Can I walk to multiple barbershop in less than 15 minutes in Roxbury? Yes. Do I drive 20+ minutes every 2 weeks to my old neighborhood to see the fine fellows at Roslindale Barbershop, who have taken care of me for 8+ years? Also yes.

Your life isn’t over and you aren’t a failure because things you expected to happen for you already HAVEN’T. The reality is when it finally happens, you’ll be better prepared to navigate/deal with it than if it had when you initially expected it. You’ll only fight the dragon on a much higher level

Fixed it for you.

The Riyadh comedy fest feels like yet another result of nihilistic hypercapitalism where people who got famous supposedly speaking truth to power are still absolutely going to take a giant paycheck from openly evil people because "getting yours" is the only recourse anyone feels like they are given.

Intersectionality means my brain read my morning devotional and then said "Maximum Effort!" in a Deadpool voice instead of Amen

Thank God for challengers. We should not send Stephen Lynch back to DC.

I got the name wrong but the profession/race/gender/age group right

Someone said D7 is a 10-way race to be in the general with Roy Owens and I am screaming at the historical accuracy

I think that if you are trying to understand the Anthropic book settlement, and you are not doing it in light of the (extremely) failed Google book settlement from 2011, you will never be able to understand what is happening.

Listen... I'm gonna need some daylight between these candidates

This is exactly what @khalbert.bsky.social told me this morning

Solidarity is the best <3

A very nice woman just asked me if she could count on the outlets on her Greyhound bus and I wish I could've provided real help instead of hysterical laughter.

The way I miss this lineup. Sigh.

My favorite #bospoli/#mapoli networking time is the period between 7:15AM and 7:45AM when @massterlist.com & @politico.com drop and we're all frantically texting each other "did you see this?!?!" screenshots 🤗

Fenway Park workers plan Wednesday rally as second strike threat grows

The #mapoli #bospoli P&G/Gillette transportation plan is a disaster: a very autocentric plan posing as TOD. It is aggressively hostile to transit, biking & pedestrian activities. There needs to be a reckoning here: the plan does not represent the needs or values of the city or neighborhood.

House, house, and a condo. Guess which municipality came in at 1/3 or 1/2 the size of its fellow offerings (alongside hundreds of additional monthly dollars in condo fees) Hint: I commiserate www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/r...

Knowing that he was a genuine Star Trek fan makes this joke even funnier imho Normalize asking your leaders what depictions of the future they watch in their free time

If one more person tries to sell me solar through unsolicited calls, texts, or canvasses, you can start calling me Lexie Luthor because I'm going to blow up the sun

BATEMAN: When I see a pretty girl, one part of me wants to take her out and talk to her and be real nice and sweet. NEWSOM: What does the other part think? BATEMAN: What her head would look like on a stick. NEWSOM: I'm so glad we can still have civil conversations across the aisle in this country

All of us, waiting on a transfer fee for the portion over 1 mil

The last line of this pulled quote is equal parts curse and condemnation. But also, yay for RCV 🎉

And now look at us! No, really. Look at us. www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-pare...

The United States summed up in two headlines.

Boston was full of joy this weekend while the streets were void of cars

We're delighted to share that Gintautas Dumcius (@gintautasd.bsky.social) is returning to MASSterList as Editor.

"There could be a beautiful new bus stop or commuter rail nearby, but what good is that if the people who’ve lived there their whole lives can’t afford to stay?" Shavel'le Olivier, exec. director of Mattapan Food and Fitness - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/26/b...

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

That race taught me a lot about GOTV, but also about how important it is to have a candidate that deeply cares more for their constituency than for the particular position. If they wouldn't serve the people without the seat, they shouldn't be running.

Flashbacks to canvass captaining on Election Day for Pressley's inaugural, where pollsters put us behind even that morning. Turning out new voters, young voters, diverse voters = upsets for the ages

I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.

Listen - if your former staffer goes and works for another campaign y'all really need to CHILL TF OUT because it says a lot about BOTH of you. Just keep it moving on whatever you're trying to accomplish and we can have laundry day after the campaign. Damn.

...creativity is inherently unsafe...

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

I literally could not find a good cut in @dartadams.bsky.social's closing statement because it was the perfect answer to this moment. "We're not worriers. We're warriors."

Fireside chat time at the Mayor's Civic Summit with Boston's favorite historian, @dartadams.bsky.social

My favorite fictive kinship aunty Venmo'd me $5 to get a donut this morning, and that is a very delicious way to find out it is Eid al-Adha. Eid Mubarak, my friend! ✨️🌙🙏🏾

We are in a time where this could mean an epic sports play, Trump declaring war on Canada, one of those robot dogs gaining sentience, and/or a cure for cancer.

Only just become aware of this magnificent photo of Katharine Hepburn outside her house. I often feel like this.

More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.

There is something really heartwarming about the fact that if I lose my nieces in a crowd in Boston, I can call out "O-H" and listen for two tiny voices to yell out "I-O!" anywhere, anytime. Or yell out "Michigan" and wait for little vociferous boos. Thanks bro.

Why am I hearing both coyotes howling AND turkeys gobbling? Feels like it should be one or the other

pride is next week pride wasn't brought to you by delta air lines, microsoft, coca-cola or even the democratic party. it was brought to you by trans women throwing bricks at cops and lesbians taking care of gay men dying of AIDS during reagan. do not forget where we came from. now more than ever.

I really miss having the same people for trash/mail/etc because I may never again see the kind worker who came to my door to get my trash bag because in my rush to catch them I neglected to put on pants. Would've received an awesome holiday tip.

One week from today! DorchFest 2025. Here’s a look back at last year’s festivities… youtu.be/T7jK2AQwbys

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday blocked the Trump administration's effort to ban international students from Harvard University.

One of these people may represent me, and I'm kinda ehhhhh on the whole thing. Imma need some single issue forums - housing, transportation, economic development advocacy orgs pleeaasseeee come thru 🙏🏾

Thank you! For those (🙋🏾‍♀️) who want to express their displeasure on the record