Linda Lowenthal
@lindalow.bsky.social
Bostonian, copy chief at MIT Technology Review, lover of other people’s dogs.
I cannot stop laughing at this.
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I cannot stop laughing at this.
Reposted by Linda Lowenthal
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
Life is sweet (and photography skills minimal) at the neighborhood dog bar.
July 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Life is sweet (and photography skills minimal) at the neighborhood dog bar.
This whole thread was making me laugh so hard I finally had to explain.
i keep cracking up at this post on AI writing
June 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This whole thread was making me laugh so hard I finally had to explain.
Lalalala, hell in a handbasket, here’s some vital apple news. www.wbur.org/news/2025/06...
Historians discover one of North America's oldest living apple trees in Maine
The Drap D'Or de Bretagna is one of a few historic apples that are the genetic ancestors of many of the common varieties we eat today. And the Verona Island tree is the only known living specimen in N...
www.wbur.org
June 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Lalalala, hell in a handbasket, here’s some vital apple news. www.wbur.org/news/2025/06...
So is this guy “Elie” hitting up all Jewish-looking people in Boston for 35 bucks or was he legit? (I did give it to him.)
April 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
So is this guy “Elie” hitting up all Jewish-looking people in Boston for 35 bucks or was he legit? (I did give it to him.)
Dry socks after coming in from the rain = unchallenged as one of life’s top pleasures.
April 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Dry socks after coming in from the rain = unchallenged as one of life’s top pleasures.
Just burst into applause in my empty living room.
April 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just burst into applause in my empty living room.
Hive mind of Bluesky: Does the signature or logo on this silk scarf ring any bells with anyone? I cannot make it out. I found one on eBay that interprets it as “Moniohie” but I’m not convinced.
March 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hive mind of Bluesky: Does the signature or logo on this silk scarf ring any bells with anyone? I cannot make it out. I found one on eBay that interprets it as “Moniohie” but I’m not convinced.
Can’t believe I was in Wilmington and failed to go to the Baldwin apple monument.
March 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Can’t believe I was in Wilmington and failed to go to the Baldwin apple monument.
“Nobody willingly buys a Russian airplane.”
The next things that go wrong in aviation will be because of Musk, Trump, and Doge.
By me:
fallows.substack.com/p/they-were-...
By me:
fallows.substack.com/p/they-were-...
‘They Were Careless People’: Taking Moments to Tear Down What Has Taken Lifetimes to Create.
The zealots of Doge and Project 2025 are out to ‘cut waste.’ They will certainly cost lives: An example from aviation.
fallows.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“Nobody willingly buys a Russian airplane.”
Am I the only one baffled by the wildly jolly tone being taken on NPR this morning? <now turning off news for rest of day>
January 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Am I the only one baffled by the wildly jolly tone being taken on NPR this morning? <now turning off news for rest of day>
Someone has either too much or not enough faith in the strength of the ice on the Charles.
January 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Someone has either too much or not enough faith in the strength of the ice on the Charles.
I guess there’s only one good thing about the prospect that Donald Trump will probably live forever.
January 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I guess there’s only one good thing about the prospect that Donald Trump will probably live forever.
Reposted by Linda Lowenthal
A List of Things People Blamed for the Divorce Rate
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December 7, 2024 at 8:37 PM
A List of Things People Blamed for the Divorce Rate
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If you have a chance to see this, do! I mean, whatever chunk of it you feel like sitting through, but it’s oddly mesmerizing.
Christian Marclay’s The Clock is back at MoMA // I loved this the first time ‘round and it is a trove of design www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/a...
‘The Clock’ Revisits New York. Is It Still of Our Time?
Christian Marclay’s 24-hour film — and a century of cinema history — is on view at the Museum of Modern Art, returning after more than a decade.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:51 PM
If you have a chance to see this, do! I mean, whatever chunk of it you feel like sitting through, but it’s oddly mesmerizing.
Unfortunately (?) for me, this is the point at which Bluesky informed me “Now the feed knows what you like!”
Nothing better is going to happen on TV today than a Speaker named Johnson flipping out because Jake Tapper keeps saying "penis."
October 20, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Unfortunately (?) for me, this is the point at which Bluesky informed me “Now the feed knows what you like!”