Brendan Little
@brendanlittle.bsky.social
Writer, filmmaker, substance use/harm reduction consultant and advocate. Founding Policy Director (former), City of Boston’s Office of Recovery Services.
I’m very proud to announce that the organization I co-lead/co-founded has received a $1.25 million grant to expand our efforts to families throughout Massachusetts. We can now support more families with financial assistance after they lose a loved one to overdose.
October 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I’m very proud to announce that the organization I co-lead/co-founded has received a $1.25 million grant to expand our efforts to families throughout Massachusetts. We can now support more families with financial assistance after they lose a loved one to overdose.
Yesterday I spoke to @nbcboston.com, arguing that break-ins, property crimes, and robberies would decrease at Mass. and Cass if we better invested in public health programs, as opposed to arrests, involuntary commitments, & jail. When unhoused people’s basic needs are met, crime goes down.
August 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Yesterday I spoke to @nbcboston.com, arguing that break-ins, property crimes, and robberies would decrease at Mass. and Cass if we better invested in public health programs, as opposed to arrests, involuntary commitments, & jail. When unhoused people’s basic needs are met, crime goes down.
Don’t be surprised…
July 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Don’t be surprised…
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I grew up poor with mental health & substance use issues, I can't tell you how much basic economic support helped me to get more healthy and balanced. So many low-income people are lazily pathologized by professionals who don't understand the burden of poverty.
May 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I grew up poor with mental health & substance use issues, I can't tell you how much basic economic support helped me to get more healthy and balanced. So many low-income people are lazily pathologized by professionals who don't understand the burden of poverty.
Time traveler from 1999 lands in 2025, sees this picture in the news. Also, this room probably smells wild. Like Axe Body Spray, energy drinks, and cigarettes.
April 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Time traveler from 1999 lands in 2025, sees this picture in the news. Also, this room probably smells wild. Like Axe Body Spray, energy drinks, and cigarettes.
Trump’s Secretary of Defense caught using secret, unauthorized, and unsecured app to text about war plans in advance, while accidentally adding a JOURNALIST to the text thread.
The front page of the Herald the next day?
The front page of the Herald the next day?
March 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Trump’s Secretary of Defense caught using secret, unauthorized, and unsecured app to text about war plans in advance, while accidentally adding a JOURNALIST to the text thread.
The front page of the Herald the next day?
The front page of the Herald the next day?
I’m excited to announce that I helped create and will co-mange this new fund for Boston families. Find out more at haloinitiatives.org
January 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I’m excited to announce that I helped create and will co-mange this new fund for Boston families. Find out more at haloinitiatives.org
Nearly 100 youth have not yet been evacuated from one of Los Angeles most notorious juvenile detention centers. From @latimes.com.
January 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Nearly 100 youth have not yet been evacuated from one of Los Angeles most notorious juvenile detention centers. From @latimes.com.
The theatrics of this is so absurd given that it was a McDonalds employee who caught this guy. Like, let’s pretend to be tough GI Joe’s now that the McDonald’s employee did our job for us. The (federally indicted) Mayor of New York was in the back of this pack.
December 20, 2024 at 1:52 PM
The theatrics of this is so absurd given that it was a McDonalds employee who caught this guy. Like, let’s pretend to be tough GI Joe’s now that the McDonald’s employee did our job for us. The (federally indicted) Mayor of New York was in the back of this pack.
School bus crashed into the gates of the Curley Lower School.
December 6, 2024 at 8:17 PM
School bus crashed into the gates of the Curley Lower School.
President-Elect Trump is upset that China is not executing drug dealers. This is coming from a man who took out a full-page NY Times ad calling for the death penalty of the Exonerated Five.
This is how he plans to handle drug policy - more draconian tactics from the failed “war on drugs” playbook.
This is how he plans to handle drug policy - more draconian tactics from the failed “war on drugs” playbook.
December 2, 2024 at 5:41 PM
President-Elect Trump is upset that China is not executing drug dealers. This is coming from a man who took out a full-page NY Times ad calling for the death penalty of the Exonerated Five.
This is how he plans to handle drug policy - more draconian tactics from the failed “war on drugs” playbook.
This is how he plans to handle drug policy - more draconian tactics from the failed “war on drugs” playbook.