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AUTUMN JOY - highs still hitting 50s-60s. Sat looks perfect, tons going on, rain Sunday, fewer happenings. Veterans Day is Tuesday. Your #BostonWeekend thread goes only where *you* share it - Boost to build #Boston #Massachusetts community in non-bigcorp spaces. Enjoy, Enjoy! (1/?)
A re- #introduction cause it’s been a minute! I’m a PhD candidate in computer science at Northeastern in #Boston at @KhouryVis
I’m planning to defend my dissertation in spring of 2026, on the topic of engineering visual analytics software for high-dimensional data #dataviz
I’ve been on the fediverse since 2017 and I’m currently a moderator here on datavis.social
I’m in Vienna this week for #IEEEVIS - say hi! 👋
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Long Wharf has been the heart of Boston's waterfront for more than 300 years. In March the city released early proposals to guard the wharf from climate change,
https://www.bostonplans.org/planning-zoning/planning-initiatives/long-wharf-coastal-flood-resilience-planning
The planning offers two themes, Acupuncture (aka "Sieve") and Big Splash (aka "Big Fill"), each addressing the flood risks of 2030 and 2070. Cost estimates range up to $203 million.
Hope this exercise doesn't add to our set of excellent plans with no glimmer of funding.
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The final 1/3 of November 2025, last #BostonWeekend before Thanksgiving. Sun sets before 4:20p until the last weekend of December. Solstice will come, friend, hold light in your heart. Also, a fine time to go do stuff with your pals, yeah? A thread of events for #Boston surrounds - Enjoy, enjoy! 1/x
Police issue BOLO for Prius-smashing hatchet man
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/police-issue-bolo-prius-smashing-hatchet-man
#Boston #Allston #Brookline #PackardsCorner #RoadRage
🌞 Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 46F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
Mass. reversed course on the closure of Pappas Hospital, which provides services to children and young adults with disabilities. #disability
21 civil servants with the US Digital Service quit rather than work with Elon Musk's DOGE team.
Apple's shareholders have rejected a proposal to scrap the company's diversity programs.
🌞 Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 53F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.
An American Airlines flight discontinued a landing at DC's National Airport to avoid a collision. The past few weeks have seen 4 major air disasters in North America.
Au revoir, Party City: the chain is declaring bankruptcy and closing its doors.
The Trump administration sent a memo telling federal agencies to plan to cut more jobs.
As a public service to #Boston-area residents we would like to tell you that the @frenchtoast Alert System is available here in the #fediverse.
Carry on.
🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. At 1:54PM, it was 95F and visibility was 10mi, but is is now bucketing down rain with lightning because New England ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
President Macron of France recognized a Palestinian state on Thursday.
Workers at Fenway Park are on strike ahead of tonight's Dodgers/Sox game. #MLB
The US Dep't. of Education says it will release $6B in funding they previously put on hold - much of it funds summer programs for kids.
Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 38F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
The Trump administration slapped #tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China; Mexico has reached a deal to delay them.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's now acting director of USAID, an agency Elon Musk targeted for closure.
Bankrupt hospital chain #Steward is demanding a Mass. food security program give back $100k the company gave them.
🌞 Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 21F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
The Justice Department has asked federal prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement.
Former Raiders coach Josh McDaniels will return to the Pats as offensive coach. #NFL
Josh Kraft, son of billionaire Robert Kraft, announces he will run for mayor of #Boston.
current vibe:
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Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 30F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.
A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump's order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional."
Another executive order prompted the shutdown of meetings where scientists review new NIH grant proposals.
The Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors investigate state or local officials standing in the way of ICE enforcement.
Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 37F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
Trump ordered a freeze of all federal loans and grants, a move that could upend the US economy.
Chinese company DeepSeek announced that it was able to build an AI at a fraction of the cost of US AI startups, using cheaper chips. Nvidia's stock plunged.
Gov. Healey bans NDAs across Mass. executive branch offices.
Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 27F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 mi.
Trump administration freezes on federal loans and grants have been unfrozen.
Another Trump executive order seeks to restrict how race and racism is taught in schools and to "promote patriotic education."
A passenger plane and a military helicopter crashed over the Potomac; there are 27 known casualties of the midair collision.
🌤️ Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 38F at Logan Airport and visibility is 5mi.
The Trump admin says tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada will go into effect on Saturday.
Actor and Mad Men star John Hamm will be Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year.
The FAA has closed air routes over the Potomac to helicopters indefinitely after a deadly midair crash.
Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 32F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
Cambridge, MA, has ended single family zoning in an effort to increase the number of housing units.
Trump is reported to have called Vladimir Putin in order to start talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
2 trans high school students in NH are suing the Trump administration over the executive order banning trans athletes from girls' sports.
#Boston telling all the history. Well done. Thanks @wgbh
I'm having @wikipedia editors target my photos of local women's and enslaved people's historical monuments for removal.
Will show you those photos next. 1/2
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We are currently recruiting new associate members, with an application deadline of July 13.
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Boston declares itself a pro-trans sanctuary city amid GOP’s escalating attacks
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/boston-declares-itself-a-pro-trans-sanctuary-city-amid-gops-escalating-anti-trans-attacks/
Boston won't comply w. anti-LGBTQ+ fed. orders
* decision comes w. some risk. 🏳️⚧️🙏
#USpol #Boston #LGBTQ #SanctuaryCity #TransLivesMatter
#Trump #fascism #Christofascism #transgenocide
Inside Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Scholar to Trump Target in Louisiana Cell
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“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have been detained without criminal charges.
#News #ICE #Palestine #Trump #Boston #Students #Phd #Immigration
Hundreds of scholars have had their visas revoked and dozens have been detained.
What’s exceptional about Öztürk’s case is how her detention was caught on camera.
What’s scariest, immigration lawyers say, is how little is known about all the others.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rumeysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ICE #University #Immigration #Trump #Deportation #Boston #Palestine
"On behalf of the people of Boston, and in solidarity with the cities and communities targeted by this federal administration for our refusal to bow down to unconstitutional threats and unlawful coercion, we affirm our support for each other and for our democracy. Boston will never back down from being a beacon of freedom, and a home for everyone."
Michelle Wu
Mayor of Boston
#resist #nokings #michellewu #Boston #generalstrike #uspol
https://content.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2025/08/Response%20AG%20Bondi.pdf
One U-Haul driver heeded the advice about Storrow Drive, but nobody warned him about trees
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/u-haul-driver-heeded-advice-about-storrow-drive-nobody-warned-him
#Boston #Brighton #ClevelandCircle #students #UHaul
Hi #bostodon ! We are having a #boston Fediverse meetup TODAY!
What: Fediverse get together
Where: Trillium Garden on the Greenway (Atlantic Ave & High St, by Rowes Wharf)
- if you don’t drink you can bring your own nonalcoholic beverage, I’m bringing a few
When:5pm-7pm (ish)
I will have a poorly-crafted table tent that says #bostodon on it. Look for someone with bright orange and red hair.
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