You may not believe that new-builds lower rents, but your landlord does.

It’s 10 degrees F. There’s no bad weather, only badasses

I am interested in hearing from people, especially constituents, about your experiences on X, and whether you would support a move to officially take the City of Cambridge off of that platform. My DMs are open!

If only there were some kind of way to restrict the speed of vehicles on our roads couldn't smash through buildings and injure people. But it's impossible to think of such technology existing; no vehicle today has such a thing, right? www.nbcboston.com/news/local/p...

it really bothers me that the driver in this crash was arrested at the scene, but the driver of a crash where someone *was killed* 3 blocks away was not only not arrested, but wasn't even charged with anything until after a 6 month pressure campaign.

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@alissaazar/115906881892906176 if this starts happening to any oversized SUV, maybe American culture will start to dislike them and demand smaller vehicles?

The $15 million being spent yearly at business along the New Haven & Northampton Canal Greenway could double or quadruple if the greenway was completed and connected #BikesMeanBusiness @katerozen.bsky.social @awebr.bsky.social @kerriana.bsky.social www.camecon.com/hubfs/NHNCG%...

Whoever does the road pre-markings for #CambridgeMA is really good at graffiti bikes #BikeTooter #bikeboston

RE: https://mastodon.online/@universalhub/115900024113883281 This was probably the first thing that was taught in engineering school that I specifically remember (and the moral of the story was to always pay for an engineer, because if a business person tries to do something, it's going to go […]

BikeLoud today in The Oregonian 1/12/26! Letter/Op-ed by our Board Vice Chair Kiel Johnson "Opposing oil wars requires reducing oil dependence. Investing in safe, connected bicycle infrastructure does exactly that." @kielbybike.bsky.social @oregonian.com

We can stop framing this is a hypothesis that has to be proven every 4 blocks in New York City. We know for a fact that safe infrastructure will lead to an increase in usage. So let's just cut through the NIMBY nonsense and build out a network of safe, protected lanes.

We saw this in West Roxbury. Road diets work! Yet @wutrain.bsky.social stopped safe street projects last year under pressure from Josh Kraft. She beat him handily but even after we voted for her she won't do what we elected her to do: make Boston safer Please sign: bostoncyclistsunion.org/sscw

Thinking about how GDP grows about 3% per year, but the population only grows 1% or so per year (globally). Splitting the difference, we should all be able to have 1% more abundance in exchange for 1% less work - year over year. Things should be getting better, not worse. That’s what I’m saying.

Generally think MA is pretty good at unemployment, but Firefox is not that rare of a browser, this is just lazy

@TheWarOnCars spotted in Boston

One year later, every part of this is even truer. The second best time is now, and that will continue to be true until we do it.

Sometimes punk's simplicity and clarity is good for the rage you are feeling anyway here is a song that I found recently and is hitting extra hard right now for me It's Okay (To Punch Nazis) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sOSr7n_8YU

Unemployment croissants attempt 1 I think I need to check my yeast and/or warm up my house

"If you don't see the option you need, please contact us" followed by no information on how to do so on that page is a real nice "fuck you" from a company #enshittification

Build more city on that goddamn golf course yesterday.

Charging for parking and using the money to make buses fast and free would increase affordability, targeted to people least able to afford transportation options.

Evan's almost-win scared the legislature enough to implement some transparency, like public committee votes. The result: a bill rolling back MA climate action stalled out, despite the support of the House Speaker, because publicly voting for it was embarrassing. A win would be even more impactful!

Name one thing that's still good and I'll tell you how it would be better with fewer cars. Or name one thing that used to be good and I'll tell you how cars screwed it up.

