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All Kinds Of Nope @woozleweasels.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I feel like whoever named them Red Delicious apples has never actually eaten a delicious apple.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Good advice, though I recommend a 2nd u-lock, to go with the first one and the cable. Make your bike harder to steal than the others in the rack.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Activism is a long, incremental process, but positive change does happen.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Good, concise thread, pay special attention to the 5th post, it says a lot.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This intersection is dangerous by design. It made Louisa's death inevitable, it continues to leave people at risk. When will Mayor @wutrain.bsky.social understand that enough is enough. Safe streets can't wait!

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

People used social media to make outrageous claims designed to generate outrage. Far too many just uncritically accept what they see because it suits their preconceived notions. Kraft may be a scumbag, but this claim is a complete fabrication.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tell me you know nothing about finance and economics without saying it.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Did someone really write a "For the first time, country music represents the underdog" take? I'm embarrassed for that person by proxy.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2026

his basic ignorance of the subject is evident in that he equates country music with white rurality. not only does he appear unaware of the diversity of rural america, but he doesn’t seem to get that the principle audience for this stuff is suburban and exurban

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just about everything Trump does or says he'll do is illegal. Only Congress can appropriate funds, regardless of how those funds were acquired.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Fantastic, we need this in North American cities.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Massachusetts voters, this is super important. We must not allow cooperation with ICE.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This seems a reasonable explanation for the overt hatered most bike riders experience. The conclusion is important --focus on helping people to understand that bicycle use reduces traffic, rather than making the effort to explain that we really aren't getting a free ride or abusing road rules.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"Why should my tax dollars go to giving houses to people who can't afford them?" Why should MY tax dollars should go to satisfying your desire to see desperate people living desperate lives? I'd rather save money and solve the problem, rather than spend money to exacerbate it.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This guy complaining about too many bikes on his road, is probably the same guy who complains that he never sees any bikes in the bike lanes. It's not really about too many or too few, they just hate bike riders.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

* Being caught in the rain on the way home from work * the Santa rampage rides * bike taco tour * riding with friends after an evening at the Coolidge Corner theater * the best way to get to Fenway Park * riding through the crisp cool air of a winter night Everything is better on a bike

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I once had a blue Peugeot 10-speed, and it was amazing.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Does replacing parking with bike-lanes hurt restaurant business? Of course not, as this new peer-reviewed STUDY of 15 years of Montreal data showed. ACTUALLY, downtown experienced significant restaurant growth after bike lanes were installed. @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...

Separated bike-lane with people riding in Montreal.

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Chopay @chopay.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

>Bike lakes are for leisure and not work. "But I ride my bike to work" >Bikes are slower; not a good use of your time. "My commute is faster, I don't have to deal with traffic." >To sit in traffic is to suffer, as did Christ on the cross. Driving is a path to salvation. "I got nothing."

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Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We're 10 days into August and over 1,200 bike lane obstructions have been reported to our app or website portal from over 80 cities. These are the top reporting cities this month and a snapshot of our bike lane obstruction maps.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Everything Trump touches dies.

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Red Sox first 30 wins: took 73 games Red Sox last 30 wins: took 35 games Baseball seasons! They’re amazing journeys

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Aside from its many other problems, the idea Fauci was America's power-abusing covid dictator is somewhat complicated by the fact that he never had the power to do the things they're mad about. His recommendations bound nobody and were not particularly rigorously followed by the actual policymakers.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If I'm ever subpoenaed before Congress, I will give them all due respect and plead the 5th on every question. Until we get a Congress that respects the Constitution, they deserve no other answer.

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Christopher Schmidt @crschmidt.net · 24/07/2026

This letter convinces me that Wu does not plan to change her approach to street safety, continuing to prioritize neighborhood groups complaints and “beauty” over safety. If I worked for the Mayor, after reading this letter, I’d probably plan to quit. It shows her priorities clearly enough.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This letter is garbage: more consulting and audits, a small list of tweaks. Don't take credit for Cummins, Mayor @wutrain.bsky.social, it was well into the planning before you reached office. If you thought we wouldn't notice it offers nothing, you were wrong. Try harder, lives depend on this.

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The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡ @thebostonlol.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This is a bad plan, which is to say it is not a plan at all. It's still full of double talk and word salad that means nothing She's saying a lot of what she WON'T do: no new bike corridors, ignoring bus lane projects like Blue Hill And weird stuff around community involvement She's scaling back

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"Mandy admits that she sees some dangerous driving, but she also thinks cyclists must keep up their end of the bargain. 'I once saw a guy ride through a stop sign with no helmet. He's really lucky I was paying attention and stopped in time."

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

How many more have to die before the City of Boston prioritizes #VisionZero?

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Time to bring bike lane enforcement to Boston. It raises money for the city and saves bike rider lives.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If that ain't the pot calling the kettle black, my goodness!

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

How many routes from that list are still just door zone paint lanes?

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I still can’t get over Wu beating - at a RIDICULOUS MARGIN- a man who made hating bike lanes his *signature issue* that voters said no to— and Wu’s takeaway was “let’s just quit making streets safer.” I have never felt so betrayed.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Take your time to read this. I think it's a very accurate description of what happened to Vision Zero and Safe Streets initiatives in Boaton. The time for quiet diplomacy is over, we need to be strident in our activism. Lives depend on this!

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Car Free Boston @carfreeboston.org · 15/07/2026

"Join the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition for a vigil honoring the life of Louisa Gag and calling for immediate, urgent action to create safer streets for all." Thursday, July 16, 5:30, City Hall Plaza. Multiple bike convoys meeting up and riding in. www.visionzerocoalition.org/louisa_gag

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Actually, it's very black and white, and it is definitely unacceptable.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Louisa Gag was an experienced lifetime cyclist, I'm sure she was aware of this particular risk. It's definitely something to emphasize regarding safe riding practices, but maybe a bit tone deaf in this instance.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Good, she should be made to feel uncomfortable, maybe it will awaken her conscience.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Regarding Mayor @wutrain.bsky.social and her complete surrender to Josh Kraft's anti-safety agenda.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

England and Argentina should make it more interesting. Winner takes all, tomorrow?

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We cannot accept the reckless use of deadly force by federal agents as normal. There is a pattern of this administration misleading the public and withholding key facts after these killings.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

And this will only get worse. The more they get away with it, the more they will crave it. ICE is a murderous organization.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I'll take Perpetual War for 1,000, Ken.

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The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡ @thebostonlol.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

One thing I don't think @wutrain.bsky.social understands as she's blocked and rolled back safe biking infrastructure is that particularly in the last 2 years, biking has become a normal way to travel in Boston for EVERYONE, including families Lots of kids on these lanes she refuses to protect

Father and child biking over W 4th St Bridge on an unprotected bike lane with a car to the left

Father and child using a bikeway under the highway riding side by side safety and peacefully

Father and 2 children riding bikes through pedestrianized Washington Street side by side

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