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Truly outrageous: as this 80° Oct week wraps up, MassDOER declares that Somerville is legally prohibited from banning fossil fuel hook-ups in new buildings. MA Legislature set a non-sensical limit of 10 cities in their “Fossil Free Pilot” & 11 applied. aol.com/northampton-ro…

Crews are building new sidewalks on the west side of Central Street today.

Jeffrey Epstein details close relationship with Trump in newly released tapes theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n…

Just saw this anti-Question 6 sign, and it looked vaguely familiar…then realized they literally just put a sticker over an old anti-Transfer Fee sign from six years ago 😂 They must truly hate affordable housing. Anyway, vote Yes on 6 in Somerville! yeson6somerville.com

Jeffrey Epstein described himself as Trump’s “closest friend.”

SOMERVILLE BALLOT QUESTIONS! Still haven’t decided how you’re voting on the 6 ballot questions? Here is my guide: eepurl.com/i1eRhQ

Philadelphia DA issues warning to anyone who wants to "play militia" or engage in voter intimidation tomorrow: "We do have the cuffs. We do have the jail cells. We do have the Philly juries. ... F around and find out."

Did you know that the City of Somerville received 18,656 early voting ballots for the 2024 election? Polls are open until 8 p.m. today. Check your polling location at votesomerville.org and be sure to cast your ballot!

Good news for Somerville: Question 6 won big, which means more money for affordable housing, open space and preserving history. Somerville voted Yes overwhelmingly on all ballot questions. Unofficial City results👇

"Giving in to despair is not option...this is a city that really gives a shit about each other, cares about each other, loves each other, and we’re going to figure out what the work is that needs to get done, and we’re going to do it together.” cambridgeday.com/2024/11/06/lea…

cambridgeday.com/2024/11/06/lea… “This is a city that really gives a shit about each other, cares about each other, loves each other, and we’re going to figure out what the work is that needs to get done, and we’re going to do it together.” Hell yes, Ben Ewen-Campen.

RENTAL REGISTRY: City of Somerville is hosting a public meeting on the proposed Rental Registry & Energy Disclosure Ordinance, on Weds 11/20. Register: somervilleMA.gov/rred Would be the first of kind in MA👇

Great save by Ladder 3!!! Rescuing a victim over the stick from floor 3 on arrival Group 4 on duty

The new protected bike lanes on Summer St. and Central St. are really extraordinary. Very much still under construction, but this gives a taste of what safe neighborhood cycling will be as our bike network continues to expand. Somerville Infrastructure City of Somerville

🟩paint coming soon on Summer Street, but you can see the connectivity for the new cycle track heading west on Summer Street and then making a right on Central Street. #bikenetwork

🤯Unreal…for the second time this week, I’m posting a video of jaw-dropping progress for safer streets: the new bike lanes on Washington St. are like a dream come true. This ride is from Beacon up towards Union Square, ending right at the Argenziano School. Somerville Infrastructure

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

New paper: Ben Ewen-Campen, Weihang Chen, Sudhir Gopal Tattikota, Ying Liu, Yanhui Hu, Norbert PerrimonThe Drosophila proventriculus lacks stem cells but compensates for age-related cell loss via endoreplication-mediated cell growth doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…

🔬New paper! This has been my personal favorite project I’ve ever done - also, the only one that the President of the United States has tried to destroy by 100% defunding our lab & institution. Please enjoy: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #drosophila #proventriculus #preprint