If it's Rush hour you're better off taking the 2112
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
If it's Rush hour you're better off taking the 2112
In 2015 it was faster for me to put chains on my shoes and run into work instead of taking the T. I lived in Medford and worked downtown.
January 27, 2026 at 8:59 PM
In 2015 it was faster for me to put chains on my shoes and run into work instead of taking the T. I lived in Medford and worked downtown.
It is 10 degrees colder than when I walked to the bar and frankly I do not approve.
January 24, 2026 at 4:58 AM
It is 10 degrees colder than when I walked to the bar and frankly I do not approve.
It saddens ME kids don't know the BEASTIES / We used to BE a proper COUNTRY
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January 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
It saddens ME kids don't know the BEASTIES / We used to BE a proper COUNTRY
[flute solo]
[flute solo]
The Temptations' most popular songs were so ubiquitous on "oldies" stations that they're also in a weird blind spot for crate diggers who are looking for "new old stuff" to play. Even though they would absolutely kill and a bunch of people would be up at the booth asking who that last track was
December 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Temptations' most popular songs were so ubiquitous on "oldies" stations that they're also in a weird blind spot for crate diggers who are looking for "new old stuff" to play. Even though they would absolutely kill and a bunch of people would be up at the booth asking who that last track was
The issue is that the system was set up to have independent operators run the night train services. It doesn't matter if they could theoretically use the cars on the 15:15 to Berlin, because they don't have a 15:15 to Berlin.
December 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The issue is that the system was set up to have independent operators run the night train services. It doesn't matter if they could theoretically use the cars on the 15:15 to Berlin, because they don't have a 15:15 to Berlin.
What you are describing is not possible in the system described by the article. They can't run them "during the day" because they do not have access to those slots.
December 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
What you are describing is not possible in the system described by the article. They can't run them "during the day" because they do not have access to those slots.
That's the problem they're describing, not the solution. How do you pay off the cost of new couchette cars when they're only in service once a day? You either lose money for a long time or you price your market out of existence.
December 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
That's the problem they're describing, not the solution. How do you pay off the cost of new couchette cars when they're only in service once a day? You either lose money for a long time or you price your market out of existence.
Pretty sure this is Gloucester, Massachusetts, so you are somehow both thousands of miles off and right on the nose.
December 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Pretty sure this is Gloucester, Massachusetts, so you are somehow both thousands of miles off and right on the nose.
Bernstein on the Beach. A minimalist compilation: 3 hours of jazz standards, but with the leads removed. The best sidemen in history comping horns that aren't there along with just the left hands of the greatest jazz pianists ever.
December 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Bernstein on the Beach. A minimalist compilation: 3 hours of jazz standards, but with the leads removed. The best sidemen in history comping horns that aren't there along with just the left hands of the greatest jazz pianists ever.
The narrative is so ingrained that replies keep returning to it. "Blue states are bubbles, go live in the HeartlandTM!" My MA hometown is a solid red bastion of evangelicals and trad Catholics bonded by their shared racism. These guys could have just taken any exit on the way to their Cape house.
December 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The narrative is so ingrained that replies keep returning to it. "Blue states are bubbles, go live in the HeartlandTM!" My MA hometown is a solid red bastion of evangelicals and trad Catholics bonded by their shared racism. These guys could have just taken any exit on the way to their Cape house.
Bari's Rockin' New Year's Eve to debut on December 30. Critics see a scheduling error, but supporters say she's disrupting the holiday establishment.
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Bari's Rockin' New Year's Eve to debut on December 30. Critics see a scheduling error, but supporters say she's disrupting the holiday establishment.
There are markers along the route, which is unrelated to Route 93. I suspect they are only marking Dunks that are on that marked route itself, not any that are just off it by a block or whatever. The route does go under 93 in Sullivan Square heading into East Somerville, but that's it.
December 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
There are markers along the route, which is unrelated to Route 93. I suspect they are only marking Dunks that are on that marked route itself, not any that are just off it by a block or whatever. The route does go under 93 in Sullivan Square heading into East Somerville, but that's it.
