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Marissa Vogt @vogt4brookline.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Do you love our library and want to get more involved in its governance? The Board of Library Trustees has a vacancy that will be filled by vote of the Trustees and the Select Board. Applications are due Oct. 2: www.brooklinema.gov/m/newsflash/...

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Call for Applications: Special Appointment to Board of Library Trustees

Public Library of Brookline Board of Trustees: Call for ApplicationThe Brookline Board of Library Trustees and the Select Board are seeking candidates to fill the vacancy on the Board of Library Trust

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Great day at the @abundanthousingma.org Housing Symposium. Learned a ton from pro-housing activists and organizers from across the state, and it was a pleasure to hear from @kimdriscollma.bsky.social and @jamellebouie.net.

Jamelle Bouie in conversation with Abundant Housing Massachusetts' Executive Director Jesse Kanson-Benanav. Seated in 2 chairs on a stage in front of a window.

MA Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll speaking at a lectern at the AHMA Housing Symposium.

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

MA has 9 statewide ballot questions this year. Be an informed voter! #mapoli www.progressivemass.com/2026ballot/

This November, Massachusetts will see *9* statewide ballot questions, a historic number. But we’ve got you covered.

✅VOTE YES ON 1 to expand the public records law to cover the Governor and the Legislature. We’re the only state in the country that doesn’t do that already. Let the sunlight in.

✅VOTE YES ON 2 to enable public defenders to collectively bargain. Every worker deserves to have a union, and public defenders, who are often overworked and underpaid, should be no exception.

❌VOTE NO ON 3 to prevent private equity billionaires from rigging our election system in their favor. Top-two primaries empower corporate PACs and self-funders, disadvantage grassroots candidates, and turn MAGA voters into election kingmakers.

✅VOTE YES ON 4 to enable voters to register to vote or update their registration on Election Day. No eligible voter should be turned away due to a clerical error, and this reform is one of the most proven ways to increase voter turnout.

❌VOTE NO ON 5 to protect our state’s ability to invest in health care, transportation, and public education. The rich would get millions in tax rebates, while the rest of us suffer from underfunded public services.

⚪VOTE how you want on 6. Question 6 fell shy of our endorsement threshold: our members valued land and water conservation, but were worried about the dedication of existing funds as opposed to new ones.

✅VOTE YES on 7 to enable more starter homes across the Commonwealth. We have a housing crisis, and large lot size requirements mean fewer homes are able to be built.

❌VOTE NO on 8 to protect our state’s cannabis laws. We said NO to the war on drugs back in 2016, and we shouldn’t turn back time and destroy local economies.

✅VOTE YES ON 9 to protect our state’s landmark gun safety law, which cracked down on ghost guns, banned machine gun conversion devices, and strengthened gun violence data collection.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Great result from this week's Brookline Transportation Board meeting.

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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

38 Norman Street should have been a 6-story, 32-unit by-right project in Salem’s most permissive downtown district. Abutter opposition led the developer to cut it to 4 stories and 20 units. They were sued anyway. Read my new Massachusetts permitting report; "Delayed be Design" out today.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Such a fantastic point. People who make things happen are often just people. You're a person! Make something happen! (Especially true at the municipal level.)

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Having a great time with this moe. show from Sep 15, 1995. Archive.org is a treasure and the Relisten app is fantastic. I particularly love the feature showing you "on this date" shows from your favorite bands. Less decision fatigue, more awesome music.

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moe. Live at Broadway Joe's on 1995-09-15

Disc 1 {Set I} 01. Defrost Kelly-> 02. Seat of My Pants 03. banter 04. That Country Tune 05. Dr. Graffenburg 06. banter 07. Akimbo 08. Rebubula 09. St. Augustine 10. Eye of the Tiger jam 11. Mexico* D...

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Always a good reminder. (I need to take the advice more often.)

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Got my @thecrashcourse.bsky.social display set up with my 2022-2026 coins. "Knowledge weighs nothing, carry all you can."

Display case for Crash Course coins. Black display stand, brown shelf, black circular display with 5 coins inside. The border says "Knowledge weighs nothing, carry all you can."

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Great tribute among the many tributes to Dolly Parton. Will definitely be making this soon.

