Persisting
@persistingiam.bsky.social
She/her from the old invite code days. Would prefer to keep democracy. Deeds matter more than words. Let’s not destroy the planet, ok?
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· Jan 11
Notice that Democrats respond 3 ways:
1. Fake hero "We'll never stop fighting!" while never starting
2. West Wingnut "We need answers" to "uncover" what's happening in front of the entire world
3. Bad bystander "Look at the terrible danger over there!" While doing nothing to stop it
1. Fake hero "We'll never stop fighting!" while never starting
2. West Wingnut "We need answers" to "uncover" what's happening in front of the entire world
3. Bad bystander "Look at the terrible danger over there!" While doing nothing to stop it
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It is so good to see @reportermatt.bsky.social, who was in like 80% of my classes in college, become the most influential reporter in Massachusetts. He just loves the place, and you can tell in everything he does. A truly wonderful man making the whole state better.
September 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
It is so good to see @reportermatt.bsky.social, who was in like 80% of my classes in college, become the most influential reporter in Massachusetts. He just loves the place, and you can tell in everything he does. A truly wonderful man making the whole state better.
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ICE observers arrested while filming in New Bedford, MA: “Agents then grabbed our team member, placing her under arrest- when asked why, the only response given was: ‘You'll find out’.”
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September 25, 2026 at 10:51 AM
ICE observers arrested while filming in New Bedford, MA: “Agents then grabbed our team member, placing her under arrest- when asked why, the only response given was: ‘You'll find out’.”
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Apple "detectives" wanted to identify a gnarly old tree growing on a remote plot of land in Maine. What they discovered was the key to a centuries-old apple mystery.
How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit
And how they might have helped save the future of American apples
www.scientificamerican.com
September 24, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Apple "detectives" wanted to identify a gnarly old tree growing on a remote plot of land in Maine. What they discovered was the key to a centuries-old apple mystery.
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BREAKING: Following my office's demands, Ticketmaster will refund tickets for Ed Sheeran's concerts at Gillette Stadium.
You filed complaints, and we took action to get your money back.
Act quickly and be sure submit refund requests at least 24 hours before showtime.
You filed complaints, and we took action to get your money back.
Act quickly and be sure submit refund requests at least 24 hours before showtime.
September 24, 2026 at 6:41 PM
BREAKING: Following my office's demands, Ticketmaster will refund tickets for Ed Sheeran's concerts at Gillette Stadium.
You filed complaints, and we took action to get your money back.
Act quickly and be sure submit refund requests at least 24 hours before showtime.
You filed complaints, and we took action to get your money back.
Act quickly and be sure submit refund requests at least 24 hours before showtime.
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We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
www.motherjones.com
September 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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MA has 9 statewide ballot questions this year.
Be an informed voter!
#mapoli
www.progressivemass.com/2026ballot/
Be an informed voter!
#mapoli
www.progressivemass.com/2026ballot/
September 24, 2026 at 12:46 PM
MA has 9 statewide ballot questions this year.
Be an informed voter!
#mapoli
www.progressivemass.com/2026ballot/
Be an informed voter!
#mapoli
www.progressivemass.com/2026ballot/
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Right before Netanyahu was set to address the UN in NYC, Zohran Mamdani preempts him with this moving video —
He hosted Palestinians who were forced to leave or lost family in Gaza, and planted an olive tree with them at Gracie Mansion:
He hosted Palestinians who were forced to leave or lost family in Gaza, and planted an olive tree with them at Gracie Mansion:
Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.
May peace be our future.
May peace be our future.
September 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Right before Netanyahu was set to address the UN in NYC, Zohran Mamdani preempts him with this moving video —
He hosted Palestinians who were forced to leave or lost family in Gaza, and planted an olive tree with them at Gracie Mansion:
He hosted Palestinians who were forced to leave or lost family in Gaza, and planted an olive tree with them at Gracie Mansion:
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New — I had the opportunity to see NAZA, the documentary freaking out the Israeli government because of its horrifying firsthand descriptions of the way the IDF has used AI to target and massacre Palestinian civilians.
My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:
My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:
I saw the documentary the Israeli government doesn’t want you to see
'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza.
www.thehandbasket.co
September 24, 2026 at 5:46 PM
New — I had the opportunity to see NAZA, the documentary freaking out the Israeli government because of its horrifying firsthand descriptions of the way the IDF has used AI to target and massacre Palestinian civilians.
My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:
My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:
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Here's a neat thing! My mom retired after 25+ as a children's librarian at public libraries yesterday. (It was very cool! Hundreds of former Story Hour kids arrived, some as adults!)
I let Ed Markey's office know in case they wanted to send a nice email back and they sent this! He's still got it!
I let Ed Markey's office know in case they wanted to send a nice email back and they sent this! He's still got it!
