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iolando spinola @ispinola.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Shout out to MassDOT’s Complete Streets Funding Program; helping communities build safer sidewalks, crossings, bike facilities, and transit access for people of all ages and abilities. What other grant program does more to advance safety for all road users? #CompleteStreets #VisionZero

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iolando spinola @ispinola.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Join us October 17 for Pedal the Cummins Highway, a celebratory bike ride and walk for new bike-lane and pedestrian improvements. Meet at Harvard St. & Cummins Highway at 9:30 a.m.; roll out at 10. Yes some will walk (with me 😁) Snacks provided. All are welcome.

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Join us on Saturday, October 17, for Pedal the Cummins Highway—a celebratory bike ride and walk marking the new bike-lane and pedestrian improvements along Cummins Highway.

Meet at the corner of Harvard Street and Cummins Highway at 9:30 a.m. We roll out at 10:00 a.m., with stops at City Natives and the Farmers Market. Light snacks will be provided. All are welcome.

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iolando spinola @ispinola.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Honored to join Rep. @ayannapressley.bsky.social and fellow Boston transportation advocates at the table to shape a future transportation agenda. Grateful for her bold leadership, deep listening, and commitment to safer, more equitable mobility for every community. She’s awesome.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley speaks into a microphone during a roundtable with transportation advocates seated around tables at Bikes Not Bombs in Jamaica Plain. Bicycle wheels hang from the ceiling, and signs read, “Transit-accessible communities are connected communities” and “Everyone deserves safe & equitable streets.”

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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“We’re trying to make sure we build no house? I don’t get it. People live in houses.” Marblehead’s David Modica is endorsing YES ON 7, a ballot question to legalize starter homes and make it easier to build more houses for people across Massachusetts.

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iolando spinola @ispinola.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Windowless buildings are ugly can something be done? They are spreading!

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iolando spinola @ispinola.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Grateful to join the 2026 Tables Upon Tables as WalkMass staff. The conversations on leadership, collective action, & community power reinforced an important lesson for me: movement coalitions must paint a clear, shared picture of the future we are organizing toward not only what we are resisting.

Budget and democracy discussion: Two speakers sit in conversation onstage below a screen reading, “Following the Money: How Budgets Shape Democracy & Community Power.” Audience members sit at round tables in the foreground of the grand hall.

Panel conversation on stage: Dr. Maria Elena Letona and Ali Noorani sit in armchairs on a stage beneath a large screen reading, “Hope Is A Strategy: A Conversation on Leadership, Power & Investing in Movements,” at the 2026 Tables Upon Tables Conference.

Keynote presentation: Rahsaan D. Hall, Esq. speaks from a podium in an ornate, brightly lit hall. The projection screen behind him reads, “Many Fights, ONE Movement: Why This Moment Demands Collective Action.”

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Thanks for following along! Check out the @walkmass.bsky.social website to learn more about walk audits and see data from prior audits. walkmass.org/walk-audits/

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Walk audits – WalkMassachusetts

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Now that we've wrapped up, @walkmass.bsky.social will share an audit report with the town which will focus on areas of improvement and recommendations. That's why it's critical our town planner joined us tonight.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A cop has been joining us and he had to block traffic from turning into us while crossing at another intersection without a signal

A police officer in a yellow vest stands in the middle of the road

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

One of the worst roads in my town. This leads to downtown. It's super wide, high speed, a single pedestrian crossing even though there are tons of businesses along a .6 mile stretch.

A wide two-lane road with businesses on each side

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This is a MassDOT controlled intersection where there are no pedestrian signals crossing a two-lane on-ramp. There is a lot of high-speed traffic turning right and left.

A group standing on the corner at a highway intersection. There are no pedestrian signals.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

A common refrain today: "Cars are loud."

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

We're hearing from a mom who lives along the main road talking about how she doesn't feel safe letting her kids play and walk because of the high speed of vehicles. Not pictured are the kids running a lemonade stand.

A group of people chatting in a driveway

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

We're spending a lot of time looking at ramps at corners and how someone in a wheelchair or someone blind can navigate them. We noticed some ramps that have been damaged by cars turning.

A group of people standing at an intersection corner

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Notice anything wrong with this beg button? It's inaccessible for someone in a wheelchair or who may have other mobility challenges.

A beg button that is placed with rocks in front and to the side of it

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The worksheet we'll all be completing as we walk today. The route crosses several highway on-ramps and was also chosen with climate change in mind. There's *a lot* of pavement so we expect it to be hot today.

A Walk Massachusetts walk audit worksheet

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

@brendanjkearney.bsky.social of @walkmass.bsky.social preparing the group. He's standing alongside a Danvers police lieutenant who spoke positively about a recent webinar MassDOT focusing on "traffic calming through engineering" which we were all glad to hear!

A man in a blue shirt stands next to a police officer in a grassy area

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

En route to the @walkmass.bsky.social walk audit with @malaclypse.bsky.social! I am on an e-bike and he is on an acoustic bike which is a hell freezing over moment.

