Happy Labor Day!

Daniel Radosh@radosh.bsky.social · 2y ago

Like Vampire Weekend? Thank Vampire Unions!

I finally got some local apples, so (Mariah Carey voice) it's tiiiiiiiiime for the Martha Stewart kale apple salad. Introduction credit always to @dlelandwhite.bsky.social for this fall staple. www.marthastewart.com/1551460/kale...

Kale-and-Apple Salad

This great fall salad packs a crunch with apples, celery, and kale tossed together with a lemon-honey vinaigrette and Parmesan cheese.

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These are the margins recounts are made for. Also dang y'all, how many times do we have to say every vote matters? All👏🏾of👏🏾em👏🏾

Thank goodness @wbur.org is posting the state races, too! Support your local news!

WBUR@wbur.org · last wk.

Follow along for live election results in the contested primary contests for Massachusetts state representative and state senator seats.

A few years back I did a culture swap with my best (male) buddy where I challenged him to read a selection of books written by women, and I watched a bunch of Christopher Nolan movies. He had strong opinions about all of the books and loved most of them! He's now a huge Jia Tolentino fan.

Adrian 'buy HAIR SHIRT' Sobol@yoadrianididit.bsky.social · last mo.

EXCUSE ME?

Did anyone else see a trailer for an insane winter war movie called Drummer Boy (yes, after the Christmas song)? Our entire theater was cracking up, but I can't find it online anywhere.

Just saw the Hadestown proshot and am obsessed with Amber Gray all over again.

Judge rules OMB can’t retroactively nix grants based on new rules

Judge rules OMB can’t retroactively nix grants based on new rules

The court denied the Trump administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 20 states.

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Another terrific week to have invested in a berry-only CSA. 10/10 would berry again.

A few times a year, our quiet, extremely chill 12 year old doggo gets an allergy shot that turns back the clock and makes him a puppy for a week. This is one of these weeks.

Can the press stop conflating transmission lines (necessary for moving electrons and ultimately reducing power costs) with data centers? Many of these lines were planned long before the data centers were.

If you're pro-data center, this is bad for you. If you're anti-data center, this is bad for you. Just an L across the board.

Reuters@reuters.com · 2mo ago

Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm

Overheard outside of Death of a Salesman: Man: "It's truly an indictment of the American economic system" The woman he was with: "The play or the cost of tickets to it?"

That's why I love it here.

Odd Future Wolfgang Pauli@ofwp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Massachusetts is about as pure of a distillation of America as you can get. It's where the country started, it's filled with precious national history, it's a paragon of education and civic engagement, it's filled with the loudest and most irritating people alive.

After visiting Japan, I got an enormous UV umbrella for the dog (and me) specifically to combat the sun on days like today. Highly recommend.

Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC

6-3? 6 to 3? Are you kidding me?? On a basic fundamental right of Americans?

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects Trump effort to limit birthright citizenship. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

If you're looking for a way to celebrate the 250th while acknowledging the reality of 2026, get thee a copy of this book. I only wish it were longer!

Meg Elison@megelison.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Foundling Fathers, by Meg Elison Hamilton meets The Boys from Brazil 1776 meets Clone High All the Presidents' Heads meets Jurassic Park 6.23.2026 It's the satire America deserves for her 250th. tachyonpublications.com/product/foun...

A "podcast" that is taped and released as video and features famous people is just a talk show that doesn't have to abide by union rules.

Louisa@louisathelast.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I resent the video-fication of podcasting. That's just a TV show. Podcasts aren't supposed to be for hot people. They have everything else

Happy Juneteenth! Writing that into law as a state holiday is one of my favorite State House memories.

Our tickets to the Rocky Horror late show (9pm) got cancelled, which was ultimately a blessing because it was nuts getting to Grand Central at the early 3rd quarter. Now just on a train where everyone is simultaneously watching the same game on 100 different phones.

I'm catching up. John Lithgow is looking and moving pretty amazingly for 80.

There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

Being in Japan: lovely perfect, could actually function in public without my noise-cancelling headphones. Leaving Japan: (infinite scream of dealing with people acting with zero regard for other humans inside of an airport)

The Round of 76 just doesn't roll off the tongue (and really annoys the mathematically minded).

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4mo ago

From @theathletic.com: After years of debate, the NCAA Tournament is expanding. The men’s and women’s tournaments will grow from 68 teams to 76 next season, the NCAA announced on Thursday. nyti.ms/4tkORdE

Wow, only three musicals for best revival and they snubbed Chess? But gave Hannah Cruz and Bryce Pinkham noms, in addition to the anticipated Nicholas Christopher one? There's a lot going unsaid there.

Best Leading Actor in a Play is damn competitive this year. Lithgow, Nathan Lane, Mark Strong, Radcliffe, and that beautiful young gent in Punch.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4mo ago

Daniel Radcliffe, John Lithgow and Lesley Manville earned Tony Award nominations as Broadway got starrier amid rising production costs.

People ask what Western Mass is like. This is extremely Western Mass.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I stopped reading a book yesterday after the author misspelled Ronald Reagan twice in the same paragraph.

It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way