900+ #cats and #dogs adopted during special adoption events
800+ cats and dogs received life saving vaccines through our new #Springfield Community Outreach program–and 500+ got microchips, too!
350 #animals transferred from partner shelters to our care, so everyone’s populations remain at manageable levels
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We’re celebrating a big milestone–our #Massachusetts Animal Shelter Support coalition is one-year-old! In the past year, the group–which includes #Berkshire Humane, Dakin Humane, TJO in #Springfield, #Boston Animal Control, and #Worcester ARL–has accomplished a lot 1/
Department of I Love #Worcester: tonight we are eating at the bar in our favorite Asian fusion restaurant. Two young ladies had a spirited disagreement over who was, in fact, a fat ugly bitch, which resulted in glassware being broken and some chairs becoming airborne. The response of the barman was to tell them to take it outside, which they did, and proceeded to have a forceful discussion in the parking lot of the 7-11 next door.
Dining continues and somehow nobody has called WPD. Love.
Things to do this weekend:
Adopt a #dog Play with that dog Snuggle that dog Tell others to adopt #dogs
If you agree that this sounds like the perfect weekend, visit http://www.mspca.org/dogs for info about our fee-waived adoptathon! It runs through Sunday at 9 shelters in #Massachusetts 
Speaking of things I missed while I was gone, while the #Trump era may be bad for... well, everything... apparently it's good for recruitment to the #UU church. We seem to have added FORTY new members this year, which is by far the most I've ever seen!
Mark your calendars! June 23-29, we and several of our MASS coalition partners are waiving adoption fees for all #dogs aged 1 and older! Fees will be waived at our adoption centers in #Boston, #Methuen, #Salem and Centerville on #CapeCod, as well as at #Worcester ARL, Thomas J. O’Connor ACAC, Boston ACAC, Berkshire Humane and Animal Protection Center of Southeastern Mass.!
Hours vary by location. Visit http://www.mspca.org/dogs for more info
Cool #Worcester Public Library (folding!) cargo bike at #Boston Pride. They were distributing banned books but ran out fast in the big crowd! The underside of the lid is a blackboard!
So proud of Worcester - a huge crowd is gathering to peacefully protest on No Kings Day. However you choose to protest, make your voice heard! Every voice matters! Photo by Bob Evans. #Worcester #Worcesterma #Massachusetts
Recent EV charging drama...
We spontaneously decided to go antiquing in Worcester which is about 1 hour away. With 30% SoC we'd just be able to make it home with 0% but I didn't want to risk that. So I decided to charge around Worcester on the way back.
First choice is EA in Northborough, since it's free for me. It has an 85% charge limit, so turnover should be fast. However there were 3 cars waiting when we arrived. I didn't want to wait, and Josh found a Ford Charger across the street at a dealer. I haven't used a Ford one before, so we decided to give it a try.
We saw one right away in front of the building, but it was turned off. I looked around and noticed another one across the parking lot, but it turned out to be an outdated charger which was also turned off, and at a Lincoln dealer. As we were super disappointed and leaving, I saw one at the back of the service department and it was on! It only accepts payment through Ford Charge (when you have a Ford EV) or Shell app. I haven't used the shell app for so long that I had to reset my password... But eventually everything worked fine. Reached 224kw in no time, which is not bad for a 240kw charger. We only charged for 8 mins to get us home. It's actually cheaper than the EA too.
And loved that it gave stats for Nerds!!
#BostonWeekend 31/x
Sun - noon to 5p, free
Vegetarians in #WorcesterMA https://www.vegfest.org
#Boston #Worcester #Massachusetts #vegan #Vegetarian #DinosaurTime
Come and get your love! We're having a blast at the Millbury Old Time Inn - come on down and join us!! #Worcester #worcesterma #Massachusetts #Millbury
Bonus college reunion points: Nicole and I stopped in at the Miss Woo for lunch before bidding Wormtown adieu.
.#Worcester Protestors Show How To Respond To #ICE Raids: Brave, nonviolent family members, #democracy activists, and politicians managed to slow up the warrantless #arrest of an #immigrant mother of 3, until reactionary local cops piled on. The latest from HorizonMass'' @jasonpramas. https://horizonmass.news/2025/05/15/worcester-protestors-show-how-to-respond-to-ice-raids/ #protest #immigration #WorcesterMA #Massachusetts
Bad apples have names.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
accused District 5 City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj,
who could be seen in videos of the Eureka Street incident standing between authorities and the woman targeted for detention,
of pulling "a political stunt"
https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/2025/05/10/department-of-homeland-security-ice-worcester-statement/83553193007/ #Worcester #Massachusetts
https://bsky.app/profile/worcestermainfo.bsky.social/post/3lot6tfucws2h
#USpolitics #Deportation #Worcester #Massachusetts
There's a sh!tload of video's on this one, but loads of other don't get the attention.
Thank God people are getting involved at streetlevel when ICE is at it again. And without due process NO ONE IS ILLEGAL or a criminal. Do you people even care about your constitution ? Your government clearly doesn't.
And this mother of a baby will be deported to a concentration camp, probably with her teenage daughter.
Only, very rarely, public outrage and publicity gets some famous cases back out of captivity. But the vast majority is deported, never to be heard from again.
And if this is allowed for them, what is 'saving' you from being the next ?
"ICE arrest sparks chaos as crowd tried to intervene" [ ± 1-3 min]
by CNN
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xo6IGfKOu_I
Quote by CNN:
"May 10, 2025
A chaotic scene unfolded in Worcester, Massachusetts, as onlookers attempted to intervene in an ICE raid, leading to the additional arrest of a 16-year-old teenager and another woman who was charged with assault and battery on a police officer."
#USriseUp
#TimeToResist #NextTimeItllBeYou
#WorkersUnite #UnionStrong
The people of #Worcester #Massachusetts will not be intimidated! They are protesting tomorrow against #ICE terrorizing their neighborhood.
#protests #immigration #50501movement #trump #fascism #resistance
They don't need a warrant
A federal kidnapping in Worcester
https://www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-need-a-warrant/
Read about how the brownshirts behaved as Hitler came to power — there was lots of first-hand testimony — and tell me how we differ from those thugs.
#Trump #ICE #immigrants #deportations #violence #Massachusetts #Worcester
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Painful as it is to watch, we Americans owe it to ourselves to watch this video and others like it, to get a good look at who we are right now, who we have chosen to be:
We, many of us, have chosen to be a nation where hordes of police and federal agents descend on a woman and her daughter and drag them screaming from a car, slamming the girl's face onto the ground.
#Trump #ICE #immigrants #deportations #violence #Massachusetts #Worcester
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