A selfie of me smiling with glasses and an orange helmet with a cyclist behind in an orange vest

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I keep thinking about one moment from last night's walk audit. Someone asked how disabled people deal with so much inaccessbility. Without missing a beat, a blind woman said, "I just don't go out. I stay home." When we ignore nondrivers we limit their mobility and cut off access to the world.

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iolando spinola @ispinola.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Transportation changes, even small ones, can be expensive for municipalities, and they often cite these costs as barriers to implementation. How are people navigating this when it comes to convincing municipalities to make improvements specifically related to safety?

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

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iolando spinola @ispinola.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Looking for inspiration on building more walkable communities? Here are some ideas making communities healthier, greener, and more vibrant:

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WalkMassachusetts @walkmass.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Join us on the 3rd Wednesday of each month for our WalkMass Network webinars. This month, Matthew Raifman, PhD (@wildcalifornia.bsky.social) shares about national disparities in traffic fatalities and role of active mobility and autonomous vehicles. Registration link and more info: walkmass.org

WalkMass Network 5/21, 1pm - National Disparities in Traffic Fatalities: the role of active mobility and autonomous vehicles. Featured speaker: Matthew A Raifman, PhD Transportation Safety Researcher, University of California, Berkeley

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16/04/2025

I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.

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Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 16/04/2025

As a Columbia alumnus (MA, MPhil, PhD), it’s hard right now to recommend the school to immigrants, with ambitions of academic freedoms and Nobel Prizes — graduates and faculty have won 88 of them — given it cares more about appeasing the Government than about academic integrity.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with.

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iolando spinola @ispinola.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Community is more complicated then ever. I wish I didn't have to drive to access community.

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Etel Haxhiaj (ha-jee-eye) @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Thank you SO much @walkmass.bsky.social for the Golden Shoe award & having me as your keynote! I share the award w/ our incredible organizers & advocates, who’ve taught me so much. @kvgoins.bsky.social @ojc.bsky.social Alex Salcedo @steverolle.bsky.social & his team. Thank you for coming out!

Picture of a group of people smiling. There are people in the background in a cafe setting

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

We have the most anti-free speech government in modern American history. (And yet, in true Orwellian fashion, they claim to be champions of free speech.)

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WalkMassachusetts @walkmass.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

In 2024, there were 369 reported total traffic deaths in Massachusetts. At least 78 pedestrians lost their lives as a result of traffic crashes, accounting for just over 21% of the total. Our latest report: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5df8...

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Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in MA (2024)

Compiled by WalkMassachusetts, a statewide pedestrian advocacy organization.

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James Rojas @jamesrojas.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Boston appears to be a great place to celebrate #NationalWalkingDay. "Everything's close. It's a small city." Ask Alexa to play @wbznewsradio.bsky.social on iHeartRadio!

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 29/03/2025

This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.

A graphic that reads Free Rümeysa Öztürk with a photo of her.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

There’s a lot that you and I can do to resist Trump. In my latest New Republic piece I interview activists, politicians, lawyers, union leaders, and others, and pass along their best ideas. Please read this. newrepublic.com/article/1931...

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Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance

Ordinary people have more power than they know.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 27/03/2025

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 17/03/2025

The Constitution is clear: the President can't arrest people he disagrees with. By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms. We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

From the Trump regime's abduction of Mahmoud Khalil to the shutdown showdown, Heather and I discuss why Democrats must show some backbone before it's too late. Grab a mug and join us.

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Who will Trump disappear next? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

From the Trump regime's abduction of Mahmoud Khalil to the shutdown showdown, Heather and I discuss why Democrats must show some backbone before it's too late. Grab a mug and join us.

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Ilya Marritz @ilyamarritz.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025... His mother "described Schmidt being 'violently interrogated' at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower" and "pressured" to give up his green card

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Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained

Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully. That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy. If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Centrist and conservative pundits have been whining about liberal "word policing," and yet of course it's the right-wing government that is straight up banning words. Everything they say is always projection, part 1,000. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump (Gift Article)

Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.” Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities

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Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community

Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to socialize and have a stronger sense of community, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human...

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iolando spinola @ispinola.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

He is so rude to our friends but is so nice to the bullies.

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iolando spinola @ispinola.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

My son absolutely loves his jiu-jitsu class! There's just something magical about the lessons on the mat that makes each session feel special. The energy, the techniques, and the camaraderie—aleady a cool childhood memory.

A group of children and instructors wearing white martial arts uniforms with “Lauzon” logos sit in a semicircle on red and gray mats in a training facility with “Fuji Mats” branding on the wall.

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 26/02/2025

The House GOP just passed a $4.5 trillion tax cut for ultra wealthy billionaires. They want to pay for it with hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Federal crash test ratings are broken. Case in point: The Cybertruck, of all things, just got a top five-star rating. Did NHTSA consider how it could kill pedestrians? No. The likelihood that its rigid body might pulverize those in other cars? Nope, not at all. These ratings are useless.

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The U.S. Government Finally Crash-Tested The Tesla Cybertruck And It Did Great - The Autopian

Ever since the Tesla Cybertruck hit the market, many folks wondered why it hadn’t been crash-tested. For months, there’s been no rating by the U.S.’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and...

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