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rednikki
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Editor. Boston boomeranger. Former digital nomad. Cat mom. German learner. Goal for 2025: visit at least 50% of Trustees properties.

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Tomorrow’s weather looks way more intense in Celsius.
Readout from a weather app says -3 (high) -13 (low) Celsius. There is a cartoon of a shining sun.
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Mmmmm, sunbeam. #catstodon #catsodon
A handsome orange cat relaxes on a blue ottoman. His face is turned to the sunlight.
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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If you grew up in New England in a certain era, you probably thought it was normal for all Chinese restaurants to look like a Polynesian island fantasy.
Photo of Kowloon Restaurant in Saugus, MA. It looks like a Polynesian island palace.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Thank you, Ocean State Job Lot, for bringing me Canadian candy!
Two packages of Aero truffle bars
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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For reasons unknown, one of my rhododendrons (or azaleas, not quite sure which) has decided November is a great time to bloom in Boston. #bloomscrolling
A white rhododendron flower opening, with many green leaves behind.
November 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Disappointed to see stacks of signs strewn around Boston Common tonight. Kids, a protest is like camping: pack it in, pack it out. #nokings
A stack of protest signs lie on the grass next to a footpath. The top sign says “SHAME” in big letters.
October 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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I’ve seen a lot of discourse about how people from the global North are “expats” when living outside of their home country, but people from other countries are “immigrants.”

I wonder if someone from the Boston Globe reads our discussions, because they refer to […]

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Mahaniyom I wouldn’t be surprised if this Thai restaurant in Brookline gets a little Michelin love, but just in case: Dang, Mahaniyom is good. Run by a team of expats (they’re also behind the excellent nearby bar Merai), it serves dishes that make the tastebuds sing — savory, sweet, salty, spicy, herbal, and lush. Don’t miss the rambutan salad, crab curry, beef massaman, or fried whole fish, along with excellent cocktails. 236 Washington St., Brookline, 617-487-5986, www.mahaniyomboston.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Two thirds of the men detained at Alligator Alcatraz (about 1200 people) are nowhere to be found. #uspol #ice
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article312042943.html
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald. The Herald had obtained the names from two detainee rosters. Around 800 detainees showed no record on ICE’s online database. More than 450 listed no location and only instructed the user to “Call ICE for details” — a vague notation that attorneys said could mean that a detainee is still being processed, in the middle of a transfer between two sites or about to be deported. Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article312042943.html#storylink=cpy
September 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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#occupytrillium is happening…we’ve taken over four tables so far! #bostodon
A group of people at several tables in a beer garden on the Greenway in Boston
September 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Hi #bostodon ! We are having a #boston Fediverse meetup TODAY!
What: Fediverse get together
Where: Trillium Garden on the Greenway (Atlantic Ave & High St, by Rowes Wharf)
When:5pm-7pm (ish)
I will have a poorly-crafted table tent that says #bostodon on it. Look […]

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Poorly crafted table tent made out of Chewy boxes and packing tape that says #bostodon
September 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Saw this book at the Peabody Essex Museum today. It feels like we need a version for adults.
Cover of What to Do when the News Scares You: A Kid’s Guide to Understanding Current Events
September 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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A good day for snoozing in the sun. #caturday
A beautiful white long haired cat sprawls outdoors in the sun on a weather beaten deck. She is wearing a harness and leash.
September 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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@rikibeth.bsky.social Although apparently it’s what Dad wanted…
Newsweek headline: Trump ally Charlie Kirk suggests children should watch public executions
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Happy Catursay from an extremely LONG cat! #caturday #catstodon #catsofmastodon
A pretty long haired white cat with a gray patch on her head lies on a couch, stretched out like a Slinky.
September 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Therapists are now using ChatGPT during sessions to find responses to their therapy clients. I cannot begin to say how wrong this is.

Okay, I will. First off, ChatGPT is not HIPAA compliant. Anything a therapist tells ChatGPT is part of its data and corpus […]

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Declan was so shocked he didn’t say anything, and for the rest of the session he was privy to a real-time stream of ChatGPT analysis rippling across his therapist’s screen. The session became even more surreal when Declan began echoing ChatGPT in his own responses, preempting his therapist. “I became the best patient ever,” he says, “because ChatGPT would be like, ‘Well, do you consider that your way of thinking might be a little too black and white?’ And I would be like, ‘Huh, you know, I think my way of thinking might be too black and white,’ and [my therapist would] be like, ‘Exactly.’ I’m sure it was his dream session.”
September 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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And the winner for Toilet With Boston’s Best View of the Charles is….the Boston University Law Building!
#boston #bostonuniversity #Bu
A stunning view through a wall-to-wall window of the BU Bridge and the bend in the Charles on a brilliant summer day. In the foreground is a toilet.
August 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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More evidence that COVID disrupts your immune system for a long time afterwards, even if you don’t have “long COVID.” The post-infection effects are very bad.

Here is the highly technical article in the BMJ: https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r1733

Here is the […]

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A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems. If correct, their hypothesis will change how we understand everything from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to shingles to sepsis.
August 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Sometimes you start darning something and realize it can’t be saved.

Once I got the darning egg under the holes of this linen top from Sportscraft, it was apparent that there was a structural issue with the fabric. The line of weakened fabric went all the way […]

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A piece of navy linen cloth over a darning egg, which shows through a hole and also an entire run of the fabric. A piece of navy linen cloth draped over a darning egg. There is a hole in the linen and the entire warp line along tat area of cloth is thin and looks ready to separate.
August 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Have I mentioned that Julius is kind of a big cat? #caturday
A large orange cat almost fills an entire large gray ottoman. His human’s (not-small) feet can be seen for scale.
August 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Another one for my Rainbow Collection!
Bright rainbow between trees
July 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Baby and Julius would never have forgiven me if I missed #caturday !
A beautiful white cat with a gray patch between her ears and a handsome large orange cat look up at the camera from the ottoman they are lying on.
July 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Someone is longing to be allowed off the leash to devour bunnies. (Nope, he is not getting that option.) #cats #catsodon
July 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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This was an interesting series of front-page headlines to wake up to. Seems like the barrel is just full of bad apples.
Off-duty police officer in North Andover shot by police during armed confrontation at home The confrontation occurred around 6:30 p.m. Monday at the off-duty officer’s home while they were being served a court-order, law enforcement officials said. Police misconduct, employment allegations have cost Springfield a whopping $11 million in recent years. In one case, officers allegedly stomped on a man in a package store, breaking his nose and ankle. In another confrontation, police allegedly shot an unarmed man twice. Boston police sergeant charged with child rape Paul Downey, a 58-year-old West Roxbury resident, was arraigned Monday afternoon in Dorchester Municipal Court. Martha’s Vineyard sheriff’s deputy posed as teen to solicit explicit photos from 14-year-old girl in Wisconsin, officials say Patrick Doran was arraigned in Barnstable Superior Court on one count of possessing child pornography, prosecutors said.
July 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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[CW: food]

Today was the kind of day that required an emotional support dosa.
A large dosa sits on a plate on a restaurant table.
June 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Walked down the block because I saw the “open” sign, but it is so very closed. #cambridgema
Orange sign on sidewalk says “Come on in and grab a drink” with the Dray logo. The “Open” sign in the window is off, the store is locked and there is a lockbox on the door.
June 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM