Jessi Murray

Jessi Murray

@jessimurray.bsky.social

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I’m a govtech product lady with a focus on equity and meeting people where they are. I have cute corgi and too many hobbies. Former progressive challenger who timed a run for office really poorly with that pandemic situation.

MA > WA > MA again

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I still have a baby blanket I need to finish but I think with *gestures* everything, it may be time to quickly knit the Emotional Support Chicken that’s been trending on Ravelry for a while… www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Emotional Support Chicken™ pattern by Annette Corsinowww.ravelry.com TUTORIAL NOW AVAILABLE

My sister lives in Milwaukee and her fiancée is going to have to go very close to the venue for work, walking about a mile there because of the security zone set-up. Both of them read pretty obviously as queer. Honestly pretty concerned…

RNC was already likely going to be a mess, but now, far moreso. Along with it being incredibly tense, & hair-trigger throughout.

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can we please go one week without a decade happening

Just got @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social’s book at my local indie bookstore (Papercuts in Jamaica Plain) and I’m excited to dive in!

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"Between first and last month’s rent, a security deposit, and the broker’s fee, “it’s like a down payment” just to secure an apartment." -- Kathy Brown, Boston Tenant Coalition #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/12/b...

Brokers’ fees for rentals may soon be shifted onto landlords - The Boston Globewww.bostonglobe.com The fees, normally equal to one month's rent, are a common point of contention among the state's increasingly cost-burdened renters.

If you stay too long at the big tech companies, you risk becoming one of those people whose main skill is pulling together justifications for why any business decision was Actually Good and whose main impulse is to make a too-long thread or LinkedIn post about it.

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Lenacapavir did so well at preventing HIV infection that it hit the threshold where the only ethical thing to do was stop the randomized trial and immediately offer it to literally every participant. That's huge news. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trialwww.npr.org The testing of lenacapavir was halted because results were so impressive — 100% effectiveness. The decision was made to give all participants the injection rather than the alternative daily pill.

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wapo.st/4bAbfqR

Opinion | Expand the Supreme Court. And weaken it.wapo.st Two essential reforms: Add justices to the court. And then require a supermajority to overturn federal laws.

The most noble of beasts

I think you all need a little more #corgi on your feed. Sammy is the goodest girl ❤️

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Libro.fm is rad. 100 percent recommend. I have not looked back.

I want more folks to know about libro.fm as an alternative to Audible or Spotify or other shady corps. It’s 100% employee-owned and works like Audible, except your credits support an indie bookstore of your choosing instead of Amazon. Go listen to a disabled author for Disability Pride Month! 💙📚

Same audiobooks. Different story.libro.fm Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.

Same audiobooks. Different story.libro.fm Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.

Does anyone have a good article (ideally non paywalled) that I can share with my Grandma on how to identify AI images? She has been sharing a ton on Facebook and I just want to make sure it doesn’t progress to falling for scams.

Sammy has a double coat and most of her body has black fur, so she can get hot pretty fast. I bought her a cooling jacket (basically a dog outfit that you dip in water) for extra hot days, and I think it is very cute.

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Saw an AI fireworks show and a guy lost all 7 fingers on one hand.

Honestly I think the fact that Sammy isn’t bothered by fireworks can at least be partially attributed to the fact that she was a puppy when Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan was having the police constantly set off flash bangs in our neighborhood…

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Why I Don't Vote (OK, I Do Vote, but I Would Like to Discourage You, NY Times Reader, For Doing So For Some Reason) Via @bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us

Man, if it turns out that the right winger telling NY Times readers that they should follow his example and not vote did in fact vote in the last two elections, the Times should add this to the piece. Better than a retraction, since it illustrates a willful hypocrisy.

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AP story waits until paragraph 16 to mention police & prosecutors are accused of conspiring to protect the cop who's apparently the real killer, until then making him seem like a lone wolf

Just a jaw-dropper from the state whose attorney general is currently trying to execute an innocent man. innocenceproject.org/missouri-cir...

Missouri woman who has served more than 40 years for murder is declared innocent by judgewww.nbcnews.com She must be freed or retried for the 1980 murder within 30 days, a judge ruled, but the Missouri AG has asked an appeals court to review the judge's decision.

This is very reminiscent of this 30 Rock scene youtu.be/M0OwIMsQ4_4?...

Tracy's Message To Black American Voters | 30 Rockyoutu.be Can Tracy convince black americans to vote Republican? Your favorite shows, movies and more are here. Stream now on Peacock: www.peacocktv.com Watch 30 Rock on Google Play: http://bit.ly/2ffez47 & iTunes http://apple.co/2vxg183 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2wnzhDx This is the official YouTube channel for 30 Rock. Watch all of the official clips from the series, the funniest moments and recurring jokes, and follow the adventures of the TGS crew of misfits.

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Kinda stressful week fam

“Was starting a coup an official act?”

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Been a little light on Helly Pup content lately, so counter-programming despair w the cutest, goodest dog 😍

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Clarence Thomas the last 20 years: 2005 - Chevron is correct 2005-2024 - receives $4 million in secret gifts from real estate developers and polluters and other right-wingers who’ve made reversing Chevron one of their highest priorities 2024 - Chevron is wrong

I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to watch the debate and opening up BlueSky has been so very reaffirming of that decision

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Joshua J. Friedman

Justice Jackson on SCOTUS dismissing the Idaho emergency abortion cases as improvidently granted: "Today's decision is not a victory for pregnant patients in Idaho. It is delay." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

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Not to be grouchy but this was a calculated political move on the part of the court designed to produce exactly these kinds of headlines, and it’s frustrating that it worked.

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This is not what they ruled; they ruled than an injunction can stay in place while the case proceed through the lower courts. This headlines makes it sound like the Court vindicated the right to an emergency abortion; they did not.

Breaking news: Hospitals in Idaho that receive federal funds must allow emergency abortion care to stabilize patients even though the state strictly bans the procedure, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, one day after the opinion was prematurely posted on its website.

Supreme Court officially allows emergency abortions in Idaho -- for nowwww.washingtonpost.com The ruling, which was prematurely posted by the high court, allows emergency abortions in Idaho to stabilize patients -- for now, while litigation continues.

Just for kicks, here’s Sammy as a puppy.

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it also gives rise to one of my favorite linguistics jokes (a niche genre, to be fair):

Yesterday a couple turkeys snuck up on me at Franklin Park and also there is a cow on the loose. Boston has it* all. www.masslive.com/news/2024/06... *roaming animals

Cow still on the moove after evading capture by Boston Animal Controlwww.masslive.com The cow was first spotted at an intersection Saturday evening, Boston Animal Control said.

I just watched the AppleTV series Defending Jacob from a couple of years ago, and you can tell they cared about like mentioning how even Needham kids knew was was going on in Newton, and Newton “wasn’t Dorchester” but their one real authenticity mistake was that the bowling scene wasn’t candlepin.