@funkyjaybo

Dad, Locker, YIMBY, moderately funky🤩

Joined April 2014
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I remember the day @RevMariama wrote this note, and I think of these three sentences often. I’m committed to the zoning and affordable housing work needed to tear down barriers to neighborhood access and wealth accumulation.
Rev. Mariama@RevMariama3 Sep 2020
Replying to @funkyjaybo @_EmilyNorton
The history of zoning laws is deeply tied to the history of racism. Fighting to “maintain the character of the neighborhood” is not new. Concerns about “density” are often coded around what kind of people will move into multi-unit housing.
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A Statement from the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus Regarding on Racist Remarks Made at Rally Regarding Puerto Rican, Latino, Black Communities. #black #latino #mapoli
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Passing no bills for a year and a half and then saying you ran out of time to pass bills at the last second is an astonishing way of governing. This is humiliating compared to so many states.
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Na'iim Shareef's "Game. Blouses." is one of the many new murals enlivening the Atlanta BeltLine's Westside Trail. artsatl.org/today-in-street-…
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Come On In - Live touches on so many aspects, from Hip Hop, to Education, to Spirituality,Mental Health, the Arts, Black Culture, Masculinity, Identity and so much more. If you know of anyone who might be interested in any one of themes, please let them know this show is for them
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Pitfall was impossible. If you know, you know.
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100% agree.
AG Andrea Joy Campbell@MassAGO15 Feb 2024
I’m disappointed that a select group of Milton residents chose to be part of the problem rather than the solution to our housing affordability crisis. My office has made it clear that compliance with the law is mandatory. (1/2)
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The entire 4 minute cut of the Ben Affleck/Dunkin Donuts saga. A true masterpiece
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I will use this gif liberally
Dunkin'
@dunkindonuts12 Feb 2024
Extra football??
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THE BEACONS ARE LIT! GONDOR CALLS FOR AID!!
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@BenAffleck is the Dunking we deserve.
Jason JH@funkyjaybo12 Feb 2024
Smaht casual 🍩 ☕️ I am here for this. @dunkindonuts
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Smaht casual 🍩 ☕️ I am here for this. @dunkindonuts
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This track suit for sale yet? @dunkindonuts
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I piloted a starship, and I can’t figure this out either.
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This is selfish: “other people bringing children to parks need to pay a fee.” This is no different than voters starving public education budgets & fighting zoning reform. It’s the mentality of “a city should provide only the services and access I require and not a dime more.”
Breana Pitts@BrePWBZ8 Feb 2024
The Parks & Rec Dept. in #Arlington says residents are complaining about daycare children constantly using the parks. They're proposing daycares/preschools in town pay anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000 in fees to use them (money will be used to maintain parks) Thoughts? @wbz
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Regardless of your politics, some fascinating takes in here about a divide in the Mass Dem party. I do agree the Boston Globe did run anti-union, sensationalist headlines and editorials here — seeking to fam flames to sell them clicks.
Working Mass@dsaworkingmass8 Feb 2024
READ: Historic @NewtonTeachers Strike Highlights Divided MA Democratic Party “Even a year ago, I’m not sure I believed that this could happen in Newton. Do the work, learn the organizing skills, they really work.” working-mass.com/2024/02/08/…
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“fam flames” 😂 #typo
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Deb Crossley’s patience & knowledge were saintly as head of our zoning comm. She made time for questions from all neighbors, never got petty, & led with her heart. She just wanted to help make #NewtonMa accessible to more families❤️. Will always be a fan. bostonglobe.com/2024/02/08/b…

‘It’s sad that makes me a villain’: Longtime Newton councilor got voted out after leading zoning...

The state’s MBTA communities law can put local officials in a difficult spot, drafting zoning laws their communities oppose. Deborah Crossley learned that the hard way.

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Use the Native Land map in the link below and enter your address to see which Indigenous lands you live on. native-land.ca/
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It shows the lengths teachers & their neighbors are willing to go for humane family leave policies, living wages for aides, increasing access to social workers, & addressing benefits inequities in a profession that is ~70% women. How dare we invest in our kids and their teachers?
The Boston Globe
@BostonGlobe3 Feb 2024
The Newton teachers strike was the sixth such strike in Mass. since 2022, and it showed the lengths unions are willing to go, even if it costs them hundreds of thousands of dollars and public goodwill. trib.al/ZNOdakz

The Newton teachers strike ends, returning students to school Monday - The Boston Globe

The agreement puts an end to a negotiating impasse that lasted months and, since Jan. 19, kept schools closed due to an illegal strike.

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