Benjamin Lipiecki
@lipistickey.bsky.social
Modern living in the capitol of New England Local kvetching; Massachusetts; Photographer
Oh cool! Someone is gonna get Ed Flynn on the record responding to this, right?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."
Another shot I like off the Whale from yesterday. Kinda fun to see the Hancock narrower than it is wide? #fomapan200 #photography #filmphotography #boston
Benjamin Lipiecki@lipistickey.bsky.social · 4d agoThe Whale, in her goliath glory!
The Whale, in her goliath glory!
Benjamin Lipiecki@lipistickey.bsky.social · 4d agoStill working on getting the new camera, The Whale, dialed in. 210mm handheld 4x5 has proven to be as annoying as every other new-build 4x5, but starting to get a bit more comfortable. The Harvard Bridge, Boston Mass. #fomapan200 #photography #filmphotography
Still working on getting the new camera, The Whale, dialed in. 210mm handheld 4x5 has proven to be as annoying as every other new-build 4x5, but starting to get a bit more comfortable. The Harvard Bridge, Boston Mass. #fomapan200 #photography #filmphotography
He has more contempt for the US State of Minnesota than for *checks notes* the Islamic Republic of Iran, with whom we are at war? Chat, is this America First?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."
In this troubling, newly-posted radio interview, Councilor Flynn not only doubles down on support for the National Guard to occupy Boston and help BPD combat crime, he suggests those who oppose the use of National Guard troops as a crimefighting force simply don’t respect the Guard.
Sugar Ray sound checks in a light drizzle preparing for tonight’s performance at the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament - Official. Rain is expected to end before the Feast kicks off at 6 p.m. Are you going tonight? 🎥 Jonathan Comey
Running out of body bags, using forklifts to transfer corpses into makeshift morgues, a mortician conducting 200 funerals in a month when he usually does 30, crematories running at double capacity… And these senators just want to memory-hole it all www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/n...
‘We Ran Out of Space’: Bodies Pile Up as N.Y. Struggles to Bury Its Dead (Gift Article)
The coronavirus crisis is overwhelming New York’s system for burying the dead.
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A driver in Boston ran down and murdered a scooter rider because he felt "disrespected." Cars are weapons.
WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston@wcvb5.bsky.social · last wk.Man faces murder charges in fatal scooter crash, Boston police say | Click on the image to read the full story
NBC's kristen welker was caught laughing it up with Stephen Miller. Stephen Miller who architected the family separation policy. Stephen Miller who pushed the Muslim travel ban. Stephen Miller who oversaw the killing of Americans by ICE agents. This is why independent media is crucial.
non-zero chance they're shrugging about the parasite bc "only females eat salad"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoDOOCY: There's a parasite that is giving people in the US explosive diarrhea. When is it gonna be safe to eat lettuce again. TRUMP: I don't know. I haven't thought about it. Are you eating a lot of lettuce Peter?
Not even the @boston.gov City Council President can get her calls returned from Mayor Wu's streets cabinet. I guess it's nice to know it's not just us? Story here: mass.streetsblog.org/2026/07/24/b...
Oh no! Can you imagine them branding corporate dems as "radical socialists"? Can you imagine
onion person@junlper.beer · 2w agoi love how centrists continue to do this thing where they say “if DSA becomes more front and center in the party, republicans will run on that!” as if the right doesn’t just say absolutely anything on and run on shit like peanut the squirrel or litterboxes in school bathrooms
A newly-released FOIA dump of @boston.gov emails reveals extensive failures in internal communications, dysfunctional working relationships, and erosion in employee morale inside @mayorwu.boston.gov's City Hall: #mapoli mass.streetsblog.org/2026/07/22/f...
Failures of Communication and Accountability Plagued Mayor Wu's Election-Year 'Review' of Transportation Department - Streetsblog Massachusetts
An internal "30 day review" of city transportation projects that Mayor Wu requested during her re-election campaign last year was supposed to improve the public's trust in the city's ability to manage...
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There's literally a 'Mister Worldwide' specifically for this purpose.
Micah@rincewind.run · 2w agohonestly if they were gonna do one they should have just run a super bowl halftime show instead, give it all to one performer and do a ridiculous all out spectacle
The Red Sox were 32-46 on June 24 and had a -7 run differential. They're now 47-48 and have a +37 differential. Not even the most hopeful of projections had anything like this happening.
Citizens Bank has announced it will exit its lending agreements with CoreCivic and GEO Group. This is an incredible win for everyone who refused to let a major bank finance the human suffering caused by ICE detention! Community resistance matters ✊
Do I need to be paying any attention to this speech? Everybody basically has him figured out after ten years. I can't imagine him saying anything that moves public opinion beyond where it's bottomed out, and they'll just try to mess with the midterms no matter what.