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Athens of America.
tutusntinyhats.bsky.social Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 5h
"Odysseus, stop humping Homer!"

- Actual thing I heard at the off-leash area on the Boston Common
February 14, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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‪Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
February 14, 2026 at 3:39 AM
rmd1023.bsky.social
Not like it's something really important to your religion like thinking queers might be ordering cakes from your bakery for some kind of queer thing.
djbyrnes1.bsky.social Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d
New: District Judge Robert Gettleman issued an order yesterday mandating clergy be allowed inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility on Feb. 18 to offer those inside ashes and communion for Ash Wednesday.

Gettleman found the govt has "substantially burdened plaintiffs’ exercise of religion."
Image text: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION COALITION FOR SPIRITUAL AND ) PUBLIC LEADERSHIP; FR. LARRY ) DOWLING; SR. JEREMEY MIDURA; FR. ) DENNIS BERRY; FR. DAN HARTNETT; and ) MICHAEL N. OKIŃCZYC-CRUZ ) ) Plaintiffs, ) Case No. 25 C 14168 ) v. ) ) Judge Robert W. Gettleman KRISTI NOEM; TODD LYONS; MARCOS ) CHARLES; RUSSELL HOLT; RODNEY S. ) SCOTT; GREGORY BOVINO; PAMELA ) BONDI; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND ) SECURITY; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; ) DONALD J. TRUMP ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER Plaintiffs moved for a preliminary injunction (Doc. 8) against defendants, requesting access to minister to migrants and detainees in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) facility in Broadview, Illinois (“Broadview”). Plaintiffs allege that defendants’ denial of their access to Broadview violates plaintiffs’ rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (“RFRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb, et seq., and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc, et seq. For the reasons below, the court grants plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction (Doc. 8) in part. A. Standing Because defendants raise the issue, the court briefly addresses standing. Plaintiffs’ theory of standing in relation to its RFRA claim is straightforward. Plaintiffs are asserting their own religious rights and the religious rights of detainees and migrants at Broadview. Defendants do not dispute that plaintiffs have standing to assert their own rights. Instead, defendants argue that “plaintiffs lack standing to assert the rights of the detainees.” Because the preliminary injunction here is based on plaintiffs’ RFRA claims asserted on their own behalf, the court need not reach the third-party standing issues Partial Image text: B. Preliminary injunction To obtain a preliminary injunction, the plaintiff “must establish that he is likely to succeed on the merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest.” Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20 (2008). Of these four factors, “[t]he two most important considerations are likelihood of success on the merits and irreparable harm.” Bevis v. City of Naperville, Illinois, 85 F.4th 1175, 1188 (7th Cir. 2023). In establishing a likelihood of success on the merits, the plaintiff “need not demonstrate likelihood of success by a preponderance of the evidence,” but must “nevertheless make a ‘strong’ showing that reveals how it proposes to prove its case.” Id. In addition, a plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must show more than “a mere possibility of irreparable harm.” Id. 1. Likelihood of success on the merits The court finds that plaintiffs have shown a likelihood of success on the merits of their RFRA claim. Under RFRA, the “Government shall not substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb- 1(a). The statute provides a single exception that applies if the government demonstrates that the application of the burden to the person: “(1) is in is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1(b); see also Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal, 546 U.S. 418, 430 (2006) (explaining that RFRA adopted a “strict scrutiny test”). The court finds that the government has substantially burdened plaintiffs’ exercise of religion. Partial image text: Plaintiffs argue that prayer and ministry to the migrants and detainees at Broadview is an important religious practice. Defendants concede that “ministering to vulnerable Catholic immigrants is part of [plaintiffs’] religious exercise,” but argue that doing so at Broadview “is itself not essential to the practice.”1 RFRA requires a court to analyze if a government practice substantially burdens a person’s exercise of religion, not whether the religious practice burdened is “essential.” West v. Radtke, 48 F.4th 836, 845 (7th Cir. 2022) (holding that the assessment of whether a burden is substantial does not focus on “the centrality of the religious practice in question”). The Seventh Circuit has “identified three ways plaintiffs can prove that a law or regulation substantially burdens their religious practice.” Soc’y of Divine Word v. United States Citizenship & Immigr. Servs., 129 F.4th 437, 450 (7th Cir. 2025). Plaintiff can show that the law or regulation, “(1) compelled them to perform acts undeniably at odds with fundamental tenets of their religious beliefs, (2) put substantial pressure on them to modify their behavior and to violate their beliefs, or (3) bears direct, primary, and fundamental responsibility for rendering a religious exercise effectively impracticable.” Id. (cleaned up). Here, defendants’ denial of plaintiffs’ access to Broadview satisfies at least the third category. Defendants’ bar on plaintiffs’ visitation to Broadview is fundamentally responsible for rendering plaintiffs’ religious practice of providing ministry to detainees and migrants effectively impracticable. Because plaintiffs have shown that defendants have substantially burdened their exercise of religion, the burden shifts to defendants to show that the burden is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest, and that it is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. Partial image text: 3. Balance of Equities and Public Interest The court agrees with plaintiffs that the balance of equities tips in plaintiffs’ favor. The govt makes no argument about the balance of equities. As plaintiffs note, Broadview allowed plaintiffs’ religious visitation to Broadview for years before reversing course relatively recently. With reasonable notice and communication, addressing legitimate security and safety concerns, allowing plaintiffs to provide pastoral care to migrants and detainees does not pose any undue hardship on the govt. The court also agrees with plaintiffs that the injunction is in public interest. Allowing plaintiffs to provide pastoral care to migrants and detainees will improve the condition of those detained at Broadview. Again, the govt makes no argument about public interest. Consequently, the court finds that the balance of equities tips in plaintiffs’ favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest. *** Having determined that plaintiffs have satisfied the requirements to obtain a preliminary injunction, and taking into consideration the parties’ arguments and representations in today’s hearing, the court grants plaintiffs’ motion in part and orders the following: 1. Defendants are directed to allow plaintiffs to access the Broadview facility on Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026, to offer ashes and Communion for those who desire it. The parties are directed to meet and confer to establish an appropriate protocol for the purposes of safety and security with regard to the Ash Wednesday services. 3. Based on the parties’ representations during today’s proceedings, the court directs them to meet and confer with regard to plaintiffs’ religious ministry at the Broadview facility after Ash Wednesday, including: (1) personal interactions between plaintiffs and detainees; and (2) the ability of plaintiffs to engage in prayer outside of the Broadview facility and in view of the detainees.
February 13, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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greatest headline of my adult life
February 13, 2026 at 1:02 PM
rmd1023.bsky.social
... That's a picture of an electric meter.
wcvb5.bsky.social WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston @wcvb5.bsky.social · 1d
In the midst of the coldest winter in decades, National Grid is asking state regulators for a substantial gas rate increase. https://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-national-grid-gas-rate-hike-2027/70336660 
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February 13, 2026 at 4:52 PM
rmd1023.bsky.social
Fuuuuuck
onlyinbos.bsky.social Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 2d
ALERT: Amtrak service between New York and Boston is canceled tonight due to a loss of overhead power.

