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Laura Mariani

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Award-winning pun artist. Posting about science, movies, #mapoli, horror, birding, and dogs from Worcester, MA. Posts = my opinions. (she/her)

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Sorcerer (1977), Dir. William Friedkin

12.03.2026 04:41 πŸ‘ 1925 πŸ” 410 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 8

Cities in Vermont and Maine are experiencing some of the same tactics that ICE has been using across Minnesota since December, and facing lots of resistance.

12.03.2026 09:28 πŸ‘ 2005 πŸ” 891 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 13
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The Laid-off Scientists and Lawyers Training AI to Steal Their Careers Experienced white-collar workers are now part of a miserable gig economy.

this is a horror story nymag.com/intelligence...

11.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 401 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 10

Oh my godddddd

A sloppelganger of bell hooks?

However much I cursed Grammarly before, consider it quadrupled

11.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 293 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 11
A picture of the Goya painting Saturn devouring his son. Instead of a baby Saturn is holding a coffee mug that says β€œdon’t talk to me until I’ve had my son”

A picture of the Goya painting Saturn devouring his son. Instead of a baby Saturn is holding a coffee mug that says β€œdon’t talk to me until I’ve had my son”

Need everyone to appreciate this picture @ketchiklein.bsky.social sent me

11.03.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

β€œTheir kids are still traumatized by their father’s absence and the fear that he could be deported to Mexico, where he is originally from. The family is fighting every day to stay afloat and keep the home they bought a decade ago.”

11.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Laura and Ike's wedding announcement photos: A bearded man in glasses and a woman with a blonde bob haircut stand in front of some picturesque rocks in Franklin Park, Boston, on a lovely fall day. They are looking at each other and smiling. Laura is wearing a knee-length white dress and a blue denim jacket; Ike is wearing a blue collared shirt and a navy blue cardigan with jeans. Both outfits are nicer than the ones we actually wore to get married.

Laura and Ike's wedding announcement photos: A bearded man in glasses and a woman with a blonde bob haircut stand in front of some picturesque rocks in Franklin Park, Boston, on a lovely fall day. They are looking at each other and smiling. Laura is wearing a knee-length white dress and a blue denim jacket; Ike is wearing a blue collared shirt and a navy blue cardigan with jeans. Both outfits are nicer than the ones we actually wore to get married.

5 years ago today, @ikegraine.bsky.social and I drove to City Hall during a global pandemic and got married in matching N-95 masks. It was a truly wild way to elope, but every day since then I have been so happy I married my best friend. πŸ’œ

11.03.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't get paid to promote them, I just find their product incredibly useful and highly satisfying. I took a solo vacation last year and brought it with me. We all need something to look forward to and for me it's delicious cold brew, OK??

10.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rumble Jar | A Better Cold Brew Coffee Maker We make professional-grade cold brew coffee filters for your home. Our stainless steel filters were built to the precise specifications of cold brew experts, and then re-engineered to work in tandem w...

It's the first 70 degree day of the year which means the time of iced coffee is nigh. (Unlike many New Englanders, I don't drink it during the colder months!) Thus it is time for my annual plug for the Rumble Jar, a handy cold brew filter that fits inside a wide-mouthed mason jar. therumblejar.com

10.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
10.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was me with The Pope's Exorcist. I went in with low expectations and had an absolute blast

10.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

Twerkers at the barbeque get priority parking 🫑

08.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 5693 πŸ” 1060 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 51

Six people legally living in the US and legally traveling for work were disappeared by the US government and the only reason we knew about it was because one woman was family friends with a county commissioner and her cell phone pinged to two detention centers.

07.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 933 πŸ” 430 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

This woman, US citizen living in Skokie, was detained at Ohare yesterday, taken to Broadview, then transferred to a detention facility in Wisconsin, now released. We know all this not because of DHS, who repeatedly denied that they even had her, but because her phone was pinging in those locations.

07.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 3161 πŸ” 1219 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 34

Ripley from the Alien franchise has always been my favorite horror/basketball hero.

06.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Emmanuel Damas, a Boston resident and asylum seeker from Haiti who entered the United States legally, was killed by ICE. He leaves behind two sons.

06.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
ICE DOES NOT LOVE JUSTICE, BUT THEY LOVE MASSACHUSETTS COURTS.
POLICE
In 2025, federal immigration agents visited our courts over and over, resulting in over 250 kidnappings. That's almost 20% of all ICE detentions reported in the state, and probably an undercount.

ICE DOES NOT LOVE JUSTICE, BUT THEY LOVE MASSACHUSETTS COURTS. POLICE In 2025, federal immigration agents visited our courts over and over, resulting in over 250 kidnappings. That's almost 20% of all ICE detentions reported in the state, and probably an undercount.

WHY
COURTHOUSES?
ICE loves our courts because they make it easy for ICE to kidnap our neighbors.
ICE isn't forbidden from our courts like they are in other states, and the only thing our courts require before they hand someone over to ICE in handcuffs is an "immigration detainer"β€” a document ICE writes for itself.
This can happen before the person is ever convicted of a crime, or even after the charges are dismissed.

