Adam Gaffin @universalhub Twitter profile

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Adam Gaffin

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4 years

Baker: Started calling "everybody I could think of" how to get masks after 3 million masks MA had "lost" to the feds in the port of New York to try to get more masks. Those masks had been ordered through BJ's, then the feds seized them.

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Baker: Governor of Alaska helped with the mask shipment, arranging for the plane to land there so the crew could rest.

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4 years

Baker said he called Jonathan Kraft with idea of treating Chinese mask purchase as "private humanitarian mission" to keep the feds from finding out. Ambassador Wong (Chinese UN ambassador) was "incredibly important" in arranging the deal and shipment.

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Boston officials considering a return to an indoor mask mandate

Boston Officials Consider Mask Mandate as COVID-19 Infections Rise

As COVID-19 cases rise in Boston, school and city officials are considering bringing back a mask mandate.

www.nbcboston.com

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2 years

Tragic death of friend, or maybe a lover, memorialized on Public Garden bridge

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2 years

Wu: Boston to require vaccination proof for indoor dining, fitness venues, theaters, sports events. Will apply to both patrons 12 and up and employees.

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4 years

Sutters: State will post lists of who is getting the masks. Decisions will be made based on immediate Covid-19 and shortages - goal is to try to give "facilities in need" at least a 7-day supply.

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7 years

And the Nazis just up and left

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2 years

Dear New Hampshire: Please get your own TV stations already.

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3 years

Imagine if MA had a vaccine site that let you sign up just once and then get notified when a shot became available near you instead of being forced to try over and over and over. WV has a system like that - built by Everbridge, based in, um, Burlington

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5 years

Women will make up a majority of the Boston City Council for the first time in history and a far cry from just a few years ago, when Ayanna Pressley was the only woman on the council

Another Arroyo to join the city council, Breadon wins in

Ricardo Arroyo, son of one former city councilor and brother of another, is looking like he'll be replacing Tim McCarthy in Hyde Park, Roslindale and Mattapan, while Liz Breadon is defeating Craig...

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4 years

Petition: Replace the Columbus statue with the Rte. 1 orange dinosaur

Sign the Petition

Replace Christopher Columbus Statue With The Route1 Orange Dinosaur

www.change.org

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4 years

The must-read Boston interview of the day: A manager at the Charlestown lobster company where the Southie guy tried to make off with a truckload of live lobster

Foiled Lobster Truck Heist in Charlestown "Was a Very Boston Experience for Everyone Involved"

A thief stole thousands of dollars in crustaceans, then crashed into another lobster truck.

www.bostonmagazine.com

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2 years

History just made in Boston: Michelle Wu sworn in.

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@universalhub

4 years

Jogging while Black on VFW Parkway in West Roxbury

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4 years

@ThreeCatsinaTr1 They will show up at Logan later today and be trucked to a Massachusetts state warehouse. NYC gets some and RI gets some, but MA gets the bulk of them.

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4 years

@Lmpnurse It's fake. Antifa is not going to risk getting lost in one of the 700 rotaries you have to go through to get to West Roxbury from the outside world.

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2 years

Jamaica Pond right now.

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5 years

Reminder: The NWS folks are all federal workers who are not getting paid right now.

NWS Boston

@NWSBoston

5 years

Whether the weather be fine, or whether the weather be not, whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot, we'll weather the weather whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.

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6 years

Jan Lois Lynch, formerly of Boston, 75. If you read one obituary today ...

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5 years

That kid who grew up in a refugee camp, got accepted to Harvard, got detained at Logan for eight hours, then kicked out of the country is in Cambridge and will start classes tomorrow

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6 years

Guy just stole $150 worth of frozen shrimp from the Stop & Shop on American Legion Hwy in Roslindale, pedaled away on a mtn bike; at these temps, he better hurry

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5 years

City didn't repaint crosswalk on repaved Roxbury street used by kids to get to school, so grandfather went out and painted his own

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6 years

It wouldn't be a Boston winter without the ceremonial exchange of windshield pleasantries #jamaicaplain #thinveneerofcivilization

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4 years

Baker praises Chinese UN ambassador, among others, for helping to arrange that shipment of N95 masks. Mass. masks should arrive at Logan later today. NYC and RI will also get part of the shipments. In total, MA will get roughly 1M masks.

