Sam Mintz

(a big reason that Tesla "full self drive" is so much worse than Waymo is that they just use cameras not LIDAR because cameras are way cheaper, but it's the LIDAR that makes Waymo a public health breakthrough, and also means the unit economics on the cars are negative as hell)

I'm sorry I know this is rude but Jesse Welles music feels very bluesky to me (pejorative)

a man is standing in front of a wooden cabinet and saying `` i don 't know what i expected . `` ALT: a man is standing in front of a wooden cabinet and saying `` i don 't know what i expected . ``

Yes, but also it's a news outlet founded by Glenn beck so like

The Blaze claimed they "adhered to professional journalistic standards" in the now-retracted pipe bomber story. But they did not appear to have ever contacted the woman they accused of a major crime, before or after publication, which is the most basic journalistic standard that exists.

And here's another fact that doesn't neatly fit the narrative: Wealthy people living in a town doesn't make the town wealthy, and it doesn't automatically translate to strong supports for less wealthy people who live in the town

The wealth is there too. Obviously! But I think these facts (and the people behind them) get obscured and ignored often by Brookline's reputation

I see the timeline is talking about Brookline. Your jokes are all great but here are a few facts that aren't making it into the conversation:

-700 families use the Brookline food pantry each week
-3400 people live in public housing (5% of town's population)
-More than 50% households are renters

Musk says new Tesla software allows texting and driving, which is illegal in most states | TechCrunch Texting while driving is banned in nearly every state, even with the use of advanced driver assistance systems like Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software.

NEW: Elon Musk posted today that a new update to Tesla's Full Self-Driving software allows drivers to text-and-drive in certain "context of surrounding traffic."

But that's just illegal. In like, essentially every state.

techcrunch.com/2025/12/04/m...

It's been an extremely newsy couple days in Brookline (five bylines in 24 hours for yours truly). Here's the nightcap:

This is just popping up in local news today, here's just a few of the stories published including ours, Columbus,

Section 8 (voucher) tenants, who are low-income residents, are in theory supposed to be protected when the public housing agencies don't pay landlords on time. But it's possible there could be various trickle-down effects that harm tenants, especially if funding is delayed further

BHA late on December payments to hundreds of Section 8 landlords in Brookline because of federal funding delays - Brookline.News The same situation is facing hundreds of public housing agencies across the country, and industry leaders say the recent federal government shutdown is to blame.

This story is going under the radar: hundreds of public housing agencies around the country are short on funds and were unable to pay some/all of their Section 8 landlords on Dec. 1.

It's a remnant of the shutdown. Here's our local take at @brooklinenews.bsky.social

brookline.news/bha-late-on-...

Even her political commentary — the thing she is allegedly good at — is fucking gibberish. We're supposed to overlook her execrable ethics for this?!
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

"These stories will be edited by a BI editor" is very funny to me.

Editor: "GPT, this is a great start. But where did this quote come from? I can't find the citation."

GPT, gobbling electricity and water: "That's a great question, Steve. Thank you for asking and your close attention to detail."

if you're trying to automate news for speed frankly you've already lost the plot, for a number of reasons. very telling that this has a lot of words about "how" and almost zero words about "why"

The tow truck was, in fact, towed from the scene, which unfortunately I don't have a photo of.

Woman's death in Brookline police custody in July was caused by overdose, DA's office says - Brookline.News Sarah Jane Hubauer, 40, was found unresponsive in a holding cell by Brookline police officers on July 5.

The death of Sarah Jane Hubauer, 40, who was found unresponsive in a holding cell at the Brookline Public Safety Building in July, was caused by a drug overdose, according to the Norfolk District Attorney's Office.

brookline.news/womans-death...

We have no choice but to stan a FOIA queen

@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"

Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...

Property taxes on Boston single-family homes set to spike 13 percent in second consecutive double-digit increase - The Boston Globe The prospect of a second year of double digit property tax increases for homeowners also prolongs a nearly two year battle Wu has fought with the state Senate over a bill that would mitigate that spik...

The discourse around Boston property taxes is so deeply uninformed. I think today's Globe story does a great job explaining what's happening and why, and in particular unraveling the political forces that are almost as influential as the economics in this case.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/m...

The DA's office told Brookline.News this week that a police investigation found the driver, trooper Kyle Santoro, was not at fault.

Family sues State Police over death of 'matriarch' struck by state trooper in Route 9 crosswalk - Brookline.News An investigation by the Norfolk District Attorney's office found the trooper to be not at fault.

The family of Margie Mendez, who died in April, three months after she was struck by a state trooper in a Route 9 crosswalk, has sued the Massachusetts State Police, alleging negligence and wrongful death.

brookline.news/family-sues-...

It's because you are not a bad person!

personally I preferred the Atlantic's review

Olivia Nuzzi’s Tell-Nothing Memoir Can “American Canto” turn scandal into literature?

"In the book, Nuzzi rails against those who urge her to tell all. 'I do not wish to be understood,' she writes, 'which no one seems to understand.' This is a very good reason not to write and publish a memoir."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country The president delivered xenophobic comments during a publicly broadcast cabinet meeting.

President Trump unleashed a xenophobic tirade against Somali immigrants on Tuesday during a publicly broadcast cabinet meeting, calling them “garbage” he does not want in the U.S. as he sought to refocus public attention on his anti-immigration rhetoric.

Wow the latest Ryan Lizza gossip is absolutely crazy check it out

brookline.news/support-our-...

Great story about an interesting social services idea in Brookline, by student journalist Anna Albrecht

The Shocking Crash That Led One County to Reckon With the Dangers of E-Bikes

Totally exhausted by this framing in a country where cars kill 40,000 people a year. It's a classic failure of journalism (and VERY Times) to set aside an actual, horrific epidemic in favor of an infinitesimally smaller but flashier issue.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/m...