Saul Tannenbaum
@tannenbaum.org
"Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right" - Robert Hunter
In the strangest of places if you look at it right" - Robert Hunter
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We hope to see #Allston #Brighton folks at the AHMA Boston City Council At-Large Candidates Forum this Thursday! Easy ride via the 66 bus! Speak up for more housing!
Leadership matters in a housing crisis.
📍 City Council At-Large Candidate Forum
🗓 Oct 9, 6-8PM
📍 Roxbury Community College
Hear candidates talk about affordability, zoning, transit growth + more.
🔗 Info & RSVP: www.abundanthousingma.org/atlargecandi...
#BostonHousing #Bospoli
📍 City Council At-Large Candidate Forum
🗓 Oct 9, 6-8PM
📍 Roxbury Community College
Hear candidates talk about affordability, zoning, transit growth + more.
🔗 Info & RSVP: www.abundanthousingma.org/atlargecandi...
#BostonHousing #Bospoli
October 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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who sat in boxes breathing in the darkness under the bridge, and rose up to build harpsichords in their lofts,
September 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
who sat in boxes breathing in the darkness under the bridge, and rose up to build harpsichords in their lofts,
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Join North #CambMA Pro-Housing Meetup Sunday Aug 3
Organize with www.abciepac.org to elect a pro-housing city council Aug 3 Sunday 2-4pm
Organize with www.abciepac.org to elect a pro-housing city council Aug 3 Sunday 2-4pm
July 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Join North #CambMA Pro-Housing Meetup Sunday Aug 3
Organize with www.abciepac.org to elect a pro-housing city council Aug 3 Sunday 2-4pm
Organize with www.abciepac.org to elect a pro-housing city council Aug 3 Sunday 2-4pm
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Things at old school GITMO are going quite well. Why do you ask?
If you took an early slide into the weekend, you may have missed this latest upheaval in the Sept. 11 case. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
Appeals Court Overturns Plea Deal in 9/11 Case
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Things at old school GITMO are going quite well. Why do you ask?
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Best part of visiting @lshtm.bsky.social means seeing the ORIGINAL broad street pump!
Not the public replica, but the actual pump that spread actual cholera in Soho in 1854!
One day, I dream this will be in a public museum focused on John Snow!
#EpiSky
Not the public replica, but the actual pump that spread actual cholera in Soho in 1854!
One day, I dream this will be in a public museum focused on John Snow!
#EpiSky
June 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Best part of visiting @lshtm.bsky.social means seeing the ORIGINAL broad street pump!
Not the public replica, but the actual pump that spread actual cholera in Soho in 1854!
One day, I dream this will be in a public museum focused on John Snow!
#EpiSky
Not the public replica, but the actual pump that spread actual cholera in Soho in 1854!
One day, I dream this will be in a public museum focused on John Snow!
#EpiSky
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Anyway, everyone should relax about potential US military action.
As we all learned from SignalGate, there's a robust and well-structured interagency process with explicit, written guidance from the commander in chief regarding the use of military force.
As we all learned from SignalGate, there's a robust and well-structured interagency process with explicit, written guidance from the commander in chief regarding the use of military force.
June 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Anyway, everyone should relax about potential US military action.
As we all learned from SignalGate, there's a robust and well-structured interagency process with explicit, written guidance from the commander in chief regarding the use of military force.
As we all learned from SignalGate, there's a robust and well-structured interagency process with explicit, written guidance from the commander in chief regarding the use of military force.
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My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
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"A venture capitalist, Marine Corps veteran and Charlie Baker-era MBTA executive"
JFC, that last one alone should disqualify anyone from any office anywhere.
JFC, that last one alone should disqualify anyone from any office anywhere.
Do not be fooled by his lie that he is a "pro-choice Republican running on a common sense, conservative leadership platform."
He is a venture capitalist who voted for Trump & if he wins, "the State Police would cooperate with ICE"
He's a rich guy who will eliminate affordable housing for tax cuts.
He is a venture capitalist who voted for Trump & if he wins, "the State Police would cooperate with ICE"
He's a rich guy who will eliminate affordable housing for tax cuts.
Voters want ‘someone tough’: Mass. GOP governor candidate Brian Shortsleeve makes his pitch
If he wins the Governor's Office in 2026, "the State Police would cooperate with ICE to deport people with criminal records," Republican Brian Shortsleeve said.
www.masslive.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"A venture capitalist, Marine Corps veteran and Charlie Baker-era MBTA executive"
JFC, that last one alone should disqualify anyone from any office anywhere.
JFC, that last one alone should disqualify anyone from any office anywhere.
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These people are the best of us.
The are line dancing in the middle of the protest while shouting Fuck ICE
June 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
These people are the best of us.
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As Philip K. Dick put it, “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
You can't retract facts. They exist when you acknowledge them and they exist when you don't.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-de...
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-de...
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division Dismisses Biden-Era Police Investigations and Proposed Police Consent Decrees in Louisville and Minneapolis
Today, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division is beginning the process of dismissing lawsuits against the Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis, Minnesota police departments.
www.justice.gov
May 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
As Philip K. Dick put it, “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
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Have you ever looked at a weather map online? Or seen a nice visualization of weather forecast model output? If so, NSF Unidata almost certainly made that possible in one way or another.
Modern meteorological education would not be possible without the data, tools, and resources they provide.
Modern meteorological education would not be possible without the data, tools, and resources they provide.
