Edgar B. Herwick III

RT @Tori_Bedford: @GBHNews is just happy to be nominated @joanietobin @ejudem @ebherwick3 https://t.co/lKQ5z0aEWf

Ever stop and think about how odd it is that we use the word "seed" for a team's ranking in college basketball tournaments? https://t.co/VoSrV3zs8s #MarchMadness @GBHNews

RT @GBHNews: Have you heard of Kittie Knox? She was the first African American accepted by the League of American Wheelmen, and she rode so…

RT @GBHNews: A question about a distinctive white chimney in Hanover lead @ebherwick3 from GBH’s Curiosity Desk to Boston’s Beacon Hill for…

This story includes figures like 2, 20, 31.4 and 52 trillion dollars. It's really hard to get your head around the scale of this. It's estimated that fewer than 120 billion people have been born in the whole of human history. That is just 12% of ONE trillion.

The New York Times @nytimes

Breaking News: President Biden is set to propose at least $2 trillion in reductions to U.S. deficits over 10 years, stressing tax increases for corporations and high earners. https://t.co/r58w9Jxqke

RT @clemoult: Turns out Massachusetts has a lot of state songs. But does it have enough? @ebherwick3 explains for @GBHNews Curiosity Desk:…

RT @OpenStudioGBH: What would the T be like without its colors? And how did the various MBTA lines get those color names, anyway? @ebherwic…

With a special nod to my fellow Commonwealthians(?) in #Pennsylvania, #Virginia, and #Kentucky. #CuriosityDesk @gbhnews https://t.co/QLGNgwSXWC

RT @meghansmith55: What's on the mind of Massachusetts voters? The state of democracy, abortion, licenses for undocumented immigrants. Here…

“In the last few years, with different issues that have arisen both personally and globally, I wanna make sure we’re making a difference in the long term - and by casting that ballot now it does have that ripple effect.” @GBHNews #ElectionDay — Julia Stiller, Cambridge, MA https://t.co/htkcHqrCFN

“You have to vote. You have to get out and vote. I don’t feel like there’s another option.” @GBHNews #ElectionDay — Lucy Sweeney, Somerville, MA https://t.co/vtoXWp7RqW

“The midterm elections are big, big, big. Today is really important for the whole country. To me it’s a do-or-die day for the country. It’s gonna determine what’s gonna happen the next couple of years.” — German Sanchez, Medford, MA @GBHNews #ElectionDay https://t.co/XJNO7UhkJc

“I’m a young individual, so at this point it’s important to get used to and accustomed to voting…get into the habit of it. I’m an immigrant. I’m a U.S. citizen and I think being able to speak my voice is what’s important to me.” @GBHNews #ElectionDay — Raul Ramos, Medford, MA https://t.co/BflXVVdNKQ

“At the end of the day we all have to govern from the middle. Extreme positions don’t really do anything, but it creates so much noise.” — Mo Saeed, Malden, MA @GBHNews #ElectionDay https://t.co/G8K8Ekt4WO

#HappyHalloween from a cave in @TheCityofLynn that might contain buried treasure, could be haunted, and was definitely dug in the 1800s by a man who believed he was being directed to by ghosts. https://t.co/K80PSa2ubb

Lynn, Lynn, the city of....pirate ghosts? https://t.co/66FAV5pF0z

If you are in and around Boston tomorrow, come on down to the @BPLBoston at 12:45pm for this. And why not stick around for more? Full schedule here: https://t.co/m5wDyT97Mb @bostonbookfest @GBHNews https://t.co/hoDIxm5uEM