Jacy blue
@jacyblue.bsky.social
Writer, editor, reader, word lover. Native plant enthusiast. Rewilding curious. Full of bees.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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Two weeks ago, federal officials pulled Somali-Americans out of line at Faneuil Hall where they waited to be sworn in as naturalized citizens. We will not be quiet. Boston is the cradle of liberty and we stand with our Somali neighbors.
December 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Two weeks ago, federal officials pulled Somali-Americans out of line at Faneuil Hall where they waited to be sworn in as naturalized citizens. We will not be quiet. Boston is the cradle of liberty and we stand with our Somali neighbors.
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We've hit the bottom!
Lowest solar noon of the year. Time to start gaining daylight again tomorrow. #HappySolstice
Lowest solar noon of the year. Time to start gaining daylight again tomorrow. #HappySolstice
December 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We've hit the bottom!
Lowest solar noon of the year. Time to start gaining daylight again tomorrow. #HappySolstice
Lowest solar noon of the year. Time to start gaining daylight again tomorrow. #HappySolstice
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A huge part of the book-banning project aims to make work that provides a public good feel impossible and unsafe! It targets authors, absolutely, but it’s also trying to add unreasonable administrative burdens to the work of teachers and librarians.
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A huge part of the book-banning project aims to make work that provides a public good feel impossible and unsafe! It targets authors, absolutely, but it’s also trying to add unreasonable administrative burdens to the work of teachers and librarians.
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A board of commissioners in North Carolina decided earlier this month to dissolve the entire library board of trustees in response to that board refusing to remove a single book featuring a transgender child character from the shelves.
North Carolina County Board Dissolves Library Panel Over Refusal to Ban Trans Book
The action by county commissioners “shows a blatant disregard for the expertise of librarians,” one critic said.
buff.ly
December 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A board of commissioners in North Carolina decided earlier this month to dissolve the entire library board of trustees in response to that board refusing to remove a single book featuring a transgender child character from the shelves.
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This is going to trigger another round of abuse for this woman but the basic facts appear to be that she was separated at the time and so was the CEO. She recoiled on the jumbotron because her husband was attending the same concert.
At a Coldplay concert in July, Kristin Cabot appeared on the Jumbotron in the arms of her boss. Cabot retreated, trying to make things right with the people who mattered most. Now, for first time since that viral moment, Cabot is sharing her side of the story. trib.al/I8tWdU4
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is going to trigger another round of abuse for this woman but the basic facts appear to be that she was separated at the time and so was the CEO. She recoiled on the jumbotron because her husband was attending the same concert.
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French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
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They went to deliver care packages to the people detained at the ICE facility in Burlington, Massachusetts - and they were arrested. https://bit.ly/3MF1gK4
4 arrested taking care packages to immigrant detainees at Burlington processing center
Three activists and a reverend sought to bring attention to conditions and alleged human rights violations at the facility where immigrants are held.
www.wgbh.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
They went to deliver care packages to the people detained at the ICE facility in Burlington, Massachusetts - and they were arrested. https://bit.ly/3MF1gK4
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Hey @wutrain.bsky.social, @ruthzee.bsky.social—a 32-year-old held on $2500 bail was beaten to death by COs in your city's jail last Sunday.
Thank you to @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social for this statement (bsky.app/profile/clrh...).
Where are yours? Where is your outrage?
#bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
Thank you to @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social for this statement (bsky.app/profile/clrh...).
Where are yours? Where is your outrage?
#bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
Shut it down. #bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
December 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Hey @wutrain.bsky.social, @ruthzee.bsky.social—a 32-year-old held on $2500 bail was beaten to death by COs in your city's jail last Sunday.
Thank you to @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social for this statement (bsky.app/profile/clrh...).
Where are yours? Where is your outrage?
#bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
Thank you to @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social for this statement (bsky.app/profile/clrh...).
Where are yours? Where is your outrage?
#bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
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Massachusetts prisons no longer use restrictive housing units, or RHUs, following a 2018 law limiting solitary confinement.
But inmates and their advocates say that newly formed BAUs and SAUs continue the practice — “they just changed the acronyms.”
But inmates and their advocates say that newly formed BAUs and SAUs continue the practice — “they just changed the acronyms.”
After Reforms to Solitary Confinement, Massachusetts Prisoners Say Officials Just Renamed It
The state passed a law curtailing restrictive housing in 2018, but people in prolonged isolation say the practice continues and are now pushing for new reforms.
boltsmag.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Massachusetts prisons no longer use restrictive housing units, or RHUs, following a 2018 law limiting solitary confinement.
But inmates and their advocates say that newly formed BAUs and SAUs continue the practice — “they just changed the acronyms.”
But inmates and their advocates say that newly formed BAUs and SAUs continue the practice — “they just changed the acronyms.”
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Ice agents are roaming freely at local district courts in Massachusetts. Chatting with clerks, coordinating with court security officers, finding people to arrest @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social @rachellss.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
ICE agents are staking out local courthouses. As they've roamed the halls, Mass. court arrests tripled
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said ICE activity has impacted hundreds of cases prosecuted by his office — noting instances in which defendants got detained during proceedings, as well ...
www.wbur.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ice agents are roaming freely at local district courts in Massachusetts. Chatting with clerks, coordinating with court security officers, finding people to arrest @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social @rachellss.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
The content doesn't really support the thesis here... Researchers using ai to compute tons of data or design an experiment is not the same thing as ai having the idea for an experiment or deciding what data to evaluate and why.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The content doesn't really support the thesis here... Researchers using ai to compute tons of data or design an experiment is not the same thing as ai having the idea for an experiment or deciding what data to evaluate and why.
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I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
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Yellow-Red-Blue, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1925 (detail, rotated), 📸 by @riogiancarlo.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Yellow-Red-Blue, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1925 (detail, rotated), 📸 by @riogiancarlo.bsky.social
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No one needs backstory for Gaston
More oratory for Gaston
These things are not mandatory for Gaston…
More oratory for Gaston
These things are not mandatory for Gaston…
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
No one needs backstory for Gaston
More oratory for Gaston
These things are not mandatory for Gaston…
More oratory for Gaston
These things are not mandatory for Gaston…
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I appreciate @massgovernor.bsky.social at least sending a sternly worded letter, but ... "Massport said it cannot legally prohibit the flights"? Loosely translated, this means "we'll probably lose so it's not worth fighting."
Block the flights & make a judge force you to allow them!
Block the flights & make a judge force you to allow them!
Healey demands Trump halt ICE flights from Hanscom - The Boston Globe
Hanscom Field is the busiest in New England for immigration detainee flights, happening about thrice weekly during most months since President Trump’s second inauguration, according to ICE Flight Moni...
www.bostonglobe.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I appreciate @massgovernor.bsky.social at least sending a sternly worded letter, but ... "Massport said it cannot legally prohibit the flights"? Loosely translated, this means "we'll probably lose so it's not worth fighting."
Block the flights & make a judge force you to allow them!
Block the flights & make a judge force you to allow them!
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We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
December 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
For no reason, thinking of how the other moms made sure to tell me which window was my daughter's classroom at the beginning of the year.
December 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
For no reason, thinking of how the other moms made sure to tell me which window was my daughter's classroom at the beginning of the year.
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Topsy is doing good work in Seattle
December 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Topsy is doing good work in Seattle
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Attention northern word nerds: The very first Canadian Word of the Year is MAPLEWASHING!
And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
December 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Attention northern word nerds: The very first Canadian Word of the Year is MAPLEWASHING!
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shit
When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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