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Much #SomervilleMA. Yes, neighbors.

Seen on the walk home from the community media center. It's so on point.

A large community message board with all kinds of messages pinned up. Most are letter sized papers, in pretty even rows and columns (which is unusual).

The center top message printed on bright yellow paper says "RESIST TRUMP".

Other items on the board, which consists of 3 rows and about 8 columns.
Top row: "Now Kiss" lips and a Boston Comedy showcase, a scientific paper about climate change, job and resource fair in 3 languages, Resist Trump, Square dancing, bed for sale, I think some English tutoring.

Middle row: Language tutoring, SEE ICE? Call LUCE HOTLINE 617-370-5023, some kind of water and air filtering thing, Polyamory support group, How are you really doing?, youth ultimate frisbee, silent film cinema something.

Lowest row: Talk to real humans, musicians at Nave art gallery, Somerville Cine-club, washed out something I can't read, Nave musicians again--Kalliope Jonesw with Lou, Isabella, and Wes, Somerville SEPAC special education parents advisory council.

Two helicopters have been circling very loudly over North Cambridge / West Somerville for the last half hour.

What's up??

I found the official pumpkin when I was looking for our event about the next 250 years of #Boston.

Inspired by the talk of #Rev250, we wondered what the next 250 might be like. We have a panel, including the archivist for #SomervilleMA who is my friend.

https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/boston-s-next-250-years-from-revolution-to-resilience--2

Remember to take care of your local sewer drain today! Leaves + torrential rain = mad flooding.

This message brought to you by the Aronson Department of Public Works

#SomervilleMA #cambridgema #arlingtonma #mawx

The local group doing #ICE monitoring and documenting the black bagging of our neighbors is highlighted in this story.

I think everyone here has heard of the #LUCE hotline now. Call if you see ICE activity https://www.lucemass.org/

#immigration #SomervilleMA

https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/10/06/massachusetts-ice-monitors-luce-immigration

3 of the top 3453 disturbing statements from community members at last nite's city mtg on the unhoused in davis sq:

1. "where is the compassion for business owners?"
2. "what if we removed all of the benches?"
3. A statement that unhoused ppl are lazy & add nothing to society

#SomervilleMA

took some photos from the top of Prospect Hill #SomervilleMA this evening

just smartphone photos, no editing has occurred, etc

the moon in the sky over houses on top of a hill. you can kinda see Boston off to the right

looking up the Prospect Hill Tower. it's moody

a wide view of the Prospect Hill Tower with a Continental Union Flag atop it (the first American flag)

a view of the sunset looking south-ish I think. there's a few people on the sides of the photo also looking at the sunset

Separately, there's a ballot question to extend the mayoral term to 4 years (but keep the city council term at 2 years).

I think this is horrendous and I hope that people don't vote for it. I'm lukewarm on the charter proposal overall, but the mayoral term extension is gross, and it would make city council elections on the "off" terms uniquely horrendous.

Yay, democracy?
#SomervilleMA #SomerPoli #MAPoli

In terms of other stuff on the Somerville ballot on Nov 4th, by the way, we are also going to have some municipal ballot questions.

The new city charter proposal has made it through the state level process, so we vote on whether or not to approve it next month. Check out the Charter Review Committee page for a pdf near the top: https://www.somervillema.gov/departments/charter-review-committee

#SomervilleMA #SomerPoli #MAPoli

Jon Link has posted something good about it, though:
https://jonforsomerville.substack.com/p/on-homelessness-and-substance-abuse

#SomerPoli #SomervilleMA

This Cambridge Day article on the unofficial event last weekend about Davis Square and unhoused neighbors and the horrendous pro-sweeps-of-homeless-people positions that some of these candidates hold ... This is something I highly recommend reading for any #SomervilleMA voter.

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/09/28/some-somerville-candidates-are-invited-to-address-homelessness-in-davis-square-by-upset-residents/

#SomerPoli #MAPoli #USPol #homeless #policing

Lord there’s a 4 foot ice luge in bow market. #SomervilleMA

Outdoor bow market in a Saturday evening in early fall. There’s a vendor providing samples of wines via booze luge, a block of ice angled with a channel for alcohol to be poured down.

Sometimes our local crafting thrift store has Interesting Color Commentary on the items for sale: https://makeandmendshop.com/collections/new-this-week/products/ha-0280

"This game still exists, but this is the 1970s version and has some real weird questions in it! Would not recommend playing this particular set with a child in the year 2025."

#thrift #makedoandmend #SomervilleMA #psychoanalysis #games

We did have a primary election on Sept 16th! For those not yet aware, results are here:
https://www.somervillema.gov/votesomerville

Mayoral race is now between Willie Burnley Jr and Jake Wilson.

The At-Large City Council candidates are now (in order of my current pref):
Jon Link
Scott Istvan
WIll Mbah
Marianne Walles
Ben Wheeler
Holly Simione
Jack Perenick
Strezo

I've been working on a voter guide for a while & it's not done yet. Quite a ride, watching this election closely. #SomerPoli #SomervilleMA #MAPoli

Field & Vine, #UnionSquare #SomervilleMA
#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

Storefront window in a brick building, divided into variously shaped rectangular panes that fit together to make a single broad, tall window much like a Mondrian painting. The business name "FIELD & VINE" is printed on the upper left corner pane, with tendrils of green vine painted to curl around the name. Inside, small potted plants on the sill and large floor plants fill much of the window, and outside, white window boxes filled with plants hang across bottom of window.

Close-up on a portion of the window showing a sign declaring "BODILY AUTONOMY FOR EVERY BODY," another saying "BLACK LIVES MATTER," and a small LGBTQ pride flag sticker (Trans Pride colors in a chevron on left side pointing into rainbow stripes over the rest of the flag).

#BostonWeekend 25x Monday - Martha Wells at the #SomervilleMA Armory https://artsatthearmory.org/events/bill-blumenreich-presents-martha-wells/ #Boston #BostonGeek #BostonBooks

#BostonWeekend 14x Sat Noon-4pm GARDENS Groundwork Somerville Harvest Festival https://groundworksomerville.org/all-events/
#SomervilleMA #Boston #Gardening #Harvest

#BostonWeekend 13x
Fri 7-11p RAVE at the Armory in #SomervilleMA https://artsatthearmory.org/events/way-underground-vol-1/ #BostonMusic #Boston

The Somerville (MA) community bike path had a cat mayoral race last month and it's the best. That's the kind of nonsense I appreciate seeing pop up in community spaces

Congratulations to the new cat mayor Minerva

#SomervilleMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYLNc9DbLUE

A poster along a bike path in the style of a political canvas, but it just has the word CRIME and a picture of a black cat named Minerva. Some text overload at the bottom of the image reads "A cat mayor has been named after a contentious race at Somerville's bike path"

#BostonWeekend 8x Through October, THOTBOT - Friend, is your #THOTBOT glitched? Get thee to the implantation center. https://thotbot.me/index.html #SomervilleMA #BostonArt #Boston

#SomervilleMA

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