Some news:
50 companies in Massachusetts doing top-secret security work / Massachusetts may join effort to bypass the electoral college.
Cars were pulling underneath 28 to avoid the flooding when I left town over an hour ago.
Boston. Jordan’s. 1950’s. Christmastime.
via the comments —
“That’s Jordan’s — Filene’s never had train displays. It could have been Gilchrist’s, but they didn’t have as big a toy display. I’m pretty sure that was Jordan’s annex, fifth floor toy department and that looks like an American Flyer train.” Apparently there were always two large train displays, one for Lionel (two tracks) and one for American Flyer (three tracks).”
photo via charles65ofboston.
Five Links:
- Thousands of Kagan documents just released. Check them out here: http://tpm.ly/chzda0
- Stieg Larsson’s missing manuscript http://tgr.ph/d9EAgU
- New wind parks for clean energy in Chile.
- The race for Governor in Massachusetts: Patrick appears on Channel 5.
- Cool Ad Watch: “Let’s Color.”
Volunteer in Louisiana. Volunteer in Florida. Go green, then go green faster. End coal.
(All the posts tagged ‘green’ on the site = this.)
Boston.
via RRattigan.
Boston.
via 6SN7.
The Twitter Two-Day:
- Wiretapping Up 26% - No Request Refused! http://huff.to/dfuxVl
- A history of New York City subway maps: http://bit.ly/aGEHJ4
- Google invests $39 million in wind farms http://is.gd/bT2Qt
- Dave Eggers sets up microlending program, Scholar Match, to send Bay Area teens to college. http://bit.ly/cHVmVb
- This is why Gordon has been a political inspiration to me for nearly 20 years, http://bit.ly/aUkeEV This is the real Gordon, the real deal.
- I love research: While working on Rin Tin Tin, found a 1927 movie magazine with a story called “Is the World Tired of Children?”
- 65 years later, the suvivors of Stalag 17B gather for ceremony: http://bit.ly/8YR9tk
- Homeland security by state. Very interesting data, painstakingly collected. http://bit.ly/ckmcAf
- Television is spreading in new directions http://econ.st/cOkore #economist
- Fun story from my friend Kristen Gelineau about people who, fed up w/ their countries, create their own micro-nations! http://ow.ly/1G7n8
- Offshore windfarms to be used for air defence http://bit.ly/cTQPn9
- Local news: MGH staff calmly adjusts routines - http://b.globe.com/csZKnl
- Cuban leader Raul Castro shakes up cabinet, sacks transportation, sugar ministers - Reuters
- A new green to recenter Quincy - http://b.globe.com/dvNNMO
- Quincy budget could mean 150 city layoffs - http://b.globe.com/9Qd6h0
A major pipe bringing water to the Boston area has sprung a “catastrophic” leak and is dumping eight million gallons of water per hour into the Charles River. Governor Deval Patrick said he was declaring a state of emergency and issuing a “boil-water” order for Boston and dozens of other communities.
“The water is not suitable for drinking. … All residents in impacted communities should boil drinking water before consuming it,” he said at a news conference this afternoon.
Here’s the full list:
Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Brookline, Canton, Chelsea, Everett, Lexington, Lynnfield Water District, Malden, Marblehead, Medford, Melrose, Milton, Nahant, Newton, Norwood, Quincy, Reading, Revere, Saugus, Somerville, Stoneham, Stoughton, Swampscott, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wilmington, Winchester, and Winthrop.
via scottquintana.
It would be a nice thing to see a bookstore return to Davis, wouldn’t it? That’s why I’m a part of this.
Readers of F-Yeah Massachusetts — would any of you be interested in pitching in?
If you are, drop a line to Jay at elfword [@at@] gmail [.dot.] com and say, ‘Hello!’
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