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Carolyn Fuller
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Retired, in #CambMA. Proud #urbanism+ who loves new neighbors & supports alternative forms of transportation (i.e., non-privately owned car). Passions: human rights, democracy #YIMBY #walkable LGBTQIA+ally
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I still can't quite get over this meeting between Mamdani and Trump.

It is extraordinary. I think Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay.bsky.social) nailed it.

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A beaming Donald Trump, his face lit up with delight, looking completely smitten with Zohran Mamdani.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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"Out, damned spot! out, I say! All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."

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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office, wringing his hands, attempting to remove the blood he knows is there, as the ABC news journalist, Mary Bruce, asks him about Khashoggi gruesome murder.
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Cat adding ingredient (mouse) to soup!
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Some headlines just get me down...

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify
swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

Time to focus on self-care for the coming resistance.

Walking City Trails held night hike in #Boston You too can feed your soul & join the next one walkingcitytrail.substack.com
Photo of #Boston hikers in Dorchester Bay with I93 lights behind them
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Yep. Frustrates me, as well. It is so easy to create the alt text. No excuse not to do it. There are a few pic to text errors but mostly good.
Dudley Snyder X.com @DudleyNYC The story of Texas' redistricting is legit Keystone Cops level hilarious. Here's the 160 page court order distilled into a short vignette: Trump: Ya'll should redistrict Texas. Texas Leg: No. Thanks. We're good. Trump: No really. I want you to redistrict. Trump DOJ: Your districts are illegal [they weren't] You need to racially gerrymander them [which is illegal]. Texas Gov: I'm calling a special session of the leg because of the DOJ letter. Texas AG: This DOJ letter is hogwash. We need to ignore it (seriously, hint hint). Texas Leg: We're redistricting because of the DOJ letter, not because of partisanship. Jake Tapper: Are you redistricting because of Trump? Texas Gov: No, we're redistricting to give Hispanics districts and because of the DOJ letter. Texas leg redraws districts based on race. Court: What's ups? by @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social- Plaintiffs: You dasht racially gerrymander districts. Texas AG: The DOJ letter was hogwash. We made partisan maps. Race didn't matter. Texas Leg: Oh yeah, we did what the DOJ told us to do. It was racial! Texas AG: No, I swear! Court: This DOJ letter is garbage but it sure looks like it's telling you to gerrymander based on race. Court: Racial gerrymandering is illegal. Court: If you guys had just drawn the same districts based on partisanship, this would all be legal. Court: But at every turn, you said you were racially gerrymandering based on the DOJ letter. Court: Since racial gerrymandering is illegal, your new maps are illegal. How did this happen? Either someone at the DOJ deliberately sabotaged this DOJ letter or, perhaps more likely, Harmeet Dhillon was way in over her head and didn't bother to run this letter through the 'ol Al.
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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@moulton.house.gov blamed the 2024 election loss on transgender politics. I knew then he was so wrong and the voters on Tue proved me right.

I was on the ground in Pennsylvania in 2024. I KNEW the election was lost because of the price of eggs. This past Tue, the voters proved me right.
But other Republicans said their party needs to get the message that Americans are deeply concerned about the cost of living. Trump ran on a promise to end inflation, but the headlines of his second term have focused on his firing of federal workers, his construction of a ballroom, the government shutdown and similar hot-button issues. “I think we need to heed what the voters are telling us — they want us to focus on pocketbook issues, which is part and parcel of how Trump got elected in the first place,” Nicholas said. “Perhaps we have run enough ads on the trans issue for a while.”
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Another day of forest bathing...

Bill recovering from minor surgery - getting those trees into our lives as often as possible.

We've done the Arnold Arboretum, the Emerald Necklace and Jamaica Pond and Middlesex Fells Reservation this past week.
Stately pine trees in ‎⁨the Arnold Arboretum A bright red bushy tree in ‎⁨the Arnold Arboretum A tree covered in vines in ‎⁨the Arnold Arboretum An old reservoir ‎⁨at Middlesex Fells Reservation
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Got our forest bathing in today, walking the Emerald Necklace and Jamaica Pond in #Boston
Bill amongst the leaves and trees Swans in Jamaica Pond Trees around Jamaica Pond Jamaica Pond
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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How long before even his core supporters begin to waver?

