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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 12h
Clay Travis: inside the #MAGA permadad’s world of sports bros, trans panic and mortgages www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...
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Clay Travis: inside the Maga permadad’s world of sports bros, trans panic and mortgages
The rightwing media mogul has lost ground to the likes of Pat McAfee and Joe Rogan. He’s hoping his new venture can recapture some headway
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 21h
It’s not all men. But it’s too many men www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/29/o...
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It’s not all men. But it’s too many men. - The Boston Globe
A woman was allegedly gang raped at a Cornell University frat house. Dozens of men reportedly knew it was happening and did nothing to stop it.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 22h
Tom Rinaldi, Who Helped Spark the Merlot Boom in the U.S., Dies at 77 www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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Tom Rinaldi, Who Helped Spark the Merlot Boom in the U.S., Dies at 77
There was a time when the wine wasn’t as maligned as it is today. Rinaldi, a winemaker for more than half a century, deserves some of the credit.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When Cameron Winter and Paul Thomas Anderson made a movie www.vulture.com/article/came...
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When Cameron Winter and Paul Thomas Anderson Made a Movie
Backstage with the Geese front man and director at Carnegie Hall.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Action www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n... #Cornell7
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How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Action
The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.”
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Guy at the bar who says "here comes an ABS Challenge Powered by T-Mobile©"
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed. wapo.st/4dg5MJj
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The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over.
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 30/09/2026
Talked about the new wave of independent food media with @devrafirst.bsky.social at @bostonglobe.com. I think we're building something good. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/30/l...
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Food media strikes back - The Boston Globe
In an era of upheaval, journalists are launching independent publications. Will this experiment work?
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"I spent two weeks waving at strangers and learned a lot about the people of #Boston." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/30/o...
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I spent two weeks waving at strangers and learned a lot about the people of Boston - The Boston Globe
Here’s what happened when I brought this rural New England custom to Boston’s city streets.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Which stage of grief is this?
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How Student Journalists Broke the #Cornell7 Case www.thecut.com/article/corn...
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How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They Grew Up in the Shadow of Fenway Park. Now They’re Boston’s Worst Nightmare. www.wsj.com/sports/baseb... #RedSox
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They Grew Up in the Shadow of Fenway Park. Now They’re Boston’s Worst Nightmare.
Cam Schlittler and Ben Rice both grew up within 25 miles of Fenway Park. Now, as the Yankees and Red Sox meet in the playoffs, they’re New York’s two best players.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
50 years ago, the Hancock Tower officially opened — after a windy road getting there www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/29/m... #boston
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50 years ago, the Hancock Tower officially opened — after a windy road getting there - The Boston Globe
Before the John Hancock Tower was an architectural marvel — a gleaming rhomboid stretching nearly 800 feet above Boston’s Back Bay — it was architectural mayhem.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@bryancurtis.bsky.social I know you’re not a Scorebug Guy©️ but Sean Reilly cooked w/ this one
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A student newspaper is the only reason this story is back in the news, so it's no surprise that conservatives are the ones who call the media "the enemy" and love to say "you don't hate journalists enough." You know they would to see the Cornell 7 get off clean. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘Showgirls’: The Gratuitous, Surreal Bomb That Was Maybe Brilliant www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/m...
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‘Showgirls’: The Gratuitous, Surreal Bomb That Was Maybe Brilliant (Gift Article)
The reception to Paul Verhoeven’s lurid 1995 melodrama starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan and Gina Gershon was humiliating, but it’s since become a thought-provoking camp favorite.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Most Laughable of Trump’s Many Lies www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Most Durable Lie: Election Rigging
“Rigged.” “Fraud.” “Hoax.” The president is a broken record.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reading the Herald at the local diner as medical device CEOs do
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Banner week for Bob Kraft 👑
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
How a Restaurant at the Top of the World Trade Center Changed New York www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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How a Restaurant at the Top of the World Trade Center Changed New York
Windows on the World, over 100 stories up the North Tower, was a culinary juggernaut that shifted the city’s culture.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
How a Restaurant at the Top of the World Trade Center Changed New York www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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How a Restaurant at the Top of the World Trade Center Changed New York
Windows on the World, over 100 stories up the North Tower, was a culinary juggernaut that shifted the city’s culture.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“People are in church halls. They’re in V.F.W. halls. They’re in places that have never had weddings before,” said Olive Chase, a caterer based in Barnstable, Mass., who spent Friday afternoon moving one wedding setup from outdoors to indoor." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...
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In Coastal Towns, the Nor’easter Upended Wedding Plans
Across the northeast, couples were forced to postpone, relocate or cancel weddings they planned to hold outdoors this weekend.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
remember Travler's Cheques? Those were sick.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What an awesome country we live in www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Back to School With Bulletproof Backpacks
Three people trying to quell their school-shooting anxiety.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Even The Weather Hates Ed Sheeran defector.com/even-the-wea...
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Even The Weather Hates Ed Sheeran | Defector
After Ed Sheeran went through all that trouble to appease New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, he’ll end up not playing at his stadium anyway. The musician’s shows, scheduled for Friday and Saturd...
