Jeff Levine
@jrlevine.bsky.social
Urban planning practitioner and professor at MIT. New Englander. Obviously funded by some nefarious neo-liberal organization.
Honestly, “Department of War” reminds us what they do, but I think different people take different messages from the concept that they are not just for defense…
September 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Honestly, “Department of War” reminds us what they do, but I think different people take different messages from the concept that they are not just for defense…
There are state and national groups trying to fight this madness and save kids from dying unnecessarily www.mainefamiliesforvaccines.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
There are state and national groups trying to fight this madness and save kids from dying unnecessarily www.mainefamiliesforvaccines.com
We are entering the Black Mirror timeline www.cnn.com/science/mit-...
This bumblebee-like robot might one day pollinate plants on Mars | CNN
Researchers at MIT are working on a new generation of tiny bots inspired by insects.
www.cnn.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We are entering the Black Mirror timeline www.cnn.com/science/mit-...
Great day for a match, let's play two!
Jumpin’ off the dock at the bay, happy matchday ♥️
🆚: Charlotte Independence
🏆: USL League One
⏰: Gates at 3:30 PM, kickoff at 5 PM
🏡: Fitzpatrick Stadium, Portland ME
📺: ESPN+, NESN
🎉: Join us after the match at Après
🆚: Charlotte Independence
🏆: USL League One
⏰: Gates at 3:30 PM, kickoff at 5 PM
🏡: Fitzpatrick Stadium, Portland ME
📺: ESPN+, NESN
🎉: Join us after the match at Après
August 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Great day for a match, let's play two!
Unless there was a last minute change, the bill also eliminates the HOME and CDBG programs, which would be a major blow to community development and housing programs in cities throughout the country.
Any housers who celebrate this bill are showing that they only care about their piece of the LIHTC industrial complex and not the people they purport to serve. My latest editorial for @shelterforce.bsky.social.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill Is a Loss for Housing
The tax bill includes big increases in housing funding. But its other provisions are so harmful that the affordable housing field should not be celebrating.
shelterforce.org
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Unless there was a last minute change, the bill also eliminates the HOME and CDBG programs, which would be a major blow to community development and housing programs in cities throughout the country.
We didn’t say the Pledge of Allegiance in school when I was a kid, and I think that had a big impact on my perception of this country
June 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
We didn’t say the Pledge of Allegiance in school when I was a kid, and I think that had a big impact on my perception of this country
Seriously. This is not the NBA finals, this is peoples' lives and futures.
IDEA: Stop covering politics like its a fucking sporting event.
The GOP spending cuts don't provide an "opening" for Democrats to attack. They are either going to harm people or not. Journalism is supposed to be about informing people.
The GOP spending cuts don't provide an "opening" for Democrats to attack. They are either going to harm people or not. Journalism is supposed to be about informing people.
April 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Seriously. This is not the NBA finals, this is peoples' lives and futures.
Your move @mitofficial.bsky.social
Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
www.harvard.edu
April 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Your move @mitofficial.bsky.social
It's encouraging to see organizations refuse federal funding rather than given in and change basic human decency standards. It's also good to see universities get backbones. But if federal funds foregone are replaced with private funds, oligarchs have stolen our tax money.
April 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It's encouraging to see organizations refuse federal funding rather than given in and change basic human decency standards. It's also good to see universities get backbones. But if federal funds foregone are replaced with private funds, oligarchs have stolen our tax money.
So many bad decisions in government get covered up by blaming “other actors” - I saw this first hand in agencies with bad leadership (usually leaders who thought they were infallible so “it couldn’t be their mistake”)
It’s really fascinating what happens when you remove diversity—white male incompetency is placed on full display and with no one to blame for their actions —so they just lie.
March 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
So many bad decisions in government get covered up by blaming “other actors” - I saw this first hand in agencies with bad leadership (usually leaders who thought they were infallible so “it couldn’t be their mistake”)
Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only. #DoctorWho
March 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only. #DoctorWho
This is the right headline for this topic for an unbiased news source. Pay attention, @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com @msnbc.com @foxnewscorporation.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is the right headline for this topic for an unbiased news source. Pay attention, @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com @msnbc.com @foxnewscorporation.bsky.social
I do this all the time
Time to use Amazon like they used to use brick-and-mortar book stores!
March 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I do this all the time
Well played Shakespeare
What stir is this? What tumult’s in the heavens?
Whence cometh this alarum, and the noise?
Whence cometh this alarum, and the noise?
March 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Well played Shakespeare
As a Wes alum it's great to see their current president speaking up for democracy and academic freedom
I love this. “A little neurotic Jewish kid from Long Island” has as much power to call BS and stand up for his institution as anyone else.
Sometimes, there’s a man. I won’t say a hero, ‘cause what’s a hero? But sometimes, there’s a man.
March 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
As a Wes alum it's great to see their current president speaking up for democracy and academic freedom
Good news out of #PortlandME - sprawl-inducing limited access highway plan makes way for a more comprehensive study of how to address suburban mobility. At least for now. www.mainepublic.org/climate/2025...
Maine Turnpike drops plans for Gorham Connector
State transportation authorities will study alternatives to ease traffic congestion west of Portland.
www.mainepublic.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Good news out of #PortlandME - sprawl-inducing limited access highway plan makes way for a more comprehensive study of how to address suburban mobility. At least for now. www.mainepublic.org/climate/2025...
Thank you @wutrain.bsky.social, well said
Mayor Wu's opening statement to Congressional committee: "A land ruled by fear is not the land of the free"
www.dotnews.com/2025/mayor-w...
www.dotnews.com/2025/mayor-w...
March 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Thank you @wutrain.bsky.social, well said
Media outlets that seem to be doing the best jobs covering current affairs (please feel free to add to this list):
@nytimes.com
@bostonglobe.com
@npr.org
@apnews.com
CBC (don't appear to be on Bluesky)
@nytimes.com
@bostonglobe.com
@npr.org
@apnews.com
CBC (don't appear to be on Bluesky)
February 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Media outlets that seem to be doing the best jobs covering current affairs (please feel free to add to this list):
@nytimes.com
@bostonglobe.com
@npr.org
@apnews.com
CBC (don't appear to be on Bluesky)
@nytimes.com
@bostonglobe.com
@npr.org
@apnews.com
CBC (don't appear to be on Bluesky)
As an aside, it seems every federal memo now has to start with several paragraphs kissing the Commander in Chief's butt
BREAKING
Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.
Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.
February 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As an aside, it seems every federal memo now has to start with several paragraphs kissing the Commander in Chief's butt
This posting was cited in my department at MIT as how academics should respond. It's a good piece on realism with integrity.
February 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This posting was cited in my department at MIT as how academics should respond. It's a good piece on realism with integrity.
Wonder what's going to happen to the US bond rating? Not paying vendors based on agreed-upon contracts seems like a bad sign for potential investors. And talk of just not paying off some debt seems worse.
February 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Wonder what's going to happen to the US bond rating? Not paying vendors based on agreed-upon contracts seems like a bad sign for potential investors. And talk of just not paying off some debt seems worse.
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Black travelers once turned to the Green Book, a guide started in 1936 to “vacation without aggravation.” Pieces of New England history are still in its pages. We mapped the listings — and found some stories along the way.
Legacy of the Green Book travel guide in New England
Though long out of publication, pieces of New England history live in its pages. The Globe mapped the listings.
trib.al
January 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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