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Tracy O’Connell Novick

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Yes, that Tracy Novick she/her/hers Education policy and finance I speak here only for me/ nullius in verba from the Heart of the Commonwealth Sometimes random photos of the cat linktr.ee/TracyNovick

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 7h
welp another thing to worry about if you're a source worried about AI. read the whole thread:
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h
Sliwa 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
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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! 🐑🪿🐓🐑🐓🪿🐑🐓🪿🐑🐓🪿
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 12h
HEY 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
A hand-drawn theatre poster which says 

The Jefferson Democratic Dramatics Presents: 
Red Sky at Morning 
By Claire Willett

The illustration is of a desktop computer covered in miscellaneous nerdy stickers - a pair of crossed battle axes, a lesbian flag, a skull, lots of yellow stars, etc - with an image onscreen that looks like a chat room where messages are being exchanged, a couple text boxes and then an image where you can see a triangular red flag. 

Below the image is a content warning for "some strong language and mature themes" as well as the show information:

Performance Dates:
Friday Oct 23, 7 pm
Saturday Oct 24, 2 pm and 7 pm
Friday Oct 30, 7 pm
Saturday Oct 31, 2 pm

Ticket $:
Adult $10
Student $6

Location:
Jefferson Auditorium
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Massachusetts Association of School Committees @mascschoolcomm.bsky.social · 12h
The 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
A blue rectangle holds the following quote:
The Massachusetts Association of School Committees urges Governor Maura Healey to refrain from opting into the federal Scholarship Tax Credit Program."
The MASC Board of Directors
full press release at masc.org
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Ken Sinclair @khsinclair.bsky.social · 19h
They'll be funding 17 Democratic candidates to replace Senator Warren, one Republican, and Seth Moulton. A jungle indeed.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13h
It’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
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 13h
We’re not like the other ed policy classes… (Thanks to WPS Transportation for hosting my class today!)
A line of the noses of yellow (electric!) school buses runs along the right side of the photo under a blue sky with trees just turning color in the background.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h
I'm trying, Chicago Pope!
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 16h
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 20h
Yeah, Q3 is bad news!
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Erin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 20h
I love when Boston chooses *this* kind of October morning.
The sun rising over the Boston skyline, directly behind a building and giving it a halo while also illuminating the fall trees on the Charles
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 20h
The 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
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 20h
I 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.
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 02/09/2026
As 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.
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/10/2026
A 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.
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Doctors Without Borders employee working on Ebola response tests positive for virus
There have been nearly 4,000 deaths and more than 8,000 cases in the fast-growing outbreak.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 02/10/2026
Consider this your sign to go outside before it gets dark at 4pm again.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
these 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
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I must know a herald or two on here who's looking for work
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National Library of Ireland - Deputy Chief Herald of Ireland | H-Net
Deputy Chief Herald of Ireland (Assistant Keeper Grade I)
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We’re coming closer and closer to prevention and cures for cancer.
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Christa 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...
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Christa Pike survives botched Tennessee execution attempt - Nashville Banner
Christa Pike survives a botched execution attempt in Tennessee; lawyers report she is in critical condition and are unsure of her prognosis.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 01/10/2026
For me, the act of writing is how I learn what I’m writing about. I don’t know why people want to outsource that.*
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
making my chat rounds www.pressreader.com/usa/south-be...
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School board knit­ting mem­ber causes out­cry | South Bend Tribune
Dear 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...
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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."
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.berkshireeagle.com/pittsfieldne... #MAEdu
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Taconic students build a home — and their futures
Students are helping build an affordable Pittsfield home while gaining real-world trades experience.
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
gift link to WaPo coverage: wapo.st/3TxbaRM
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Treasury releases rules for nation’s first federal school voucher program
With the arrival of the long-awaited rules, Democratic governors are under more pressure to say whether they will opt in.
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
oh I don't want to do this again, this time with math
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.
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StreetsblogMASS @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...
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UMass Study: Rural Transit's Economic Benefits Far Exceed Its Modest Costs - Streetsblog Massachusetts
A 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...
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
HELLO NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK
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Katy @katy-katy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Steve Koczela @skoczela.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I 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.
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Emily Crockett @emilycrockett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey @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.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Instead of this can I have a country that doesn't make me apologize to non-Americans constantly
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sigh
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the federal voucher program rules are out; reading @karaarundel.bsky.social now www.k12dive.com/news/irs-rel...
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IRS proposes rule for groundbreaking school choice program
The controversial program is estimated to provide $26 billion in taxpayer contributions annually for education expenses for public and private school students.
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
incidentally, 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 🚂
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
as 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
a line graph showing three train lines, which represent weekend ridership, July 2021 through December 2024
The orange (!) Newburyport/Rockport line has peaks that are wildly larger than anything else on the graph during the months of October

Salem, Massachusetts (yes, the Salem Witch Trials) are a popular destination during the month of October
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Jessica Winter @winterjessica.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wrote about Cornell
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How the “Cornell Seven” Rape Case Became a National Scandal
The dismal responses from both the D.A. and the university reveal a larger pattern of institutional carelessness.
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Worcester, the highest costs for the Burncoat project replaces TWO schools. Both Burncoat High and Middle are included in the higher estimates.
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
stop 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.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
Giving Meta unfettered access to your email and bank accounts is an incomprehensibly bad idea.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 01/10/2026
Beginning 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."
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SNAP funding changes kick in Thursday. Here's what they mean for Massachusetts
Beginning 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."
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For 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 #MAEdu
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Truro Prepares to Be a Landlord for Some Employees - The Provincetown Independent
TRURO — 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 […]
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J. L. Bell @boston1775.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There’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.
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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another 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.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Elizabeth 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.”
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