Robin
@robinec.bsky.social
nonprofit fundraiser. kid advocate. dog mom to luigi. proud auntie. the first to woo in a crowd. phd in nachos and mozzarella sticks. a pillow and blanket connoisseur. above average hula hooper. bookstores make me happy. bostonian by way of nj. she/her
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Robin
@robinec.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Sorta wish Wikipedia did a Spotify wrapped type summary of all the obscure things I learned about in the past year.
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HAVE YOU SEEN ME?
Name: Ja'Breun D. Bailey
Age: 15yo
Last seen: 11/20/2025
Missing from: Boston MA
If seen dial 9-1-1, any info contact
@bostonpolice at 617-343-4270 📞🚨
(via @ncmec.org)
Name: Ja'Breun D. Bailey
Age: 15yo
Last seen: 11/20/2025
Missing from: Boston MA
If seen dial 9-1-1, any info contact
@bostonpolice at 617-343-4270 📞🚨
(via @ncmec.org)
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
HAVE YOU SEEN ME?
Name: Ja'Breun D. Bailey
Age: 15yo
Last seen: 11/20/2025
Missing from: Boston MA
If seen dial 9-1-1, any info contact
@bostonpolice at 617-343-4270 📞🚨
(via @ncmec.org)
Name: Ja'Breun D. Bailey
Age: 15yo
Last seen: 11/20/2025
Missing from: Boston MA
If seen dial 9-1-1, any info contact
@bostonpolice at 617-343-4270 📞🚨
(via @ncmec.org)
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HAVE YOU SEEN ME?
Name: Darius Gillis-Rainey
Age: 16yo
Last seen: 11/05/2025
Missing from: Cambridge, MA
If seen dial 9-1-1, any info contact Cambridge Police at 617-349-3300 📞🚨
via @ncmec.org
Name: Darius Gillis-Rainey
Age: 16yo
Last seen: 11/05/2025
Missing from: Cambridge, MA
If seen dial 9-1-1, any info contact Cambridge Police at 617-349-3300 📞🚨
via @ncmec.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
HAVE YOU SEEN ME?
Name: Darius Gillis-Rainey
Age: 16yo
Last seen: 11/05/2025
Missing from: Cambridge, MA
If seen dial 9-1-1, any info contact Cambridge Police at 617-349-3300 📞🚨
via @ncmec.org
Name: Darius Gillis-Rainey
Age: 16yo
Last seen: 11/05/2025
Missing from: Cambridge, MA
If seen dial 9-1-1, any info contact Cambridge Police at 617-349-3300 📞🚨
via @ncmec.org
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Community forum on these and future closures THIS THURSDAY 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
November 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Community forum on these and future closures THIS THURSDAY 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Can’t emphasize how much this is true. Your ability to generate attention is your most marketable skill as a writer, for better or worse. Especially right now. If you hate someone but keep sharing their articles, the people who employ them look at that and go “hey, they’re always in the convo”
if you hate the writer, do not share the writer's articles. people clicking on the articles is how the writer gets paid. "how do THEY still have a job in journalism, when so many talented people are being laid of?!" you, because of you. you are why.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Can’t emphasize how much this is true. Your ability to generate attention is your most marketable skill as a writer, for better or worse. Especially right now. If you hate someone but keep sharing their articles, the people who employ them look at that and go “hey, they’re always in the convo”
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This Veterans Day, instead of uplifting our veterans, Trump & Republicans are letting them go hungry.
1.2M veterans need SNAP benefits to feed themselves & their families, as do 13% of active military personnel.
This is intentional policy harm, and they deserve better.
1.2M veterans need SNAP benefits to feed themselves & their families, as do 13% of active military personnel.
This is intentional policy harm, and they deserve better.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This Veterans Day, instead of uplifting our veterans, Trump & Republicans are letting them go hungry.
1.2M veterans need SNAP benefits to feed themselves & their families, as do 13% of active military personnel.
This is intentional policy harm, and they deserve better.
1.2M veterans need SNAP benefits to feed themselves & their families, as do 13% of active military personnel.
This is intentional policy harm, and they deserve better.
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No money in the red kettles. Mutual aid instead.
(And no, I'm not taking questions about this.)
(And no, I'm not taking questions about this.)
Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.
It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
October 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
No money in the red kettles. Mutual aid instead.
(And no, I'm not taking questions about this.)
(And no, I'm not taking questions about this.)
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People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
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Highly probable that the USS Constitution is going to fire her guns off today about 6 times (1 each when a plane hit a building or field, 1 each when a tower fell) @universalhub.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Highly probable that the USS Constitution is going to fire her guns off today about 6 times (1 each when a plane hit a building or field, 1 each when a tower fell) @universalhub.com
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Judge tells regime it can't halt funds to #Boston and #CambridgeMA just because they won't help ICE drag away brown people
www.universalhub.com/2025/judge-t...
#ICE #lawsuits
www.universalhub.com/2025/judge-t...
#ICE #lawsuits
August 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Judge tells regime it can't halt funds to #Boston and #CambridgeMA just because they won't help ICE drag away brown people
www.universalhub.com/2025/judge-t...
