Berto
@bertoscalese.bsky.social
Senior editor at WBUR in Boston. I left my high school yearbook staff over creative differences.
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Berto
@bertoscalese.bsky.social
· Dec 5
I've updated the Boston News and Journalists Starter Pack again; we're close to maxing this pack out! And if you would rather follow a list, I've made on of those too!
Starter park: go.bsky.app/DcD4DaT
Boston Journos list: bsky.app/profile/bert...
Starter park: go.bsky.app/DcD4DaT
Boston Journos list: bsky.app/profile/bert...
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Don't miss this gem of a primer by @bertoscalese.bsky.social! "In plain English, the Head of the Charles Regatta means "the three-mile boat race on the Charles River." www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
Coxswain? Scull? Crab? What Head of the Charles rowers are yelling about
If you need crib notes to help you keep up with the Head of the Charles Regatta rowers, you've come to the right place. Check out our mini-glossary before you watch the crews take to the waters.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Don't miss this gem of a primer by @bertoscalese.bsky.social! "In plain English, the Head of the Charles Regatta means "the three-mile boat race on the Charles River." www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
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For everyone with a love/hate/love/hate/dammit! Why?!/ relationship with the Sox, this essay by my friend @bertoscalese.bsky.social is for you: ⚾️ www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
My relationship with the Red Sox? It’s complicated
I’ve always had a weakness for Fenway in September, writes Roberto Scalese, whose relationship with the Red Sox went south after they traded Mookie Betts. When I heard you may even make the playoffs t...
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September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For everyone with a love/hate/love/hate/dammit! Why?!/ relationship with the Sox, this essay by my friend @bertoscalese.bsky.social is for you: ⚾️ www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
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A relationship with the Red Sox ... it's complicated. Amazing piece via @bertoscalese.bsky.social @wbur.org www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
My relationship with the Red Sox? It’s complicated
I’ve always had a weakness for Fenway in September, writes Roberto Scalese, whose relationship with the Red Sox went south after they traded Mookie Betts. When I heard you may even make the playoffs t...
www.wbur.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A relationship with the Red Sox ... it's complicated. Amazing piece via @bertoscalese.bsky.social @wbur.org www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
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Meet the @wbur.org 2025 Makers, 10 artists of color foregrounding the environment — its beauty and its fragility — in their work.
WBUR Presents: The 2025 Makers
The natural world has been a powerful muse for artists across the ages, and in our present era, engaging with our environment is more urgent than ever. Meet 10 local artists of color who are foregroun...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Meet the @wbur.org 2025 Makers, 10 artists of color foregrounding the environment — its beauty and its fragility — in their work.
I quit on the Red Sox after they traded Mookie Betts. Now I’m getting that old feeling again, but getting back together with the Sox is harder than it seems. So I wrote the team a letter:
My relationship with the Red Sox? It’s complicated
I’ve always had a weakness for Fenway in September, writes Roberto Scalese, whose relationship with the Red Sox went south after they traded Mookie Betts. When I heard you may even make the playoffs t...
www.wbur.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I quit on the Red Sox after they traded Mookie Betts. Now I’m getting that old feeling again, but getting back together with the Sox is harder than it seems. So I wrote the team a letter:
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Hundreds of people have been held at the Burlington ICE field office - a place not meant for overnight stays @wbur.org @miriamwasser.bsky.social and data crunched by @twallack.bsky.social @bertoscalese.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
Hundreds were detained in ICE's Burlington office for multiple days, data shows
ICE has said it's rare for people to be detained inside its Burlington field office for more than a few hours, but a new WBUR analysis finds that hundreds were detained for more than a day this past s...
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September 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Hundreds of people have been held at the Burlington ICE field office - a place not meant for overnight stays @wbur.org @miriamwasser.bsky.social and data crunched by @twallack.bsky.social @bertoscalese.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
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Unbelievably chaotic combination of fonts here
January 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Unbelievably chaotic combination of fonts here
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Whether you are among the people who hate it or you're among the people who are wrong, Boston's brutalist City Hall is now a historic landmark. Check this out from @bertoscalese.bsky.social:
www.wbur.org/news/2025/01...
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Boston City Hall is officially a landmark
Love it or hate it, Boston City Hall is historic. There's now paperwork to that effect.
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January 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Whether you are among the people who hate it or you're among the people who are wrong, Boston's brutalist City Hall is now a historic landmark. Check this out from @bertoscalese.bsky.social:
www.wbur.org/news/2025/01...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/01...
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Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
A Pulitzer winner quits 'Washington Post' after a cartoon on Bezos is killed
Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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January 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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Me: I will just relax for a few minutes by playing a mindless game on my phone
Phone: Cool, every 90 seconds you will just need to watch a little animated snuff film featuring a mother and child freezing to death, or a king slowly being crushed against a spiky wall by piles of falling rubble
Phone: Cool, every 90 seconds you will just need to watch a little animated snuff film featuring a mother and child freezing to death, or a king slowly being crushed against a spiky wall by piles of falling rubble
December 11, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Me: I will just relax for a few minutes by playing a mindless game on my phone
Phone: Cool, every 90 seconds you will just need to watch a little animated snuff film featuring a mother and child freezing to death, or a king slowly being crushed against a spiky wall by piles of falling rubble
Phone: Cool, every 90 seconds you will just need to watch a little animated snuff film featuring a mother and child freezing to death, or a king slowly being crushed against a spiky wall by piles of falling rubble
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Begging the legacy media to hire journalists who have logged on just once in their life
December 10, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Begging the legacy media to hire journalists who have logged on just once in their life
I gave up on the Red Sox after the Mookie trade. In their place, I started watching the Premiere League and ended up following Tottenham. It’s like the part of my brain that interprets pain must always be fed.
