jonlink
@jonlink.bsky.social
Somerville safe streets, climate, and social justice enthusiast. Possible artist and avid enjoyer of the arts. Also sometimes do software stuff.
Running for Somerville City Council At-Large.
JonForSomerville.com
Running for Somerville City Council At-Large.
JonForSomerville.com
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November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Ice Cream Advent Calendar! 24 days of tasty ice cream, fun activities, and gratitude. Pick up 11/30. THESE KITS ARE LIMITED.
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This woman has no place in the free press.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This woman has no place in the free press.
Giving MAGA the votes they want just allows them to keep taking away or reducing all the social services and safety nets and attack things we hold dear.
Deal struck by NH senators to end government shutdown - Concord Monitor
New Hampshire senators strike a deal to end the government shutdown, which would extend funding until January and delay a vote on healthcare subsidies.
www.concordmonitor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Giving MAGA the votes they want just allows them to keep taking away or reducing all the social services and safety nets and attack things we hold dear.
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Shameful that our 80+% Democratic House of Representatives is trying to gut our state's climate commitments
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
House moves forward with bill to weaken 2030 climate goals - CommonWealth Beacon
The plan reverberating around Beacon Hill, as first reported by CommonWealth Beacon last week, is sure to put lawmakers in a politically difficult position and test their willingness to defend the cli...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Shameful that our 80+% Democratic House of Representatives is trying to gut our state's climate commitments
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
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Healthcare is a human right.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Healthcare is a human right.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Why doesn’t Trump focus on affordability NOW by telling Republicans in Congress to prevent skyrocketing premiums by extending ACA tax credits and repealing Medicaid cuts? This can’t wait until next year.
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Why doesn’t Trump focus on affordability NOW by telling Republicans in Congress to prevent skyrocketing premiums by extending ACA tax credits and repealing Medicaid cuts? This can’t wait until next year.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Interesting looking work here for anyone interested in promoting more sustainable transportation in our cities.
2025 New Executive Director Application | Green Streets
www.gogreenstreets.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Interesting looking work here for anyone interested in promoting more sustainable transportation in our cities.
There must be repercussions for all of this evil work
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
There must be repercussions for all of this evil work
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That's murder.
ICE deported him anyways.
They literally put a man who was at death’s door on a plane to Costa Rica.
Doctors there found he had encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and the inability to eat on his own.
What happened to him in ICE custody to cause this?
He died a few weeks after deportation:
They literally put a man who was at death’s door on a plane to Costa Rica.
Doctors there found he had encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and the inability to eat on his own.
What happened to him in ICE custody to cause this?
He died a few weeks after deportation:
Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state
Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
That's murder.
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The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right | Aditya Chakrabortty
The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right | Aditya Chakrabortty
For too long, the centre has been adopting the language of the right but deploying it with greater civility – to disastrous ends, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right | Aditya Chakrabortty
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Woke up this morning to find that the people of New York City have re-lit the torch of the Statue of Liberty, sending a signal out to the rest of America that Trump's bullying tactics that seek to divide and debase any notion of solidarity among diverse communities can be defeated #TurnUpTheVolume
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Woke up this morning to find that the people of New York City have re-lit the torch of the Statue of Liberty, sending a signal out to the rest of America that Trump's bullying tactics that seek to divide and debase any notion of solidarity among diverse communities can be defeated #TurnUpTheVolume
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
Hours now until the polls open for Somerville Election Day. I’ll be racing around the city to thank people holding signs and make sure they are warm.
Looking forward to seeing the results—no matter the outcome, I couldn’t be more thankful for everything I learned and everyone I met.
Looking forward to seeing the results—no matter the outcome, I couldn’t be more thankful for everything I learned and everyone I met.
The End of the Beginning
November 4th is Tomorrow
jonforsomerville.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Hours now until the polls open for Somerville Election Day. I’ll be racing around the city to thank people holding signs and make sure they are warm.
Looking forward to seeing the results—no matter the outcome, I couldn’t be more thankful for everything I learned and everyone I met.
Looking forward to seeing the results—no matter the outcome, I couldn’t be more thankful for everything I learned and everyone I met.
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@jonlink.bsky.social is on bsky too!
Jon Link has my support for at-large as well. He is a solid neighbor who is concerned by pushes for cleaner sidewalks that disregard of the underlying causes of homelessness which this city exacerbates. He hasn't needed to do polling to tell himself what positions he'll take. 6/?
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@jonlink.bsky.social is on bsky too!
Abolish ICE
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Abolish ICE
“'As a matter of fact, never in the history of the United States has SNAP been allowed to lapse like this,' [Sen. Ben Ray] Luján said."
We can't accept a government that will allow people to go hungry to score political points.
We can't accept a government that will allow people to go hungry to score political points.
Senate Republicans Block Democratic Effort to Fund SNAP During the Shutdown
Federal food aid for more than 30 million Americans is set to lapse at the end of the week.
www.notus.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“'As a matter of fact, never in the history of the United States has SNAP been allowed to lapse like this,' [Sen. Ben Ray] Luján said."
We can't accept a government that will allow people to go hungry to score political points.
We can't accept a government that will allow people to go hungry to score political points.
Children, seniors, the disabled, underpaid working people all deserve better leadership.
Shameful.
When it's raining, you use the rainy day fund. This is exactly what it's for.
#mapoli
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When it's raining, you use the rainy day fund. This is exactly what it's for.
#mapoli
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
State House leaders say they won't use rainy day fund to keep SNAP benefits flowing
Top Massachusetts House Democrats made clear Wednesday that they do not plan to turn to Massachusetts’ massive rainy day fund to bail out federal food assistance benefits that are set to run out of ca...
www.wbur.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Children, seniors, the disabled, underpaid working people all deserve better leadership.
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Hundreds of Somerville families are set to be impacted by the SNAP shutdown. Every school in Somerville has put together a fundraiser in record time and are collecting grocery store gift cards and money to buy more gift cards. If you’re able to help, please pick up a couple gift cards...
October 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Hundreds of Somerville families are set to be impacted by the SNAP shutdown. Every school in Somerville has put together a fundraiser in record time and are collecting grocery store gift cards and money to buy more gift cards. If you’re able to help, please pick up a couple gift cards...
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"...a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute."
CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs. All of them are women
EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources told The Independent that senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta was added to the layoff list following a last-minute change by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
www.independent.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"...a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute."
Thank you, Erika! Erika has been a great ally and taught me so much. She’s also such a strong and reliable ally for the people of Somerville.
I first learned about @jonlink.bsky.social’s campaign after a few neighbors highly recommended him as someone w strong progressive values & drive to make the city better for all. I’ve been impressed w Jon’s genuine commitment, collaborative spirit, & enthusiasm to learn & get to work for the city.
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thank you, Erika! Erika has been a great ally and taught me so much. She’s also such a strong and reliable ally for the people of Somerville.
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.