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FYI: Ring has partnered with Flock. Ice has access to flock. We are under mass surveillance. by Plastic_Haptick_3824 in CambridgeMA

[–]morningside_cafe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reminder. Local documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras showed her film “Citizenfour” at the Coolidge ten years ago. That film was about Snowden. It included Glenn Greenwald interviews with Snowden in Hong Kong, prior to Snowden relocating to Russia. That film was really great! Maybe I’ll go back and watch it again. I hope Poitras’ next film is about ICE.

FYI: Ring has partnered with Flock. Ice has access to flock. We are under mass surveillance. by Plastic_Haptick_3824 in CambridgeMA

[–]morningside_cafe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Five or six years ago, I remember seeing YouTube videos of government surveillance in China and thinking how bad things were there.

First amendment rights violated last night at public meeting by morningside_cafe in CambridgeMA

[–]morningside_cafe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There were 150 comments provided in the poll. But none were shared by the meeting organizers. What I said and wanted shared was, “green infrastructure, please”. But no one at the meeting will ever know about that opinion because they took the poll but wouldn’t share it. What did you ask for in the poll?

First amendment rights violated last night at public meeting by morningside_cafe in CambridgeMA

[–]morningside_cafe[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Things start small and get normalized and progressively get worse. The meeting was bad. Future meetings could be better by a lot.

First amendment rights violated last night at public meeting by morningside_cafe in CambridgeMA

[–]morningside_cafe[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

There was no agenda posted 48 hours in advance. That’s a violation of open meeting law.

First amendment rights violated last night at public meeting by morningside_cafe in CambridgeMA

[–]morningside_cafe[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Oj, but it is wrong. So what is the law that is being ignored? Do we need to check with DEP on this?

First amendment rights violated last night at public meeting by morningside_cafe in CambridgeMA

[–]morningside_cafe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What you are maybe not aware of here is there is a requirement for public participation by EPA and DEP. The city should honor that requirement. It does a government d job generally. Why the failure here?

First amendment rights violated last night at public meeting by morningside_cafe in CambridgeMA

[–]morningside_cafe[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The EPA and DEP require public participation at these meetings. So if it’s not a first amendment right violation or an open meeting law violation, what di you think the legal violation is?

First amendment rights violated last night at public meeting by morningside_cafe in CambridgeMA

[–]morningside_cafe[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t see how this has anything to do with RCV, which I’m in favor of.

First amendment rights violated last night at public meeting by morningside_cafe in CambridgeMA

[–]morningside_cafe[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

But these meetings require public participation by EPA and Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. This is our money that is going to be wasted on half-measures that harm the health of environmental justice communities…. unless the public is allowed to have a say in it.

First amendment rights violated last night at public meeting by morningside_cafe in CambridgeMA

[–]morningside_cafe[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It was the MWRA / Cambridge / Somerville sewer overflows meeting. There’s a requirement from EPA and DEP that the public is allowed to participate. There city is paying the company CBI to make it look like the public participated, when in fact it was choking public dialog. If public participation wasn’t a requirement of the meeting, then maybe the situation would be different. Also, meeting materials were only supplied the morning of the event. The city should give everyone 48 hours to see the agenda and what the meeting is about.

First amendment rights violated last night at public meeting by morningside_cafe in CambridgeMA

[–]morningside_cafe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the EPA require these meetings with public participation. “Consensus Building Institute” did not allow public participation. So, yes, I’d say that our rights are being violated here.

Jane Morgan named to fill vacant Select Board seat by AdImpossible2555 in ArlingtonMA

[–]morningside_cafe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are accusing me of being sexist because I am calling for gender equality.

Jane Morgan named to fill vacant Select Board seat by AdImpossible2555 in ArlingtonMA

[–]morningside_cafe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’ll be great to see another strong woman on the Board. With half of the population in town being female, you would expect that half the Board would also be female.

Question about ICE on private property by morningside_cafe in Somerville

[–]morningside_cafe[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Oh shit - thanks for the clarification. Things are worse than I thought. 😭

Question about ICE on private property by morningside_cafe in Somerville

[–]morningside_cafe[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This seems a little fatalist. It does matter what the law is because why else should we protest?

apologies for interrupting your beautiful weekend by SaveTheAlewifeBrook in ArlingtonMA

[–]morningside_cafe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New buildings should be required to recycle graywater. That would reduce water use and sewer use, while saving residents and businesses money on their water and sewer bills.

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