September 24, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Here's a neat thing! My mom retired after 25+ as a children's librarian at public libraries yesterday. (It was very cool! Hundreds of former Story Hour kids arrived, some as adults!)
I let Ed Markey's office know in case they wanted to send a nice email back and they sent this! He's still got it!
I let Ed Markey's office know in case they wanted to send a nice email back and they sent this! He's still got it!
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"In 2016, Trump’s goal was to control the media. In 2026, it is to destroy the media. He recognizes it as a depreciated asset. Trump is a corporate raider doing what corporate raiders do. He seeks to destroy the media as he seeks to destroy the US itself."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...
Gutting the Fourth Estate
The US media were willing cogs in Trump’s machine. Now he’s tearing it down.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
September 24, 2026 at 4:02 PM
"In 2016, Trump’s goal was to control the media. In 2026, it is to destroy the media. He recognizes it as a depreciated asset. Trump is a corporate raider doing what corporate raiders do. He seeks to destroy the media as he seeks to destroy the US itself."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...
"We have used our words, music, and arts to speak for ourselves and others for centuries. If you can’t stand by your convictions, if you can’t stand for something, to most people now you’re not worth your salt and you’re certainly not Irish.”
How Ed Sheeran let down Ireland with the Macklemore Palestine row
The singer-songwriter is in the middle of arguably the biggest test of his career to date, amid controversy over the axing of support act Macklemore for his remarks on Palestine. Roisin O’Connor looks...
www.the-independent.com
September 24, 2026 at 3:13 PM
"We have used our words, music, and arts to speak for ourselves and others for centuries. If you can’t stand by your convictions, if you can’t stand for something, to most people now you’re not worth your salt and you’re certainly not Irish.”
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Fair Share has delivered major wins in education and transportation. This is attack on the very idea behind it and on everyone who worked on that campaign. She doesn’t neutralize disingenuous MAGA attacks: she shows that they will work on her.
The Governor's office estimates that the proposal would reduce the state's Fair Share funding for transportation and education investments by approximately $120 million:
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2026/09/23/i...
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2026/09/23/i...
In the Midst of A Reelection Campaign, Gov. Healey Proposes $120 Million Tax Cut For Drivers and Oil Companies - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The Governor's office estimates that the proposal would reduce the state's Fair Share funding for transportation and education investments by approximately $120 million.
mass.streetsblog.org
September 23, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Fair Share has delivered major wins in education and transportation. This is attack on the very idea behind it and on everyone who worked on that campaign. She doesn’t neutralize disingenuous MAGA attacks: she shows that they will work on her.
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This is an attack on public education, on public transportation, on everyone who worked on Fair Share, and on the will of the voters.
The Governor's office estimates that the proposal would reduce the state's Fair Share funding for transportation and education investments by approximately $120 million:
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2026/09/23/i...
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2026/09/23/i...
In the Midst of A Reelection Campaign, Gov. Healey Proposes $120 Million Tax Cut For Drivers and Oil Companies - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The Governor's office estimates that the proposal would reduce the state's Fair Share funding for transportation and education investments by approximately $120 million.
mass.streetsblog.org
September 23, 2026 at 9:09 PM
This is an attack on public education, on public transportation, on everyone who worked on Fair Share, and on the will of the voters.
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Millions of surveillance cameras watching our every move, but the cameras never seem to turn up any clues in these cases. Weird how that works.
Cases of Black people found hanged in the US South are a reminder of nation's lynching history
The death of Tasia Fortune, a Black Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree, has stirred distressing memories of the grim U.S. history of lynchings
abcnews.com
September 24, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Millions of surveillance cameras watching our every move, but the cameras never seem to turn up any clues in these cases. Weird how that works.
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ICE is terrorizing the immigrant community of New Bedford, MA. Fear does not make this country great. Violence does not make our communities safer. And the systematic hunting down of immigrants is a moral stain on the soul of this country.
For the second day in a row, U.S. Immigration and Customs agents continued to make arrests at multiple locations in the New Bedford area early Tuesday morning.
A reporter for The Light saw what appeared to be multiple ICE vehicles using the New Bedford Industrial Park as a staging area.
A reporter for The Light saw what appeared to be multiple ICE vehicles using the New Bedford Industrial Park as a staging area.
September 24, 2026 at 1:30 AM
ICE is terrorizing the immigrant community of New Bedford, MA. Fear does not make this country great. Violence does not make our communities safer. And the systematic hunting down of immigrants is a moral stain on the soul of this country.
