You are overdue a little bit of Joy this weekend, as a treat. What's going on in #Boston #Massachusetts and greater #NewEngland?
Its your #BostonWeekend thread. 1/x
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A big shout-out to @gbhnews for another incredible podcast series! I'm midway through "Scratch & Win", which documents the meteoric rise of the Massachusetts State Lottery, and it's pure nerd catnip: organized crime, gambling, power, machine politics, combinatorics, computer science history! I can't believe the interviews they managed to get (and that the closing song is sung by the former state treasurer). All props to the production and editing team. Ian, Isabel, Lacy, and everyone involved should be really proud. Waiting for the inevitable HBO miniseries!
https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/scratch-win
Quote from episode 1 transcript:
The Massachusetts Lottery had already rejected nearly twenty prototypes by the time they settled on a final design -- the one with the paper flaps. Only to have John Koza, this recently graduated wiz kid with a dimpled chin and a combover, show up and tell them it was flawed. So on the spot they made a deal. Koza could take home 50 tickets and do his best to prove they could be hacked.
#MApoli #Massachusetts #History #Lottery #Gambling #math #podcast #PublicRadio #GBH #PRX
https://youtu.be/qaPMLsvvPkY?si=9Wm1Zya7uR70UbGJ
La meva #CançóDelDia per al dimarts 4 de març és aquesta dels #Elder #Massachusetts #ProgRock #StonerRock #DoomMetal 😟!
Oof. USNews ranks #Massachusetts low in fiscal stability and infrastructure, suggests it is one of the worst states for "opportunity"
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings
I do appreciate the (relatively) good healthcare we have, so it makes sense to see us at #2
An Eastern Bluebird launches from his perch.
#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #halifax #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife
Boston, Cambridge, Somerville - its like a switch has flipped and everything is happening again. Enjoy this city and recharge. Its your #BostonWeekend thread for May 1-4 2025 1/x
#Boston #BostonMA #massachusetts #NewEngland #SomervilleMA #CambridgeMA #ArlingtonMA #MedfordMA #NewtonMA #BrooklineMA #JamaicaPlain #Dorchester #WinchesterMA
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100+km (65 miles) ride today. A ton of cyclists! Beautiful weather! But I did get sunburn a little and felt overheated for the last 15 miles or so.
Also a very hard ride! Averaged 18.4mph with almost 3000 ft elevation gain. Two guys are very speedy and strong but thankfully I was able to keep up most of the time. We swung by Rhode Island too :)
Children can run around in breweries but we can't have happy hour? Massachusetts is fucked up.
Welcome to your #BostonWeekend thread for May 29 to June 1 2025. Leave the house if that's an option - enjoy, enjoy your metropolitan region of
#Boston, #Massachusetts #NewEngland
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Welcome to your Boston Weekend thread for July 4th-6th, 2025, the 'Oops, all fireworks' edition. You thought there was nothing to do but eat grilled foods & watch the Pops, eh?
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#Boston #Massachusetts #NewEngland #RhodeIsland #Vermont #NewHampshire #Maine #Connecticut
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https://youtu.be/ikojBJYSsXI?si=emsN1dKZOuako4O7
La meva #CançóDelDia per al diumenge 8 de juny és aquesta dels #ParadiseSlaves #Metalcore #NYC #Massachusetts #Alaska 🤕!
Don't think I don't see you, bub.
#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #westport #townfarm #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife
Welcome to your Boston Weekend thread for June 6-8, 2025.
Leave the house if that's an option - enjoy, enjoy your Eastern #Massachusetts and the greater #Boston metropolitan region #NewEngland #RhodeIsland #Vermont #NewHampshire #Maine #Connecticut
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Eastern Cottontail stretching his legs for a bite to eat at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond Sanctuary.
#photography #mammals #sillyrabbit #nature #fairhaven #massachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife
Welcome to your Boston Weekend thread for June 13-15, 2025.
Leave the house if that's an option - enjoy, enjoy your Eastern #Massachusetts and the greater #Boston metropolitan region #NewEngland #RhodeIsland #Vermont #NewHampshire #Maine #Connecticut
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A Cedar Waxwing tossing a mulberry up to reposition it in its beak so it can swallow it more easily.
#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #norfolk #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife
Well, Fred, he's down there again, but I'll be damned if I can tell what he's up to.
#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #norfolk #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife
Welcome to your Boston Weekend thread for July 18-20, 2025. A little cooler than midweek, 92F, feels like 108 - oof. 30+ GOOD EVENTS this weekend, tho, yow!
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Welcome to your Boston Weekend thread for July 25-27, 2025. 95F & T-storms Friday, but clouds & highs around 80 Sat-Sun. There’s ~60 days left of Summer, & less than 100 days til Halloween. Fun experiences help you to enjoy, enjoy your Northeast corner of the Americas.
#Boston #Massachusetts #NewEngland #RhodeIsland #Vermont #NewHampshire #Maine #Connecticut
Ok. Been quiet for a few days, which means, I went on another EPIC ride!
This time was Mount Greylock, the highest mountain in Massachusetts. In a century+ ride (108 miles), and 12000 ft elevation gain in total.
It was a brutal brutal ride. And I had a really bad day. Got a stomach bug or food poisoning on the day before, and the symptoms persisted on the morning of the ride, with one of the worst nights of sleep I had lately. My buddy encouraged me to try it, since it is a 2.5 hour drive from Boston. So I started. Legs felt like bricks. I set into my own pace so it felt better. But I almost gave up after breathing too hard and going too deep on a 20+% hill. I decided to keep going. And I successfully climbed up Mount Greylock, survived the grueling 10-20%, 3.5 miles long hill at mile 90, and finished the ride without any regrets. Though everything hurts. And I wouldn't put anyone else through this.
#biketoot #EpicBikeRides #cycling #MountGreylock #GreylockCentury #CenturyRide #RoadCycling #climbing #cyclist #challenge #CyclingChallenge #Massachusetts
