nicco mele

@henrycjjackson it will get crazier. Guaranteed.

Tom Mele (#ZGPOTG) and @MiddlesexMagic are your Boys 8th Grade National Green Champs! 🏆🔥 They came in and took care of business all weekend long! Way to stay the course gentleman 😈🤝 #ZGSupercup

It will get crazier: NASA says a “city-killer” asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of smashing into Earth in 2032 livescience.com/space/asteroid…

Lexington Public Schools imposed a spending freeze on Dec. 4 in anticipation of a nearly $2 million budget shortfall. The school district will audit its special education program, slow hiring, and more to cut costs. @ObserverLex lexobserver.org/2024/12/19/lex…

Remember rule 1: it's gonna get crazier.

@PeterHamby you're killing me smalls

Female share of the 2020 electorate: 54%, per Catalist Female share of the 2024 electorate: 53%, per exit polls (grain of salt)

Old women rock. Remember that.

Roman Republican denarius showing citizens voting. One toga-clad citizen drops his voting tablet in the ballot box, while behind him another voter receives his tablet from an attendant below. Voters crossed elevated walkways or 'pontes' above their fellow citizens in order to reach the ballot box, so all could see that they had voted without any last-minute intimidation or interference by others. To safeguard the integrity of elections, in 119 BC, the tribune Gaius Marius further narrowed the pons causeway leading to the ballot box, in order to prevent any non-voters from standing on the gangway and engaging in bribery or intimidation; literally, to ensure that there was 'no room' for interference. Denarius struck under the moneyer Publius Licinius Nerva in 112 BC, British Museum Collection

Another byproduct of local news crisis: less localization of national stories. Recent e.g. RFK jr says he'll oversee USDA to get US "off of" "seed oil." Previously, Iowa media wouldve swarmed the local angle (Iowa is #2 producer of soybeans). Dont see much cnn.com/2024/10/29/pol…

Sez Us has been open a week! @JamesFallows @rickwilson @MattMackowiak @matthewjdowd @DougJones @DavidCornDC @ProjectLincoln @ResoluteSquare @reedgalen and many others have joined. Help build a pro democracy social network! sez.us

Wow! What a spectacular #Lex250 Drone Light Show tonight in Lexington, MA! The whole community showed up for a night to remember. TY you to everyone who worked so hard to make this happen! Amazing! @Lexington250

An ABC News special report: Trump explains how he really won in 2020.

See you soon 💙 #DNC2024

We can build something better. Of, by and for the community we build together. The great Tweet Away is coming. Sez Us: sez.us

Mystified by a recent vice-presidential pick and seeking to understand that strange beast you didn't know existed out in the red hinterlands, the rural progressive? Have I got a book for you.

On March 29th, #YourLexingtonFirefighters responded to a report of an electric skateboard on fire. The following video is compressed from 5 and 1/2 minutes but shows how fast these fires can accelerate. Stay Safe and informed! #FireSafety #LithiumIonFire #lexingtonma @TownOfLexMA

Eclipse day in Lexington lexobserver.org/2024/04/08/pho…

The LHS Wind Ensemble will perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on April 15. We spoke with @LexPerformArts about a piece they'll play that honors those who died at Sandy Hook Elementary, and about exploring social justice themes through music. lexobserver.org/2024/04/01/lex…

Check out the trailer for Season 3 of my podcast “Long Shadow!” This spring we dive into the fraught history of guns in America and the uniquely American story of gun violence: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lon…

Local news supporters in New York State: important development. The state senate has included a tax credit for news orgs that hire/retain local reporters. Please weigh in with your state reps and senators if you agree. post-journal.com/news/community…

Congratulations to Cord Jefferson '04 for taking home @TheAcademy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Hear Jefferson discuss his debut feature, American Fiction, later this month during the Ampersand International Arts Festival. ampersandfestival.com