#BikeTooter I'm struggling to find a good image of the risk of locking your bike to a signpost, anyone able to point me to one? Specifically signposts that bolt to a stub in the ground, allowing for anyone with a wrench to unbolt the post and slide it through the lock. I think ideally a gif or […]

Overheard at the independent: “it’s not vibe coding. It’s vibe engineering”

Breakfast sandwiches and coffee: the less pretentious the sandwich and the more pretentious the coffee, the better

I don’t like the idea of having to verify my age to use the internet, no matter how well meaning the policy

Foods where I consider the one serving to be the entire package regardless of size: Sea salt dark chocolate caramels Oreos (original, not double stuf) Those grocery store sugar cookies that are objectively bad but yet so good Black iced tea Coffee cake Thin mints

Here's our expenditures. 35/?

It's all property taxes. That's the city's revenue. 22/?

What are we using for making basic websites these days? Open to any and all recs, but will add more details about my use cases in thread.

Due to rising costs, I tried switching to a cheaper yogurt and nope. Nope nope nope nope.

Me: I don't know what I want to do with my life Me: wait, actually I do know what I want to do, but frolicking in the sun all day does not pay the bills

For reasons of job insecurity, I did a deep dive into my monthly and annual expenses today and oof it does not look pretty. Why is everything so damn expensive these days.

I may have a situation this fall where it makes sense to work remotely from somewhere in Europe for a week or so between other obligations. If you were to pick a spot to work from, what would you choose and why? Things to factor in: - I will need some overlap with East Coast US working hours - […]

My classmate Emmanuel has gotten IRB approval to run a quick study of Somerville residents -- see if ppl might be willing to track carbon emissions, and if so, how he can help! I can vouch for Emma's good intent. I had a convo w/him today about if he does produce an app, what might be helpful […]

Mast. (this is just a ship post)

Me, when my schedule is packed: “I should really hang out with [cool acquaintances who I want to be better friends with] sometime” Me, when I finally have a free night: “I know absolutely nobody and can think of no people to do things with”

Anybody doing the #30DaysOfBiking challenge? Here's your reminder to get on your bike today!

The Bos/treal crew is raffling off art, cool and unique bike parts, experiences and a ton more to support their 400 mile trip to Montreal! Buy some tickets and stay to hang out with a room full of friendly cyclists 😊 📅 Saturday April 11th 🕓 4-7pm (pull at 6:30) 📍 Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St

Thrilled to report that I, the least sports-inclined of the family, am currently in first place in my family’s March Madness bracket tournament. My strategy of “pick the school I like more, and if I don’t know either, pick my favorite logo” apparently is paying off.

I have a new #urbanism enemy: bag policies at venues. Sorry not all of us travel with a giant lock box where we can leave our belongings (Let alone those who have medical needs that don’t fit into a small clutch/purse, though at least some venues are willing to accommodate that with prior […]

Does this tool exist? A map where you plot in a "from" and "to" point and it gives you the distance in two different ways: One for the distance you have to travel by car, and one for the distance traveled by foot? #urbanism #UrbanPlanner #urbanplanning #map #osm #OpenStreetMap #askfedi #tools

Fediverse continually has some of the best recommendations, so I come to you once again to ask: Any recommendations for things to do around #sandiego? Food & drink, nature, infrastructure, history, and broader #socal day trips accessible by #transit? Thanks! #recommendations #travel #california

Tonight was a nice night. Got bonus hangouts with partner while finishing the workday from a local brewery. Ran into an acquaintance bartending when we went for dinner. Sat in on auditions for the improv show I’m in and knew the majority of folks auditioning so I got to just have fun and play […]

you can't build consensus with people who are never gonna give a shit about safety and just want car go vroom

Hey #bostodon folks in Greater Camberville! Looking for a food rec — is there someplace in Davis, Porter or Harvard that has a killer burger AND a decent vegetarian meal for Friday lunch? #boston #cambridgema #SomervilleMA #camberville

Google just sent me a "Welcome to Gemini" email with the notice at the bottom "This message was sent to you because you signed up to use Gemini." THE HELL I DID. I TURNED OFF EVERY SMART FEATURE I COULD FIND. I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR GEMINI. FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF GOOGLE.

