People in western MA, keep this in mind:

ICE *has* been active in our area.

You can support LUCE at this link (and at the website you can see the local orgs who are part of the LUCE coalition): https://www.lucemass.org/?link_id=2&can_id=85ed4c74011fe4bc2f549de26d805384&email_referrer=email_2760905&email_subject=meeting-the-moment-plus-were-hiring

#MApolitics #WesternMA #ICE #Immigration #HumanRights

I fled the North Shore when I was 17 after two years. For the first time I regret that, because I would love to vote against Seth Moulton in the primary. Oh wait--my not-straight daughter, her husband, and four of her in-laws live there. Problem solved #mapoli #MApolitics #transrightsarehumanrights
Hey Massachusetts! 👋 As someone who's super passionate about expanding mental health treatment options, I'm getting pretty excited about election day. The research around psychedelic therapy is honestly mind-blowing - we're talking about breakthrough treatments that could help folks who've been struggling for years with depression, PTSD, and anxiety when nothing else has worked.

I mean, some of the top research hospitals in the country (Johns Hopkins, NYU) are showing amazing results. And we're not talking about recreational use here - this is all carefully controlled treatment with trained professionals who know what they're doing. Veterans, people dealing with treatment-resistant depression, folks with end-of-life anxiety - they could all potentially benefit from this.

If you want to learn more about what this measure actually means for mental health care in Mass, check out https://maformentalhealth.org/

This could be a real game-changer for so many people who've run out of options with traditional treatments. The science is solid, the safety protocols are there, and other states are already seeing positive results with similar programs.

Time to bring Massachusetts to the forefront of mental health innovation! What do you think? Let me know if you've got questions - I love geeking out about the research behind this stuff! 🧠✨

#MentalHealth #MassVoters #PsychedelicMedicine #MassHealth #TherapyForAll #MentalHealthAwareness #MassachusettsVoters #MentalHealthCare #PsychedelicTherapy #HealingMA #Vote2024 #MAPolitics #MassReform #Healthcare #MentalHealthResearch #MedicalInnovation
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Research shows that psychedelic therapy can help veterans with PTSD and people struggling with depression and anxiety at the end of life. Massachusetts will vote on a ballot question to create therapeutic access to natural psychedelic medicines this fall.

Massachusetts for Mental Health Options

Reading about #Teixeira and it just reinforces for me how #Massachusetts is not all blue, or even all pro-democracy. (And we could stand to be a *lot* more progressive, but different post)

#Vote local, run for office, fund schools, connect the state with rail and public transportation to spread the wealth. We need to stop faffing about and get moving. I know this guy could have been from anywhere, but the reality is that he is from here and there are others like him. Lots. #mapoli #MApolitics

‘I feel really, really lucky.’ Meet Maura Healey’s partner. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/08/metro/i-feel-really-really-lucky-meet-maura-healeys-partner/ 💕 #lovewins #MApolitics
Meet Joanna Lydgate, Maura Healey’s partner

Healey began quietly dating attorney Joanna Lydgate after Lydgate left the attorney general’s office in 2020. They spoke exclusively to the Globe about their relationship.

The Boston Globe

Ok I’ve been here for a couple weeks already but never did a proper #introduction

I’m Dani! I’m originally from #Boston but moved to #DC 4 years ago. Currently I’m a boring government #attorney but used to work as an #EMT until I moved here so still interested in that world. Interested in #transit #trains #wmata #mbta #urbanism #nintendo #news #politics #dcpolitics #mapolitics #bikeshare #tech #sports #hockey #baseball #bruins #yankees and #trashyrealitytv

Voting on a tax override for our kids’ future elementary school. Thanks to state laws and the #AndoverMA open town meeting format, we are here at bedtime, up several flights of stairs, in a special section with the rest of the parents. What a terrible, suppressive, classist, misogynistic system. #mapoli #MApolitics #TownGovernment #publicschools
#MApolitics I wonder where this "Pizza Party" designation came from?
Underreported part of the MA election is that KimDriscoll will be the first person of #Trinidadian descent to hold statewide office as Lt. Gov. She doesn’t talk about it a lot, but it is true. She was my mayor for a long time in #SalemMA and she’s going to be great. #MApolitics

in keeping w/local conventions, in the name of discoverability:

i'm presently looking to read and/or post about the following here at a minimum:

#music #reviews (in #miniature)
#media #theory
#psychedelia
#highweirdness
#literature
#cambridgeMA
#MApolitics
#fnord
#weird #spiritualities
#emacs
#ttrpg
#whateverelse

reducing posting about politics is one goal -- payoff's too small, cost too great.