councilor flaherty bravely dispelling the myth that cambridge is over-educated by incorrectly describing the relationship between supply and demand

man on my flight just switched from fox news to caleb hearon’s comedy special. truly the people’s comic

so apparently the @cambridgemass.bsky.social license commission is voting tomorrow on some of the most draconian liquor rules in the country out of nowhere for no apparent reason. Email them at [email protected] if you want to say what the heck guys via www.instagram.com/reel/DZnMcEW...

i joke with my out of state friends that cambridge is a socialist paradise. $4.2m of public funds to renovate a 12-unit historic co-op building? we’re not beating the allegations

“Frequent public commenter James Williamson was critical not just of the lack of parking and reliance on mass transit, but of the continued “concentration of poverty” in the area... The idea of baseball field bleachers being cast in shadow also upset him.” NIMBYism is grievance politics

maine reddit is absolutely losing its mind coming to terms with the fact that platner is a morally dubious person and might lose for that reason

sounds like developers better start buying up all the obscure cul-de-sacs in cambridge, or risk intervention from the chc

restore mega-cambridge

Correcting the record about the impact of Cambridge’s Multifamily Housing ordinance

Here is Tom Steyer personally supporting high school trans athlete AB Hernandez. I don't think I've ever seen a candidate as brave as Tom Steyer in his explicit support for trans folks. It says a lot that it took a self funded billionaire not dependent on donors to do it.

it's important not to conflate the impact of phone bans on learning vs well-being. i think it's easier to draw a causal link between phone bans and better mental health compared to better academic outcomes see: The Effects of School Phone Bans tom-dee.github.io/files/w35132...

nice golf course propaganda in the middle of a drought @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/24/m...

Cambridge passed citywide multifamily zoning last year. Now, more housing is being proposed in wealthy neighborhoods that had previously been protected by exclusionary zoning. This is exactly as intended by the City Council, and a key step towards correcting the city's geographic inequality.

Cambridge passed citywide multifamily zoning last year. Now, more housing is being proposed in wealthy neighborhoods that had previously been protected by exclusionary zoning. This is exactly as intended by the City Council, and a key step towards correcting the city's geographic inequality.

The 9 Wyman Road project is not a fluke, it’s a sign of successful multifamily zoning

boston is the most european city meaning we similarly suffer through summer without air conditioning for some backward ass reason

A very Strength In Numbers-coded article today: It looks like Republican Supreme Court justices made a very rudimentary, but willful, statistical error in their effective invalidating of the VRA in the Callais decision. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-05-08...

GOAT

Marblehead (where I grew up) deserves the attention it’s getting from this extremely cool dude but it is unfortunately not alone in “meeting” 3A requirements in a way where no housing will actually be built. If you’re in MA, channel this moment’s energy into changing the law. #Chowder #Nomar

Data center? No thanks—I’d rather data woman!! #humour

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger endorsed a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions when they leave prison. State lawmakers passed the amendment and it will now appear on the state ballot.

I hated serial killers until I got that first rush of my hands squeezing tighter and tighter around a helpless delicate neck

Bike lanes do take space away from drivers. Why not get rid of sidewalks too, hell school zones really slow drivers down..get rid of schools! While we're at it i'm kind of tired of those pesky residential areas with their people and stop signs - no more homes! Nothing but roads and parking lots.

OOP New York Times got receipts on John Roberts being like, 'I know this isn't how anything works, but a Democratic president is about to implement a policy!!' www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Know what allows cities in MA to raise tax basis above the Prop 2.5 limit w/o an override vote? New MF housing development. Know what is proven to stabilize & even decrease rents? New MF housing development Know what we have virtually zero of these days in Boston? New MF housing development.

Did you know, beef has the highest emissions per kilogram compared to any other protein rich food? #animalagriculture

you could use this argument against any fee for a government service. the other councilors should’ve made her defend why this fee specifically needed to be waived (the answer is politics)

SCOOP: @mayorwu.boston.gov's Administration Delays @mbta.com Columbus Ave. Transit Project; City Hall Planners Told to Cancel Meetings With T mass.streetsblog.org/2026/03/25/w...

smash

I've been asked recently for something on Why Ed Markey / Why Not Seth Moulton, so I decided to do a stock-taking of Seth Moulton's record. jonathancohn.medium.com/ma-elects-fi...

it's pouring rain and @cambridgemass.bsky.social trash collection left every single bin on our street open. that has to be intentional, right??

Blunt reality: Americans are not "taxed enough already." We aren't taxed enough, actually. Norway collects 31% of GDP as taxes. The United States collects 12% of GDP as taxes. That, not "military spending," is the real reason that Greenlanders have "free" health care and Americans don't.

To make building housing more palatable, Somerville allows new units near transit to be ineligible for street parking. Affordable units are always eligible; how much of an impact is this? Of 90 affordable units in the 450-unit Union Sq tower, only 7 have permits.

A reminder that humans in cars - notably omitted from this thanks to motonormativity - kill 1.2m people every year

The trend shift in adults per family household is so insane. its even more insane that every important policymaker and economist thought we were slowly soaking up a glut of homes even into the 2010s. And it’s even more insane that there are still supply-crisis skeptics today.

hard to imagine why housing prices are so high in lexington...

a majority of bus riders are transferring to the subway where they have to pay a fare! the mbta has free transfers, effectively making the bus free!

It's kind of wild how driving the speed limit feels like an act of resistance against car culture

You'll understand our campaign more from this launch video than anything else. We gave it our heart and soul. Give it a watch.

Historic neighborhoods with iron preservation mandates don't stop change. They accelerate change. Historic preservation turns units for renters into mansions for billionaires www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

new from me: a story about VACANCY CHAINS, the idea that underlies the argument that more housing is good even if you can't afford it www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I want to believe (and want you to believe) a better Massachusetts is possible so we're running for State Senate!

Join us next Wednesday February 25th 6pm at the Armory as we kick this election off!

the somerville star market on beacon street has condensed all of its culturally asian cooking products to about 3 feet of shelf space. it’s fucking annoying and embarrassing

i was complaining about this for weeks. completely screwed my flow

As a bicyclist what I would really like more than anything else is to not be treated like someone on foot and also not treated as if I am encased in a half ton of safety measures and a big ass engine

Boston did not clear snow from the bike lanes after the storm two weeks ago, so our community came together to do so. "We just want to get home safe and alive!" @bikeboston.bsky.social @streets.boston.gov @mayorwu.boston.gov @universalhub.com @wcvb5.bsky.social @mass.streetsblog.org

Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders