Berto
@bertoscalese.bsky.social
Senior editor at WBUR in Boston. I left my high school yearbook staff over creative differences.
Two of the most powerful people in Massachusetts went to Logan today to celebrate a traffic cone.
Globe-trotting Scottish traffic cone gets hero's welcome in Boston
Massachuetts Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu were at Logan Airport Tuesday to welcome a traffic cone that flew first class to the state. Yes, really.
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Looks like the New York Times Spelling Bee is a selfish jerk
Just some amazing work here from @wbur.org's @bertoscalese.bsky.social & @meghanbkelly.bsky.social to explain the history and significance between Boston's original March 17th holiday: Evacuation Day. www.youtube.com/shorts/U5rGc...
The story behind Evacuation Day
YouTube video by WBUR
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Worried that Blaine at the frat will wreck your shit? Get covered today!
Hard to tell with a night vision image, but it looks like this coyote is wearing Meta glasses. What a creep.
WBZ NewsRadio@wbznewsradio.bsky.social · 8mo agoPolice in Wrentham have issued a warning about coyotes in the area.
Don't miss this gem of a primer by @bertoscalese.bsky.social! "In plain English, the Head of the Charles Regatta means "the three-mile boat race on the Charles River." www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
Coxswain? Scull? Crab? What Head of the Charles rowers are yelling about
If you need crib notes to help you keep up with the Head of the Charles Regatta rowers, you've come to the right place. Check out our mini-glossary before you watch the crews take to the waters.
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For everyone with a love/hate/love/hate/dammit! Why?!/ relationship with the Sox, this essay by my friend @bertoscalese.bsky.social is for you: ⚾️ www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
My relationship with the Red Sox? It’s complicated
I’ve always had a weakness for Fenway in September, writes Roberto Scalese, whose relationship with the Red Sox went south after they traded Mookie Betts. When I heard you may even make the playoffs t...
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A relationship with the Red Sox ... it's complicated. Amazing piece via @bertoscalese.bsky.social @wbur.org www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
My relationship with the Red Sox? It’s complicated
I’ve always had a weakness for Fenway in September, writes Roberto Scalese, whose relationship with the Red Sox went south after they traded Mookie Betts. When I heard you may even make the playoffs t...
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Meet the @wbur.org 2025 Makers, 10 artists of color foregrounding the environment — its beauty and its fragility — in their work.
WBUR Presents: The 2025 Makers
The natural world has been a powerful muse for artists across the ages, and in our present era, engaging with our environment is more urgent than ever. Meet 10 local artists of color who are foregroun...
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I quit on the Red Sox after they traded Mookie Betts. Now I’m getting that old feeling again, but getting back together with the Sox is harder than it seems. So I wrote the team a letter:
My relationship with the Red Sox? It’s complicated
I’ve always had a weakness for Fenway in September, writes Roberto Scalese, whose relationship with the Red Sox went south after they traded Mookie Betts. When I heard you may even make the playoffs t...
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Hundreds of people have been held at the Burlington ICE field office - a place not meant for overnight stays @wbur.org @miriamwasser.bsky.social and data crunched by @twallack.bsky.social @bertoscalese.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
Hundreds were detained in ICE's Burlington office for multiple days, data shows
ICE has said it's rare for people to be detained inside its Burlington field office for more than a few hours, but a new WBUR analysis finds that hundreds were detained for more than a day this past s...
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Whether you are among the people who hate it or you're among the people who are wrong, Boston's brutalist City Hall is now a historic landmark. Check this out from @bertoscalese.bsky.social: www.wbur.org/news/2025/01...
Boston City Hall is officially a landmark
Love it or hate it, Boston City Hall is historic. There's now paperwork to that effect.
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Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
A Pulitzer winner quits 'Washington Post' after a cartoon on Bezos is killed
Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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Me: I will just relax for a few minutes by playing a mindless game on my phone Phone: Cool, every 90 seconds you will just need to watch a little animated snuff film featuring a mother and child freezing to death, or a king slowly being crushed against a spiky wall by piles of falling rubble
Begging the legacy media to hire journalists who have logged on just once in their life
I gave up on the Red Sox after the Mookie trade. In their place, I started watching the Premiere League and ended up following Tottenham. It’s like the part of my brain that interprets pain must always be fed.
Here are five things to know about the arrest and charges filed against Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson.
5 things to know about Councilor Fernandes Anderson's arrest
If you're catching up on Friday's news in Boston, you've missed a lot. Here are five things to know about the arrest and charges filed against Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson.
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I once took a flight to DC that had to fly around a storm, which added like 90 minutes of in-air time. So I pretty much know what these two are going through
WBUR@wbur.org · 2y agoKnown across the globe as the stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have hit the six-month mark in space, with two more to go.
I've updated the Boston News and Journalists Starter Pack again; we're close to maxing this pack out! And if you would rather follow a list, I've made on of those too! Starter park: go.bsky.app/DcD4DaT Boston Journos list: bsky.app/profile/bert...
The lone state senator to block a vote this week on a compromise bill that would raise taxes on Boston commercial property owners received a rush of campaign donations from real estate interests over the past two months, public records show.
Mass. senator who blocked Boston property tax bill saw flood of real estate donations
South Boston Sen. Nick Collins’ campaign committee collected $17,200 in contributions from real estate interests in November, state campaign finance records show, representing more than three-quarters...
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Trump made big gains in New Bedford in the recent election, a storied working-class city which overwhelmingly supported Biden just four years ago. Fishermen say they feel the Democratic party has forgotten them.
With Trump, New Bedford's fishermen hope for better times
Trump made big gains in New Bedford in the recent election, a storied working-class city which overwhelmingly supported Biden just four years ago. Fishermen say they feel the Democratic party has forg...
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Sleep well Darth we will remember the doggos are innocent of all crimes until you return. And after you return.
darth™️@darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2y agook it is time (past time) for me to hibernate keep each another warm this winter good bye
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots. To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
"Shoes of sturdy leather were to be had for the low, low sum of a single raccoon’s pelt, and milking cow discounts did flood with joye anyone able to parse the true meaning of 'half-off.'"
The First Black Friday, by William Bradford
And after the feaste, which did consist of water-fowl, and cod and bass and other fishes, and a great many wylde turkeys, the people of Plymouth di...
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Bears blow time management before firing guy infamous for blowing time management
Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 2y ago
Reviewing our first year of data about e-bikes in the Bluebikes public bike share system. e-bikes get used much more frequently and people travel farther on them. Those things are workhorses.
