Volunteering for #Community Support
Today I had the opportunity to serve dinner at Rosie’s Place in #Boston.
Since 1974, Rosie’s Place has offered a safe haven for #LGBTQIA+ women, providing meals, overnight shelter, a food pantry, wellness care, education, legal aid, and #housing support to those in need who self-identify as female.
Nonprofits like this can’t do their work without community partners, donors, and volunteers.
Want to help? Visit https://www.rosiesplace.org/
THE REAL KIDS
All Kindsa Girls / Common At Noon
1999 U.S. 7” single reissue
Continuing to plow through the records I bought while I was in California.
From my hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, I’m not sure I’d call The Real Kids a great band.
I think they’re mostly remembered for having one really great SONG, and that’s about it.
I got rid of my copy of their 1977 self-titled album because other than “All Kindsa Girls”, it never did a damn thing for me.
Which is great that I found this in L.A.! Great #powerpop song, which the band has been dry-humping for almost 50 years.
Tennessee duo used $160,000 in fake bills marked 'In Prop We Trust' to swindle Downtown Crossing jeweler, DA says
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/tennessee-duo-used-160000-fake-bills-marked-prop-we-trust-swindle
#Boston #crime
Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 85F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
National Guard troops began to deploy to Washington DC last night on Trump's orders.
Mass. immigrants with work authorization worry that they will have to leave their jobs, leaving many healthcare institutions without staff.
#OnThisDay in 1961, Berlin was divided.
South End restaurateurs win zoning OK to build the be all and end all of Southie eating/drinking/gathering spots on West 1st
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/south-end-restaurateurs-win-zoning-ok-build-be-all-and-end-all-southie
#Boston #SouthBoston #zoning
Let me see... #UnaffordableHousing, cuts to #FoodAid and #Medicaid. But hey, #Unhoused folks are the ones responsible for being poor?!! What's next? #SoylentGreen dump trucks to scoop up folks?! #HungerGames? We all know where this way of thinking leads...
#Trump’s #Military #Crackdowns Are Only Going to Get Worse
#LA and #DC are only the beginning, as the president’s team has been drawing up plans to unleash federal forces in other Democratic strongholds
Tricia McLaughlin, #DHS on Faux News: “You look at #LosAngeles, #Chicago, #Boston, and #NewYork — they’re also facing record numbers of homicides and violent crimes. It’s natural for us to look at Washington, D.C. — if we can really clean this up and we can get rid of this plague of crime and violent activity that’s happening in our nation’s capital — could that be a blueprint and a model for other communities around the country? It’s something I think President Trump wouldn’t shy away from. We’ll have to stay tuned.”
By Asawin Suebsaeng, Ryan Bort
August 13, 2025
Excerpt: "Rolling Stone reported in October 2024 that Trump and his team have been plotting a second-term takeover of the D.C. police for a long time — regardless of the actual level of unrest or street crime. The plotting extends far beyond the nation’s capital.
In recent months, according to government officials and other sources with knowledge of the situation, administration staff and lawyers have crafted detailed plans and menus of options for Trump to feed his desire for replicating and proliferating his militarized crackdowns — on #immigrants and #citizens alike — to different Democratic strongholds.
"National Guard troops are already mobilizing in D.C., and Trump has privately said, according to two sources familiar with the matter, that if he sees something that he feels crosses his line (like if street protests in the city grow too big or if he deems them a threat suddenly), he will gladly order larger numbers of troops to nation’s capital, as he did in Los Angeles earlier this year.
"Trump has insisted to administration officials that it’s ridiculous that troops like National Guard members are not allowed to conduct various forms of domestic law enforcement, sources add. The president and his administration to some extent have had their hands tied on this due to the #PosseComitatus Act — which prohibits using the military for domestic law enforcement — though that isn’t stopping them from actively exploring ways around the law. 'There are ways things were done, and that’s not always going to be how they should be done now or tomorrow,' a senior Trump administration official tells Rolling Stone."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7dtjZ
Sheriff resigns college post, but not sheriff post
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/sheriff-resigns-college-post-not-sheriff-post
#Boston #SuffolkCounty #Roxbury #crime
: @bds@pixelfed.social
: Boston, MassachusettsRight before Sparta Strength kicked off at the Malden Senior Center, Lucy—one of our rockstars—handed me a bag of fresh tomatoes from her garden 
. Grateful for the friendship, the community, and the everyday acts of care that make this space more than just a workout
Meet the Massachusetts-made boat that never needs gassing up
Entrepreneur James Worden believes "lithium ion batteries, electric outboard motors, lightweight carbon fiber and solar panels have advanced enough — and come down in cost enough — that this prototype boat could be attractive to purchasers who operate water taxi or ferry services on busy harbors, lakes or rivers, where its top speed (today about 10 miles per hour) is plenty fast."
Thanks Taylor for helping spread the word 
From August 18-24 we’re opening up a variety pack of MUTT-CHKINS: a fee-waived adoption event for all #dogs over 1 year old at participating shelters across #Massachusetts. No adoption fee. Just good dogs looking for their people. Info at http://www.mspca.org/dogs 
311 complaint of the day: Glowing plasma-ish thing in the sky
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/311-complaint-day-glowing-plasma-ish-thing-sky
#Boston #WestRoxbury #huh
Slate is going to be in Boston Friday & Saturday demonstrating their little modular EV truck (other cities listed on their event page).
Violent Boston crime
@DoomsdaysCW just another reason why organized ICE watch is an antifascist and anti authoritarian imperative.
See something you think is ICE? Call the hotline!!! Take pictures of what you see.
LUCE Massachusetts: 617-370-5023
https://www.lucemass.org/ to sign up as a volunteer for either ICE watch or hotline shifts, or to donate.
Deportation defense is community defense.
Join us this Thursday, 8/14 at 5:30pm in downtown #Boston for a mass mobilization. No flags. Details at https://innmvmt.org/boston-jews-say-no-more
Whoever can protest our people’s actions, and doesn’t, is responsible for them. (Shabbat 54B)
I really try not to be a #Boston homer, but it's tough to not feel a little aggrieved when taping the game from the field level instead of the grandstand level resulted in SPYGATE SPYGATE CHEATERS CHEATERS CHEATERS and having one (1) ball be 1.5 psi below tolerance resulted in DEFLATEGATE DEFLATEGATE CHEATERS CHEATERS CHEATERS and the #Houston #Astros actually ran a sophisticated sign stealing operation *and won the World Series* and it's just "oh those lovable scamps!" #NFL #MLB #Patriots
#Dorchester man charged as part of Dominican ring that scammed seniors out of millions in 'grandchild in trouble' phone scheme, feds say
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/dorchester-man-charged-part-dominican-ring-scammed-seniors-out
#Boston #crime
#Charlestown developer proposes shrinking planned residential tower, including replacing 111 parking spaces with room for 5 EV car-share vehicles
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/charlestown-developer-proposes-shrinking-planned-residential-tower
#Boston #housing
Board delays action on multi-cuisine ghost kitchen in the #Fenway over traffic concerns
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/board-delays-action-multi-cuisine-ghost-kitchen-fenway-over-traffic
#Boston #zoning
