Massachusetts Pirate Party

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Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Jul 13

Here is a quick guide to requesting to vote by mail and registering to vote in Massachusetts. masspirates.org/blog/2026/07...

Select portion of the Massachusetts register to vote page highlighting how to select the Pirate Political Designation. More explanation and links at https://masspirates.org/blog/2026/07/13/vote-by-mail-applications-due-by-august-25th/

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Apr 7

The relevant sections

Section 3. (a) A social media platform shall implement an age assurance or verification system to determine whether a current or prospective user on the social media platform meets the age requirement pursuant to section 2. To the extent practicable, the age assurance or verification
11 of 15 system shall consist of the best technology available to reasonably and accurately identify a current or prospective user’s age.
(b) A social media platform shall implement a review process to allow users to appeal the social media platform’s age determination pursuant to subsection (a). The user may submit documentary evidence electronically to the social media platform to establish that the user meets the age requirements of section 2. Not later than 3 days after receipt, a social media platform shall review the documentary evidence submitted by the user and shall make a determination on the appeal.

(c) Any data or information gathered by the social media platform for: (i) use in the age assurance or verification system pursuant to subsection (a); (ii) any appeal of determination pursuant to subsection (b); or (iii) the purpose of verifying parental consent pursuant to section 2 shall be segregated by the social media platform and shall remain confidential. The data and information gathered for the purposes in clauses (i) to (iii), inclusive, shall not be used for any other purpose by the social media platform.

Section 4. (a) A social media platform shall publicly and conspicuously post to the social media platform’s website the number of: (i) users processed using the age assurance or verification system pursuant to section 3; (ii) users granted access to the social media feed due to the age determination appeal process under section 3; (iii) users denied access to the social media feed due to the user not meeting the age requirements under section 2; (iv) users granted access to the social media feed after providing the social media platform with verifiable parental consent under section 2; (v) account user age verification review requests received under section 12 of 15 3; and (vi) accounts subsequently terminated for not meeting age requirements due to account user age verification review requests.

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Mar 24

"You are about to be told one more time that you are America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they do to valuable natural resources?! Have you seen a strip mine? Have you seen a clear cut in the forest? Have you seen a polluted river? ...

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Feb 28

No War with Iran! masspirates.org/blog/2026/02...

Disobedience Is Self-Defense sign at 2022 Trans Resistance March. Also seen: Protect Trans Rights Youth Voices ... sign

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Feb 23

In the latest Pirate News: Steve and James discuss our upcoming events, the current Pirate Council election, New Hampshire’s turn towards censorship and the latest snow storm. masspirates.org/blog/2026/02...

Image for the Feb 22nd, 2026 Pirate News: Snow Job. Image looks down a snow covered road obscured by falling snow.
In the latest Pirate News: Steve and James discuss our upcoming events, the current Pirate Council election, New Hampshire’s turn towards censorship and the latest snow storm

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Jan 8

If you are going to tonight's 6pm protest in Boston at Park Street, bring friends and mask. Use airplane mode, turn off your phone or don't bring it to disable tracking. Bring a camera if you want to record it. MBTA stations and buses have cameras. Here is a map of CCTV cameras around Park Street.

Map of surveillance cameras in the Park Street, Boston area.
Get your own map at https://cctv.masspirates.org
Data from open street map.

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Jan 1

Happy Public Domain Day 2026! masspirates.org/blog/2026/01...

Cover from the 1930 edition of The Little Engine That Could. The Little Blue Engine carries a trainload of toys over the mountain. Public Domain

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Dec 26

Ending war is possible masspirates.org/blog/2025/12...

Drawing of the Christmas Truce in 1914 when World War 1 British and German soldiers share food and company in no man's land on Christmas Day, 1914. From the Illustrated London News. Public Domain image
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Illustrated_London_News_-_Christmas_Truce_1914.jpg

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Dec 3

In the latest Pirate News, we cover the end of the Airlines selling our travel data with the government masspirates.org/blog/2025/12...

Pirate News: Airlines end Travel Information Program
A flock of birds and JetBlue Airways Airbus A220 N3138J at Boston Logan International Airport
Image Credit: 4300streetcar, CC By-SA 4.0, Wikimedia commons.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JetBlue_A220-300_and_flock_of_geese_at_Boston_Logan_Airport_Dec_2024.jpg

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Dec 2

The patent office is trying to silence your right to challenge bad patents. We have until 11:59pm tonight to tell them fuck no! Find out how at masspirates.org/blog/2025/12...

Old US Patent Office
Public Domain Image
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U._S._Patent_Office.jpg

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Nov 6

LUCE Community Vigil Today 6pm to support our neighbors detained by ICE at Allston Carwash, Intersection of Cambridge St. & Brighton Ave.

LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts
Community Vigil
Support our Neighbors detained by ICE at Allston Carwash
We have the RIGHT to dream of a better future,
and we will RESIST the INJUSTICES against our people.
WHEN: Today, Thursday @ 6pm
WHERE: Intersection of Cambridge St. & Brighton Ave.
Please Wear white in Solidarity
linktr.ee/abcommunityresources
@LUCE_hotline | 617-370-5023 | lucemass.org

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Nov 1

We will hold a Pirate Meetup @boston-a-bookfair.bsky.social today and tomorrow starting at noon. We'll map Ring surveillance cameras in the neighborhood and look over the excellent groups at the bookfair. Expect some books will make their way to our shelves. Join us! masspirates.org/blog/2025/10...

Map of the surveillance cameras around the Cambridge Community Center.

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Oct 7

Czech Pirate Party event after the 2025 Czech parliamentary election.
Piráti, 2025. CC-BY-SA 4.0 - https://www.pirati.cz/

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Oct 6

A new Pirate News is out masspirates.org/blog/2025/10...

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Sep 8

Pirate News: Trump’s Secret Police comes to Boston masspirates.org/blog/2025/09...

Six police officers on the march, while the leader says: To Boston!!!!

Image for the 09/07/2025 Massachusetts Pirate Party News.

Image Credit: Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferny_-_Le_Secret_du_manifestant_P6_1.jpg

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Feb 4

Oooooo! All major Massachusetts cities need these maps like these Portland, OR activists put together. More maps at pdxprotestguide.github.io/protestguide...

Don't get kettled @ MCSO
Red - Do not use
Orange - Avoid
Blue - Safest
Map of MCSO area in Portland, OR
Piggy in the middle

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Jan 21

Up and up the amount of methane in the atmosphere goes. Where it stops, ... is up to us.

Methane Concentration In The Atmosphere from 797446B BCE to 2023 CE. Pre-agriculture was 500 ppbv on average. It jumped slightly with the introduction of agriculture. In 2023, it was at 1922 ppbv. Source is https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/long-run-methane-concentration.

Methane Concentration In The Atmosphere from ~1200 CE to 2023 CE. Prior to 1700, it was around 600 ppbv. In 2023, it was at 1922 ppbv. Source is https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/long-run-methane-concentration.

Massachusetts Pirate Party@masspirates· Mar 13

House approves the TikTok Ban Bill (H.R. 7521) live.house.gov