Josh Weiss

One time I was walking down the street in Boston and a guy pulls over and asks a cabbie where “Avenue of the Arts” is. Cabbie doesn’t know so this other guy yells “nobody calls it that, it’s Huntington Ave.” Ok, that guy was me because nobody calls it that, you can’t just make up new street names.

Deaton on racial profiling: "I'm never going to *openly* support that" (emphasis mine)

Props to the cat mayor who doesn't even need that lighting but just wants to help out constituents.

Photo of two cardboard cutout head photos lying on their right sides. Looks to be Norman Lear on the left, Henry Winkler on the right.

I think it is, in fact, The Fonz. This is from Google Street View.

a photo of Oreo Loaded cookies, which promise real oreo cookie crumbs in the filling of the oreo

oh wow that’s crazy

oreos with bits of

of oreos. in them

Real Bits of Oreos

Pretty sure this is @michaelstipe.bsky.social's notebook.

You guys can fix it in post.

Well if this isn’t a situation then I don’t even know what a situation is.

They might just be waiting for a better case.

The owner of this ATM will assess a $20 fee on all withdrawals.

Figuring out that Santa was just Fudgie standing on his nose was possibly the greatest epiphany of my childhood.

YouTube video by beegibfood 1982 - Carvel Santa and Chanukah cakes

I see your whale cake and raise you a not-at-all-whale-shaped Santa Claus cake (with bonus not-at-all-cookie-puss-shaped Channukah cake): www.youtube.com/watch?v=MamQ...

It's entirely possible that AI has, in fact, reached their diminished, sub-human level of intelligence.

AI pioneers claim human-level general intelligence is already here Tech leaders say systems now rival human intelligence in key tasks, further fuelling the superintelligence debate

The evidence that using generative AI makes you stupid just keeps piling up.

I have decided to take your word for this one and not do my own research.

"More of a comment than a question..." - That penguin, probably.

Great to see that Frank Baker lost to Henry Santana by a large margin. He was closer to coming in last than he was to getting a spot on the council. Now all 4 incumbents have to serve out their full terms, so we don't have another Althea Garrison situation. #BosPoli

Congrats tonight to @wutrain.bsky.social even though she actually won in September when she became the first mayor in history to win by Mercy Rule.

Dick Cheney: #2 as VP but always #1 Dick in our hearts.

I miss the old, made-up Onion headlines.

National Men’s March rallies on Boston Common - The Boston Globe Antiabortion protesters faced counter demonstrators, many of whom wore costumes or clown noses.

Love that the Globe refers to @roadsteamer.bsky.social in his "Planned Parenthood Pony" character as "the pony."

“Trump was on the Jeffrey Epstein plane,” the pony sang to the tune of the Village People song “Y.M.C.A.”

Next time they loosen their recruiting criteria that kid is in.

Aside from the obvious, I’m not sure I see the logic in “New York is so bad I’m voting for the guy endorsed by the current mayor.” But I guess nobody will read that far anyway.

All this time I’ve been saying AI won’t get smarter than humans. Just realized that they’re not going to get there by making AI smarter…

The nerve! A Donate Now link is in the toolbar on every single page of the BPL Web site, harrumph!

311 complaint of the day: Why should I have to donate to the #BPL?
www.universalhub.com/2025/311-com...
#Boston

I have a suggestion for a question Tatte should add to their application form for new drivers...

They should put up a sign or something.

Isn't that the "Antiques Road Show" House Band?

Most of them were never convicted because they spent 8 hours lost on the Metro that day and never made it to the Capitol.

I’m pumping the brakes on “pumping the brakes,” but I’m doubling down on “doubling down.”