Michael F. Fitzgerald

Improvisational classical music with AI.

The longest non-print production night I have had at Cambridge Day in the year i've been here.

Of these seven streaming services, only HBO Max's price increases are below the inflation rate (up 29% since 2019). Isn't competition supposed to keep prices low?

Celebrating great local and regional science journalism at @ksjatmit.bsky.social. the winner of this year's McElheny Award is @injusticewatch.org in Chicago. ksj.mit.edu/news/2026/04... reporter Maya Dukmasova talking about how she got the story.

This story has been a big topic of conversation at the @cambridgeday.com table at #honkfest #oktoberfest

Gearing up for @cambridgeday.com at #oktoberfest and #honkfest in #harvardsquare. Come see us!

Kudos to jane Petersen for taking calls some sources at five pm on a beautiful friday afternoon and staying with the story through edits until 8:30 pm. That's a dedicated reporter.

The Ebola outbreak in Congo is now exploding in North Kivu, where 34% of Ebola patients are being treated in bare-bones health facilities instead of Ebola Treatment Units, according to @msf.org 3,982 confirmed deaths 😔 www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/ebola...

Inquest finds Cambridge officers justified in fatal shooting Officers acted "reasonably" to the situation that left a man dead, according to results released Friday by the district attorney....

love the caption...

About 15 years ago i decided to stop hating #cursive and instead get better at it. It is faster than printing and i felt like it was a skill i could develop. It does make the brain work. I think i am much improved. my family still makes fun of my scrawl. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

“We have absolutely no idea what we do when 50 percent of the white-collar jobs go away.” A sobering interview with AI governance pioneer Simon Stansbury.

Wishing it were time for breakfast, so I could go get one of these great starter meals.

Standout breakfast sandwiches from the squares  It’s a bonanza of great ways to start a day, with offerings we love from around Cambridge and Somerville....

whoa.

A creative grass-roots response to a problem has turned into a fledgling nonprofit for teaching software development. Fascinating story.

Excellent interview on gerrymandering and how it reduces competition in elections. gsas.harvard.edu/news/how-muc...

I reviewed "The Award" by @matthewpearlauthor.bsky.social. It skewers #Cambridge and all those nasty neurotic writers who live there or wish they could. You might end up wondering why. www.cambridgeday.com/2026/09/18/t...

Zoning update may see major changes Eighteen months after the multifamily housing zoning ordinance was passed, two city council committees proposed increased setbacks and open-space requirements while discouraging certain types of redevelopments...

Went to the @writingexcuses.bsky.social live podcast recording about Robert Jackson Bennett's "The Tainted Cup." Great fun listening to @dongwon.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com @nirele.bsky.social @howardtayler.bsky.social talk through world building and monsters.

Kelp chocolate is better than I thought. Though you kinda need to floss after eating. #barnaclechocolate

Do you work in chemistry and/or engineering and have a personal or emotional connection to your work? I am looking for first-person narratives for Chemistry & Engineering News. Message me here or Signal Wudan.11 for tips!

MIT doctoral student wins $10,000 award for algorithm implemented by WeChat. MIT “totally changed the way I view the world,” Lei Huang said. “There are super intelligent people all around me. I just love it.” www.cambridgeday.com/2026/09/04/s...

I am tagging along with my wife for an @writingexcuses.bsky.social event. Tip shared by @maryrobinettekowal.com: after critique sessions, you might want to have a treat for your writer. Maybe a chew toy. This seems obvious to me as an editor, but not something I practice.

Cambridge schools ban smart glasses and other wearables. Will be interested in hearing how this plays out.

Will be interested in seeing how this civic assembly process works through the #ShotSpotter question in Cambridge.

Participatory budgeting is a process that gets you thinking about how we invest our taxes into things that communities want. Glad to see Cambridge continuing with this, even if it will spend less on it.

Events this week in Cambridge and Somerville: Outdoor movies, a puppet circus and Boston Lyric Opera For a searchable calendar of events with your choice of list or map view, or to submit an event of your own, go to the ...

In cambridge, the last precinct just rolled in.

Both candidates engaged directly with questions. Decker, citing transparency, revealed what she'll make this year from her second job.

We get internal candidate polling data, of greatest interest because of the no. Of undecided voters.

It is a fun vibe early on at the Everybody Gotta Eat bbq.

Part of the ethos of Cambridge is that residents can create new things that build a better community. Ruth Tam's story on a public kitchen captures this way of being in its early stages, like a flower starting to bud.

Man killed by police identified The person fatally shot by Cambridge police Friday night was William Woodworth, 64. He lived in Watertown....

Chevrolet updated its EV dashboard (left photo). Not bad.

Dragonflies are cool.

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ShotSpotter not yet restarted; Wells details community policing goals Returning the technology to use is still in process, as is the civic assembly meant to help assess it....

I would wear a shirt that kept my Oura charged.

Binge thinking sweeps into Cambridge and Somerville pubs. (Also Boston and New York).

It has been my expectation that X was not doing as well financially as Twitter was. @techdirt.com has gone through Space X's S1 and found some data. It looks like X's advertising business has fallen off a cliff. www.techdirt.com/2026/08/10/s...

BURNOUT is highly likely for anyone working in global health! I wrote this some years ago and it is even more relevant today, with all the aid cuts, layoffs, and turmoil in the sector www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

Glad to hear this intersection will be fixed. I never liked walking or biking it.

congratulations @helenbranswell.bsky.social !

it's Thursday. So maybe Mamaleh's for backgammon....

In which i learn that about half of lobsters are left-clawed. Also that they are quite good at getting out of traps.

Chances to hear two documentary filmmakers talk about their work, coming up.

I have been meaning to read "East of Eden" foreverish. Maybe this will be the nudge that makes it happen.

Ann Patchet's "Whistler" is the most requested book in the Cambridge Public Library system.