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Dancers in flapper costumes were pictured entertaining guests at the a Great Gatsby–themed party Trump threw at Mar-a-Lago hours before SNAP benefits ended. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby skewered the immoral and meaningless lives of the very wealthy during the Jazz Age who spent their time throwing extravagant parties and laying waste to the lives of the people around them. A very long line of people waiting with their empty grocery carts to receive food at a food pantry on November 1, 2025
November 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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#Trump parties while our children go hungry #SNAP

Please donate to your local food pantry. We will get through this together.

#Boston #Somerville #CambMA join me in donating to Greater Boston Food Bank (www.gbfb.org) #gbfd
Trump showing off his opulent, gold ladened table of food. A young child holding up his empty bowl
November 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Photos of American leaders, soldiers and ordinary citizens. They Did Their Part! Have You? A protester in colonial garb holding an American flag If your voice held no power, they would not try to silence you Alexa Change the President
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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#CambMA #housing #MApoli

Lots of fear mongering and misinformation being given to voters about what exactly the February 2025 rezoning meant for #CambMA.

Here are the facts!
NEIGHBORHOOD MULTIFAMILY UPZONING What does Cambridge's New Upzoning, passed in February 2025, actually mean for residential neighborhoods? A quide with facts for 2025 voters. WHAT DOES THE NEW ZONING ACTUALLY CHANGE? • Allows multifamily housing in all Cambridge neighborhoods (most already have multifamily homes, but new construction was banned for decades) • Promotes more housing, especially adding more affordable housing units built within a larger, market-rate development • Removes barriers like minimum lot sizes, unit limits, and floor area restrictions WHAT REMAINS UNCHANGED: • Climate Resilience requirements • Inclusionary Housing requirements • Green Building requirements • Historical Commission review • Tree Protection Ordinance • Building, codes fire safety, sanitary, energy ALL CURRENT PROPOSED PROJECTS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS (3): Three projects currently in design review with city of Cambridge utilize the multifamily housing zoning for residential neighborhoods (none under construction): • 60 Ellery Street - demolition approved, project will include 20% inclusionary unit, 6 stories • 84-86 Ellery Street - demolition not approved, development will repurpose existing building project will include 20% inclusionary unit, 6 stories • Spears Funeral Home - demolition approved, construction likely 2027, project will include 20% inclusionary unit, 6 stories NEIGHBORHOOD MULTIFAMILY ZONING OTHER BENEFITS • Homeowner flexibility: Possible to change your home to add rental units for income or to house home caregivers (previously required difficult variances) • Housing ladder: Helps residents transition from shared housing to family homes, from shelters to homes, and more • Affordable housing stock: Encourages developers to build affordable units that are rented to qualified people and rents are set at 30% of household income for families. • Housing crisis: A step forward in addressing local, regional and national housing shortage POLITICAL REALITY After years of meetings and community input, the final zoning petition passed in the council 8 to I. • Extensive compromises negotiated by all councillors and through community engagement resulted in : ⁃ Market-rate buildings: max 4 stories ⁃ 6 stories only if: 20% inclusionary, 5,000+ sq ft lot, 30% green space, larger setbacks ⁃ Buildings over 3 stories require community meetings • Pro-housing is a popular policy position and pro-housing candidates took 68% of the #1 votes in 2023 • In 2023, pro-housino candidates ran on supporting at least 4 stories in neighborhoods Sources: Cambridge CDD
October 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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#CambMA Please join Somerville YIMBY and A Better Cambridge (ABC) for “Zoning Lessons for Housing Affordability From National to Local.”

Wednesday, Oct 8, 6pm-7:30pm, Location: Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Mass Ave, Central Sq, Cambridge.

