I blame ‘the groups’ and their bike trails

I’m sorry it needs to be phrased in the form of a question

High amongst the worst moments of my entire life so far was telling my then-six-year-old that her mom had died. Renee Good’s whole family and community is in my thoughts rn.

Please redistrict me to Ayanna, little baby gerrrymandering Jesus

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

Solve the Cambridge affordable-housing and golf-course-parking crises in one easy step

Jo-Anna Krupa - apparently a @cambridgemass.bsky.social employee - says in a public meeting that Huron Ave bike lanes could lead her to cut subsidized access to our *public* golf course. www.cambridgeday.com/2026/01/07/b...

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!

This is the video.

Increase Arlington’s population by 1% in one easy step! Love to see these huge ArlVa site plans. Wish the transpo network plans could catch up.

GF: any ideas for traffic calming on the street outside my workplace? Me:

DC Statehood Now www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Variable message sign for $600 in rozzie. Become ungovernable. www.facebook.com/share/1Bu3ox...

Drifting the cargobike on the school run on this sheet-ice morning is parenting 22-year-old-me would endorse

Tim Walz, comms director for Walz 2028

LFG

Mount those PV panels on 18-holes worth of multifamily housing community and then let’s talk

Geely gonna drink tesla’s milkshake #TeslaTakedown www.thedrive.com/news/the-chi...

Sen Creem (Newton Highlands) introduced a bill (S. 2246) directing MASSDOT to set driving mileage reduction targets for Massachusetts! www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/05/b...

I really need to know who the one user is who understood the assignment and saved this post

First day back to the office

My neighbor/friend Kate has a new YA novel out today, and there’s a book launch at @portersqbooks.bsky.social this Friday! Would love to see you there and/or pick up a copy from them! open.substack.com/pub/goodenou...

the 6% is the WaPo editorial board

The only thing about bluesky I’d like to moan about rn is that I can’t see who saves my posts. That would be interesting to me.

One of the new @cambridgemass.bsky.social EV recycling trucks serviced my street today, and it is SILENT. What a shared win for climate AND quality of life!

24 hour return to National Landing (tm) just made me angry, a nostalgia of the sort I didn’t need

none of that beef soap in this Marriott

Went to visit my alma mater St Mary’s College of MD, who built a bunch of new buildings since I attended, and broke my heart by including these cursed bike racks. Nine year old for scale.

The revolution will be tacky af www.facebook.com/share/1DMgUM...

We also solved peak period city congestion with remote white collar work, and then just said “nah, Jamie Dimon hates this.” We keep finding new ways to solve this problem, and then finding new ways to say “nah.”

My kid was in a daycare in Arlington VA, located amidst a bunch of hotels where these folks were staying on January 6th, 2021. It was pretty terrifying then, and seeing that feeling go national is fucking depressing.

Climate change spares my childhood memories for another year

$1.4T company doesn’t sell stuff anymore

having a grilled-cheesy holiday

<winces in $17B Chesapeake Bay Bridge>

Mother in law pro tip

There’s a wide spectrum of driving behavior that lies in the space between “purely accidental” and “intentional,” that is still criminal. Intent totally matters, but it’s not the only thing that matters!

They “consider” by complaining to sympathetic media, and then just spend more on conservative political contributions than just fucking doing the thing. Go to Texas or Florida, just do it, no one wants you anywhere else.

Christmas is great but don’t forget the important things - keeping your wordle streak intact

Flipside datapoint: Mayor Muriel Bowser

Lance Armstrong’s autobiographer should have tried harder to get a comment from Christophe Bassons

Inside each of us are two wolves

Went to (finally) buy my copy, but they’re sold out… which makes me happy.

After my wife died, I was so floored by the people who did just this. “I’m setting up a meal train, tell me a few things you guys like eating.” “What night is best for me to babysit?” “I’m headed to market basket, what do you need?” “I’m gonna do X, sound ok?”

Yeah, let's be careful out there with Epstein shit. George W. Bush's military service was hinky as hell, but the fake memos fed to CBS killed the story after Dan Rather ran with the false scoop. (Look it up, kids.)

Today’s mantra

enjoy Reggie Miller and Wout Van Aert doing trackstands www.instagram.com/reel/DSk2Y7r...

In any event, the Cambridge St. zoning petition is tabled by vote of 7-2. BA y MM y PN y SS y JSW y PFT n AW y CZ y EDS (delay) n « It's not apparent to me that EDS understood the vote? » Now an entirely superfluous vote to place CMA#7 on file.

MASS AVE ZONING is Ordained by vote of 6-3 (with 12 stories, no compromise to 11 stories): BA y MM y PN n SS y JSW y PFT y AW n CZ n EDS y

Somehow sending the spiked segment to Global TV is just a perfect Four Seasons Total Landscaping move, and we’re absolutely gonna win.