Erick Trickey

Enterprise editor, @newbedfordlight. Teaching journalism at #BU. Bylines @BostonGlobe, @SmithsonianMag. History, politics, cities, robots, DMZ, penguins.

[A.J. Perez @byajperez]

The latest reminder that news orgs often prepare stories/packages well in advance—and another reason to post one of my favorite SNL sketches.

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania John Morton agrees to break a voting deadlock and side with Benjamin Franklin in favor of independence.

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Thomas Paine publishes an open letter in the Pennsylvania Evening Post, under the name “Republicus,” which advocates for the name “United States of America” for the new nation now emerging.

This is the first time such a term has been used.

[Erick Trickey @ErickTrickey]

So excited to be published in @Slate for the first time!

My story about urban capybaras and their troubles, reported from São Paulo, Brazil, is out now.

https://t.co/dZol7Yx9JC

[Liam Fennessy @LiamFennessy_]

Even the Citgo sign is giving up on the ‘26 season

[Daniel Wortel-London @dlondonwortel]

Gay Talese’s “storyboard” for his immortal 1966 article “Frank Sinatra has a Cold” for @esquire

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

There is this guy on youtube name GAKHED who films his cats with a 1999 camcorder and in this time of brainrot and toxic internet it's the most calming and soothing thing i've seen.
This is what spring felt like as a kid. ❤️

[Alan Saunders @ASaunders_PGH]

The Pittsburgh Zoo is clearly in win-now mode.

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

1988, Nirvana performed in a Radio Shack.

[Erick Trickey @ErickTrickey]

"Fade Into You," Mazzy Star, at the Bridge School performance, Mountain View, Calif., Oct. 2, 1994.

[Emotion & Music @Emotion78687]

How everyone at the concert sat down and shut up and listened to her. She was hypnotic.

[Ramin Khanizadeh @RKhanizadeh]

Cute shot from our photographer @AttaKenare taken today in Tehran. via @AFP

[Netflix Sports @netflixsports]

That time a cat ran loose at Yankee Stadium during a game against the Orioles 🐈

Fans started chanting “Let’s go cat!” 😂

[Cory Levy @cory]

this is pretty cool

some MIT students turned a building into a giant playable game of Tetris on Saturday at midnight

rigged each window with LEDs

MIT students are on a diff level

[Boston Globe Pitchbot @BostonSatire]

Report: Runner who tried to jump on Green Line to cheat way to victory in 2022 Boston Marathon just getting to finish line now

[Caity Weaver @caityweaver]

Even if you don’t care AT ALL about America’s best free restaurant bread, I urge you to pick up a print copy of @TheAtlantic’s May issue solely because the cover designed by Liz Hart is GORGEOUS and you will look good walking around holding it.

[ᴅᴏᴏᴍᴇɴɪᴄ @dinosaur_info]

AMC paid $250,000 to use Tomorrow Never Knows and it was worth every penny

[Dana Milbank @Milbank]

“The newsroom, which had about 45 people at the beginning of the year, will probably more than double to 95 journalists by the end of the year.” I’m happy to be one of them.

[TheLizVariant @TheLizVariant]

Life is way too short to hold grudges.

[Benson @Miggysbat]

It’s crazy how quickly things can change in baseball.

Trailing 9-7, down to their last strike. Less than 90 seconds later?

Tigers walk off the Royals, 10-9.

[Erick Trickey @ErickTrickey]

Baltimore Banner's publisher buys Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to save it from closure.
https://t.co/pQnkFGYvVJ