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Dr. Snax

@timeforsnax.bsky.social

I’ve started compiling my lists of best of 2025 songs/albums/concerts and wowee it was such a good year for music!!!!!!

November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM

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Ed Morrish

@edmorrish.bsky.social

A photo of a squirrel, with a speech bubble to make it look like it’s saying the post below.

November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM

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Anna Phylaxis

@quatoria.bsky.social

His name is Zac Segal, and he sicced the gestapo on as many innocent folks as he could.

Make sure no one ever forgets what this British kid did.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17d

According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.

Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.

BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash

The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...

dailyfreepress.com

November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM

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Fun

@funkelly.bsky.social

what if we made out like bandits

November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM

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Emily C. Hughes

@emilyhughes.bsky.social

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 23d

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

www.statnews.com

November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM

Dr. Snax

@timeforsnax.bsky.social

A friend of mine has a family who is fucked up in a similar way as mine and I just love hanging with her, our traumas are so compatible

November 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM

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Gillian Branstetter

@gbbranstetter.bsky.social

Things that are inspiring now will be cringe later and things that are cringe now will make you cry with compassion later and unfortunately there's no way to tell the difference

November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM

Dr. Snax

@timeforsnax.bsky.social

Happy Halloween 👻👻👻

A picture of Gia dressed as a sheet ghost for Halloween, with fishnets peeking out from under the sheet and a red baseball cap.

Me dressed as a sheet ghost, but turned to the side a little

November 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM

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Andrew Quemere

@andrewqmr.bsky.social

“Amanda was fired within two days of surviving the first attack. … #Massachusetts law provides employment protections for victims of domestic violence—up to 15 days of leave—but those protections currently apply only to full-time employees. Amanda was a contract employee.”

#mapoli

25 Investigates: Webster family fights to close domestic violence loophole in daughter’s memory

Massachusetts law provides employment protections for victims of domestic violence—up to 15 days of leave—but those protections currently apply only to full-time employees.

www.boston25news.com

October 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM

Dr. Snax

@timeforsnax.bsky.social

I need to talk to someone about this album and this song 😩

Screenshot of the Title and Album art of SHE’S GOT PAIN by Susan Archives off the album THE BPM

October 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM

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Prisonculture

@prisonculture.bsky.social

Barnraisers Project Fall 2025 Class:
How to actually build a community - A Free two hour online class
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Barnraisers Project Fall Class: How to actually build a community

Barnraisers Project Fall 2025 Class: How to actually build a community What is it? A two hour online class focused on the following topics: How to think about community building like an organizer ...

docs.google.com

October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM

Dr. Snax

@timeforsnax.bsky.social

Help where do all the short people with thick thighs buy their pants nowadays

October 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM

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nathanpboston

@nathanpboston.bsky.social

Burlington MA ICE property owner Robert W. Murray has avoided accountability for code violations occurring inside his building.

Exhibit A: Town of Burlington addresses a strongly worded letter to Murray re: code violations.
But Murray never replies. ICE replies on Murray’s behalf. 1/2

June, 2025

Ten LLC
c/o Robert Murray, Manager
27 Cambridge Street Burlington, MA 01803

Dear Mr. Murray:

This office has been made aware, through a number of credible public reports based on personal observations and experiences, as well as observations made in connection with a recent tour of the above-referenced property by Congressman Seth Moulton, of a number of apparent zoning, health and safety code violations on the property, arising out of the apparent use of the property for the operation of a detention facility, which is not a permitted use in the IG Zoning District. Furthermore, the above-mentioned reports and observations indicate a lack of sufficient bathing and sleeping facilities. While we understand that a prior building official considered the inclusion of four (4) "holding areas" an "accessory" use in 2007, representations were made by you and your tenant that each would comply with all local codes and ordinances, and all provisions of zoning and health and safety codes, and that those "holding areas" would not be used to house arrestees overnight, but merely were to be used for holding pending "processing" and transfer to detention facilities elsewhere.

In addition to the unlawful use of the property as a detention center, the above-referenced reported and observed conditions, if confirmed, at a minimum constitute a threat to the health and safety of occupants of the structure and of the public in violation of the following codes:

Please understand this is not an exhaustive list of codes that may be involved, however the reports and observations would appear to implicate these provisions. In order to address these issues, this office requests an inspection of the premises. Please contact my office within the next three (3) days to arrange for an inspection. Should we not hear from you in that time, we will proceed with all further rights and remedies available to ensure compliance consistent with law.

