At that point on this website where anytime something (non sports related) is trending you assume it'll be an utter shitshow. But sometimes it's just Bob Seger's birthday, which we can all celebrate.

Hockey's just brutal.

Come join The Boston Globe kick-ass politics team -- and work with me! We are growing our state house team and hiring a new reporter!

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There’s only one true way to make America great again smh

True story: I tried to buy some cough drops for my kid at the mini Target on Cambridge Street in Boston yesterday. They were locked up, for some reason. I think two whole people were working there so no one came to unlock the thing. We left empty-handed. What a business model.

“Rather than go to Target and wait, I’ll just give Daddy Bezos my hard-earned cash.”

As big chains lock more merchandise — condoms, crayons, Claritin, even callus cream — behind security glass, customers increasingly turn to online retailers.

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Unfortunately this sign has only reinforced my desire to loiter

Every morning, Kyle would glance out the window and witness the distinct New England beauty of a bunch of people with cigarettes in one hand and Dunkin’ cups in the other, watching the Keno numbers roll in through the window…

bostonglobe.com/2024/04/16/rea…

Shirley Shirley Leung! I had the best time on your podcast 'Say More' and during our trip through the newsroom The Boston Globe, seeing old friends and meeting new ones. I never would have expected to be leaning into being 81 years old, but I must say, I'm rather enjoying it!

You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

NEW MASS. SMALL BIZ SURVEY: Cost of housing, living pose biggest challenges for small businesses looking to hire / retain employees in Massachusetts. Most are looking to hire and just 15% say filling positions is easy in Mass. massincpolling.com/the-topline/sm…

It's not just you. It really is nearly impossible to get lunch in downtown Boston for less than $10 anymore. Jon Chesto explains why... bostonglobe.com/2024/04/22/bus…

I'm so honored that Nereida Badillo allowed me to share her story, and that of so many other members of the Puerto Rican community in Holyoke. She wanted to give a voice to Latinos in Massachusetts who have struggled, and strived, like she has. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/18/bus…

more evidence that new england is a high functioning northern european state that just so happens to be in the united states

I somehow haven't taken the train to New York since high school, but it's like a trip through the business end of every small city in southern New England. Amtrak is my office now.

Every time I use the Lechmere #GLX station it makes my urban designer blood boil. Everyone involved in delivering this hellscape of a street and station access should be jailed.

Downtown Boston may still feel kind of empty at times but it's nothing like the central office district in St. Louis. wsj.com/real-estate/co… via The Wall Street Journal

Was probably 2007 - the same year the iPhone came out - when I went to the top floor of this building to interview the head of AT&T's Yellow Pages operation. Times have changed.