Due to the current gap in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program is pausing most operations effective 12 May 2025. Nearly all staff will be furloughed until funds from our existing NSF grant become available. For more information, see buff.ly/d2TC1Oy
NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations
NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations
www.unidata.ucar.edu
May 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Have you ever looked at a weather map online? Or seen a nice visualization of weather forecast model output? If so, NSF Unidata almost certainly made that possible in one way or another.
Modern meteorological education would not be possible without the data, tools, and resources they provide.
Modern meteorological education would not be possible without the data, tools, and resources they provide.
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In a stunning defeat for the #spyware industry, an Oakland jury has directed Pegasus maker NSO Group to pay Meta's WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages for routing its attacks through the company's servers. GIFT LINK wapo.st/4jLGYKz
Spyware maker NSO ordered to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp
Jury hits NSO with punitive damages after first public legal reckoning for Israel-based maker of spy software banned from use in U.S.
wapo.st
May 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
In a stunning defeat for the #spyware industry, an Oakland jury has directed Pegasus maker NSO Group to pay Meta's WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages for routing its attacks through the company's servers. GIFT LINK wapo.st/4jLGYKz
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/06/m...
"Former #CambMA city councilor Nadeem Mazen was arrested last month and is facing several charges including kidnapping after an alleged incident at a local hotel, police and court documents show...."
"Former #CambMA city councilor Nadeem Mazen was arrested last month and is facing several charges including kidnapping after an alleged incident at a local hotel, police and court documents show...."
Former Cambridge city councilor faces kidnapping, intimidation charges after alleged incident at hotel - The Boston Globe
Police arrested Nadeem Mazen, a councilor from 2014 through 2017, in April. He pleaded not guilty.
www.bostonglobe.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/06/m...
"Former #CambMA city councilor Nadeem Mazen was arrested last month and is facing several charges including kidnapping after an alleged incident at a local hotel, police and court documents show...."
"Former #CambMA city councilor Nadeem Mazen was arrested last month and is facing several charges including kidnapping after an alleged incident at a local hotel, police and court documents show...."
Curious who, if anybody, actually vetted this app for the government.
New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
www.404media.co
May 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Curious who, if anybody, actually vetted this app for the government.
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New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
www.404media.co
May 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
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I have introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump.
When Trump ignores the Constitution, Congress, and the courts, he is not “fighting for America.”
He is tearing it down and endangering our democracy.
When Trump ignores the Constitution, Congress, and the courts, he is not “fighting for America.”
He is tearing it down and endangering our democracy.
April 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I have introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump.
When Trump ignores the Constitution, Congress, and the courts, he is not “fighting for America.”
He is tearing it down and endangering our democracy.
When Trump ignores the Constitution, Congress, and the courts, he is not “fighting for America.”
He is tearing it down and endangering our democracy.
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From the last Trump term when a MA judge was charged with obstruction of justice for not turning over an immigrant to ICE.
When people are scared to interact with the courts for fear of deportation it makes us all less safe.
www.welcometohellworld.com/this-nation-...
When people are scared to interact with the courts for fear of deportation it makes us all less safe.
www.welcometohellworld.com/this-nation-...
April 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
From the last Trump term when a MA judge was charged with obstruction of justice for not turning over an immigrant to ICE.
When people are scared to interact with the courts for fear of deportation it makes us all less safe.
www.welcometohellworld.com/this-nation-...
When people are scared to interact with the courts for fear of deportation it makes us all less safe.
www.welcometohellworld.com/this-nation-...
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Ed Martin's latest target: Wikipedia.
The interim U.S. attorney and pro-Trump bulldog has sent a letter seeming to threaten the Wikimedia Foundation's tax-exempt status over allegations that it is "spreading propaganda." Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The interim U.S. attorney and pro-Trump bulldog has sent a letter seeming to threaten the Wikimedia Foundation's tax-exempt status over allegations that it is "spreading propaganda." Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney
Ed Martin sent a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation accusing it of spreading propaganda
www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Ed Martin's latest target: Wikipedia.
The interim U.S. attorney and pro-Trump bulldog has sent a letter seeming to threaten the Wikimedia Foundation's tax-exempt status over allegations that it is "spreading propaganda." Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The interim U.S. attorney and pro-Trump bulldog has sent a letter seeming to threaten the Wikimedia Foundation's tax-exempt status over allegations that it is "spreading propaganda." Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
I'm a waymo Democrat in the sense that we need way more Democrats.
My god. My ... my god. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/o...
April 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I'm a waymo Democrat in the sense that we need way more Democrats.
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Today my new @mitpress.bsky.social book with Mark Brockway publishes! It explores the historical forces that gave rise to a shapeshifting, amalgamated figure of the liberal devil mapped onto a very broad conceptualization of “the left” and the Democratic Party mitpress.mit.edu/978026255227...
The Shadow Gospel
When people talk about the chaotic, increasingly precarious political landscape in the United States, they often blame polarization and the culture wars. In ...
mitpress.mit.edu
April 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today my new @mitpress.bsky.social book with Mark Brockway publishes! It explores the historical forces that gave rise to a shapeshifting, amalgamated figure of the liberal devil mapped onto a very broad conceptualization of “the left” and the Democratic Party mitpress.mit.edu/978026255227...
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Today in weird statistical coincidences
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today in weird statistical coincidences