RIP, Normie! wcvb.com/article/geor...

UPS to cut 20,000 jobs as it prepares to halve Amazon shipments https://www.ft.com/content/48e9837e-7898-48db-b1c0-e09edfd6382e

US consumer confidence plunges to lowest in 5 years, and this Friday the US Labor Department will release the latest hiring and the unemployment rate report... apnews.com/article/econ...

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled in a massive fundraising haul amid progressive calls for her to launch a 2028 primary challenge against Sen. Chuck Schumer

Major storm front over Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston!

Never Change, Newcastle Fans 😂🖤🤍 [Via X/ketchell]

The New York Times has found that it had added new mistakes — claiming credit for “canceling” contracts that had actually ended under previous presidents. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

Tabby and I have been married 54 years today. It's all good.

Happy Wednesday morning. Here are the Five Things You Need to Know today in Boston-area business news: Commercial fusion, 'bubble butt syndrome' and why 1984 was the best year for music bizjournals.com/boston/news/... via @bosbizjournal.bsky.social

To Eli Chavez of @bosbizjournal.bsky.social: Thx for your reporting on District Hall. What the owner would like everyone to forget is that DH was permitted as a TEMPORARY building on land zoned as public park space (Block F, Seaport Common). That info was recently withheld from the Licensing Board.

Tens of millions have watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas" every year since it first aired in 1965, but few realize the beloved special has a Mexican American godfather who transformed the popular newspaper comic strip "Peanuts" into a holiday classic www.axios.com/2021/12/16/m...

"We’ve painted the walls a beautiful sage green, installed a double sink vanity, and replaced our perfectly fine, functioning bathroom door with a sliding barn door. It’s exactly like a regular door, except it never closes."

NEWS: When it became clear Wash Post managing editor Matea Gold was heading to the NYT, a veteran WaPo reporter prepared a story. Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray killed it, saying the paper shouldn't be covering itself. "Pin it on me," he said. My story: www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...

#MLS Cup Chart

Each year I remind folks how worthy the great Rodney Harrison is for the Pro Football HOF It's NEVER just about numbers but for those that like to consider stats I'm including John Lynch & the great/dominant Kenny Easley Rodney is one of only 2 players in #NFL history w/ 30 sacks & 30 INTs #NFL

The Newport Mansions say starting Saturday, The Elms will be open for the holiday season again. The mansion was closed to the public for the past several weeks as HBO filmed Season 3 of "The Gilded Age" there.

The Boston Common Christmas Tree is lit! 🎄🌟

Happy Friday, everyone. Here are today’s five things you need to know, including ugly sweaters, South Station's first tenant, and an obscure body-part injury. [no paywall] www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

The Iberian peninsula seen from the ISS at night

How to cope with an increasingly turbulent world? Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.

Report: ‘La Liga’ Probably Means ‘The League’ theonion.com/report-la-li...

Happy National Cake Day, everyone. The Five Things You Need to Know today include a biotech ban up in the air, a distillery looking to brew coffee, some Pixar history and an iRobot co-founder's new job — plus a call for innovators, and cakes. 🍰 www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

At Short Path Distillery in Everett for its “Gatherfest” and sampling a little product. It’s going on all day through this evening if you’re looking for something to warm you up on a chilly day

An extremely rare first edition of Niccolò Machiavelli's most famous work, the political manual “The Prince,” is going up for auction

What a great event last night — the Immigrant Learning Center's Barry M. Portnoy Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards. You can watch the videos and hear the amazing stories of three local CEOs/company founders here: www.ilctr.org/events/barry...

The US has one of the highest rates of people paying for online news. Only Norway and Sweden have higher per capita percentages.

Happy Thursday! Here are today’s five things you need to know in Boston-area business news. www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

The greatest MBTA train conductor OF ALL TIME. Have a great day, from the always happy and uplifting Helen Antenucci! #BlueLine #mbta

Pluto's moon, Charon, at highest resolution so far captured by NASA

Levar Burton is back!!!!

I’m shocked & deeply saddened. Greg was the first person I met when I joined Hill & Barlow. We had adjoining offices & he guided me through my first weeks. We were both Cabinet Secretaries in the Patrick Administration & we joined forces on several initiatives. He was a first rate person.

Here are some key Greater Boston media folks to follow here. Please suggest more and I'll add them to the list! go.bsky.app/G4BCxLq

Good morning! Here are five things you need to know, including the passing of Greg Bialecki and Tom Alperin, Atlas Ventures' new fund, first-of-its-kind rapid EV charging, Cisco's big local lease, and how to get yourself a 2004 World Series ring www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

Two longtime leaders — Tom Alperin and Greg Bialecki — are being mourned this week. Both played critical roles in the state’s economic development over a period of decades. www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

Blue Hills burning tonight. Two more dry days to go (and more Red Flag Warnings in effect tomorrow) #wbz

LeBron James Denies Son Receiving Preferential Treatment When Being Lifted Up To Dunk

#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 Druzhba means friendship in Ukrainian. 🗣️Thinking of all my Ukrainian friends, volunteers I met from around the world, and soldiers on the front lines. Let’s stand together in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Our collective effort can make a positive difference. 🕊️

Here for smooching seals.

Why, yes, somebody went on a Freedom Trail tour with a terrier wearing a tricornered hat today www.universalhub.com/2024/terrier... #Boston #BostonCommon #dogs

November’s full moon, otherwise known as the beaver moon, beamed brightly in the sky as the last supermoon of the year. See photos: cnn.it/3CqhbGQ

This place seems to be full of pet pictures and book recommendations. I LOVE IT HERE. 🙀

Brooks Brothers makes its return to Newbury Street, Levain Bakery comes to the Seaport, plus other retail and restaurant news www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

Life is better knowing cat feeds flourish here.

Stephen King, master of the horror novel, just quit Twitter because it'd become too "dark." That's how horrifying Twitter is right now. There may never be a more perfect expression of this fact.