Progressive, climate hawk, YIMBY, baker, dad. Current: Advocacy communications, Fairhaven Planning Board, SouthCoast Places for People. Past: TV news producer, CREW, NWF, Blue Mass Group.
Abolish 3 hour movies. Directors must choose: 🎞️ 2 hour movie that I can finish in one sitting 📺 Streaming series that’s six 30-min episodes long so I can decide how much to watch & get recaps before every episode
Erin Fogg says Free LinkPoll True or false a movie's ability to be rated 5 stars hinges directly on whether or not it has a runtime absolutely not a second longer than 120 minutes oh what's that we don't have polls weird well it's True
I don’t know whether disbarment, prison, or both are the most appropriate punishments, but these Department of Justice lawyers trying to charge a guy on a basis they *know to be false* are fucking monsters
emptywheelThe Flapping Holes in Jeanine Pirro's Davey Hearn Juicebox Jam emptywheel.net/2026/08/01/t...
Yes. You can just say yes, and then give the explanation. Scientists don’t have to complicate this so much for people.
Ed HawkinsThe missing words in the climate conversation are not human-caused climate change, but fossil fuel emissions. By Hayley Fowler and myself: theconversation.com/was-this-hea...
Cops have stopped enforcing road safety laws nationwide & no electeds are *acknowledging* it, never mind trying to solve it
Mass. Law Enforcement Data Show Dramatic Decline In Speeding Tickets - Streetsblog MassachusettsMassachusetts police are writing significantly fewer speeding tickets compared to a decade ago, even as speeding has been cited as a contributing factor in an increasing number of lethal crashes over ...mass.streetsblog.orgThe War on Cars"...across the more than 6,300 miles of roadway throughout New York City, the NYPD’s nearly 34,000 officers ticketed only 10 drivers for blocking bus lanes, 12 for parking in a bus stop and 10 for parking in a bike lane in the seven days covered by the NYPD’s latest data sheet, July 20 to 26."
If Dems have a brand problem, perhaps centrists telling voters “I’m not like those other Democrats who hate Jews” has more to do with it than city-run grocery stores
thejrocktvShe knows she’s losing so she said let’s just go mask off.
If Dems really want to run on “affordability,” they should be talking about banning AI-weaponized surveillance price gouging 🧵👇
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)I thought up that example. I don't know if it's really happening. But here's something that really *is* happening: ecommerce sites charge parents of newborns extra when they order thermometers in the middle of the night. 14/
“The @wnba.com suspended a team co-owner for not welcoming bigots into her workplace.” @toley.bsky.social
WNBA Suspends Seattle Storm Minority Owner For Being Rude To Transphobic Shitheads | DefectorOn Tuesday night, a small group of weirdos held an anti-trans rally outside of the Seattle Storm’s home arena. The occasion for their gathering was a game against the Indiana Fever and bench player So...defector.com@jonathancohn.bsky.social Would love to know how much it’s costing us to create & manage this new system, when we’re already catching & punishing very limited fraud Just give poor people money @camilo-fonseca.bsky.social
Massachusetts rolls out new chip-enabled EBT cards amid concerns of SNAP benefits fraud - The Boston GlobeOfficials have said that the new EBT cards, which rely on chip and tap payments, are much less susceptible to card skimming.www.bostonglobe.comCops refusing to follow law to cover up for famous dangerous driver
Kyle Shanahan Car Crash: Police Not Releasing Body Cam FootageIt looks like we're not going to get to see what happened when cops showed up to Kyle Shanahan's car crash ... because they're not releasing the body cam footage.www.tmz.com"crash with SUV" Journalists keep failing the Speak Like a Normal Person Not a Cop challenge
Child on bike injured in crash with SUV in Wellesley, police say - The Boston GlobeThe child was alert and conscious when officers arrived.www.bostonglobe.comWish the story was “why can’t Republicans sell *any* of their policies without shameless lying” but that’s not the media we have
Aaron RuparRep. John McGuire on need for the SAVE America Act: "You can't go anywhere, you can't get medicine, you can't go to the Obama museum without a photo ID."
I had been trying to get more into the WNBA, but - they’re anti-trans now? Do they really think standing with Republicans who hate women is a great business model for women’s sports?
Fever do not answer questions about pro-Sophie Cunningham rallySophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark were not made available to answer postgame questions about a rally before the Fever's 105-95 win over the Storm on Tuesday night in support of Cunningham's recent comments about transgender athletes.www.espn.comWhat does “Time to do the right thing” mean? Is the Dem plan to politely ask the villains to suddenly stop killing people? We have 3 months until the midterms & this is what Dems are offering?
Congressman Gabe AmoConfirmed: Rhode Island’s historic Blizzard of ‘26 met the requirement for disaster aid. Damage was 9X higher than FEMA's cost threshold. Trump OVERRULED his agencies to deny relief to “Blue” states. Trump chose politics over helping RI. Time to do the right thing.
Dems must hammer Epstein until everyone incriminated in Files is in prison It’s simple, clear, evil, voters get it Media will ignore, pooh-pooh, claim voters are sick of Dems harping on it This is because they like Republicans & want them to win! Tell them to GFY & go back to hammering Epstein!
Oliver Willisminnesota state rep jess hanson rides elon musk for filth for trying to defend his pervy app: "when the richest man in the world hangs out with the epstein class... we cannot act surprised when he's trying to protect the number one tool used to make child sexual abuse material"
Road-tripped last weekend & was reminded that even in MA: 😊 Gas pumps always closest things to front door 😡 EV chargers always at literal furthest & most depressing parking spots (even in enormous, always empty parking lots)
David RobertsThe unsung hero of public EV-charger buildout is [checks notes] Wal-Mart?