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knizer<p>Sunday 11am - De-Paving party in west <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> - re-confirmed via email apr 6 AM, this is ON for today, wear wet weather gear and bring a spare pair of dry socks )</p><p><a href="https://www.greenopensomerville.org/depave" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">greenopensomerville.org/depave</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonWeekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BostonWeekend</span></a> 27/x</p>
knizer<p><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RumeysaOzturk</span></a> news: Case transferred to <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a> jurisdiction (from unfriendly Louisiana). A partial win? <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/04/04/ozturks-case-is-transferred-to-vermont/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cambridgeday.com/2025/04/04/oz</span><span class="invisible">turks-case-is-transferred-to-vermont/</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Judge tells <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> it can't do whatever the hell it wants to deport somebody, but says <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tufts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tufts</span></a> graduate student will have to stay locked up as she appeals being grabbed off a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> street<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/judge-tells-ice-it-cant-do-whatever-hell-it-wants-deport-somebody-says" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/judge-te</span><span class="invisible">lls-ice-it-cant-do-whatever-hell-it-wants-deport-somebody-says</span></a></p>
mem_somerville<p>Oh, I had <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FensterFreitag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FensterFreitag</span></a> photo for today. Working windows. Or, they used to be. It was an ice cream stand until a couple of years ago. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a></p>
Rebecca Mason<p>Hello! My husband <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@trurl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>trurl</span></a></span> has been using Mastodon for a while, and I finally decided to make an account as well.</p><p>About me:</p><p>* Software engineer in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NLProc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLProc</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MachineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MachineLearning</span></a> space<br>* <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BikeCommuting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeCommuting</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a> , to be exact)<br>* interested in local issues for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> area<br>* I also enjoy <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knitting</span></a> as well as building and painting <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gunpla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunpla</span></a> figures</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p>
tim d (he/him)<p>my new zine (a collab with the excellent Alex Kittle) is now available over at NYC's legendary art bookstore, Printed Matter.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrintedMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrintedMatter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@alexxkittle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexxkittle</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/68106" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">printedmatter.org/catalog/6810</span><span class="invisible">6</span></a></p>
mem_somerville<p>I understand this link requires login, sorry. But I wanted you to see real named people talking about this, including a person who says she is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RumeysaOzturk</span></a>'s union organizer. </p><p>Here is the direct link to the fundraiser if you can't see the thread. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://chuffed.org/project/justice-for-rumeysa-ozturk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chuffed.org/project/justice-fo</span><span class="invisible">r-rumeysa-ozturk</span></a></p>
mem_somerville<p>For <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> neighbors: I have seen this thread about a fundraiser for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RumeysaOzturk</span></a>. I watched the chatter and it looks legit by multiple people in the thread. </p><p>But I can't vet it otherwise. Still, I figured I'd take the chance that it's real with a few bucks. I haven't seen another route.</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/annameier.bsky.social/post/3llmk2n72i22y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/annameier.bsk</span><span class="invisible">y.social/post/3llmk2n72i22y</span></a></p>
knizer<p>oh this is cool - <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/PrincessMononoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrincessMononoke</span></a> in IMAX, dubbed/subbed options, <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/AssemblyRow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssemblyRow</span></a> in <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> and in <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/DorchesterMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DorchesterMA</span></a> too, a couple more shows over the next few days <a href="https://www.fandango.com/princess-mononoke-4k-2025-239729/movie-overview?date=2025-03-31" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fandango.com/princess-mononoke</span><span class="invisible">-4k-2025-239729/movie-overview?date=2025-03-31</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonAnime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BostonAnime</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anime</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Dorchester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dorchester</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/StudioGhibli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudioGhibli</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BostonFilm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BostonGeek</span></a></p>
Joan Liu<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@ascentale" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ascentale</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@xtaran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>xtaran</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bikenite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bikenite</span></a></span> I haven't participated in a while, today seems as good as any day to restart! <br>A1: I'm in <a href="https://better.boston/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a>. I generally don't bike to my mother-in-law's place for dinner even though it's only 4 miles away. We usually have to bring a bunch of stuff and would have to bike back in the dark after a drink. A cargo bike might change things, but this one is probably on infrastructure.<br><a href="https://better.boston/tags/BikeNite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeNite</span></a></p>
