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I like biking. I hate inaction on preventing climate change. I think Boston could be the best city in the US, should have over a million residents, and be fully bikeable #CarLiteBoston #AutomateSafeStreetsMass #BikeJoy "be saintlike on the bike path" GP

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The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡ @thebostonlol.bsky.social · 9h
Cars ruin cities. But I guess in Boston we're just stuck with it!
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Annemarie Dooley @annemariedooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This video explains why I see so many people in my clinic with chronic diseases. Doesn’t have to be that way.
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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gorgeous video that sums up so much truth about how we live today...and how we could live differently.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 22h
Good to see seniors' mobility getting more attention from researchers & the press. "Initiatives like '15-minute cities' or pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods demonstrate that senior mobility extends far beyond housing and transit—it’s a matter of social participation, citizenship & quality of life."
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Making the most of city life for older people: 3 debunked mobility myths
Growing older does not mean disappearing from public life. It can mean continuing to live fully, in a different way, and feeling in control of our mobility.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21h
The world is a slightly better place today.
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Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20h
These deaths are on Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18h
The Trump regime’s border wall construction damaged the Las Playas Intaglio, a 6,500-7,300-year-old fish-shaped geoglyph in Arizona.
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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 13h
Every light cycle featured a seemingly endless wave of Londoners on bikes! (And the bike lanes are processing more people per light cycle than the car lanes.)
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 14h
Take a look at the bike traffic near Blackfriars Bridge in London during the evening rush hour. Incredible!
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 12h
What Is a Bike Bus? How Communities Are Getting Kids to School by Bike. momentummag.com/how-to-start...
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Lustea 🍵🔞 @lecherlustea.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Living in Greater Boston is hilarious as a New Yorker bc reaching suburbs (minus Staten Island) is inconceivable due to how urban NYC is... even the boroughs' outskirts are more urban than here In Boston, take 1 bus, then suddenly you're at some strip mall by an expressway in a "walkable" town
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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 22h
Who cares about bus riders and safer streets anyways? /s
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Boston, T scrap plans to extend region’s first-ever center-running bus lane on Columbus Avenue - The Boston Globe
The Wu administration and the T altered the latest design for Columbus Avenue to instead include side-running bus lanes in both directions between Jackson Square and Ruggles.
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Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 22h
I don’t understand: 1. the seemingly vibes-based opposition to center-running lanes, 2. how curbside lanes are now good enough, 3. what Mayor Wu is about anymore, 4. what Boston’s transpo plan is.
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Boston, T scrap plans to extend region’s first-ever center-running bus lane on Columbus Avenue - The Boston Globe
The Wu administration and the T altered the latest design for Columbus Avenue to instead include side-running bus lanes in both directions between Jackson Square and Ruggles.
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The Fort Pointer @fortpointer.bsky.social · 21h
At a loss to understand this reversal, and why such decisions are scoops in the Globe, causing whiplash. Not acceptable. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/05/m...
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Boston, T scrap plans to extend region’s first-ever center-running bus lane on Columbus Avenue - The Boston Globe
The Wu administration and the T altered the latest design for Columbus Avenue to instead include side-running bus lanes in both directions between Jackson Square and Ruggles.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Kevin Gausman, welcome to The War on Cars.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We were told that Caper Books, which has a huge selection of children's books, opened *after* the installation of the Low Traffic Neighborhood. Safe streets are good for business!
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
London is a cycling city. And this was a relatively small number of cyclists at just one intersection compared with others I've seen.
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mpallen.bsky.social @mpallen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Having moved here from the US, one thing I really notice is the low (20 MPH) speed in almost all of London. So many crashes become near misses, serious crashes become something you can walk away from. It’s just a much more forgiving place whether you are biking or walking or driving.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes, and this is one reason NYC needs to really get moving on implementing Sammy's Law and dropping the speed limit to 20 mph (or lower) everywhere it can. Not that we don't need better infrastructure, but lower speed limits would unlock a lot of bicycle trips and make things safer overall.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Cycling and walking to work were associated with better physical health, mental health, and life in general than driving." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thanks to our fossil fuel overlords, the weather we’re used to no longer exists.
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Showers and storms across Spain this weekend, floods kill 102-year-old woman
A 102-year-old woman has died and about 90 people were rescued in Madrigueras, Albacete, after floods dumped 142 l/m². Rain will persist, with a new storm possible in the west on Sunday. #EuropeNews
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I've said this in some of our book talks, but as an advocate I think spending a lot of time trying to find common ground with "someone on the other side" is generally a waste of time. It's much more effective to identify latent supporters of the things you want in the world and get them to join you.
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Wolf 🏳️‍🌈 @wolfperson1.sleeplesswolf.com · 04/10/2026
i spend a lot of time in boston, somerville, and cambridge. i want boston to take this same approach
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There's a reason why Somerville hasn't had a traffic death in 4 years. The city isn't perfect, but they've made a concerted effort to design many streets around people and not cars. You can still drive, but you're going to have to do so slowly and while paying attention.
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Somerville is intentionally making roads harder to drive on. It’s getting results. - The Boston Globe
To make roads safer, the city says, sometimes you have to put some obstacles in drivers' way.
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Finnan Haddie @finnanhaddie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Wear fluorescent colors so drivers can see you.” “Flexposts protect cyclists in bike lanes.” Photo: Bike lane in Cambridge with fluorescent green flexposts installed mere weeks ago. 5 of the flexposts have been destroyed, 2 more are damaged
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Ellie Saurus @elliesaur.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Speaking of winter bike tires, if you need new ones this year now is the season to buy them. Schwalbe has dropped the seasonal stock, and like most seasonal stuff, they usually start to get hard to find at some point later in the winter until the next fall rolls around.
