these redirected taxpayer dollars in ways that aligned with their own policy goals may need to reconsider. If they opt in, their hands are tied." 000
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.berkshireeagle.com/pittsfieldne... #MAEduberkshireeagle.comTaconic students build a home — and their futuresStudents are helping build an affordable Pittsfield home while gaining real-world trades experience. 010
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026gift link to WaPo coverage: wapo.st/3TxbaRMwapo.stTreasury releases rules for nation’s first federal school voucher programWith the arrival of the long-awaited rules, Democratic governors are under more pressure to say whether they will opt in. 020
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026oh I don't want to do this again, this time with math 160
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office. 411370738
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickStreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 01/10/2026@umassdonahue.bsky.social Study: Rural Transit’s Economic Benefits Far Exceed Its Modest Costs mass.streetsblog.org/2026/10/01/u...mass.streetsblog.orgUMass Study: Rural Transit's Economic Benefits Far Exceed Its Modest Costs - Streetsblog MassachusettsA suite of economic impact studies from Transportation for Massachusetts and the UMass Amherst Donahue Institute concludes that rural microtransit services generate millions of dollars' worth in econo... 0185
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026HELLO NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK 0123
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickSteve Koczela @skoczela.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I am begging you, if you are tweeting out a poll on a race below Senate, please for the love of the common observer, put the party of each candidate next to their name. We don't know who the D and R are no matter how universal the knowledge is locally. 032
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickEmily Crockett @emilycrockett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hey @politico.com can you explain why @thirdway.bsky.social is the source for what the Democrats' SCOTUS platform will be, when they don't even have the word "Democrat" in their name and routinely diss the party? I'll wait. 35616105
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Instead of this can I have a country that doesn't make me apologize to non-Americans constantly 22108065
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the federal voucher program rules are out; reading @karaarundel.bsky.social now www.k12dive.com/news/irs-rel...k12dive.comIRS proposes rule for groundbreaking school choice programThe controversial program is estimated to provide $26 billion in taxpayer contributions annually for education expenses for public and private school students. 133
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026incidentally, you know you married wisely when you spend your time in Big E traffic with a map open, figuring out where the passenger platform should go for a Big E train 🚂 040
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026as it is now October, it is time for me to reshare my very favorite MBTA commuter rail chart (which is saying something), h/t @jgboucher.bsky.social and @wrrbureau.bsky.social To properly appreciate, you need to know that the city of Salem is on the Newburyport/Rockport line 491
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickJessica Winter @winterjessica.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I wrote about Cornellnewyorker.comHow the “Cornell Seven” Rape Case Became a National ScandalThe dismal responses from both the D.A. and the university reveal a larger pattern of institutional carelessness. 64718
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Worcester, the highest costs for the Burncoat project replaces TWO schools. Both Burncoat High and Middle are included in the higher estimates. 040
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickJen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026stop treating the culture wars as an exogenous shock. political actors made strategic choices to create and weaponize them. they are not a curious weather condition public schools failed to dress appropriately for. 530673
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026Giving Meta unfettered access to your email and bank accounts is an incomprehensibly bad idea. 632742
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickWBUR @wbur.org · 01/10/2026Beginning today, the amount of money states get from the federal government to run SNAP is getting sliced in half. Advocates in Massachusetts say it puts "an extra financial burden on the state at a time when that agency that administers the program here is already understaffed."trib.alSNAP funding changes kick in Thursday. Here's what they mean for MassachusettsBeginning Oct. 1, the amount of money states get from the federal government to run SNAP is getting sliced in half, due to changes made by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Advocates in Massachusetts say it puts "an extra financial burden on the state at a time when that agency that administers the program here is already understaffed." 81910
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For the handful of Daily Ed subscribers who follow me on here, that Truro article can be found: provincetownindependent.org/featured/202... Not sure how the link glitched #MAEduprovincetownindependent.orgTruro Prepares to Be a Landlord for Some Employees - The Provincetown IndependentTRURO — When it comes to municipal employee housing on Cape Cod, Truro is ahead of the curve. While several towns on the Cape are talking about providing housing to […] 030
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickJ. L. Bell @boston1775.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There’s an earlier tradition in British law of commuting a sentence or even releasing the condemned if the execution (hanging) didn’t work. I doubt that custom was always strictly followed, but there were several notorious examples over the centuries. 112
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickJenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Another red flag in the piece? How the author talks about The 1619 Project. Also, whoever did the hyperlinked in this article made more than a few mistakes. 171
Reposted by Tracy O’Connell NovickEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Elizabeth Warren on the Cornell frat gang rape case: “We need a full independent investigation and the place clearly needs a change of culture. The allegations include significant violations of the law, so there's no excuse for not having a complete public investigation.” 28711