In today's Starting Point, we take a look at how a Zillow search led to a startling pattern on a quiet street in Roxbury.
A Zillow search led to a startling pattern on a quiet street in Roxbury - The Boston Globe
Here’s why the Globe chose to study the homes along a block in Roxbury — and here’s what we discovered.
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It says I “talk most like someone from Connecticut” which is interesting. My dad’s side of the family is from South of Boston so I picked up a lot of their pronunciation. Aunt = Ahhnt Traffic Circle = Rotary
People these days spend a lot of time worrying about the robot apocalypse. If Boston exists in 100 years, I suspect people will wonder why we didn’t worry more about the other machines we considered perfectly normal.
@welcometodot.bsky.social Bike lanes were installed on the bridge before car lanes were (yes I'm talking about around 1900)
Or a city council. Or a neighborhood association. Or an activist group. Or a DND. Or a CDC. Any of those. That'd be neat.
Families who fled violence, worked, paid taxes, and raised families in Massachusetts are being forced to start over in another country. It's cruel and un-American. Losing Haitian TPS is devastating not only for our economy – but for Massachusetts communities.
Would be nice to have a mayor with a spine instead of the need to please people who will never be satisfied.
SteveBikes@stevebikes.bsky.social · 3h agoWhat the fuck @wutrain.bsky.social
I hope Nick enjoyed that feeling of earning something not automatically handed to him because the Dorchester constituency is obviously asking him to stop fooling around and beefing with the Mayor and to focus on things that matter.
DotNews@dotnews.bsky.social · 16h agoDespite 10 point electoral loss on Tuesday, state Senate candidate Latoya Gayle says she achieved an objective in her challenge to State Senator Nick Collins: "We made him work.” www.dotnews.com/2026/09/03/d...
Repaving Dot Ave, and bike lane is very clearly marked, but wish Boston would just figure out what cities around the world have and put bike lane next to the curb, then street parking, then traffic lane. Protected bike lane for just the cost of some paint
its maybe not to late to throw a citywide Moonite panic reenactment in 2027 who is with me
wow 2007 Boston Mooninite panic almost 20 years young...
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www.sweetteezbakery.com bought a big quiche and empanadas! @welcometodot.bsky.social @universalhub.com
Pro tip: it's only pronounced "chester" when it's spelled "chester" (like in Dorchester). "Cester" is never "chester". A rate moment of semi-sanity in English word pronunciation
y'all I know its petty and data centers are bad but last night instead of getting mad at the garbage idea candidate winning I just ai slopped him into a bospoli garbage pail kid card and I think I feel better
In #Dorchester, an effort to memorialize women buried in unmarked graves www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/02/m...
‘No one knew who they were walking by.’ At Dorchester cemetery, an effort to memorialize women buried in unmarked graves. - The Boston Globe
The women lived in a segregated elder home on Beacon Hill between 1860 and 1944.
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the press has gotten completely habituated to the ugly and hateful behavior of the people in this government so i will be surprised if anyone ever asks hegseth why he thinks it is appropriate to mock children for wanting to learn, grow and maybe serve their country
Connor Ewing@cmewing.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is a picture of two women from the Vernon Cadet Training Centre, which holds summer programming for 12-18 year olds to develop skills on the way to adulthood. Unlike Secretary Hegseth, they do not deserve contempt or ridicule.
How to get the Commonwealth's attention
Steve Koczela@skoczela.bsky.social · 3d agoPulled from the Other Place for your reference.
The race for First Suffolk Senate is too close to call at this point. Challenger Latoya Gayle is performing well in Dorchester— including wins at Lower Mills and Codman Sq libraries. Contest may well be decided by Collins's margin of victory in his home base, South Boston.
A forum exploring the history of redlining and blockbusting in Dorchester and Mattapan — and the neighborhood organizing that pushed back against those practices — will be held on Wed., Sept. 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at JustBook-ish, 1463 Dorchester Ave. www.dotnews.com/2026/09/01/f...
Forum at JustBook-ish to examine redlining, blockbusting in Dorchester - Dorchester Reporter
A forum exploring the history of redlining and blockbusting in Dorchester and Mattapan — and the neighborhood organizing that pushed back against those practices — will be held on Wed., Sept. 9, from ...
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grant me the strength to ignore a FB post that talks about "neighborhoods such as Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Dorchester, Somerville, and Chelsea"....
I truly believe that everyone gets what they deserve. I really hope that Trump gets exactly what he deserves.
"It’s not new that Americans are seen by others as an unserious people. But the willingness to twice elect a man so buffoonish, depraved and hateful to our highest office provokes the belief that Americans...cannot be trusted any longer to do the right thing." open.substack.com/pub/america/...
Will Future Generations Blame Us All?
Or will they recognize that most of us were mad as hell and refused to take it?
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a huuuuge stretch of Dot Ave from Dot Block to at least Columbia Road (maybe further north? I wasn't going that way) just got repaved and they're doing NOTHING about the bike lane situation, I'm so disappointed and frustrated with this @mayorwu.boston.gov
@welcometodot.bsky.social how would one pronounce Dorchestershire sauce?
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 4d agomacabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
I'm watching Dolly in 9 to 5 and remembering that it's based on the true story of a women's labor movement in Boston and the title of their newsletter, "9to5: Newsletter for Boston Area Office Workers." www.mawomenshistory.org/exhibits/ros...
From Roses to Raises: Women’s Fight for Just and Equal Pay in Massachusetts | Massachusetts Women's History Center
Women in the Commonwealth have often led the way in the fight for just compensation and equal pay in the United States. From the 1830s Lowell mill girls "turn outs" to 140 years later with the 9to5 mo...
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then they came for milo yiannopoulos, and i was busy that day so i waited until they came for someone else to complain, although i objected to it in theory
It's endearing how the Boston NPR station is currently earnestly explaining how a 60-person Somerville polycule works
Vietnamese #coffee shop approved on Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner www.universalhub.com/2026/vietnam... #Boston