No timeline yet for restoration.

Travelers can rebook for free or request refunds.
February 12, 2026 at 4:05 AM
rmd1023.bsky.social
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is a fun film, and, uh, a hell of a journey.
Like, dude there’s a lot going on, there.
February 12, 2026 at 3:58 AM
rmd1023.bsky.social
Without Brunch, how do we keep daydrinking looking classy?
rickywlmsbong.bsky.social lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 3d
it won't be. normality will shift as americans evolve and recognize that brunch food is lousy and restaurants should just serve lunch earlier
snowden.st Snowden St. @snowden.st · 3d
I agree with the restoring normality, and am curious if folks think “normality” will even be brunch when it comes back. Brunch is gonna look different than 2015 no matter what. I don’t know if “getting lightly drunk/day toasted with friends” is the move anymore, outside of old folks.
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
rmd1023.bsky.social
They added Copilot to msft Notepad and got a bonus - a shiny new remote code execution vulnerability! www.cve.org/CVERecord?id...
www.cve.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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beequammie.bsky.social
"Fight against being ass" is a message that more people need to receive, tbh
February 11, 2026 at 12:36 PM
rmd1023.bsky.social
That is a whole lot of puttering around in Massachusetts.
ign.com IGN @ign.com · 3d
Mamoru Oshii, the director of legendary anime movie Ghost in the Shell, has said that he's played Fallout 4 for 10,000 hours while avoiding its main quest. https://bit.ly/4aud4Hh
February 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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Had a dream there was discourse accusing an actor of pretending to be an actor just to win an award. People were debating the ethics of “stealing” the award from a “real” actor by winning it. I was so baffled I woke myself up.
February 11, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Edith Clarke, the first professional female electrical engineer in the US, was born #OTD in 1883.

