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George S
@noisecapella.bsky.social
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noisecapella.bsky.social
Connecticut's getting modern commuter rail cars x.com/johncraven1/...
John Craven on X: "HAPPENING NOW: You’re looking at the future of commuter rail cars in CT This is a prototype with full WiFi, laptop tables, and fully accessible restrooms 60 new cars start rolling out next year— first on @hartfordline and eventually on @MetroNorth branch lines https://t.co/hKkp2tKnDg" / X
HAPPENING NOW: You’re looking at the future of commuter rail cars in CT This is a prototype with full WiFi, laptop tables, and fully accessible restrooms 60 new cars start rolling out next year— first on @hartfordline and eventually on @MetroNorth branch lines https://t.co/hKkp2tKnDg
x.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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theonion.com
Dad Calling    Just To Say He Loves King Crimson https://theonion.com/dad-calling-just-to-say-he-loves-king-crimson/
Dad Calling    Just To Say He Loves King Crimson
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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randallmakart.bsky.social
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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mass.streetsblog.org
Your annual update that @massdcr.bsky.social's redesign of the notoriously dangerous Arborway highway in Jamaica Plain still isn't happening -

mass.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/y...
Your Annual Update That DCR's Arborway Redesign Still Isn't Happening - Streetsblog Massachusetts
DCR and their longtime design consultants, Howard Stein Hudson, still haven't produced a safer design for the roadway after six years of working together.
mass.streetsblog.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
noisecapella.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
Quote: "The raid was clearly a show of force, the manager said. “Why bring in an armored vehicle?” he said. “What are we, terrorists?” “It’s not right,” he continued, adding that he is a US citizen. “I do everything right, and still they show up here to violate my rights. Just because I look Latino.“"
November 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
noisecapella.bsky.social
The Broadway Parking Coalition is rebranding
November 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
One of the world’s largest industrial heat pumps is coming to Boston.

A 35MW system will use energy from the Charles River and deliver steam to heat more than 70 million square feet of buildings across Boston and Cambridge — hospitals, schools, homes, and businesses alike.
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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mszafranski.bsky.social
The only rail service linking Boston and Western Mass was shut down due to sinkhole further down the route in New York state. On December 1, the service returns. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/brie...
Briefings: Lake Shore Be Gone? Not in December, When Trans-Mass Service Rail Resumes… — Western Mass Politics & Insight
Over the summer, the earth opened up and swallowed the only rail connection between Boston and Western Mass. Service resumes in December.
wmasspi.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
noisecapella.bsky.social
😐
October 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
noisecapella.bsky.social
The Mass Legislature passed a law that maximizes fighting while requiring minimal housing production
October 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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mass.streetsblog.org
Reporter @meghanvolcy.bsky.social has a new in-depth profile of @cambbikesafety.bsky.social, and how it became a force to be reckoned with in the city's politics:

For Cambridge Bike Safety, the Political is Personal - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/10/23/f...
#mapoli #cambma
For Cambridge Bike Safety, the Political is Personal - Streetsblog Massachusetts
With year-round organizing, Cambridge Bike Safety helps bike-friendly candidates win local elections and advance their agenda for safer streets.
mass.streetsblog.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
noisecapella.bsky.social
Disabled GLX train blocking other trains heading north to Science Park, major delays #mbta
October 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
noisecapella.bsky.social
No plan has been announced for dog walking
Email from Cambridge Trees: "On October 27, Linear Park will close for up to two years, from the Russell Field House to the Somerville line. See the detour map here. Here’s what the city is not telling you: Parking now removed on Harvey St from Jackson past Clifton to Linear Park Parking now removed at the Harvey St end of Jackson St Snow removal and de-icing of our narrow sidewalks remains up to the homeowners No plan has been announced for dog walking Did the city have to surprise the neighborhood and ignore safety because of a lawsuit that attempted to protect children from asbestos contaminated soil and our trees from excessive excavation? No."
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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bradheath.bsky.social
In exchange for getting to house migrants in El Salvador's notorious prison, the Trump administration agreed to give up top MS-13 cooperators, "a key step in hindering an ongoing U.S. investigation" into the Salvadoran government's relationship with the gang.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
October 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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indivisible.org
😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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nicolefoy.bsky.social
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.
White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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astrokatie.com
Living in the Future benefit: the combination of Google Maps public transit directions and phone-tap onboard payment makes it SO EASY to take public trams/buses/metros when traveling now. It’s fantastic not to have to resort to taxis just for lack of easy access to the local transit ticketing system
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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blockclubchi.bsky.social
Chicago cyclists are buying out tamale carts to keep vendors home and safe from ICE. blockclubchi.co/42KQ57O
October 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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mckenziefunk.com
The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
Screenshot of the article by Nicole Foy of ProPublica: "When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned. “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.” But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched. About two dozen Americans have said they were held for more than a day without being able to phone lawyers or loved ones."
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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gridstatus.io
ISO-NE just became the first multi-state ISO to phase out coal, nearly two and a half years ahead of schedule 🔌💡

short 🧵
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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bostonaruban.bsky.social
It's time to make Hyde Park Ave. safe for everyone!
Guest Column: It's Time to Make Hyde Park Ave. Safe for Everyone  - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"A walk to school or the corner store should not feel like a life-or-death decision."
mass.streetsblog.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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mass.streetsblog.org
Guest Column: It’s Time to Make Hyde Park Ave. Safe for Everyone
By @boston.gov City Councilor @enriquepepen.bsky.social   - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/10/14/g...
Guest Column: It's Time to Make Hyde Park Ave. Safe for Everyone  - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"A walk to school or the corner store should not feel like a life-or-death decision."
mass.streetsblog.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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jessemermell.bsky.social
He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.

How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe
The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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luckykatstuart.bsky.social
Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.
October 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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caitlindeangelis.bsky.social
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago 31 A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia. A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia. A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo. The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview. “My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese. From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett. The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.
October 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM