mem_somerville

mem_somerville, 11 months ago to twitter

I just realized that twitter barrier--apparently you need to be logged in now--also prevents people from seeing the emergency things like weather, earthquake, transit issues...

Those services have to leave there. They should have before anyway, but now it's not a public venue at all.

#Twitter

mem_somerville, 9 months ago to random

Well, that's a switch. A guy in a diner in NH on ABCNews tonight...

Diner asks Tim Scott: "If you can't stand up to Trump, how are you gonna stand up to the President of China and Russia.?"

Good question.

#USPol

mem_somerville, 4 months ago to superbowl

I enjoy #SuperbOwl day. Please enjoy this Superb Owl from Peru, from 200–500 CE, which would be nice to hold beverages.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/309388

mem_somerville, 7 months ago to Iceland

Well, some good news from #iceland. They seem to be good at evacuation.

"It is believed that all animals have been rescued."

Somebody even had turkeys. Also 🐏 .

Best wishes to the residents, sorry about the #volcano having the last word on this.

https://www.ruv.is/english/2023-11-10-liveblog-reykjanes-peninsula-and-grindavik-396249

BlackAzizAnansi, 5 months ago to random

Drop one of your family secrets.

mem_somerville, 6 months ago to random

I'll tell you a timely story. I went with a friend on a tour of #SalemMA a while back.

In the graveyard, we were advised not to get too close to one of the graves. He said that people still pee on it. A lot.

It was one of the judges at the witch trials.

So I'm saying that I have evidence that some graves get peed on for hundreds of years.

And that is my thought and prayer for #HenryKissenger right now.

mem_somerville, 7 months ago to boston

If #Boston area folks are looking for #HeatPump pricing, some local hero has gotten quotes from 20 contractors.

I cannot vouch for this person, but I 💚 anyone who loves data this much.

#SomervilleMA #CambridgeMA

https://redd.it/17ndsf8

mem_somerville, 11 months ago to Netflix

So, as apparently one of the last 3 subscribers to #Netflix DVDs, I'm one of the few who gets their envelopes that all remind you, in some way, GEEZ LOOK HOW OLD YOU GOT.

Thanks for sending that out, Netflix. Thanks a lot.

mem_somerville, 7 months ago to SciComm

Inoculating Students against Misinformation by Having Them Create It

#scicomm

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2023/10/inoculating-students-against-misinformation-by-having-them-create-it/

mem_somerville, 8 months ago to boston

Hey #Massholes: we continue to recruit for our upcoming #ClownMarch, to cheer up those sad, sad Men's March Against #Abortion guys.

No talent required. Merely a sense of humor. You may be handed a kazoo. 🤡 🤡 🤡

It was wicked fun last year. Join us. Post these around.

#Boston #ReproductiveJustice #AbortionIsHealthCare

Post your interest in this Reddit thread that's being regularly checked.
https://redd.it/1702p9j

Pink sign with floating megaphones scattered around. A clown with a big red nose and pink wig holds a sign that says "join us" and has the QR code to the reddit page. Text on the sign says: "anti-abortionists are a JOKE let's CLOWN on them" @bostonclownparade instagram tag at the bottom.

mem_somerville, 6 months ago to blackfriday

For your #BlackFriday shopping needs, Discover Magazine has a guide to the best gas station Viagra.

What a shameful decay for a #scicomm outlet.

I tried to track the author "Amber Smith" at one point. I'm pretty sure she's AI. Atrocious series of nonsense.

mem_somerville, 10 months ago to random

Hey Villens and adjacent folks: a bagger at the #MedfordMA #Wegmans lost his wedding band, possibly in a bag, on Tuesday. If you went, check your bags.

#SomervilleMA #LostAndFound

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/missing-wedding-ring-martin-rivera-saugus-wegmans-medford/

mem_somerville, 2 months ago to random

WaPo says #BostonMA will have a 93% #SolarEclipse with a peak at 3:29pm.

This is mostly a note to me, because I keep forgetting to put it on my calendar.

You can enter a city for an estimate.

#GiftedArticle

https://wapo.st/3TKcFZY

mem_somerville, 2 months ago to random

Wha?