Good afternoon to everyone, but especially those who are also gonna zoom into the fuckin' #somervillema Finance Committee meeting and watch our local electeds talk about how maybe they want to become even more enmeshed with Dept of Homeland Security, maybe now with SWAT trainings and AI […]

My kingdom for a music streaming service that doesn't suck*

Had a busy day, and it was so nice to be able to finally comfortably bike between my many activities. This winter has been brutal.

Going to Tucson for work, what’s good there? (boost my good fediverse friends)

[Screaming into the void] ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUGGHHHHHHHHHUAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

I know the job market is tough. On the other hand, I've been on six interview panels in the past month, and none of the candidates passed. I only passed three of them on my session, and my bar is low - it's basically "do you understand relational databases y/n" (the trickiest thing is a join […]

I HAVE SO MANY PROJECTS all of them are fun

The #mbta has announced the next rollout of the bus network redesign, which starts April 5th. Looks like CT2 is gone, replaced with an extended 85 to Assembly in #somerville, The 40/50 combo in #roslindale is getting split up, and the 350 to #burlington gets an extra stop #boston #cambridge […]

on the one hand, of the seven people in my building, I am the only one who has done any snow removal so far. On the other hand, I have done no snow removal that is helpful to my building neighbors other than the legally required sidewalk clearing and enough to unblock the garage. If anyone […]

First snow blower run of the day used up *both* sets of batteries, and it looks like each set takes about 2.5-3 hours to fully charge. Gonna be a fun one.

Well folks it finally happened to me. I was mic’d for an interview and forgot to take my mic off when I went to the bathroom ☠️

Are there any #musicians here who get to gigs via bike? What do you play? Do you carry your instrument with you? And perhaps most challenging - how do you keep your instrument safe if you go out with your band mates/friends after the show? I'm thinking of getting back in to playing, but as […]

no actually I don't want more snow please and thank you

Once again wishing our commuter rail ran more than every two hours off peak...

Really interesting and detailed proposal on reducing travel times on the Northeast Corridor with targeted infrastructure improvements and only one giant project (running along the existent I-95 right of way), no tunnels to Long Island needed: https://nec.transitcosts.com/ #amtrak #trains #transit

Thread of random life advice that has stuck with me over the years…

You know when someone asks you how to do something, and you explain it but are pretty sure they didn't actually internalize what you said even though they give the standard cues of understanding? Do you 1. repeat yourself thus risking insulting their intelligence, or 2. let them fuck it up and […]

Plant based foods and diets are generally better for people and the environment. However, when I get a granola bar advertised as plant-based, I know I'm about to eat the worst granola bar I've ever.

I spent an inordinate amount of time today looking at the MBTA bus route map to figure out how I was going to get to dinner tonight. Which made me revisit a discussion on here from ~2 years ago with @crystalvisits about the need for a #somerville circulator shuttle, sponsored by the city. Spent […]

Today I learned that my friend's brother bought a goat. The goat came with an emotional support horse. I can't get over this fact now.

Ngl I love that gen z men are bringing back the moustache.

In case anyone is interested, two facts: 1. Somerville's Finance cmte meets tonight (in 30 min) with open public comment session on next year's budget. You get 2 minutes if you sign up […]

I am actually rather frustrated with the Boston area's snow response this year. Yes, it was a lot and we haven't seen this much in a while and yes it has been colder than usual, but it has been weeks and - crosswalks are still blocked in - Bike lanes are still blocked, and - parking is still […]

My kingdom for a theater in #boston that 1. Is rentable hourly 2. Has a real lighting setup with a board 3. Has a real sound system with a board 4. is T accessible 5. Has a bar and maybe even food, and 6. Is vaguely affordable for small independent productions. Bonus points for a green room and […]