Boston 's Leslie Knope

Title page reading: The trial of the British soldiers, of the 29th Regiment of Foot : for the murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Patrick Carr, on Monday evening, March 5, 1770, before the Honorable Benjamin Lynde, John Cushing, Peter Oliver, and Edmund Trowbridge, esquires, justices of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize, and general gaol delivery, held at Boston, by adjournment, November 27, 1770.

printed page with heading "Trial of the British soldiers"

Printed page with transcript of testimony of Ebenezer Bridgham

Otd in 1770, British soldiers in Boston fired on a crowd, killing 5 civilians. Surprisingly, when the soldiers went on trial, future US President John Adams defended them

We recently digitized a trial transcript, Read it for yourself here: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/103271253

Cover of The Apostles Creed, illusrated by Allan Rohan Crite

We're wrapping up #BlackHistoryMonth with art by Bostonian Allan Rohan Crite. Crite lived in the South End and graduated from English High and the School of the MFA. He worked as a draughtsman and artist for the Charlestown Navy Yard and the Boston Naval Shipyard, while also creating his own art.

The @mbta.com is soliciting riders' reports on unshoveled bus stops. Use this link to find out who's responsible for your bus stop, and how to contact them:

www.mbta.com/winter-weath...

We are honored to be joined tonight by a woman who’s been through hell, Anya Zarutska. In 2022, she and her beautiful daughter. So beautiful. What a beautiful young woman Iryna fled war-torn, war-torn Ukraine to live with relatives near Charlotte, North Carolina. And by the way, what’s going on with Charlotte? Last summer, 23-year-old Irina was riding home on the train when a deranged monster who had been arrested over a dozen times and was released through no cash bail, stood up and viciously slashed a knife through her neck and body. No one will ever forget. There were people on that train. No one will ever forget the expression of terror on Irene, his face as she looked up at her attacker in the last seconds of her life. She died instantly. She had escaped a brutal war, only to be slain by a hardened criminal set free to kill in America came in through open borders. Mrs. Zarutska, tonight, I promise you, we will ensure justice for your magnificent daughter, Iryna.

Trump said in last night's SOTU/rally that the man who killed Ukrainian immigrant Irina Zarutska on a train in NC during what appears to have been a psychotic break was here because of "open borders."

He was born in Charlotte but his name was DeCarlos DeJuan Brown so I guess that's all it takes now

115: Votes for College Women: Alumni, Students, and the Woman Suffrage Campaign Podcast Episode · The Gilded Age and Progressive Era · February 25 · 46m

Pod Drop!

I had a great conversion with Kelly Marino about the suffrage activism of college students- people angry about protesting college students has a long history, but college students fighting to make the world better also has a history!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

President Donald Trump used his State of the Union speech to highlight economic achievements and advocate for more tariffs and immigration restrictions.

The failure of local news outlets, even in blue markets, to accurately cover this President is a huge issue. This isn't some Sinclair or Nexstar station. Local news matters because people still trust it, and we've got TV stations doing Trump's job for him.

The blue line is shuttling between Suffolk Downs and Maverick and boy is it fun for a long line of buses to negotiate Chelsea Street after a snowstorm. @universalhub.com

the costco CEO is a 40-year-veteran of the company who rose from being a forklift driver to the top, the firm has made a public point of defying Trump's racism, and by god they will make sure that the hot dogs have ketchup.

www.cnn.com/2026/02/07/b...

Mostly I’m just embarrassed

4 Minnesota guys

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

Day Sq intersections

This situation in Day Sq in Eastie is awful for pedestrians. It isn't clear which cars have the right of the way and there are no traffic signals. It doesn't look that bad from above but when you're navigating it, you really have to have your wits about you

You know who hasn’t changed their name yet and can probably still find their birth certificates (since they were just born)? Gen Z

I'm not sure if the details of your project, but are you interested in Spanish/French colonialism and missions? If so, I may have some recs

BREAKING

Former ICE agent:

On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

I was just downtown ( for Reasons) and the streets are ...slick.

ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank, a former ICE instructor and attorney, testifies that agents were trained to disregard constitutional rights.

The blue line is running but also this train stopped so the driver could dig out something on the tracks at Wood Island. @universalhub.com

title page reading "Boston, One Hundred Years a City, a collection of Rare Prints and Old Photographs showing the changes which have occurred in Boston during the one Hundred Years of its existence as A City

Photograph of Scollay Square showing pedestrians, street cards, and the Suffolk Savings Bank

Photograph of the Old Bromfield House on Bromfield Street in 1858 showing the Bromfield Methodist Church and pedestrians

On this day in 1822, Boston incorporated as a city. A century later, State St Trust Co published this commemorative booklet documenting the changes in the city's landscape and built environment over its first 100 years. @universalhub.com @hubhistory.com bc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...

Not for nothing, but the women didn’t party with Kash Patel after they won. 🥇💅🏼

In 2018, the top FBI agent in Los Angeles held a single meeting of his senior staff during an MLB playoff game at Dodger Stadium. It was the end of his 25-year FBI career. www.politico.com/news/2020/08...

Here we go

Antique car parked in outdoors with evergreen trees in background

Antique car parked in outdoors with evergreen trees in background

Antique car parked in outdoors with evergreen trees in background

Antique car parked in outdoors with evergreen trees in background

We just processed a family photo collection that is full of images of pre-1930 cars! The Lyons family collected cars, donating two of them to the Smithsonian. Their photo collection contains nineteen images of cars owned by the family. Visit us to see more. findingaids.bc.edu/repositories...

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Boston French Toast Alert Level: 5 Slices/Severe

Heavy snowfall (10-20 i.!), wind gusts up to 60mph, power outages, coastal flooding (stay off Long Wharf!) and references to the dreaded 40/70 Benchmark! Starting late Sun. or early Mon.

Head out now, with grim determination, to fill your trunk with bread, eggs and milk!

bostonfrenchtoast.com

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Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court.

Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business.

As well as everyone else who stepped up.

Megan Keller on ice with a hockey stick wearing a Boston College Eagles uniform

🥇 Megan Keller BC ‘19 scored the game-winning OT goal to help lift Team USA over Canada. Here she is on the ice during her senior year playing for @bostoncollege.bsky.social

So, the US govt approach is:
*We are going to scan tourists social media accounts and deny visas because of content we dislike, like mocking Trump
and
*We are going to allow foreigners a work-around to consume social media content their governments have banned, including hate speech

Sound advice