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You know, I left Montana 💔because of the wildfires.

“… The Northampton blaze is one of 113 wildfires that have been burning in Massachusetts over the past seven days, Wark told MassLive on Saturday. This includes 10 fires reported over the past 24 hours …”

#massachusetts #wildfires https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/11/northampton-wildfire-doubled-overnight-as-significant-flames-hit-region-officials-say.html?origin=serp_auto

Northampton wildfire ‘doubled’ overnight as ‘significant’ flames hit region, officials say

About 50 firefighters were battling a wildfire in Western Massachusetts after it doubled in size overnight, as officials warn of "significant" blazes overtaking the region.
Irene Rotondo | IRotondo@masslive.com (masslive)
#massachusetts #wildfires

In rural #Massachusetts are such unmanned kiosks. No one is watching. There are just goods for sale and a money pot to make change. For a brief moment, you get the feeling that you're no longer living in the future.

I very, very much prefer this reality; I'm exhausted.

#capitalism #NewEngland



#massachusetts #capitalism #newengland

Dies ist Conway, #Massachusetts. Obwohl sie weniger als 2.000 Einwohner hat, verfügt sie über diese Bibliothek:

#library #NewEngland



#massachusetts #newengland #library

At the bottom of these images is an adult crib. Consumption (tuberculosis) was a common illness in the 18th and 19th centuries, resulting in 25% of all deaths. There was no treatment. It could take months for patients to die or recover (50%), during which time they remained an active part of the social life of the family in such cribs. This also gave them the opportunity to transmit the disease.

#historical #NewEngland #Massachusetts #19thcentury #18thcentury #histodon #vaccinessavelives


#19thcentury #massachusetts #newengland #histodon #historical #vaccinessavelives #18thcentury

View of the fertile farmland in the Connecticut River Valley, from the summit of Mt. Holyoke in Hadley, MA, looking west at Northampton.

#mountHolyokeSummitHouse #ConnecticutRiverValley #farmland #hadley #Northampton #Massachusetts
Looking west at farm fields in Northampton, MA from the Mount Holyoke Summit House across the Connecticut River.
#northampton #massachusetts #mountholyokesummithouse #connecticutrivervalley #farmland #hadley

How Much Does the Millionaire Tax Improve Tax Fairness? How Does Massachusetts Compare Now to Other States? - Mass. Budget and Policy Center

https://massbudget.org/2024/01/09/fsa-tax-fairness-other-states/

> Together, the millionaire surtax and the progressive elements of the 2023 tax package help make Massachusetts one of the least regressive states, tax-wise, in the US. Low- and middle-income households typically pay a smaller share of income toward taxes in Massachusetts than in most other states.
#massachusetts #taxFairness
Graph of effective state + local tax rates for the middle-income 60% of households, by state. The taxes that such households pay in Massachusetts are shown to be a smaller share of the household income than in 32 other states.

How Much Does the Millionaire Tax Improve Tax Fairness? How Does Massachusetts Compare Now to Other States? - Mass. Budget and Policy Center

A new 50-state analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) finds that Massachusetts’ recently adopted millionaire tax makes Massachusetts’ state and local tax system much more equitable.
Phineas Baxandall (Mass. Budget and Policy Center)
#massachusetts #taxfairness

To fall is to be drawn to that which is beneath you. To fall is a condition, not an event.

#SaltIslandDiaries #historicalfiction #bookstodon #victoriana #Massachusetts #feminism
Caption: To fall is to be drawn to that which is beneath you. To fall is a condition, not an event. A young woman with braided blond hair standing in a forest is staring at the camera. She is wearing an 1840s era blue dress with while frilled collars and cuffs.
#historicalfiction #massachusetts #feminism #bookstodon #victoriana #saltislanddiaries

#Christmas used to be illegal in #Massachusetts. Just sayin'.
Santa resisting arrest in front of Faneuil Hall
#massachusetts #Christmas

"…nearly 47% of #Massachusetts residents 25 years or older have at least a bachelor’s degree — the highest rate among the states and second only to Washington, D.C."

"…community college is now free for millions [of] State residents 25 and older — and without a prior postsecondary degree"

https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/24/healey-massachusetts-massreconnect-higher-education-cost-free-students

#education

Community college is now free for Mass. residents 25 and older. Millions qualify | WBUR News

Despite a broad potential scope, “MassReconnect” program is expected to start out small, helping around 8,000 students in its first year.
Max Larkin (WBUR)
#massachusetts #education

Automakers spent $26.5 M to defeat Massachusetts' "Right to Repair" law. Nevertheless, MA citizens overwhelmingly voted for it in 2020.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/11/02/metro/amid-auto-industry-battle-question-1-is-most-expensive-ballot-initiative-massachusetts-history

The US government then told #automakers not to comply.

