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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Time lapse of the eclipse today from Boston.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The moon, Zakim, and a very faint Mercury from the North End tonight. @universalhub.com

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

It's almost April which means I need to learn the difference between an Eastern Phoebe and an Eastern Wood Pewee again in time to forget by next year. ebird.org/checklist/S3...

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 23/03/2026

The dark history of a constitutional amendment that now keeps us from becoming Arkansas www.universalhub.com/2026/dark-hi... #Massachusetts

1855 lithograph parodying members of an official nunnery committee investigating pantry peepholes, old potatoes and laundry baskets in search of chained young girls who didn't exist, from the Boston Athenaeum

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NorthEnd.page @northendpage.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

BPD announced that the have located Seitu Morel - wanted in connection with the assault & battery of an Eliot upper school fifth grader on Wednesday. "District A-1 No Longer Seek Public Assistance in Locating Seitu Morel of Cambridge, MA" police.boston.gov/2026/03/05/b...

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Cancel BPD Community Alert: Detectives Assigned to District A-1 No Longer Seek Public Assistance in Locating Seitu Morel of Cambridge, MA – Boston Police Department

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Some video of the same. Eclipse behind the Zakim Bridge wires in Boston.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Some eclipse photos from this morning. Puopolo Field in the North End looking towards the Zakim and Bill Russell Bridges. @universalhub.com

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Trash pickup is: CANCELLED No one told the North End. What's this going to look like a week from now after 24" of snow tonight?

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

The greenway ferris wheel as seen from Long Wharf tomorrow... probably.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Some glamour shots of the winter flowers I've been growing in my basement.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Storm loop. 10am 7am Sunday ➡️ Monday 25 Jan 26 Jan Copp's Hill, North End, Boston

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I really got that focus locked in for the 8th and 9th shots of this rare winter Pine Warbler series 🤦

series of nine photos of a pine warbler. In the first seven, the bird is facing the camera but is badly out of focus. For the last two, the bird is in perfect crisp focus, but is facing away from the camera.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Indoor winter flower growing progress. Zinnia Meteor ☄️

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

No waterbirds at Chestnut Hill today. But got some good looks at a Golden-crowned Kinglet, Downy Woodpecker, and White-breasted Nuthatch.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Starling cosplaying as a Purple Sandpiper today on the ricks at CC Park in the North End.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Petersons is still best at at least one thing: CONFUSING FALL WARBLERS, etc A friend of mine said of this picture: “If that bird could talk, even it wouldn’t be able to tell you” (Also: the actual species I think it is isn’t even on that page)

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Saw an Orange-crowned Warbler AND a Tennessee Warbler today in the pine trees behind the Eliot Upper School/tennis courts - next to the bridge. Tennessee Warblers are only reported in 0.1% of November Suffolk County checklists! Bonus White-throated Sparrow. ebird.org/checklist/S2...

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NorthEnd.page @northendpage.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Some North End Bluebike data. 🧵 1/3 North End Bluebikes stations averaged over 20k rides per month this summer.

Month Count average
June 17881 20122.33
July 20667 20122.33
August 21819 20122.33

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Happy Veterans Day everyone. Today was my 25th as a veteran, and it started with an auspicious sighting of an Ovenbird which made the state-wide rare bird alert. ☺️ ebird.org/checklist/S2...

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eBird Lista - 11 nov 2025 - 34 Hull St, Boston US-MA (42.3669,-71.0560) - 1 espécie

Submitted by adam balsam.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from a North End rooftop.

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is now receding and growing dimmer each night. I thought I'd try to capture it from the North End tonight before it disappears for 1,350 years.

You could get MUCH better results from dark skies, but it's kind of fun to see that you can capture stuff like this from the city with minimal equipment.

1. In the background image, can just barely make out the comet.
2. That part of the same image blown up
3. The result after finding the comet, switching lenses, and stacking ~1500 2.5-second images representing about an hour of total exposure.

The result of stacking ~1500 2.50-second exposures. I used an Olympus micro 4/3 body and the Voigtlaender 42.5 mm / 1:0.95 Nokton lens.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Did google maps remove the option turn off "Labels"? There used to be a checkbox around here.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

The full moon last night was about 6% larger in apparent diameter than the AVERAGE full moon. The closest perigean full moon is about 7% larger. I had to get that off my chest because the Globe keeps reporting that a "supermoon" is 14% larger than the average.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Moonrise over Logan tonight. Full moon is technically tonight, but it happens just 12 minutes before midnight. So tomorrow night's 99% illumination will be practically identical, just on the other side of sunset. This was at 6:07pm - about 5 minutes before sunset and 12 minutes after the moon rose.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Some friends hosted a fall apple tasting party today! These are the results. Sample size: 13 Notes: * Participants were given a scoresheet (+cheese & 7UP) and asked to rate each of 18 cultivars 1-10 * Never heard of Pinova * I think mode is the best measure (consensus) * Bad Honeycrisp?

Pinova (1) Snow sweet (2) Thome empire (3) Ambrosia (4) Golden supreme (5) Jonathan (6) Pink lady (7) Liberty (8) McIntosh (9) Autumn crisp (10) Granny smith (11) Daybreak fuji (12) Crimson crisp (13) Cortland (14) Gala (15) Mutsu (16) Honeycrisp (17) Ruby mac (18)
Mean rank 14 10 3 6 5 12 8 16 9 13 4 18 17 11 2 7 1 15
Median rank 17 10 6 5 4 9 8 16 11 15 3 18 14 7 2 13 1 12
Mode rank 18 11 6 5 10 9 4 14 17 8 3 16 13 7 2 12 1 15

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

1/5 For most of the year, the sun rises at a sharply acute angle to the horizon (outside the tropics). On the morning before a new moon, the sun is near the horizon by the time the crescent moon is a few degrees above it. This means that the crescent is usually too dim to see in the twilight.

Angle of ecliptic at sunrise at spring solstice is highly acute.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Moonrise from Revere Beach last night looked like a glitch. 💀🌕 (Saturday, from Revere Beach)

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Eastern Kingbird on the Esplanade today

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Sad to hear about the altercation involving our former North End ONS rep. I only know her through my time with the Neighborhood Council and she was always responsive and professional.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Crescent Moon setting behind the stupid Verizon building tonight from the North End 🌙🏙️🌚

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Risk and Street Power at the Middle East last night (plus _six_ other bands not pictured...) I've said this for at least three years... but every time I go to the Middle East, I think it might be the last time. Second photo is Risk from 2023 at the same venue. Great energy from that band.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Very worthy cause organized by someone passionate about our neighborhood. Please try to attend if you find value in our library and would like to see the needed renovations prioritized.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I'm not sure what is the most disturbing aspect of this case: 1️⃣ The fact that there was no plan to accommodate this critical pedestrian link during the project 2️⃣ The flippant response from the City 3️⃣ The viscerally dangerous conditions people are currently dealing with right now.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

It’s 99° at Logan right now (8:30pm). BC had a higher high (102°) today than Logan (101°) though. It’s a cool 96° at BC right now🥶

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Meeting about the new Community Center this Thursday, June 26th, 6:30pm at Nazzaro.

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Big Day Boston folks looking at the Suffolk County Rare Bird Alert this morning 👀

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Fact: No birder has ever seen a Turkey at Big Day Boston. @wutrain.bsky.social will you change that this year!? bigdayboston.com

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Crazy fog rolling in... and out today

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Yellow-bellied Sap Sucker in Copp's Hill today

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Here's the whole Paul Revere / Boston 250 drone show sped up 1000%.

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