My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

Bob Kraft has agreed to sell an 8% stake in the NFL's New England Patriots at around a $9 billion valuation. Latest from @danprimack.bsky.social: www.axios.com/2025/09/25/b...

The obvious choice for Massachusetts’ new flag. #mapoli

Tell me why almost every time I walked into an nyc bathroom only to see piss sprayed all over the seat. A lot of you need home training

The question is whether the legislative remedy is sufficient to meet the Constitutional need, I told @stephmsolis.bsky.social of @axios.com. Read more on the details of the hard fought bar advocate pay raise. #mapoli #publicdefender www.axios.com/local/boston...

The lede is everything www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-b...

Bad Bunny's 30-show residency in his native home and his focus on island culture, music and issues "means everything" to Puerto Ricans in the island and the U.S. mainland. "It feels like we're home," one fan said. nbcnews.to/44U4mz9

Tell me why a brewery operating on the Boston Common, the oldest public park in the U.S., refuses to provide free tap water to visitors and will only sell bottled water? #Boston is still getting over a heat wave. @boston.gov @emersoncollege.bsky.social

After Mass. invested $10M in ESOL training, the Eastern Bank Foundation announced its own $10M ESOL fund for job seekers and employers. The $10M will roll out over three years, Eastern Bank CEO Bob Rivers said. Meanwhile, Mass. has more than $20M in federal K-12 ELL funding frozen. #mapoli

When officers searched the vehicle, they found a manifesto identifying "many lawmakers and other officials," Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said. www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

BREAKING: A Minnesota lawmaker is dead in a "politically motivated assassination," Gov. Tim Walz says, and another was shot and injured. The suspect is at large.

“This is yet another illegal retaliatory step taken by the administration in violation of Harvard's First Amendment rights," a Harvard spokesperson said Wednesday night in response to President Trump’s order suspending entry to international students bound for Harvard. www.axios.com/2025/06/05/t...

Carol Rose, head of @aclum.bsky.social, starts the press conference after Rümeysa Öztürk’s return to Mass. Rose said Öztürk and the courts showed courage. “They have checked unlawful executive action and have defended the rule of law.” Rose said of courts and judges.

Daily Table, Boston’s nonprofit grocery stores, is closing after 10 years due to financial difficulties. They’ll be open for a few more days as they sell off their remaining items.

Fabian Schmidt, the electrical engineer and green card holder from New Hampshire, has been released from ICE detention. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

A Patriots plane was spotted flying over Guantanamo Bay, sending fans online into a rabbit hole. Here’s what we know: www.axios.com/local/boston...

The latest iteration of the MA toll scam. Don’t fall for this ish

Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.

Attorneys say the federal government me is sidestepping the process to oversee and revoke student visas. Here’s how: www.axios.com/2025/04/08/s...

Emerson, Tufts, Harvard and UMass Amherst have all seen students’ visas revoked. www.axios.com/local/boston... #Boston

The formula used by the Trump administration to levy reciprocal tariffs contains a serious math error that over-inflates the impact by about a factor of four, per economists at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute.

If anyone’s looking to hire a software developer or systems admin, my friend is looking: hireme.fyi

So far, the #Boston area has at least two James Beard award finalists. Follow along here: www.axios.com/local/boston...

Under the deal, Uber and Lyft rides from Logan Airport would have a surcharge of $5.50 (up form $3.25). For new shared rides, the surcharge would be $1.50. Massport votes on the deal tomorrow. www.axios.com/local/boston...

Gov. Healey told business leaders Wednesday she will file an Massachusetts energy affordability bill and roll out an "energy affordability agenda" in the next eight weeks. #mapoli www.axios.com/local/boston...

The JFK Library in Boston abruptly closed at 2PM. A local spokesperson referenced unspecified federal actions and directed me to the National Archives for answers, but NARA hasn’t responded. If anyone works for NARA and is willing to share specifics, hit me up, steph[dot][email protected].

Trump tariffs could cost Massachusetts billions, especially if/when the tariffs on Canada and Mexico take effect. www.axios.com/local/boston...

NEW: Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday withdrawing the U.S. from the UN Human Rights Council and stopping funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency, which provides services to Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, a White House official said.

Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov joined the staff at The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood in 2017. They’re believed to have been aboard the plane that crashed last night. nbcboston.app.link/J9KDhDL2zQb

Hey Bluesky, sorry I’ve been neglecting you. Full transparency, I’m focusing on rebuilding my YouTube so I’m probably not gonna be here much aside from occasionally sharing new videos. The 1 min time limit here is a buzz kill. YouTube.com/chescaleigh is where you can find me! 🙌🏾

FDA bans red dye No. 3 in foods on the basis that it causes cancer at high exposure in rats. But the agency notes that the mechanism that caused rat cancer isn't present in humans and claims that it's bad for humans "are not supported by the available scientific information."

Biden warns against extreme wealth and rise of "tech industrial complex" www.axios.com/2025/01/16/b...

Dozens of LGBTQ+ couples across Greater Boston wed ahead of the presidential inauguration, channeling love into resistance against the incoming Trump administration. For one couple, it was a “war cry of queer joy.” www.axios.com/local/boston...

I guess I should also do one of these. Hello new followers I’m a reporter at NYT. I don’t post very often. I didn’t post much in the other place either. I’ll try to be better about it. But you can bet your ass I’m lurking 👀 Here are some gift links to things I’ve written this year:

The economic development bill Massachusetts lawmakers filed tonight (conference report, for you mapoli nerds) clears a major hurdle for the construction of a pro soccer stadium in Everett. www.axios.com/local/boston...

In Massachusetts, you can’t own a liquor license if you’re not a U.S. citizen (more in my story below from 2023). The legislature’s economic development bill filed today proposing eliminating that requirement. www.axios.com/local/boston...

So is Boston active on here?