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Dolly's Banana Pudding (1989)

YouTube video by B. Dylan Hollis

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Addison Del Mastro @ad-mastro.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Genuine free enterprise means a pared-down, legible regulatory landscape in which economic freedom is available not just to corporations or the rich, but to everybody with an idea and a couple hundred square feet.

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Americans Could Run Tiny Businesses Too

On the reasons behind Japan's physical microbusinesses

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Great analysis on Vision Zero progress in Somerville, Cambridge, Boston, & Brookline. Recommended takeaways for Brookline are to start now, add safe bike / traffic calming infrastructure every time a road is paved, & improve data collection. Doesn't seem impossible! Nice work from Gregory Wheeler.

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Safer Streets Now: How Brookline Can Learn from its Neighbors to Achieve Vision Zero — Brookline Insights

Somerville, Cambridge, and Boston offer insights as Brookline strives to eliminate crashes resulting in deaths and serious injuries.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Data centers

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

All the hysteria and rhetoric that consumed a community around these bike lanes ended and now no one talks about them and people use them (including those with mobility devices) all the time for work, school, play and everything in between. Change is hard for some people but we all adapt.

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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Louisa Gag Ghost Bike Installed.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The All Star game in Philadelphia is a great reminder why everyone hates Philadelphia.

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Marissa Vogt @vogt4brookline.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Bicyclist/pedestrian deaths are preventable & it's past time that Brookline take action. Instead, the TBoard will spend part of this week's meeting discussing creation of a "car user advisory committee" because a vocal minority says that motorists are being "neglected" www.reddit.com/r/Brookline/...

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From the Brookline community on Reddit: No more preventable pedestrian/bicyclist deaths - demand action in Brookline for safer streets

Explore this post and more from the Brookline community

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"To lose her on a morning commute at an intersection the city has explicitly documented as dangerous for years is just an unmitigated tragedy, a systemic failure." Deaths like Louisa's occur because our leaders prioritize the convenience of drivers over the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.

bostonglobe.com

‘Systemic failure’: Crash that killed Boston transit planner sparks furor over road safety efforts - The Boston Globe

Residents and public officials alike have been concerned about pedestrian and cyclist safety on the stretch of Tremont Street in Mission Hill near Parker Street for years.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Walking to the train after leaving work and hearing a military rock band(?) covering Fortunate Son... I'm confused. Have they heard this song before?

US Army Band performing in Downtown Crossing in Boston as part of 4th of July celebrations. Performers in uniform.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 22/06/2026

If you want to do something climate-friendly with your parking lot, don't cover it in solar panels, *get rid of the parking lot*.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Kids enjoying some afternoon bluegrass with Yonder Mountain String Band at the front of the Northlands festival crowd. #bluegrass #musicfestival #livemusic #newhampshire

Kids at the front of the festival crowd enjoying the bluegrass band Yonder Mountain String Band on stage.

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Brookline for Everyone @brooklineforeveryone.com · 16/06/2026

We see this over and over - create an environment where people can build a lot of housing, quickly, and watch the power shift toward renters. Landlords raise rent when renters don't have other options. Let's legalize a lot more homes throughout the Boston-metro so people aren't forced to move away!

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Is it a renter's market? It depends on where you live

About 40% of rentals on Zillow offer move-in deals, like a month of free rent, thanks to a construction boom that created an apartment surplus in some parts of the United States.

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Marissa Vogt @vogt4brookline.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Thank you to our Safe Routes to School taskforce members & friends and to especially the Brookline Police bike unit for your assistance with the Pierce bike bus this morning! We had about 20 kids and a dozen adults join a ride from the library to Pierce @ OLS and everyone had a great time! 🚲

Pierce bike bus participants wait to cross Route 9

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Fantatic vote to approve this major rezoning on Boylston Street in Chestnut Hill. Final vote of 216-20-6. Lots of net new tax growth, lots of commercial space, hotel, and lots of new homes. Great work by so many involved.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Excited to continue supporting @thecrashcourse.bsky.social with my 5th Crash Course Coin! Whether you get a coin or not, pick a series and watch. They've got some phenomenal series.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live (only 10 is hard!) Phish Radiohead Arcade Fire The Flaming Lips Les Claypool (Primus, Frog Brigade, many more) Kraftwerk The String Cheese Incident Del McCoury Band The Allman Brothers Band Muse

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Frustrating to see Atlanta not take the steps necessary to allow communities to grow & densify in an organic way w/missing middle housing in residential neighborhoods. Atlanta can continue to thrive if it can stay (relatively) affordable and accessible. There's still time to make the plan better.

