Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Really fascinated by this "policy contrast" offered by MA GOP gov candidate Minogue, in which he doesn't really try to make the case that his gas tax pause is a better policy than Healey's plan to study a VMT -- just that it's more popular and people understand it better 100
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Here's a top-down overview, and a cross-section of part of the route, via consultant Apex Companies 110
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026With all the talk of incumbency power in MA, people are really sleeping on this brewing upset, State Senator Mike Rush is about as embedded as you get, a member of leadership, and one of the more moderate Democrats in the caucus who faced a progressive challenge from a political newcomer 152
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Auchincloss' internal poll of 47% gap looking right on the money so far 000
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Chatbots are an absolute gift to newspaper columnists 220
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The "transgender issues" section of Seth Moulton's Wikipedia page now contains this disclaimer after an edit war that apparently lasted several days 0182
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Usually I'm strong enough not to take the bait and argue with the people on my neighborhood facebook page but I have to admit that this one pulled me in 391
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I mean TF is this. A Pulitzer Prize winner posting this rumor mill drivel that adds absolutely nothing but sheer speculation. It's hard to understand. 030
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Wesley Lowery is being oddly sympathetic toward alleged abuser Max Miller over on Twitter, and then you open up his wikipedia and get this jumpscare of a reminder 3133
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I would like to know the story behind this sign in a cemetery, nowhere near a golf course 030
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The AI guys are running out of ideas so the latest product idea is a podcast that talks to your children for you 1101
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The hottest take I've ever seen in my life: That the Centre Street parking lot is the "best part of Coolidge Corner" 260
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026While most other national news outlets are leading their sites with Trump's billion dollar crypto corruption right now, WaPo would like you to think about whether the trans rights movement has gone too far. 010
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Extraordinary, enraging excess on display here (and I absolutely feel the same about Schefter, Chams etc who make much more.) You could fund a local newsroom for three or four years on this and the amount of good it would do in the world would be infinitely more than scooping NFL free agencies. 021
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I used to grift, but the thing I'm doing now, this time on the side you agree with, and that also makes me money, is totally different 060
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Disturbed by many of the comments on a Facebook post from a local newspaper in MA about the chair of the school committee (elected official) getting arrested for drunk driving 3629125
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 14/05/2026"Leave your morals at the door and come use your skills, experience and network to help some of the most shitty and powerful people make more money at the expense of vulnerable people" is a real tough sell for me, I can't lie 173
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Brookline Town Administrator Chas Carey offers a somewhat-subtle nudge to the legislature and governor on issues of municipal finance and development, specifically Prop 2 1/2 reform and single-stair construction 000
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The Brookline discourse on X does NOT seem informed by our local news coverage 120
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 07/05/2026This claim from the records officer in particular is gallingly, facially false and should really trouble anyone who cares about transparent government. 076
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Herald readers are always kept up to date on the important issues 100
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 06/04/2026In 2019. This account continues to suck. Pure engagement bait, zero substance 4151
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Remarkable reporting and stunning photos by student journalist Milena Fernsler, working with us at @brooklinenews.bsky.social through BU. I highly recommend reading her photo essay, which follows several Muslim families in Brookline during the end of Ramadan. brookline.news/scenes-of-co... 032
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Listen I totally get what they're going for here but I think the first thing he would think is "what is a phone?" 060
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Why is this police department using AI art that also kinda undermines the point it's trying to make 060
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Actually dumbfounded at this column from former NYT editor Jill Abramson, who seems stuck in the view from nowhere, damaging focus on an unattainable "objectivity" that dominated journalism in the last century. I will thread some of Lemon's quotes that she calls out while brushing over his arrest. 151
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 24/01/2026ICE tried to order Minneapolis PD off the scene of this morning's murder, but the chief refused and is calling in every available officer. Valuable reporting from the Strib www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... 0104
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Kash Patel and Dan Bongino going back and forth on a conference call about what to Tweet immediately after the Charlie Kirk assassination, as agents were scrambling to try to investigate, is just an absolute fever dream www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 1122
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Really astute observation, and the reasons it hasn't been covered widely are not exactly subtle (mainstream media capture by right wing interests who want to keep lying about how dangerous big cities are) 011
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 21/12/2025I've been covering this process closely for a year and a half and find it interesting to watch how the proposal has changed, from an original pitch that most in town agreed was way too big. Some neighbors still think the current height (buildings at 7, 12, and 14 stories) is too much. 032
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 19/12/2025A reddit comment played a significant role in leading investigators to the suspect in Providence and Brookline shootings. From affidavit posted tonight by RI AG's office 052
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 16/12/2025New statement from Brookline police chief Paster: "This remains an active and ongoing homicide investigation. In order to protect the integrity of the investigation, we are limited in the information we can share at this time and ask for the community’s understanding and patience." 074