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/06/15/right-to-repair-federal-officials-automakers-not-to-comply-massachusetts-law

It now appears that that MA shall, in fact, enforce its law.

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/08/23/feds-mass-ag-agree-on-path-forward-for-right-to-repair-law/

#Massachusetts has made America less 'great,' once again. 😈

Feds, Mass. AG agree on path forward for 'right to repair' law

Federal officials previously told automakers not to comply with a 'right to repair' law approved by Mass. voters in 2020.
Ross Cristantiello (Boston.com)
#massachusetts #automakers

The textile factory girls of early 19th century #Massachusetts made a phenomenon of themselves during their own time by functionally converting the town of Lowell into a sprawling college campus for the working class.

Anyone who feels trapped in a brain-dead job ought to check out these factory workers.

Some articles about them are here: https://earlywithdrawal.net/victoriana/index.php/articles

#19thcentury #history #industrial #feminism #bookstodon #midjourney
@histodons
depiction of women working in an early 19th century textile factory

Loom and Spindle – Victoriana

#19thcentury #massachusetts #feminism #history #bookstodon #midjourney #industrial

At a time when people increasingly feel disempowered and without outlook, the "mill girls of Lowell" offer an inspiring story of human triumph in face of withering conditions.

https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-2064-d799-cfb1-993552020832

#capitalism #unions #industrial #feminism #midjourney #history #19thcentury #NewEngland #Massachusetts
@histodons
Women working in a 19th century textile factory #midjourney

The Mill Girls of Lowell

At a time when people increasingly feel disempowered and without outlook, the "mill girls of Lowell" offer an inspiring story of human triumph in face of wit...
libranet.de
#19thcentury #massachusetts #capitalism #feminism #newengland #unions #history #midjourney #industrial @histodons group

#stem #engineering #cool #Massachusetts

Become a certified pirate at MIT after completing Archery, Fencing, Pistol (Air Pistol or Rifle) and Sailing. Parrot, ship's wheel attached to belt optional

https://physicaleducationandwellness.mit.edu/about/pirate-certificate/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

MIT Pirate Certificate - MIT PE

The MIT Pirate Certificate is designed to recognize the completion of the undergraduate Physical Education & Wellness General Institute Requirement.
MIT PE
#massachusetts #engineering #STEM #cool

Dear #Massachusetts vacationers:

We see you going into #restaurant bathrooms to have #sex. You’re not being sneaky.

Love/hate,
#Maine
#massachusetts #restaurant #maine #sex

"…Christopher Hood appeared in Boston Municipal Court after brawling with a counter-protester outside a drag story hour…"

"'Any reference to the defendant as a leader of a National Socialist Club 131 is overly prejudicial,' said Judge Maureen Flaherty."

"Flaherty ordered a 'not guilty' verdict after ruling that prosecutors did not provide enough evidence for the jury to make a fair decision on the charge without speculation or guesswork."

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2023/08/06/new-england-neo-nazi-group-bigger-scarier-military-veterans

#massachusetts #nazi #maga
Judge Maureen Flaherty
Nazi Christopher Hood in court "Thanx, Judge!"

This New England neo-Nazi group is getting bigger and scarier, experts say. Most troubling: Military vets fill its ranks.

The children were crafting Christmas tree ornaments when the neo-Nazis arrived. As the tiny hands fastened gems with glue guns, the angry mob outside jabbed theirs into the air, brandishing […]
The Boston Globe (Boston.com)
#massachusetts #maga #nazi

First US Ban on Sale of Cellphone Location Data Might Be Coming - Slashdot

> #Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling of location data drawn from consumers' mobile devices in the state, in what would be a first-in-the-nation effort to rein in a billion-dollar industry.
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/07/10/2021206/first-us-ban-on-sale-of-cellphone-location-data-might-be-coming #privacy
#privacy #massachusetts

Massachusetts trolls Texas & Florida by putting up #Pride billboards in their states.

Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2003.

#Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is the first out #lesbian Governor in the country.
billboards that Massachusetts placed in Texas and Florida to invite lgbtq people to immigrate.
#massachusetts #pride #lesbian

There are food sites open throughout #Massachusetts, providing free breakfast and lunch all summer to anyone 18yo or younger. This is intended to replace the free food provided to students at public schools during the school year. No registration or ID is required. See https://ProjectBread.org/SummerEats for more information.
#PSA #hunger #Boston #BostonMA #FreeFood

Summer Eats | Free Meals for all Kids and Teens in MA

All kids and teens in Massachusetts, ages 0-18, can receive free meals at any Summer Eats site in the state. No registration or identification required. Find a site near you!
ProjectBread.org
#massachusetts #boston #freefood #psa #hunger #bostonma

#Midjourney made it possible for me to have finally the oddly-cropped 1500x500 mastodon #banner I needed.

