Renée Graham 🏳️🌈
@rygraham.bsky.social
Boston Globe opinion columnist and associate editor. Lego nerd. NY Mets fan. Rockfordphile. Occasionally seen & heard. She/Her. OUTTAKES newsletter. Subscribe: globe.com/outtakes
This appeared on screen at the end of a “Rockford Files” episode about a billionaire operating secret data centers to collect private information about Americans without their consent. That was in 1978.
February 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
This appeared on screen at the end of a “Rockford Files” episode about a billionaire operating secret data centers to collect private information about Americans without their consent. That was in 1978.
It’s 2026, and Georgia’s official groundhog is named for two treasonous Confederate losers.
February 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
It’s 2026, and Georgia’s official groundhog is named for two treasonous Confederate losers.
My goodness — @anntelnaes.bsky.social does not miss.
January 31, 2026 at 1:44 AM
My goodness — @anntelnaes.bsky.social does not miss.
I wrote a Globe column in 2020 — "Is it fascism yet?" — and the hate mail was epic. (This is the illustration that ran with it.)
January 25, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I wrote a Globe column in 2020 — "Is it fascism yet?" — and the hate mail was epic. (This is the illustration that ran with it.)
And there it is.
January 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
And there it is.
A new biography by @jonbern.bsky.social explores the interrupted life and immortal music of revered singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle. My latest OUTTAKES newsletter. Subscribe: globe.com/outtakes
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
A new biography by @jonbern.bsky.social explores the interrupted life and immortal music of revered singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle. My latest OUTTAKES newsletter. Subscribe: globe.com/outtakes
Five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Five years ago today:
So long, old friend…#RIPMetroCard
December 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
So long, old friend…#RIPMetroCard
So long, old friend…#MetroCard
December 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
So long, old friend…#MetroCard
Merry Christmas from our house to yours!
December 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Merry Christmas from our house to yours!
ICYMI: Josh (Kraft) didn’t. (Mayor) Wu did.
December 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
ICYMI: Josh (Kraft) didn’t. (Mayor) Wu did.
I think often of the time Trump needed a "cheat sheet" to remember to say things like "I hear you" to people who lost children and other family members in the Parkland school shooting in 2018.
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I think often of the time Trump needed a "cheat sheet" to remember to say things like "I hear you" to people who lost children and other family members in the Parkland school shooting in 2018.
Nancy Pelosi to retire at the end of her term.
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Nancy Pelosi to retire at the end of her term.
A national disgrace, courtesy of Trump and the Republicans.
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A national disgrace, courtesy of Trump and the Republicans.
Here's when I knew De Niro was a real one. When Black children were being kidnapped and murdered in Atlanta in the early '80s, green ribbons became a symbol of remembrance and as a reminder. De Niro was the only person to wear one at the 1981 Academy Awards.
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Here's when I knew De Niro was a real one. When Black children were being kidnapped and murdered in Atlanta in the early '80s, green ribbons became a symbol of remembrance and as a reminder. De Niro was the only person to wear one at the 1981 Academy Awards.
Repeated on CBS Sunday Morning, a detail about this sordid story that should never be forgotten:
October 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Repeated on CBS Sunday Morning, a detail about this sordid story that should never be forgotten:
Too soon an ancestor — remembering the incomparable D'Angelo. My latest OUTTAKES newsletter. Subscribe: globe.com/outtakes
October 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Too soon an ancestor — remembering the incomparable D'Angelo. My latest OUTTAKES newsletter. Subscribe: globe.com/outtakes
The incomparable @anntelnaes.bsky.social from her Substack, Open Windows.
October 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The incomparable @anntelnaes.bsky.social from her Substack, Open Windows.
Better headline: “Trump administration threatens to starve mothers and children.”
October 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Better headline: “Trump administration threatens to starve mothers and children.”
The 2022 Lego tribute set for Jane Goodall.
October 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The 2022 Lego tribute set for Jane Goodall.