{"id":2930,"date":"2014-08-16T11:47:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T15:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2014-08-20T14:47:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T18:47:58","slug":"summer-nearly-over-fall-beckons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/16\/summer-nearly-over-fall-beckons\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer nearly over, Fall beckons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"padding: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;\" href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BostonPride2014OurCrew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BostonPride2014OurCrew-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"BostonPride2014OurCrew\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BostonPride2014OurCrew-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BostonPride2014OurCrew-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Summer, and what a short one it has been, is nearly over.<\/p>\n<p>We had a great time marching in this year&#8217;s Boston LBGTQ Pride Parade with sixteen people joining us including Lucia, Steve, Kit, Kate, Melanie, John, Jason,\u00a0James and our two State Representative candidates Noelani and Joe. Three people jump aboard as we marched, and we happy to have them with us.<\/p>\n<p>Also in July, Noelani moderated a discussion about net neutrality with\u00a0<span style=\"color: #141823;\">Charles Clemons, general manager of <a href=\"http:\/\/TouchFM.org\" target=\"_blank\">TOUCH 106.1 FM<\/a>, and Lolita Kelsey, the producer and host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnntv.org\" target=\"_blank\">Real Talk Show on BNN TV<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; float: right;\" href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014georgesfortress.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014georgesfortress-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"2014georgesfortress\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014georgesfortress-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014georgesfortress-677x1024.jpg 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In August, fifteen\u00a0people attended the Pirate Picnic for food, exploring and even kite flying on Georges Island. It was the largest turn out of kids.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"padding: 10px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;\" href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014georgesflag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014georgesflag-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2014georgesflag\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014georgesflag-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2014georgesflag-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rest of August and September is going to be busy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We will be at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.occupyboston.org\/2014\/08\/15\/ferguson-murder-demo-tomorrow-816-copley\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stop Police Violence demonstration<\/a> 2pm today, Saturday the 16th, in Copley Square Boston;<\/li>\n<li>First Officer Lucia Fiero will be on <a href=\"http:\/\/TouchFM.org\" target=\"_blank\">TouchFM<\/a> at\u00a09am\u00a0on Tuesday, August 19th;<\/li>\n<li>Also, on Tuesday, August 19th, 27th Middlesex State Representative candidate Noelani Kamelemela and Captain James O&#8217;Keefe will be on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnntv.org\" target=\"_blank\">BNNTV&#8217;s\u00a0The Real Talk\u00a0Show<\/a> at 5:30pm;<\/li>\n<li>September 13th and 14th we will table at the <a href=\"http:\/\/masscann.org\/rally\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Freedom Rally<\/a> on Boston Common;<\/li>\n<li>On Saturday,\u00a0September 20th, we are doing\u00a0a cryptoparty from 10:30am &#8211; noon at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/desktop-linux-users-group\/events\/197210582\/\" target=\"_blank\">Software Freedom Day<\/a>. Industry Lab 288 Norfolk Street, Cambridge;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">September 26-29 is the annual world-wide\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freedomnotfear.org\/\" style=\"color: #3366bb;\">Freedom Not Fear<\/a>\u00a0action days. \u00a0We will participate in it locally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want to help us at any of these events, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:info@masspirates.org\">info@masspirates.org<\/a>. We would like to fly a wifi-camera kite over Freedom Rally. Contact us if you want to help us with it.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Summer, and what a short one it has been, is nearly over. 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