William Garrity

The challenges Pittsfield faces must be dealt with care and an understanding of the nuances, rather than soundbites.

This election, I am supporting Dan Elias and Heather McNeice for Pittsfield School Committee, and Sara Hathaway for city councilor at large.

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"It’s not enough for us education leaders to bury our heads in the sand and say “we are staying out of partisan politics” when our student’s rights and their wellbeing are on the line."

I wrote this blog post in response to some who view that the work of the School Committee should be non-partisan.

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There is some incredible detergent news I have the honor of announcing very soonly

Seeing a lot of "No Kings" protests groups using AI images lately

You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools

Be better than that

Since my letter to the editor, an argument has been swirling around that there is a state law that says the mayor should be chair of the school committee, which Pittsfield is not following.

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Be on the lookout for a future blog post about this proposal!

I submitted a letter to the editor last week regarding making the Mayor automatic chair of the Pittsfield School Committee.

You can view that letter here, as well as a response letter from City Councilor Persip

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Repost if like me you would NEVER vote for a candidate that will harm your trans family, friends, and neighbors.

Also it’s “School Committee” NOT “School Board”!

Really sad to see such a site exist… Local journalism is becoming less and less prevalent these days and I fear this will replace good journalism that we deserve. :(

This is an old article but it came across my Google Alerts tonight. It seems there is this “Citizen Portal AI” site that is writing AI generated articles based on Pittsfield School Committee Meetings, and other local meetings across the state.

EVERYBODY STOP TEMPTING THE THING HIGH ATOP THE THING!!

Just shut your mouthes and let them count.

74) simplifying computer systems by taking control away from users because they are viewed is too incompetent (or too lazy to figure it out) has made computers, phones, etc. worse for everyone

Off The Press @OffThePress1 🔥WATCH: @SecRubio tells @MikeBenzCyber how the State Department is working to restore free speech. "Our number one priority is Americans. We don't want to see an American who happens to be living in London or happens to be living in Europe post something online about American politics, or any politics, and all of a sudden, they're facing ramifications over there."

Marco Rubio says that Americans living in Europe shouldn't ever have to face any ramifications for their political speech online.

The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.

Additionally, I will be on Live 95.9 between 12pm and 1pm today promotions IEB's work and the new Neurodiversity Club on campus to help encourage people to donate to support more IEB initiatives like this!

Please help support these initiatives if you can! Making sure every student feels a sense of belonging is very important in these challenging times.

The MCLA Gives fundraising campaign is going on right now, and the college is looking to raise $5,000 to help support Institutional Equity and Belonging (IEB) programming such as the Lavender Lecture Series and Day of Dialogue.

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as someone whose job is partly closely to follow K-12 education news, I'd just like to say:

We used to go for very long periods of time without trans students being in headlines.
We don't anymore.
The change is not due to the students.

Pittsfield committee moves to shelve embattled median safety ordinance The decision not to recommend the measure followed strong opposition from residents, with concerns about its impact on panhandlers, free speech and the lack of data supporting safety claims at

"However, a series of court cases at the state and federal level — including a 2020 case that struck down a panhandling ban in Fall River — have determined that penalizing individuals for asking for money violates the First Amendment."

(you don't say.)

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just for the record, I have a zero-tolerance policy towards transphobia and if I see it in my mentions it's an instant block.

Another one: take a Chevy to a levy and eat pie

Eat this card

Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.

Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.

Wisconsin man who showed up to support an anti-trans bill does something amazing - Queerty “I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there…” “I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there…”

This elderly man showed up to support an anti-trans bill in my home state and then, because he had to wait hours to testify, he was stuck listening to queer folks rally against it

By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind

Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds

Just because a large share of Americans are against an issue doesn't mean they would swing their presidential vote just on that one issue.

And this stat also doesn't show how well American's are informed about trans rights issues (which is not much).

YouTube video by Ray The West Wing- Epidemic of Flag Burning

And this one as well www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4s7...

Every time I hear anyone bring up that "79% of Americans opposed allowing transgender female athletes to compete in women’s sport", I go back to this West Wing clip.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYNK...

Office of the Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20330 March 11, 2025 MEMORANDUM FOR ALL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES FROM: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SUBJECT: ENDING PROCUREMENT OF PAPER STRAWS'

BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi, when not overseeing efforts to dismantle the Justice Department, spent some of her valuable time today focused on what matters, sending a memo to all Department employees on "ENDING PROCUREMENT OF PAPER STRAWS."

This is not a joke.

Guy who wants his company to take over the country's air traffic control system: "I'm not very good at cybersecurity."