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<p>AUTUMN JOY - highs still hitting 50s-60s. Sat looks perfect, tons going on, rain Sunday, fewer happenings. Veterans Day is Tuesday. Your <a href="/tags/bostonweekend/" rel="tag">#BostonWeekend</a> thread goes only where *you* share it - Boost to build <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/massachusetts/" rel="tag">#Massachusetts</a> community in non-bigcorp spaces. Enjoy, Enjoy! (1/?)</p>
<p>A re- <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> cause it’s been a minute! I’m a PhD candidate in computer science at Northeastern in <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://vis.social/@KhouryVis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KhouryVis</span></a></span> </p><p>I’m planning to defend my dissertation in spring of 2026, on the topic of engineering visual analytics software for high-dimensional data <a href="/tags/dataviz/" rel="tag">#dataviz</a></p><p>I’ve been on the fediverse since 2017 and I’m currently a moderator here on datavis.social </p><p>I’m in Vienna this week for <a href="/tags/ieeevis/" rel="tag">#IEEEVIS</a> - say hi! 👋 </p><p>[This post will be pinned & periodically updated.]</p>
<p>Long Wharf has been the heart of Boston's waterfront for more than 300 years. In March the city released early proposals to guard the wharf from climate change, <br><a href="https://www.bostonplans.org/planning-zoning/planning-initiatives/long-wharf-coastal-flood-resilience-planning" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bostonplans.org/planning-zoning/planning-initiatives/long-wharf-coastal-flood-resilience-planning"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bostonplans.org/planning-z</span><span class="invisible">oning/planning-initiatives/long-wharf-coastal-flood-resilience-planning</span></a></p><p>The planning offers two themes, Acupuncture (aka "Sieve") and Big Splash (aka "Big Fill"), each addressing the flood risks of 2030 and 2070. Cost estimates range up to $203 million.</p><p>Hope this exercise doesn't add to our set of excellent plans with no glimmer of funding.</p><p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a> <a href="/tags/sealevelrise/" rel="tag">#sealevelrise</a> <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a></p>
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<p>The final 1/3 of November 2025, last <a href="/tags/bostonweekend/" rel="tag">#BostonWeekend</a> before Thanksgiving. Sun sets before 4:20p until the last weekend of December. Solstice will come, friend, hold light in your heart. Also, a fine time to go do stuff with your pals, yeah? A thread of events for <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> surrounds - Enjoy, enjoy! 1/x</p>
<p>Police issue BOLO for Prius-smashing hatchet man <br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/police-issue-bolo-prius-smashing-hatchet-man" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.universalhub.com/2025/police-issue-bolo-prius-smashing-hatchet-man"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.universalhub.com/2025/poli</span><span class="invisible">ce-issue-bolo-prius-smashing-hatchet-man</span></a><br><a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/allston/" rel="tag">#Allston</a> <a href="/tags/brookline/" rel="tag">#Brookline</a> <a href="/tags/packardscorner/" rel="tag">#PackardsCorner</a> <a href="/tags/roadrage/" rel="tag">#RoadRage</a></p>
<p>Space-saving rage in <a href="/tags/dorchester/" rel="tag">#Dorchester</a>: Man stabbed in the hand in dispute over shoveled out parking space <br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/crime/2026/space-saving-rage-dorchester-man-stabbed-hand-dispute-over" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.universalhub.com/crime/2026/space-saving-rage-dorchester-man-stabbed-hand-dispute-over"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.universalhub.com/crime/202</span><span class="invisible">6/space-saving-rage-dorchester-man-stabbed-hand-dispute-over</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#crime</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#snow</a> <a href="/tags/parking/" rel="tag">#parking</a></p>
<p>🌞 Hello <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> - this is GBH <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> bringing you the world from <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>. It's 46F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. </p><p>Mass. reversed course on the closure of Pappas Hospital, which provides services to children and young adults with disabilities. <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> </p><p>21 civil servants with the US Digital Service quit rather than work with Elon Musk's DOGE team. </p><p>Apple's shareholders have rejected a proposal to scrap the company's diversity programs.</p>
<p>🌞 Hello <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> - this is GBH <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> bringing you the world from <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>. It's 53F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles. </p><p>An American Airlines flight discontinued a landing at DC's National Airport to avoid a collision. The past few weeks have seen 4 major air disasters in North America. </p><p>Au revoir, Party City: the chain is declaring bankruptcy and closing its doors. </p><p>The Trump administration sent a memo telling federal agencies to plan to cut more jobs.</p>
<p>As a public service to <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>-area residents we would like to tell you that the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://better.boston/@frenchtoast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>frenchtoast</span></a></span> Alert System is available here in the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a>.</p><p>Carry on.</p>
