aws outage and now cloudflare... when will the internet stop putting all our eggs in one basket?

universal prayer: I hope you find your other sock in the laundry

If you haven’t, go vote today! In Cambridge, I’m voting for the Cambridge bike safety champions and for NO school committee incumbents (with teachers union endorsees at top of ballot) Also for the charter changes knowing almost nothing but that CCC is against them and Burhan is for them […]

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Tomorrow is the last day to vote in the City Council election! Polls are open from 7 am to 8 pm. Make sure you've made a plan to vote—and check in with 3 friends to make sure that they're voting too.

How I'm ranking candidates tomorrow in #cambma 1. Ayah Al-Zubi 2. Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler 3. Stan Rivkin 4. Sumbul Siddiqui 5. Dana Bullister 6. Marc McGovern Also I'm literally ranking everyone but Flaherty because it's the next best thing to a negative vote. Think I deserve some kind of award […]

it’s back!! the tactical urbanism fairy heard my heart’s song 🚦🧚 🛑

NOTE: If the SNAP cuts affect you, please visit linktr.ee/camberville_food_resources for information on emergency resources available to our community.

surprisingly good voter guide from @cambridgeday.com: https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/10/30/cambridge-city-council-election-guide-2025/ it conveniently labels which candidates are on the "Repeal Slate" for the recent upzoning, as well as which candidates are endorsed as "Bike Champion"s by […]

My health insurance “only” going up 13% next year

"You really want your tax dollars going to feed poor people?!" Yes. Take more. Take more of my money and give it to poor people. I'd rather help them eat than pay for another goddamn aircraft carrier or some shit.

The Importance of The Silly Street to a Healthy Urban Fabric In this essay I will ...

A nice moment of feeling like ‘bikes are normie here,’ getting two separate mailers from the local bike advocacy machine

Love to see Chappell Roan using her power for good. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/24/c...

Someone posted the infamous Cambridge school superintendent search contract on Reddit, and… Turns out, the school district not only contracted under $10k just to go sole-source, but then added on $40k to actually do the (shoddy) work. Denise Simmons, what’s up? drive.google.com/file/d/1Qmch...

Imagine losing your father, and barely a year later, having the insight and courage to write: “It took three deaths for me to start paying attention…. to begin working to elect pro-bike safety councilors. It shouldn’t have taken even one.”

Did you know that in the Baldwin neighborhood there is a (temporary for Halloween?) Little Free Library that only has copies of Dracula and Frankenstein? Crescent St maybe.

if you have `X` gender on your passport, propagating some useful info for international flights: https://bsky.app/profile/chosenfamilylaw.bsky.social/post/3m3pvzyjrwc2g

rest of the internet is still recovering from the AWS outage but the fediverse is working fine 😊

Dear Mass State Police: your helicopter circling at low altitude doesn't make me feel safe, it makes me feel watched. #boston #nokings

Pebble is officially back on iOS and Android! Download it now, works with all old and new Pebbles. Incredible that everything's still working just as well as before. Can you say that about any other tech product you bought 13 years ago?? rePebble.com/app

City says Linear Park closing 10/27 til question-mark.

> In a comment on Reddit, the team behind GrapheneOS has confirmed plans to start offering devices other than Google Pixel smartphones at a “similar” price. These Snapdragon-powered devices are coming from “a major OEM” that remains unnamed in the post […]

Why do I want the city to build more housing? Is it because I'm in the pocket of big developers*? Is it because I want to displace longtime residents? No, it's because I very selfishly want my friends to be able to find places to live near me. I want friends who are a walk/bike/bus away and not […]

x11 spotted in italy

running docker on a raspberry pi

Ninety minutes of modern classical music (a re-run from July 26, 2021) this (10/6/25) afternoon beginning at 4pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on https://wmbr.org #cambridge #boston #radio #modernclassical

CBS is hosting a "How to Talk to Your Friends and Neighbors About Bike Safety" event at the Harvard Square Patagonia on 10/16 from 7:30-9 PM. We will also distribute bike lights! Sign up: actionnetwork.org/events/how-t...

When the feelings of drivers matter more than the feelings of kids they've endangered. #WindshieldBias

Beautiful bike infrastructure means you can dress for the destination not the ride In Boston I dress like a road cone & wear a helmet used by professional cyclist racers not because it makes me safer (surrounded by drivers on their phones) but bc I don't want to be victim blamed should I be killed

amazing concert tonight by #carseatheadrest in #boston

After cancelling Netflix (technical/policy reasons) and Hulu (political reasons) I am now subscribed to nebula and dropout to support smaller-ish creators. And… how have I not subscribed to dropout sooner? I literally know some of these people and so of course I love their content. It’s just all […]

Loyal public broadcasting supporter here, I even upped my donation last month. This is merely the latest in the popular genre I call "Offload hypervigilance onto everyone outside of cars so everyone inside of them can have the carefree motoring experience promised by automobile ads." #WindshieldBias

the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project wrote this report about location sharing apps https://www.stopspying.org/big-brother-babysitter #surveillance #technology #privacy

We're pleased that @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social Editorial Board is urging Harvard students to vote for pro-bike safety City Council candidates—and cites our slate of endorsed candidates.

Are you planning on attending a protest soon? Your smartphone can be an essential tool, but it's also a huge risk to your privacy, security, and safety. If you decide to bring one along, you need to keep yourself protected: (🔥 hot tip: this advice is still great even if you aren't hitting the […]

Last night, picked up some firewood on the way home for some camping this weekend. “That is the most Cambridge thing I’ve ever seen,” said a lady walking by. “In a good way!” she quickly added.

@BostonBikeBlockers Car blocking the protected bike lane on Cambridge St in Cambridge

did a little experimenting with light painting last night and I'm ngl this _may_ be the single sickest photo I've ever shot :3 #photography #lightpainting #cycling #bike #nightphotography

Today we're sharing a deeper dive into how we made our Council endorsements. We considered 3 major components: (1) a commitment to completing the CSO on schedule by 2026, (2) each candidate’s vision for the future drawn from our candidate questionnaire, and (3) the voting record of incumbents.

Hello! I'm new to this instance, but have been in living in the boston area for a few years (and also living in a different mastodon instance for a few years). Looking for friends and folks to follow :)