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massandra
👤 About massandra
About Me
Hello! I’m a Bostonian engineer with a passion for writing, a fascination with how words are used, and a drive to share it with others.
My Goal
I aim to write content that pushes toward a goal. Every post should either serve as a foundation for ideas to come, or build upon the ones that came before. I hope you can use the roots and branches to see how ideas grow over time.
Engage!
I invite civil disagreement at every junction from all ends of the spectrum, whether further left, further right, or some other direction. I’m always looking to be proven wrong so I can do better next time.
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Newton, MA
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October 10, 2025
This week, the town council in Burlington (where the Massachusetts ICE facility resides) passed a resolution condemning the detention center. In short, the detention center, which sits just across ... (Read more)
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October 06, 2025
As someone with a lot of MAGA-supporting family, I know all too well how quick GOP quips can be casually injected into conversations, yet using that opportunity to have a serious conversation about... (Read more)
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October 05, 2025
“If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts; if you have the law on your side, pound the law; if you have neither the facts nor the law, pound the table.” - Old anonymous lawyer adage Whil... (Read more)
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October 04, 2025
MassGOP chair Amy Carnevale recently took issue with the enforcement of the MBTA Communities Act: “The MBTA Communities Act was never intended to be a stick-first approach by the Commonwealth. What... (Read more)
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October 03, 2025
Following up on an earlier post about Newton’s overnight winter parking ban–a seemingly low-stakes bill with surprisingly far-reaching consequences–I got a pamphlet in the mail today giving the arg... (Read more)
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October 02, 2025
I wholeheartedly agree that, as a nation, we are too divided, and a lot of our issues stem from our inability to engage with the people around us who are different. We all need to strive to appeal ... (Read more)
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October 01, 2025
A veteran venture capitalist is aiming to dismantle the “one-party system” in Massachusetts by adopting the national veteran-disrespecting, fiscally disastrous, three-branch-controlling platform of... (Read more)
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September 30, 2025
I don’t want to beat this subject to death (it would be the height of hypocrisy), but seeing as it keeps coming up around me, I wanted to drop an observation. Perusing a Massachusetts-centric e-tab... (Read more)
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September 25, 2025
Activists in Newton are currently collecting signatures for a measure to repeal the municipal winter parking ban. What seems like a low-impact, hyper-local car issue actually has far-reaching conse... (Read more)
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September 24, 2025
State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg attempted to remove Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O’Brien, alleging gross misconduct, but a Massachusetts judge found Goldberg had committed a “clear er... (Read more)