The National Capital Planning Commission is now accepting public comments on Trump's ballroom that dwarfs the White House and is ugly as sin.
To comment, click on the link below, then click on "Submit Written Comments" button. Next, select "East Wing Modernization Project" off the menu.
Go for it!
"Collins has said she would not oppose the bill because less than 20% of the funding is for ICE. The rest pays for the salaries and operations of the U.S. Coast Guard, FEMA, TSA and other agencies." [from the Portland Press Herald]
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Maine Senator Susan Collins said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem informed her that ICE will end the immigration enforcement surge in the state.
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Screenshot of text: As was just shared on our church forum, ICE has taken the owner of the Stow Cafe, Max, a beloved community member with five young children. We are pulling together a show of support at noon at the Stow Cafe, which is designed to be Stow Cafe regulars, so if any employees or family members of Max are around, they see familiar faces. We will hold signs of support and leave notes of support, offering to help coordinate and amplify requests for legal support funds, groceries, etc. **If you are a Stow Cafe regular, please join us.** In addition, it's likely we'll be pulling together a protest either at the Cafe or on the common in front of the church tonight or tomorrow, or the weekend, or all. Stay tuned for more information.
an ICE abduction took place in Stow, Massachusetts today, Wednesday January 28. From email from someone directly connected:
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
They’ve only received “more than 30” letters?
Let’s help them out and give them some more feedback, y’all.
[gift link]
Breaking News: Yale will waive tuition for new undergraduate students whose families have annual incomes below $200,000.
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Statue of a shirtless man kneeling and peering through a spy glass, with snow piled up at his back, on a plinth
Samuel de Champlain receiving a hug from a snow ghost
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Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont
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Sometimes the hardest thing to do is accepting that you’ve already won.
If you like this, share it.
jasonherbert.substack.com/p/the-decision
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On my way to Lewiston for the No ICE protest, but I’ve been watching the breaking news out of Minneapolis, where federal agents have shot and killed another person.
I’ve seen the video and it’s horrific.
This violent occupation has to end. ICE needs to GET OUT of MN and GET OUT of Maine.
The copy edit is done, there is a publication date, and there is a webpage! Soon there will be a cover and, on Amazon and Bookshop, you can even preorder it. Coming September 2026: Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People's Architect.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Sonja Drimmer, Associate Professor of Art History at UMass-Amherst, will talk on “A Grand Larceny: How the AI Industry Steals Our Past to Rob Our Future.” Here, she will discuss how universities and museums have partnered with commercial technology firms like Google, Microsoft, and Meta, which have promised that their AI products will enhance both historical research and accessibility to historical collections. Her talk responds to the question of why universities and museums would work with companies whose products are in many ways obstructive to the mission to educate students and the public at large about history.
If you're near the University of Hartford on February 10, I'd love to see you. Free and open to the public.
www.hartford.edu/unotes/2026/...
I'm not sure how much of what's been happening in Maine this week is making it into the national news, but the Press Herald has made their coverage freely available: www.pressherald.com/tag/public-s...
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wrote about the much-deserved death knell of the world's worst architecture project for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...
21.01.2026 21:35 — 👍 850 🔁 210 💬 32 📌 0They accepted, she drove them to Vermont, wished them well, and headed back.
19.01.2026 18:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A woman at a nearby table overheard them talking and offered to drive them home--a more than 3-hour roundtrip drive for her. And she had small children with her! She said "I would want someone to do it for my parents if they were in this situation."
19.01.2026 18:49 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Not me, but my parents, in their late 80s: driving in western Mass they crashed, at slow speed, into a stone wall. They were ok, but car was wrecked. Tow truck guy brought them to a nearby diner so they could figure out what to do and how to get home to Vermont.
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People of Cambridge and Boston! Come with me to see the wonder that is my dearest Wyoming friend, Nina McConigley, reading from her hot new novel and in conversation with Laura Van den Berg. I MEAN!
Porter Sq. Books. Feb 9. 7pm.
portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-0...
Yeah, that kitchen is a bit grim.
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Attention architectural historians: Vincent Scully's house is for sale...
@langealexandra.bsky.social @christinecipriani.bsky.social @bgoldst.bsky.social
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
A photograph of a coin-operated stamp-vending machine, next to a mailbox.
Spotted in the wild, a coin-operated stamp vending machine, at the eve of 2026.
31.12.2025 13:47 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0On Her Majesty’s Civil Service
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Professor Pardis Sabeti (right) in the lab with research assistant Tsion Abay. Photo taken by Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard Staff Photographer.
Congratulations to Dr. Pardis Sabeti (@pardissabeti.bsky.social) and Dr. Christian Happi, who received a 100-million-dollar award from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for the pandemic prevention program, Sentinel.
Harvard Gazette article ➡️🔗 news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
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