The Big Dig was traumatic, and #Boston still has kind of a public works hangover, but it really was that hard. I remember during its second decade a friend in San Francisco asking, "What's up with that?!?" I explained by asking her to imagine that 101 was converted into a tunnel, running under its current route the whole way it runs through the city, avoiding other tunnels, WITHOUT CLOSING 101. She looked blank and said, "You couldn't do that."
In a special fill-in show this (5/8/24) evening from 8-9pm, I'm revisiting some of the music of my youth, including songs from the first albums I purchased. Broadcasting on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM, streaming on https://wmbr.org, and available for 2 weeks in our archive.
👟I just registered to walk in the 28th Annual Mother's Day Walk for Peace in #Boston on Sunday, May 12th! 💟
👉🏽This event raises crucial funds for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, supporting our fight against gun violence.
🚶🏾♂️Why I Walk:
▪️Stand with Families Affected by Gun Violence: This walk honors victims and shows solidarity with their loved ones.
▪️United Front Against Gun Violence: Together, we send a powerful message for #peace and safety.
More scenes from MIT Pro-Palestine encampments at Kresge Oval last evening. Despite counter-protests and disruptions to traffic, the past 24 hours were largely peaceful.
I recommend following The Tech, MIT's student newspaper, for their relentless coverage of events on campus.
NY Times and Washington Post win 3 Pulitzers each. While we did not win any Pulitzers, the winner of the fiction prize did teach at these Boston-area universities
Some scenes from the MIT Kresge encampment today. after President Sally Kornbluth sent a campus-wide email threatening to suspend students who didn't vacate by 14:30 ET