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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I love that every once in a while I get a beautiful sunset texted to me by former coworkers. Taken from Little Brewster Island/Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park. @universalhub.com
Absolutely gorgeous purple, Pink, and orange sunset in the distance with the ocean in the middle ground and an island with a small white house on it in the foreground
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The forty-five minutes I spend with my friends from Slough House every week are so important to me.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nearly 18,000 people work in Mass. marijuana industry. What happens if the repeal ballot question passes? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/25/b... #mapol
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Nearly 18,000 people work in Mass. marijuana industry. What happens if the repeal ballot question passes? - The Boston Globe
Workers worry about losing their jobs if voters kill their industry in November.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"nor'easter"
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Agnes's Iconic Wink from WandaVision
ALT: Agnes's Iconic Wink from WandaVision
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why Do We Call It a “Packie” When the Rest of the Country Calls It a “Liquor Store”? www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2026/09... #boston
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Why Do We Call It a "Packie" When the Rest of the Country Calls It a "Liquor Store"?
The term comes from an 1890 Supreme Court decision allowing liquor to be shipped across state lines to "package stores."
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Will big acts avoid Gillette after Robert Kraft’s intervention in Ed Sheeran’s tour? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/24/a...
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Will big acts avoid Gillette after Robert Kraft’s intervention in Ed Sheeran’s tour? - The Boston Globe
Most music industry observers agree that profit, not politics, is king in the concert business.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The nation’s top rat killers are in #Boston this week. They’re ready to learn. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/24/m...
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The nation’s top rat killers are in Boston this week. They’re ready to learn. - The Boston Globe
At the second-ever National Urban Rat Summit, experts swapped tips on zapping, starving, or otherwise banishing rodents. It's a job that's never fully done.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Opinion: A new Pentagon ad sells war like an action movie www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/24/o...
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A new Pentagon ad sells war like an action movie - The Boston Globe
The explosions, guns, tanks, and masked men aren’t just selling military service. They’re selling a fantasy of violence — and intimidation.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump can’t control a free press any more than his own grandiosity -- He has a profound misunderstanding of the First Amendment www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/24/n...
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Trump can’t control a free press any more than his own grandiosity - The Boston Globe
A judge's rejection of President Trump's attempted media ban shows the president has a profound misunderstanding of the First Amendment.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ryen Russillo Hawks Troughs Of Sodium In Grim Video defector.com/ryen-russill...
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Ryen Russillo Hawks Troughs Of Sodium In Grim Video | Defector
Barstool Sports podcaster Ryen Russillo has an urgent message for you: He will be dead in 72 hours unless $12 million is wired to the following bank acc—sorry, my mistake. I just assumed that’s what h...
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Protect College Sports Act Reveals The Dark Heart Of Management defector.com/the-protect-...
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The Protect College Sports Act Reveals The Dark Heart Of Management | Defector
The Protect College Sports Act passed another procedural vote in the Senate yesterday, by a 70-21 margin. It will clear a few more procedural steps this week before going up for a final vote, at which...
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WelcomeToDot @welcometodot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Someone in the chat rightly pointed out that Southie is what integration looks like. Real segregation looks more like Weston, and they never get called out, because the structural inequality isn't visible by travelling a few blocks.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
MAGA Podcasters Are Tuning Out Trump. We Tracked What They Are Talking About Now. www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
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MAGA Podcasters Are Tuning Out Trump. We Tracked What They Are Talking About Now.
A Democrat threatening to flip red Texas and a murder trial that divided a jury are hot topics.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘I’m not your neighbor’: In #Southie, a few blocks away is a world apart www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/23/m... #boston
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‘I’m not your neighbor’: In Southie, a few blocks away is a world apart - The Boston Globe
South Boston has some of the starkest income divides in Greater Boston, which is one of the most income-segregated metropolitan areas in the country, according to new MassINC research.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
After Years as the Star of Must-See TV, Trump Faces the Sting of Cancellation www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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Trump Faces the Sting of a Media Boycott After Press Pool Withdrawal
A boycott of the White House press pool by the major networks deprives the president of the oxygen of screen time. But he is still finding ways to get on the air.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bill Simmons saying Joan Didion is a "deep cut" to Anthony Jeselnik... that's why he's the Podfather
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Press Finally Shows Some Solidarity After Trump White House Ban nymag.com/intelligence...
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Press Finally Shows Some Solidarity After Trump White House Ban
When the president banned CNN and others from the premises, fellow journalists stepped up. Jim Acosta thinks they should do more.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Walked by it a few weeks ago when we took the fast ferry to PTown. I know it's part of a chain, but I CAN'T believe it's still open! It's been there forever, you wouldn't walk past it unless you were specifically going there, and you never hear anyone talk about it. (again, good for them though!)
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#ICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in Austin www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-shot-a...
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ICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in Austin
Rather than getting him medical help, they carted him off to an ICE detention complex—and the bullet is still in his back.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Revealed: #ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving b...
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How Trump Has Cracked Down on Dissent Since the Killing of Charlie Kirk www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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How Trump Has Cracked Down on Dissent Since the Killing of Charlie Kirk
The White House has labeled critics terrorists, attributed violence to a left-wing conspiracy and investigated unions, nonprofits and other groups in a battle over free speech.
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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ed Sheeran Delivers Pointless Statement Then Cries During Latest Concert defector.com/ed-sheeran-d...
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Ed Sheeran Delivers Pointless Statement Then Cries During Latest Concert | Defector
This past weekend, Ed Sheeran performed his first concert since decrepit Patriots owner Robert Kraft stuck his hand up the singer’s ass and made him respect Israel. The culturally Irish but politicall...
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