Sam Mintz
@samjmintz.bsky.social
Editor at Brookline.News, a nonprofit news site covering the town of Brookline, MA.
Before this, I was a reporter covering transportation and energy policy in DC and Boston.
Before this, I was a reporter covering transportation and energy policy in DC and Boston.
Actually dumbfounded at this column from former NYT editor Jill Abramson, who seems stuck in the view from nowhere, damaging focus on an unattainable "objectivity" that dominated journalism in the last century.
I will thread some of Lemon's quotes that she calls out while brushing over his arrest.
I will thread some of Lemon's quotes that she calls out while brushing over his arrest.
February 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Actually dumbfounded at this column from former NYT editor Jill Abramson, who seems stuck in the view from nowhere, damaging focus on an unattainable "objectivity" that dominated journalism in the last century.
I will thread some of Lemon's quotes that she calls out while brushing over his arrest.
I will thread some of Lemon's quotes that she calls out while brushing over his arrest.
ICE tried to order Minneapolis PD off the scene of this morning's murder, but the chief refused and is calling in every available officer.
Valuable reporting from the Strib
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Valuable reporting from the Strib
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE tried to order Minneapolis PD off the scene of this morning's murder, but the chief refused and is calling in every available officer.
Valuable reporting from the Strib
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Valuable reporting from the Strib
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Kash Patel and Dan Bongino going back and forth on a conference call about what to Tweet immediately after the Charlie Kirk assassination, as agents were scrambling to try to investigate, is just an absolute fever dream
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Kash Patel and Dan Bongino going back and forth on a conference call about what to Tweet immediately after the Charlie Kirk assassination, as agents were scrambling to try to investigate, is just an absolute fever dream
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Today's parenting advice on x (the everything app)
January 19, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Today's parenting advice on x (the everything app)
Flying today, so it is time.
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Flying today, so it is time.
Really astute observation, and the reasons it hasn't been covered widely are not exactly subtle (mainstream media capture by right wing interests who want to keep lying about how dangerous big cities are)
January 6, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Really astute observation, and the reasons it hasn't been covered widely are not exactly subtle (mainstream media capture by right wing interests who want to keep lying about how dangerous big cities are)
Unbelievable linkedin brain here
January 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Unbelievable linkedin brain here
Some holiday reading
December 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Some holiday reading
Chappell Roan today
December 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Chappell Roan today
I've been covering this process closely for a year and a half and find it interesting to watch how the proposal has changed, from an original pitch that most in town agreed was way too big. Some neighbors still think the current height (buildings at 7, 12, and 14 stories) is too much.
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I've been covering this process closely for a year and a half and find it interesting to watch how the proposal has changed, from an original pitch that most in town agreed was way too big. Some neighbors still think the current height (buildings at 7, 12, and 14 stories) is too much.
A reddit comment played a significant role in leading investigators to the suspect in Providence and Brookline shootings.
From affidavit posted tonight by RI AG's office
From affidavit posted tonight by RI AG's office
December 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM
A reddit comment played a significant role in leading investigators to the suspect in Providence and Brookline shootings.
From affidavit posted tonight by RI AG's office
From affidavit posted tonight by RI AG's office
New statement from Brookline police chief Paster:
"This remains an active and ongoing homicide investigation. In order to protect the integrity of the investigation, we are limited in the information we can share at this time and ask for the community’s understanding and patience."
"This remains an active and ongoing homicide investigation. In order to protect the integrity of the investigation, we are limited in the information we can share at this time and ask for the community’s understanding and patience."
December 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
New statement from Brookline police chief Paster:
"This remains an active and ongoing homicide investigation. In order to protect the integrity of the investigation, we are limited in the information we can share at this time and ask for the community’s understanding and patience."
"This remains an active and ongoing homicide investigation. In order to protect the integrity of the investigation, we are limited in the information we can share at this time and ask for the community’s understanding and patience."
I was a little surprised to see a well-known architecture firm use this AI-aided rendering in a recent presentation in Brookline...see if you can spot the tells!
December 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I was a little surprised to see a well-known architecture firm use this AI-aided rendering in a recent presentation in Brookline...see if you can spot the tells!
Walters shared some harrowing experiences from his volunteer legal work with our student reporter Hazel Nystrom
December 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Walters shared some harrowing experiences from his volunteer legal work with our student reporter Hazel Nystrom
This Google search AI overview starts pretty normal then goes completely off the rails
December 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This Google search AI overview starts pretty normal then goes completely off the rails
Mayor Wu and Mira are on an enchanted trolley in West Roxbury today
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Mayor Wu and Mira are on an enchanted trolley in West Roxbury today
This is just popping up in local news today, here's just a few of the stories published including ours, Columbus,
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is just popping up in local news today, here's just a few of the stories published including ours, Columbus,
This comment on a Globe story about the possible storm next week is frying me
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This comment on a Globe story about the possible storm next week is frying me
The west rox neighborhood Facebook page is delivering today and I'm all in, I will be consuming all the lore
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The west rox neighborhood Facebook page is delivering today and I'm all in, I will be consuming all the lore
Keith Olbermann's love life in the news, time to revisit my best ever tweet (images included here so you don't have to visit X)
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Keith Olbermann's love life in the news, time to revisit my best ever tweet (images included here so you don't have to visit X)
Gross framing from the NYT. I so badly have wanted to keep supporting the journalists there as the leadership and ed board flew rightward but this is just absolute politically-motivated garbage!
PS Here's a fun piece of information from the wikipedia page of her opponent, incumbent Bruce Harrell
PS Here's a fun piece of information from the wikipedia page of her opponent, incumbent Bruce Harrell
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Gross framing from the NYT. I so badly have wanted to keep supporting the journalists there as the leadership and ed board flew rightward but this is just absolute politically-motivated garbage!
PS Here's a fun piece of information from the wikipedia page of her opponent, incumbent Bruce Harrell
PS Here's a fun piece of information from the wikipedia page of her opponent, incumbent Bruce Harrell
I had to look, and yes Brookline is mentioned in the Epstein emails released this week. Harvard Professor (and Larry Summers wife) Elisa New, in making a pitch to Epstein for financial support for her PBS project Poetry in America, mentions interviews with "kids from Brookline High"
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I had to look, and yes Brookline is mentioned in the Epstein emails released this week. Harvard Professor (and Larry Summers wife) Elisa New, in making a pitch to Epstein for financial support for her PBS project Poetry in America, mentions interviews with "kids from Brookline High"
The concept that Mamdani's speech was "divisive" because he talked about using his power to achieve things and make change, especially in the face of a serial abuser opponent who basically built his entire campaign on gutter racism and threats, is so unfathomably stupid
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The concept that Mamdani's speech was "divisive" because he talked about using his power to achieve things and make change, especially in the face of a serial abuser opponent who basically built his entire campaign on gutter racism and threats, is so unfathomably stupid