Mischief afoot at 10 Downing Street. Coup d’ecat.

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Cardinal McElroy to Outreach Conference: “When Pope Leo points to the comparative importance of economic justice, war and peace, immigration and racism as key elements of the Christian moral life, he is rejecting this false reductionism that concentrates moral obligations within the sexual realm.”

On behalf of the team of city & state lawyers who worked with me in 2003/2004 to create the #mapoli Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, I say “you’re welcome”. mobileapp.bostonglobe.com/FSYS47XKEVEC...

US: flexpost is infrastructure Lyon: how about adding an edge on top of the curb, just to be extra sure nobody parks on the sidewalk?

I really love how they replaced most parking with continuous bioswales along the recently inaugurated TB12 BHNS in Lyon.

I wish @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social would end its relationship with @cbsnews.com CBS is no longer get a trusted news source.

Beannachd leibh an-dràsta a charaidean Albannach - bidh cridhe fosgailte agus doras fosgailte aig Boston dhuibh an-còmhnaidh

Someone asked me, quite reasonably, why I've been so interested in the 250th anniversary celebrations, in Juneteenth, in the Arch, etc. My answer's pretty simple. Orwell: "Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Alternative candidates in the UK make Halloween look like child’s play.

🚶A new report from @walkmass.bsky.social details the state of pedestrian safety across Massachusetts, showing that more than 43% of crash victims were 65 or older. Via @bostonglobe.com:

News flash: a badly worded #mapoli poll asks people a misleading question about whether they want to pay more money for driving into the city. Shockingly, people say “no”. Thus “The Narrative” is born.

Councilor Breadon has canceled her June Office Hours. Once again, at yesterday’s brief Council meeting, Councilors Flynn and Murphy harangued Breadon, abusing respective “Point of Order” requests. This is where bitter grievance peddling and an inability to play ball gets South Boston residents:

These polling results are also similar to statewide polls in New York in 2024 and early 2025. Voters didn't like congestion pricing until they'd experienced the benefits of congestion pricing. The NYC toll is now considered an unvarnished success nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/05/h...

Remote work is bad for society and bad for those who think they have the privilege of working from home. We Liked Remote Work. Then We Looked at the Data. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/o...

Thank you @wutrain.bsky.social for restoring this crucial budget item. mass.streetsblog.org/2026/06/17/m...

Great article from @jmooreotto.bsky.social on how to shore up transit funding: ifp.org/loans-can-st...

Polls like this are ridiculous. Ask people if they want to spend more money and they will say “no”. It’s not a fair or even accurate way to gauge public acceptance of new policies to introduce fair revenue systems.

I was honored to be a guest on the MBTA's "Spilling the T" podcast. Have a listen #mapoli podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

liberal democracies will never be safe with musk this powerful—they must unite to break him my latest with @newrepublic.com c/a @gregsargent.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2119...

Oil prices are not gas prices at the pump.

Just to be clear, the MBTA sold out all trains to the Scotland Haiti game. So these folks didn’t leave empty seats.

If I wanted to distract people from the fact that I was in a powerful position and about to turn 80 years old, I’d make sure the majority of the discourse was about UFC fights and other nonsense. The guy is brilliant at changing and molding the narrative. And most fall right in line.

“A line has time in it.”

That’s two of us.

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle adversity & the pathway they follow as they seek redemption. Those who, like former #mapoli State Senator Dianne Wilkerson, decide to follow a path of negativity & grievance end up squandering the opportunity to improve people’s lives.

A handful of misguided & politically motivated people are embracing MAGA in a last ditch effort to destroy perhaps the most important #mapoli transit equity project in our lifetime. It’s disgraceful. mobileapp.bostonglobe.com/7L2HXVW4XJFG...

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Ken Paxton: those who know him best like him least.

One of the great artists of our times. His work, so deeply evocative of mid-century California, so fearless in the use of color, and in recent years so smartly adaptive to new technologies, continues to inspire and provoke and uplift. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

The striping on A Street was completed overnight. The A Street / Congress Street light cycle will be adjusted to ensure traffic queuing on A is mitigated during heavy traffic periods. Additional residential parking was created on Melcher Street. Thank you @streets.boston.gov team 🙏

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I’m supporting Latoya because our District needs responsive & responsible leadership at the #mapoli State House. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/04/m...

EXCLUSIVE: Despite insisting that a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has been scrapped, the Trump administration is quietly looking for ways to make payouts to allies, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports.

In a race To save face The disgrace Nancy Mace Is in fifth place.

I wish there would be a media frenzy over how many people in the US and globally have been harmed (some irreparably) because of policies & actions (including SCOTUS appointments) enabled by Susan Collins and her unflagging alignment with a Senate GOP majority.

A toxic combination of Vance, Musk, Farage and Robinson are deepening the breakdown of UK society as the criminal behavior of a few bad actors is magnified and used to denigrate anyone who does not fit into a white nationalist mold.

A sign of a deeply unhealthy & morally challenged society. It’s unacceptable, unsustainable and will lead to profoundly dangerous downstream effects. Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/b...

The Vatican has confirmed that Puerto Rican singer, Bad Bunny, held a private audience with Pope Leo on June 8 at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. The meeting took place after the pontiff's gathering with the Madrid Archdiocesan community. No images have been released.,,yet.

Pope Leo at Barcelona Prayer Vigil: “In our societies, the idolatry of profit, the frenzy of always having to produce and be winners, as well as the cult of one's own self-image, are nothing more than anesthetics to numb our conscience and adapt it to a certain idea of society.”

Barney Frank’s legacy of service, curiosity, and coalition-building with a little fight, is one of the most precious gifts our city has received. May his memory be a blessing, and may he rest in peace.

In the first papal address to the Spanish legislature, the American pope said a "moral renewal" was necessary in legislatures and public life to ensure respect for the inherent dignity of all people. n.pr/4406jKd

Any words, actions or decisions that enable Susan Collins to win re-election need to be examined in the cold light of the implications of a GOP Senate and the lasting, irreparable damage it can (and will) do during the last two years of the current federal administration.

One of the great tragedies of our times is how we’ve let principles like compassion, empathy and justice be caricatured & mischaracterized as “woke”.

The once great @cbsnews.com is on fire, and well on its way to becoming the least trusted of the major news services: Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...

“In this country, we have no ‘other people.’ We are American people, all of us.” This 1940s film warning against bigotry and fascism is more relevant now than ever.

Chicago Alderman Lamont Robinson, who met Pope Leo recently, writes tonight: As the first openly gay City Council member of color to meet Pope Leo XIV, I recognized the historic significance of the moment. But in that moment, it wasn’t about our differences, it was about our similarities.

l’ve contributed to @grahamformaine.bsky.social I’m troubled by his past but impressed that he hasn’t avoided answering tough questions. People deserve a chance to prove their personal growth. I also believe re-electing Susan Collins is unacceptable under any circumstances. The stakes are too high.

Walking to work today. This never gets old.

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