Steve Revilak
@purplebandanna.bsky.social
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Small time town politician. Itinerant bicycle punk. Likes to wear Purple Bandannas.
It's begining to look a lot like winter.
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about 9 hours ago
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TIL: People will think you're a surveyor if you dress in work boots, Carhartt, and a high-vis vest, then walk around a parking lot measuring things.
3 days ago
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Today's bucket list: - Buy stuff from sign of the dove - Measure drive isles in the Porter Square parking lot - Check out an industrial property where someone wants to add warehouse space.
4 days ago
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Weekly thread of
#ArlingtonMA
home sales. It was an active week with 16 properties changing hands. 6 were in the sub-million dollar range. Yes, "homeowner" and "millionaire" are generally synonymous terms in Arlington.
4 days ago
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I went to an americana show tonight, and got to play a cowbell solo in front of a real live audience. This was so incredibly fun!
4 days ago
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Home is where the couch is.
5 days ago
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Redneck by birth. Masshole by choice.
5 days ago
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That is one crazy daredevil squirrel.
5 days ago
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Someone gave me an earworm earlier today. Now you all have to listen to it. 🙃
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jm4...
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Bob & Doug McKenzie with Geddy Lee - Take Off
YouTube video by kr580
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jm4LoOaAWI
6 days ago
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Today's weather: winter with a bowl vibe.
7 days ago
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Serious question: did Rush ever write any songs about hockey?
7 days ago
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Morning ride to the office. It's a brisk and sunny -13C.
7 days ago
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Weekly 🧵about
#ArlingtonMA
home sales. Seven properties changed hands, two of which were under a million bucks.
10 days ago
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The fight over home costs in MA is going to get real.
bankerandtradesman.com/industrys-30...
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Industry’s $30M Anti-Rent Control Campaign Won’t Be Enough
Ads and harsh warnings won’t be enough to convince voters to turn away from rent control. We'll need to show voters a better world, first.
https://bankerandtradesman.com/industrys-30m-anti-rent-control-campaign-wont-be-enough/
10 days ago
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Deskwork, shopping, cooking, laundry, banking, and random to-dos around the house. Yes, that is my weekend.
10 days ago
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Will be interesting to see how this case plays out.
bankerandtradesman.com/landlord-sue...
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Landlord Sues Cambridge Over Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance
The suit challenges a city law requiring any project of 10 units or more to permanently set aside 20 percent as affordable housing.
https://bankerandtradesman.com/landlord-sues-cambridge-over-inclusionary-zoning-ordinance/
10 days ago
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May you laugh as hard as I did.
10 days ago
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Heard something on the radio about folks to like to get together, hang out, have a few drinks, and do ... paperwork. These may be my people.
10 days ago
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This week's Arlington Redevelopment board meeting. We had multi-family housing on Robbins Road, and discussions about citizen proposals for zoning changes.
www.srevilak.net/wiki/Arlingt...
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Arlington Redevelopment Board - Dec 1st, 2025 - srevilak.net
https://www.srevilak.net/wiki/Arlington_Redevelopment_Board_-_Dec_1st,_2025
11 days ago
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Kudos to
@cityofsomerville.bsky.social
for going with bus islands and cycle tracks.
add a skeleton here at some point
11 days ago
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Lol.
add a skeleton here at some point
12 days ago
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Back in my graveyard shift days, (4am) lunch was two potatoes in a brown paper bag, cooked in a microwave. I'm going all nostalgic for dinner tonight.
12 days ago
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Our local news outlet interviewed me for a story about the ballot petition for rent control. I tried to inject a little bit of class analysis.
yourarlington.com/2025/12/rent...
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Rent control could soon be in the hands of Massachusetts voters – Your Arlington
https://yourarlington.com/2025/12/rent-control-12052025/
12 days ago
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As a treat-to-self, that subscription to
@theonion.com
was totally worth it.
12 days ago
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It's 2025 and boston traffic is still bad. “Without meaningful investment in real alternatives like transit, bike lanes, and walkable neighborhoods, these burdens will only cost us more time and pollution,”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/m...
