big 'we're all trying to find who did this' energy from the latest from the mayor on boston's streets
You can see the entire thought process, straight line from someone in Boston complaining that they want their own Mamdani to the Wu PR team being like "what's a quirky little policy we can do ?" and "everyone loves dogs..."
How a Canadian doctor and Massachusetts volunteers who gather to pack pills for mailing are getting around abortion bans in other states www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
She's remaking the abortion landscape one pill at a time
Far from buckling under Dobbs, the access movement has created “a whole new way of doing healthcare.”
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It’s important to understand that when 1.2 million Americans are dying from a disease, any government action is excessive and tyrannical, but if a dozen trans women want to play soccer no government action can go far enough
Waking from an afternoon nap in which I dreamt that I'd unwittingly crossed into a recursive parallel universe devoid of other human presence, via Dorchester Avenue I have watched no recent media that relates but tbf checks out for Dorchester Avenue, which *feels* neverending when you walk along it
if you post a New England town name such as Manchester, Dorchester, or Bristol, I am automatically assuming its in New Hampshire, Massachusetts or Connecticut respectively unless noted otherwise.
Sunday read— A look back at the pre-Civil War era in #Boston with @clovettboston.bsky.social and the pitched battles to define American identity and human rights. www.dotnews.com/2026/07/29/t...
Tracking an old debate in Boston: Who is an American? - Dorchester Reporter
Veteran Boston newspaper and TV journalist Chris Lovett connects the dots of a raging debate about American identity with a Dorchester lens from the pre-Civil War resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act ...
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Event at Just Bookish August 29th A Forum For Us. @welcometodot.bsky.social @universalhub.com #BlackAugust
Senator Collins is boasting about his support for the PROTECT Act on social media. Prior to this (election) year, Collins was AWOL on ICE, and made life miserable for migrants temporarily housed in Fort Point. As if we couldn’t build a few showers. Why Newton? Corrections welcome.
We are watching our nation slip into fascism before our eyes. There’s a difference btw respect for law enforcement and pandering to law enforcement, in this case bending at the knee to an authoritarian regime in DC. Did Flynn ever call for NG troops to combat crime before Trump/Homan did?
The Fort Pointer@fortpointer.bsky.social · 6d agoIn 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.
“Robby Starbuck” is a nickname you get from a guy in Dorchester after he finds out you like hazelnut creamer.
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 11mo agoMeta HIRED the “chemicals are turning the frogs gay” guy to police AI bias against, presumably, complete morons: “He [Starbuck] falsely asserted that exposure to the pesticide atrazine turned amphibians "gay,” prompting male frogs to mate — a claim that has been repeatedly debunked.”
Editorial — The most consequential public-works proposal to impact Dorchester’s coastline since Morrissey Boulevard was built in the 1920s is now before the public for review and comment. Residents and stakeholders should study it carefully and offer guidance. www.dotnews.com/2026/07/29/t...
Time to say our piece on feds’ flood-barrier plan - Dorchester Reporter
The most consequential public-works proposal to impact Dorchester’s coastline since Morrissey Boulevard was built in the 1920s is now before the public for review and comment.
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Councilor Flynn finally lays his cards bare with respect to his years playing footsie with ICE and Trump, and dog whistles to right-leaning and MAGA voters. Flynn is calling for the National Guard to occupy Boston. Exactly on schedule with Trump’s plans to disrupt elections this November.
You can get a maple creemee at the Speedway in Brighton now, where Momma’s has just opened a second location. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/26/l...
You don’t have to drive to Vermont for a maple creemee. Just head to Cambridge. - The Boston Globe
Demand for the treat is so great at Momma’s Grocery + Wine in Cambridge, they’re serving it year-round.
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No expansion of a safe bike lane network in the city is the tell she is treating this as an incident and not an indictment of her entire policy.
DotNews@dotnews.bsky.social · 2w agoMayor Wu today outlined a series of changes to Boston’s street-safety program following the death of Louisa Gag, a city transportation planner and longtime advocate who was struck and killed by a truck while riding her bicycle in Mission Hill earlier this month. www.dotnews.com/2026/07/24/m...
when future Boston decommissions the fossil fuel indrastructure i hope it keeps the gas tank around and retrofits a Corita Kent / 1970s Boston history museum into it
The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡@thebostonlol.bsky.social · 2w agoSo I'm getting my masters in art history on TikTok and what do you mean the iconic Dorchester National Grid gas tank design is by an anti-war ex-nun screen printer artist(!) @universalhub.com Corita Kent into the pantheon of legends with you! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAj5P9hu/
So I'm getting my masters in art history on TikTok and what do you mean the iconic Dorchester National Grid gas tank design is by an anti-war ex-nun screen printer artist(!) @universalhub.com Corita Kent into the pantheon of legends with you! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAj5P9hu/
we've all lived through too much to give up before that pendulum swings back hard
Tom Homan is going to cry the hardest when they put handcuffs on him.
white house: no really we can solve affordability problems by november if we...(checks one page of notes, blank) impose a 10-15% tax on imports from 80+ countries
Pablo Velez Jr. and Dorchester native Lynese Browder were reunited with other cast members of the popular PBS kids show ZOOM at a recent gathering at The Record Co. in #Dorchester www.dotnews.com/2026/07/23/g...
’GBH Zoomers of ’99 recall their days as kids acting as kids for kids to watch - Dorchester Reporter
The celebrated revival of “Zoom,” the successful 1972 PBS children’s show, first aired in 1999, and ran for seven seasons out of WGBH.
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Greater Boston within 128/95 in a nutshell
Jacob E. Peters@archijake.bsky.social · 2w agoA huge amount of suburban areas could support car free living with a few tweaks to rail service, some well located grocery stores, & reallocation of comparatively small amounts of road capacity towards protected bike lanes. Each one of those improvements could divert lots of miles of car usage.
Fields Corner housing proposal draws concerns over proximity to long-time industrial businesses www.dotnews.com/2026/07/21/f...
Fields Corner housing plan draws concerns over proximity to industrial businesses - Dorchester Reporter
A developer’s proposal to replace an auto body shop near Fields Corner with a seven-story, 108-unit building drew questions about parking, traffic, building height, and the wisdom of placing apartment...
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311 complaint of the day: Who left a pile of rotting fish behind a historic house in Dorchester? www.universalhub.com/2026/311-com... #Boston #HoldYourNose
There will be a virtual public meeting tonight from 6-8 PM to discuss the proposed 80 Christopher Street project in #Dorchester. Register and learn more: www.bostonplans.org/news-calenda...
the only kneejerk reaction I share with Maga is that when I look at a cybertruck i wonder if it is bulletproof