Heather Hopp-Bruce
@hhoppy.bsky.social
Director of visual strategy for Boston Globe opinion. Writer, painter, friendly face in a crowd.
“With the guards out of the way, Hardberger and his team hitched the vessel to a tugboat and began the delicate task of cutting the anchor chains.”
Someone please make a movie about this guy
Someone please make a movie about this guy
Tens of thousands of boats or ships are stolen around the world each year, leaving “repo men” like Max Hardberger to navigate the complex, corrupt realm of white-collar piracy at sea, writes Marcella Boehler.
Explore more in the #OutlawOcean podcast:
Explore more in the #OutlawOcean podcast:
Was your cargo ship hijacked? Try this guy. - The Boston Globe
Max Hardberger is an international repo man for ships that have been illegally seized by white-collar pirates. When negotiations fail, waterborne jailbreaks can occur.
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July 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“With the guards out of the way, Hardberger and his team hitched the vessel to a tugboat and began the delicate task of cutting the anchor chains.”
Someone please make a movie about this guy
Someone please make a movie about this guy
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The “debate” over young trans athletes is a Trojan Horse stuffed with disinformation and designed to ultimately erase rights for all transgender people, writes @hhoppy.bsky.social.
Here’s a conversation about trans kids in sports we should be having - The Boston Globe
The “debate” over young trans athletes is a Trojan Horse stuffed with disinformation and designed to ultimately erase rights for all transgender people.
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April 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The “debate” over young trans athletes is a Trojan Horse stuffed with disinformation and designed to ultimately erase rights for all transgender people, writes @hhoppy.bsky.social.
@fraxiom.bsky.social Did you see this sad news www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/11/n...
Thomas Moser, furniture designer guided by Shaker simplicity, dies at 90 - The Boston Globe
The former Bates College professor passionately advocated for use of local materials and for an understanding of the traditions of furniture making.
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March 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
@fraxiom.bsky.social Did you see this sad news www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/11/n...
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It symbolizes something about the circle of violent events America travels around, again and again, writes @hhoppy.bsky.social. We read the news with horror; we wash the blood off the streets and sidewalks; we move on to the next event.
The photo from New Orleans that crushed me - The Boston Globe
Someone gave the heartbreaking order to clean up all that blood and someone else arrived with a power washer to methodically wash the visible remnants of that morning into the gutters and down the sto...
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January 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It symbolizes something about the circle of violent events America travels around, again and again, writes @hhoppy.bsky.social. We read the news with horror; we wash the blood off the streets and sidewalks; we move on to the next event.
This is arguably the best installment of a series near and dear to our hearts. Jess and Ernesto are incredibly talented and so very fun to work with!
In an animated story illustrated by graphic journalist Jess Ruliffson, ICU nurse Ernesto Barbieri explores how his work and his new hobby demanded a similar kind of callousness.
Explore the story: trib.al/UnrJHhc
Explore the story: trib.al/UnrJHhc
December 31, 2024 at 2:41 PM
This is arguably the best installment of a series near and dear to our hearts. Jess and Ernesto are incredibly talented and so very fun to work with!