Shannon O'Brien today sued state Treasurer Deb Goldberg to try to keep Goldberg from firing her as chair of the state Cannabis Control Commission, saying that Goldberg doesn't even have the authority to fire her, let alone because of allegedly bogus allegations of wrongdoing by staffers who don't wa...
cross-posted from !boston@lemmy.world: https://discuss.online/post/1768396
From her filing: >Chair O'Brien soon became aware that a "playbook" existed at the [Cannabis Control Commission] where it became apparent that there was an entrenched bureaucracy at the CCC that would assert baseless allegations in order to cause lengthy internal investigations that were designed to force resignations. ...
>At least one CCC employee, after her appointment, informed Chair O'Brien that she would be "Hoffman 2.0."
>On another occasion, in October, 2022, the Executive Director informed Chair O';Brien that he was keeping a file to use against another CCC commissioner if she "ever gave him trouble."
Shannon O'Brien today sued state Treasurer Deb Goldberg to try to keep Goldberg from firing her as chair of the state Cannabis Control Commission, saying that Goldberg doesn't even have the authority to fire her, let alone because of allegedly bogus allegations of wrongdoing by staffers who don't wa...
From her filing: >Chair O'Brien soon became aware that a "playbook" existed at the [Cannabis Control Commission] where it became apparent that there was an entrenched bureaucracy at the CCC that would assert baseless allegations in order to cause lengthy internal investigations that were designed to force resignations. ...
>At least one CCC employee, after her appointment, informed Chair O'Brien that she would be "Hoffman 2.0."
>On another occasion, in October, 2022, the Executive Director informed Chair O'Brien that he was keeping a file to use against another CCC commissioner if she "ever gave him trouble."
The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE) is the New England area’s premiere event dedicated to the exciting and accessible art form of independent comics and graphic novels.
"Hundreds of independent comics artists and small press publishers alongside thousands of attendees eager to check out new comics, join in on hands-on workshops, and attend inclusive panel discussions. MICE is a free-to-attend event for comics readers of all ages excited to dive into the latest comics has to offer."
"Cinefest Latino Boston strives to celebrate and showcase all kinds of Latino experiences through stories from filmmakers around the world. Founder and executive director Sabrina Aviles joined Crystal Haynes ahead of the festival's kick off to talk about to talk about how the films are selected, and what the festival means for Boston and beyond."
Rorie Woods tried to stop an eviction notice with a swarm of bees, according to sheriffs. Now she wants to push ahead with a trial against her own attorney's advice.
Watched the first episode of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, last night. It was good! Nothing amazing yet, but it had a lot to do in one episode. They clearly wanted to kick things off with action as well as set up the new setting and season hooks. There are new zombies that seem to be acidic, there's a spiritual mysticism / prophecy and faith elements we haven't seen much of in TWD before, and the medievalesque French setting is really satisfying to me.
Daryl's a great character to be the stranger in a strange land. He still clearly wants to be a lone wolf, and equally clearly still needs the purpose and belonging only other good people can provide. I was surprised in places to see him not jerking away from / being hostile to the familiarity of people he barely knows, but it's kind of nice to think that all that time with Rick and the gang has actually helped to socialize him some.
How exactly Daryl ended up in the situation that led him to France is still a mystery, but he does say basically that he started this journey because he was searching for something more / bigger than survival in the Commonwealth. As readymade as the divine(?) mission the nuns want him to take on seems for this, it's consistent with his character that he's not buying into it, but the aligned interests of the help he needs and the fact that they clearly are in need of help still hooks him in.
The villains of the season haven't shown much personality yet, and the nun Isabelle (who seems setup to be the co-lead) hasn't hooked me yet. She's had a lot of exposition to deliver so far though; I'm hoping that's not the main thing they use her for throughout the season, or Daryl's going to have to carry a lot more performances than his usual range of sarcasm, stoicism, rage, and brooding mystery can really cover. 😆
But I'm still cautiously optimistic. When I was still watching the original TWD, the on-the-road story that this plot is promising was always the kind of thing the series delivered best on. This new setting is showing a ton of promise, and I'm intrigued to see how the Laurent storyline, with these new elements of prophetic mystery and hope for humanity, plays out.
An officer described by the FBI as "a serial debt fraudster" is set to plead guilty to wire fraud charges. That could make him the second Massachusetts cop to lose his policing certification.
There were 1,269 demands to censor library books and materials in 2022, up 813 percent in two years. University presses are unlikely players in the controversy.
Critics are calling it "The Last of Us Lite" but say the six episodes still have some of the best 'Walking Dead' in years.
I haven't watched TWD since season 7, but the trailer for this spin-off (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTOaFootkSk) really caught my interest.
No need to catch up on all the other seasons to follow the plot? ✅ Focus on one of my favorite characters from the old series? ✅ Cool & different medievalesque post-apocalyptic French setting? ✅
Hoping it's as good as the early reviews suggest.
Last week, the Massachusetts Seal and Motto commission released a public survey where residents can “have a voice in creating a seal and motto that represents the history and aspirations of Massachusetts.”
Hello! Was hoping to make discuss.online my new home instance, but I'm having trouble accessing some communities on other instances:
They don't show up in communities search, and trying to go to them directly returns a server error page, with an error message given like: >FetchError: invalid json response body at http://lemmy:8536/api/v3/post/list?community_name=rpgcreation%40ttrpg.network&page=1&limit=20&sort=Active&type_=All
I can access other communities on all of those instances...
... so I know it's not an issue with them being blocked, but it seems like they're not being fully federated either?
Anything I can do on my end to further investigate or attempt a workaround?
Personally I wouldn't want to see content auto-posted here. Uhub in particular has a lot of noise. I'm glad it exists, I do check it for stuff worth posting here, but do we really want every sidewalk mattress complaint, supermoon photo, and neighborhood crime alert flooding this sub?
I'd rather people post what they care about, think others will find interesting, or specifically want to discuss. That's what makes it a community instead of just a feed.