Sincerely,
Mark Dupell
Town of Burlington

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Immigration Enforcement and Customs

July 10, 2025

Mark Dupell
Inspector of Buildings
25 Center Street Burlington, MA 01803

Dear Mr. Dupell:

This letter is in response to your letter dated June 13, 2025, addressed to Ten, LLC regarding 1000 District Avenue, Burlington, MA. As you are aware, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), Boston Field Office is the tenant and occupant of this building. Your letter alleges apparent violations of health and safety, and zoning codes, while citing to unspecified reports and allegations.

In 2007, the ICE ERO Boston Field Office began leasing the 1000 District Avenue building from the owner Ten, LLC. Prior to occupying the building, the Town of Burlington inspected the building for conformance with applicable ordinances and regulations and provided Ten, LLC all necessary permits for ICE ERO to begin occupancy and use of the building for ICE's law enforcement activities. Since 2007, the ICE ERO Boston Field Office has continuously used the building to perform these activities. ICE ERO uses the building's holding cell area to hold and process individuals in ICE custody prior to their release from custody or transfer to a detention facility. There have been no alterations or modifications to the holding cell area of the building subsequent to the town issuing any permits to Ten, LLC for ICE's occupancy. Further, ICE ERO has not changed the manner of its use of the building for law enforcement activity since it began occupancy in 2007.

Since your June 13, 2025, letter does not provide any specific allegations that ICE can respond to, we decline to permit an inspection of the building at this time. The Town of Burlington lacks authority to inspect or oversee ICE's federal law enforcement activity and operations.

If you wish to further address this matter, you may send future correspondence to my attention.

Sincerely,

David Wesling

October 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM

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Maris Kreizman

@maris.bsky.social

When you say Trump has a neck vagina he likely won’t see it and my dog who also has a neck vagina also won’t see it so go right ahead.

October 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM

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Brian Stelter

@brianstelter.bsky.social

I scrolled through the @1stforall.bsky.social's gallery of print front pages for local coverage of "No Kings" protests. Here are some of the standout papers, starting with the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado:

October 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM

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Phil Lewis

@phillewis.bsky.social

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM

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ashley fairbanks

@ziibiing.com

i feel this on a soul level

handmade poster with a ton of handwritten copy
MENTOR WANTED: quesrionsTIONS FOR AN ADULT PERSON WITH NO RELIGIOUS PROCLIVITIES?
HAVE WISE INSIGHT? CAN YOU FURNISH ANSWERS TO BIG QUEStions SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT TO DO: DO YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW LOOKING FOR A WELL-ADJUSTED PERSON OF DISCERNMENT ADULT LIFE IS TOO AMBIGUOUS

October 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM

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The Oregonian

@oregonian.com

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

October 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king

@raxkingisdead.bsky.social

me steeling myself to go to the job i prayed to god for

ben affleck miserably contemplating the ocean

October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM

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Juno Rylee Schultz

@junoryleejournalism.com

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM

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Andrew Quemere

@andrewqmr.bsky.social

The Suffolk District Attorney's Office has charged 13 anti-genocide protesters with violating a law banning the "promotion of anarchy."

A prosecutor told a judge that one protester started a riot by kicking a moving police vehicle.

#Boston #Massachusetts

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/m...

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden’s office formally accused all 13 people with violating the state law prohibiting “promotion of anarchy,” records show.

“Further investigation revealed violent imagery and rhetoric used in promotional media for the October 7 incident,” Hayden spokesman James Borghesani wrote in an e-mail. “This organizing material promoted violence against police and presented an immediate threat to public safety which, combined with the actions of the individuals arrested, provided clear justification for the enhanced charges.”

In court, Suffolk Assistant District Attorney Olivia R. Izzi said police had reviewed police body worn cameras and videos posted to the internet about the incident and developed new information about one of the protestors, Emerson College senior Hayley A. Macintyre.

As the cruiser tried to move past, Izzi said, Macintyre allegedly kicked the cruiser, prompting an officer to move to stop her from vandalizing the cruiser and blocking the street, Izzi said.

Izzi’s summary sparked a question from the judge.

“Is it your allegation that Hayley Macintyre set this riot off?” Treseler asked from the bench.

Izzi replied, saying “it seems she was one of the first protestors to attempt to block” police responding to the emergency call.

“It’s believed at this time, the rioter who kicked the cruiser door and initiated the violent incident is suspect, Haley Macintyre. That’s the defendant before you,” Izzi told Treseler.

October 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM

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Greg Pak

@gregpak.net

Watch this. This is what this criminal administration wants to do to all of us.

Find the groups in your community that are standing up against ICE and join them.