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Atkinson @maddavenport.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Watching the bus tracking app tell me my bus has departed Forest Hills on time—when I have been waiting for it in the correct location for ten minutes and it has not materialized—is a special kind of maddening #MBTA experience. The alternate bus means a 3/4 mile walk carrying too much weight 😡
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Steve Revilak @purplebandanna.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bookfair time is coming up! bostonanarchistbookfair.org
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Boston Anarchist Book Fair
New England's most radical bookfair
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is one week away! If you like pushing your body and bike to the limit while enjoying vast quantities of cider donuts, you should totally sign up.
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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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Neponset River Greenway Council @neponsetgreenway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tenean Beach at dusk #RainbowSwash #Boston #Dorchester
Tenean Beach marshland at dusk; the Rainbow Swash gas tank stands next to the Boston skyline in the distance Tenean Beach at duskTenean Beach at dusk; the Rainbow Swash gas tank stands on the horizon
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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 03/10/2026
Finally, the person we need to be the official voice of Logan Airport, yes, Emily Sweeney. www.instagram.com/reel/DeAWKH0...
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StÂco City @stacos.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
<DORCHESTER> Erratic operator on Savin Hill Ave twd Dorchester Ave, driver of a black Honda Civic is texting at the wheel, speeding, and running stop signs, BPD playing area #135pm
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StÂco City @stacos.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
<JAMAICA PLAIN> MV collision involving a Hyundai Elantra and a Chevy on Prince St near the Arborway, came in as a Bluelink ping from one of the vehicles, BPD enrt #437pm
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StÂco City @stacos.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
<HYDE PARK> MV collision with unknown injuries, Safford St & Bradlee St, BPD enrt #458pm
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As we enter the final month before the midterms, don't get cocky. If anything, it's time to ramp up the work and pour it on. Check your registration. Vote early. Push your friends and family too. Look for local places to help out. Phone bank and write postcards. Volunteer for Election Day.
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Max Read @maxread.info · 04/10/2026
for the new york times magazine, I wrote about why everything is "gambling" now (the short answer: actually everything is the statistical style now, and gambling is just how most of us understand that)
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How Everything Became Gambling
It’s not just DraftKings and Polymarket — the logic of gambling undergirds everything coming out of Silicon Valley.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo put her vision for the city like this: "A city where you can get let go of your child's hand"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Listening to Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit wave away the sexual assault charges against DeShaun Watson — even saying “winning is the best deodorant” — was pretty jarring, especially this week.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 02/10/2026
New Green Line trolleys just dropped. www.facebook.com/watch/?v=179... #MBTA
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16K views · 290 reactions | It's here! The Green Line Type 10 pilot car has arrived at our Riverside Carhouse. This is the first of 102 new, 100% low-floor vehicles that will replace our existing Green Line fleet. After thorough testing, we aim to run new cars in service beginning in 2027. | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - MBTA
It's here! The Green Line Type 10 pilot car has arrived at our Riverside Carhouse. This is the first of 102 new, 100% low-floor vehicles that will replace our existing Green Line fleet. After...
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The City of Boston and the MBTA wrapped up a series of four meetings detailing new designs for the Blue Hill Ave Transportation Action Plan on Wednesday evening. The two-hour town hall-style meeting offered a platform for fans and foes of the controversial project. www.dotnews.com/2026/10/01/c...
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City, MBTA conclude series of Blue Hill Avenue meetings - Dorchester Reporter
The City of Boston and the MBTA concluded the last of four meetings in the Holland Tech High School auditorium.
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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 01/10/2026
One dead after being struck by car that also slammed into a Faulkner Hospital building www.boston25news.com/news/local/o... #Boston #JamaicaPlain
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One dead after being struck by car that also slammed into Boston hospital building
Officials say the person was sitting on a bench outside when they were hit, calling the crash a "very tragic situation."
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Shout out to the heroes in Maine who do NOT sit quietly when the man who is taking away their rights walks into a brewery. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him.
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
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Boston Bike Events @bostonbikeevents.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Boston Bike Events Weekend of October 3-4 www.bostonbikeevents.net
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is it too much to ask of Ed Flynn and Erin Murphy that they file things on time? www.universalhub.com/2026/council...
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Councilors unanimously approve emergency resolution to support burned-out Nubian Square businesses, then descend into a cauldron of castigation over emergency motions in general
The Boston City Council today unanimously supported an emergency resolution to urge city departments to do everything they can to help the businesses burned out by Monday's six-alarm fire in the Ediso...
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Whether Axon is as bad as Flock is temporal, experts told me, because any concern people have with Flock that isn’t currently a concern with Axon could quickly become one. " prospect.org/2026/10/01/l...
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License Plate and Switch - The American Prospect
Cities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities.
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StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 30/09/2026
Boston Police told StreetsblogMASS that the victim’s condition is improving and that she’s expected to live. mass.streetsblog.org/2026/09/30/b...
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Bicyclist Severely Injures Pedestrian In Unprotected Commonwealth Ave. Bike Lane Near Kenmore Square - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Boston Police told StreetsblogMASS that the victim's condition is improving and that she's expected to live.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Executing prisoners is not a legitimate power of government, despite its long and barbaric history, and we should put an end to it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say (Gift Article)
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
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