Bill Trippe
@billtrippe.bsky.social
Husband, dad, brother, uncle—and now grandpa!
This young woman grew up in my hometown and by all accounts has done every right thing.
It’s unfathomable that people are treated in this inhumane way.
It’s unfathomable that people are treated in this inhumane way.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This young woman grew up in my hometown and by all accounts has done every right thing.
It’s unfathomable that people are treated in this inhumane way.
It’s unfathomable that people are treated in this inhumane way.
Before we give Marjorie Taylor Greene a pass, this is her harassing 18-year-old David Hogg while he was in DC lobbying for gun control.
It was a little more than a year after 14 children and three staff were slaughtered at (oh the irony) Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.
youtu.be/GM05FwyhHPA?...
It was a little more than a year after 14 children and three staff were slaughtered at (oh the irony) Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.
youtu.be/GM05FwyhHPA?...
Marjorie Greene Confronts David Hogg
YouTube video by Marjorie Taylor Greene
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Before we give Marjorie Taylor Greene a pass, this is her harassing 18-year-old David Hogg while he was in DC lobbying for gun control.
It was a little more than a year after 14 children and three staff were slaughtered at (oh the irony) Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.
youtu.be/GM05FwyhHPA?...
It was a little more than a year after 14 children and three staff were slaughtered at (oh the irony) Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.
youtu.be/GM05FwyhHPA?...
To a T: How Phillip Eng got Boston’s subway system back on track
It’s a good, untold story. The T had been on a downward slope for decades.
It’s a good, untold story. The T had been on a downward slope for decades.
To a T: How Phillip Eng got Boston’s subway system back on track - CSMonitor.com
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November 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
To a T: How Phillip Eng got Boston’s subway system back on track
It’s a good, untold story. The T had been on a downward slope for decades.
It’s a good, untold story. The T had been on a downward slope for decades.
Goodreads only let me give five stars to “Moby Dick.”
Hardly seems fair.
Hardly seems fair.
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Goodreads only let me give five stars to “Moby Dick.”
Hardly seems fair.
Hardly seems fair.
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Our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers is open and accepting work until December 31. The winning entry will receive $1500. Read our guidelines and submit!
www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...
www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...
short fiction contest — Boulevard
$1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
www.boulevardmagazine.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers is open and accepting work until December 31. The winning entry will receive $1500. Read our guidelines and submit!
www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...
www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...
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Submissions are closed, but you can still read digital issues of our review on our website:
www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-lit...
Check out our previous issues and get inspired to create and submit next year!
Photo is of our editors at our recent annual reading event.
#newwriting #emergingartists
www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-lit...
Check out our previous issues and get inspired to create and submit next year!
Photo is of our editors at our recent annual reading event.
#newwriting #emergingartists
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Submissions are closed, but you can still read digital issues of our review on our website:
www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-lit...
Check out our previous issues and get inspired to create and submit next year!
Photo is of our editors at our recent annual reading event.
#newwriting #emergingartists
www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-lit...
Check out our previous issues and get inspired to create and submit next year!
Photo is of our editors at our recent annual reading event.
#newwriting #emergingartists
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#UPWeek 2025 acknowledges the daily contributions of all members of this global community. Let’s celebrate our shared strength and power when we #TeamUP! 🥇
Check out @aupresses.bsky.social's gallery and reading list to see the important projects created by UPs this year: beav.es/4KG❗
#ReadUP
Check out @aupresses.bsky.social's gallery and reading list to see the important projects created by UPs this year: beav.es/4KG❗
#ReadUP
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
#UPWeek 2025 acknowledges the daily contributions of all members of this global community. Let’s celebrate our shared strength and power when we #TeamUP! 🥇
Check out @aupresses.bsky.social's gallery and reading list to see the important projects created by UPs this year: beav.es/4KG❗
#ReadUP
Check out @aupresses.bsky.social's gallery and reading list to see the important projects created by UPs this year: beav.es/4KG❗
#ReadUP
“November supposedly renders thin the veil”
From “The Sentence” by Louise Erdrich, reflecting on All Souls Day and the boundary between the living and the dead.
From “The Sentence” by Louise Erdrich, reflecting on All Souls Day and the boundary between the living and the dead.
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“November supposedly renders thin the veil”
From “The Sentence” by Louise Erdrich, reflecting on All Souls Day and the boundary between the living and the dead.
From “The Sentence” by Louise Erdrich, reflecting on All Souls Day and the boundary between the living and the dead.
“Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm?”
Reading “Moby Dick” again, for the story, for the characters, and for language like this.
Reading “Moby Dick” again, for the story, for the characters, and for language like this.
October 31, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm?”
Reading “Moby Dick” again, for the story, for the characters, and for language like this.
