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By Off the Shelf correspondent Ed Meek

Eoin Higgins writes about journalism and media. Higgins is a successful journalist who has written for the NYT, the Washington Post, Counterpunch, and The Huffington Post. In Owned, he delves into the rightward turn taken by the tech industry and billionaires like Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, and Peter Thiel. He focuses on two formerly liberal star journalists: Matt Taibbi and Glen Greenwald. Higgins details Musk’s acquisition of Twitter (now X) and the negative effects Musk has had on the platform. He explains how the libertarian world of Silicon Valley is apolitical as long as the tech bros are getting money and being left alone by the government. Higgins posits that they decided Trump would keep the money coming without requirements like DEI.

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Denise Provost is the former co-president of the New England Poetry Club. Her work has been included in numerous publications.

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) have announced $3.6 million in funding for 20 clean energy and climatetech companies and researchers. This investment will accelerate innovation and business growth in 11 cities and towns across Massachusetts.

Join Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, the Department of Public Space and Urban Forestry and Ward 2 Councilor J.T. Scott for the Ken Kelly Park Ribbon Cutting at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, August 19 at 217 Somerville Ave.

The March from Prospect Hill to Quebec: America Invades Canada, 1775

The Somerville Museum’s next Tavern Talk at Aeronaut Brewery concerns Benedict Arnold’s ill-fated invasion of British-held Canada, which embarked in September of 1775.  That episode actually began here in Somerville, when detachments from General Greene’s command at Prospect Hill left those lines to gather in Cambridge, where they would meet other detachments from New England and Virginia.  From there they made their way to Newbury and then to the Kennebec River–where absolutely everything began to go very, very wrong.  In this presentation, we will tell the story of an expedition–the first in US military history, in fact–that despite numerous privations, very nearly captured the great citadel of Quebec in the teeth of a driving snowstorm on New Years Eve, 1775.

At approximately 8:34 a.m. today, SPD 911 received a call for a possible stabbing at the MBTA Davis Sq. Red line stop. Upon arrival, responding Officers discovered one male suffering from an apparent stab wound. The victim was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. SPD, along with MBTA officers, made an arrest for the assault shortly thereafter. The incident occurred on MBTA property, and the MBTA Transit Police Department is the lead agency. This remains an active investigation.

— Somerville Police Dept.

Opening at the West Branch Library, this community-centered project was led by local photographer Mario Quiroz, in collaboration with the Somerville Media Center and the Community Action Agency of Somerville, with support from the Ballantyne administration including Somerville Public Library, the Somerville Office of Immigrant Affairs, the Department of Racial and Social Justice, SomerPromise, and the Somerville Arts Council with support from the Mass Cultural Council.

— Photos by Bobbie Toner

Yart Sale, Somerville’s citywide creative yard sale, returned to various locations throughout Somerville on Saturday, August 9. Whether selling or buying art, vintage finds, art supplies, tools, frames, zines, or handmade crafts, this was the place to be.