December 8, 2024 at 6:07 PM
I gave up on the Red Sox after the Mookie trade. In their place, I started watching the Premiere League and ended up following Tottenham. It’s like the part of my brain that interprets pain must always be fed.
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Water your real Christmas tree.
December 5, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Water your real Christmas tree.
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Here are five things to know about the arrest and charges filed against Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson.
5 things to know about Councilor Fernandes Anderson's arrest
If you're catching up on Friday's news in Boston, you've missed a lot. Here are five things to know about the arrest and charges filed against Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson.
www.wbur.org
December 6, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Here are five things to know about the arrest and charges filed against Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson.
I once took a flight to DC that had to fly around a storm, which added like 90 minutes of in-air time. So I pretty much know what these two are going through
Known across the globe as the stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have hit the six-month mark in space, with two more to go.
NASA's stuck astronauts hit 6 months in space. Just 2 more to go
Known across the globe as the stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hit the six-month mark in space Thursday with two more to go.
www.wbur.org
December 6, 2024 at 12:57 PM
I once took a flight to DC that had to fly around a storm, which added like 90 minutes of in-air time. So I pretty much know what these two are going through
I've updated the Boston News and Journalists Starter Pack again; we're close to maxing this pack out! And if you would rather follow a list, I've made on of those too!
Starter park: go.bsky.app/DcD4DaT
Boston Journos list: bsky.app/profile/bert...
Starter park: go.bsky.app/DcD4DaT
Boston Journos list: bsky.app/profile/bert...
December 5, 2024 at 12:49 AM
I've updated the Boston News and Journalists Starter Pack again; we're close to maxing this pack out! And if you would rather follow a list, I've made on of those too!
Starter park: go.bsky.app/DcD4DaT
Boston Journos list: bsky.app/profile/bert...
Starter park: go.bsky.app/DcD4DaT
Boston Journos list: bsky.app/profile/bert...
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The lone state senator to block a vote this week on a compromise bill that would raise taxes on Boston commercial property owners received a rush of campaign donations from real estate interests over the past two months, public records show.
Mass. senator who blocked Boston property tax bill saw flood of real estate donations
South Boston Sen. Nick Collins’ campaign committee collected $17,200 in contributions from real estate interests in November, state campaign finance records show, representing more than three-quarters...
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December 4, 2024 at 10:10 PM
The lone state senator to block a vote this week on a compromise bill that would raise taxes on Boston commercial property owners received a rush of campaign donations from real estate interests over the past two months, public records show.
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Massive away win for the little fella.
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Massive away win for the little fella.
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Trump made big gains in New Bedford in the recent election, a storied working-class city which overwhelmingly supported Biden just four years ago. Fishermen say they feel the Democratic party has forgotten them.
With Trump, New Bedford's fishermen hope for better times
Trump made big gains in New Bedford in the recent election, a storied working-class city which overwhelmingly supported Biden just four years ago. Fishermen say they feel the Democratic party has forg...
www.wbur.org
December 2, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Trump made big gains in New Bedford in the recent election, a storied working-class city which overwhelmingly supported Biden just four years ago. Fishermen say they feel the Democratic party has forgotten them.
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The sole reason Gen-Xers will live to be 100…
December 1, 2024 at 11:36 PM
The sole reason Gen-Xers will live to be 100…
Sleep well Darth we will remember the doggos are innocent of all crimes until you return. And after you return.
ok it is time (past time) for me to hibernate
keep each another warm this winter
good bye
keep each another warm this winter
good bye
December 1, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Sleep well Darth we will remember the doggos are innocent of all crimes until you return. And after you return.
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Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
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"Shoes of sturdy leather were to be had for the low, low sum of a single raccoon’s pelt, and milking cow discounts did flood with joye anyone able to parse the true meaning of 'half-off.'"
The First Black Friday, by William Bradford
And after the feaste, which did consist of water-fowl, and cod and bass and other fishes, and a great many wylde turkeys, the people of Plymouth di...
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November 29, 2024 at 6:30 PM
"Shoes of sturdy leather were to be had for the low, low sum of a single raccoon’s pelt, and milking cow discounts did flood with joye anyone able to parse the true meaning of 'half-off.'"
Bears blow time management before firing guy infamous for blowing time management
November 29, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Bears blow time management before firing guy infamous for blowing time management
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Reviewing our first year of data about e-bikes in the Bluebikes public bike share system. e-bikes get used much more frequently and people travel farther on them. Those things are workhorses.
November 27, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Reviewing our first year of data about e-bikes in the Bluebikes public bike share system. e-bikes get used much more frequently and people travel farther on them. Those things are workhorses.