Rick Collins
@rjcollins2.bsky.social
Writer, editor, recovering journalist.
Now working in clean energy.
Also a local elected official.
Now working in clean energy.
Also a local elected official.
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Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
Can't we have anything nice any more?
A proposed apartment development would demolish the building that the popular bar and music venue calls home. The Burren reached an agreement with the developer to return to the new building once it is completed.
The Burren agrees to move into a future Davis Square high-rise
A proposed apartment development would demolish the building that the popular bar and music venue calls home. The Burren reached an agreement with the developer to return to the new building once it i...
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January 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Can't we have anything nice any more?
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I'm still not sure how 20,000 youth soccer players and parents will get to the stadium, but good for them I guess?
"Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the city and Kraft Group have reached a $48 million community impact agreement for the Everett stadium development, far exceeding the Krafts’ prior $750,000 offer dismissed by Wu and allowing the plan to move forward." @bostonherald.com
Boston strikes deal with Kraft Group to move Everett soccer stadium plan forward
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the city and Kraft Group have reached a $48 million community impact agreement for the Everett stadium development, far exceeding the Krafts’ prior $750,000 offer dism…
www.bostonherald.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I'm still not sure how 20,000 youth soccer players and parents will get to the stadium, but good for them I guess?
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DOER had a busy 2025! This week, we’ll share some of the agency’s top 2025 achievements. Here’s DOER 2025 Wrapped.
December 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
DOER had a busy 2025! This week, we’ll share some of the agency’s top 2025 achievements. Here’s DOER 2025 Wrapped.
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@johnfugelsang.bsky.social's NYTimes best-selling book Separation of Church and Hate is must-reading. Here he preaches on the difference between organized religion and the teachings of Jesus, of transformational love in service.
December 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social's NYTimes best-selling book Separation of Church and Hate is must-reading. Here he preaches on the difference between organized religion and the teachings of Jesus, of transformational love in service.
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
It's like putting his name on the Lincoln Memorial
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It's like putting his name on the Lincoln Memorial
This is gross
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This is gross
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
Wait, what's the Celtics record right now?
How imbalanced have the first 13 games been for the Celtics?
Top 10 offense (10th) in the NBA.
Top 10 defense (7th) in the NBA.
Top 10 overall (8th) in the NBA.
Not a top 10 record right now in the East...
Top 10 offense (10th) in the NBA.
Top 10 defense (7th) in the NBA.
Top 10 overall (8th) in the NBA.
Not a top 10 record right now in the East...
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wait, what's the Celtics record right now?
Abington man finds Florida gator
Man finds, saves Charles River gator
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November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Abington man finds Florida gator
Ringo Starr and His All Star Band for Gen-Xers. And I'm ok with that.
Darius Rucker of Hootie & the Blowfish,
Mike Mills of REM
and Steve Gorman of The Black Crowes
have formed the group Howl Owl Howl
and their first single, "My Cologne,"
is bonkers brilliant fun.
The new band joins me tonight on @SiriusXM #127.
Mike Mills of REM
and Steve Gorman of The Black Crowes
have formed the group Howl Owl Howl
and their first single, "My Cologne,"
is bonkers brilliant fun.
The new band joins me tonight on @SiriusXM #127.
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Ringo Starr and His All Star Band for Gen-Xers. And I'm ok with that.
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The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed
October 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed
You do not have a self-driving car.
"Self driving" is a marketing term.
You have a car with enhanced ADAS.
"Self driving" is a marketing term.
You have a car with enhanced ADAS.
October 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
You do not have a self-driving car.
"Self driving" is a marketing term.
You have a car with enhanced ADAS.
"Self driving" is a marketing term.
You have a car with enhanced ADAS.
A few years back someone described Brian Dannehy in the first line of his obituary as "Tommy Boy actor..." This headline may have surpassed that offense.
October 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A few years back someone described Brian Dannehy in the first line of his obituary as "Tommy Boy actor..." This headline may have surpassed that offense.
I'll argue he was never quite the same after this. But it was an unbelievable performance. 6 innings in relief with no fastball. 0 earned runs.
Twenty-six years ago tonight, Pedro Martínez was untouchable.
His six hitless innings out of the bullpen to help Boston advance to the 1999 ALCS produced one of the greatest games Joe Castiglione witnessed in his @redsox.com career.
His six hitless innings out of the bullpen to help Boston advance to the 1999 ALCS produced one of the greatest games Joe Castiglione witnessed in his @redsox.com career.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'll argue he was never quite the same after this. But it was an unbelievable performance. 6 innings in relief with no fastball. 0 earned runs.
Is this dialing down the rhetoric?
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
October 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Is this dialing down the rhetoric?
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Church of England to be led by a woman for the first time in history! Sarah Mullally named Archbishop of Canterbury. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/03/w...
Sarah Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in history of Church of England - The Boston Globe
Mullally will face will face serious challenges including divisions over the treatment of women and LGBTQ people.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Church of England to be led by a woman for the first time in history! Sarah Mullally named Archbishop of Canterbury. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/03/w...
How many billions are supporting projects being installed by small business owners?
The U.S. Department of Energy intends to cancel more than $13 billion in funds that the Biden administration had pledged to subsidize wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles, it said on Wednesday.
US intends to cancel $13 billion in funds for green energy
The U.S. Department of Energy intends to cancel more than $13 billion in funds that the Biden administration had pledged to subsidize wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles, it said on Wednesday.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
How many billions are supporting projects being installed by small business owners?
One of Robert Redford's biggest legacies is his influence on the satorial choices of generations of young reporters.
September 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
One of Robert Redford's biggest legacies is his influence on the satorial choices of generations of young reporters.
Little too accurate...
So how are all my former gifted and talented kids who used to read several books a day and now rot their faculties doomscrolling while ignoring a TV show doing tonight
September 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Little too accurate...
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Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"
September 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"