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The Most Important Jigsaw Puzzle

June 27, 2020 By gmoke

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Troubling video has surfaced showing a Massachusetts politician, belly up to the bar, slinging racial slurs and lashing out about a recall push to remove him from power.
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