Jake @ HUBhistory
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Host of HUB History, a Boston history podcast that goes far beyond the Freedom Trail. Freelance podcast producer. Recovering marathoner and current YMCA swimmer. Dog lover.
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📍 Boston, MA
🎧 HUB History
Republican DOJ official **on camera** "They'll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal, Democratic people in those files... [Trump's] name won't be in it."
www.newsweek.com/doj-official...
www.newsweek.com/doj-official...
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Republican DOJ official **on camera** "They'll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal, Democratic people in those files... [Trump's] name won't be in it."
www.newsweek.com/doj-official...
www.newsweek.com/doj-official...
Hang on, when did reading become so performative?
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hang on, when did reading become so performative?
A sign posted in Massachusetts campgrounds, as the season comes to a close in the land of expensive housing.
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A sign posted in Massachusetts campgrounds, as the season comes to a close in the land of expensive housing.
That reminds me of the first season of the TV show Alone. 10 "hardcore survivalists" get dropped off in the woods, and all the cops and gun nuts immediately chickened out.
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
That reminds me of the first season of the TV show Alone. 10 "hardcore survivalists" get dropped off in the woods, and all the cops and gun nuts immediately chickened out.
I think the 57% comes from a poll that asked Bostonians if they had ever met Tom Menino. My rough math says he would have needed to shake 45-ish new hands every day... Which seems doable for him!
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I think the 57% comes from a poll that asked Bostonians if they had ever met Tom Menino. My rough math says he would have needed to shake 45-ish new hands every day... Which seems doable for him!
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In 1777, American troops went hungry at Valley Forge because of the Redcoats. In 2025, American troops are going hungry because of their own President.
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
In 1777, American troops went hungry at Valley Forge because of the Redcoats. In 2025, American troops are going hungry because of their own President.
Just the funniest juxtaposition in my feed.
November 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Just the funniest juxtaposition in my feed.
But he made my whole family into OG antifascists.
October 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
But he made my whole family into OG antifascists.
Grandpop was a US Army officer during the immediate postwar occupation of Germany, and in the summer my dad and his brothers would spend all day playing in the woods. The same forests where a panicked Wehrmacht desperately tried to transform themselves back into civilians.
October 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Grandpop was a US Army officer during the immediate postwar occupation of Germany, and in the summer my dad and his brothers would spend all day playing in the woods. The same forests where a panicked Wehrmacht desperately tried to transform themselves back into civilians.
Did I set a new mile PR today? I did!
31:43 at a 1:46 pace (But it was the second of three sets captured here, and I can't figure out how to post the stats separately)
31:43 at a 1:46 pace (But it was the second of three sets captured here, and I can't figure out how to post the stats separately)
October 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Did I set a new mile PR today? I did!
31:43 at a 1:46 pace (But it was the second of three sets captured here, and I can't figure out how to post the stats separately)
31:43 at a 1:46 pace (But it was the second of three sets captured here, and I can't figure out how to post the stats separately)
Rob Schneider was born in California in 1963.
In 1963, 8,508 children in California died while under 1 year of age.
Pneumonia and dysentery were among the leading causes of death among infants in California in 1963.
In 1963, 8,508 children in California died while under 1 year of age.
Pneumonia and dysentery were among the leading causes of death among infants in California in 1963.
October 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Rob Schneider was born in California in 1963.
In 1963, 8,508 children in California died while under 1 year of age.
Pneumonia and dysentery were among the leading causes of death among infants in California in 1963.
In 1963, 8,508 children in California died while under 1 year of age.
Pneumonia and dysentery were among the leading causes of death among infants in California in 1963.
Jaywalking especially... Any time I'm in Manhattan, I feel like I stand out like a sore thumb because I don't slow down at a corner when no traffic is coming. It takes a day or two to adjust to joining the herd of New Yorkers waiting patiently at the corner of an empty street for the light to change
October 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Jaywalking especially... Any time I'm in Manhattan, I feel like I stand out like a sore thumb because I don't slow down at a corner when no traffic is coming. It takes a day or two to adjust to joining the herd of New Yorkers waiting patiently at the corner of an empty street for the light to change
Jaywalking? SO MUCH more prevalent in Boston than NYC. Style? Much more refined in NYC. Walking and transit? More confusing in Boston. Sense of urgency? Equal. Casual conversation with strangers? Are we sure she visited Boston??
I mean, I love Boston, but this doesn't sound like the Boston I know.
I mean, I love Boston, but this doesn't sound like the Boston I know.
October 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Jaywalking? SO MUCH more prevalent in Boston than NYC. Style? Much more refined in NYC. Walking and transit? More confusing in Boston. Sense of urgency? Equal. Casual conversation with strangers? Are we sure she visited Boston??
I mean, I love Boston, but this doesn't sound like the Boston I know.
I mean, I love Boston, but this doesn't sound like the Boston I know.
On a modern map, you've got the West End that's northeast of most of Boston, Eastie that's mostly north of the North End, and Southie that's east of the South End. That about clear it up?
(map via Bostonography)
(map via Bostonography)
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
On a modern map, you've got the West End that's northeast of most of Boston, Eastie that's mostly north of the North End, and Southie that's east of the South End. That about clear it up?
(map via Bostonography)
(map via Bostonography)
A hero appears...
To quote the Bouncing Souls, "East Coast! Fuck you!"
To quote the Bouncing Souls, "East Coast! Fuck you!"
October 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A hero appears...
To quote the Bouncing Souls, "East Coast! Fuck you!"
To quote the Bouncing Souls, "East Coast! Fuck you!"
This scientist seems to have had a loving family and a distinguished career, but how can the Boston Globe run an obituary for someone named Smoot without clarifying that it's not the bridge guy?
October 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This scientist seems to have had a loving family and a distinguished career, but how can the Boston Globe run an obituary for someone named Smoot without clarifying that it's not the bridge guy?
So close!
(Harvard Crimson, Dec 4, 1979)
(Harvard Crimson, Dec 4, 1979)
October 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
So close!
(Harvard Crimson, Dec 4, 1979)
(Harvard Crimson, Dec 4, 1979)
I know nobody asked me, and I know this is a time that calls for a distress signal, but it still hurts my heart every time I see the flag flying upside down.
And I can guarantee it doesn't play in middle America.
And I can guarantee it doesn't play in middle America.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I know nobody asked me, and I know this is a time that calls for a distress signal, but it still hurts my heart every time I see the flag flying upside down.
And I can guarantee it doesn't play in middle America.
And I can guarantee it doesn't play in middle America.