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John Lerner Jun 15, 2023

City Of Boston Jun 15, 2023

Block Party season starts NOW! Applications are open for Boston residents to host summer block parties, and new this year — we're offering block party mini-grants to help you plan the fun! Learn more: https://boston.gov/news/mayor-michelle-wu-announces-block-party-grants-foster-safe-fun-summer-activities-families

Mayor Michelle Wu Announces Block Party Grants to Foster Safe, Fun Summer Activities for Families in Boston

Today, Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston’s Community Engagement Cabinet announced applications are now open for block party grants to purchase food, party supplies, lawn games, and other items for summer block parties to make it easier and more affordable for neighborhoods to hold community gatherings. Residents and community groups who apply for the mini-grants can receive up to $750 for their gathering.

Boston.gov

John Lerner Jun 15, 2023

gbhnews Jun 15, 2023

We appreciate your boosts 🙏 It would be fun to go to our year-end meeting and say we have more followers in the #fediverse than we do on Instagram 😁

#news #Newstodon #journalism #journalists

John Lerner Jun 3, 2023

Dan Kennedy Jun 3, 2023

The Boston Globe keeps running photos of Maura Healey with this story. By contrast, here’s today’s (correct) Boston Herald treatment. The Globe, to its credit, broke the story. But let’s get the emphasis right. #mapoli

John Lerner Jun 2, 2023

Zack Labe Jun 1, 2023

Uh, how large is this sea ice anomaly going to get? 🥴

More visualizations at https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/. More background on this ongoing extreme event at https://wired.com/story/antarctic-sea-ice-is-at-record-lows-is-it-an-alarming-shift/ and https://abc.net.au/news/2023-05-31/antarctic-sea-ice-hits-another-record-low/102391534.

Antarctic: Sea-Ice Concentration/Extent/Thickness

Near real-time visualizations [Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability] [Arctic Sea-Ice Extent and Concentration] [Arctic Sea-Ice Volume and Thickness] [Arctic Temperatures] [Antarctic Sea-Ice E…

Zachary Labe

John Lerner May 31, 2023

Globe is reporting that Boston Public Schools spends more per student than any other LARGE district in the country. BPS says the numbers they're using seem $10,000 per student over what their figures show but regardless, I'd like to re-up this. As a percent of municipal budget Boston sucks. Milton academy charges $55,000 tuition for day attendance, no room and board. Considering the Boston population is 33% English language learners they should get at least that much per student. #BPS #BPSBudget

John Lerner May 21, 2023

Not that long ago. My dad was 12.
Today in 1940, 83 years ago: The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.

#OnThisDay https://mastodon.social/@onthisday/110402808766029871

John Lerner May 12, 2023

Lol
"Biden administration seeks to boost carbon capture in power plants" by Lily Jamali for @NPR #Marketplace: https://www.marketplace.org/2023/05/11/biden-administration-seeks-to-boost-carbon-capture-in-power-plants/ https://fediscience.org/@MichaelEMann/110352629615097463

Biden administration seeks to boost carbon capture in power plants

The goal is to remove 90% of industry emissions by 2035.

Marketplace

John Lerner May 12, 2023

John Bull May 12, 2023

Glass Cliff Theory holds that once the boys network have decided a CEO job is too hard or the company unsalvageable THEN they give it to a woman. And when she fails they blame it on her.

So if/when Space McAfee boasts about appointing a female CEO to Twitter, remember that.

More on Glass Cliff Theory from the university of Exeter here:

https://psychology.exeter.ac.uk/cic/about/theglasscliff/#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20glass%20cliff,Minister%20Teresa%20May%20and%20Brexit.

The Glass Cliff | Context, Identity and Choice: Understanding the constraints on women’s career decisions | University of Exeter

John Lerner May 9, 2023

City Of Boston May 8, 2023

Clothing and textiles are not trash, Boston! The City of Boston recycles unwanted clothing, shoes, and linens. Find the list of accepted items and schedule a pickup at https://t.co/cOyDoGNckj.

Clothing and Textile Recovery

Boston.gov

John Lerner May 5, 2023

nathanpboston May 5, 2023

You've got until midnight to submit your comment to #FERC!!

https://www.nocoalnogas.org/ferc-comment
(toolkit is accessible from there – click the big yellow button – for talking points, a sample letter, etc).

Send FERC a Comment — No Coal, No Gas

The New England electrical grid regulator (ISO-NE) just allocated hundreds of millions of ratepayer dollars to keep dirty fossil fuel plants alive until 2026, including the coal-fired Merrimack Station. Now, we have until May 5 to submit public comments opposing federal approval of this decision. Su

No Coal, No Gas