#bikeboston if you bike around town and want to support better bike infrastructure, go on an incredibly fun adventure, and become friends with lots of cool local bike people, you really should join Bostreal this year! […]

If you want more information you can go to one of our info sessions: In Person 🗓: Sunday, January 25th 🕑: 2-3PM 📍: BPL Central Branch, Commonwealth Salon (700 Boylston St) Zoom (fill out interest form for link): 🗓: Tuesday, January 27th 🕑: 7:30-8:30PM

Save the date! Bos/treal 2026, our fully supported bike trip to Montreal is happening from May 23-30th! Fill out our interest form for updates: tinyurl.com/bostreal26

Just one week into 2026 - would love to see this level of urgency for safe infrastructure from Boston!

Have you written to the new Chief of Streets yet? Suggest his New Years resolution should be safer street infrastructure!

Congratulations to newly selected Mayor @councillorsiddiqui.bsky.social and Vice Mayor @burhanazeem.bsky.social on the Cambridge City Council!

Come! Talk with me and other staff about this project on Wednesday evening!

rare Cook's Illustrated disappointment, tried the lemon-sichaun peppercorn pasta and both of us were not into it (doesn't bode well for the amount of leftovers it made)

If you're looking for a food to eat to bring good luck in the new year, I recommend eating the rich.

A local example: the people fighting bike lanes on Broadway kept saying they were for "commuters". I.e. the high school students and CRLS staff, who bike in massive numbers, are not _real_ Cambridge residents and therefore it's OK for them to be injured. If you're not in a car, you're not real.

* Tolling roads through parks. DCR roads (Storrow, people cutting through the Blue Hills) could be tolled tomorrow. Put a gantry on each side so people using the park don't pay. Roads through parks (93 through Fells, 128 thru Blue HIlls) too, parks are natural barriers to bypassing via local roads.

Why do I need a bluetooth speaker in my bathroom ceiling fan??? There is no way that sounds good or works well or lasts as long as the fan should

Just watched a guy roll thru a stop light and the cop behind immediately pull them over. A guy got out of his car to cheer

the more I have to listen to golfers, the less sympathy I have for them. the most selfish people playing the most* wasteful sport arrogantly claiming its the most important thing within a city *most is probably motorsports, but I think in most cases everyone knows that should be out in the […]

In medical devices (and other fields), there is a concept called "foreseeable misuse" which engineers must account for in the design and mitigate the risks to prevent foreseeable problems. There are huge meetings of a bunch of engineers to think of ALL the possible ways a design could fail or be […]

Found a tool where I can make my dream transit system for Boston, and someone else already mapped out the current T network. I think I found a new Funemployment task https://metrodreamin.com/view/QlhJdGRyVDViNlhPd05Kb05PNk9WR3JndDJsMXw2Mw%3D%3D

Who doesn't love getting up extra early for an investor demo while knowing that the noon all hands is going to be laying the whole company off #startuplife

Every top Bluebikes station and the highest bike mode share was on Mass Ave, so why is there still such a huge safety gap from Symphony to BMC?

I sort lawless bicycle behavior into three categories: 1. They genuinely believe they're making the safer option for themselves (Idaho stop and related) 2. They're self-absorbed/oblivious - includes most children 3. They're assholes, but at least they're only on a bike instead of in a car.

I put together a “starter pack” of #boston focused orgs/accounts on #mastodon / #fediverse - please give them a follow and let them know you see them reaching out to us on non-corporate Social Media: https://fedidevs.com/s/Mzgz/ #massachusetts #newengland

You need to do this in volume all over the city to keep rents and displacement down.

Boston should be one of the most livable cities on the planet. But every decision still gets routed through defensive, “how long have you lived here?” parking-first politics. One day I hope we get leadership willing to break that cycle instead of treating the status quo as a political safety jacket.

Safe Streets Can't Wait! We need a new "miles of bike lanes" promise from the city of Boston if we want to achieve our Climate and Vision Zero goals. 📣 Speak up! Send an email today: secure.everyaction.com/Gd9JJbt31U-C...

Speed cameras work.

Pie by BlueBike

Mayor Wu could, of course, dramatically enable & accelerate building more homes in Boston to alleviate the City’s budget needs _and_ reduce individual residential taxpayers’ taxes. A net increase in taxpayers in multi-family buildings means better spreading the tax burden.