+ Invented the Clarke calculator to solve electric power transmission problems faster
+ First woman to earn an MS in electrical engineering (EE) at MIT, 1919
+ First woman EE professor, US #WomenInSTEM
Black-and-white vintage portrait photograph of Edith Clarke (1883–1959), the pioneering American electrical engineer, inventor of the Clarke Calculator (a graphical tool for solving power transmission problems), and the first woman to earn a master's degree in electrical engineering from MIT. She is shown in a close-up head-and-shoulders view against a dark, neutral background, gazing directly at the camera with a composed, intelligent expression. Clarke has distinctive curly hair neatly styled, and she wears thin, round pince-nez glasses perched on her nose with a thin bridge and side arms. She is dressed in a formal dark blouse or jacket. The classic early-to-mid-20th-century studio portrait style conveys her trailblazing role in electrical engineering and power systems innovation. #EdithClarke #WomenInEngineering #ElectricalEngineering #ClarkeCalculator #InventorsHallOfFame #MIT #MITAlum #PowerSystems
February 10, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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ICE is operating in East Somerville this morning and I'm hearing that at least one person has already been taken.

If you see them, call LUCE: 617-370-5023
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
rmd1023.bsky.social
Post a banger that’s not in English:
youtu.be/q6YUHlIDFrc
February 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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shoshana.bsky.social
The MBTA shutting down the Orange Line to JP on Valentine's Day feels homophobic

How do they expect Jamaica Plain lesbians and Somerville lesbians to meet up?
Map of lesbian areas of Boston which highlights Somerville and Jamaica Plain as the two areas of highest lesbian concentration
February 10, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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"Since launch, more than a dog a day has been found and more than 27 dogs a day every day every year have been shot by the police using your Search Party by Ring cameras to hunt and kidnap your neighbors who they also shoot to the tune of about 4 a day every day every year, as well as the dogs."
February 9, 2026 at 9:18 PM
rmd1023.bsky.social
An outstanding - and accurate - update to the original.
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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another year of us not running a super bowl ad
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
rmd1023.bsky.social
Attn @unchi.org @ekseebacher.bsky.social
pearlriverflow.com Pearl River Flow @pearlriverflow.com · 6d
Just remembered a photoshop I had a little fun with.
fake Newsweek cover, real text though. It's SCully, Mulder, and Skinner. The text says "Bisexuality, Not Gay. Not Straight. A New Sexual Identity Emerges"
February 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Beautiful thread from my ride-or-die @charliejane.bsky.social about the organization that our @humblebundle.com is benefitting. Buy some books (cheap!!) and help the amazing Miss Major Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center!
February 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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For #SuperbOwlSunday a gorgeous armed #owl, depicted on a Greek vessel, dating 5th century BC.

📷Louvre, Paris
A Greek vessel with an armed owl, wearing helmet, shield, and a lance.
February 8, 2026 at 7:01 AM
rmd1023.bsky.social
This is delightful.

[“If I was a Grit man”?]
joshuaraclaw.com Joshua Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 8d
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh פֿידלער אױפֿן דאַך)
February 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
rmd1023.bsky.social
Oh no the bollards! @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
shoshana.bsky.social Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 9d
The driver took out multiple bollards and the stair railing 😲

In Peter's photo, you can see the snow covered circle at the top of the stairs at the right (where a bollard used to be) and another bollard knocked out at the bottom left.
February 5, 2026 at 1:34 AM
rmd1023.bsky.social
Going with a pic of the Batboy musical is a deep cut.
well played, Onion.
February 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM