A couple inches of snow at rush hour and the Turnpike, Merritt and 84 look just dreamy this morning. Bridgeport to Rye: 32 miles, 2:15. (Or 51 minutes on the train.)

Wait until they find out that the T used to actually be free past Kenmore going outbound. dailyfreepress.com/02/24/20/218...

Proud to endorse @burhanazeem.bsky.social for State Senate. A first rate person & first rate political leader in #mapoli.

I completely understand why people are angry about this, but consider that it *really is true* that the media is wired to make it about Dems, or at least both-sides it. The press would *love* to have anything to cover other than "an 80yo dementia patient ranted for hours."

I don't understand why email clients bury the UI to add or change signatures (and vacation responders) as much as they do. We just changed from Outlook to Gmail for work (long story).

Another day where we get cheap hydro from Quebec but can't push it far enough into New England.

Bringing new meaning to "clogged arterials".

It's disheartening how many people on Reddit are resigned to bad municipal services and have just come to believe interjurisdictional finger-pointing is a feature of the system, not a bug. www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeM...

And we are seeing a similar version of this in the United States right now. Research by @chenoweth.bsky.social and the Crowd Counting Consortium suggests that the perception of democratic threat, from Trump's power grabs and ICE, have played a critical role in motivating a mass resistance movement

this probably the worst poll in both Mills' and Collins' careers

Look I'm sorry but if you support a Nazi, even if he's running as a Democrat, you are a bad person & I will judge you accordingly.

This is an astounding poll if it is correct. The anti-incumbency wave this fall is going to be ridiculous. (And, no, if I lived in Maine I wouldn't vote for anyone in the same county as Platner in the primary.)

With 60" of snow Boston is 24" ahead of normal for this time of year, 10" ahead of the seasonal average … and 40" behind where we were in 2015. @universalhub.com @weatherishappening.com

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.” They pulled a Target.

New York and Boston airports are back in business this morning after mass ❄️ cancellations over the past few days.

we are ruled by a class of men incapable of experiencing joy

Lots of snow left on the road on North Harvard

Usually we do removal overnight bc it’s disruptive & large equipment, but this time we’re holding the parking ban longer to do daytime removal today too. Will be piling snow away from the intersections mid-block to be removed to snow farms throughout the week. Also more snow farm sites & melting.

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This machine kills fascists.

A place today's blizzard sticks out. Max 2-day snowfalls in the 95ish megalopolis: 37.9 in Providence Feb 22-23, 2026 30.7 in Philly Jan 7-8, 1996 29.2 in Baltimore Jan 22-23, 2016 27.6 in Boston Feb 17-18, 2003 27.5 in NYC Jan 22-23, 2016 26 in DC Jan 27-28, 1922 24 in Hartford Jan 12-13, 2011

The Taunton Globe!

The Lake Shore Limited has so much schedule padding it can leave Albany 2:41 late and arrive in Chicago 15 minutes early (I mean, at least, it can be projected to do that)

Yes. Hello @cambridgemass.bsky.social. Please do your job here.

Eliot @ Bennett is the 10th busiest bus stop in Cambridge, many of which are covered (Harvard, Alewife, etc) It has a 4' snowbank between the shelters and street, and was never cleared after the storm a month ago. People have to wait in the street.

Skiing through Harvard Square @universalhub.com

Gov. Healey just banned road traffic in Bristol, Plymouth, and Barnstable counties due to the blizzard and dangerous road conditions - so let's hope that guy driving around Sandwich in his 4WD Ford Maverick is back home.

The worst version of Corduroy.

Today is day 32 below 42° in Boston in a row. Longer periods: 43 (ending 2015-03-03) 42 (1969-03014) 40 (1936-02-25) 39 (1985-02-09) 37 (1945-02-10) 36 (1981-01-18) 35 (1966-02-09) 35 (1875-02-02) 34 (2011-02-05) 34 (1901-02-25) 33 (2009-01-31) @universalhub.com @weatherishappening.com

589 keeps going no matter the weather.

The GSA scandal of 2010 means that basically no one in government can go to conferences anymore without dozens of signoffs. This seems … worse? www.govexec.com/management/2...

Interested in this--the important piece seems to be that the range impacts of cold weather on BEBs seem to be decreasing as time goes on. But! Mandatory 15-min dwell time to recharge at the end of a route, or midday return to garage, are *major* operational inefficiencies. grist.org/transportati...

Southwest and JetBlue already posted alerts about the potential of PreCheck and Global Entry closures, so clearly something was communicated to the airlines. But now...not? Cool very functional country we have here.

Wisconsin plates but still a FIB

Guy behind me after I slid his bag to make room “do not touch my stuff.” Me: “You’re on an airplane.” Me to kiddo: “it’s okay if you want to have a tantrum, there’s already a crybaby in the aircraft.”

this is a good thread but skipped one of the craziest effects of the rice controls — the near destruction of korean artisanal liquor, and replacement in the market with green bottle soju which is grain alcohol with sweetener. it's cheaper and higher proof. korean alcoholism was never the same

Come fly with me from Duluth, Minnesota to Boston tomorrow. Uh, maybe. cc @airlineflyer.net and other nerds.

I have the maturity of a 14 year old boy.

It’s bombogenisis baby! @universalhub.com

IYKYK

The @nws.noaa.gov Boston office has not caught up with the modeling showing a MAJOR snowstorm for Boston, still saying it's just going to hit the Cape and South Coast. This messaging is like 10 hours out of date. @universalhub.com

It seems like there is a thing with rental cabins in the upper Midwest that they are furnished with bed linens but not towels. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

you guys remember like a month ago when a literal epidemiologist on here decided to argue that its wrong to force parents to vaccinate their kids?

Small towns without instruments will be “left behind” and “overrun with pool halls”, says musical instrument salesman.

Republicans can end this anytime they want by agreeing to a national gerrymandering ban. Until then, they are going to be made to understand pain.

This is somewhat instructive of how people saw transportation in 1946: Streetcars were old and noisy, buses were new and quiet, and were going to be supplemented by helicopters anyway. It wasn't just a huge conspiracy.

This is kind of ridiculous, but given the timing looks a lot like 1960s malls (except outdoors), and unsurprisingly didn't work.

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I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?” High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!