Child kidnapping in Massachusetts. This is an ICE contract Mass. Governor Healey refuses to end. #mapoli

[Seated for the 4D Theater Experience at the National WWII Museum]

Tom Hanks introduces it with something like "It's hard to IMAGINE a world overrun by TYRANTS and military aggression..."

Nervous laughter erupted from the audience.

The Ed reform vampires siphoned off as many public $ they could over the past 10 years, but now need to move on to a new and different scheme in order to further impoverish public education.

Coalition aims to bring private school vouchers to Mass. A coalition of education reform groups is seeking to bring a federal tax credit voucher program to Massachusetts.

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Exterior of the original enslaved quarters with statues of two young enslaved boys.

Exterior of the enslaved quarters with a sugar boiling vessel in the foreground.

Monument to the enslaved children that died in St. John Parish

Sculpture memorializing the 1811 German Coast uprising along the Mississippi River.

What a moving visit to @whitneyplantation.org. An incredible place of history and memory, focused entirely on the experience of the enslaved people held in bondage.

Thank you, @clintsmithiii.bsky.social for your beautiful description that made it a must-visit for our family.

This is all while a DIFFERENT for-profit private school that is in the process of going under in Boston.

Alpha School (the Austin AI school chain) presented at this week’s Boston School Committee meeting, and the voucher push was the elephant in the room.

Palantir put out the most cartoonishly evil statement possible. They’re so arrogant and self-confident they don’t seem to believe their fascistic plans can be opposed.

We must get rid of Palantir altogether.

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Palantir is a quasi-fundamentalist subversive right-wing movement with a stock symbol

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Reading the NYT piece on the shadow docket and refreshing this website over and over for the @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app take…

A headline reads: "Times Exclusive: The Inside Story of 5 Days That Remade the Supreme Court. Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine 'shadow docket' rulings on presidential power."

Confidential memos by Supreme Court justices, obtained by The New York Times, show how they decided to bypass time-tested procedures and create the modern “shadow docket,” a rushed and secretive new way of doing business. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Tom Hanks on the interview couch with a lower third ID “Tom Hanks - Actor, Splash”

Watching the John Candy doc, directed by Collin Hanks. And this is the way the director IDs his dad.

“I am choosing to return home as planned to continue my career as a woman scholar without losing more time to the state-imposed violence and hostility I have experienced in the United States – all for nothing more than co-signing an op-ed advocating for Palestinian rights."

Shithole Country stuff.

Thank you, Trump Administration and associated brownshirt ghouls.

We are now safe from the danger posed by a Ph.D focusing on how positive media use among children and young people can nurture more kindness and compassion in the world.

Fortunately our American children will be spared compassion.

“I am choosing to return home as planned to continue my career as a woman scholar without losing more time to the state-imposed violence and hostility I have experienced in the United States – all for nothing more than co-signing an op-ed advocating for Palestinian rights."

Shithole Country stuff.

Thank you, Trump Administration and associated brownshirt ghouls.

We are now safe from the danger posed by a Ph.D focusing on how positive media use among children and young people can nurture more kindness and compassion in the world.

Fortunately our American children will be spared compassion.

[thinking of Mayor Wu who took the T many days as a Councilor and rode bikes a few times for photo ops, but now is whisked in and out of every event by a BPD chauffeur.]

“For more on the theological debate between the Pope and President Trump, we turn to Brown University economist Emily Oster…”

Ed’s solution to everything is a BPD detail.

“Just one more cop, bro…”

It's almost like working in academia or the arts doesn't actually make you wealthy or powerful. Just elite! Somehow!

Nuremberg 2.0 includes people who jumped ship.

When she first ran for Congress her mantra was "those closest to the pain should be closest to the power."

This is a win on the kind of issue that only happens when someone in power understands the stakes.

I'm sorry, but Mike Capuano could never muster this kind of dogged tenacity for Haitians.

Feels important to uplift Rep Pressley's leadership. She puts in a lot of work on issues that others often don't see as a priority. I've appreciated her anti-criminalization work over the years. She's a worker.

The wheezing…

‘A lifeline’: House approves protected status for Haitians, with Pressley leading the charge - The Boston Globe The Boston Democrat helped court Republican votes to the bipartisan legislation.

WE DID IT! We forced the House to pass our extension of TPS for Haiti.

This is a victory in our long-fought battle to protect the dignity & humanity of our Haitian neighbors.

To our Haitian family in the MA-7th and across this country, this one's for you.

On to the Senate.

Kind of wild to imagine Brookline electing someone who hedged on supporting the town’s LGBTQ+ youth AND who referred to Palestinian children as “terrorists under the age of 18.”

School Committee race marked by controversy over candidate’s Town Meeting votes on LGBTQ+ resolutions - Brookline.News Aylit Schultz's decision last year not to vote in favor of two resolutions supporting the LGBTQ+ community has led to widespread criticism.

Bostonians lost our ability to elect school committee members and we've had NO VOICE in school governance for 30+ years.

We voted overwhelmingly to change that, but the mayor said "nah".

Therefore, I reserve the right to enjoy neighboring town school board races like a true sicko.

I'm working on a project that ping pongs between Premiere and Resolve, and – days after NAB announcements – Adobe is encouraging users to download a BETA version when you open Premiere.

Please don't download a new BETA version on ANY paid work. Forums are littered with posts by frantic pros.

Tweet by director Joseph Kahn: The solution to the theatrical problem is very simple. Extend the time before it goes to streaming. Make it 180 days. 6 months. If you don't watch it in theaters you won't get to see it for a long time. Studios have devalued their product by letting the consumer know there's no urgency. They're going to see it for "free" later. They've cheapened the business into a buffet and violated basic supply and demand.

plainly true