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Little surprise: Boston’s traffic is still among the top five worst in nation, report finds - The Boston Globe
In the least surprising news you'll hear today, Boston's traffic is still awful.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/metro/boston-traffic-delays-congestion/
12 days ago
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I've never seen a DPW use excavators to clear leaves, but it seems to be working for them.
12 days ago
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Clearing the way for a new apartment building. (East Lexington)
12 days ago
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Fine early winter morning.
13 days ago
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This is Spring Street: an overcrowded turn box, and a line of traffic as far as the eye can see. When the light changes, I'm gonna zip right by all that nonsense.
13 days ago
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I've started getting "your order is confirmed" spam in the form of Google calendar notifications. People are so clever 🙃
13 days ago
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Grifty grifters gonna grift, sigh.
14 days ago
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major rototill: it will be at least two days before this code compiles again
15 days ago
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Living life in the weather-free band, just northwest of Boston. Light rain and temps above freezing, but we might get a wintery mix later.
15 days ago
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Greenhouse gas emissions. What goes around comes around.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/s...
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Your New England home insurance could vanish. Climate change explains why. - The Boston Globe
From Connecticut to Maine, coastal communities are feeling the pinch of higher home insurance rates and fewer options for coverage.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/science/climate-change-home-insurance-vineyard/
16 days ago
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Ah - the blue stuff is now on the map.
16 days ago
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2026 could be a turning point for housing in Massachusetts. This would be a good thing.
bankerandtradesman.com/why-2026-cou...
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Why 2026 Could Be the Turning Point for Housing in Massachusetts
The conversation on Beacon Hill has become sharper and more candid, new polling shows voters want deeper, faster action and pro-housing candidates are winning office.
https://bankerandtradesman.com/why-2026-could-be-the-turning-point-for-housing-in-massachusetts/
16 days ago
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Joint meeting of folks from Precincts 1, 3, and 7. I'd call it a general airing of concerns, with some information about the upcoming override.
www.srevilak.net/wiki/Precinc...
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Precinct 1, 3, 7 Meeting - Nov 24th, 2025 - srevilak.net
https://www.srevilak.net/wiki/Precinct_1,_3,_7_Meeting_-_Nov_24th,_2025
17 days ago
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Round numbers: 600 sets of public meeting notes
www.srevilak.net/wiki/Categor...
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Category:Public Meetings - srevilak.net
https://www.srevilak.net/wiki/Category:Public_Meetings
17 days ago
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Presentation about the effort to update Arlington's 2021 Net Zero Action Plan:
www.srevilak.net/wiki/Net_Zer...
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Net Zero Action Plan Presentation - Nov 19th, 2025 - srevilak.net
https://www.srevilak.net/wiki/Net_Zero_Action_Plan_Presentation_-_Nov_19th,_2025
17 days ago
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The T isn't perfect, but it's still pretty freaking good at getting people where they need to go.
17 days ago
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Tuesday's forecast: a wintery mix with less than an inch accumulation or 7-8 inches, depending on who you ask. I guess it's still up for grabs.
17 days ago
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New
@mbta.com
red line trains beep rapidly when the doors are about to close. Call me a traitor, but I would rather hear "Stand clear of the closing doors!" instead.
17 days ago
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Everyday bicycle stuff: picking up kitty litter, cat food, weather stripping, and air filters for the heat pump.
18 days ago
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Weekly thread about
#ArlingtonMA
home sales. For properties changed hands this week, but only one was in the sub-megabuck range.
18 days ago
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New snow tires. They are spiky and buzzy.
18 days ago
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Feed kids, fix roads, fund hospitals. The campaign slogans are getting better and better.
add a skeleton here at some point
18 days ago
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How it started, and how it's going. Someone purchased this apartment building for $3.5M about two months ago. They're giving it a rehab.
19 days ago
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Adding this to my resume: - was never friends with Jeffery Epstein.
19 days ago
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TIL that there is a Canadian Thanksgiving, and it's celebrated on the second Monday in October.
20 days ago
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Alternatively, build enough homes to get the vacancy rate up to around 6-7%. Take away the scarcity premium.
add a skeleton here at some point
20 days ago
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