Reading “Moby Dick” again, for the story, for the characters, and for language like this.
Reposted by Bill Trippe
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This great 2012 picture of the late, great Mosey appeared in my timeline.?
October 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This great 2012 picture of the late, great Mosey appeared in my timeline.?
Acela 2167 Boston to NY
Quiet car
Window seat
Not too shabby
Quiet car
Window seat
Not too shabby
October 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Acela 2167 Boston to NY
Quiet car
Window seat
Not too shabby
Quiet car
Window seat
Not too shabby
Firing artillery over a highway?
“Now, the California Highway Patrol is reporting that a CHP cruiser parked on an onramp of Interstate 5 was hit by falling shrapnel after an artillery round exploded midair, far earlier than intended, forcing an early end to the artillery demonstration.”
“Now, the California Highway Patrol is reporting that a CHP cruiser parked on an onramp of Interstate 5 was hit by falling shrapnel after an artillery round exploded midair, far earlier than intended, forcing an early end to the artillery demonstration.”
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Firing artillery over a highway?
“Now, the California Highway Patrol is reporting that a CHP cruiser parked on an onramp of Interstate 5 was hit by falling shrapnel after an artillery round exploded midair, far earlier than intended, forcing an early end to the artillery demonstration.”
“Now, the California Highway Patrol is reporting that a CHP cruiser parked on an onramp of Interstate 5 was hit by falling shrapnel after an artillery round exploded midair, far earlier than intended, forcing an early end to the artillery demonstration.”
Just a great song
Guy Clark, "L.A. Freeway," Austin City Limits
YouTube video by AustinCityLimitsTV
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October 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Just a great song
Jayne Anne Phillips “Machine Dreams” moved me beyond words when I read it in graduate school 40 years ago. This wonderful book — Night Watch — is doing the same thing.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...
Goodreads
Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.
www.goodreads.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Jayne Anne Phillips “Machine Dreams” moved me beyond words when I read it in graduate school 40 years ago. This wonderful book — Night Watch — is doing the same thing.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...
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The 2025 National Academy of Engineering Annual Meeting begins this Sunday, October 5 — featuring new member inductions, lectures on how AI is reshaping engineering solutions and society, and much more.
Register to attend: https://ow.ly/kGaw50X4wVA
Register to attend: https://ow.ly/kGaw50X4wVA
September 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The 2025 National Academy of Engineering Annual Meeting begins this Sunday, October 5 — featuring new member inductions, lectures on how AI is reshaping engineering solutions and society, and much more.
Register to attend: https://ow.ly/kGaw50X4wVA
Register to attend: https://ow.ly/kGaw50X4wVA
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We are looking for poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while still alluding to the basic things that make us human.
Send us work that explores October’s theme of space/place!
November’s upcoming theme is community!
buff.ly/iYNWRVB
#writingcommunity
Send us work that explores October’s theme of space/place!
November’s upcoming theme is community!
buff.ly/iYNWRVB
#writingcommunity
September 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We are looking for poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while still alluding to the basic things that make us human.
Send us work that explores October’s theme of space/place!
November’s upcoming theme is community!
buff.ly/iYNWRVB
#writingcommunity
Send us work that explores October’s theme of space/place!
November’s upcoming theme is community!
buff.ly/iYNWRVB
#writingcommunity
The year’s top programming languages — and wondering what that means in the age of AI
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spectrum.ieee.org/top-programm...
AI Is Redefining the Concept of a Programming Language's Popularity
Python reigns supreme again, but is AI changing the game for programming languages? Find out how coding is transforming.
spectrum.ieee.org
September 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The year’s top programming languages — and wondering what that means in the age of AI
spectrum.ieee.org/top-programm...
spectrum.ieee.org/top-programm...
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War-ravaged Portland, 5 minutes ago
September 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
War-ravaged Portland, 5 minutes ago
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This is the type of leadership we need — not Trump and RFK Jr. fearmongering about the dangers of Tylenol for pregnant women.
September 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is the type of leadership we need — not Trump and RFK Jr. fearmongering about the dangers of Tylenol for pregnant women.
Look past this goofy thumbnail image and listen to a glorious song
When Fall Comes to New England
YouTube video by Bethgile
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September 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Look past this goofy thumbnail image and listen to a glorious song
While my son and daughter-in-law are on their honeymoon, we are watching their dog. He’s a pure bread Danish Scotcheroo, Call Name Beetle, Champion Name Prince Albert of the Tobacco Cans.
#DogsOfBlueSky
#DogsOfBlueSky
September 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
While my son and daughter-in-law are on their honeymoon, we are watching their dog. He’s a pure bread Danish Scotcheroo, Call Name Beetle, Champion Name Prince Albert of the Tobacco Cans.
#DogsOfBlueSky
#DogsOfBlueSky