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Matt Lawlor

@mattjlawlor.bsky.social
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Brooklyn native, Roslindale booster, all posts strictly my own opinions. Strongly pro-housing, walk, bike, and transit.

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winkybiker @winkybiker.bsky.social · 20h
"I am in the thick of godforsaken traffic..." She's so close to getting it. So. Fucking Close.
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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 2h
We need to get in on this action here in Boston, @transitmatters.bsky.social!!
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voteinthemidterms.bsky.social @voteinthemidterms.bsky.social · 6h
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 10h
Cars have a geometry problem. The massive infrastructure dedicated to them is an illusion of poorly allocated space. Cities run best on walkability, bikes, and transit. The personal automobile has no rightful future dominating our streets. Autonomous, EV, nor petrol.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/10/2026
Nation’s 93-Year-Olds Announce Plan To Crash Car Into Side Of Bank
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Nation’s 93-Year-Olds Announce Plan To Crash Car Into Side Of Bank
WASHINGTON—In a joint statement outlining the mission shared by hundreds of thousands of elderly American citizens, the nation’s 93-year-olds announced a new plan this week to crash their cars into th...
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The image is of a four panel comic. The title reads "Poltergeist".
In the first panel we see a woman with a worried expression on her face. She says, "stuff keeps moving around my house."
In the second panel the same woman says "I'm terrified. I can't sleep."
In the third panel we see a ghost holding a candle and a pillow that reads "live laugh love". The ghost is zooming through the house.
In the fourth panel we see the same ghost hanging up a frame and thinking, "home decor is my passion".
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My man looks like Billy Ray Virus
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A witness told the Boston Globe that an older man was driving the SUV. These sorts of things happen fairly often and are made all the more dangerous by large vehicles that can accelerate quickly. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/01/m...
“I saw blood on the floor,” said Pillar, referring to the sidewalk outside the building. She said that an old man appeared to be driving the car that crashed, and may have hit the accelerator by accident.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Periodic reminder that the @bostonglobe.com opinion section regularly features pieces from Richard Hanania
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dipshit Schmitt
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For the most part, driving is super inefficient but at least it's really expensive and also quite dangerous.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
All this, 😒:
Human sees a crow and says, "Ahh! A bad Omen".
Crow says, "Oh yeah, dude! We're the ones who fucked the planet and put a continent of garbage in the ocean."..."Prick!"..."You know what? YOU'RE the bad omen." https://bsky.app/profile/eastcoastitnotes.bsky.social
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Reena Mahajan @reenamahajan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The street you live with is not the street you have to keep. livestreetsmart.com
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Akallabêth 🇺🇦 @akallabeth24.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And a Christian Nationalist with a disturbing interest in soldiers testosterone.
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European Sleeper @europeansleeper.eu · 28/05/2026
300,000 travellers and counting...✨🚆 Since our first departure, #EuropeanSleeper has welcomed more than 300,000 #travellers onboard across Europe. Thank you for being part of the return of #nighttrains. 🎉
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/09/2026
“The only person I’ve ever seen stand like this was a child who shit their pants.” trib.al/eJfcnHv
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stiffelman.bsky.social @stiffelman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The lifts, the ass box, the ‘tude. He’s the whole package.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Person sipping wine 

