The DCR is giving out free native pollinator starter kits starting 5-29-26!
If you are interested in pollinator friendly gardening this looks like a great way to get started. The DCR site is also a solid resource in general for native plant recommendations.
Investing in nature: Why outdoor spaces in Mass. deserve your vote | A ballot initiative would dedicate funds from existing state sales taxes to protect green spaces.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/18/opinion/ballot-initiative-massachusetts-protect-water-nature-environment/?s_campaign=8315%3AvarfOpen linkView original on slrpnk.netPlease, stop changing the clocks!
I personally enjoy more sun in the evening. I'd be happy with permanent DST.
https://www.boston.com/community/tell-us/2026/03/13/should-massachusetts-stop-changing-its-clocks/Open linkView original on lemmy.worldInside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
https://boltsmag.org/massachusetts-prisons-contract-with-ice/Open linkView original on slrpnk.netAnyone else having issues with UPS?
I have a couple of packages that have been marked as "out for delivery" only to be rescheduled for the next day, four days in a row. The reason is "severe weather". I understand that being valid the first, and maybe the second day...but four days?
Massachusetts' poor public records law is letting Somerville get away with redacting all information from 5 years of complaints about a library employee whose alleged behavior three women have resigne
For more info on the alleged sexual harassment, this article goes in-depth: https://www.cambridgeday.com/2024/12/06/somerville-library-staffers-leave-over-co-worker-calling-city-union-complacent-over-abuse-claims/
The city's own HR investigation "found sufficient evidence of violation/s under the City’s Equal Opportunity Policy" but a year later still employs the man despite "a '5-inch thick' binder compiled over years of complaints against Sanchez from co-workers and library patrons."
https://www.cambridgeday.com/2026/01/28/somerville-shares-redacted-investigation/Open linkView original on lemmy.world