#ICE #lawsuits
www.universalhub.com/2025/judge-t...
#ICE #lawsuits
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Evergreen.
I’m over everything.
August 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Evergreen.
This is Luigi and my normal walking route. Because of the heat, we moseyed slower than normal. Missed the bricks falling by about 5 minutes. So scary. So glad no one was hurt.
Bricks plunge to sidewalk as part of Roslindale Square building's facade collapses
www.universalhub.com/2025/bricks-...
www.universalhub.com/2025/bricks-...
Bricks plunge to sidewalk as part of Roslindale Square building's facade collapses
Firefighters responded to 41 Poplar St. in Roslindale Square after part of the building's facade above the second floor collapsed, sending bricks crashing to the sidewalk. Read more.
www.universalhub.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is Luigi and my normal walking route. Because of the heat, we moseyed slower than normal. Missed the bricks falling by about 5 minutes. So scary. So glad no one was hurt.
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Giving the outdoor cat a cool treat straight from the fridge @universalhub.com @welcometodot.bsky.social @mspca-angell.bsky.social @arlboston.bsky.social take care of outdoor critters with fresh water 💧 and cooling shelters and treats.
July 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Giving the outdoor cat a cool treat straight from the fridge @universalhub.com @welcometodot.bsky.social @mspca-angell.bsky.social @arlboston.bsky.social take care of outdoor critters with fresh water 💧 and cooling shelters and treats.
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It feels like Quince is two quarters away from offering healthcare plans.
June 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It feels like Quince is two quarters away from offering healthcare plans.
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Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, bakery, bookstore, and café.
November 27, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, bakery, bookstore, and café.
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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
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This is getting to be too much. It's been too much, but it's starting to be way too much. Did I mention this is really too fucking much?
June 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is getting to be too much. It's been too much, but it's starting to be way too much. Did I mention this is really too fucking much?
They say that life mimics art and here we are literally living The Truman Show, Her, Wag the Dog, The Hunger Games, and The Handmaid’s Tale all at once and I absolutely hate all of it.
June 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
They say that life mimics art and here we are literally living The Truman Show, Her, Wag the Dog, The Hunger Games, and The Handmaid’s Tale all at once and I absolutely hate all of it.
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1 in 12 Americans live in California.
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
June 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
1 in 12 Americans live in California.
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
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"More Than Words is a bookstore, but one that does much more than sell bestsellers. The program serves young people ages 16 to 24 who face the highest barriers to building stable lives." #GoodNews
‘A sense of belonging.’ How this Boston bookstore changes lives.
More Than Words is a bookstore, but one that does more than sell $3.8 million worth of merchandise a year. It serves young people who are dealing with homelessness or legal challenges and gives them…
www.csmonitor.com
June 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"More Than Words is a bookstore, but one that does much more than sell bestsellers. The program serves young people ages 16 to 24 who face the highest barriers to building stable lives." #GoodNews
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Why isn’t our governor doing anything to stop these brazen illegal public abductions of Massachusetts residents?
WHERE IS MAURA HEALY???
WHERE IS MAURA HEALY???
Masked men who refuse to show ID take an employee away from a western Massachusetts business, over the protestations of the owner.
web.archive.org/web/20250530...
web.archive.org/web/20250530...
May 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Why isn’t our governor doing anything to stop these brazen illegal public abductions of Massachusetts residents?
WHERE IS MAURA HEALY???
WHERE IS MAURA HEALY???
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Boston isn’t Boston without its Black, Latino & immigrant communites/populations. Problem is people who never lived here a day in their lives have no clue the actual city and its national/media image are in direct conflict with one another.
Philadelphia and Boston are the blueprint for productively and beneficially violating authority.
(Boston allegedly has us beat for homegrown northern anti-Black and anti-immigrant racism, but it’s not due to lack of effort.)
(Boston allegedly has us beat for homegrown northern anti-Black and anti-immigrant racism, but it’s not due to lack of effort.)
We need to run this back
May 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Boston isn’t Boston without its Black, Latino & immigrant communites/populations. Problem is people who never lived here a day in their lives have no clue the actual city and its national/media image are in direct conflict with one another.
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5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
May 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
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If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
Research into quantum mechanics, volcanic eruptions and all sorts of other studies already underway canceled for no reason - a waste of resources, loss of innovation and undercutting expertise across multiple fields.
NEW: The National Science Foundation last week terminated 196 grants to Harvard amid the university's feud with Trump.
“Pure retribution,” one NSF employee told me of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
“Pure retribution,” one NSF employee told me of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
May 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
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Just 5 years of primarily performative “reckoning” with racial injustice was too much for some. As quickly as we saw statements ostensibly supporting equity, we have seen them taken down. We have not yet seen any reckoning, but we will keep fighting for resources, power, & safety in our communities.
May 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Just 5 years of primarily performative “reckoning” with racial injustice was too much for some. As quickly as we saw statements ostensibly supporting equity, we have seen them taken down. We have not yet seen any reckoning, but we will keep fighting for resources, power, & safety in our communities.