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Happy October 2025! The Blackstone Valley Art Association has so many events going on in October that we’ve created a fridge flyer for you to refer to! Enjoy! Printable version on BVAA.org #art #artist #Massachusetts
Happy October 2025! The Blackstone Valley Art Association has so many events going on in October that we’ve created a fridge flyer for you to refer to! Enjoy! Printable version on BVAA.org #art #artist #Massachusetts
If you aren't fighting ICE, are you even fighting?
Join your local immigration rights group!
#Massachusetts:
LUCE IJ Network https://www.lucemass.org/
BIJAN/Beyond Bond https://www.beyondbondboston.org/donate
#RhodeIsland:
AMOR https://amorri.org/
ONA https://www.ona-providence.org/
#Vermont
Migrant Justice https://migrantjustice.net/
VAAP https://www.vaapvt.org/enforcement-blog
#NewHampshire
let us know if you have leads on ICE watch or immigrant advocacy groups in NH!
#Maine
MIRC https://maineimmigrantrights.org/welcome-to-the-mirc-resource-hub/
#Connecticut
let us know if you have leads on ICE watch or immigrant advocacy groups in CT!
If you aren't fighting ICE, are you even fighting?
Join your local immigration rights group!
#Massachusetts:
LUCE IJ Network https://www.lucemass.org/
BIJAN/Beyond Bond https://www.beyondbondboston.org/donate
#RhodeIsland:
AMOR https://amorri.org/
ONA https://www.ona-providence.org/
#Vermont
Migrant Justice https://migrantjustice.net/
VAAP https://www.vaapvt.org/enforcement-blog
#NewHampshire
let us know if you have leads on ICE watch or immigrant advocacy groups in NH!
#Maine
MIRC https://maineimmigrantrights.org/welcome-to-the-mirc-resource-hub/
#Connecticut
let us know if you have leads on ICE watch or immigrant advocacy groups in CT!
After 17 Years, DNA Tied a Man to Her Rape. Under Massachusetts Law, It Was Too Late.
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Massachusetts has one of the strictest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape. After the 15-year mark, no DNA match, testimony or even confession can give a rape victim a chance of facing their attacker in court.
https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
After 17 Years, DNA Tied a Man to Her Rape. Under Massachusetts Law, It Was Too Late.
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Massachusetts has one of the strictest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape. After the 15-year mark, no DNA match, testimony or even confession can give a rape victim a chance of facing their attacker in court.
https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
The cruelty is the point: #ICE releases woman it had locked up for 10 days by shoving her out the door of its Burlington hole in the pouring rain, with no phone, 30 miles from home; she walked over to the Burlington Mall and begged for help at the Cheesecake Factory.
https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/08/mass-mom-detained-by-ice-for-10-days-over-decades-old-minor-marijuana-charge.html
#Massachusetts
The cruelty is the point: #ICE releases woman it had locked up for 10 days by shoving her out the door of its Burlington hole in the pouring rain, with no phone, 30 miles from home; she walked over to the Burlington Mall and begged for help at the Cheesecake Factory.
https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/08/mass-mom-detained-by-ice-for-10-days-over-decades-old-minor-marijuana-charge.html
#Massachusetts
Update. Laws like the one in #Connecticut are under consideration in #Hawaii, #Massachusetts, and #NewJersey. Big #publishers and the #AuthorsGuild are lobbying against them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/books/libraries-e-books-licensing.html
From Alan Inouye (@alansinouye), former director of public policy for the American Library Association (@alalibrary): “It’s really sad [that opposition limits libraries] to what we had [in the age of print]. In effect, we’re excluding the possibility of being better in the digital world.”
Eastern Cottontail stretching his legs for a bite to eat at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond Sanctuary.
#photography #mammals #sillyrabbit #nature #fairhaven #massachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife
Eastern Cottontail stretching his legs for a bite to eat at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond Sanctuary.
#photography #mammals #sillyrabbit #nature #fairhaven #massachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife
#StartHereSocial Fun Fact #6
It's the #4thOfJuly so let's see which US states have a Mastodon for their area:
#Alaska
#Arizona
#California (3)
#Colorado
#Delaware
#Florida
#Georgia
#Illinois (2)
#Indiana
#Maryland
#Massachusetts
#Michigan (2)
#Missouri
#NewJersey
#NewYork (2)
#NorthCarolina
#Ohio
#Oklahoma (2)
#Oregon (2)
#Pennsylvania
#Vermont
#Virginia (2)
#Washington (4)
The Evergreen state coming in top with four servers!
#StartHereSocial Fun Fact #6
It's the #4thOfJuly so let's see which US states have a Mastodon for their area:
#Alaska
#Arizona
#California (3)
#Colorado
#Delaware
#Florida
#Georgia
#Illinois (2)
#Indiana
#Maryland
#Massachusetts
#Michigan (2)
#Missouri
#NewJersey
#NewYork (2)
#NorthCarolina
#Ohio
#Oklahoma (2)
#Oregon (2)
#Pennsylvania
#Vermont
#Virginia (2)
#Washington (4)
The Evergreen state coming in top with four servers!
Welcome to your Boston Weekend thread for June 27-29, 2025.
Leave the house if that's an option - enjoy, enjoy your Eastern #Massachusetts and the greater #Boston metropolitan region this summer
#BostonWeekend 1/?
#NewEngland#RhodeIsland#Vermont#NewHampshire#Maine#Connecticut
Vegetarians in #WorcesterMAhttps://www.vegfest.org
#Boston#Worcester#Massachusetts #vegan#Vegetarian#DinosaurTime
Massachusetts Poetry Festival @ #PeabodyEssexMuseum - Workshops, headline readings, a small press fair, poet meet-and-greets and other exciting events for all #poetry lovers.
https://youtu.be/ipgRxTD7TDY?t=23
https://festival.masspoetry.org
#boston#Salem #poems#Massachusetts #SalemMA
🌤️ Weather accounts for MA (cont.):
@new_bedford__massachusetts
@newton__massachusetts
@northampton__massachusetts
@pittsfield__massachusetts
@quincy__massachusetts
@revere__massachusetts
@somerville__massachusetts
@springfield__massachusetts
@taunton__massachusetts
@weymouth__massachusetts
@worcester__massachusetts
You can find more Fediverse weather accounts for cities & towns around the world at https://fedimeteo.com
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The account below is a discussion group. Follow the group to see its discussions in your timeline, mention the group to post to it. (More info about how to use Fediverse groups: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse)
➡️ @massachusetts - Discussion group about Massachusetts, including news, events, people, places etc.
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS PART OF THE THREAD, IT MIGHT SPAM THE GROUP.
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A space for Bonfire maintainers and contributors to communicate
