#wbur — Public Fediverse posts
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Y'all! A pick-a-path podcast! We've been training for this! #WBUR
The Midnight Rebellion | WBUR Podcasts https://share.google/TOKltJrxVk44uhnV4
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Hearing Bob Oakes' voice in a story brings a happy tear to my eye.
Or as we used to call him 'bahbokes', one word.
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#MFABoston resolves ownership for vessels by enslaved potter #DavidDrake. Very cool. https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/10/29/mfa-resolves-ownership-for-vessels-by-enslaved-potter-david-drake #WBUR #DaveThePotter #BlackArt #BlackPottery #Art #Pottery #Museum
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#BostonWeekend 11/x
Thu-Sat#NPR - #WBUR 75th anniv. festival with #AnthonyFauci, #InaGarten, #RoxaneGay, #IraGlass, etc
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#BostonWeekend 7/x
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NPR News Quiz Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me is @ the Wanghttps://www.wburfestival.org/wait-wait-don-t-tell-me (sold out)
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#Harvard professors sue #Trump administration over funding cut threats
by Katie Cole, April 14, 2025, #WBUR
"The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors sued the Trump administration Friday over what they call an 'unlawful and unprecedented' attempt to use federal funding cuts to restrict #FreeSpeech.
"The #DepartmentOfEducation announced in late March that it would review $8.7 billion in federal grants and contacts given to Harvard, alleging that the school failed to prevent #antisemitic discrimination on campus.
"The Trump administration then unveiled a broad set of demands on April 4 the university must agree to in order to keep getting federal funding, including cutting all diversity, equity and inclusion programming, and modifying any programming and departments that 'fuel antisemitic harassment.' The administration gave Columbia University a similar set of demands in March, which the school agreed to.
"The lawsuit by the professors' group, filed in #Massachusetts federal court, alleges that the administration's federal funding review violates the #TitleVI of the #CivilRightsAct, which prohibits discrimination in programs that receive federal funds. The court filing says the law requires specific procedures to cut federal funds and that the Trump administration has not taken any of those steps.
"The group said in a press release that the administration's actions are in effort to create a chilling effect among universities and faculty to stop speech that the president does not like.
" 'Eliminating discrimination and protecting all students is important,' said Nikolas Bowie, a Harvard law professor and the secretary-treasurer of the school's #AAUP chapter, in a statement. 'But Trump is defying the Civil Rights Act, terrifying students, and illegally holding hostage grants for hospitals and scientific research so he can accomplish his real goal of punishing academics for our politics.'
"The lawsuit says that the actions by the administration have 'already caused severe and irreparable harm by halting #academic #research and #inquiry at Harvard.'
"This is the second suit that the Harvard AAUP chapter has filed against the Trump administration this year. The first was a joint suit with other chapters, including one from Columbia, over federal efforts to deport #MahmoudKhalil and students that engaged in #ProPalestinian #activism."
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harvard-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit
#SilencingDissent #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Fascism #Authoritarian #Authoritarianism #BibiIsAWarCriminal #FreeMahmoudKhalil #FreePalestine #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #TrumpIsABully #DEI #Erasure #Censorship
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UMass medical school implements hiring and spending freeze, considers layoffs
from #wbur
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/03/12/umass-medical-school-hiring-spending-freeze
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I will start saying Parmeesian Cheese from now on ;-) -- Escape goats? Carpool tunnel syndrome? The science of mispronounced words #wbur https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/02/03/mispronounced-words-science
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hey there #drummer - your beloved #zildijan #cymbals are made here in the South Shore of #Massachusetts (in #norwell) - our beloved #WBUR got to tour!
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/12/16/400-years-zildjian-cymbals-massachusetts
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#WBUR appears to have a new logo but I can't find any articles about it. Anybody know anything about this? #Boston #BostonUniversity
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After a ballot measure passed (~72% in favor) in #Massachusetts permitting the audit of the state legislature, the state auditor is pushing forward:
"Our work will start with a review of high-risk areas, such as state contracting and procurement procedures, the use of taxpayer-funded nondisclosure agreements, and a review of your balance forward line item - including a review of all relevant financial receipts and information"
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/11/08/massachusetts-ballot-question-legislature-audit
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https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/10/24/donald-trump-plan-mass-deportation
Donald Trump's plan for 'mass deportation'
October 24, 2024
by Willis Ryder Arnold and Meghna Chakrabarti
AUDIO/RADIO REPORT#MAGA #MassDeportation #StopProject2025 #Immigration #Inflation #economy #wbur #npr #publicradio
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#IndigenousRights advocates: Ending Columbus Day is about more than renaming holiday
October 14, 2024
by Hanna Ali and Nik DeCosta-Klipa"A push for recognition: Though some cities and towns across #Massachusetts have elected to recognize this Monday as Indigenous Peoples Day, the state officially acknowledges today as Columbus Day. (The federal holiday is still Columbus Day, but for the last three years President Biden has also proclaimed the same date as Indigenous Peoples Day.) #WBUR’s John Bender spoke with #JeanLucPierite, President of the North American Indian Center of Boston, who shared how the desired move away from Columbus Day in Massachusetts plays into a larger push for Indigenous peoples’ rights.
"- The bill advocating for a statewide Indigenous Peoples Day is only one in a slate of five bills meant to improve the widespread recognition of Indigenous history in Massachusetts. Two of the bills relate to public education (like this one to include more Native American cultural history in public school curriculums, and this to prohibit Native American mascots in schools). Others concern establishing a permanent commission for Indigenous communities in Massachusetts and the repatriation of artifacts.
"- There is a reason Indigenous Peoples Day is at the forefront of all these broader bills, according to Pierite. 'We need to reinforce the progress being done at a city level,' Pierite said. 'We’ve seen legislation in #NewHampshire that has rolled back progress that was done on the city- and town-level in terms of adopting Indigenous Peoples Day. So, the need for a statewide solution within Massachusetts [is] much more apparent.'"
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"If it feels like there are a lot of people around you getting covid right now, that's because infections are on the rise, it's not just in your head. The CDC says the virus has surged in Massachusetts and around the country."
https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2024/07/26/covid-variant-flirt-massachusetts-virus
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#massachusetts #boston #podcast #wbur #radio #covid -
"Drivers for ride-hailing companies in Massachusetts are pushing ahead with what they describe as a first-of-its-kind ballot question that could win them union rights if approved.
"The push comes despite a landmark settlement last month guaranteeing that Uber and Lyft drivers will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour in Massachusetts."
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/07/10/uber-lyft-drivers-union-massachusetts-ballot-question
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#massachusetts #lyft #uber #drivers #gigeconomy #unions #ballot #WBUR -
Very sorry to learn this news. George was an absolutely lovely, richly talented man. A powerhouse at both #WBUR and #WUNC. I thoroughly enjoyed working with him whenever we interacted.
https://current.org/2024/06/george-boosey-programmer-who-guided-wburs-news-expansion-dies-at-77/
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@GreenFire Speaking of Nixon, Robin Young’s excellent (& quite moving) interview yesterday with Nixon’s deputy assistant, Alexander Butterfield, who revealed the White House taping system's existence during the Watergate investigation, is very much worth listening to…
#Nixon #AlexanderButterfield #Watergate #CassidyHutchinson #RobinYoung #WBUR #Here_&_Now #integrity
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Didn't know Boston has 2 different public talk radio stations. Maybe they should merge.
Two public radio stations. Two different business models. One future of public radio in Boston hangs in the balance. 📻
Both WBUR and GBH are facing financial challenges and have warned that staff layoffs may be coming.
#Radio @gbhnews #WBUR #PublicRadio #Consolidation #Broadcasting
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An unsparing report on Massachusetts' administration of public housing, from #ProPublica and #WBUR. More than 180,000 people are on the wait list, while more than 2,000 apartments sit empty.
The fact that the wait list for public housing is so large is also a reminder that many people have no wealth and little income, and need some help
https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-affordable-housing-vacancies
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#Massachusetts #PublicHousing #inequality #poverty #NewEngland -
Nightmare tenant story from #WBUR. #massachusetts
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/02/27/tenant-rent-landlord-eviction-massachusetts -
More than two out of five American adults know someone who has died of an overdose: https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/02/21/massachusetts-brookline-rand-study-grief-opioid-overdose-crisis
#wbur #rand #randcorporation #martharebinger #addiction #drugs #drugpolicy #overdose #overdoses #suicide #health #publichealth
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@vida_latina This #WBUR podcast explains the whole Big Dig and budget drama really well: https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2024/01/31/mbta-debt-big-dig-budget-sales-tax #mapoli #MBTA #Boston #transit
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Ms.6 just asked for a @[email protected] membership for Christmas. I've never been so proud.
Specifically the asked for a #wbur subscription to Circle Round -
Why this U.S. government arms dealer resigned over weapon transfers to Israel:
#Israel #Palestine #Arms #Weapons #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #HumanRights #War #Violence #Genocide #Murder #WBUR #NPR #Tax #Funding #USA #Government #Spending #Biden
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"For the first time in its 40 year history, the Massachusetts family shelter system has hit its limit. More than 7,500 families are in the system right now, and the state says that is all it can support, so now eligible families will go on a wait list."
https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/11/09/family-shelter-capacity-waitlist
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#Massachusetts #shelter #families #housing #immigration #WBUR #radio
