If you or your neighbors think you see ICE in Massachusetts, call or text the LUCE hotline: 617-370-5023
And if you or anyone else needs resources, please share this multilingual link collection with them that has links to know your rights resources in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/lucemass
Here's a website where you can find a partial directory of May Day actions: https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/
For Massachusetts we are seeing events in Boston, Wakefield, Lynn, Bedford, Waltham, Chelmsford, Holliston, Worcester, Gill, Springfield, and Great Barrington.
#MayDay2025 #Boston #Wakefield #Lynn #Bedford #Waltham #Chelmsford #Holliston, #Worcester #Gill #SpringfieldMA #GreatBarrington #Berkshires #Massachusetts #MAEvents
Lynn came to visit Ichinose Kana and also took a photo with her and her cat.
Source: Lynn
EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT
My wife, Lisa Tulipani, proudly introduces The Lynnebago, LLC.
The #Lynnebago is a revolutionary two room mobile trailer that creates universal access at outdoor events, fostering #inclusion everywhere it roams.
THE LYNNEBAGO IS HERE AND READY TO BRING ACCESS TO JOY THIS SUMMER!
Help us create space for true #community building and connection in #Lynn #Massachusetts and surrounding areas this summer.
DONATE/SHARE link:
https://givebutter.com/LynnebagoLaunch
Mañana Martes 11 de Febrero marcha en apoyo a los inmigrantes.
Lugar de encuentro:
District Court (580 Essex St., Lynn, MA) desde donde los marchantes saldrán para dirigirse a Lynn City Hall a defender sus derechos.
Hora: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Mañana Martes 11 de Febrero marcha en apoyo a los inmigrantes.
Lugar de encuentro:
District Court (580 Essex St., Lynn, MA) desde donde los marchantes saldrán para dirigirse a Lynn City Hall a defender sus derechos.
Hora: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
"Lynn teen, detained by ICE after she was arrested for allegedly shoving her brother, is released from ICE custody"
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/31/metro/lynn-teen-brother-cellphone-ice-custody/
#Lynn #Massachusetts #Arrest #LawEnforcement #CriminalLaw #CivilLaw #Detainer #DoNotSnitch #Portland #Jail #Maine #ICE #Immigrants #Asylum #Trump #Citizens #Politics #Business
Closing alert -- Los Chamos Venezuelan Cuisine in Lynn has closed. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/01/los-chamos-venezuelan-cuisine-in-lynn.html
Judge reduces penalties against sober-house owner who expected sex from women tenants from $3.8 million to $1.4 million; feds have 10 days to appeal
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/judge-reduces-penalty-against-sober-house-owner
Fourteen years ago, Congress set out to remedy a basic unfairness in the tax code.
The tax that funds Medicare, because it’s aimed mainly at wages, hits even the poorest American workers.
But the wealthy could easily avoid paying their share.
So lawmakers created a new type of Medicare tax to capture the kinds of income the rich often enjoy:
interest, dividends and capital gains from investments.
A host of billionaires
— sports team owners, oil barons, Wall Street traders and others
— have managed to avoid paying it, ProPublica found.
To study who was actually paying the new tax, ProPublica analyzed its trove of IRS data containing information on thousands of the wealthiest Americans.
We identified 17 people who, in the first six years of the law, 2013 through 2018, 
each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
Most members of the group were able to sidestep the tax because of a huge gap written into the law,
which allows owners to exempt gains from the sale of their businesses.
They include #Donald #Sterling, the disgraced former NBA team owner who avoided the tax when he sold the Los Angeles Clippers to Steve Ballmer for $2 billion in 2014
But others eluded the tax in ways that raise questions about how the law is being enforced.
One clear target of the new tax was investment professionals who rack up capital gains.
Yet ProPublica found examples in the IRS data of financiers who claimed outsize profits but did not pay the tax.
Tax experts contacted by ProPublica said they couldn’t think of a legitimate reason why those individuals were exempt.
#Lynn #Tilton, a hard-charging private equity manager,
who has been dubbed the “diva” of distressed asset investing,
is one example.
The biggest avoider of the new tax in the data was #Jeff #Yass, the Republican megadonor who sits atop one of the most profitable trading firms in the world
https://www.propublica.org/article/billionaires-net-investment-income-tax
Meanwhile, back home in #Massachusetts...
