timmy
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Dorchester. Jersey. Housing. Bikes. Pies.
This piece underscores an important difference between “luxury” housing as a marketing term overused by brokers and weaponized by left-NIMBYs as a critique of any new housing development and real, actual luxury housing.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the luxury condo market in Boston is falling apart. Where is my tiny violin? (Gift link.) www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Boston Went Big on Luxury Condos. The Buyers Didn’t Show Up.
Some developers who tried to emulate the pricey high-rises of New York and Miami are now offering discounts to unload unsold inventory.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This piece underscores an important difference between “luxury” housing as a marketing term overused by brokers and weaponized by left-NIMBYs as a critique of any new housing development and real, actual luxury housing.
I strongly believe the core of the YIMBY proposition is that you should be able to afford to live where you can be happiest
could the “you should be able to be happy living anywhere, and if you’re not able to do that, it’s a skill issue” contingent tell that to my winter seasonal depression, please?
because MAN would that simplify my life if the cure, which I somehow never thought of before, was that easy
because MAN would that simplify my life if the cure, which I somehow never thought of before, was that easy
December 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I strongly believe the core of the YIMBY proposition is that you should be able to afford to live where you can be happiest
I know it can’t possibly be true, but it feels like I’ve never lived a day in my entire life when there hasn’t been a disabled train at Harvard.
December 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I know it can’t possibly be true, but it feels like I’ve never lived a day in my entire life when there hasn’t been a disabled train at Harvard.
Your seasonal reminder that “A Long December” deserves a spot on your holiday playlist as the spiritual successor to the melancholy classic “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
December 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Your seasonal reminder that “A Long December” deserves a spot on your holiday playlist as the spiritual successor to the melancholy classic “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
💚 that dirty water 🎄
December 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
💚 that dirty water 🎄
Not sure what I could do to make this more Elder Millennial Dad coded in 2026.
December 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Not sure what I could do to make this more Elder Millennial Dad coded in 2026.
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But anyway jokes aside, do check out MA's extremely awesome AG, who was almost Boston Mayor instead of Michelle Wu (who to be clear also rocks hard).
Andrea Joy Campbell for Attorney General
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is building a Commonwealth where justice, freedom, and opportunity belong to everyone. From Roxbury to the State House, Andrea’s fight is personal – ...
andreacampbell.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
But anyway jokes aside, do check out MA's extremely awesome AG, who was almost Boston Mayor instead of Michelle Wu (who to be clear also rocks hard).
Merry Christmas from Dorchester-by-the-Sea
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Merry Christmas from Dorchester-by-the-Sea
For as long as I’m on social media, I will quote-post any comment I see that references this piece. Truly one of the most interesting, educational, and exciting articles I’ve ever read.
A classic example of being too close to the source! But I always look forward extended family dinners where I can listen to buccaneering tales of outwitting the French on sandwich bread. Needs to hold a soggy prawn cocktail and also ham/cheese. This is the classic www.theguardian.com/news/2017/no...
How the sandwich consumed Britain | The long read
The long read: The world-beating British sandwich industry is worth £8bn a year. It transformed the way we eat lunch, then did the same for breakfast – and now it’s coming for dinner
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
For as long as I’m on social media, I will quote-post any comment I see that references this piece. Truly one of the most interesting, educational, and exciting articles I’ve ever read.
This is a very good essay by a zoning attorney in Baltimore. I’m especially glad that it highlights a little remarked-upon dynamic in our discretionary, exception-based land use permitting system: it deprives voters of the feedback necessary to adequately judge the effectiveness of regulations.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This is a very good essay by a zoning attorney in Baltimore. I’m especially glad that it highlights a little remarked-upon dynamic in our discretionary, exception-based land use permitting system: it deprives voters of the feedback necessary to adequately judge the effectiveness of regulations.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
While I have encouraged my kid to root for the hometown team, I did not teach him to randomly shout “Boo Yankees!” at me while I’m just trying to go about my business. That he got from what I have to assume is some chemical MWRA puts in the water.
