More useful than the snow map ❄️

Beyond grateful to this brigade who helped dig us out. Community is powerful.

Local heroes helped rescue our greenhouses! We put out a call for help shoveling on Wednesday night and had over a dozen incredible folks come out Thursday to lend a hand - ahead of (possible? please no!) more snow this weekend

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14th century painting of St. Margaret of Antioch attacking a devil woman in a virid dress hitting a demon with a hammer

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

Our last free market of 2025 was today in Ipswich – a record number of folks came out and participated. 🥬🥕 we’ll be back for more in 2026!

Ariel photograph of the AIDS Memorial Quilt stretched out on park in front of the US Capitol. Late 1980s.

These are the "good and decent people" who didn't survive the Reagan presidency.

Just listened to this from the library read by @lizzaaiken.bsky.social and will be bringing it to xmas for my 11-year old niece!

ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

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John Brown

Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.

We held a free farmers market yesterday in Ipswich MA to help get food on the table for anyone who needed it. Lots of tears, lots of hugs. Recipe swapping, signing up for the next market. Young, old, in between. Joy and meals and community in the face of a government doing harm. Onward!

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Three Sisters Garden Project looking for new home after unexpected change to land agreement The Three Sisters move brings challenges as the garden project seeks a new home after a landlord agreement change.

YES! And, Three Sisters has been through it but still feeds the people. The Nuns who owned the land refused to renew the lease! So shout out to Exec @grizleen.bsky.social for her excellent leadership, and all the more reason to donate and support to Three Sisters.

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Three Sisters We are a 501(c)(3) organization based in Ipswich, Massachusetts, feeding food-insecure neighbors across Essex County. Using sustainable agriculture as a platform for change, we work collaboratively to...

I’m a big fan of Three sisters garden project in Ipswich. Really feeding the people in Essex County! Shout out to farmer @grizleen.bsky.social threesistersgarden.org

Do this, AND donate to your local food access farms. Because we depend on local food access farms to feed people fresh vegetables who can’t otherwise afford them. 🌽 🥬🥕 you can’t buy what isn’t grown!

Thanks for the shout-out @reveverett.com 🧡🍅🧡

Good group at Gloucester UU for a forum on housing and immigration with local elected officials

a great newspaper has never been destroyed from within faster

Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining...

“I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that this administration has visited on the world,” said a former State Dept official about the damage done by Trump and Musk abandoning America's humanitarian aid commitments.

after all these generations they still got it

Seedlings are still thriving even in this fascist nonsense of a country

The garlic is coming up at our Wenham Mass. field! 🌱🧄

It's a cold, snowy day, and the MA House is about to vote to further weaken the right to shelter.

That's a choice. And they can choose differently. #mapoli

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NEW: A statement from Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge, formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service:

“Global Refuge condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations being lodged against our humanitarian work.”

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