There are a number of reasons I'm hopeful about the state of local journalism. This is one, from @damon.kiesow.net. Local knowledge, boots on the ground and tech can combine to make a formidable foe against the platforms. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/publ...

Maybe it's just me, but I'm really getting tired of DCF saying, effectively, "Oops, our bad" and "We need more funding" when a child dies and the state could have prevented it. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/... cc @totcshow.bsky.social

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Even the notoriously corrupt IOC be, like, "Dammmnnnnn ...."

I've been saying this for over a decade: It's never been about what the platforms allow. It's always been about what the algorithms boost. www.platformer.news/stanford-pol...

Interesting listen on media from Outdoor Cats with @billshaner.bsky.social. I agree with the problem and the root cause. But, while we're not where we want to be, we do know where the solution lies. Hint: It has something to do with Martin Scorsese. www.worcestersucks.email/p/episode-47...

I'm fortunate to call Peter a friend, so I wish him well on his retirement. But believe me when I tell you that he's been the most important person in #Worcester Media for over a decade and he will be greatly missed. wbjournal.com/article/pass... via @wbjournal.bsky.social cc: @totcshow.bsky.social

A wet, warm Thanksgiving Eve morning in the Canal District. Join us now for The Rundown on @totcshow.bsky.social

Woah. As if my antennae weren't up already ... I'd be interested to see if there were any connections b/n the asst clerk magistrate who upheld the charges, or the cops mentioned in complaint, Shauna McGuirk and John Bossol. (If this is what was learned today, imagine what we'll learn before Feb.)

Very straight line from "move fast and break things" to "pillar of the global fraud economy."

Great reporting by This Week in Worcester. thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-tr...

*sigh* #Worcester #WhatAreWeDoingHere www.masslive.com/worcester/20... by @adambassofmass.bsky.social

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Platforms have skewed right for a while. Now, in fractured Media landscape, you're seeing direct support grow for media willing to parrot right-skewing talking points.

On Tuesday, Americans sent Democrats a resounding message. “Fight for us” “Fight for working class Americans” “Fight against Trump’s corruption, criminality and cruelty” 5 days later, Democrat Senators sent Americans a resounding message. “Nah”

1) If a vote takes place, it does with a month or less left in open enrollment. 2) Watch for the next thing to be an early cutoff for open enrollment. 3) We really need an age limit for Democratic Party leadership. 4) I'm assuming this seals Chuck's fate on a primary challenge.

Important to remember that the concept of objective, view-from-nowhere journalism was commercially successful b/c it ran counter to the papers of the day that were started to advance specific agendas. In the last 20 years, many of those pubs got bought and are now leveraging that hard-earned trust.

"Do you wear your red hat to the food pantry?" may be the most savage thing I've ever heard, and it's first ballot Passive-Aggressive Hall of Fame.

👀 "This story may very well lead to the final composition of the City Council changing. The results are in, but the story is not."

Me, after listening to Zohran ... (Man, I hope he's not just another in a long line of big-talking frauds.)

"I absolutely expect that going forward we're going to have a wave of left wing populism that comes from a very, very different place than the right wing populism." 100% on a wave, 100% disagree it's from a different place. Economics is at the core; Democrats need younger, better candidates.

Facts you can drop on poll workers when you #vote in #Worcester today: 1) There are 116,455 registered voters. This is⬆24.6% from a decade ago, ⬆11.34% just since 2021. 2) 20% turnout would be the highest since 21.35% in 2015. It would also be the 2nd straight ⬆ in turnout.

Hot Talk served rn! Join us!

TONIGHT! Please join the candidates, Eric Casey of Worcester Business Journal and me as we discuss the issues facing District 5 and the city. This will be livestreamed on Manny Jae Media.

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🤯 Woah. Would love to see their data because this runs counter to almost every 5- to 10-year trend I've seen, which, with rare exception, portends the death of paid news.

Pro tip to the City of #Worcester: If the person is entitled to the records and you refuse to turn them over, it's OK for editors to refer to those records as "secret," I.e. "Laywer demands city produce secret sex crime investigations records" thisweekinworcester.com/heather-reco...

Join us on @totcshow.bsky.social The Rundown at 8:05 as we discuss the issues of the day, including the just-announced District 5 debate next Wednesday.

Mass. Republicans: It's out-of-control government spending until it's something we run. Then it's, "We're underfunded." Got it. www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...

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Big show this morning! 7:35- WRRB Executive Director & CEO Paul Matthews will talk about their report looking at a civilian review board of the police 8:05- #TheRundown with @hendersonma.bsky.social & @masspolwatch.bsky.social Call or text us @ 774-364-8255 to join AM-830, WCRN radioworcester.com

We've got a big show this morning with lots of great guests 7:35— Paul Matthews on the new Research Bureau & Mass INC report that examines disparities in school facility conditions 8:05— #TheRundown with Mark Henderson & Tom Marino 8:47— Pernet Family Health turns 70 • AM-830 • radioworcester.com

If you were to posit that the biggest problem in the country over the past 2 decades is not the GOP but rather leadership of the Democratic Party, I honestly don't know that I could disagree.

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A good, gray morning in #Worcester. Join us at 8:05 on The Rundown on @totcshow.bsky.social. Spoiler alert: there will be 🎆!

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Re: #wachusett teacher, the post in question is now in dispute. Cornacchioli is a former longtime teacher at Wachusett. He's claiming the post in question was not about Kirk but taken from another thread. cc @masslive.bsky.social @totcshow.bsky.social

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I don't read a lot of medical studies, but in the ones I have read, I've never seen such an increase in risk. Mind-blowing stuff. The Alcohol Intake and Health Study’s conclusions, explained via @vox.com link.vox.com/view/60917b0...

It's the day after the #Worcester preliminary election and I'm fired up. Find out why by joining us on @totcshow.bsky.social with @guillermocjr.bsky.social and @masspolwatch.bsky.social

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Exercising a little executive privilege (read: Pop-Pop Privilege) to post a first-day-of-school pic of the 2 greatest grandkids ever. #ProudPopPop

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A damp and chilly morning in the Canal District. Find out who's really to blame in the Worcester-Holden sewer dispute. Also, let's talk about the Worcester-Ukraine connection. Join us at 8:05 on @totcshow.bsky.social

I dug into this today as the narrative, "City of Worcester gets smoked in court again" seemed ... off. My instincts were right. We'll discuss Wednesday morning with @masspolwatch.bsky.social on The Rundown on @totcshow.bsky.social at 8:05. Join us!