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Yes for Brookline @yesforbrookline.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Thank you, Brookline - we did it! We protected what makes Brookline Brookline. Thank you to everyone who supported this campaign, including the dozens of volunteers who spent countless hours knocking doors, calling neighbors, hosting lawn signs, writing emails, creating graphs, and more.

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Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Turnout boosted by the override, national progressive momentum and good old-fashioned campaigning combined for a good day for Brookline’s left wing on Tuesday. brookline.news/younger-cand...

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Younger candidates push out some of Brookline's political old guard in progressive sweep - Brookline.News

Turnout boosted by the override, national progressive momentum and good old-fashioned campaigning meant a good day for Brookline's left wing on Tuesday.

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Brookline for Everyone @brooklineforeveryone.com · 05/05/2026

Polls are open in Brookline! Vote YES on 1, Zimmerman and Buono for Select Board, and Town Meeting candidates who are pro-housing, pro-schools, and pro-climate. See our full endorsements list here. Invite your friends and neighbors to come out and vote too!

brooklineforeveryone.com

B4E 2026 Candidate Endorsements - Brookline for Everyone

Brookline for Everyone advocates for housing policies that promote economic diversity, environmental sustainability, and racial inclusion in our Town.

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allison [六个球] @rockcelery.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

A condo in a building where all my friends also live and that has one of those sweet central courtyards where everyone can hang out is not too much to ask in this life, is all I am saying!

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Fantastic explainer on why policies to legalize more housing of all types, in all neighborhoods, is vital to making housing, and life in general, more affordable. @justineunderhill.bsky.social does a great job explaining the theory, research, and responses to common critiques.

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What Luxury Housing Does To Homelessness

YouTube video by Justine Underhill

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Justin S. @jsaif.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Brookline and other municipalities could plan for steady new growth that offsets Prop 2.5 via zoning reform but choose not to do so.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

First game of the season. Cold night, but I'm getting used to April at Fenway. Red Sox vs. Brewers.

First pitch at sunset in Fenway Park. Red Sox vs Brewers. Bryan Bello vs Brice Turang.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Great Brookline Village multifamily building. This should be legal to build, at baseline, anywhere within a 10 min walk of a transit stop or high capacity bus stop. 12 homes on 6k sq ft, 84 homes per acre. It's good climate policy, affordability policy, transit policy, public health policy, & more.

Brick built, 3 story building with a couple of leaf-less trees in front. Great example of modest urban density.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

We have to address the rampant running of red lights in order to make our communities safer. Anywhere that has pedestrian walk signals needs red light cameras to protect pedestrians, bikers, and other cars. I easily see 10+ cars run lights every time I bike in to work. Many quite egregiously.

bostonglobe.com

‘We’ve got it backwards.’ Cameras are everywhere in Mass. So why can’t they catch speeders? - The Boston Globe

Advocates and lawmakers are pushing a collection of proposals that would allow cameras to catch speeding drivers in Massachusetts.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Just listened to an amazing, contemplative, unexpected story of curiosity, memory, wonder, and bugs. Lots of layers, lots to think about, and a rare break from *everything* that doesn't feel frivolous. Listen to the original on @signalhillfm.bsky.social, and thank you @annierosenthal.bsky.social.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Raising parking ticket fees is important to try to actually change behavior. Impeding snow removal should be a costly choice. Overstaying a parking meter undermines parking space mgmt. Overnight parking is rampant, but at $25 per violation w/spotty enforcement, it's cheaper than renting a spot.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Sports are awesome. Great story. 🧵

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Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

it's fun to see that our neighbors in south brookline simultaneously oppose new construction AND paying for town and school services. nice! I propose that you can pick at most one :) preferably neither! [[from the 2023 override vote]]

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Lawrence Whitney @brlawrencelc.com · 03/03/2026

As we in #Brookline begin the discussion over this override, this is the shape of the debate:

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