Vigil tonight in downtown Melrose - over 100 of us....

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped spread the word. Thousands of Minnesotans gathered tonight for a vigil honoring Renee Good, who was murdered by ICE agents. Let’s get ICE out of MN!

This seems significant: not a FORMER DHS official, but a SENIOR (current) one saying the officer who fired acted counter to training. This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One. I think they know this is bad. Really bad.

Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, dies at 96. Seems especially important to remember on 1/6. www.npr.org/2026/01/05/g...

16 hours in, my guess this was all intended basically as a coup to put VP Delcy Rodriguez in power (likely without her knowledge but 🤷). At least for democracy & human rights, that might be even worse than the "opening shots in a war" scenario. All speculation, but let me explain:

A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News. Homicides in NYC... 1990: 2,262 1993: 1,927 1998: 629 2001: 649 2013: 335 2019: 320 2021: 488 2024: 382 2025 (as of 12/28): 302

Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!

@jbf1755.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

Actions speak louder than words.

Lord huron - Bag of Bones - www.youtube.com/watch?v=59wc...

On a recent trip to Barcelona, I was thrilled to see many streets turned into pedestrian/bike ways (or at least pedestrian priority ways) along with trees, rain gardens, and seating to help cool things down and soak up rain. This also makes up for fewer neighborhood parks across the city.

15 min city means you can go to buy milk when you want pancakes at 9 pm on a Wednesday.

Happy post-punk holidays from Rovélo Creative. *every damn year with these lights.

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

I read this morning that Penn Station serves more than 2x passengers per day as Atlanta Hartfield, the country’s busiest airport. So I had to map them at the same scale. 🤯

Today in “Dudes Rock”: A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.

Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.

Watch me go by Lord Huron www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2jK...

‘you know if you’re not actually dead you have to feed me’

Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops

If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.

Ljubljana will see your cake vending machine and raise you a raw milk automat, complete with glass bottles

Trump has done enormous harm to the country. He is a deeply corrupt and venal man. He is wildly unpopular, his agenda more so. He's lost the consent of the governed. He is old, infirm & clearly no longer mentally competent to run a nation. It is time now to start talking about him moving on👇

Tonight was a very bad night.

Walking up the Rose Kennedy Greenway after a wet volunteer horticulture session, fall color is still here.

hero

Just what he needed

Rebecca McMackin's home garden - www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfzO...

“With 470 trees planted and 4,000m2 of nature in the heart of the 14th arrondissement, the Place de Catalogne has been radically transformed in 2024!” — Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, continuing the green transformation of central Paris. Greening, cleaning and cooling the city for people.

A lot of rock work and digging out of another culvert along the trails of Middlesex Fells. Thanks to a great volunteer trail crew!

Listen to William Whyte, folks www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Good discussion. I agree with @hcrichardson.bsky.social on targeted strikes vs. a general strike in the US. The political scientist in me urges many to go back and better understand the period from 1870 through Jim Crow. youtu.be/IMMfXRVnA8Q?...

In votes over the past 2 days the Senate has voted to repeal Trump's tariffs on Brazil and Canada. It's a remarkable rebuke of Trump, a sign of growing discontent inside the GOP. Here's more: "Farm-state Republicans finally reach their breaking point" 👇 www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Urban Parks Lower Crime and Improve Community Health. #parks @cityparksalliance.bsky.social @nrpa.org news.ua.edu/2025/10/urba...

Next Middlesex Fells Volunteer Trail Workday: November 1, 9am-noon. Drainage and rock work. Sign up at Friends of the Fells website (fells.org) or www.eventbrite.com/e/fells-trai...

Lovely day

OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.

David Byrne at #NoKings on his bike. (via @wutangforchildren.bsky.social)

Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings

No Kings Boston!

The most Minnesotan protest sign. #NoKings

This has to be the largest protest in Austin TX history. The crowd is MASSIVE. #NoKings

Austin, Texas showed up in mass for democracy and against monarchy! #NoKings #Austin #Texas

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

#Nokingswakefieldma. Over 1,000 people attended a rally and then formed a big circle (a little hard to see) around the park.

From Rails to Trails, a one-hour documentary on the challenges, issues, and successes of the Rails to Trails movement is now streaming on PBS online. A great summary of some of the stories on the book of the same name by Peter Harnik. Check it out - www.pbs.org/show/from-ra...

The annual Honk Festival in Davis Square in Somerville is a great example of placemaking, driven by a community and supported by city government. This is School of Honk, (who accept all who want to join in) performing in Seven Hills Park in Davis Square.

Look at this incredible work by our dogsitter.