My apostate take is that visitors should go to Mike's in Everett at 1am on a weekend and eat a super beef and fries slightly drunk.
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
My apostate take is that visitors should go to Mike's in Everett at 1am on a weekend and eat a super beef and fries slightly drunk.
Ok but Black Metal Law would be an amazing procedural.
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ok but Black Metal Law would be an amazing procedural.
Monday: I'm gonna cook a bunch of eggs and put them in the fridge so I can have them with breakfast all week
Tuesday: Who the hell ate all my eggs?
I live alone.
Tuesday: Who the hell ate all my eggs?
I live alone.
October 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Monday: I'm gonna cook a bunch of eggs and put them in the fridge so I can have them with breakfast all week
Tuesday: Who the hell ate all my eggs?
I live alone.
Tuesday: Who the hell ate all my eggs?
I live alone.
I once described the North Shore's vibe as "people have 'good sweats' for more formal events, like church or the playoffs."
October 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I once described the North Shore's vibe as "people have 'good sweats' for more formal events, like church or the playoffs."
But they're explicitly not who I'm talking about. They are the elite athletes who DID advance up the levels of the "right" sport. There are also guys who dropped off the elite level in soccer who may have been more succesful in another sport if they'd been more into it than soccer at a young age.
September 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
But they're explicitly not who I'm talking about. They are the elite athletes who DID advance up the levels of the "right" sport. There are also guys who dropped off the elite level in soccer who may have been more succesful in another sport if they'd been more into it than soccer at a young age.
lol, I think the only thing we actually disagree on is whether this is happening for soccer at an equivalent level to football and basketball for boys specifically in the USA currently
September 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
lol, I think the only thing we actually disagree on is whether this is happening for soccer at an equivalent level to football and basketball for boys specifically in the USA currently
But it's not random, it's culturally filtered. The reason you suddenly have a bunch of European superstars in the NBA is because there was a massive increase in the number of kids playing high-level basketball in Europe a few decades ago. A lot of them would have focused on other sports before that!
September 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
But it's not random, it's culturally filtered. The reason you suddenly have a bunch of European superstars in the NBA is because there was a massive increase in the number of kids playing high-level basketball in Europe a few decades ago. A lot of them would have focused on other sports before that!
Children are generally much shorter than that. There are a bunch of basketball players who were elite level athletes in that sport until they reached high school or college and suddenly didn't have the size of their peers.
September 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Children are generally much shorter than that. There are a bunch of basketball players who were elite level athletes in that sport until they reached high school or college and suddenly didn't have the size of their peers.
The pipeline for the best athletes to high-level sports is absolutely tilted towards basketball and football for boys in most of the States. Compare it to the pipeline for girls-- soccer is THE sport for girls in a lot of places and has no obvious #1 competitor in its high school season.
September 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The pipeline for the best athletes to high-level sports is absolutely tilted towards basketball and football for boys in most of the States. Compare it to the pipeline for girls-- soccer is THE sport for girls in a lot of places and has no obvious #1 competitor in its high school season.
An absurd version of this pops up in hockey and soccer. "What if Lebron played ____?" We generally don't push the most athletic US boys to play hockey or soccer. But putting Lebron on skates doesn't get you Zdeno Chara. A Minnesota-born Messi doesn't become an NBA superstar. That's not how it works!
September 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
An absurd version of this pops up in hockey and soccer. "What if Lebron played ____?" We generally don't push the most athletic US boys to play hockey or soccer. But putting Lebron on skates doesn't get you Zdeno Chara. A Minnesota-born Messi doesn't become an NBA superstar. That's not how it works!
The Scots would be higher on the list but their GOAT swearing proficiency backfired when 60% of the judges' sample was bleeped out.
September 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Scots would be higher on the list but their GOAT swearing proficiency backfired when 60% of the judges' sample was bleeped out.
I had to quietly pull a few Berlin colleagues aside to tell them not to use numbers when complaining about rent or healthcare costs to their Boston colleagues.
September 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I had to quietly pull a few Berlin colleagues aside to tell them not to use numbers when complaining about rent or healthcare costs to their Boston colleagues.