Greetings from #boston today:

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Woman rescued from under Orange Line train at Back Bay
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/woman-rescued-under-orange-line-train-back-bay
#MBTA #Boston

Two views from Boston National Historical Park tonight, taken about a half an hour apart. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/bost/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm and https://www.nps.gov/bost/index.htm and #boston #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #history Image credit National Park Service #newtopographics #flag #color #bostonharbor

Blacked-out Ford SUV with push bumpers idling near project housing in South #Boston, one plainclothes occupant with a cop haircut playing a shooter game on a dash-mounted computer that looks wildly out of place in any civilian vehicle.

I have already reported the vehicle to the LUCE Network

“Let the books battle it out on the shelves.”

@gbhnews Media Summit with Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden and Harvard Law Professor Martha Minow talking now at the Boston Public Library about access to accurate historical records.

Zoning board rejects South #Boston apartment building with no parking after residents and congressman complain of neighborhood parking crisis and unfair city treatment
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/zoning-board-rejects-south-boston-apartment-building-no-parking-after
#housing

Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 67F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

The US Coast Guard announced plans to remove hundreds of navigational buoys along the New England coast.

The US economy shrank in the first quarter of 2025 and #tariffs are expected to cause a further slowdown.

A new study linked phthalates, found in some plastics, to heart disease.

I had not heard of Gallaudet University in DC, the first university for the deaf (chartered by Lincoln in 1864). For a week in 1988, the students protested to appoint their first deaf president and for an administration that views them as fully capable.

DEAF PRESIDENT NOW! tells this all too relevant story with archival footage and contemporary interviews and is captivating. Streaming on AppleTV+ May 16. #IFFBoston2025 #BrattleTheatre #Movies #Boston

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34965967/

URGENT ACTION today in Boston:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJEgcFYOs9p/

URGENT COURT SUPPORT

A beloved community elder, Ruth, has been detained at Boston Logan Airport.

Ruth is a lawful permanent resident, a grandmother, a lifelong community advocate, and a member of the Worcester community. We need to mobilize our networks to demand Ruth’s immediate release and return to her family. We are deeply concerned for her health and well-being as she continues to be held.

We must mobilize our people to demand Ruth’s immediate release and return to her family.

Join our call to action
WHAT: Emergency court support for detained Worcester resident
WHERE: Moakley Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Wy, Boston, MA 02210
WHEN: Wednesday 4/30 at 12PM
WHY: Immigrant justice and community organizations in Worcester and across Massachusetts are rising up against the Trump administration’s attacks on our people and in solidarity with our community member, Ruth, to demand her immediate release.

Greater Boston folx, do you know of a good option for borrowing tools? I have a quick sanding job to do. Would rather not store something we might only use once

Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 40F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Canada's Liberal Party celebrated a stunning win, rebuking a Trump call for the country to become the "51st state."

Power is back after a massive blackout swept over Spain and Portugal.

On this day in 1899, #jazz legend Duke Ellington was born.