This is maybe a question for @mikecaulfield.bsky.social

So my kid has been watching YouTube videos about Minecraft conspiracy theories, & I’m going back & forth between worrying that being exposed to the structure & evidence & argument patterns of conspiracy theory is bad & thinking maybe it’s not the worst if his experience is it’s obvious fiction.

I guess we call those “people who support the death penalty,” since it already tends to be reserved for serious crimes. They just don’t have to express their opposition to the death penalty for jaywalking.

Imagine thinking that they are doing this because they care about their workers. myemail.constantcontact.com/Unlimited-br...

When they brought DARE to my elementary school, my dad started calling it Druggies Against Relief Ever.

Mass Budget overviews the investments made possible because of Fair Share revenue: 🚌Fare-Free Regional Transit 🍎Free School Meals 🎓Free Community Colleges 👶Early Education & Care operational grants 🚇MBTA capital investments #mapolimassbudget.org/2024/10/07/t...

Two Years of Fair Share Funding at Work - Mass. Budget and Policy Center

Nearly two years after Massachusetts voted to create a more equitable tax system to directly support education and transportation, $2.3 billion dollars have been dispersed to a wide variety of importa...

The advertising against question 5 strongly implies tipping will be *banned* outright, which is so dishonest.

So many of the arguments against Question 5 are so outright dishonest and fall apart with an ounce of rational thought. Do you tip different %s in different states? The tipped wage in MA is $6.75. In NH, it's $3.26. In CT, it's $9.31. You probably tip the same rate in each.

I don’t know what to do with this being a real conversation that happened.

Republicans: STOP CALLING US “WEIRD” 😭 Also Republicans: