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I bike around Boston and write shitty code.

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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It should not take someone to die and a ghost bike to be placed to get safe bike infrastructure.
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A separated bike lane and new paint: Boston to make changes to Mission Hill junction where Louisa Gag died
City leaders announced Friday that the intersection of Tremont and Parker Streets will see a “number of street upgrades,” including a bike lane that will be separated from traffic by parked cars. The ...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I hope people read this. This includes a great breakdown of the proposed legislation in Massachusetts which includes guard rails for data use and collection, and importantly limits the use of information collected by traffic cameras for anything but enforcement.
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Rest in peace Dolly. Thank you for all you’ve done and all you’ve advocated for.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP, Dolly Parton.
Dolly Parton in a grey jumpsuit standing on a bicycle
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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Still devastated. Still furious. #demandmorelouisadid #bostonlagging #timetoactwutrain
Louisa Gag Ghost Bike at Tremont and Parker streets in Mission Hill, Boston.
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The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡ @thebostonlol.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
If only Boston would Biking continues to grow here because people want to use their ebikes and cargo bikes and absolutely HATE driving, being stuck in traffic, and having to find parking But @wutrain.bsky.social won't let us move safely
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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The Fort Pointer @fortpointer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Have to call balls and strikes fairly, @mayorwu.boston.gov. Watch the hearing. I did. In good faith, stakeholders had engaged for well over a year. Not only was the bikeway undermined, it was evident that the reversal was rapid, and not transparent. Cycle advocates testifying had strong arguments.
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Tony Baez @abaez02.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Remember these words from Michelle Wu at Louisa's vigil?: "We owe Louisa more than our grief. We owe her action." Turns out that was stinking pile of bullshit.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Because the deaths of cyclists and pedestrians are often treated as unavoidable accidents, advocates are treated as hysterical zealots for demanding change after crashes. Similar to how many on the right view calls for gun control after a shooting. "Nothing we can do to prevent this..."
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just wait until they see what I’ve got in store for them. Stay tuned…
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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 19/08/2026
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Lindsay 🎃 @broadwell.eu · 19/08/2026
the number of times I'm on the bike and spit "put the ~fucking~ phone down" is beyond counting at this point
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hooray!
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
That's right.
Graphic that says "In this house, we believe: cars ruin cities, streets are for people, accessibility is a human right, honking won't help, you'd be happier biking, there is life after cars."
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My parents replaced their Honda Odyssey with an SUV. Now, we can’t fit all of our beach camping gear in one vehicle. They should have gotten another mini van. You either need a wagon or a mini van. SUVs are stupid.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Urbanist Philomena Cunk. We love our cars so much that we bulldoze perfectly good buildings just to make flat, grey fields where our cars can sleep during the day. We spend eight hours inside a building making money, just so we can afford the metal box waiting for us in the grey field outside.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Phew, this bike lock is unisex. We can both use it.
Unisex bike lock
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Wombletom @wombletom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Enigmatic and often misunderstood creature. The BMW, seen here in a submissive pose, displaying its soft delicate underbelly, indicating that it is no longer a threat to other road users.
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We simply must reduce the size of vehicles on our streets. Not just delivery vehicles though. We need a tonnage tax on huge pickups and SUVs that does not wane as time goes on like an excise tax. You take up more space, you pay for it. I say this as an EV owner, which are heavy.
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Matt Lawlor @mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Still devastated. Still furious. #demandmorelouisadid #bostonlagging #nomoresandbagging @streets.boston.gov
Louisa Gag ghost bike at Tremont and Parker in Mission Hill, Boston.
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The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡ @thebostonlol.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If you want to speak up in favor of this new housing project on the Arborway rotary you can submit a comment here Boston needs a lot more housing! www.bostonplans.org/projects/dev...
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920 Centre Street | Bostonplans.org
Development Projects and Planned Development Areas (PDAs) that the Development Review division is coordinating.
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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#NoMoreGhostBikes
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Boston street safety advocates keep pressure on city leaders in the wake of cyclist's death
Bike safety advocates say theyare more motivated than ever press city leaders for improvements after the loss of transportation planer Louisa Gag.
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The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡ @thebostonlol.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Great coverage of last night's #CriticalMassBoston on Boston 10 @mattjlawlor.bsky.social youtu.be/aCHqJPo7G-A?...
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NBC Boston on Critical Mass Boston, July 2026
YouTube video by SnoopJeDi
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Car brained leaders and NIMBYs like to portray bike and safe streets advocates as some tiny group of extremist elites and videos like this are a good reminder of just how many of us are out there fighting for our lives.
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I’m a white guy that owns his condo in one of the most expensive real-estate markets in the country and works in tech. I also ride my bike to work, to friend’s places, and to do errands. Bike lanes help me get around safely. I would love to understand why the lanes that I use are somehow DEI.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Something I find particularly infuriating is that when you *do* act outraged over pedestrian deaths you are treated as hysterical and as if you're overreacting.
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
What a beautiful day in Boston to ride bikes, eat ice cream, and make new friends 🚴‍♂️🍦
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I would like to wish the guy in the giant pick-up flooring it through an intersection a very pleasant $4.50 per gallon gasoline
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Going to go see a band live tonight that released albums when I was in college. Does that make me old?
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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Louisa Gag Ghost Bike Installed.
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If you use AI to generate literally any part of your advertisement, I’m not buying your product. You don’t care enough about your product to put any effort into advertising it, so why should I even consider purchasing it?
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
If you're advocating vehicular cycling in the year 2026 you are not an ally in The War on Cars
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We’ve been saying for YEARS that delayed street safety projects will result in death. I am horrified that we’ve been proven right. This should never have happened. @mayorwu.boston.gov, you’ve failed us. For everyone else, please sign: benjaminsiegel.github.io/enough-is-en...
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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH — An open letter to Mayor Wu on street safety
Boston has been warned for years that delayed street-safety projects would cost lives. Read and sign the open letter.
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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026
RE: urbanists.social/@scooooooott/11689… Here is a public letter to sign demanding Mayor Wu to change her policies that are preventing structural improvements to #Boston streets benjaminsiegel.github.io/enough-is-…
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
As a dedicated cyclist, urbanist, and lover of alternative transportation, I’m so sorry to announce that I’ve bought a new car. I promise to continue putting more miles on a bike every year than I do my car. In keeping with my aesthetic, it is, in fact, one of the new electric Subarus…
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
As a bicyclist you are both an out of touch elitist who rides to work on a toy and also a poor loser who can't afford a car and has to ride to work on a toy
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Agreed. We need to get these toys off the road.
A big truck towing a big RV trailer.
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It’s 90 degrees, and my car is done being repaired at the dealership 13 miles away. How do you think I’m getting there? Why, yes. I’m going to ride a bike. Duh.
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Go Fleet!
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Cyclists want to arrive at work alive and on time. They are seen as idealistic wackos. Drivers want to be able to park directly in front of their destination, no matter what. They can’t imagine walking 5 minutes. They’re treated with kid gloves and catered to.
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The US isn't winning the war with Iran. Come arrest me, yah whiny little pedophile. Come on. I dare you. www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trum...
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Trump says it’s ‘treasonous’ to say US not winning war in Iran
Donald Trump told a Florida crowd that it is “treasonous” to say the US is not winning the war in Iran. The US president was speaking at The Villages in Florida, the world’s largest retirement commun...
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Flex posts, but one random post is made of steel instead of plastic.
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
If I grew up in San Diego, but have lived in Boston for 14 years, does that give me the right to belt Northern Attitude by Noah Kahan at the top of my lungs? I lived through the 2015 winter, if that helps my case.
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Man, this Boston City Hearing about transportation is the starkest differences between public comment and city government positions.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A Nissan Sentra weighs a little more than 3,000 pounds (I picked a small, common car) An Aventon Level 3 E-bike weighs 67 pounds (plus rider weight) These things do not pose remotely the same risk when traveling at 28 mph. I am begging people to understand basic physics.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Bike lanes do take space away from drivers. Why not get rid of sidewalks too, hell school zones really slow drivers down..get rid of schools! While we're at it i'm kind of tired of those pesky residential areas with their people and stop signs - no more homes! Nothing but roads and parking lots.
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
But officer! My hazards were on!
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TJRidesBikes @tjridesbikes.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Haha I’m safe because I’m too far left to be a Liberal 😅
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