Adam Richman shows us Connecticut style pizza 🍕
(I want a place where I live to do this)
https://youtu.be/169eWnqe1FU?si=DItQotfcw2BsbE2o
ProPublica
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Democratic and Republican lawmakers across the country tried to push through bills to tighten gift limits, toughen conflict-of-interest provisions or expand financial disclosure reporting requirements. But many of the measures were derailed.
#News #Ethics #Law #Government #Virginia #Texas #NewMexico #NorthDakota #Connecticut #Maine
Democratic and Republican lawmakers across the country tried to push through bills to tighten gift limits, toughen conflict-of-interest provisions or expand financial disclosure reporting requirements. But many of the measures were derailed.
#News #Ethics #Law #Government #Virginia #Texas #NewMexico #NorthDakota #Connecticut #Maine
mkb
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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!
#Connecticut DMV Committee Expands Study of Towing Law to Help Low-Income Residents Get Their #Cars Back
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The working group was created as part of a towing reform law passed in response to a ProPublica and Connecticut Mirror investigation into towing practices in the state.
Jeremy ⁂
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Memories of summer evenings past. Summer wildflowers, cooling showers and pastel sunsets. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. August 30, 2021, 7:36 PM.
#hiking#photography #outdoors#landscapephotography#nature#Connecticut#summer#forest#sunset #sunsetphotography #lake #summertime
Memories of summer evenings past. Summer wildflowers, cooling showers and pastel sunsets. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. August 30, 2021, 7:36 PM.
#hiking#photography #outdoors#landscapephotography#nature#Connecticut#summer#forest#sunset #sunsetphotography #lake #summertime
alcinnz
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Kudos to the #Connecticut legislature for passing a new law on digital books and following the 2020 model legislation from #LibraryFutures.( @libraryfutures).
https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/connecticut-ebook-bill
"After the governor signs, #publishers will no longer be able to
* Prohibit #libraries from #lending #ebooks on their own terms,, including via interlibrary loan (#ILL)
* Restrict #license terms or checkout limits during the term of a license without offering agreements on “commercially reasonable terms” that align with the library mission
* Limit when libraries can buy an ebook license or how many licenses they can buy
* Prohibit libraries from making #preservation #copies
* Require libraries to violate patron confidentiality."
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.”
alcinnz
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#Connecticut #RightToRepair has been officially signed into law.
It's good for #tech, but this " #RightToRepair" bill specifically does not apply to:
- power tools
- farm and tractor equipment
- garden and yard equipment
- construction equipment
- industrial and utility equipment
- EV chargers
- combustion engines
- recreational vehicles
- marine vehicles
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00044-R00SB-00003-PA.PDF
Following reporting by ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror, Connecticut lawmakers passed reforms on a century-old towing law. But they don’t solve all the problems that vehicle owners have raised.
Here’s what they told us.
https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-drivers-towing-law-reform?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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
#Connecticut #RightToRepair has been officially signed into law.
It's good for #tech, but this " #RightToRepair" bill specifically does not apply to:
- power tools
- farm and tractor equipment
- garden and yard equipment
- construction equipment
- industrial and utility equipment
- EV chargers
- combustion engines
- recreational vehicles
- marine vehicles
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00044-R00SB-00003-PA.PDF
#RightToRepair in #Connecticut just passed in the House and Senate.
Applies to products first sold in Connecticut after July 1, 2026.
Manufacturers must make docs, parts, and tools available for at least 3-5 years after EoL.
However, this "right-to-repair" bill does NOT apply to equipment built for "non-road use". So, basically farm equipment. Which makes this a somewhat pointless right-to-repair bill.
https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB-3
Kudos to the #Connecticut legislature for passing a new law on digital books and following the 2020 model legislation from #LibraryFutures.( @libraryfutures).
https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/connecticut-ebook-bill
"After the governor signs, #publishers will no longer be able to
* Prohibit #libraries from #lending #ebooks on their own terms,, including via interlibrary loan (#ILL)
* Restrict #license terms or checkout limits during the term of a license without offering agreements on “commercially reasonable terms” that align with the library mission
* Limit when libraries can buy an ebook license or how many licenses they can buy
* Prohibit libraries from making #preservation #copies
* Require libraries to violate patron confidentiality."