Rick Collins
@rjcollins2.bsky.social
Writer, editor, recovering journalist.
Now working in clean energy.
Also a local elected official.
Now working in clean energy.
Also a local elected official.
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
Wait, what's the Celtics record right now?
How imbalanced have the first 13 games been for the Celtics?
Top 10 offense (10th) in the NBA.
Top 10 defense (7th) in the NBA.
Top 10 overall (8th) in the NBA.
Not a top 10 record right now in the East...
Top 10 offense (10th) in the NBA.
Top 10 defense (7th) in the NBA.
Top 10 overall (8th) in the NBA.
Not a top 10 record right now in the East...
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wait, what's the Celtics record right now?
Abington man finds Florida gator
Man finds, saves Charles River gator
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#Boston #Esplanade #NotExactlyAManEater
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November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Abington man finds Florida gator
Ringo Starr and His All Star Band for Gen-Xers. And I'm ok with that.
Darius Rucker of Hootie & the Blowfish,
Mike Mills of REM
and Steve Gorman of The Black Crowes
have formed the group Howl Owl Howl
and their first single, "My Cologne,"
is bonkers brilliant fun.
The new band joins me tonight on @SiriusXM #127.
Mike Mills of REM
and Steve Gorman of The Black Crowes
have formed the group Howl Owl Howl
and their first single, "My Cologne,"
is bonkers brilliant fun.
The new band joins me tonight on @SiriusXM #127.
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Ringo Starr and His All Star Band for Gen-Xers. And I'm ok with that.
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The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed
October 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed
You do not have a self-driving car.
"Self driving" is a marketing term.
You have a car with enhanced ADAS.
"Self driving" is a marketing term.
You have a car with enhanced ADAS.
October 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
You do not have a self-driving car.
"Self driving" is a marketing term.
You have a car with enhanced ADAS.
"Self driving" is a marketing term.
You have a car with enhanced ADAS.
A few years back someone described Brian Dannehy in the first line of his obituary as "Tommy Boy actor..." This headline may have surpassed that offense.
October 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A few years back someone described Brian Dannehy in the first line of his obituary as "Tommy Boy actor..." This headline may have surpassed that offense.
I'll argue he was never quite the same after this. But it was an unbelievable performance. 6 innings in relief with no fastball. 0 earned runs.
Twenty-six years ago tonight, Pedro Martínez was untouchable.
His six hitless innings out of the bullpen to help Boston advance to the 1999 ALCS produced one of the greatest games Joe Castiglione witnessed in his @redsox.com career.
His six hitless innings out of the bullpen to help Boston advance to the 1999 ALCS produced one of the greatest games Joe Castiglione witnessed in his @redsox.com career.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'll argue he was never quite the same after this. But it was an unbelievable performance. 6 innings in relief with no fastball. 0 earned runs.
Is this dialing down the rhetoric?
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
October 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Is this dialing down the rhetoric?
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Church of England to be led by a woman for the first time in history! Sarah Mullally named Archbishop of Canterbury. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/03/w...
Sarah Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in history of Church of England - The Boston Globe
Mullally will face will face serious challenges including divisions over the treatment of women and LGBTQ people.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Church of England to be led by a woman for the first time in history! Sarah Mullally named Archbishop of Canterbury. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/03/w...
How many billions are supporting projects being installed by small business owners?
The U.S. Department of Energy intends to cancel more than $13 billion in funds that the Biden administration had pledged to subsidize wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles, it said on Wednesday.
US intends to cancel $13 billion in funds for green energy
The U.S. Department of Energy intends to cancel more than $13 billion in funds that the Biden administration had pledged to subsidize wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles, it said on Wednesday.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
How many billions are supporting projects being installed by small business owners?
One of Robert Redford's biggest legacies is his influence on the satorial choices of generations of young reporters.
September 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
One of Robert Redford's biggest legacies is his influence on the satorial choices of generations of young reporters.
Little too accurate...
So how are all my former gifted and talented kids who used to read several books a day and now rot their faculties doomscrolling while ignoring a TV show doing tonight
September 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Little too accurate...
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Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"
September 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"
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With the new rates in effect this winter, heating a home with a heat pump will cost the same — or less — than heating with natural gas.
What to know about Mass.' new electricity rates for heat pump users
To encourage more heat pump adoption, Massachusetts is offering discounted electric rates in the winter.
www.wbur.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
With the new rates in effect this winter, heating a home with a heat pump will cost the same — or less — than heating with natural gas.
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More electric bill increases are coming. When you suppress wind and solar, you force the grid to call up expensive fossil fuel plants that set rates higher, and the higher costs land in your utility bills.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump tariffs and green energy rollbacks push household electricity bills up 10%
US energy secretary said energy prices could hurt GOP in midterms, but blamed Democrats for price increases
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
More electric bill increases are coming. When you suppress wind and solar, you force the grid to call up expensive fossil fuel plants that set rates higher, and the higher costs land in your utility bills.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hot take: walking to work in Boston when it's 65 with low humidity is far superior than 80 and muggy.
I'll stand by this.
I'll stand by this.
August 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hot take: walking to work in Boston when it's 65 with low humidity is far superior than 80 and muggy.
I'll stand by this.
I'll stand by this.
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This quiz is so much harder than it should be. newrepublic.com/article/1985...
Who Said It: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or The Simpsons’ Dr. Nick?
They’re both quacks—but only one of them is in charge of the nation’s health care policy. Can you tell them apart?
newrepublic.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This quiz is so much harder than it should be. newrepublic.com/article/1985...
What they want in charge of our health care and educating our kids
sure GPT-5 makes mistakes, but when you ask it to draw a map of Boston neighborhoods, some of the mistakes deserve a bye
August 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What they want in charge of our health care and educating our kids
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Perfect, gorgeous, no notes, everyone’s cheering
August 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Perfect, gorgeous, no notes, everyone’s cheering
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Oasis reuniting is still no excuse for all these bucket hats.
August 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Oasis reuniting is still no excuse for all these bucket hats.
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These are the PR firms battling it out in the Market Basket parking lot
Plus: City Hall scuttlebutt, top union adds to roster and more
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Plus: City Hall scuttlebutt, top union adds to roster and more
massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/these-are-...
These are the PR firms battling it out in the Market Basket parking lot
Plus: City Hall scuttlebutt, top union adds to roster and more
massterlist.beehiiv.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
These are the PR firms battling it out in the Market Basket parking lot
Plus: City Hall scuttlebutt, top union adds to roster and more
massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/these-are-...
Plus: City Hall scuttlebutt, top union adds to roster and more
massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/these-are-...
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Sad that so many of my fellow GenXers have had their brains cooked by terrible media.
Once again, Gen X is super wrong, but they're confidently wrong.
July 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Sad that so many of my fellow GenXers have had their brains cooked by terrible media.
24 giant pages of hyperlocal news every day...and that's just one section?
The modern mind would be blown.
The modern mind would be blown.
There’s nothing like looking at old newspaper microfilm that makes you realize that today local newspapers are nothing like they used to be
July 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
24 giant pages of hyperlocal news every day...and that's just one section?
The modern mind would be blown.
The modern mind would be blown.