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Setting Intentions: This Blog's Forecast "So like, what are you even doing here? Like, actually?" Great question!

Setting some intentions for this creative project

05.03.2026 04:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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News gets reshaped to match the way your brain works "When a news organization recognizes you're cognitively depleted and serves you digestible audio instead of demanding you parse 1,500 words, that's institutional empathy at scale."

β€œWhen a news organization recognizes you’re cognitively depleted and serves you digestible audio instead of demanding you parse 1,500 words, that’s institutional empathy at scale.”

12.12.2025 19:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Greg from Succession: Nice memes, good memeage and so on.

Greg from Succession: Nice memes, good memeage and so on.

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there’s going to be a lot of people going as labubus for halloween

15.09.2025 19:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œNo one can hear what you’re saying,” me to my sister, who is trying to talk through a snorkle. β€œYou sound like a droid.”

*A laugh is heard from the top of the snorkle.

11.08.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman wearing headphones sits on a blue couch in front of a microphone ALT: a woman wearing headphones sits on a blue couch in front of a microphone

hitting play on β€˜august’ a minute before midnight on July 31 so i enter the month correctly

01.08.2025 02:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sooo turns out I’m still the exact same cool cool cool

19.07.2025 01:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon of donald duck is sleeping in a bed ALT: a cartoon of donald duck is sleeping in a bed

I woke up exactly like this to that super loud crackling thunder a few minutes ago in Boston. Got so scared I felt like a cartoon for a second

09.07.2025 05:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Sunday Boston Globe cover titled β€œβ€˜I Feel That Nowhere Is Safe’” about ICE.

A Sunday Boston Globe cover titled β€œβ€˜I Feel That Nowhere Is Safe’” about ICE.

Print still hits.

07.07.2025 01:45 πŸ‘ 8445 πŸ” 1479 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 40
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A cat was dubbed Somerville’s β€˜bike path mayor.’ Now neighborhood pets are vying to unseat her. - The Boston Globe According to a growing collection of lawn signs in Somerville, the race is on.

very invested in the race for somerville bike path cat mayor @bostonglobe.com

03.07.2025 21:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

me, watching Severance and also making a contemporary reference: what the helly

08.06.2025 02:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Five MBTA employees federally charged with falsifying track inspection records - The Boston Globe The employees all worked at Cabot Yard, the South Boston facility that came under scrutiny last October when a number of employees were placed on leave for allegedly working on private vehicles during...

Five MBTA employees federally charged with falsifying track inspection records

29.05.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wearing a Dunqueens tracksuit in public teaches u things about yourself

24.05.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Review & Setlist: And when Djo is back in Boston, we feel it Dad jokes, an β€œEgg” debut, and an intimate night with friends and family on the Back on You tour? Stranger things have happened.

β€œYou’d probably be the first band in history to play a green Egg and Haim.”

One of my favorite moments from Djo’s Boston show was this literal dad joke.

03.05.2025 21:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Astronomers detect a possible signature of life on a distant planet - The Boston Globe The search for life beyond Earth has led scientists to explore many suggestive mysteries, from plumes of methane on Mars to clouds of phosphine gas on Venus.

new life just dropped

17.04.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i'm actually locked OUT and crashing IN. built different

03.04.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Owl rescued after flying into N.H. casino The owl spent the night at the casino before it was rescued the following morning.

β€œShe seemed a little annoyed with us that we were keeping her awake."

29.03.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Canon event my first tweet in 2011 was lyrics to Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls. So, yes, I’ve been like this the whole time

28.03.2025 03:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tufts graduate student detained by federal authorities sent to Louisiana - The Boston Globe Masked plainclothes officers arrested Rumeysa Ozturk outside a Somerville home Tuesday evening.

The Tufts graduate student detained by federal authorities in Somerville has been sent to a Louisiana detention facility, despite a federal judge’s order telling US Immigration and Customs Enforcement not to remove her from Massachusetts without notice.

