Bottom line up front: Feds at polling places are considered observers, and if they don’t follow the rules observers are required to follow they can be removed or arrested if they refuse to leave. Read on for more.
I recently visited Trustees of Reservations property Lowell Holly in Mashpee and Sandwich, MA, on Cape Cod. It’s a pleasant hike with lots to enjoy. Lowell Holly abuts Wakeby Pond and Mashpee Pond. There are beaches on both ponds along the trails that you can take advantage of, weather-permitting. Also, the ponds are apparently good… Read More: Trustees hike: Lowell Holly »
I recently visited Trustees of Reservations Doyle Community Park in Leominster, MA, https://thetrustees.org/place/doyle-community-park/. The website’s tag-line for Doyle, “Meander along trails that pass through woodlands, fields, and gardens, all parts of an elegant former estate,” is accurate, but it doesn’t mention what I personally think is the best feature of this property, a pond with… Read More: Trustees hike: Doyle Community Farm »
A lovely property. An easy hike with a lot of interesting stuff to see.
They don’t respond to emails, phone messages, or paper letters, and they don’t maintain the trail markings or signage at their properties.
A few days ago, I asked the fediverse if anyone knew of a tool I could use to publish an article on my blog and publish the same article as a thread on Mastodon. I already have a way to post summaries of and links to my blog postings into my Mastodon account. I’ve also already set… Read More: New: WP+Masto POSSE — publish to both WordPress and Mastodon »
An extension to automatically adjust global Thunderbird preferences based on the mail folder you’re currently working in.
They gave me incorrect instructions multiple times, then failed to deliver as promised, then refused (so far) to fix the failed delivery.
Vote for Ed Markey, Margie Palladino, Daniel Lander, and Linda Champion.
To illustrate how well AI is going, here’s a prime example of the confidently wrong phenomenon, a.k.a. mansplaining as a service… I asked free Microsoft Copilot Chat: if I rename a shared file in Google Drive, does the name change for just me or everyone? The correct answer is that in fact it does change… Read More: AI’s going really well, eh? »