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the actual encampment at Columbia—i'm here after teaching my final class of the semester—is downright tranquil, impossibly sweet. there is a "nut zone" for the safety of kids with allergies.

Faculty rally at 116 and Amsterdam at the gates of Columbia U rn, which is locked down today. “Wait until the numbers come put from One Police Plaza,” said Rashid Khalidi, a Columbia professor, calling the claims of outside agitators “lies”. “They were all students.”

A funny moment captured during recording made the Boston indie-pop band Divine Sweater go viral in 2022. Now, they've released the full version of the song. Listen to the exclusive premiere of "Deep Side" here: wbur.org/news/2024/05/0… via Amelia "shmabelia" Mason Divine Sweater

Huge thanks to WBUR & Amelia "shmabelia" Mason for premiering “Deep Side”! Tune in to the Morning Edition tomorrow am on 90.9FM to hear the full interview!

Honored to break down “Deep Side” for NPR NPR Music Morning Edition WBUR !! Tysm for having us Amelia "shmabelia" Mason

The news is out to members: LAist will be offering buyouts to staff. It may not be enough to prevent layoffs. There will be plenty of work happening over the next few weeks with our union, but I ask that if you love LAist, consider donating: support.laist.com

Believe it or not, no one was asking for a podcast about the Big Dig. There was no big anniversary or new revelation. Kudos to GBH News for believing that there was value in telling the story now, and to @lacyjaneroberts and Isabel Catalina Hibbard for making the show what it is.

A horrible, terrible no-good very bad scoop from me today (God I'm so sick of this sh*t): @kqed is planning to lay off 18-25 employees due to budget deficit. Too bad they spent $94 million on a renovation 2 years ago. Link to my newsletter in bio.

I've spent the last year talking to women with sickle cell disease who've felt pushed into getting sterilized when they still wanted more kids and weren't given adequate information, sometimes as recently as 2017 and 2022. statnews.com/2024/05/21/sic…

Basic Black was created in 1968 and is the longest running public television show focused on people of color. wgbh.org/news/local/202…

Green Line D Branch: Delays of about 15 minutes after personnel assisted a turtle from the tracks at Chestnut Hill.

V lucky to have an editor who let me devote multiple work days to finding out what happened to this hot dog-shaped ice cream treat they used to sell at Fenway x.com/meghanbkelly/s…

Cannot emphasize enough that Amelia "shmabelia" Mason tried a Cool Dog that spent the last decade in a Back Bay freezer

.WBUR has posted some additional jobs, including for a producer and an education reporter. bu.silkroad.com/epostings/inde…

Meanwhile across town Samantha was dealing with an indictment of her own

I could not sit silently by while an elected official who is spreading hate & lies that are getting trans people killed pretended to care about the future or the internet. So I spoke up during Rep Nancy Mace’s talk at the Project Liberty summit and was thrown out. I’d do it again