Voting is quick and easy: Nicole Moraes of Weymouth High School Girls' Rugby team is in the running for South Shore Rugby Player of the Year! She is the only young woman on the list, and LET ME TELL YOU she is absolutely unreal on the field. Please vote for her: www.patriotledger.com/story/sports...

This piece from @marisakabas.bsky.social is the best thing I've read on the Platner debacle.

BREAKING: A federal court denied the Trump administration's request to reopen access to a DHS database created to purge noncitizens from the rolls. The decision comes one day after another judge ordered DHS to give four red states access to the system again.

Speaking as just one guy who sues the government a lot: This basically does not happen. It is a transparent effort to shut down further inquiry by conceding relief. What they are seeking to cover up must be unspeakably bad.

Read the recent Spotlight investigation here: A state official gave a grant to two young developers who sold him a house. Then came the shoddy work and fake invoices.

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said a state program aimed at boosting affordable housing should get an independent government investigation following a recent Globe Spotlight Team investigation that found evidence of fraud and conflict of interest.

As a white, I'm just now learning about: "never be the only one" and The Talk about the phrase above I remain fcking gutted and am telling all my like-minded white friends about this. JHMFC #NolanXavierWells #NolanWells www.mississippifreepress.org/nolan-wells-...

THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CASE CLOSED & SHUT A LONG TIME AGO

I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.

Gov. Beshear should demand proof of life. If his state has lost a senator, its people deserve to know and deserve a replacement. The seat doesn‘t belong to the Republican Party.

American Ceaușescu

Remember when Trump said Ukraine had no cards to play?

“An escalator can never break down. It can only become stairs.” - Mitch Hedberg

I dedicate this yearly viewing to Donny and Mitch

Seems like Mother Nature is looking at all his self-aggrandizing nonsense and keeps saying

The rain is hammering down on @thecure.com gig in Poland, techs are struggling to keep electrical equipment covered and still they go on and it's still a full house. Robert even just put his hood up.

/ CONGRATS EVRE1 / U DID IT / 2 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 100+ DEGREE TEMPS / THE 4TH TIME THATS HAPPENED 2 BOSTON / WELL / THE 4TH TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED IN WEATHER RECORDED HISTORY THAT IS / U CULD EXPECT THIS 2 OCCUR MOAR FREQUENTLY NOW / UR WEATHER LORDS R DRUNK ON CARBON

This interview illustrates so much about wannabe President Moulton. He scapegoated transgender children for the election loss, denied it, got angry, said it again, and refuses to apologize. Now he's speaking out both sides of his mouth on the SCOTUS anti-trans ruling. Ed Markey has never wavered.

The President cashed in on his office to the tune of billions of dollars last year, largely through the sale of crypto tokens. His investors weren’t so fortunate. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

WHAT THE ACTUAL

“Get your hands off her!” A MASSACHUSETTS crowd yells at a cop who grabs a 14 year-old girl speaking out about data centers

We're so starving for consequences we're reading Vatican press releases

There is no justification for this reaction to a teenager politely asking a question. Especially given some of the shit I've seen adults pull at community meetings.

He’s not doing this for funsies 👂

We should all be clear: cops removing a 14 year old speaking out about data centers is what the police in essence do. They preserve the status quo. Against what? Against your own children. a number were eager to go to DC to occupy it. Important to contrast this with service to one’s community

This is the best normal article on this decision that I have seen so far. It treats everything very seriously and wonderfully. I realize now that Clarence Thomas's hateful screed gave Kavanaugh cover to be hateful but seem less bad in comparison. Their conspiracy is so many levels of gross.

In a divided country, U.S. residents agree on one thing: no data centers, ray levy uyeda reports. Fourteen states have either introduced, passed, or rejected data center moratoria legislation, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

/ & HERE IS A VIDEO EXPLANATION 4 U AS WELL / ALSO ON UTUB, SUBSCREYEB: / www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHlP...

/ BUT HOT AIR CULD CONTAIN SO MUSCH MOAR WATER THAN COLD AIR / 50% RELHUM @ 95F CONTAIN MEANS MOAR HUMID THAN 100% RELHUM @ 55F / DEW U SEE? / SO CONSULT THE DEW PT DANKNESS SCALE 4 ALL UR "HOW HUMID IS IT" NEEDS

/ "WTF IS A DEW PT Y NOT TELL ME WAT THE HUMIDITY % IS?" / BC THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUE IS NOT THE MEASURE OF HUMIDITY U WANT IT 2 BE / RELHUM ONLY TELLS U HOW MUSCH OF THE AVAILABLE AIR STORAGE MOISTNESS IS TAKING UP

New black kid stole my spot at harvard just dropped bsky.app/profile/atru...

I don’t believe he can do it. I think he’s too weak to stand in the sun for 90 minutes. Sure hope he doesn’t prove me wrong by standing outside in direct sunlight for several hours.

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Whoever says you can’t do real journalism on a social media platform isn’t engaging in good faith. Gotta show up where folks are at. Grateful for the recognition (though to me, this isn’t any meaningful measure of success—I care more about the impact of my work on the people I interview)

I'm not sure if it's the start of something, but ICE has been more active in my area lately. They've had a bigger presence than usual in the courts and we're also seeing a spike in street abductions. Anyway, I sure hope the Massachusetts Legislature passes the PROTECT Act before 7/31!

This is more than people get for rape and murder

#Breaking: After 5 days, the Haverhill MA sewage spill into the Merrimack River has stopped. City officials have successfully set up temporary pipe to bypass the broken sewer pipe and get the wastewater to the treatment facility. www.wbur.org/news/2026/06... @wbur.org

He pled the 5th?!?!😂😂😂 Joe Bronske is a young Weymouth MAGA doing all the things MAGA claims others do: getting paid AND cheating. Not to be confused with “getting paid to cheat” because now these candidates aren’t on the ballot. Hey, thanks, Joe! #mapoli www.boston.com/news/politic...

Read @lollardfish.bsky.social on damnatio memoriae: "It is the perfect moment to resolve that if we win, when we win, we’ll tear down all Trump’s works and blot out his name behind a black curtain." www.startribune.com/trump-banner...

/ NOT ONLY WILL U EXPERIENCE EXTREME HEAT ON WEDNESDAY / THE AIR QUALITY INDEX AQI IN BOSTON WILL BE UP OVER 100 / W/ OZONE MESSING UP UR AIR / SO TAKE CARE IF UR SENSITIVE 2 BAD AIR QUALITY / IT WILL BE HOT / IT WILL BE DANK / IT WILL BE BAD AIR QUALITY

Seven months ago, publications everywhere were extremely hesitant to name federal agents despite their violent behavior in public. With little budget or legal support, we took a risk when others wouldn't—because it was the right thing to do, and because the public needed to know:

Has anyone anywhere seen it in person? It feels like AI. Gold leaf (?) doesn’t look that way. Unless it’s plastic or actual polished gold hahahaaa I call AI.

Roseate spoonbill bird in flight Original post

A feral population of 200 yellow-crested cockatoos in urban Hong Kong holds unexpectedly high genetic diversity. Representing 10% of the global population, these birds preserve rare lineages now extinct in their native Indonesia, offering a potential "genetic rescue." @npbrao.bsky.social reports.

🥵 🏭 /HOT days ahead! #ShaveThePeak tomorrow (6/30) through Thursday (7/2). Precool your home to beat the heat, then reduce energy use from 5-9 p.m./ to sign up for “shave the peak” texts: www.greenenergyconsumers.org/shavepeak

This is how I want to move about the world.