@mattblaze neat story. A bit less ominous than growing up with #NikeMissile launch facilities a stoneโ€™s throw from my childhood home near #Lincoln #Massachusets during the #ColdWar

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/19/sports/brandeis-womens-basketball-team-toxic-racism/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter

Very gutsy and righteous move by the women's basketball team at #Brandeis University.

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#Basketball #Massachusets #Sports #Racism #Mazeldon

Brandeis women's basketball coach under fire after allegations of toxic, racist behavior

Simon, at Brandeis since 1987, was on paid administrative leave this past season. One sophomore player wrote, โ€œI have had literal nightmares about showing up to practice with Carol suddenly our coach again."

The Boston Globe

I rather like photo essays and wish more news sites would do them..

Here's the Boston Globe's last look at summer on Nantucket.

#massachusets

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/05/metro/last-look-summer/?et_rid=1853902905&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter

Last look at summer

โ€œAs I See It,โ€ a new weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week, Grossfeld offers scenes from the waning days of summer on Nantucket.

The Boston Globe
My neighborhood clothes drop box disappeared, so does anyone know of a gigantic list of textile disposal areas in #Massachusets? Surely the government has a list somewhere since they banned putting textiles in the regular garbage, but I can't find one. #Boston
Massachusetts postcard

https://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/US-9542585 Pretty flowers! #massachusets #postcrossing #postcard

Not quite Stonehenge or a henge at all but I do like this post #lichensubcribe #massachusets Callahan park, Bebe field
Last summer at Lane's Cove breakwater #GloucesterMA #Seawall #Massachusets #TinyHarbor #Summertime
Sand wall being created at the beach in preparation for the Winter #storm #weather #massachusets

Town using $20K of #Covid relief cash on #TMNT manhole covers

#Northampton, #Massachusets officials have greenlit a plan to create and install four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-themed manhole covers to celebrate the fact that the massive franchise was originally created there. And to pay for it, the town is using funds intended to help rebuild towns and businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://kotaku.com/tmnt-manhole-covers-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1850187000

Town Using $20K Of Covid Relief Cash On TMNT Manhole Covers

๐ŸŽต [Sung to the tune of the TMNT theme song] Using-covid-funds-for-weird-shit ๐ŸŽต

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