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Writer, editor, reader, 🌈 wife, mom. Longtime journo, former Boston Herald, now health communications.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
This is good advice. In Mass., www.gbfb.org supports 600+ food pantries, community meal programs and other hunger-relief orgs. If you can, donate cash, not cans. Just as valuable -- donate time. Food banks will need a lot of new volunteers to help with distribution.
as we reach the SNAP cliff just a gentle reminder to do-gooders that the most efficient use of resources is to contribute to organizations that are already established. unless nothing exists in your area (and it likely does whether you know it) now is probably not the time to stand something up
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is good advice. In Mass., www.gbfb.org supports 600+ food pantries, community meal programs and other hunger-relief orgs. If you can, donate cash, not cans. Just as valuable -- donate time. Food banks will need a lot of new volunteers to help with distribution.
Smart move by two young upstate NY reporters: they filed a FOIA for body cameras worn by the sheriff’s deputies at an ICE raid. These are almost always civil raids so there’s no ongoing criminal investigation that would require that footage to stay confidential. Replicable by any media outlet.
“They’re, they’re animals anyway. That’s what I would tell my kids all the time,” said the ICE agent, according to body cam footage. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
Man detained in Cato ICE raid wrongfully deported, separated from his family
Body camera footage released from the raid shows agents referring to immigrants as 'animals.'
spectrumlocalnews.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Smart move by two young upstate NY reporters: they filed a FOIA for body cameras worn by the sheriff’s deputies at an ICE raid. These are almost always civil raids so there’s no ongoing criminal investigation that would require that footage to stay confidential. Replicable by any media outlet.
Two very Boston signs. @universalhub.com
June 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Two very Boston signs. @universalhub.com
One time I was new to Boston, left my book on my subway seat, asked a T worker on the platform if there was a lost & found, he radioed my train, a T guy found the book, handed it off to a train going the opposite direction and I had it back in like 3 min. (I too have trouble believing this story.)
May 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
One time I was new to Boston, left my book on my subway seat, asked a T worker on the platform if there was a lost & found, he radioed my train, a T guy found the book, handed it off to a train going the opposite direction and I had it back in like 3 min. (I too have trouble believing this story.)
I have eaten the plums, but.
In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo.
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
April 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I have eaten the plums, but.
My Rousseau-Called Life
Third Locke From the Sun
Turn a sitcom into a show about a theorist/philosopher.
Schmitt's Creek
Schmitt's Creek
February 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
My Rousseau-Called Life
Thanks for making us all watch The Turnaround, Ryan. I’m not a big baseball fan and never would have clicked on this otherwise. Beautiful, honest little movie about unconditional love, with more authenticity, depth and unlikely twists in 20 minutes than most feature films.
If you’re not into sports: it is not even really about sports.
Watch it! Trust me.
Watch it! Trust me.
January 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Thanks for making us all watch The Turnaround, Ryan. I’m not a big baseball fan and never would have clicked on this otherwise. Beautiful, honest little movie about unconditional love, with more authenticity, depth and unlikely twists in 20 minutes than most feature films.
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Free flu and COVID-19 vaccinations today, December 21, at Mattapan Community Health Center from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. If you have insurance, please bring your insurance card with you. If you are not insured, you can still receive free vaccinations.
Learn more: boston.gov/respiratory-protection
#Boston
Learn more: boston.gov/respiratory-protection
#Boston
Viral Respiratory Illness Protection
Everyone ages six months and older is encouraged to get the updated flu and COVID-19 vaccines. Pregnant parents, babies, and older adults should consult their health care professional about RSV vaccin...
boston.gov
December 21, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Free flu and COVID-19 vaccinations today, December 21, at Mattapan Community Health Center from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. If you have insurance, please bring your insurance card with you. If you are not insured, you can still receive free vaccinations.
Learn more: boston.gov/respiratory-protection
#Boston
Learn more: boston.gov/respiratory-protection
#Boston
The elegance of this gratuitous book review tucked into a murderer profile piece -
December 10, 2024 at 12:08 AM
The elegance of this gratuitous book review tucked into a murderer profile piece -
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Hello GoodReaders! Goodreads is hosting a giveaway for Oathbreakers. 25 copies! Sign up today. #Booksky 💙📚 #medievalsky
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Emp…
By the early ninth century, the Carolingian empire was …
www.goodreads.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Hello GoodReaders! Goodreads is hosting a giveaway for Oathbreakers. 25 copies! Sign up today. #Booksky 💙📚 #medievalsky
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Timeline cleanse
November 29, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Timeline cleanse
This is a wonderful thread, especially for #newspapersky #journalismsky
This website encourages niche interests, so I’m going to do a thread on a particular passion of mine: journalism history books. Starting with the greatest book ever written about a newspaper: “The Paper: The Life and Death of the New York Herald Tribune” by Richard Kluger.
