“If you take the deal, you’re going to be exploited. If you don’t take it, you’re going to die,” said attorney Frank Ssekamwa about the U.S. demand to access the health data of millions of Ugandans. “It’s the essence of digital colonialism.”

What to do with your minivan when the kids grow up.

How Cambridge laid the groundwork for becoming a #biotech hub.

I learned a lot about roly polys from this. Like, why they bleed blue.

Cambridge robotics team makes the podium in Greece Middle schoolers get a medal in the FIRST Lego League World Championships....

A creative #theater approach built from a real event that used civic engagement to create long-term change.

Ravi bought insurance thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health care providers. After 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist. “I don’t want to die,” he told his mom. (Published Sept. 2024)

Taste festivals return to Cambridge and Somerville 52 vendors and an expected 1,500 attendees will fill Boynton Yards near Union Square for the 28th Taste of Somerville. Cambridge Taste will celebrate 20 years....

CRLS bashes its way into the MIAA baseball semifinals for the first time. Story by @daneisner.bsky.social photos by Taylor Coester.

Looking at Blair Kamin's marvelous new Gates of Harvard Yard edition.

Shoplifters basically free to steal in #Cambridge and Massachusetts more broadly. Thanks to @stevegreenlee.bsky.social Maggie Mulvihill and the New England Newsroom

I just took advantage of incentives from Massachusetts to buy an #EV despite my wife warning me about the lousy charger network. Today @cwbeacon.bsky.social asks the state why it hasn't managed to install a single charger 4 years after getting money to do so. commonwealthbeacon.org/environment/...

The DOJ has dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term. (Published March)

The Washington Post is looking for a national editor in the Pacific or Mountain time zones. washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/washingtonpo...

I haven't been to south station since the construction project finished. This vaulted arch is striking, a train cathedral.

Delighted to see the new edition of Blair Kamin's book about Harvard's gates, even if they didn't call it "25 ways to get into Harvard." www.linkedin.com/safety/go?me...

A new walking trail steps us through our urban wilds A path through every town that touches Boston aims to help us feel connected.

Yup.

Fun Sunday #longread by Karyna Cheung on @milesintransit.com for @cambridgeday.com. www.cambridgeday.com/2026/05/09/m...

For @cambridgeday.com I reviewed THE SHEEP DETECTIVES, which breaks new ground in cozy mystery technology by literally turning half its cast into adorable, cuddly sheep.

New in @cambridgeday.com! This week it’s Mother’s Day at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, plus post-Prague Spring cinema and FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES at the HFA, WBCN at @somervilletheatre.bsky.social, and more!

It's not just nostalgia: How print enhances advertising and visibility for local-news projects dankennedy.net/2026/05/04/i...

Nice hed, @bostonglobe.com

Who thought it was a good idea to let CSX run a freight train through downtown framingham during rush hour?

@aidanryan.bsky.social wrote about the news "wars" (these are pretty small forces, tbh) in Cambridge. A good look at a moment in time. Let's see what things look like in six months. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/25/b...

Social innovators in #cambridge today is the last day to apply for social innovation awards from Cambridge Community Foundation. cambridgecf.org/imagined-in-...

People like high school sports coverage. here at @cambridgeday.com we have high school arts coverage, too.

congrats to Derrick Jackson in his second life as a nature photog!

red-winged blackbirds in flight are just cool.

What the what?

Just in time for national #poetry month.

Creative thinking about how to build trust in medical care.

Will be sad if it goes.

Unmended wall in Harvard Square needs a few good neighbors Historic wall in Harvard Square has become “a prairie dog village … but with rats.” And there isn’t money to repair it.

What Cambridge is reading Personalized picks, curated by the team at MIT Press Bookstore for Cambridge Day.

Somerville tenant avoids eviction and keeps lower rent A jury ruled in favor of Gary Rogers on two main counts. Landlord may sell building.

The line for the second seating at #EmptyBowls.

Covering the cambridge component of the no kings day protests. These are residents of a senior citizen's home who can't make the main protest so they're doing what they can. Cc @cambridgeday.com

Rat poison is like second hand smoke for bald eagles and other animals that prey on rodents.

A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)

The other great basketball program in Cambridge.

Worth checking out the photos by Anita Harris of this building being disassembled over the last few months.

@cambridgemass.bsky.social built or preserved 900 units of affordable housing in the last five years, and says it has another 1,000 under development.

At the little crepe cafe, where cinnamon swirl is the chai embellishment.

Delighted to say that the new backend is live for @cambridgeday.com

Pleased to note that @cambridgeday.com has made #TheSundayLeonard. Thanks Izzy, Oliver and Sam. BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Wrote this piece on #Yeats for @bostonglobe.com. Thx @lisabutton.bsky.social Sam Seidel. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/06/m...

This is where the line starts to get to the #harvardsquare #chocolate festival.

I went snow farming with @cambridgemass.bsky.social DPW. It was like watching someone build an igloo the size of a football field. Fantastic photos by Taylor Coester. www.cambridgeday.com/2026/03/04/c...

We heard great things about the popup space #Minara in Cambridge. Jennifer Chen's piece captures why people are hoping it pops up again, more permanently.