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MA Economic Activity Drop Since Pandemic

May 14, 2021 By gmoke 5 Comments

I saw this article on "How Well Has Your State Recovered from the Pandemic" (https://jabberwocking.com/raw-data-how-well-has-your-state-recovered-from-the-pandemic/) and noticed that MA has the fifth largest drop from January 2020 to May … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: COVID19, economics, pandemic, recovery

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

COVID19: Iceland

April 7, 2020 By gmoke 4 Comments

Iceland has been testing its population for COVID19 probably more than any other country: "The latest [April 6, 2020] figures on covid.is (https://www.covid.is) show that a total of 1,486 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Iceland, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: COVID19, genetics, iceland, pandemic

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

COVID19: Food and Agriculture Resources

April 5, 2020 By gmoke 2 Comments

Regional Northeast Regional Agriculture and COVID19 Wednesday, April 8 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Online RSVP at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/uJ0tcuihrT8ouZJuXnaDemygSBJUTBFyFQ Maine Farmland Trust and NESAWG will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: agriculture, COVID19, ecology, economics, economies of scale, energy, environment, food, logistics, pandemic, sustainability

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

Open Sourcing Solutions to COVID19: Mutual Aid, Citizen Scientists, Makers, Gardeners, Artists…..

April 2, 2020 By gmoke 7 Comments

"You could say that civil society is what unimpaired mutual aid creates; or that civil society is the condition and mutual aid the activity that produces it.” - Rebecca Solnit, from A Paradise Built in Hell [my notes at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: citizen science, COVID19, mutual aid, open-source, pandemic, protein folding, voluntary association

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

Report from Taiwan: Friends Return to the USA to Compare and Contrast

March 28, 2020 By gmoke 3 Comments

My friends and former co-workers, Marc and Sally, love to travel the world and this year spent some of February and March in Taiwan. This is their account of the response of Taiwan to COVID19, the letter they sent to friends after they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: COVID19, pandemic, public-health, social distancing, Taiwan

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poebostonDan Currie@poeboston·
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How Jack Welch’s Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk’s Twitter Feed https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/business/jack-welch-ge-ceo-behavior.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DIDmwbiO4IGImG9lzWIqhqbNh2wDmfT98EP7JqT_F1i-VSP0VzSg6y5JuYnZBPawMElbWOZEJklZTcQeJ_tjbwcmiyLOo4mLG1thzcaGf1DaXV2GkmJVtivZtmdly13HNbk6-UFeQjiNl6zu5hUs4hPUoIZiSPtvboAxlsap7RPlyHtF5AC6wOUirTnNWc97sHbA5SbFvBR3996m4_g8hObJJVZO2sak59J7etxOkZGWdqL4y2BpIuRICylrlitbfFqRTk29MiaJcpw64X0iSHQACPvSB7&smid=tw-share via @nytimes > #bospoli #mapoli #fraud #bombast #disinformation #greed #capitalism #trumpism #MakeGEpay

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RachelMiselmanRachel Miselman@RachelMiselman·
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Yesterday, I asked @JimLyonsMA why he condoned vulgarity. He did not appreciate the question and refused to talk to me. So, minutes later, I shared my thoughts about Jim with his wife, Bernadette.

“Your husband is a clown.”
#mapoli #bospoli

MassGOP@massgop

Honest question: Does the @BostonGlobe always quote Black candidates and electeds verbatim like this, or just Black Republican candidates? #mapoli 🤔 https://twitter.com/MattPStout/status/1528052885250002945

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RachelMiselmanRachel Miselman@RachelMiselman·
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“I do not like reality. It is big, mean, and scary. So, I spend my time making up absurd narratives to whitewash trash.” #mapoli

Cecilia Calabrese for MA State Senate@CeceCalabrese

@LocalPoliticsis @RaylaForMA @massgop Rayla is a Superstar and will be an awesome Secretary of State!

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RachelMiselmanRachel Miselman@RachelMiselman·
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.@RaylaForMA lied about #Mission5000. She paid to get on the ballot. Also, at the end of the month of April, she only had $633.63. She brags about her thousands of followers. Why could they not help her get on the ballot? Why can they not, at least, each chip in $1.00? #mapoli

All Politics is Local with Jon Fetherston@LocalPoliticsis

History making ⁦⁦@RaylaForMA⁩
First African American to qualify for state wide election in Massachusetts.
Also, first African American to be on the ballot for Secretary of State in Massachusetts.
On the ⁦@massgop⁩ ticket.
Go get them Rayla!!

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TheKlippyKlippy the Klipspringer@TheKlippy·
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At the convention, I saw the @MassGOP of 2022. Around 50% of delegates didn't show up. It is a micro to the macro issue of @JimLyonsMA. Since being Chairman all I see are Ls. We have less Republicans now than when the party started. More dems in TX than Reps here. #mapoli

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pcnaslundPhillip Naslund@pcnaslund·
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⁦@JimLyonsMA⁩ Go ahead and try and force your god on us. #mapoli https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/21/metro/massachusetts-republicans-gather-springfield-with-trump-backed-geoff-diehl-likely-get-activists-nod/

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