Mx Rey (Fuck ICE) 💜 🏳️⚧️snow has begun in the Greater Camberville area
I don't know the start time because I was in my Sanctum monitoring various Processes and thus not meteorologically observant
Somebonnie, aka 6x6pixGood people of Camberville: I don't know a gentle way to say this but if you wait until tomorrow -- or worse, Sunday -- to hit up Market Basket, you really need to reconsider your priorities in life. It's already Full Metal Basket mode up in there and the storm is still two days away. May the force be with you, procrastinators!
swachterUPDATE: awwww man postponed due to SNURRRRR, rescheduled date tba.
Hey so it’s gonna be a hella snowy weekend but if you’re local to Somerville you should come check out SOMERCON at the Armory on Sunday 1/25 - all games are sold out but a $10 daytime entry ticket gets you in the door to check out the vendors (that’s me! And lots of other cool people!), sit in on the panel discussions, grab a paint-and-take, and soak up those good nerdy vibes. I have a bunch of new stuff including two new dragon messenger bags and a bunch of new tote bags. It’ll be fun. Wear your snowshoes.
Tickets: https://somercon.com/
Siderea, Sibylla BostoniensisMASSACHUSETTS! WE'RE NEXT!
Heads up! Boston City Hall is preparing for a ICE/DHS/CBP surge and observers report an uptick in activity around the Burlington ICE facility suggestive of an imminent surge, including the delivery of new vehicles. Observers report sightings at Alewife and MGH.
https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1qc5bam/boston_quietly_prepares_for_an_ice_surge/
https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/01/13/boston-prepares-ice-surge-wu-plans
#Boston #Massachusetts #EastBoston #ChelseaMA #LowellMA #RevereMA #SomervilleMA #WalthamMA #CambervilleMA #Cambridge #CambridgeMA #WorcesterMA #Worcester #BostonMA #eyesOnICE #BrocktonMA #B0st0n #BurlingtonMassachusetts #Burlington #BurlingtonMA #LawrenceMA #LynnMA #BillericaMA #MaldenMA
Ozzie D, NP-hard 
Caught the Midwinter Revels (dress rehearsal show) at Sanders Theatre tonight, and my heart was warmed. It remains a candle in the darkness. Go see it if you can, and sing! sing! sing!
https://revels.org/event/midwinter/
(This year it's even better if you know some Swedish, but not necessary.)
#Music #Revels #CambridgeMA #HarvardSquare #SandersTheatre #CambervilleMA #BostonWeekend
Thursday, Dec 11, 5-8pm: The main branch of the #CambridgePublicLibrary hosts a community discussion on AI:
The Town Hall, cosponsored by Innovators for Purpose (iFp), Joint Family, the Hope Group, and the Library, offers an opportunity to learn about AI, explore what is at stake and what is possible, and consider how we can shape a more humane and equitable future. The event will include a resource showcase, from 5-6 p.m., followed by two panel discussions, and opportunities for community feedback from 6-8 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
Panelists include digital artist Dr. Nettrice Gaskins; Dr. Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar, a Research Scientist at the Robotics and AI Institute; Mark Lannigan, the Regional Director for Senator Ed Markey; Dr. Nathan Sanders, a Data Scientist at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center; Dr. Maria Madison, the Principal Investigator in the Racial Justice and Tech Program at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management; Dr. Deb Roy, the Director of the Constructive Communication Center at the MIT Media Labs; and Dr. Dia Ghosh, the Founder of Joint Family. Panelists will also include Gianluca Álvarez and Jeremy Miranda Casildo, youth AI Research Interns with Innovators for Purpose.
Register for event here: https://cambridgepl.libcal.com/event/15747563
New Porter Square billboard dropped this month, like a cool breeze in a blistering heat wave. It'll be up for two more weeks.
"Radicals Redeem America"
(backstory at the gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/radicals-redeem-america)
Anyone in the Cambridge/Somerville/Medford (MAMAS) region, or elsewhere in greater Boston involved in an active "internet resiliency club"? (c.f. this post and the megathread it spawned: https://kolektiva.social/@franklinlopez/114705462714586000 and https://bowshock.nl/irc, frequently referenced).
I'm an ex-network engineer with some skills and some spare equipment, but not a ham (except on stage), and a bit flummoxed by the projects out there (Reticulum, Meshtastic, SSB, etc). I'm too old and jaded to believe that we can solve the problems of people with technology, especially fragile/bespoke tech; you solve them via community organizing. But tech can facilitate community, so I'd like to figure out how we could maintain local/regional digital comms if our current house of NICs collapses.
#CambridgeMA #SomervilleMA #CambervilleMA #Boston #MutualAid #Solarpunk #networking
Franklin López (@[email protected])
Yo, real talk—what the fuck are we gonna do when the internet gets shut off? We've seen it in #Gaza, in #Iran, and when Elon “I-play-God” Musk blacked out Starlink in Ukraine. Every time shit gets heavy, the state or some oligarch clown just pulls the plug. It ain’t just a glitch—it’s strategic, it’s repression, and it’s a fucking reminder that most of our comms infrastructure is in the hands of fascists, corporations, or both. I’ve been working with indigenous comrades who rely on #Starlink to stay connected in remote areas. And yeah, it’s wild that you can be deep in the bush and still shitpost from a mountaintop—but that signal still runs through a pipeline owned by a Nazi tech bro. We need to be talking more about mesh networks, autonomous infrastructure, all that good shit that anarchist tech nerds have been yelling about for years. Decentralized, resilient, community-controlled comms aren’t just cool—they’re necessary for survival. Let’s keep this convo alive and start building the lifelines before the next blackout. Shit’s coming fast. https://www.vice.com/en/article/activists-are-designing-mesh-networks-to-deploy-during-civil-unrest/
Oh shit you guys Chuck Tingle is coming to Cambridge in August:
https://www.portersquarebooks.com/event/ticketed-chuck-tingle-author-lucky-day
Hosted by PSB at the Brattle, Tuesday Aug 12, 6p, can’t wait.
#CambervilleMA #cambridgema #SomervilleMA #ChuckTingle #buckaroos
TICKETED: Chuck Tingle, author of Lucky Day | Porter Square Books
Porter Square Books is thrilled to welcome Chuck Tingle for the release of his latest horror novel Lucky Day! This event will take place on Tuesday, August 12 at 6 pm at The Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138). Doors open at 5:30 pm. TICKETS
@AltoidLover I didn't make it to #SomerCon, but appreciated Matt Kugel's writeup of the event and the local #TTRPG scene at https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/04/29/dungeons-dragons-assembles-party-for-a-win-game-businesses-join-forces-sell-out-somercon/
(I didn't even know about Side Quest!)
#TableTopGames #IndieBooks #IndieGames #SomervilleMA #CambervilleMA #CambridgeMA