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Mike Johnson says he hears Trump's voice in his head and does an impression


Haverhill’s Historic New England and Museum of Printing Receive Grants for Nation’s 250th Birthday

Two Haverhill-based nonprofits and others in the area will help tell the story of Massachusetts’ pivotal role in the 250th anniversary of the nation’s independence. Historic New England and the Museum of Printing were tapped Tuesday to share in $1.5 million to promote “Massachusetts 250.” Others nearby playing larger roles are Museum of Old Newbury, Newburyport, and North…

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Development of Cogswell ArtSpace in Haverhill Progresses with Major Milestone

A long-awaited and much anticipated milestone is underway with an early phase of renovations taking place to convert Haverhill’s former George S. Cogswell School into the Cogswell ArtSpace. Erin Padilla, programs and operations director at Creative Haverhill, told listeners during a recent WHAV interview the nonprofit is upgrading utilities in advance of major renovations to follow. “We will…

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Lawrence O’Donnell with emotion and feeling tonight: “Who’s gonna tell that six year old how his mother died?” @lawrence on the atrocity of 44 Republicans voting against IVF and the death of Amber Thurman. #TheLastWord #harriswalz2024


New poll finds half of Americans believe they'll never get COVID again.

The data shows that COVID surges at high levels throughout the year. Denial is one hell of a drug.

Source: ipsos.com/en-us/half-americans…

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in reply to Dr. Lucky Tran

What’s tragic is that the CDC’s own study showed that most people are likely to take precautions like wearing a mask when they are alerted that COVID transmission levels are high.

However, most people are unaware of true transmission levels.

This is a public health failure.

Source: cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7…



AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program Seeks Volunteers

The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program is looking for volunteers in Haverhill and Essex County to support its tax assistance services. The program offers free tax preparation for individuals with low to moderate incomes, aiming to improve financial security. Volunteers are needed in various roles, including tax preparers, clerical support, communication and technology assistance. Training and support will be provided for…

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Immensely surprised plugging in my cheap Huion WH1409 drawing tablet into my Plasma 6 DE on openSUSE Tumbleweed and I can just program the buttons on the drawing tablet via System Settings > Drawing Tablet.

I will be trying to dogfood this instead of my mouse for a few weeks to work out the kinks. #Linux #DrawingTablet



State Awards Haverhill-Based Community Action and Whittier Tech $59,187 for Adult Welding Program

Community Action will offer a welding program in partnership with Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School after receiving a $59,187 state MassSTEP grant—one of only four in the state aimed at accelerating adults’ progress toward English proficiency and industry-recognized credentials in areas including advanced manufacturing, commercial driving and welding.…

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How to Talk to Anxious Children About Climate Change.

For years, educators and parents often avoided the subject. But that is starting to change, as therapists urge parents to listen to their kids and help them understand that their fears are normal. #ClimateChange

bit.ly/4db3p7C

in reply to Climate News Now

still need to read, but... Surely capitalism is the main problem that needs discussion... Right? How will we reverse human made climate change if industry is plugging right along far greater than anyone?


More blood on the hands of Andrew Wakefield and other anti-vaxxers.

"Renae contracted measles when she was five months old - too young to be vaccinated - and went on to have her measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine at 12 months after appearing to recover.

But when she was 10, Renae developed a rare brain disease caused by her previous infection and died."

news.sky.com/story/mother-of-g…



Not to dilute the amazing work of #MastodonForHarris but if #HarrisWalz are going to get anything done readers might want to consider using remaining donations strategically. Try app.oath.vote/ to support a cause you believe in with the most potential impact
in reply to Jonathan Doughty

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Notebook doodles which began my latest New Scientist cartoon (below)

RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oflom…


My latest cartoon for New Scientist




I think the best part of the Mozilla mastodon instance comments is almost all of the people angry are not actually from the instance

Hmmmm, I wonder why they're shutting it down

in reply to Brodie Robertson

A while back, I used to see quite a bit of people from the mozilla instance, but it's become rarer now that you mention it. Probably because of Mozilla's decisions in the past few years.
in reply to Brodie Robertson

Weird, must be thinking of the matrix server because I could've sworn it was around a lot longer than that.
in reply to Brodie Robertson

I think large foss projects should have a presence on the fediverse whether they run a public instance is a less important matter.



IT increasingly runs on #Linux. And, as more and more of your #dev and IT environments rely on this open-source operating system, knowing which 25 Linux logs are important to collect and monitor can help you investigate performance issues and #security incidents faster.🕵‍♂️ 👍

Learn all about how to read Linux logs, the specific 25 critical logs that are good to collect and monitor, and how managing Linux logs will greatly help you improve your operations and security. 🙌

graylog.org/post/25-linux-logs… #ITadmin #cybersecurity #logmanagement



"...make sure you’re registered and have a plan to vote. Then check in with your friends and family and make sure they’re registered, too" - @BarackObama bluevirginia.us/2024/09/tuesda…