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February 23, 2026
Bostopia’s Evan George serves Boston daily news from a lefty perspective
Lots of us took up quirky hobbies while we were shut in at home during the pandemic. Evan George’s: Delivering Boston local news in 60 seconds or less. As a Massachusetts native living in Boston, G...
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February 19, 2026
Polymarket says “journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets”
Predictions market Polymarket and Substack are now “exclusive,” the companies announced. And the relationship getting serious is raising a few eyebrows. On Wednesday, Substack announced the new fea...
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February 13, 2026
Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows
When The Washington Post laid off more than a third of its employees on February 4, the paper’s foundation was shaken. The cuts were wide-ranging, shuttering the sports desk right before the Winter...
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February 11, 2026
Most Americans don’t pay for news and don’t think they need to
For a new report released Wednesday, the Pew Research Center surveyed 3,560 U.S. adults in December 2025 about their relationship to the news and how they perceive its value in everyday life. Pew a...
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February 10, 2026
New York Magazine revives classified ads with a modern twist
My favorite black hole on the internet is Facebook Marketplace. As a lover of Stuff, I browse almost daily to see the things people in the greater Boston area want to part with. I love to look at t...
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January 21, 2026
“Does this channel have more juice in it?” YouTuber J.J. McCullough on a “sustainable” life as a news creator
When J.J. McCullough first started making YouTube videos in 2015, he was 31, and worried he was too old to break through on an already saturated platform. McCullough had lost his job as a political...
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January 13, 2026
Did you try to cancel your New York Times subscription? You may be able to get paid
Canceling a news subscription has long been a multipronged nightmare. But some New York-based news consumers might qualify for a bag of coffee’s worth of relief. The New York Times has reached a se...
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January 8, 2026
AI summaries are coming to (for?) your Gmail
It’s the week of circling back on those emails to sources you sent in December, and soon Google may determine whether you get a reply. On Thursday, Google announced that it’ll start testing out a n...
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