November 17, 2024 at 6:47 PM
This is a wonderful thread, especially for #newspapersky #journalismsky
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newskies, some culture notes:
don't be a jerk
don't quote-skeet to dunk on ppl
don't do stuff for clout / clicks
don't argue with dinguses, just mute/block/report
(this is NOT a nazi bar)
amplify good folks
cheer ppl on
we're glad to cheer you & your work on
you are not a brand
be a human being
don't be a jerk
don't quote-skeet to dunk on ppl
don't do stuff for clout / clicks
don't argue with dinguses, just mute/block/report
(this is NOT a nazi bar)
amplify good folks
cheer ppl on
we're glad to cheer you & your work on
you are not a brand
be a human being
November 14, 2024 at 2:16 AM
newskies, some culture notes:
don't be a jerk
don't quote-skeet to dunk on ppl
don't do stuff for clout / clicks
don't argue with dinguses, just mute/block/report
(this is NOT a nazi bar)
amplify good folks
cheer ppl on
we're glad to cheer you & your work on
you are not a brand
be a human being
don't be a jerk
don't quote-skeet to dunk on ppl
don't do stuff for clout / clicks
don't argue with dinguses, just mute/block/report
(this is NOT a nazi bar)
amplify good folks
cheer ppl on
we're glad to cheer you & your work on
you are not a brand
be a human being
If you see this, I'd love to see 4 of your favorite characters from 4 different series!
November 11, 2024 at 4:05 AM
If you see this, I'd love to see 4 of your favorite characters from 4 different series!
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Today is a good day to buy books
November 6, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Today is a good day to buy books
This one moment felt absolutely amazing. 10/10 recommend.
October 29, 2024 at 10:05 PM
This one moment felt absolutely amazing. 10/10 recommend.
If you see this, post a photo
taken in the mountains.
Highline Trail in late August, Glacier NP.
taken in the mountains.
Highline Trail in late August, Glacier NP.
October 28, 2024 at 10:56 PM
If you see this, post a photo
taken in the mountains.
Highline Trail in late August, Glacier NP.
taken in the mountains.
Highline Trail in late August, Glacier NP.
Such good news. There’s an amazing back story about the scientist who worked on this relentlessly for 40 years — a couple of cool profiles of her below. Ronnie Levin is a true American hero.
www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/feature...
www.eenews.net/articles/ex-...
www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/feature...
www.eenews.net/articles/ex-...
October 25, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Such good news. There’s an amazing back story about the scientist who worked on this relentlessly for 40 years — a couple of cool profiles of her below. Ronnie Levin is a true American hero.
www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/feature...
www.eenews.net/articles/ex-...
www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/feature...
www.eenews.net/articles/ex-...
New George Saunders short story collection looks great.
New Jonathan Lethem novel looks great
ALT: New Paul Auster novel looks great
October 22, 2024 at 4:09 PM
New George Saunders short story collection looks great.
Morning walk to work.
October 22, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Morning walk to work.
Peter Dickinson’s James Pibble. So smart. So decent. So brave. So quietly Britishly feckless and sad.
OTOH if I were murdered I’d want DCI Jane Tennison on the case.
OTOH if I were murdered I’d want DCI Jane Tennison on the case.
a dialogue I would like to start on this platform is Favorite Fictional Detectives
I grew up in a Poirot household but fell deeply in love with Albert Campion at a formative young age and I am also forever proselytizing to anyone who will listen about the Richard Jury books by Martha Grimes
I grew up in a Poirot household but fell deeply in love with Albert Campion at a formative young age and I am also forever proselytizing to anyone who will listen about the Richard Jury books by Martha Grimes
October 20, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Peter Dickinson’s James Pibble. So smart. So decent. So brave. So quietly Britishly feckless and sad.
OTOH if I were murdered I’d want DCI Jane Tennison on the case.
OTOH if I were murdered I’d want DCI Jane Tennison on the case.
Don’t even think about going gentle into that good night, clown.
Tyger, tyger, burning bright as the shiner I’m about to give you.
nobody, except maybe a little punk ass bitch like you, has such small hands
October 20, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Don’t even think about going gentle into that good night, clown.
I am very calm in a crisis. Patient with impatient people. Optimistic even when it’s unwarranted.
What skills/assets are you bringing to the post-apocalyptic commune/bunker/nomadic survival crew?
I am a classically trained chef, baker, cheesemaker, homebrewer (wine, cider, mead, beer and skilled at distilling spirits), musician (drums, guitar, bass, uke), and traditional archer.
I am a classically trained chef, baker, cheesemaker, homebrewer (wine, cider, mead, beer and skilled at distilling spirits), musician (drums, guitar, bass, uke), and traditional archer.
What skills/assets are you bringing to the post-apocalyptic commune/bunker/nomadic survival crew?
. . . well, I make cheese. also I'm pretty good with goats? I can spin poorly and knit pretty well!
. . . well, I make cheese. also I'm pretty good with goats? I can spin poorly and knit pretty well!
October 11, 2024 at 9:14 PM
I am very calm in a crisis. Patient with impatient people. Optimistic even when it’s unwarranted.