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4 years

Sutters: By Monday, Partners Healthcare will have an N95 decontamination system in place at vacant Somerville KMart that will be able to sterilize 80,000 N95 masks a day. N95 masks can be run through the system up to 5 times.

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5 years

They rule the street.

Antonio Regalado

@antonioregalado

6 years

Trio outside Harvard Square

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3 years

Esplanade eagle. Yep, an eagle on the Esplanade #backbay

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4 years

Sutters: "We've not yet received any ventilators" from the feds. How long ago was it Baker said the feds agreed to give us 1,000? In any case, MA has now increased its request to 1,400 ventilators.

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5 years

Sign at the City Hall protest (via @cybah , who is having Twitter posting issues right now)

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2 years

Double eagle in West Roxbury #millenniumpark

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2 years

How much of a loser do you have to be to give JP Licks counter people grief?

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2 years

Dropkick Murphys to local Nazis.

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6 years

"I wonder what the bars are doing in Boston?" Oh, shut up. They're all closed because this is the City that Always Sleeps, you spoon.

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2 years

Gentlemen, start your storrowing engines: This is how you win a Pinewood Derby

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7 months

Boston City Hall lit up in Red Sox colors in honor of Tim Wakefield.

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October 1, 2023- Boston City Hall is lit up to in the colors of the Boston Red Sox in honor of Tim Wakefield, former Red Sox knuckleballer who has died at 57. (Mayor's Office Photo by Isabel Leon)

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4 years

WBZ puts Phantom Gourmet "on hiatus" because of Dave Andelman's ten days of BLM hate posts on Facebook

WBZ Responds To Statements By Phantom Gourmet's Dave Andelman

WBZ released a statement Sunday on social media posts by Phantom Gourmet CEO Dave Andelman.

www.cbsnews.com

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3 years

Green Line, Red Line, Blue Line, Orange Line

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1 year

Why are they all standing?

Lisa Kashinsky

@lisakashinsky

1 year

Gov. @maura_healey and Lt. Gov. @KimDriscollMA on the MBTA #mapoli

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1 year

New Yorkers keep telling us they never think about us ...

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@butlikesrsly

1 year

aside from the abominable design, this we ❤️ nyc publicity campaign is also very rude

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4 years

2020 in a nutshell: Flaming trash in Brighton.

Dane McGoldrick

@HanginDane

4 years

A garbage truck on fire just off Comm Ave. on Gerald Rd. in Brighton @universalhub

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3 years

The most secure car in Boston

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2 years

AP calls race for Healey, 2 minutes after polls close.

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1 year

Today's award for most dramatic rendering of school buses goes to ...

WBZ | CBS News Boston

@wbz

1 year

Several schools have announced they will be closed Tuesday due to an incoming winter storm

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5 years

Shh, if we're very quiet, maybe they won't notice us.

J. David Goodman

@jdavidgoodman

5 years

AMAZON CANCELS PLAN TO COME TO NEW YORK "After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens" - Amazon spokeswoman Jodi Seth

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8 months

Now that's how you storrow!

NBC10 Boston

@NBC10Boston

8 months

Traffic Alert. #Boston ’s Soldiers Field Rd. Eastbound. A truck is wedged under the Western Ave. bridge at Soldiers Field Rd. ⁦ @MassStatePolice ⁩ awaiting a heavy-duty wrecker. No injuries. 📸⁦ @pictureboston ⁩

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4 years

Baker: Latest models show between 47k and 172k cases in MA, with a peak between April 10-20.

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4 years

Misogynist comedians can stay out of Roslindale

The owner of a comedy spot in Roslindale shut down a series of stand-up sets last night after, she says, she'd had enough of a string of racist, sexist jokes. Read more.

www.universalhub.com

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1 year

Oh, look, we're making the news around the world.

BBC News (World)

@BBCWorld

1 year

Moment ceiling collapses, nearly hits commuter at Massachusetts subway station

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3 years

Natick Town Meeting member who is also an organizer of local white-supremacist group is arrested for Capitol activities

Natick Town Meeting member who attended Capitol protest arrested

A Natick Town Meeting member who came under fire for attending the protest at the U.S. Capitol was taken into custody Tuesday.

www.wcvb.com

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2 years

Wu supporters show their support outside her house this morning.

