I’m choking on the pollen out here, so I’m not too annoyed that drizzle started just as I started biking to work this morning and again on the way back this evening.

I know drivers should look out for people walking & biking. But often they’re just looking for other cars, so lights that catch the eyes can really make a difference. “After several pro-cyclist deaths, pros launch campaign urging riders Be Bright, Wear a Light and use running lights on every ride.”

*sighs loudly again*

Whoa, I just had a flashback to 25 years ago when I lived in Indy

One of these days when I get to London I’m gonna walk one of the footpath tunnels under the Thames and dream of an alternate reality where Boston also has a walking tunnel beneath the Harbor.

'Langste Fiets' the record-setting longest bicycle, is 181 ft long! I wonder how much this beast weighs?

In an annual rite, the Glover elementary school evicts a family of ducklings from its courtyard and out into the Pine Tree Brook / Turners Pond

I don’t think that’s my train #MBTA #MBTACR

It seems poetic that as the algae and moss grow on this monument, it’s gradually turning a beautiful shade of ogre green

With the MBTA Red Line diverted for repairs again, I took the Fairmount Line instead. I had to leave earlier than usual so I got a few minutes to sightsee and have breakfast. South Station is so much quieter before 7AM!

Bike Month Begins: Here's how to find group rides and events near you, plus a code to redeem free rides on @ridebluebikes.bsky.social: mass.streetsblog.org/2026/05/01/b...

Oh joy. May 1st marks the start of the summer fireworks season here in Dorchester.

Join us Saturday afternoon for a ride along the Neponset Trail to check out progress on the new Edgewater Greenway Trail before we go to the MassBike Bike Month Kickoff Party in Hyde Park! www.facebook.com/events/32434...

I'm happy we got to officially celebrate the opening of the northern Neponset River Greenway trail extension in Dorchester yesterday! Follow us at the @neponsetgreenway.bsky.social for more updates along the trail.

Steady red, rain ahead #Boston #mawx

The data for almost every speed camera looks like this, and people will whine endlessly about how they are cash grabs

Here at South Station there is a man with a truly amazing mustache! #Boston

Tourists arriving at South Station: “Cleveland was cleaner than here” #Boston

Collected on April 23, 2026, by one of Vantor's WorldView Legion satellites, this image of the Hubble Space Telescope from above was acquired from only 61.8 km away.

listen hun if you can't handle the Washington Post editorial board at their the Texas gerrymander "freakout" is "not a threat to democracy" you don't deserve them at their "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss"

This was the view from the train of the truck crash on the MassPike in Auburndale this morning @universalhub.com

. @massdcr.bsky.social tell us the trail detour between Conley St and 880 Morrissey Blvd in Dorchester is to allow them to install a pump system to reduce tidal and storm flooding. They expect the detour to be in place until sometime this summer.

Good luck to the #BostonMarathon runners! From my seat on the Worcester train this morning I saw many dozens of buses carrying runners out to the starting line. And at Southborough Station there was another shuttle bus for people to get to Hopkinton.

TFW you look out the window and see the Earth disappear 🎥 Astronaut Reid Wiseman 📍 Artemis II from the far side of the Moon

The era of papering over America’s decline with cheap credit, imperial dividends, and toxic derivatives is over. The last Jenga block will eventually be pulled, and the tower that has loomed over us for 46 years will collapse in a heap. trib.al/LQ4EFps

The U.S. is caught in a spiraling debt crisis, and a major casualty might be demand for U.S. Treasuries—a critical support pillar for the economy and the government’s ability to spend money. https://bit.ly/4myv8p7

Join us Saturday, April 18 from 10 AM to 2 PM for our annual ride along the full length of the Neponset River Greenway Trail!

"The US situation is a perfect storm, with high-speed arterials, distraction from phones, and big SUVs. In Europe, roadways are much slower, which provides a level of protection" "people who make a mistake shouldn't have to die and shouldn’t end up killing someone"

So the #MBTA really makes a big deal out of not allowing bikes on the Worcester line on Marathon Monday. But last year after I walked 3 miles to work the conductor said that folding bikes are allowed. And when I asked at the South Station ticket booth tonight I was told, “You good, honey.”

I was delayed on Wednesday evening and dreading the extra twenty minutes that these MBTA repairs have added to my commute recently. So on my way home I was very grateful to read that the project was completed more than a week ahead of schedule!

Massachusetts man bikes around the world after pandemic pivot | Click on the image to read the full story

The Bos/treal crew is raffling off art, cool and unique bike parts, experiences and a ton more to support their 400 mile trip to Montreal! Buy some tickets and stay to hang out with a room full of friendly cyclists 😊 📅 Saturday April 11th 🕓 4-7pm (pull at 6:30) 📍 Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St

#Artemis II - We have the first image from yesterdays Lunar flyby captured by the crew on Orion EARTHSET. April 6, 2026. Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon. 🚀🌕🌍

At the last public meeting I went to on Blue Hill Av, the generational divide was stark. Retired homeowners who own cars and drive for transportation talked about how a bus lane would "destroy" their neighborhood and the youth begged for fast, reliable transportation that would get them to school

lol #ArtemisII

Steady red, rain ahead (April showers may bring snow flurries) #mawx #Boston

The Artemis II mission seems good because it is. People seem excited by it because they are. It looks like a testament to the value of teamwork because it needs many people working together to succeed, and it’s succeeding. One of the best things about this is how straightforward it is. Authentic.

My friend Vivian, who happens to be the Peoples’ Bike Mayor of Boston, encourages people to participate in #30DaysOfBiking and bike a bit every day each April. And while I tend to be more of a fair-weather cyclist, I’ll try to give it a go again this year.

NEW: I’m a restaurant reporter who can’t eat gluten anymore. It’s a cruel joke. A personal essay for The Food Club, my restaurant newsletter, that I’ve been going back and forth about writing for months— @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/02/m...

The ad of the day: Thank you Best Western, for suggesting I book a vacation getaway 2.5 miles away! It would be nice to wake up to a view of the Quincy riverfront. #targetedadvertisement

This was my neighbor. The police pounded on the door early one Saturday morning and announced they would break the door down if it wasn’t opened. After they took her I had to search and call around to find her parents to take her crotchety old cat so he wouldn’t end up in a shelter.

The United States should abolish the presidency and become a parliamentary democracy

Our monthly Neponset Greenway Council meeting is at 7pm the first Weds every month. This month is at the SW Boston CDC, 11 Fairmount Ave #101, Hyde Park. Topics include upcoming event planning and project updates. Join us and share your feedback about the trail!

A controversial public works project that would include the re-positioning of bus traffic on Blue Hill Avenue into center-running bus lanes was the subject of a two-hour meeting hosted by City Councillors Brian Worrell and Miniard Culpepper last week in #Dorchester. www.dotnews.com/2026/03/31/g...

This morning the USS Constitution saluted the newly-commissioned USS Massachusetts submarine in Boston Harbor

The Bayside Expo Center snow farm in Dorchester is still at least fifteen feet tall and disgustingly grimy. #Boston

According to the Milton Times, flex posts will be removed from a section of Randolph Ave - Pleasant St to Reed St - to allow better access for local residents. The rest of the posts are slated to remain.