reckless pedestrian written at top

I’ll wear back whenever the fuck I want
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The trade deficit in goods is higher than when Trump took office www.census.gov/econ/indicat... Good thing he can't find out
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Dan DeFreest @dandefreest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump calls Joe Biden "Sleepy Joe" and then falls asleep.
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Chris Frantz @chrisfrantz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s another fabulous Tina Tuesday!
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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 29/09/2026
In 2027 Seattle's minimum wage will be $22.14 per hour. That's more than THREE TIMES the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour—a rate that hasn't been raised since 2009. And yet somehow we're not the jobless wasteland orthodox economics would predict. Weird.
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Seattle announces 2027 minimum wage
The minimum wage in Seattle will increase 3.9% next year.
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Mike Greicius @mikegreicius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#birds #birding #owls #totoro Very Totoro-like this GHO.
A great-horned owl sits on an oak branch and stares down at the viewer.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 28/09/2026
“Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym." —Bill Nye, Science Guy.
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Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion @nateturner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The orange clown shits his diaper on a daily basis yet insists it smells like roses.
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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Still devastated. Still furious. We need progress in this city, every single day, until the sun burns out. #demandmorelouisadid #bostonlagging #timetoactmayorwu
Louisa Gag ghost bike at Tremont and Parker streets in Mission Hill Boston.
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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Regular reminder that it’s now and always: NO to #tangerineklannolini NO to #projectklan3.0 NO to immigration gulags NO to sociopathic motordom NO to ICE NO to ethnic cleansing NO to war crimes and illegal wars NO to the entirety of the wingnut regime, root and branch.
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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Regular reminder that @streets.boston.gov can’t afford to lose a single square inch of our better walking, biking, and transit infrastructure. We actually need to install much, much more of it, both quick build and permanent, as fast as humanly possible. #nomoreexcuses #bostonlagging #demandmore
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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I went for a soggy stroll along the Neponset Trail today
Selfie in a hiviz raincoat on a flooded railtrailA railroad frog beside a rail trailA PCC trolley approaches beside the Neponset Trail at a road underpassA view of the brick mill buildings at Dorchester Lower Mills straddling the Neponset River
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ONLINE LESSON | Poles at Auschwitz Learn about the creation of Auschwitz, the reasons for the incarceration of Poles & the plans for the development of Auschwitz into the main camp in German-occupied Poland: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_pol… All lessons: lesson.auschwitz.org
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Bicycles Recycle @bicyclesrecycle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day’s sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay’s call, ice melting and so on. I am mentally far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else’s heart.” – Diane Ackerman: poet, writer and naturalist Let loose your heart and soul
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mark Hamill on a Schwinn, circa late 1970s Happy #BicycleBirthday, Mark! Born September 25, 1951
Photo of a man smiling as he rests astride a bicycle in front of a bunch of rocks.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When there's a housing crisis that has gone on for decades, but the tech oligarchs control your entire government with their influence.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They tried their best to make the idea of having more things we want nearby, more options and choices in our cities and neighborhoods, seem like a conspiracy. But never forget what the REAL urban conspiracy has been — moving everything further away and making us car dependent. #1HourCityConspiracy
White text on black background reading “The real ‘urban conspiracy’ isn’t proximity, it’s distance. The ‘one hour city’ traps millions in long commutes, car dependency, and lost time. We need cities of proximity, time, and quality of life.” — @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social #UrbanTruth
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
not an urbanist, a 10 year old
It's really good we live so close to a store to get snacks
-10 Year Old
we all want walkable neighbourhoods
ROVÉLO CREATIVE
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Bicycles Recycle @bicyclesrecycle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
She cycles the open road with ease, wind in her hair, a gentle breeze. A smile that lights the quiet lane, joy in motion and free of strain. Nature stretches wide on either side, #bicycle wheels spin free on her ride. Jacket open, her heart unbound, she bikes through the world she’s found. — cristo
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Larry Mitchell @drlarrymitchell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Michael Legel @mjlegel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 24/09/2026
This belongs in the Smithsonian.
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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Awesome!!!
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking
Background photo from North Macedonia, where “sidewalks are mostly used to park cars” as explained by photo contributor Carl-Henrik Barnekow. Text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. #WarOnCars #UrbanTruth
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Fan @strosfaniknow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Auto manufacturers are running ads for expensive gas-guzzling trucks that you don’t have to make a payment on for a year. I’m sure everything’s fine
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Shana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.
The future pope at a party with a caption “they don’t know I’m the future pope”
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Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀 @disentingcat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Degen CPA
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BREAKING:
Trump announces that if the republicans retain control of both the house and the senate, he will send you ten CDs for just one penny.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
Natalie Harp rides with Trump on Marine One tonight #TravelWithNatalie (REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz)
pic of Trump and Harp in the chopper
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