Supporters of Michelle Wu Hold Counter Protest in Roslindale

Supporters of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu gathered outside her Roslindale home Thursday morning in a show of solidarity for the city’s vaccine mandate. Among her supporters are nurses and teachers who...

www.nbcboston.com

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5 years

Because I have no life, figured I'd wait at Forest Hills for the first Orange Line train with new car smell to pull in. But so far, all the trains still look like this:

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5 years

Protesters at Brookline abortion clinic got in woman's face as she entered and left this morning, so she punched one of them in the face. Now she faces charges. Legal-defense fund?

Woman Punches Abortion Protester Outside Brookline Clinic

The woman has been summoned to court to face charges, police said.

patch.com

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10 months

Sullivan's at Castle Island removes outdoor seating after attacks by dive-bombing terror gulls: "Customers are dropping their boxes of food and running from the scene screaming."

Sullivan's is removing its outdoor seating due to aggressive seagulls

We’ve seen them out Castle Island in Boston, loitering near Sullivan’s, looking for the right moment to strike. Seagulls, aka brazen street toughs with wings. Evidently, this summer has been partic...

www.nbcboston.com

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10 months

So we're supposed to call this thing X now? Raise your hand if you call the Hancock 200 Clarendon St.

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3 years

Over Jamaica Pond just now.

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3 years

On Leonard Nimoy Day in Boston, Museum of Science announced as location for Live Long and Prosper statue

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3 months

Outrage! Children using parks! The nerve!

Breana Pitts

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3 months

The Parks & Rec Dept. in #Arlington says residents are complaining about daycare children constantly using the parks. They're proposing daycares/preschools in town pay anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000 in fees to use them (money will be used to maintain parks) Thoughts? @wbz

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2 years

Winna winna U-Haul dinna.

WCVB-TV Boston

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2 years

🚚💥 #Storrowing on Soldiers Field Road eastbound in #Boston tore the roof off this moving truck. @MassDOT said the bridge was inspected and no damage was found.

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4 years

N95 decontamination system uses concentrated hydrogen peroxide vapor to resterilize masks

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4 years

Alice Cooper's "School's Out" just started blaring from daughter's room: She just filed her last ever paper as an undergraduate. Her graduation was supposed to be tomorrow.

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4 years

How have I never seen a black squirrel in Boston before, like this one on Harrison Avenue? #southend

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7 years

Nazis outnumbered bigly

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4 years

Baker: "The Krafts were terrific, they were a phone call away" and helped arrange the logistics. But the need for PPE doesn't end.

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3 years

State troopers self-defunding over vaccine mandate

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1 year

Press conference to announce new MBTA general manager is now 12 minutes late.

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2 years

Pro-Covid moms in Dedham boycotting Ron's Ice Cream because a customer has raised funds for ice-cream cones for kids who get vaccinated. So if you're in Dedham or Hyde Park and want some ice cream ...

Dedham Ice Cream Shop Provides Cones Against COVID

The initiative was started by a loyal customer who started a GoFundMe campaign to buy ice cream for young children who got their vaccines.

patch.com

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4 years

Cop union says it isn't boycotting anybody, but it's calling on members to boycott somebody.

Boston Police Patrolmen's Association (BPPA)

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4 years

To be clear, we’re not looking to bully or boycott anybody. But, @yellowdoortaco should know that we like our martinis served with dignity and respect. As such, we’ll be encouraging our members to think twice before spending any of their money on any of Ms. O’Grady’s concoctions.

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3 years

Was working on a year-end story, but now have to deal with this Hilaria Baldwin thing about the influencer who claimed she was Spanish but now says she grew up in Boston, only it turns out she grew up in Weston, and that's not Boston. Where does it end? @megansarahj

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1 year

I know prices have gone up, but ... At the Dedham Stop&Shop

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3 years

Border Cafe in Harvard Square is closed for good - fire hurt it, pandemic killed it

Manager confirms: Border Cafe won't reopen, victim of a fire, though pandemic proved fatal -...

The Border Cafe in Harvard Square is no longer closed for renovations since a fire broke out Dec. 1, 2019 – now it’s just closed permanently, a restaurant manager confirmed Wednesday.

www.cambridgeday.com

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1 year

UMass Boston to require indoor masking starting Monday

UMass Boston to require indoor masking again

UMass Boston announced today that masks will be required in all campus buildings and buses - and large outdoor gatherings - starting Monday. Read more.

www.universalhub.com

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11 days

Boston City Council approves resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire, Gaza rebuilding, freeing of all Israeli hostages held by Hamas, 11-2 (Flynn and Murphy opposed)

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4 years

The angry screamy lady who showed up at a couple of West Roxbury demonstrations to yell at parents of little kids just got fired from her job at a NH radio station for screaming at people speaking Spanish

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7 years

Fire and furry

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3 years

Sure, we can laugh now, but let's not forget the time a boat actually blocked an intersection in downtown Boston (photo by @Chrispmullen )

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1 year

Twitter Boston signs off.