Better or worse than the #photo on which it was based? The photo has the lantern.

#SaltIsland #Massachusetts
Photo of Salt Island, Massachusetts
Midjourney image of a woman looking at an off-shore island
#massachusetts #saltisland #Photo #midjourney #banner

Fantastic news this- #Cambridge, #Massachusetts' $500 monthly #Covid-originating #BasicIncome experiment will continue, and even expand
Wonderful
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/02/business/cambridges-covid-experiment-giving-poor-families-500-month-will-continue-grow/ #UBI

Cambridge’s COVID experiment at giving poor families $500 month will continue, and grow

The city will grow its universal basic income program to cover roughly 2,000 low-income families, no strings attached.
The Boston Globe
#massachusetts #cambridge #COVID #basicincome #ubi

Foreigners often complain about #English words creeping into their native languages.

If only they knew.

In my homeland, English has taken over so completely, most residents speak it as a first #language. They wouldn't even be able to tell you the name of our native language.

It's #Massachusetts. 🙄

That's the language. That is what it is called.
#massachusetts #language #english

#Chatham #Massachusetts #NewEngland
seashore, winter day, house on beach, Chatham, Massachusetts
run-down but cute cottage in Chatham, Massachusetts
Funky green church in Chatham, Massachusetts
Main Street of Chatham, MA
#massachusetts #newengland #chatham

It's -16°C, no snow, and dazzlingly bright outside. It feels like a place too beautiful for humans to survive.

#Massachusetts #NewEngland
Village houses in a snowless winterscene
#massachusetts #newengland

#Massachusetts is considering allowing prisoners to trade their organs for shorter sentences. Because, you know, the #US wasn't already dystopian enough.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/01/massachusetts-prisoners-organ-donations
#massachusetts #us

Winter in #Massachusetts and maybe a hint of early spring

#NewEngland #silentsunday


#massachusetts #newengland #silentsunday

#SouthHadley #Massachusetts
#massachusetts #southhadley

Seemingly good news for backward and delicate children.

Or it could be #NewEngland.

#Amherst #Massachusetts
A traditional house with a window sign that reads "Amherst home for backward and delicate children."
#massachusetts #amherst #newengland

https://earlywithdrawal.net/tolton/2022/06/22/the-salt-island-diaries/

#SaltIsland #Massachusetts #NewEngland #VictorianEra #feminism
A woman in a 19th century dress holds out a lantern to stormy skies gathering over Salt Island, Massachusetts

The Salt Island Diaries

Shunned by Victorian society at every turn, the residents of a cliff-top boarding house struggle to survive - and to build a home they can call their own.
Nissa Tolton
#massachusetts #feminism #victorianera #saltisland #newengland

A New England Town Invaded by Coyotes Calls in the Sharpshooters
https://twitter.com/IDAUSA/status/1608508646245404673?s=20&t=FrsB8vfGx-88vfBJM7fUHA

No humans have been harmed by Nahant’s coyotes, estimated to number about a dozen. But after the disappearances of more than two dozen pets in roughly two years — and r
https://newsviews.online/2022/12/31/a-new-england-town-invaded-by-coyotes-calls-in-the-sharpshooters/
#Animals #Environment #Coyotes #Massachusetts #Nahant #Sharpshooters

A New England Town Invaded by Coyotes Calls in the Sharpshooters

No humans have been harmed by Nahant’s coyotes, estimated to number about a dozen. But after the disappearances of more than two dozen pets in roughly two years — and reports of three brazen, fatal…
News Views
#environment #massachusetts #animals #coyotes #nahant #sharpshooters

Transportation from the airport is underground, dim and quiet. You are rocked gently by the swaying of the subway car, thinking about the successes and mistakes that put you on this journey. There must be one place on this planet that actually feels like home. Your first exposure to the open sky is when you exit South Station, AND THEN:

#boston #massachusetts
View from South Station
#massachusetts #boston

Nicht alle wohnen gern in so einem Haus. Aber einige doch.

#Amherst #Massachusetts
Haus in Amherst, MA
#massachusetts #amherst

#holyoke #massachusetts

#massachusetts #holyoke

It's a gentle autumn at Smith College

#northampton #massachusetts

#northampton #massachusetts

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