Crystal Huff (they/them)<p>The video from Thursday night's <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> city council meeting is up on YT. Here's a link to where the item on the Commission for Persons with Disabilities starts (during which I was sponsored to speak by DSA member and mayoral candidate, Willie Burnley Jr.).</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/xPWZz56_BiY?si=8Gajg5v-uIAH5bgz&amp;t=9941" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/xPWZz56_BiY?si=8Gajg5</span><span class="invisible">v-uIAH5bgz&amp;t=9941</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/SomerPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomerPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/MApoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MApoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
tim d (he/him)<p>everything is awful, but Alex Kittle and I just put out a zine about the unsanctioned, DIY sculpture garden near Somerville's Davis Square, if you're looking for a different mood...</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zines</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@alexxkittle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexxkittle</span></a></span> </p><p>order it here: <a href="https://timdevin.com/gardenzine.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">timdevin.com/gardenzine.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
mem_somerville<p>I was out scoping out a future tour of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> and went down a street I don't typically drive by. But what a gem of a sign to find.</p><p>There is a neon sign company here and I assume it's theirs. </p><p><a href="https://neonwilliams.com/pages/our-history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">neonwilliams.com/pages/our-his</span><span class="invisible">tory</span></a></p>
mem_somerville<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> spawned Guster, btw. The same place where one of our neighbors was kidnapped off the street by the new Stasi. </p><p>We know how to stand up and we will.</p><p>This was how you use your megaphone if you have one.</p><p><a href="https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/guster-finn-kennedy-center" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thehandbasket.co/p/guster-finn</span><span class="invisible">-kennedy-center</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Judge blocks <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> from deporting <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tufts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tufts</span></a> grad student snatched off the street in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a>, but lets her stay locked up in the middle of nowhere<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/judge-blocks-ice-deporting-tufts-grad-student-snatched-street" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/judge-bl</span><span class="invisible">ocks-ice-deporting-tufts-grad-student-snatched-street</span></a></p>
swachter<p>Yoooo anyone going to SomerCon tomorrow at Aeronaut? I will be there selling bags, come say hi, I love meeting my pocket friends in person. </p><p><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/somercon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>somercon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/sidequestbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sidequestbooks</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a></p>
tim d (he/him)<p>mayor of somerville's statement on the disappearing of Rumeysa Ozturk and other recent events...</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RumeysaOzturk</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.somervillema.gov/news/message-mayor-ballantyne-tufts-student-detainment-and-mass-deportation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">somervillema.gov/news/message-</span><span class="invisible">mayor-ballantyne-tufts-student-detainment-and-mass-deportation</span></a></p>
knizer<p>Saturday - <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/SideQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SideQuest</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Games</span></a> in <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/UnionSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnionSquare</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> hosts <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/SomerCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomerCon</span></a> @ Aeronaut Brewery - games &amp; vendors, ticketed, but sold out - our delightful <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.boston/@swachter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>swachter</span></a></span> will be vending geeky sewn goods there too.<br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGdgFILArWb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">instagram.com/p/DGdgFILArWb/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br><a href="https://sidequestbooks.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sidequestbooks.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>#BostonGeek <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTRPG</span></a><br><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonWeekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BostonWeekend</span></a> 19/x</p>
knizer<p>Sunday - Mongolian 10 piece touring band <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/AndaUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndaUnion</span></a> @ Crystal Ballroom in <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkShgqC7aEQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=WkShgqC7aE</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a><br><a href="https://www.crystalballroomboston.com/events/global-arts-live-presents-anda-union/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">crystalballroomboston.com/even</span><span class="invisible">ts/global-arts-live-presents-anda-union/</span></a><br><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BostonMusic</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/WorldMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldMusic</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonWeekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BostonWeekend</span></a> 15/x</p>
Ben Gleason<p>If you see <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> here in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a>, call the Immigrant Defense Hotline: 617-370-5023</p><p>Don't interfere unless you want to get snatched up too. Record photos and/or video, and call the hotline.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ImmigrantDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrantDefense</span></a></p>
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