never felt any bit of stage banter the way I felt Brittany Howard say “feel like the median age in this room is 36” tonight

someone in my Facebook feed posted an announcement of their close friend’s death, and it was followed by these Meta AI suggestions

post-show Haim Blue Line and post-show MCR Orange Line in the same weekend has been a real unique stretch of MBTA life

hilarious night for millennials tonight in the Fenway, which is giving early 00s suburban mall. Hot Topic to the left, Urban Outfitters to the right. You can guess where I’m going bc I’m an easy mark

no exaggeration to say I’ve waited more than half my life to finally see Rilo Kiley, and seeing them in the middle of a beautiful Massachusetts forest on a perfect night is all I could ever ask for

I don’t think Celtics “city jerseys” should exist, but if they must, they should do one patterned after the faux-stained glass drop ceiling at Sullivans Tap

New England soccer solidarity, #NERevs crowd? Thanks @dirigounion.bsky.social 💚

I wrote about the lost world of alt-weeklies, papers that loved cities *as* cities, for my splendid local alt-daily, Daybreak. “The first time I saw a stranger’s corpse was one summer night, 1992…” news.daybreak.news/p/enthusiasm...

soccer nerd friends, come on thru tomorrow! practice run for next year and our new NWSL era 🦢 ⚽️

absolutely love to see all the music writing this week about Pile but can we ease up the phrase “Boston DIY stalwarts”

need a read on how the decline of neighborhood bar culture is linked with having the local sports teams moved from normal TV to paywalled streaming services

FIFA opened the volunteer application portal. FIFA gets: 48-64 hours of free labor Volunteer gets: a shirt, a certificate, and (presumably mediocre) food At minimum wage around Gillette Stadium, that's $720-960 of labor. For a t-shirt.

innovative ux

the mighty @vermontgreenfc.bsky.social

got in a Lyft that was a Tesla playing “Kid A” in full, and that was an unexpectedly confusing prompt for reckoning on a late Saturday night

hopeful for this, but also feel like Drawdown Brewing in Jamaica Plain deserves a shoutout here -- they've been a great hang that centers women's sports for 1.5 years now www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/07/s...

I don’t love festivals but I did love @greenriverfest.bsky.social — comfy, chill, killer lineup but no pressure, loads of great local beer and coffee and food. winners of the weekend for me Courtney Barnett, Reyna Tropical, Chicha Libre, MJ Lenderman, and Waxahatchee (pictured)

hello from Fenway where young Roman Anthony’s walk up music is “Electric Feel” and I’m into it but I also feel so old

I don't need liquid glass or any other visual doo-dads, all I need is a lock screen widget to tell me when the next train or bus is coming 🚇

vibe coders really going through it this morning

How politics and image control destroyed the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Current and former staffers at the philanthropy describe a decade-long history of lifting up progressive causes and then abandoning them. sfstandard.com/2025/06/09/c...

i'm not/have never been hxc enough to have a Turnstile take but i will say that I like them because they feel like the descendent/evolution of No Age in a very specific microgenre that hits me right where it needs to

the known link I was searching for vs. what Google AI thought would be a useful answer. (the real thing was buried at the bottom of page 2 btw)

Birdy hell!

"Half Asleep" by School of Seven Bells always takes me right back to college, specifically the time in 2008 that it was inexplicably present on the in-store playlist at the Essex, VT Big Lots

A fun thing you acquire as a developer is seeing an error message slip through to live on any site on the internet, and instinctively having the sinking feeling that you personally pushed something bad to prod

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

first ever home USL win for @heartsofpine.bsky.social, lower league soccer is the absolute most fun time even when it’s 50 and drizzling. I love it here ❤️ 🫎

it’s 52 and drizzling in Portland (the original one) but the vibes are immaculate. Wild and rad to see everyone in town rocking @heartsofpine.bsky.social gear. fortunately I can fit in with the locals

First mayoral forum on the books Someone threw in the question "What ward do you live in?" Mayor Wu: Ward 18 Domingos DaRosa: 18 Josh Kraft: I’m embarrassed to say I don’t know Alex Alex also didn't know Wu leaned over to Kraft and held up 3 fingers, signifying Ward 3

What percentage of apps touting "AI-powered" functionality are really just using the same old algorithms they always have and calling that AI?

happy decade-versary to this

always the best day of the year in Boston but really lived up to it this year ☀️ 🏅

The #NERevs tifo is topical (and good)

had the honor of designing tonight’s tifo thanks so much to @midnightriders.com for the opportunity, and the physical labor!! proud anniversary in our local and national history that, well, feels very relevant thanks to @nerevolution.bsky.social for joining the party with two goals if by sea 😎

made shot

City of Chicago is really going all out to stop The Blues Brothers this time

why is Top Chef Massimo giving Henry Rollins?

not to be all WordPress developer about it, but we need to get Portland Hearts of Pine a better three-letter abbrev?

In response to the @nwslsoccer.com expansion team name Boston Legacy FC, someone claimed there was no legacy for women's soccer in the city. Today I found this, in three newspapers published in 1923: (Library of Congress chroniclingamerica.loc.gov)

the LLM code-buddy equivalent of pressing the crosswalk button several times out of impatience

`In a statement, ICE said that 205 of those arrested had "significant criminal convictions or charges." That would mean that 165 others did not.` www.wcvb.com/article/homa...

hope everyone is planning their downtown New Bedford day trips. Whaling Museum, obvi. coffee at Green Bean. lunch at No Problemo (cash only!). loads of secondhand and streetwear shops on Purchase St. top-five beer list in the state at Pour Farm. thank me later newbedfordlight.org/southcoastra...

on this date 9 years ago I stepped off the Orange Line at Mass Ave directly into the path of Keytar Bear as he ripped the “All of My Love” solo, then went up the stairs to find this view

away day ☘️

The Boston Pastry Trilogy Dropping 100 of each. Don’t miss out! shopbanner18.com/collections/...

so that's why my home stereo setup has been bricked for 24 hours for no obvious reason!!

TIL - there are guides on writing alt text specifically for data viz! H/T @karenho.bsky.social at the accessibility panel #NICAR25 - e.g. I found academy.datawrapper.de/article/330-...

Guy next to me on the plane spilled his hot tea on my lap and bag, AMA