Matt Miller

@brainiaq2000

1 year

It’s been a ride

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7 years

A train died on every single #mbta subway line this morning. Is there a prize for that?

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1 year

Newbury Street to be shut to cars for 16 Sundays in a row; thoroughfares in five other neighborhoods to be turned into one-day street festivals this year

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3 years

UMass Memorial employee was terminated after video surfaced of her in DC joining in an attack on a black woman videoing her and the others the night before the Capitol riot. She also got punched in the nose and was IDed by her own daughter

An 18-Year-Old Saw Her Mom, Aunt, And Uncle In A Video In DC — So She Named Them

Many families have been torn apart by politics and social unrest in the Trump era. Here's one teen's story.

www.buzzfeednews.com

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7 months

Doxxing truck drove around Harvard Square today, showing names and faces of students belonging to groups that signed pro-Hamas statement

As Students Face Retaliation for Israel Statement, a ‘Doxxing Truck’ Displaying Students’ Faces...

As Students Face Retaliation for Israel Statement, a ‘Doxxing Truck’ Displaying Students’ Faces Comes to Harvard’s Campus | News | The Harvard Crimson

www.thecrimson.com

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3 years

Whoa, even Massachusetts?

President Biden

@POTUS

3 years

Today, I am directing every state to prioritize educators for vaccination. We want every educator, school staff member, and child-care worker to receive at least one shot by the end of this month. It’s time to treat in-person learning like the essential service that it is.

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7 years

Now it's a party: Vermin Supreme has arrived

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4 years

Simple request for @MassGovernor : Could you repeat questions during your press conferences for those of us at home?

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7 years

Wow, impressive showing by Nazis at the bandstand. Really wide perimeter set up by police

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6 years

Does this mean everybody who bought a couch at Jordan's has to pay double?

FOX Sports: MLB

@MLBONFOX

6 years

NO-HITTER! SEAN MANAEA! Manaea no-hits the Red Sox for the 1st no-no of the year.

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3 years

Just wait'll Mahty gets down theyah.

Aly Ellis

@alyellis

3 years

. @jrpsaki : “A big day for Boston in the briefing room.” @Gina_McCarthy : “It’s a big day for Boston every day.”

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2 years

The year in Storrowing: 2021

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7 years

Even more photos from today's protest, including the nerdiest one possible #copleysquare

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4 years

There will be a ceremonial pot banging at Holy Name Rotary in West Roxbury at 2 p.m.

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1 year

It appears to be working.

GREENZO.bsky.social

@schmuyle

1 year

I am officially putting a curse on the sports teams of Boston: No championships until ALL lines on the MBTA are fixed. Without a working public transit system, this is not a functioning city, and therefore, they do not deserve glory.

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4 years

Sutters: 78 of state's 700 nursing homes and similar facilities now have Covid-19 outbreaks.

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2 years

Aw, loser trumpbois in their mamas' suburban basements think they can boycott Boston and make a difference.

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3 years

We have a new storrowing champion - outside New Delhi.

Ashoke Raj

@Ashoke_Raj

3 years

#WATCH An @airindiain plane ✈️ (not in service) got stuck under foot over bridge. Can anyone confirm the date and location? The competition starts now👇

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6 years

At the Hyde Park McDonald's (don't judge me) and the PA is playing "You Can't Hurry Love" by the Supremes and a table of teens is singing along and it's adorable

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1 year

Rosie Ruiz would never have won her race if the Green Line were like this back then.

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2 years

On the bright side, the Mystic River doesn't usually make the national news.

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4 years

As a UMass Amherst parent, watching news of all the other schools closing, tonight's sort of like waiting for Gary LaPierre to get to the end of the snow closing list.

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5 years

Fortunately, nobody thought to search my trunk when I crossed the border back into Boston after picking up some things at the Dedham Stop & Shop this afternoon

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6 years

Boston city council approves ban on plastic bags, to go into effect in 1 year if mayor signs. 12-0 vote.

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