'A visit to another planet': How an article about a niche bar set the internet on fire

Mask policies at a lesbian bar in a small western Massachusetts town don't sound like the kind of topic that would become a viral sensation. But that's exactly what happened when the Boston Globe published a look last week into the uproar that ensued when Last Ditch, a bar in the small LGBTQ-friendly town of Greenfield, Mass., decided to transition to a mask-optional policy for its Saturday night happy hours. "Shocking news … the internet is a strange place, particularly when it come