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The girl with the boom. she/her https://poppotluck.substack.com/
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Today is Free Friday at Defector! Everything we post on Bluesky all through the weekend will be a gift link. 🎁
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Today is Free Friday at Defector! Everything we post on Bluesky all through the weekend will be a gift link. 🎁
There will always be at least one person who sighs loudly when they see your name in their inbox, and I think that's beautiful.
There is someone in accounts payable who, judging by her terse replies, absolutely hates me. On the one hand, I am sorry she has to deal with my dumb ass, but on the other, it is very, very funny.
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
There will always be at least one person who sighs loudly when they see your name in their inbox, and I think that's beautiful.
There is someone in accounts payable who, judging by her terse replies, absolutely hates me. On the one hand, I am sorry she has to deal with my dumb ass, but on the other, it is very, very funny.
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
There is someone in accounts payable who, judging by her terse replies, absolutely hates me. On the one hand, I am sorry she has to deal with my dumb ass, but on the other, it is very, very funny.
I know sometimes people are like, "How could men not know this?" but it honestly wouldn't have occurred to me to mention it back then--it was just the background radiation of being a girl.
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I know sometimes people are like, "How could men not know this?" but it honestly wouldn't have occurred to me to mention it back then--it was just the background radiation of being a girl.
The kids at the Crimson are doing great, great work.
In the winter of 2005, just after their wedding, Lawrence H. Summers and his wife, Elisa F. New, went to financier Jeffrey E. Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean during their honeymoon.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Visited Epstein’s Island During 2005 Honeymoon | News | The Harvard Crimson
In the winter of 2005, just after their wedding at Elmwood — the Harvard president’s official residence — Lawrence H. Summers and his wife, Elisa F. New, traded Cambridge’s cold for a warmer escape.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The kids at the Crimson are doing great, great work.
@gfrancie.bsky.social the AV person at my event today looks like your eldest and I keep thinking “But Onion isn’t old enough to have a job yet!”
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
@gfrancie.bsky.social the AV person at my event today looks like your eldest and I keep thinking “But Onion isn’t old enough to have a job yet!”
We're gonna have to burn down Cambridge and salt the earth, aren't we?
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In t...
www.wbur.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We're gonna have to burn down Cambridge and salt the earth, aren't we?
I am sooooo clooooose to a week off. My motivation, it is nonexistent.
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I am sooooo clooooose to a week off. My motivation, it is nonexistent.
I need to see the ocean this weekend. Any MA friends want to come on a short road trip on Saturday?
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I need to see the ocean this weekend. Any MA friends want to come on a short road trip on Saturday?
This week's Tasting History is the first one I've made before: Indian Pudding, which I made because I remembered my mom making it, and now I am wondering how my French Canadian mom got such an old New England recipe--maybe from my dad's aunt who was a professional cook.
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This week's Tasting History is the first one I've made before: Indian Pudding, which I made because I remembered my mom making it, and now I am wondering how my French Canadian mom got such an old New England recipe--maybe from my dad's aunt who was a professional cook.
This is not what I remember Mandy Moore as looking like.
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is not what I remember Mandy Moore as looking like.
Every time I see a photo of the Wicked cast it's like, "Ah yes, several professional actors and one haunted Victorian doll."
The looks got very themey at the NY premiere of #WickedForGood, but we're loving Michelle Yeoh's total diva moment
tomandlorenzo.com/2025/11/red-...
tomandlorenzo.com/2025/11/red-...
Red Carpet Rundown: WICKED: FOR GOOD New York Premiere - Tom + Lorenzo
The stars of Wicked: For Good got themselves all gussied up in knockoff character costumes for the New York premiere. Honestly, covering any Wicked promo
tomandlorenzo.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Every time I see a photo of the Wicked cast it's like, "Ah yes, several professional actors and one haunted Victorian doll."
It's so pretty!
My @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social Library Science students kicked off this year's final project today: studying and rebuilding this gorgeous fragmented manuscript known as The St. Alexius Hours!
