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I read "The Parable of the Sofa" bc @pluralistic recommended it and the pun made me smile

And now I feel like a Civic Hero bc I dropped off the old couch cushion at my excellent local upholstery shop 💪

Here's the essay: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/06/01/Parable-of-the-Sofa

And for people in , the shop is Ecujimo in Brookline Village

ifnotnowboston , to random
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BREAKING: area high school students have engaged in a coordinated walkout and are blocking Mass Ave outside

ifnotnowboston OP ,
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UPDATE: Protestors just knocked down the barricades that had been penning in the MIT encampment. Supporters have streamed in and formed a human chain to protect the encampment.

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-area Jews and allies are here at the encampment with MIT Jews for Ceasefire, uplifting students’ demands, singing for Palestinian liberation, and calling for an enduring ceasefire.

@palestine

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@peihuaku @ifnotnowboston @palestine @hannu_ikonen

or they can take aim at the hyper-financialization which renders the university endowments' very real and material complicity in the oppression of Palestinians so opaque, as well as creating lots of other problems for higher ed:

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/can-divestment-campaigns-still-work/

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@PariaSansPortefeuille @ifnotnowboston @palestine @hannu_ikonen Growing concern about US-China relations has begun to reshape bilateral trade flows of critical and non-critical goods. The recent trend toward decoupling from China suggests that either the recently introduced policies have been effective at reshaping international trade flows, or growing concerns about risks are leading firms to optimally restructure their supply chains. Currently, the US imports a wide variety of goods from China, many of which would not significantly affect the US economy if their access were suddenly disrupted. https://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/economic-synopses/2024/01/19/decoupling-where-it-matters-us-imports-from-china-in-critical-sectors

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BREAKING: City Council passes ceasefire resolution 11-2

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silver lining: it was awfully thoughtful of all these boston college administrations to draw the attention of a group of young, energetic, politically active students to last year's "tent ordinance" that cruelly targets the unhoused and is now being used to crack down on speech

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BREAKING: University just joined the encampment movement for .

@palestine

faculty and students among tents in Harvard Yard

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ifnotnowboston , to random
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College has joined the encampment movement for ! They are asking people to show up at 2 Boylston Place in to show support.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6CrLw0Ow_a/?igsh=NGFxeTUwYzVzc3dy

ifnotnowboston OP ,
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…and MIT!

via Coalition Against Apartheid on Instagram. www.instagram.com/mit_caa

ifnotnowboston OP ,
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...and Tufts! 🐘🇵🇸

via Palestinian Youth Movement on Insta https://www.instagram.com/p/C6C37ifAV7d?img_index=6

ifnotnowboston , to palestine group
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otownKim ,
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@ifnotnowboston @palestine These walkouts are only feeding Hamas ego! Seriously!!

Doreen32128 ,
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@otownKim @ifnotnowboston @palestine I’ve been wondering about that!

ifnotnowboston , to random
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IfNotNow invites you to join us on Saturday, April 27th at 7:30 pm in in observing by calling for an end to violence, apartheid, and occupation.

We will come together to envision what true freedom looks like; a thriving future where all have access to safety, justice, and freedom of movement.

RSVP: https://innmvmt.org/BostonSeder24

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12-year-old Ukrainian Yana Stepanenko, who lost both legs in missile attack, to run on prosthetics 15 April.

Aims to raise funds for wounded soldier’s running prosthesis & show ’s resilience amid ongoing war casualties and loss of life.

(Source: Euromaidan Press)

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M 4.8 - 6 km ESE of Califon,

A magnitude-4.8 rumbled through the northeastern at 10:23 AM on Friday, acc/to the United States Survey (), sending tremors from to & jolting buildings in & throughout the 5 boroughs.

The USGS reported that the earthquake’s epicenter was in , NJ about 50 miles west of , where residents darted into streets wondering what had just happened.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ma74/map

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Interesting analysis coming from Lexington, Mass.: by slashing the price of a year-round bus pass to $20 from as much as $260, the City gained ridership while retaining roughly the same revenue

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/18/opinion/lexington-mass-transit-service-cutting-costs/

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