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I searched β€œsmall round bed” online shopping for furniture and I don’t know how I didn’t anticipate this, but, it was all dog beds.

11.03.2025 03:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t know, I just feel like, I could really use a wish right now. (Wish right now.)

01.03.2025 17:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A true New England sense of humor trait that I do possess is that I can appreciate a good read. Like sometimes I’ll check the comments and see they’ve hilariously clocked me ways I couldn’t have guessed. W to them, you know.

28.02.2025 18:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m rising to grind. I’m locking in. I’m crashing out. I’m doing all the action verbs simultaneously

28.02.2025 02:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Login β€’ Instagram Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

Ready to shred. πŸ‚ Caught up with professional snowboarder Zeb Powell ahead of Red Bull’s Heavy Metal snowboarding competition at Boston City Hall Plaza on Saturday.

Watch on @boston.com’s Instagram. www.instagram.com/reel/DGW4UyJ...

22.02.2025 03:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A few weeks ago, Luke Lorraine was on his way to class at the University of Connecticut when he spotted a small rock. In his red Converse sneakers, he kicked the rock over and over again, all the way to class, filming as he went.

Lorraine, 22, quickly joined the ranks of other social media stars who track mundane but strangely compelling daily happenings. Sweet pug Noodle (RIP) earned a huge following based on whether he stood up or slumped down in his dog bed each morning. One guy eats a rotisserie chicken every day. Thousands check in on a crab some worried wouldn’t molt in time (she did!).

Now Lorraine, a Connecticut native determined to shape a rock into a sphere one kick at a time, has more than 18 million viewers. He’s known on TikTok as @GuyKickingRock.

A few weeks ago, Luke Lorraine was on his way to class at the University of Connecticut when he spotted a small rock. In his red Converse sneakers, he kicked the rock over and over again, all the way to class, filming as he went. Lorraine, 22, quickly joined the ranks of other social media stars who track mundane but strangely compelling daily happenings. Sweet pug Noodle (RIP) earned a huge following based on whether he stood up or slumped down in his dog bed each morning. One guy eats a rotisserie chicken every day. Thousands check in on a crab some worried wouldn’t molt in time (she did!). Now Lorraine, a Connecticut native determined to shape a rock into a sphere one kick at a time, has more than 18 million viewers. He’s known on TikTok as @GuyKickingRock.

Howie, the beloved Internet Crab (6/4/2015 - 2/18/2025) ☁️

I mentioned Howie, back in this @bostonglobe.com profile of another Internet figure: Guy Kicking Rock. (UConn's Luke Lorraine)

Read it here if you'd like. www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/23/l...

20.02.2025 16:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Banned for life after discovery of his secret mall apartment, artist invited back to Providence Place for film screening - The Boston Globe Michael Townsend will make his long-awaited return to the mall next month when the critically acclaimed β€œSecret Mall Apartment” documentary opens at the scene of the crime.
20.02.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Childhood me who struggled in Math and Science but loved English and History would be so upset to know how many numbers I look at and aspect ratios I have to calculate in pixels...

I went to Emerson College for journalism but also so I didn't have to take math classes! Brutal out here. πŸ™ƒ

19.02.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Plus, two Massachusetts natives Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Dratch in a sketch together

17.02.2025 21:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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'SNL 50' recap: Best moments from the 50th anniversary of 'Saturday Night Live' SNL 50 recap: The best moments from the "Saturday Night Live" 50th anniversary special and a full list of celebrity cameos.

I thought #SNL50 was kind of a blast. I got

β€’ to hear Meryl Streep make β€œDevil Wears Prada” and β€œInto The Woods” jokes.
β€’ to learn a new Cher line.
β€’ to see Keke Palmer and Miley Cyrus reunite.
β€’ to hear Paul McCartney sing β€œCarry That Weight.”

Read @kslane.bsky.social’s full SNL recap here.

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