My mother is a senior who, like most seniors, has a fixed income. She collects social security and EBT (food stamps).

On April 26-27, they are taking the whole EBT System OFFLINE. That has never happened before. They claim it is for "maintenance" and I am worried this is DOGE related.

She can rely on people, if worse comes to worst, but not everyone does. If you know someone who gets EBT / Food Stamps, I recommend they use them before that time.

#EBT #FoodStamps #DOGE #Massachusetts #SNAP

In 1773, Boston stood up to a tyrant who called himself king. Today, Boston did so again.

#Boston #HandsOff #DefendTheConstitution #massachusetts

Spring is very slow this year in the #Berkshires of western #Massachusetts. But there are definitely tiny little green hints here and there.

Tonight and tomorrow we're expecting snow, probably no accumulation. Two steps forward one step back is still forward motion with a little wiggle in between.
#mawx
@altbot

At least 100,000 rallying and marching in Boston today!

#HandsOff #Boston #Massachusetts #Protest #CivilRights #MassMobilization #Indivisible #MoveOn #EDU #Resist #Resistance #Defiance #NoKings #HandsOff2025

#Lawyers for a detained Tufts #student from #Turkey demand her case remain in #Massachusetts

source: independent.co.uk/news/massach…

#Ozturk is among several people with ties to American universities who attended demonstrations or publicly expressed support for Palestinians during the war in #Gaza and who recently had #visas revoked or been stopped from entering the U.S. She was one of four students who wrote an op-ed in The Tufts Daily last year criticizing the #university’s response to student activists’ demands.

#journalism #press #Palestine #criticism #politics #usa #fail #humanrights #problem #news #justice #crime #protest #visa

Lawyers for a detained Tufts student from Turkey demand her case remain in Massachusetts

Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities have argued that her case should be handled by the federal court in Massachusetts

^{Michael Casey (The Independent)}

A Common Grackle at Mass Audubon Stony Brook.

#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #norfolk #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Was walking in Northampton, Massachusetts.

#Northampton #Massachusetts #NorthamptonMa