Bird flu detected in milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas

#GiftedArticle #BirdFlu

https://wapo.st/3xbn6wU

mem_somerville, 4 months ago to Teachers

LOL. The #DropkickMurphys have done an acoustic version of their "workers song" for the #teachers in #NewtonMA that are on #strike.

I have their last album in my car, it's great stuff for driving and singing by yourself, with more union ballads.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2w_R9eu6PB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

#Union

mem_somerville, 11 months ago to reddit

Oh, someone has created a m/Somerville on kbin. See you there instead of #Reddit soon....

#SomervilleMA #RedditMigration

https://kbin.social/m/somerville

mem_somerville, 12 days ago to random

Wow. Jury duty is pretty wild these days.

"Juror in Feeding Our Future case excused after being offered bags of cash to acquit"

https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/06/03/juror-in-feeding-our-future-case-excused-after-being-offered-bags-of-cash-to-acquit/

mem_somerville, 6 months ago to random

OMG, this article is 💯 on point. I can't find who sent it through my feed--but THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I bet I live in the neighborhood that had the most new public transit in Massachusetts in 30 years. And that was an excruciating and almost failed 30 years. And after that, #MBTA tried to cancel our bus service.

Sierra Club tried to stop our Hydro lines; RFKJr tried to stop our windmills. It's all true.

https://www.businessinsider.com/america-build-infrastructure-transportation-housing-regulation-environment-2023-11

mem_somerville, 11 months ago to random

OMG, this is becoming hilarious really.

r/DebateReligion is requiring all posts to be in Latin.

https://redd.it/14exswe

mem_somerville, 1 month ago to history

ICYMI: if you are a textile artist, you might appreciate this piece by Elena Kanagy-Loux.

"My Grandma’s Doilies Are Not a Joke

When will art institutions finally pay respect to our foremothers’ artistry?"

#TextileHistory #histodons #BobbinLace #NeedleLace #tatting #CrochetLace #KnittingLace

https://hyperallergic.com/906788/my-grandmas-doilies-are-not-a-joke/

mem_somerville, 18 days ago to climate

Had a fabulous #FieldTrip today with Long Now Boston folks. We toured the #DeerIsland wastewater treatment plant. Yes, Long Now Boston is a nerd club.

But it gives me hope: some really smart, thoughtful, and capable people are keeping our infrastructure going and planning for #ClimateChange--no matter what the other noise around is.

Great tour, take one if you get the chance. #BostonMA

The tour starts in this lovely old brick building that retains some of the 1890s pumping machinery around. Now it's set up as a sort of classroom or visitors center. There's an MWRA podium up front and a bunch of state and national flags behind where a speaker would be, but in front of the massive iron pumping equipment. A large American flag hangs down from the high ceiling at the second floor height.
In the visitor center near the pumping equipment, there is a large topological map of Boston. It was reportedly displayed at the World's Fair in 1900. It's about 2 feet off the floor, larger than a typical kid's pool, and the class covered surface holds a real 3 dimensional rendering of Boston and the harbor.
Near the place where they disinfect the water, there's this open gravel covered area. To the right of the disinfection long cement pools there's an odd object that looks like an early space capsule shape, but it's made in cement. It is one of the diffusers that matches the ones sitting 9 miles out in the harbor where the cleaned water comes out from the tunnels. It has a series of small sort of portholes around the cement where the water would come out if it was at the end of a tunnel. This one was defective though, and so it just sits up here for discussion purposes. Off to the background there is some greenery on a nearby hill with a water tank. That water is the stuff that come from the MWRA clean water reservoir system to serve the island.

mem_somerville, 3 months ago to Lace

My supervisor inspects the newest hobby....#tatting! She has figured out how to sit directly on the pattern so work cannot proceed.

#Caturday

mem_somerville, 2 months ago to Lace

My #WIPWednesday this week is tracking down this historic lace pricking [the paper or parchment with the pin holes for our pattern].

Found in Gertrude Whiting's "Tools and toys of stitchery" from 1928.

I found the ship--it is an Edward Savage rare print from 1799. I couldn't believe it. Anyone with insights--please share.

#BobbinLace #IpswichLace #histodons #TextileHistory