<p>Councilor seeks snow angels for shoveling; will reward them with free ice cream<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2026/councilor-seeks-snow-angels-shoveling-will-reward-them-free-ice-cream" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.universalhub.com/2026/councilor-seeks-snow-angels-shoveling-will-reward-them-free-ice-cream"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.universalhub.com/2026/coun</span><span class="invisible">cilor-seeks-snow-angels-shoveling-will-reward-them-free-ice-cream</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/roslindale/" rel="tag">#Roslindale</a> <a href="/tags/hydepark/" rel="tag">#HydePark</a> <a href="/tags/mattapan/" rel="tag">#Mattapan</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#snow</a></p>
<p>🌞 Hello <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a>! This is GBH <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> bringing you the world from <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>. At 1:54PM, it was 95F and visibility was 10mi, but is is now bucketing down rain with lightning because New England ¯\_(ツ)_/¯</p><p>President Macron of France recognized a Palestinian state on Thursday. </p><p>Workers at Fenway Park are on strike ahead of tonight's Dodgers/Sox game. <a href="/tags/mlb/" rel="tag">#MLB</a> </p><p>The US Dep't. of Education says it will release $6B in funding they previously put on hold - much of it funds summer programs for kids.</p>
<p>Hello <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> - this is GBH <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> bringing you the world from <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>. It's 38F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. </p><p>The Trump administration slapped <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> on Canada, Mexico, and China; Mexico has reached a deal to delay them. </p><p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's now acting director of USAID, an agency Elon Musk targeted for closure. </p><p>Bankrupt hospital chain <a href="/tags/steward/" rel="tag">#Steward</a> is demanding a Mass. food security program give back $100k the company gave them.</p>
<p>🌞 Hello <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> - this is GBH <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> bringing you the world from <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>. It's 21F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. </p><p>The Justice Department has asked federal prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement. </p><p>Former Raiders coach Josh McDaniels will return to the Pats as offensive coach. <a href="/tags/nfl/" rel="tag">#NFL</a></p><p>Josh Kraft, son of billionaire Robert Kraft, announces he will run for mayor of <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>. </p><p>current vibe:</p>
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<p>Hello <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> - this is GBH <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> bringing you the world from <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>. It's 30F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles. </p><p>A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump's order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional." </p><p>Another executive order prompted the shutdown of meetings where scientists review new NIH grant proposals. </p><p>The Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors investigate state or local officials standing in the way of ICE enforcement.</p>
<p>Hello <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> - this is GBH <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> bringing you the world from <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>. It's 37F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. </p><p>Trump ordered a freeze of all federal loans and grants, a move that could upend the US economy. </p><p>Chinese company DeepSeek announced that it was able to build an AI at a fraction of the cost of US AI startups, using cheaper chips. Nvidia's stock plunged. </p><p>Gov. Healey bans NDAs across Mass. executive branch offices.</p>
<p>Hello <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> - this is GBH <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> bringing you the world from <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>. It's 27F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 mi. </p><p>Trump administration freezes on federal loans and grants have been unfrozen. </p><p>Another Trump executive order seeks to restrict how race and racism is taught in schools and to "promote patriotic education." </p><p>A passenger plane and a military helicopter crashed over the Potomac; there are 27 known casualties of the midair collision.</p>
<p>🌤️ Hello <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> - this is GBH <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> bringing you the world from <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>. It's 38F at Logan Airport and visibility is 5mi. </p><p>The Trump admin says tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada will go into effect on Saturday.</p><p>Actor and Mad Men star John Hamm will be Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year. </p><p>The FAA has closed air routes over the Potomac to helicopters indefinitely after a deadly midair crash.</p>