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"Stanford University...is facing criticism for using generative AI to change the photo of a Hispanic male student into a non-existent Black woman for a campus banner."
feels like a South Park episode. what are we doing here yall
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
feels like a South Park episode. what are we doing here yall
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Stanford violated its AI policy by turning a Hispanic student into a fake Black woman in ad
Stanford University is facing criticism for using generative AI to change the photo of a Hispanic male student into a non-existent Black woman for a dining hall advertisement.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 23, 2026 at 12:06 PM
"Stanford University...is facing criticism for using generative AI to change the photo of a Hispanic male student into a non-existent Black woman for a campus banner."
feels like a South Park episode. what are we doing here yall
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
feels like a South Park episode. what are we doing here yall
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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If a product kept leading to suicides or homicides like this, it would face a recall. Why should ChatGPT be allowed to evade the same responsibility?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting
Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if company had warned police of shooter’s ChatGPT use
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 11:43 AM
If a product kept leading to suicides or homicides like this, it would face a recall. Why should ChatGPT be allowed to evade the same responsibility?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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There is no "platform" and no one on this site can honestly say that they know what they would do if they win the House and/or Senate starting in January. What's the immediate first order of business, for example? No voter can say. It has not been communicated to anyone.
September 20, 2026 at 4:21 AM
There is no "platform" and no one on this site can honestly say that they know what they would do if they win the House and/or Senate starting in January. What's the immediate first order of business, for example? No voter can say. It has not been communicated to anyone.
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Approval ratings don’t matter when democracy is being intentionally dismantled, opposition is captured, and there’s already an intraparty sect being prepared that will just disavow the unpopular leader and move discourse even further into fascism.
September 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Approval ratings don’t matter when democracy is being intentionally dismantled, opposition is captured, and there’s already an intraparty sect being prepared that will just disavow the unpopular leader and move discourse even further into fascism.
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"Archaeologists discovered 3,400yr-old fragment of world's oldest known peace treaty...signed c.1269 BCE by Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II & Hittite king Hattusili III...the fragment contains text...related to treatment of refugees...It reminds us of our responsibility to protect human life & dignity"
The newly discovered cuneiform tablet fragment contains text from a section of the Treaty of Kadesh related to the treatment of Hittite and Egyptian refugees in the Bronze Age (circa 1269 BC). 🧪🏺
'We have found traces of peace, thousands of years old': Fragment of world's oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey
Archaeologists excavating in the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusha have uncovered a fragment of the world's oldest peace treaty, signed around 1269 B.C.
www.livescience.com
September 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM
"Archaeologists discovered 3,400yr-old fragment of world's oldest known peace treaty...signed c.1269 BCE by Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II & Hittite king Hattusili III...the fragment contains text...related to treatment of refugees...It reminds us of our responsibility to protect human life & dignity"
This ongoing saga is wild along with the comments of others who've endured this kind of bonkers scenario. I hope these passengers get home soon. Wow.
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow
September 23, 2026 at 11:03 AM
This ongoing saga is wild along with the comments of others who've endured this kind of bonkers scenario. I hope these passengers get home soon. Wow.
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Another OCPF filing, and the same pattern:
More than 95% of the money raised by the Yes on 3 campaign in the first half of September came from just six corporate executives in private equity, venture capital, and investment banking.
Don't let them buy our elections.
More than 95% of the money raised by the Yes on 3 campaign in the first half of September came from just six corporate executives in private equity, venture capital, and investment banking.
Don't let them buy our elections.
September 23, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Another OCPF filing, and the same pattern:
More than 95% of the money raised by the Yes on 3 campaign in the first half of September came from just six corporate executives in private equity, venture capital, and investment banking.
Don't let them buy our elections.
More than 95% of the money raised by the Yes on 3 campaign in the first half of September came from just six corporate executives in private equity, venture capital, and investment banking.
Don't let them buy our elections.
Gov Healey can and should do more than demand answers.
Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday that she's demanding answers following U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in southeastern Massachusetts. https://bit.ly/4rn54zG
At least 2 dozen immigrants detained in ICE arrest wave across New Bedford, Dartmouth and Fall River
Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday that she's demanding answers after the arrests in southeastern Massachusetts.
bit.ly
September 22, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Gov Healey can and should do more than demand answers.
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Gotta make sure the startup to fascist tech bro pipeline is free flowing and perpetual.
Andreessen Horowitz is launching an ‘academy’ with no homework and partnerships with Palantir, Google, and Meta
It’s the latest attempt by tech billionaires to shape American education.
www.theverge.com
September 22, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Gotta make sure the startup to fascist tech bro pipeline is free flowing and perpetual.
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I know that some people don't think these types of things are important but I really do. Cultural change precedes political change. When you don't have the culture, it's more difficult to win politically or to sustain political wins. newrepublic.com/post/215697/...
MAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to Go
The “Freedom Fest” is no longer happening after dismal ticket sales.
newrepublic.com
September 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I know that some people don't think these types of things are important but I really do. Cultural change precedes political change. When you don't have the culture, it's more difficult to win politically or to sustain political wins. newrepublic.com/post/215697/...