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meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 3h

omgeeeee

meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 1d

I met my husband on an ancient social media platform and in more recent times I have made friends, leading to the very job I am currently working at

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 3d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 2d

I need more “late bloomer” stories! Tell me about the things that you did at 50+ that you never thought you’d do or finally got to do!

And if you have examples that aren’t you, bring ‘em!

Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 3d

I’m over 50, and my first TV show came out on Friday. My first book, a novella, will come out next year. I’m a late bloomer.

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WBUR @wbur.org · 2d

Activists connected through an immigrant advocacy group called LUCE are documenting arrests throughout the state. The "ICE watchers" record the names of those detained to make sure they’re accounted for, and help family members connect to resources.

As ICE ramps up activity in Mass., this group bears witness

Activists connected through an immigrant advocacy group called LUCE are documenting arrests throughout the state. The "ICE watchers" record the names of those detained to make sure they’re accounted f...

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meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 6d

This is so sad because kids actually have low standards, by which I mean, they just want to do fun stuff with the adults in their lives. A kid doesn’t care you can only draw stick figures or that your bedtime stories are retelling. They want to create ANY art with you and spend time with you!

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 7d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 6d

I feel this so hard and also I edit my own videos so I have to go back and forth and back and forth watching myself and ugh 🫣

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meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 6d

no roast like a middle schooler roast

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7d

An 11-year-old saw me type “lol” in a text message.

“OMG WHAT are you.. *searches for oldest people she can imagine*… a MILLENNIAL?!”

it hurt on many levels.

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meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 6d

I love how you centered the birth moms in this — a group we rarely, if ever, hear from. ❤️

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meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 6d

This is a very good read

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 7d

If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.

When Adoption Promises Are Broken

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

www.theatlantic.com

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meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 7d

*twirls hair* so is there a Mrs Pope?

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 7d

WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR POPE

worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 7d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

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Miriam Wasser @miriamwasser.bsky.social · 7d

Oh hey, we made a cool tool to help you track where various offshore wind projects in New England stand and understand which actions from the Trump administration have affected their progress.

www.wbur.org/news/2025/10... @wbur.org

What's up with offshore wind in New England? Here's a map

The Trump administration is bringing big changes to the U.S. offshore wind industry. Use this map to help keep track of where projects in New England stand.

www.wbur.org

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meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 7d

As the years go on it gets harder and harder NOT to say, when offered vegetables, “I said I don’t want any damn vegetables”

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d

Great interview with @miasato.bsky.social:

"As journalists we’re ceding ground to content creators who don’t know left from right, who didn’t report the stories, who don’t have the expertise to explain ... And so part of me being on TikTok is honestly being the representative for my own work"

Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 8d

I chatted with Kate Lindsay over at Embedded about how I use TikTok to share my reporting 🤳
embedded.substack.com/p/mia-sato-t...

The journalist cracking the TikTok code

Mia Sato was tired of watching news influencers steal her work.

embedded.substack.com

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meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 15d

whew thanks, I have been wondering

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Dianna Bell @diannabell.bsky.social · 20d

@wbur.org is looking for our next round of fellows! Applications are open for our three fellowship positions. Learn more about the roles and apply here:

Kickstart your journalism career: apply for WBUR's newsroom fellowships

The latest announcements and updates from WBUR

www.wbur.org

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Miriam Wasser @miriamwasser.bsky.social · 20d

I'm excited to say that this piece won a @coveringclimatenow.org award!

www.wbur.org/news/2024/12... @wbur.org

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 21d

Don't break bread. Don't accept gifts. Make sure you spell their name right. If you're INSIDE the salt circle you're ON the record.

sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 21d

the rules of journalistic ethics and the rules of Faerie ethics are eerily similar

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 21d

the rules of journalistic ethics and the rules of Faerie ethics are eerily similar

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meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 22d

yeah gotta agree with Dan here. The season calls for a cute cardigan!

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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 25d

Nope. We're done. We are going to back to a text only internet. Y'all had images and sounds and fucked it up too bad. We're going gopher mode. We're getting gemini pilled. You're going to learn to use telnet and like it. You have one movie, it's pretty good.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 26d

Some of the high quality content Zuckerberg’s platform is algorithmically shoveling into the brains of American consumers. This story is 100% made up, in case that wasn’t obvious.

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Tears on Stage: Bob Dylan Pauses Mid-Song After Learning of Charlie Kirk's Passing
It was meant to be just another night on tour — a full arena, the crowd hanging on every lyric — until Bob Dylan suddenly stopped mid-song.
He stepped back from the mic, his eyes shining under the stage lights. The band went completely silent.
"They just told me.." Dylan's voice trembled. "Charlie
Kirk has passed."
For a long, heavy moment, no one moved. Then Dylan whispered, "This one's for him," and began playing a raw, stripped-down version of Blowin' in the Wind.
Fans were overcome with emotion as the song became a quiet prayer.
What Dylan said after the final chord - his last words to the audience - left the world in stunned silence.
F.u.ll s.t.o.ry be.lo.w

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · Sep 4

Excited to share this interview @wbur.org chatting about my new album, the early 2000s, the challenge of finding focus in a burning world, that kinda thing. Thanks so much for the fun convo @shmabelia.bsky.social !

Hope to see folks at the release party Sept 20! www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...

Evan Greer on making music to meet the moment

Ahead of the release of her new album "AMAB/ACAB," the self-described queer anarcho-indie-punk musician spoke with WBUR's Amelia Mason about how her perspective has changed with age, what it means to ...

www.wbur.org

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WBUR @wbur.org · 27d

Josh Kraft has dropped out of the Boston mayor's race. His exit is an abrupt shift for a candidate who spent $5.5 million of his own money on the campaign.

Josh Kraft bows out of Boston race for mayor

Josh Kraft has dropped out of the Boston mayor's race, two days after incumbent Michelle Wu trounced him in the city's preliminary election.

www.wbur.org

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WBUR @wbur.org · 28d

Seventeen years had passed by the time Boston police knocked on Louise’s door to say they had a DNA match for her alleged rapist. But under Massachusetts’ 15-year deadline for prosecuting rape, that evidence didn’t matter.

After 17 years, DNA tied a man to her rape. Under Massachusetts law, it was too late

Massachusetts has one of the shortest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape, even when DNA could help prove the case.

www.wbur.org

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meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 28d

A nice shout out for independent media and @marisakabas.bsky.social

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