It is currently 'packs of coyotes walking across the Charles River' cold outside.

Just the best. RIP.

Wonder who #4 is

Democrats should never shut up about this. One thing even stupid people understand is gigantic wastes of money.

A really brilliant exclusive to be working on this past few weeks! Wonderful views of stars slightly bigger than the Sun forming, producing some messy and stunning jets in the process! What a beauty! Image credit: Mark McCaughrean (MPIA)/NASA, ESA, CSA (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Horrible event & one of my earliest memories, but I do love the Feynman stories about his time working on the commission. lithub.com/how-legendar...

I don't even know where to start with the illegal...The Executive does not have the constitutional power to raise revenue. The Executive does not have the constitutional power to make decisions about expenditures. The Executive does not have the power to privatize the functions of the US Treasury...

With Alex Reinert on where immunity comes from

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

It is important to keep repeating this, because these 23 people continue to get complete free passes every day while the fascism & incineration of American national security keep happening.

A book - particularly one that was important to/meant a lot to the giver - is just about the best gift I can imagine receiving.

Really at a loss for words here.

You can picture how it must have felt in there. Four fucking Nazis with their shit-eating grins squeezing their fat asses into a booth at a family-owned Mexican place poisoning the entire room with their smug impunity. Desecrating a place of community www.welcometohellworld.com/we-must-love...

I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.

New ice skating loop coming in East Boston! caughtineastie.com/features/big...

"Nothing was more important than having fun and nothing was more fun than playing music." -Bill Kreutzmann, eulogizing Bob Weir.

Thumbs up to Bandcamp.

No one's life should be at risk for simply existing in their communities or exercising their rights. Learn these. Remember them. Share them with your neighbors. I will continue to use every tool my office has to protect our immigrant community and ensure our residents know their rights.

Does anyone think this guy is going to certify a Democrat as the winner of the next presidential election? Especially if HE is the Republican candidate?

1. ICE will kill you. 2. Trumpists will lie to justify it. 3. Because they are all thug trash.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said. That is called murder when they do that. Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

Always remember that listening to music can be the entire activity. Put on headphones. Blast it through speakers. Close your eyes and just listen. Listening to music is not a background activity. It can be the entire journey, and it's worth the time.

The perfect Christmas Tree doesn't exi-- www.capecodtimes.com/story/entert...

So I have the cover story in next month's TNR. I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol. They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.

The person charged with enforcing the laws is an open lawbreaker, assisted by a team of open lawbreakers, backed by a Congressional majority indifferent to lawbreaking, supported by a Supreme Court that privileges them to break the law. It has no legitimacy whatsoever.

Good morning music.youtube.com/watch?v=u4lA...

Seconded. That last line hits hard.

This one hurts. What a legend. Ugh.

The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it. Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...

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"Sir, did you just abuse and insult a journalist for asking a question? And did you publicly call a woman a piggie? Is this the way a U.S. President behaves?" A reporter who so spoke loses WH credentials, maybe his job if his agency is gutless. But absent such, the entire WHPC is without honor.

The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...

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so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...

The surrender caucus secured yes votes from Democrats who aren't facing re-election this cycle, but four of them have Democratic governors who can pick their replacement. If you live in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine or Virginia this is an easy and effective way to make your anger clear.

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Mr. Bill's new album with an hour of Funilab visuals from the 9/21/25 Tipper Red Rocks show. Put this one on in a dark room and get lost for an hour. youtu.be/WCrgI4ne1Kw?...

If the president insists on unilaterally illegally not spending money he must spend and unilaterally illegally spending money he doesn’t have — and Congressional Republicans insist on maintaining the power to unilaterally legally change the budget — how can you come to a budget agreement?

I really wish more musical events did not allow phones. Just a way better vibe. youtu.be/o_N5JQYHJXk?...

20 Massachusetts cities have been added to our drop downs! In the first time in years, we're adding new cities to our drop downs. [ Already included cities ] Boston, MA Somerville, MA [ Newly added cities] Amherst, MA Attleboro, MA Cambridge, MA Chelsea, MA Everett, MA Holyoke, MA Continued...

This tiny island has given us so much of the best music ever made. If you can, please chip in to help. This is going to be really bad.

The amount of money and effort being spent on this single person is genuinely insane. Just setting millions of American tax payer dollars on fire to try to remove a single almost certainly harmless individual from the country.

Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.

It is pretty great having many of Boston's departments and teams active on Bluesky. The difference in engagement speaks for itself and it's all around a great addition to our city's social media toolkit. All official accounts are available in this starterpack: bsky.app/starter-pack...

I think about this Grover Norquist quote a lot lately.

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man i’d call this stuff elder abuse if the elders in question weren’t so gleeful about inflicting crimes against humanity until the day they drop dead at their desks