WHY COURTHOUSES? ICE loves our courts because they make it easy for ICE to kidnap our neighbors. ICE isn't forbidden from our courts like they are in other states, and the only thing our courts require before they hand someone over to ICE in handcuffs is an "immigration detainer"β€” a document ICE writes for itself. This can happen before the person is ever convicted of a crime, or even after the charges are dismissed.

WHAT A COURT ABDUCTION LOOKS LIKE:
ICE learns someone they've targeted for deportation is going to be at a
courthouse, as a defendant, witness, or family member
ICE comes to the courthouse and watches for their target, intimidating vulnerable people seeking justice
Their target, one of our neighbors, is kidnapped in the lobby or from the street
outside
or, if they were in state custody but should be released by the Court, gets handed to ICE directly by court officers.

WHAT A COURT ABDUCTION LOOKS LIKE: ICE learns someone they've targeted for deportation is going to be at a courthouse, as a defendant, witness, or family member ICE comes to the courthouse and watches for their target, intimidating vulnerable people seeking justice Their target, one of our neighbors, is kidnapped in the lobby or from the street outside or, if they were in state custody but should be released by the Court, gets handed to ICE directly by court officers.

This is a great overview from LUCE about how ICE is targeting immigrants in Massachusetts courtrooms. I have seen this firsthand and it's critical that we stop it.

Visit LUCE's website to learn more and sign a petition in favor of legislation banning ICE courthouse arrests: www.lucemass.org/courts

04.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

When someone says β€žScientists do not want you to knowβ€œ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

03.03.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 9528 πŸ” 4135 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 165
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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about β€œille...

DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.

Documents show the real story behind the raid was to target alleged squatters β€” with the landlord's blessing.

04.03.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 1519 πŸ” 702 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 38

There's been a lot of debate within the Democratic establishment about what rhetoric to use via ICE.

Well, an incumbent doesn't lose by 48 percentage points very oftenβ€”and her vote on collaborating with ICE was the defining issue here.

04.03.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 8327 πŸ” 2491 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 107
How MA Can Stand up to ICE
Laura Rotolo, ACLU of MA
Weds, 3/11 at 7 pm

How MA Can Stand up to ICE Laura Rotolo, ACLU of MA Weds, 3/11 at 7 pm

We're looking forward to launching our Spring Forward speaker series!

First up: Next Tuesday with Laura Rotolo of @aclum.bsky.social

#mapoli

actionnetwork.org/events/sprin...

03.03.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Our trans friends and family don't deserve this discriminatory subjugation and neither does anyone else (but the GOP will definitely do it to whoever they feel like punishing, if they're not stopped).

03.03.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

this one fucked me up so much. guy turns his life around after a drug conviction, becomes a happy, beloved, pet rescuing houseboat dad who undersells his mechanic services so poor folks can afford them. ICE grabs him one day out of the hospital for heart problems which then kill him. horrifying

02.03.2026 08:50 πŸ‘ 2216 πŸ” 865 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

we reached the β€œno WMDs” phase in two days.

02.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 7577 πŸ” 2226 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 107

Beautiful!

01.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mountain laurel shrub in front of a tree painted with a yellow triangle blaze on a snowy trail

Mountain laurel shrub in front of a tree painted with a yellow triangle blaze on a snowy trail

A twig with a few dried red berries still clinging to it is seen from below, with a background showing the blue, partly cloudy sky and bare treetops above

A twig with a few dried red berries still clinging to it is seen from below, with a background showing the blue, partly cloudy sky and bare treetops above

Went back out today and almost fell into a thorn bush while trying to cross a stream πŸ˜…

01.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Florida just cut off HIV meds for 16,000 people.

01.03.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 2128 πŸ” 1010 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 25

the incentives here are so obscenely terrible that the entire thing should be illegal by default

β€œI am sabotaging negotiations because I stand to make piles of money on Polymarket” is absolutely in play, what a horrifying clusterfuck

01.03.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 4926 πŸ” 1361 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 42
Power lines cutting a trail through a hilly winter scene with bare trees on either side, under a sunny blue sky

Power lines cutting a trail through a hilly winter scene with bare trees on either side, under a sunny blue sky

A granite boulder with melting snow on top and a few spots of green lichen sits in a snowy forest

A granite boulder with melting snow on top and a few spots of green lichen sits in a snowy forest

A leafy mountain laurel shrub pokes through the snow on a wooded hillside, with the winter sun peeking through the trees behind it

A leafy mountain laurel shrub pokes through the snow on a wooded hillside, with the winter sun peeking through the trees behind it

I had some stuff planned for today but had to pivot to a mental health salvage operation. (Nick’s Woods in Worcester, thx @gwlandtrust.bsky.social)

28.02.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There was a very persistent lie that we told ourselves that Republicans weren't sincere in their faith, that they were just manipulating evangelicals for votes.

But no, Mike Johnson genuinely wants all the Jews to return to Jerusalem to be murdered so that Abaddon can rise from his pit of locusts.

28.02.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3