Michelle at Paper Blogging
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Sound walking, drawing, and noticing daily in Harvard's Arnold Arboretum. Blending analog tools with digital reality. Analog joys explored online: www.paperblogging.com
@universalhub.com @thebostonlol.bsky.social Report includes dashcam footage from the car behind. 😳 whdh.com/news/crash-o...
Crash on the Arborway leaves 1 dead, 1 injured - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
BOSTON (WHDH) - State police are investigating a violent crash on the Arborway in Jamaica Plain on Sunday that left one person dead and another<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/...
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With 50 days until the midterms, I urge you all to: 1) Help get out the vote. 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference. 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism. We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
FWIW, I did cover it in my Letters from an American, with the full quotation.
Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
The journalists Elizabeth Spiers and Teddy Brown speak with @cwarzel.bsky.social about being a writer in the age of AI—and they discuss why AI writing doesn't have to be inevitable. Watch the full episode of Galaxy Brain:
AI Writing Has Entered Its Post-Shame Era
Media already have a trust problem.
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Lindsay Ellis has unlocked this video from Nebula exclusivity on the occasion of Dolly's passing. I recommend watching, it will only be available for a limited time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJuK...
Yes, Dolly was Actually That Great
YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis
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Dolly was so happy for three reasons: - she used her creativity to make things - she gave away what she had to make other people's lives better - she knew and loved God, and did the first two things in that context. All these things are available to all of us.
Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)@jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 2mo agothere's not a lot of super rich people who really earned their wealth, and very few who used it to truly make the world better. as much as i love her music, it's that part that i've always loved the most about Dolly Parton
Car typing today while waiting for my son to sit a placement test. Have typewriter, can write.
Looking forward to a big piece rounding up all the ways people are starting to reject technology and step back into the analog world.
Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2mo agoWent to parent-teacher night at my kid's middle school this evening and got told that the district is now moving away from technology in the classroom and going back to pen and paper. I love that this excellent news of rebellion came on the same day as Zuckerberg's AI supremacist screed.
The 2026 Red Sox represent a fascinating case study in “momentum,” a slippery concept whose existence and power is sworn to by athletes and debated by statisticians. As the Sox continue to streak to the seemingly impossible… can we quantify momentum? Maybe! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/07/s...
Red Sox’ ongoing surge raises the question: Can momentum be quantified? - The Boston Globe
Since June 25, the Sox have won 31 of 36 games, just the 20th instance since 1901 of a team winning that many games in that short a period of time.
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On my studio desk: A colorful Weekly Desk Pad by Karen Schipper, bought today. Boston Athenaeum sticker + postcard. I'm sending the postcard to a Type Pals recipient in this month's postcard exchange. And Hermes 3K typewriter sticker to remind me to get out that typewriter to write the postcard.
“You said the 2020 election was rigged by either Venezuela or China. When you called that fella in Georgia pleading for 11,780 votes, was that part of the rigging, or part of the 6-year investigation? Just one more thing, sir, who was president while all this rigging took place?”
World Central Kitchen is en route to Venezuela to provide hot meals for those affected by the devastating twin earthquakes as well as first responders, a vital, life-saving service if you are able and funds allow, you can donate at the link below donate.wck.org/campaign/815...
Donate to World Central Kitchen
World Central Kitchen https://donate.wck.org/campaign/815521/donate
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I asked Norman Rockwell's granddaughter, Daisy Rockwell, about this use of her grandfather's work. She writes: "It goes without saying that they have completely misunderstood the meaning of the painting, which is tolerance for others and peaceful coexistence."
This is hardly the most authoritarian thing the Trump administration has done but it’s probably the stupidest authoritarian thing they’ve done. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Cyclist arrested at Reflecting Pool is former Olympian who denies vandalism claims
David Hearn said he touched the Reflecting Pool’s detached liner but “didn’t destroy or break or peel anything.” Trump has accused vandals of sabotaging the refurbishment as paint was seen peeling and...
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Bunker Hill was the revolution’s first major battle—but it was not the last. The fight for our freedom continues even to this day, as we fight against censorship and tyranny.
For Vogue, I talked to Ramell-Correen Frederick, aka Cheeks, who embroidered Knicks gear in the streets of Brooklyn after Game 5. He uses a 104-year-old hand-crank, chainstitch embroidery machine that he named Jessica.
The New York Artist Embroidering Knicks Merch on the Street
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Surround yourself with the kind of people who are proud to have a library card.
“Of all the bases the Tartan Army could have found for their World Cup journey, it had to be the city renowned for chasing the English out of town. Supporters dressed like William Wallace have been bonding with tour guides dressed as Paul Revere.” www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Tartan Army toast Scotland’s World Cup return: ‘It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’
Of all the bases Scotland fans could have found for their World Cup journey, it had to be the city renowned for chasing the English out of town
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OMEN ALERT Our team on the ground at the Kennedy Center reports....RAINBOW
If you commemorate the Space X IPO by reading one article on Elon Musk today, make it this one from @edwardluce.bsky.social. It is a timely and hard-hitting reminder that the world's first trillionaire is also one of its very worst people. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Elon Musk is a real-life Bond villain
The X owner is using his platform to amplify extremist opponents of multiculturalism in Britain
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