I stand by this statement.

“‘You can run, but don’t run too far,’” she recalled. “I was like, ‘Well, I guess 26.2 isn’t too far.’” bostonglobe.com/2024/04/18/spo… via The Boston Globe

Oh well. After parking at an 'old fashioned' meter last week, I told myself, thankfully Boston hasn't replaced these meters yet. wgbh.org/news/local/202…

I plan to lead an AMC hike through Solari Square a week from Saturday. It’ll start around 10:00 and end around 10:01.

Wow. That’s a small park. But Solari Square in East Boston (yes it’s technically a park - trust me) is not much bigger. The other microscopic park in Boston is in Clam Point in Dorchester.

Top 5!

I was just looking at the chart yesterday thinking, well, at least we're not last.

Could Boston be the artificial intelligence hub of the future?

John Werner hopes so. He's gathering a group of tech and business leaders at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this week to discuss how they can embrace AI - not fall behind.

This morning on GBH News, he joins me to discuss his hopes and fears

Narragansett is looking to ban duplexes after 2023 housing legislation made undersized lots maybe? buildable.
The reason?
An extra unit will be too much density!
In the same meeting, they continued to bemoan . . . A lack of housing!

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Sean Murphy gets results! bostonglobe.com/2024/04/17/bus… via The Boston Globe

There's a new person running Boston's energy and environmental departments but he'll be familiar to many of the people working there. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/16/sci… via The Boston Globe

Amazon HQ2 was supposed to add jobs last year. It shed them instead. wapo.st/3w0IkNG

Another one 🫡
Can’t beat those #BostonMarathon feels.

2007 - 18 - 2:44:56
2011 - 2 - 2:22:38
2014 - 8 - 2:23:54
2015 - 4 -  2:25:39
2017 - 4 - 2:25:06
2018 - 1 - 2:39:54
2019 - 5 - 2:27:00
2021 - 16 - 2:35:25
2022 - 13 - 2:28:47
2023 - 18 - 2:27:18
2024 - 16 - 2:28:27

Curry College president Jay Gonzalez offers job guarantee to grads

bostonglobe.com/2024/04/15/bus…

#highered via Jon Chesto

Dumb Runner is on the case! dumbrunner.com/news-blog/2024…

'In Worcester, last year’s ridership exceeded its pre-pandemic level by about 30 percent, one of only three RTAs that had more riders last year than before the pandemic. One of the other two, Merrimack Valley Transit, is also fare-free.' bostonglobe.com/2024/04/10/met… via The Boston Globe

'Ticketmaster now holds more than 80% of the market for primary ticket sales in the biggest venues in the U.S.' wsj.com/business/media… via The Wall Street Journal

Sometimes it's great to be a Massachusetts resident. Today is one of those days.

My second favorite song by the band. There's a reason it stayed in the set list (albeit in truncated form) all the way until the end.

Crotonville is a unique place, though a throwback to a different era for GE and big companies in general. I'm happy to see it didn't get turned into a subdivision. wsj.com/real-estate/co… via The Wall Street Journal