Steve Ayr
@stevenayr.bsky.social
Lawyer, (occasional) runner, dog owner, dad.
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Bob Weir gave us songs to sing and shows to remember. Relive decades of Grateful Dead live recordings in the Live Music Archive. 🌹💀 archive.org/details/Grat...
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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January 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Bob Weir gave us songs to sing and shows to remember. Relive decades of Grateful Dead live recordings in the Live Music Archive. 🌹💀 archive.org/details/Grat...
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Here is a (likely incomplete) list of apps that are enabling ICE to track your smartphone's location.
Download, mirror, and reshare.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Download, mirror, and reshare.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Gravy-Venntel_apps
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January 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Here is a (likely incomplete) list of apps that are enabling ICE to track your smartphone's location.
Download, mirror, and reshare.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Download, mirror, and reshare.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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You can take action right now, if you live in Massachusetts. Doing this takes less than one minute and will make a significant impact. Do it now. action.aclu.org/send-message...
TELL MASSACHUSETTS LAWMAKERS: SUPPORT THE LOCATION SHIELD ACT IN 2025
Please take action!
action.aclu.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
You can take action right now, if you live in Massachusetts. Doing this takes less than one minute and will make a significant impact. Do it now. action.aclu.org/send-message...
If there was ever a day I needed this…
New episode out today! Come for the meat raffle, stay for former SCOTUS practitioner Tom Goldstein doing Japanese rope bondage.
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Shibari n' Stolen Elections
Podcast Episode · Lawyers Behaving Badly · 01/08/2026 · 1h 6m
podcasts.apple.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:17 PM
If there was ever a day I needed this…
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Boston stands with the people of Minneapolis.
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Boston stands with the people of Minneapolis.
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"DHS has shown that harm is not a mistake; it is how the system works."
This entire statement from LUCE in Massachusetts is fantastic.
Now, more than ever, we all need to step up to keep our communities safe. Considering joining this work: www.lucemass.org
This entire statement from LUCE in Massachusetts is fantastic.
Now, more than ever, we all need to step up to keep our communities safe. Considering joining this work: www.lucemass.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:03 AM
"DHS has shown that harm is not a mistake; it is how the system works."
This entire statement from LUCE in Massachusetts is fantastic.
Now, more than ever, we all need to step up to keep our communities safe. Considering joining this work: www.lucemass.org
This entire statement from LUCE in Massachusetts is fantastic.
Now, more than ever, we all need to step up to keep our communities safe. Considering joining this work: www.lucemass.org
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I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
The thing that is slightly lowering my blood pressure this morning is seeing a group of nice, competent people work together effectively for the benefit of their neighbors.
The amount of teamwork that goes into a successful digital operation for an event like yesterday is staggering. I am blessed with a great group of friends at @boston.gov. Footage, photo, livestream, design, posting, the event itself, a feature video, working fast. I'll talk more about it soon.
Over the next four years, Boston will be the proof that the nation we fought for is possible. #BostonInauguration
January 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The thing that is slightly lowering my blood pressure this morning is seeing a group of nice, competent people work together effectively for the benefit of their neighbors.
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🚨"It doesn't matter how careful people are when drivers are dangerous [and vehicles are dangerous] and infrastructure insufficient."🚨
A good reminder tonight of why I do what I do.
I got home from work and my wife told me that a driver nearly hit her and Gus in a crosswalk. She told me how she's "always so careful there."
But it doesn't matter how careful people are when drivers are dangerous and infrastructure insufficient.
I got home from work and my wife told me that a driver nearly hit her and Gus in a crosswalk. She told me how she's "always so careful there."
But it doesn't matter how careful people are when drivers are dangerous and infrastructure insufficient.
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🚨"It doesn't matter how careful people are when drivers are dangerous [and vehicles are dangerous] and infrastructure insufficient."🚨
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First off, this couple is hilarious and I want to subscribe to their podcast and be friends with them.
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
First off, this couple is hilarious and I want to subscribe to their podcast and be friends with them.
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
As a lawyer who has done exactly one trial and sworn off it forever, I’m always in awe of trial attorneys who can distill arguments down in this kind of relatable, legally-devastating way.
Compares the incident to when an 8-year-old is “in the middle of a bedtime temper tantrum” and “takes that stuff animal with which he sleeps…and throws it at you. Are you offended?…Are you scared you might suffer bodily injury? No.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
As a lawyer who has done exactly one trial and sworn off it forever, I’m always in awe of trial attorneys who can distill arguments down in this kind of relatable, legally-devastating way.
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Mainers have until tomorrow to reject a voter suppression effort pushed by Leonard Leo’s money and the unrelentingly deceitful Yes on 1 campaign.
Vote No on 1 and help get out the vote. #mepolitics open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
Vote No on 1 and help get out the vote. #mepolitics open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
Misinformation in Maine’s Voter Suppression Referendum Began with a Deceptive Title
Petition tactics hid absentee ballot limits. Question 1 proponents then used Newburgh ballots to mislead further.
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Mainers have until tomorrow to reject a voter suppression effort pushed by Leonard Leo’s money and the unrelentingly deceitful Yes on 1 campaign.
Vote No on 1 and help get out the vote. #mepolitics open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
Vote No on 1 and help get out the vote. #mepolitics open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
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Today’s @massterlist.com email includes a MUST-READ regarding MWRA’s staggeringly short-sighted plans to dump raw sewage into the Charles River for years to come, and pushback arriving from @crwa.bsky.social. What a disgrace, MWRA. massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/courts-rul...
Courts rule and Beacon Hill scrambles as SNAP cutoff date arrives
massterlist.beehiiv.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today’s @massterlist.com email includes a MUST-READ regarding MWRA’s staggeringly short-sighted plans to dump raw sewage into the Charles River for years to come, and pushback arriving from @crwa.bsky.social. What a disgrace, MWRA. massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/courts-rul...
In Dorchester the city shuts down Melville Ave and surrounding streets and it is the most delightful mayhem. The whole neighborhood is out in the streets, best night of the year.
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
In Dorchester the city shuts down Melville Ave and surrounding streets and it is the most delightful mayhem. The whole neighborhood is out in the streets, best night of the year.
Seconded.
Nothing better than a moonlit street crowded with screaming kids in costumes. Falling leaves. Cold breezes. Smell of the fire pit. Halloween is easily the best night of the year in Massachusetts.
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Seconded.
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Wu: #Boston and the Boston Foundation starting a fund to help 140,000 Bostonians who get SNAP benefits to afford food. Starting with $1 million in seed funding. BPS, BHA will be alerting people how to get aid, 311 operators trained on resources.
boston.gov/snap
boston.gov/snap
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Wu: #Boston and the Boston Foundation starting a fund to help 140,000 Bostonians who get SNAP benefits to afford food. Starting with $1 million in seed funding. BPS, BHA will be alerting people how to get aid, 311 operators trained on resources.
boston.gov/snap
boston.gov/snap
A Defector post based on a close read of the Massachusetts Corporations Division database involving Boston sports and Dorchester real estate feels like it was created in a lab to appeal specifically to me.
I dug through the paperwork for all 18 LLCs that Jordon Hudson has registered with Massachusetts since she started dating Bill Belichick.
They tell the story a young woman with big plans for her and her boyfriend.
Gift link!
They tell the story a young woman with big plans for her and her boyfriend.
Gift link!
The Rise Of Jordon Hudson, Small Business Owner | Defector
Before he was stumbling over interview questions on national TV, before he was the guy who made North Carolina football worse, before you could bet on when he might be fired, Bill Belichick was one of...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A Defector post based on a close read of the Massachusetts Corporations Division database involving Boston sports and Dorchester real estate feels like it was created in a lab to appeal specifically to me.
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Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
Always a good time to re-up the work of Cathy O'Neil, who has been sounding the alarm about the dangers of algorithms and AI in exactly these ways for a decade:
mathbabe.org
mathbabe.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Always a good time to re-up the work of Cathy O'Neil, who has been sounding the alarm about the dangers of algorithms and AI in exactly these ways for a decade:
mathbabe.org
mathbabe.org
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This is a really sweet story, it got me choking up in the office.
Give this a read if you need a good dose of love and kindness today
Give this a read if you need a good dose of love and kindness today
Was putting my face on and missed a call from my dad. Saw this text and called him back. (This is a nice story. Also his name is not Bob. That’s what the grandkids call him. Long and unrelated story.)
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is a really sweet story, it got me choking up in the office.
Give this a read if you need a good dose of love and kindness today
Give this a read if you need a good dose of love and kindness today
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honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
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Lia Smith, a transgender athlete who was on Middlebury's swimming and diving team, was just found dead by suicide this week.
www.them.us/story/lia-sm...
www.them.us/story/lia-sm...
October 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Lia Smith, a transgender athlete who was on Middlebury's swimming and diving team, was just found dead by suicide this week.
www.them.us/story/lia-sm...
www.them.us/story/lia-sm...
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Donate to the Greater Boston Food Bank if you can. They seed donations to smaller pantries across the region. When you help them, you help a lot of people.
The Greater Boston Food Bank
The Greater Boston Food Bank works to end hunger here by providing our neighbors in need across 190 cities and towns with the food and resources they need.
Gbfb.org
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Donate to the Greater Boston Food Bank if you can. They seed donations to smaller pantries across the region. When you help them, you help a lot of people.