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
While I have encouraged my kid to root for the hometown team, I did not teach him to randomly shout “Boo Yankees!” at me while I’m just trying to go about my business. That he got from what I have to assume is some chemical MWRA puts in the water.
My son and I have done pretty extensive reading of the previous literature on this phenomenon.
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
My son and I have done pretty extensive reading of the previous literature on this phenomenon.
Stopped by the Copley Square farmers market the other day and grabbed this Baldwin, a true Massachusetts apple and a real treat. Tough but not unpleasant skin, a firmness you don’t find in most grocery apples, and a really delightful interplay of sweet and tart. Go eat one today 🍎
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Stopped by the Copley Square farmers market the other day and grabbed this Baldwin, a true Massachusetts apple and a real treat. Tough but not unpleasant skin, a firmness you don’t find in most grocery apples, and a really delightful interplay of sweet and tart. Go eat one today 🍎
It’s not what this election was broadly about, but future candidates should learn this lesson: Henry Santana was the most vocally pro-housing at-large candidate, and he won reelection by a comfortable margin. Pro-housing policies are popular, and supporting them can make you popular.
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It’s not what this election was broadly about, but future candidates should learn this lesson: Henry Santana was the most vocally pro-housing at-large candidate, and he won reelection by a comfortable margin. Pro-housing policies are popular, and supporting them can make you popular.
On the other hand, three houses’ view of Marina Bay is 100 percent undisrupted.
Lake Morrissey alert!
High tides and "minor" coastal flooding forecast tomorrow morning (Tuesday, Nov. 4) through Sunday, expected to cause disruptions on Morrissey Blvd in #Dorchester
High tides and "minor" coastal flooding forecast tomorrow morning (Tuesday, Nov. 4) through Sunday, expected to cause disruptions on Morrissey Blvd in #Dorchester
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
On the other hand, three houses’ view of Marina Bay is 100 percent undisrupted.
Going through two different Morrissey Blvd redesign processes has been the most radicalizing experience of my life when it comes to planning and policy making.
apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr...
apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr...
Morrissey Blvd. floods multiple times a year. It's a symptom of a statewide problem.
The Dorchester parkway, one of Boston’s starkest examples of climate impacts, is inundated multiple times a year.
apps.bostonglobe.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Going through two different Morrissey Blvd redesign processes has been the most radicalizing experience of my life when it comes to planning and policy making.
apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr...
apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr...
Paid a visit to the brand new downtown Anna’s Taqueria. What more can be said that hasn’t been already. Biting into a carnitas super burrito is like looking into the face of God and seeing her smile back and say “you are my most wondrous creation.”
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Paid a visit to the brand new downtown Anna’s Taqueria. What more can be said that hasn’t been already. Biting into a carnitas super burrito is like looking into the face of God and seeing her smile back and say “you are my most wondrous creation.”
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entire article
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
entire article
Never dropped an H-bomb in my life before tonight, and it was on my kid. He was saying he knew that crimson was purplish color because of the crimson door in Minecraft. I said it was more reddish. He argued, and I finally said “I went to Harvard, our color was crimson, I think I’d know.”
October 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Never dropped an H-bomb in my life before tonight, and it was on my kid. He was saying he knew that crimson was purplish color because of the crimson door in Minecraft. I said it was more reddish. He argued, and I finally said “I went to Harvard, our color was crimson, I think I’d know.”
“As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation.”
October 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation.”
20-day appeal period
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Archives banned making copies.
Archives banned making copies.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
New library catalogue website.
New library catalogue website.
October 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
20-day appeal period
I worked at a Cub Scout camp for a few summers. One time, a pack decided to have lunch off-site and didn’t tell the mess hall. We had dozens of extra grilled cheeses, so staff had to eat them or they’d go in the trash. I ate 17 grilled cheeses that day. Sometimes I worry I’ll never be that happy.
October 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I worked at a Cub Scout camp for a few summers. One time, a pack decided to have lunch off-site and didn’t tell the mess hall. We had dozens of extra grilled cheeses, so staff had to eat them or they’d go in the trash. I ate 17 grilled cheeses that day. Sometimes I worry I’ll never be that happy.