#LynnWoods brush fire doubles in size as it burns over 200 acres
The #Lynn Woods is the latest to burn amid the drought the region is experiencing.
By Matt Fortin
Published November 10, 2024
"The fire is also burning deep into the ground, causing trees to fall due to their roots being weakened by the fire.
"So far, the fire hasn't burned over Dungeon Rock and on the road towards Jackson's Path.
"The smoke from the flames has now cast a giant cloud over the city of Lynn.
"'Like a couple of bombs went off, and a lot of smoke and my concern at my house, I have my hose ready to go in case, its coming this way in case it goes the other way toward my house im gonna spray the house down with my hose.' said John Petersen who lives near the reservation."
Three more wildfires seen from Buck Hill this morning, November 9th.
The first one is the Braintree Echo Lake fire. The Braintree Split can be seen at the bottom of this photo, where I-93 and route 3 meet.
The second one is the Lynn Woods Reservation fire. The Chelsea Street Bridge can been seen below the smoke.
The third fire seems to line up with the location of the Mansfield fire near the I-95/I-495 interchange.
The air was very cool and dry today and the wind was whipping. Scary times!
#NorthShore brush fires sent smoke to #Boston — and eluded #AirQuality readers
Story by Steph Solis
October 28, 2024
"The smoke from brush fires around #Salem wafted over Boston on Monday, puzzling residents who got no indication of it from air quality readings on their phones.
"Why it matters: As #ClimateChange makes wildfires more likely and severe in the U.S., #Massachusetts residents will have to learn to detect the signs and protect themselves.
"Catch up quick: Firefighters are battling brush fires across #Salem, #Peabody and #Lynn, sending smoke as far south as Foxborough.
"More than 130 acres of brush have burned since Saturday, NBC Boston reported.
"Between the lines: Smoke inhalation can harm people with all sorts of health conditions, from those with asthma and emphysema to heart attack survivors.
"It's especially risky for children, whose lungs are still developing, says Anthony Wexler, director of the Air Quality Research Center at UC Davis.
"Multiple studies show air pollution can hurt lung development.
"How it works: The smoke smell caught locals' attention in the morning, as opposed to Monday afternoon, because smoke stays close to the ground after the Sun sets, Wexler says.
Once the Sun rises, it warms up the ground and mixes low-lying air with cleaner air above, causing the smoke to dissipate as the day progresses.
"Yes, but: The smoke didn't show up on some air quality readings, like the ones on iPhones.
"That's because the state and federal governments only have a few air quality monitors in a given community. If a plume of smoke passed through your neighborhood but missed the monitor, the reading will end up lower.
"Commercial air quality readers like #PurpleAir monitors are inexpensive and more common, so they can give better readings, Wexler notes.
"#AirNow, the federal government's service, also has better readings on its smoke and fire map."
#AirIsLife #WildfireSeason
#ExtremeDrought #ClimateCrisis #NorthShoreOfMassachusetts
#EssexCountyMassachusetts
#SalemMA #MiddletonMA #LynnMA
Lynn from her final episode of Umai！Mou Ippai wa Yamete Okimasu(´;ω;｀). #20
That is a lot of ramen.
Source: Lynn
The Norwegian Jade cruise ship departs Boston through Boston Harbor, photographed from Buck Hill. This was taken on my first real outing this fall (long distance photography is not compatible with warm weather) bringing along the heavy camera gear and I just happened to be up on the hill at the right time and and in the right position as this huge ship was passing through the Harbor.
In the foreground is the Neponset Landing apartments, 2 Hancock St, Quincy MA and the Marina Point condominiums, 2001 Marina Drive, Quincy MA
Just to the right of the ship is a house at 46 Barlett Pkwy, Winthrop MA. Above that house is two churches, First Church-Winthrop United, 217 Winthrop St, Winthrop MA and St. John the Evangelist Church, 320 Winthrop St, Winthrop MA
The large yellowish building on the left side is the Leisure Tower Apartments, 10 Farrar St #100, Lynn MA. Below that is the steeple from the former Winthrop Playhouse (now condos), 60 Hermon Street, Winthrop MA
On the horizon is the Pequot Highlands apartments, 12 First St, Salem MA and a water tower, Brimbal Hill Dr, Beverly MA