<p>Hello <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> - this is GBH <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> bringing you the world from <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>. It's 32F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. </p><p>Cambridge, MA, has ended single family zoning in an effort to increase the number of housing units. </p><p>Trump is reported to have called Vladimir Putin in order to start talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. </p><p>2 trans high school students in NH are suing the Trump administration over the executive order banning trans athletes from girls' sports.</p>
<p>My <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a>.</p><p>I talk about life in <a href="/tags/cambridgema/" rel="tag">#CambridgeMA</a> and <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>, <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a>, <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a>, <a href="/tags/radios/" rel="tag">#radios</a> (<a href="/tags/sdr/" rel="tag">#SDR</a>, <a href="/tags/ham/" rel="tag">#HAM</a>, <a href="/tags/lora/" rel="tag">#LoRa</a>, <a href="/tags/meshcore/" rel="tag">#MeshCore</a>), <a href="/tags/pinball/" rel="tag">#pinball</a>, <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a>, retro computers/video games, and more.</p><p>I collect <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a>, <a href="/tags/laserdiscs/" rel="tag">#LaserDiscs</a>, study <a href="/tags/horology/" rel="tag">#horology</a>, visit museums (The Met, MFA, Harvard Art <a href="/tags/museum/" rel="tag">#Museum</a>) and support my local <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a>.</p><p>I read <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> and books on <a href="/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">#architecture</a>, <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#design</a>, and <a href="/tags/urbanism/" rel="tag">#urbanism</a>.</p><p>I walk or take public <a href="/tags/transit/" rel="tag">#transit</a> everywhere.</p><p>I practice <a href="/tags/permacomputing/" rel="tag">#permacomputing</a> and self-hosting, running <a href="/tags/bsd/" rel="tag">#BSD</a> where I can.</p>
<p><a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> telling all the history. Well done. Thanks <span class="h-card"><a href="https://threads.net/@wgbh/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wgbh</span></a></span> </p><p>I'm having <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikipedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikipedia</span></a></span> editors target my photos of local women's and enslaved people's historical monuments for removal. </p><p>Will show you those photos next. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-06-23/despite-dei-pushback-guides-along-bostons-freedom-trail-widen-the-lens-of-inclusion" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-06-23/despite-dei-pushback-guides-along-bostons-freedom-trail-widen-the-lens-of-inclusion"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-0</span><span class="invisible">6-23/despite-dei-pushback-guides-along-bostons-freedom-trail-widen-the-lens-of-inclusion</span></a></p>
<p>WMBR is a student organization and community service of MIT. We are an all-volunteer station, run by MIT students and staff - along with associate (community) members, providing continuity, experience, student mentorship and a wealth of talent and expertise.</p><p>We are currently recruiting new associate members, with an application deadline of July 13.</p><p>Visit <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdq0ALJBKOFhO6ZthND4TGSAPM2VyYgLuPUGjAXrmMyiRCOlA/viewform" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdq0ALJBKOFhO6ZthND4TGSAPM2VyYgLuPUGjAXrmMyiRCOlA/viewform"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI</span><span class="invisible">pQLSdq0ALJBKOFhO6ZthND4TGSAPM2VyYgLuPUGjAXrmMyiRCOlA/viewform</span></a> for more information and to apply.</p><p><a href="/tags/cambridge/" rel="tag">#Cambridge</a> <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/radio/" rel="tag">#Radio</a></p>
<p>Boston declares itself a pro-trans sanctuary city amid GOP’s escalating attacks<br><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/boston-declares-itself-a-pro-trans-sanctuary-city-amid-gops-escalating-anti-trans-attacks/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/boston-declares-itself-a-pro-trans-sanctuary-city-amid-gops-escalating-anti-trans-attacks/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/bo</span><span class="invisible">ston-declares-itself-a-pro-trans-sanctuary-city-amid-gops-escalating-anti-trans-attacks/</span></a></p><p>Boston won't comply w. anti-LGBTQ+ fed. orders<br>* decision comes w. some risk. 🏳️⚧️🙏</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/sanctuarycity/" rel="tag">#SanctuaryCity</a> <a href="/tags/translivesmatter/" rel="tag">#TransLivesMatter</a><br><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/christofascism/" rel="tag">#Christofascism</a> <a href="/tags/transgenocide/" rel="tag">#transgenocide</a></p>
<p>Good morning ❄️❄️❄️</p><p><a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#snow</a> <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#boston</a> <a href="/tags/dorchester/" rel="tag">#dorchester</a></p>
<p>Inside Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Scholar to Trump Target in Louisiana Cell<br>—</p><p>“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have been detained without criminal charges.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rumeysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rumeysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rum</span><span class="invisible">eysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/phd/" rel="tag">#Phd</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a></p>