Deb Robison

The Brewers are on their way to sweep the World Series! But did you know Milwaukee almost lost the Brewers altogether? Here's how Wisconsin kept the Crew right where they belong.

Everyone should read these threads I did about industry lobbyists and the EPA and understand them. Take the time to see the unambiguous evidence of what's happening now at this moment inside the EPA. Please retweet them. Please read them. Each one of the threads. It's happening in slow motion.

In case you want to write some emails or stop using some businesses

Lorna Sharkey, contemporary artist, known for her hand pianted stained glass artworks #Womensart

Of course, there’s nothing wrong with going through someone’s wish list and gifting them a book or two from that BUT why not get a little creative with your gifting this holiday season. Here’s a thread with some creative gift ideas for readers (#BookSky)

If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

I guess Amazon is doin' that thing where they try to convince us that a few $$ off a book here & there makes up for the massive long term damage they're doing to the world. Anyway, here are some books, a few $$ off for the month that aren't selling data to ICE or devouring competitors #BookSky

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

This was the 28th time #SCOTUS has granted emergency relief to the Trump administration since 1/20/25. That matches the total number of grants during the entirety of the first Trump administration. And both of those totals dwarf the *four* grants of relief (two each) during the Bush & Obama admins.

Donald Johnson is 81. He has driven over 200,000 miles delivering lost luggage as his wife Josephine has cancer & he needs to pay her medical bills. “It’s the only job that will hire me.” Vote blue for a country where 81-year-olds get to care for their wives. #BlueWaveIn40Days

A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.

From the information available, it seems this US-Denmark deal over Greenland changes almost nothing. US had bases there before; US continues to defendsl Greenland because it s in NATO. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...

🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.

Woman’s Solo Hiking Trip Shockingly Doesn’t Have To Do With Inner Journey Or Anything https://theonion.com/woman-s-solo-hiking-trip-shockingly-doesn-t-have-to-do-1833329867/

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." Dolly Parton captured something Aristotle talked about and modern science calls "Do good, Be Good." We don't discover the self. We act our way into it: www.stevemagness.org/p/find-out-w...

“A livable Cambridge for all*” *subject to terms and conditions. Available only to those who can afford the $2.4mil median single family home price, $1mil median condo price or $3,500/month median 1-bed rent.

I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.

Today's a good day to throw some spare cash to Dolly's Imagination Library and continue her legacy of teaching children to read and making books accessible to all children donate.imaginationlibrary.com

Consumer Reports tested 13 e-scooters to rate and review. But because of the frequency of injuries being reported - including injuries sustained by the CR testers themselves in this process - CR is not recommending ANY. www.consumerreports.org/cars/electri...

MY LATEST: Donald Trump’s Justice Department took a major step toward subverting elections this fall. On Monday, it quietly announced that it will deploy 1,000 election monitors at polling places during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/doj-...

Man, talk about having the rug pulled out from under you... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...

Please join me at John Walsh tonight at Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver to discuss my new book, The Fix. Details here: www.eventbrite.com/e/barbara-mc...

We're hiring 4 new roles! 🟣 Operations director 🟣 People operations generalist 🟣 Designer, visual storytelling 🟣 Audience analytics manager Apply by August 24! 19thnews.org/2026/08/hiri...

$4 BILLION. That’s how much the Trump Administration has now spent paying companies to cancel offshore wind projects that would have lowered your electric bill. Yes, you heard that right: they are PAYING to keep more energy off the grid and your bills higher.

We're looking for folks who live near Day Square in East Boston to interview for a story today. If that's you or someone you know, please reach out to our editor, Christian MilNeil, at 207-310-0728 (phone, Signal, or SMS) or christian [at] streetsblog dot org

#UglyDogs! This is an opportunity for a pack howl!

CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)

Cape joins @eff.org, @accessnow.bsky.social, and other privacy/civil liberty orgs in a letter urging the FCC to reject mandatory ID collection for phone service. Universal KYC would harm survivors, whistleblowers & vulnerable Americans, not stop robocalls. Full letter: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/documen...

Boston Critical Mass - Ride For Louisa. Meet at Copley Square, Friday July 31 at 18:30.

Barack Obama Pretends To Be Canadian While Traveling Abroad

Hey Massachusetts people! Do you have rooftop solar panels? I'm working on a story about how the wildfire smoke is impacting solar production, and I'd love to speak with you this morning. Email me: MRWASSER@bu.edu

I’m leading the BCU convoy from the Crash Site to the vigil on City Hall today. Leaving at 5:00pm from Tremont st and Parker st.

Absolutely awful news. My condolences to everyone who knew and loved Louisa Gag. May her memory be a blessing.

FIFA announces that team USA can use their hands “just if they need to”

Slow down on Alito, y'all. NPR is taking their post down.

We gave a sneak preview of our clean air system for buildings at the @arpa-h.bsky.social BREATHE Demo Day. All the credit goes to Rajan Chakrabarty et al. at WashU, Madhav Marathe et al. at UVA, and Chris Cappa + Theresa Pistochini et al. at UC Davis. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/s...

The Ipswich Local News, on Boston's North Shore, is seeking a full-time editor. This is a great job for an early-career journalist. thelocalnews.news/2026/06/19/i...

Ann Patchett has received the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation announced the honor Wednesday, recognizing her work for fostering peace and global understanding.

If you talk about Michelle Obama today, please make it about this video

“I’ve got it, too, Omar … a strange feeling like we’ve just been going in circles.”

In a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire larkspur is grown for London florists along with cornflowers & Nigella. It’s quite a sight just now-some floral dopamine for you 🌿:

this is the way

If you live in Boston's North End, please help me find my #LostDog Maggie! She has a collar with my contact information.

Bikes Not Bombs needs volunteers to load used bikes to a container to Rwanda.

We really wanted to introduce you to Vanilla. She has the daintiest handshake we've ever witnessed. 14/10 (IG: bordercollievanilla)

Calling all volunteers! We can use your help as a bike valet during our Massachusetts Bike Month 2026 kickoff event on May 2! Shifts available from 3-10 pm. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Thanks for your help in making our event a success! #BikeMonth2026 #MassBikeMonth2026

The New York Times is now blocking The Wayback Machine from accessing its articles. That means you'll no longer be able to view archived versions of NYT stories published in 2026 and beyond on archive.org. (All those posts you see tracking changes to NYT headlines and ledes? They relied on WBM).