Andrew Varnon

Fascinating! Great to see old-fashioned newspaper analysis. And @masslive.bsky.social / Springfield Republican gets mentioned with an A rating.

ONE. WIN. AWAY.

The Blue Jays take Game 5 in L.A. and head back to Toronto with the chance to claim their first World Series title since 1993.

The ghost of Al Smith agrees.

#WesternMass is still the exception.

Will Artificial Intelligence stand up to tyrants?

To be fair, congress has kind of closed itself. But is there an echo? Yes, I hear it.

(To be clear, I’m not against this.)

But what does that actually look like? A new party? Who leads in such a coalition?

McMansion Hell.

Do you mean to a few billionaires? Or to the rest of us?

It occurs to me that this sounds like a prayer. I don’t know how I feel about that.

There is @ruwmi.bsky.social

Algorithm, help connect me with people who are building community, who are turning things around, connecting locally (#WesternMass for me) and helping their neighbors.

The odd thing is that Doug Ford, of all people, thinks that the Reagan Republicans will rise up against MAGA. He’s the one who ordered the ad.

There is a dollars-and-cents argument for why Trumpism is bad for America. It's about corruption, it's about inequality, and it's about instability. Our country is becoming more corrupt, more unequal, and more unstable. We can see that. We don't have to accept it.

One of the things about our individualistic culture -- the way we assume life is a competition and the market will sort things out -- is that it often rewards selfishness and punishes community-mindedness.

The Friendly's in Greenfield closed. The Friendly's on Sumner Ave in Springfield closed. I still see the ice cream in the grocery store, but they've definitely retreated from my field of view.

On the Bruce Peninsula! I'm not familiar with the east side of the Georgian Bay where you are talking about. But also magical and beautiful.

Good stuff!

Shameless self-dealing! American tax payers are being shaken down by our own president to line his pockets.

"When we marched, we were not only protesting Trump’s assaults on civil liberties and the rule of law; we were standing up for the right of citizens to choose their own leaders." #NoKings

Same.

Wendy Red Star | MASS MoCA Multi-media artist Wendy Red Star, a member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) tribe, offers accounts of American history that rectify the frequently flawed narratives about Native people. An avid researcher, R...

Cool! I remember seeing Wendy Red Star's work at MassMoCA! massmoca.org/event/wendy-...

Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970

The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside

Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23

They constantly let America down

Crowd at Greenfield City Hall

Signs: Resist & Make America Think Again

Giant Street Puppets

Inflatable eagle

#NoKings #GreenfieldMA

How’s that race looking on the ground in Maine?

Guys, I don’t think we’re going to be able to shoot ourselves out of this problem.

Solar Energy Is Not Just Good For The Earth—It’s Practical “Solar and wind power are almost too cheap for our economy,” says author Bill McKibben, arguing the switch from fossil fuels must happen soon.

We've been talking a lot about democracy, but the climate crisis may very well be the defining issue of our lives, and solar power is the way forward. (And Trump -- like on many issues -- wants to yank us back to the dark ages.) www.sciencefriday.com/articles/sol...

That's awful!

In the 1760s and 1770s, King George tried to subjugate the American colonies using tariffs, government shutdowns, and stationing soldiers in American cities, particularly Boston. 250 years later, Americans still don’t like tyrants. #NoKings