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The Most Important Jigsaw Puzzle

June 27, 2020 By gmoke Leave a Comment

The most important jigsaw puzzle right now is how the CoV-2 spike, a 3 part structure, attaches to the human ACE2 protein through which it enters the cells of our bodies. That is the microscopic gap in our defenses. When we understand … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: AI, coronavirus, COVID-19, education, Foldit, jigsawpuzzles, music, MutualAid, pandemic, proteinfolding

SJC cuts signature requirements; an uncomfortable win for democracy in the absence of legislative action

April 18, 2020 By Charley on the MTA 21 Comments

Thanks to Christopher for flagging this down: The SJC has made a rather uncomfortable "emergency" decision, in halving the number of signatures needed for some offices; extended deadlines; and required Sec. of Commonwealth Galvin to accept … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: bill-galvin, COVID-19, COVID19, democracy, disenfranchisement, ed-markey, elections, john-walsh, ralph-gants, robert-deleo, sjc, speaker-deleo, vote by mail

Rep. Connolly puts together a housing agenda

April 9, 2020 By Charley on the MTA Leave a Comment

I mentioned the other day the foreclosure and eviction moratorium legislation that has passed the House. State Rep. Mike Connolly is putting together a coalition for a whole host of actions, at https://rentfreeze.org. ProgressiveMass is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: COVID-19, COVID19, housing, mortgage, renters

Right Now: Rent and mortgage relief; take care of gig workers

April 6, 2020 By Charley on the MTA 2 Comments

Wednesday was the first of the month. Rent was due. Unemployment claims for Massachusetts were 329,000 over the last two weeks. That's ... 4.8% of the entire population of Massachusetts, and 9% of the workforce, newly out of a job, right … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: arts, charlie-baker, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, foreclosures, gig workers, Kevin Honan, Mike Connolly, mortgage relief, rent freeze, renters, unemployment-benefits

Our own Berlin Airlift: Patriots Plane defies Trump’s effective blockade

April 3, 2020 By Charley on the MTA 3 Comments

In a tale of logistical wizardry, persistence, and sheer physical endurance, Massachusetts is being whisked some 1.4 million N95 masks on the New England Patriots' plane. 300,000 some masks will go to New York. Bob Kraft is paying for some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: Bob Kraft, charlie-baker, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, N95, patriots, trump

MassDems likely to cancel convention; Markey wins convention endorsement

March 31, 2020 By Charley on the MTA 26 Comments

Well, this was pretty much inevitable: MassDems chair Gus Bickford is asking the state committee to agree that there will be no Massachusetts Democratic Convention this year; to continue with it would be unsafe and logistically … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: caucus, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, ed-markey, joe-kennedy-iii, ma-sen, massdems

You knew this wasn’t right: Trump *and Baker’s MassDPH* are botching the response

March 12, 2020 By Charley on the MTA 14 Comments

I had hoped, maybe somewhere in the denial/bargaining stage of processing the coronavirus testing debacle, that at least our state officials were on top of the situation, and at least giving us reliable information. The evidence before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: Catch-22, CDC, charlie-baker, coronavirus, COVID-19, Kafka, MassDPH, mgh, Monica Bharel, pandemic preparedness

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poeboston Dan Currie @poeboston ·
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The latest on Kevin Durant to the @Celtics, more @realBillRussell memories, and other thoughts https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/10/sports/latest-kevin-durant-celtics-more-bill-russell-memories-other-thoughts/?event=event25 via @BostonGlobe > #bospoli #mapoli #TakingAKnee

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rachelmiselman Rachel Miselman @rachelmiselman ·
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Rita, Catherine Vitale told me that my condemnation of Dianna Ploss’ embrace of Nazi ideology was “nit-picking.” She also told me that people have a right to disagree with Judaism. You surely do know her well enough. #mapoli #bospoli

Rita Fiorillo @RitaFiorillo3

@WeThePeople_MA @ParkerHereford @wtfdic_hour I know you well enough to know what youre about Catherine. We don't hang out like you and your merry gang of racists but I know you.

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openletterbot Open Letters @openletterbot ·
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🖋 Sign “POTUS, please immediately appoint new Acting IGs for DoD and DHS!” and I’ll deliver a copy to your officials: https://twitter.com/messages/compose?recipient_id=835740314006511618&text=sign%20PODGWA

📨 No. 4 is from SCOTT to @POTUS #MA03 #MApoli #MApols

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rachelmiselman Rachel Miselman @rachelmiselman ·
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.@RitaFiorillo3, you have sussed out who & what Catherine Vitale is. She is resentful of others’ success, but will not work to have some of her own. She is a disrespectful bigot that derides people; she engages in a never-ending race to the bottom, all for the limelight. #mapoli

Rita Fiorillo @RitaFiorillo3

@ParkerHereford @WeThePeople_MA @wtfdic_hour She's yucky cuz she's a yucky person. You are now trying to job shame me and body shame while simultaneously saying it's wrong to do those things lol. Threaten to hit me again, I liked that one.

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carcarll Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @carcarll ·
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Galvin is anti-abortion. He COULD use his office to protect women, doctors & healthcare workers, but HE HASN’T. MA can’t afford ANY electeds who won’t fight for women—or 32yrs w/a Sec of State who refuses to use the full powers of his office on behalf of the people of MA. #mapoli

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Tanisha Sullivan, Candidate for MA Sec. of State @Tanisha4MA

We have an anti-abortion Secretary of State in @BillGalvinMA with a history of picking and choosing which laws he wants to implement. How can we trust him to ensure that private info of women seeking abortions will be protected? This moment demands more #abortion #mapoli

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wip_su_ Women & Incarceration Project @wip_su_ ·
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Women also most often take on the financial burdens of family members being incarcerated including phone calls, commissaries, and court fees.

#NoCostCalls #NoNewWomensPrison #mapoli

GBLS @BostonLegalAid

#nocostcalls #mapoli #maleg

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