Death Drive for QT A look at the Tarantino ripoffs of yesteryear, Tarantino himself, and why Gen X sold out for Trump.

I heard there was Gen X discourse afoot and I’m here to help
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Meet the person behind the Celtics’ most emotional photos Two years ago, Bri Robinson attended a Celtics game as a fan, took photos, and DM’d them to every player on the team. Today, she’s Neemias Queta’s photographer and the person behind some of the Celtic...

NEW FEATURE: Two years ago, Bri Robinson attended a Celtics game as a fan, took photos, and DM'd them to every player on the team.

Today, she's Neemias Queta's photographer and the person behind some of the Celtics' most emotional shots.

Her story:
www.celticsblog.com/celtics-feat...

Saw my first Waymo in the Greater Boston area today, driving down Brookline Street in Cambridge. Wasn't able to see if it was driverless #CambMA

How Many Parking Permits? In 2017 I wrote: One of the major reasons existing residents often oppose adding more housing is that as more people move in it gets harder to find on-street parking. What if we added a new catego...

To make building housing more palatable, Somerville allows new units near transit to be ineligible for street parking. Affordable units are always eligible; how much of an impact is this? Of 90 affordable units in the 450-unit Union Sq tower, only 7 have permits.

"The city's report notes especially strong growth in the number of kids riding their bikes in the city. In the decade since 2014, the number of children recorded in the city's biennial counts has more than tripled"

Marc Levy launches the Cambridge/Somerville Independent (csindie.com).

They're not even bumping the Olympics for the first 14 minutes!

Eastern Edge Food Hall is now open in Cambridge's Kendall Square, 290 Main St.

Featuring these restaurants:
Bacaro Café & Bar
Clover
Everybody Gotta Eat
Fuji
Juicy J's
Lone Star Taco
Perillas Korean Kitchen
Viêt Citron

#CambMA

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/l...

Should be fine, although I rarely leave more than 5 tabs open, so I'm not sure how bad it can get. But a relative needed a new computer for web browsing and TurboTax and we got that one.

Yes, but do you have a monitor already? It doesn't come with one.

For the first time in a few years, Cambridge #CambMA has posted Kindergarten lottery results. No data for CPP (preschool), although some of it can be estimated using rising PK numbers. www.cpsd.us/administrati...

Massachusetts electric and gas customers will get relief on their bills in February and March. But gas customers will pay that back in full and could be charged interest.

www.wcvb.com/article/gov-maura-healey...

screenshot of text from Adam Serwer in The Atlantic: "The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they're the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive - because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about "Western civilization," while armed brutes try to tear it down by force."

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A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.

In a 9pm Tuesday message to @cambridgeday.com contributors, editor Michael Fitzgerald announces that founder Marc Levy @mhlevy.bsky.social "has resigned effective immediately."

I don't know any of the details nor the backstory.

Why a College Fighting for Survival Is Slashing Econ and Physics Majors At Albright in Pennsylvania, the new president is cutting programs, selling art and real estate, and vowing not to hire anyone with tenure. Is this the way forward for liberal arts colleges?

For a couple of years now, I've been fascinated with what's happening at small liberal arts colleges, which are running out of money for reasons unrelated to Trump funding cuts. Businessweek let me go deep on the problems, and one college that's trying to blaze a new trail.

How a 1940 electoral system reform in Cambridge made its 2025 housing breakthrough possible   - CommonWealth Beacon This is more than just a housing “win.” It’s a triumph for Cambridge’s unique brand of representative democracy—one that balances citywide priorities with fair representation for diverse communities.

Pulling out and expanding on one point from this article: ward-based elections disenfranchise renters. Because renters move more:

- They have a hard time running for office.
- Ward councilor incentives are to focus on the stable voter population: homeowners.

commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/how-...

Are You An American? "They" Are Preparing You for "Hard Times"

www.yesigiveafig.com/p/are-you-an...

Diverse Food Hall Coming To Cambridge The multi-vendor eatery is opening in Kendall Square near MIT.

Cambridge #CambMA favorites Clover and Everybody Gotta Eat will open at Kendall Square's new Eastern Edge food hall in 2026, with Juicy Jay's, Perillas (Brighton), and Viet Citron (Somerville's Bow Market).

The windows at 290 Main St have said "Future Food Hall" for years

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Cambridge restaurants that were named Michelin Recommended:

Giulia
Moëca
Oleana
Pammy’s
Urban Hearth

#CambMA

Jahunger, Pagu, Sumiao Hunan Kitchen are the Cambridge winners of the Michelin Bib Gourmand. #CambMA

The city's unofficial results from today have David Weinstein elected to Cambridge School Committee rather than Eugenia Schraa Huh.

Per the release, part of the cause of this was test ballots incorrectly being counted on Tuesday.

www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/...

Per the city, the high number of alphabetical ballots were test ballots that were incorrectly included. Today's unofficial results don't show that pattern. www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/...

What I was going for in that post was:

1. 2025 voters in precincts on JHawk's live reported results / 2023 official voters in those same precincts

2. 2023 unofficial prelim voters for all precincts / 2023 official voters for all precincts

Yes - in this post I was using prelim unofficial in both cases. I think I had the prelim unofficial data saved locally rather than accessing the city website. bsky.app/profile/awca...

My ultimate theory is that we saw more SC-first voters in 2025 than in previous elections, but the large number of candidates on the ballot compels SC-first to rank their CC choices alphabetically, and vice versa.

Mail-in voting may also be a factor: you might feel compelled to return all ballots.

Comparing that to the 2023 election's school committee is tough, because there were so many fewer candidates.

Bejnood to Harding (2nd) 17%
Pierre to Rojas Villarreal 18%
Travers to D. Weinstein (5th) 11%

Note: Bejnood to Harding did appear in 2025 non-consecutively, and that was only 5%.

Note also this effect was also present in the School Committee votes.

Gause to Goetz 39%
Bejnood to Bowers 35%
Coburn to de Paula Santos 29%
Battle to Bowers 19%
Bowers to de Paula Santos 49%
Lee to Roja Villarreal 14%
Goetz to Harding 11% (elected) + Havstad 18%
Hunter to Jaikumar (3rd) 14%