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It's so pretty!
I walk by this occasionally, and I fully thought it was an art installation. www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...
One year in, sea creatures have turned the Seaport's 'living seawall' into a home
The goal is to mimic the natural features of the shorelines — enough to attract some sea creatures to make the wall their new home. So far, it's working.
www.wbur.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I walk by this occasionally, and I fully thought it was an art installation. www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...
Of course he'll keep teaching--how else would he continue to find young women to prey on?
Summers tells The Crimson he’s stepping back from public appearances, but will keep teaching. Apologized for “misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein”—but apparently not for his behavior revealed in those exchanges.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers To Step Back from Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawerence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement...
www.thecrimson.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Of course he'll keep teaching--how else would he continue to find young women to prey on?
I bought $70-worth of storage bins at TJ Maxx and now I can find everything in my bathroom closet. Is this what being an adult feels like?
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I bought $70-worth of storage bins at TJ Maxx and now I can find everything in my bathroom closet. Is this what being an adult feels like?
I can only imagine how stunningly unpopular this will be in New England. www.celebitchy.com/950139/targe...
Cele|bitchy | Target’s new policy requires employees to smile, wave & talk to nearby customers
Celebitchy is a daily gossip and entertainment blog, started in 2006, which also focuses on liberal politics, royal coverage and fashion.
www.celebitchy.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I can only imagine how stunningly unpopular this will be in New England. www.celebitchy.com/950139/targe...
Honestly one of the best albums of the 21st century. It's like a book of short stories set to pop music. open.spotify.com/album/6TZp52...
Welcome Interstate Managers
open.spotify.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Honestly one of the best albums of the 21st century. It's like a book of short stories set to pop music. open.spotify.com/album/6TZp52...
The feelgood story of the week.
I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The feelgood story of the week.
Gotta think of a polite way to say, "I know you think monthly meetings aren't a big commitment, but you have monthly meetings with THIRTY PEOPLE."
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Gotta think of a polite way to say, "I know you think monthly meetings aren't a big commitment, but you have monthly meetings with THIRTY PEOPLE."
My daughter wore my old Homestar Runner t-shirt to a Somerville market this weekend and got a bunch of compliments on it, and then her bff quoted Supernatural at me, and I can't believe I've lived long enough for all my dumb shit to become Cool With The Hip Youth.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My daughter wore my old Homestar Runner t-shirt to a Somerville market this weekend and got a bunch of compliments on it, and then her bff quoted Supernatural at me, and I can't believe I've lived long enough for all my dumb shit to become Cool With The Hip Youth.
I have ten whole dollars of ExtraBucks--what should I treat myself to at CVS?
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I have ten whole dollars of ExtraBucks--what should I treat myself to at CVS?
"When is C's mom going to drop her off?"
"Whenever she's ready?"
"Wow, that doesn't help me at all."
Lord, I can't wait to no longer be a teen's taxi service.
"Whenever she's ready?"
"Wow, that doesn't help me at all."
Lord, I can't wait to no longer be a teen's taxi service.
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"When is C's mom going to drop her off?"
"Whenever she's ready?"
"Wow, that doesn't help me at all."
Lord, I can't wait to no longer be a teen's taxi service.
"Whenever she's ready?"
"Wow, that doesn't help me at all."
Lord, I can't wait to no longer be a teen's taxi service.
I made a mistake this week, and fixing that mistake solved a different problem that I'd been putting off, so...I have learned nothing!
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I made a mistake this week, and fixing that mistake solved a different problem that I'd been putting off, so...I have learned nothing!
My mom used to do her sewing. Really lovely woman. vineyardgazette.com/obituaries/2...
Norma Ellen Howard Bridwell, 92
Norma Ellen Howard Bridwell died on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 surrounded by family in her Edgartown home. She was 92.
vineyardgazette.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My mom used to do her sewing. Really lovely woman. vineyardgazette.com/obituaries/2...