#UglyDogs! This is an opportunity for a pack howl!

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Update: group chats can now host up to 100 members.

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Cape joins @eff.org, @accessnow.bsky.social, and other privacy/civil liberty orgs in a letter urging the FCC to reject mandatory ID collection for phone service. Universal KYC would harm survivors, whistleblowers & vulnerable Americans, not stop robocalls. Full letter: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/documen...

Boston Critical Mass - Ride For Louisa. Meet at Copley Square, Friday July 31 at 18:30.

Barack Obama Pretends To Be Canadian While Traveling Abroad

Barack Obama Pretends To Be Canadian While Traveling Abroad

PARIS—In an effort to blend in with other tourists and avoid negative repercussions for being American, former U.S. President Barack Obama was reportedly pretending this week to be Canadian while trav...

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Hey Massachusetts people! Do you have rooftop solar panels? I'm working on a story about how the wildfire smoke is impacting solar production, and I'd love to speak with you this morning. Email me: MRWASSER@bu.edu

I’m leading the BCU convoy from the Crash Site to the vigil on City Hall today. Leaving at 5:00pm from Tremont st and Parker st.

Absolutely awful news. My condolences to everyone who knew and loved Louisa Gag. May her memory be a blessing.

The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 4w ago

A cycling advocate and transportation planner for the city of Boston was identified as the cyclist who was struck and killed in a crash near Roxbury Crossing this morning.

FIFA announces that team USA can use their hands “just if they need to”

Slow down on Alito, y'all. NPR is taking their post down.

We gave a sneak preview of our clean air system for buildings at the @arpa-h.bsky.social BREATHE Demo Day. All the credit goes to Rajan Chakrabarty et al. at WashU, Madhav Marathe et al. at UVA, and Chris Cappa + Theresa Pistochini et al. at UC Davis. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/s...

Buildings May Soon Have ‘Immune Systems’ That Fight Airborne Disease

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The Ipswich Local News, on Boston's North Shore, is seeking a full-time editor. This is a great job for an early-career journalist. thelocalnews.news/2026/06/19/i...

Ipswich Local News is looking for its next editor

Join our mission-driven team! Editor, Ipswich Local News We are seeking a full-time editor to join our award-winning, nonprofit newsroom. The editor will manage all reporting and editing efforts and e...

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Ann Patchett has received the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation announced the honor Wednesday, recognizing her work for fostering peace and global understanding.

Ann Patchett’s next accolade: A peace prize rooted in the Dayton Accords legacy

Ann Patchett has received the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation announced the honor Wednesday, recognizing her work for fostering peace and global understanding.

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If you talk about Michelle Obama today, please make it about this video

“I’ve got it, too, Omar … a strange feeling like we’ve just been going in circles.”

In a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire larkspur is grown for London florists along with cornflowers & Nigella. It’s quite a sight just now-some floral dopamine for you 🌿:

this is the way

If you live in Boston's North End, please help me find my #LostDog Maggie! She has a collar with my contact information.

#UglyDogs Another lovely story by @blairbraverman.bsky.social

Outside Magazine@outsidemag.bsky.social · 2mo ago

At Blue Sky Farms, visitors pay $50 an hour to sit with baby goats for mental clarity. The unique experience highlights how animal-assisted therapy provides a rare space for people to heal and breathe—sometimes without saying a word.

Bikes Not Bombs needs volunteers to load used bikes to a container to Rwanda.

We really wanted to introduce you to Vanilla. She has the daintiest handshake we've ever witnessed. 14/10 (IG: bordercollievanilla)

GIVEAWAY! Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live! To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!

Calling all volunteers! We can use your help as a bike valet during our Massachusetts Bike Month 2026 kickoff event on May 2! Shifts available from 3-10 pm. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Thanks for your help in making our event a success! #BikeMonth2026 #MassBikeMonth2026

The New York Times is now blocking The Wayback Machine from accessing its articles. That means you'll no longer be able to view archived versions of NYT stories published in 2026 and beyond on archive.org. (All those posts you see tracking changes to NYT headlines and ledes? They relied on WBM).

Praying for the people, animals and wild places in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness tonight. It is not theirs to give away. Photo credit: Dawn LaPointe

American Rivers named the South Kawishiwi River—a vital artery of the iconic Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness— to America’s Most Endangered Rivers® list of 2026, due to proposed sulfide-ore copper mining in its headwaters. Urge the Senate to save the BWCA.

American Rivers Announces America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2026 in 41st Annual Report

American Rivers is today announcing America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2026 in its 41st annual report. With 80 percent of our nation’s rivers lacking adequate protection, according to the National P...

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Here’s where NYT put No Kings coverage on the home page of its iOS app

There are so many in need in the remote villages most Americans don't even know about. Please consider making a donation to the teachers who just want healthy snacks for their kids. What seems trivial to us is a lifeline to them. Everything comes by plane. www.donorschoose.org/igivearod26?...

Igivearod 2026: Supporting Remote Alaska | DonorsChoose

The Igivearod fundraising drive is a grassroots effort to support remote schools across Alaska and other community organizations along the route of the Iditarod Sled Dog Trail Race. Learn more at i...

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