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Please join Somerville YIMBY and A Better Cambridge (ABC) for “Zoning Lessons for Housing Affordability From National to Local”, a panel discussion with experts Amy Dain of Boston Indicators, John Infranca of Suffolk Law, Jake Gilbert of the National Zoning Atlas, and Vincent Rollet of MIT. The panelists will explore the important role multifamily zoning plays in creating housing affordability! Wednesday, Oct 8, 6pm-7:30pm, Location: Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Mass Ave, Central Sq, Cambridge. RSVP not required, but appreciated.
October 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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#CambMA City Council Candidate Forum on #Housing, this Wednesday, Sep 10, at 6:00 pm at the Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Mass. Ave. in Central Square

Register here to attend in person or via Zoom:

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A BETTER CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM - Because Renters Matter September 10th | 6-8 pm Cambridge Senior Center 806 Mass Ave, Central Square
September 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Look on the bright side

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A federal grand jury refused to indict former Justice Department employee who threw sandwich at DC occupiers & then preceded to easily outrun occupiers. He wasn't arrested until he voluntarily turned himself in the next day.

He's our hoagie hero!!

FREE DC!
"Sandwich guy" in his pink shirt with his salami footlong hoagie held high over the words "BATTLE FOR DC"
August 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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#CambMA City Council Candidate Forum on #Housing, Sept 10 at 6:00 pm at the Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Mass. Ave. in Central Square

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City Council Candidate Forum, Sept 10 Please join A Better Cambridge (ABC) for our 2025 City Council Candidate Forum to learn more about the candidates and their plans to build more homes, create more affordable housing, and enhance tenant protections. Wed. Sept 10, 6pm at the Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Mass. Ave. in Central Square. Moderated by Jesse Kanson-Benanav, Executive Director of Abundant Housing MA. Register here to attend in-person or by zoom
August 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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52 New Street - Application Period Closing Soon

1 week left to apply for affordable housing lottery at 52 New Street in Cambridge. Applications must be received before deadline Thu, Aug 28 at 3 p.m. The lottery will occur on September 16th, 2025 at 3 p.m.

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52 New Street - Welcome Home - This is what home feels like - Happy parents with 2 happy young children!
August 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Olmsted's Emerald Necklace - beautiful urban oasis #walkable #Boston
August 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Cambridge graffiti on a parking meter! The amazing creativity found in this town!!!
I can't do this image justice. The graphic artist is amazing! But in a nutshell, it says Fuck Musk with a cloud like middle finger in background. At the tip of the finger is a blue star within a red oval.
August 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Too funny!!!
New Political Comics from CambMA's satirist, Suzanne Blasé THE CAMBRIDGE PRESERVATION SOCIETY Neighbourhood Watch An angry older gentleman with binoculars saying "There's been a terrifying increase in... duplexes! Yard Sign in background: We support affordable housh... Danger in the Streets A young person on a bike saying "First it was the bikes... next comes anarchy!" BREAKING: Resident survives contact with cycling infrastructure Development Dystopia An angry older gentleman reading the news about Historical Shadow Studies, saying "This 4-story building will cast a shadow on my azaleas from 4:17-4:19 pm every equinox!" Fighting for the Cambridge of Yesterday - Today! The Rally Banner proclaiming SAVE OUR SINGLE FAMILY SANCTUARIES! Angry older couple with bull horn saying "If we let renters move in.. they might vote!" Sign reading: COMING 20K WORK FORCE HOUSING
July 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Art work @ Miracle of Science - so spot on
July 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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My plagiarized contribution to the most clever and brilliant campaign I've seen in all my long years of protesting!

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Mass 50501's artistic contribution to Meowtucket on July 22 - A bald JD Vance: https://www.instagram.com/catsonacouch/ My photo of the back of a T-Shirt worn by very creative and valient warrior during #CambMA July 22 event (standout against the continuing Cambridge ICE arrests— this Tuesday (7/22) from 3:30 to 5 in front of City Hall.)
July 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Newsweek White House Reacts to Report That Bondi Told Trump He Was in Epstein Files New York Magazine Trump's Name Is Reportedly in the Epstein Files Multiple Times U.S. News & World Report White House Not Denying That Trump's Name Appears in Epstein Files, Official Says NBC News FBI personnel were told to flag Epstein files mentioning Trump, Senate Democrat says Rolling Stone The DOJ Told Trump He's in the Epstein Files: Report The Bulwark WSJ Confirms Trump in Epstein Files "Multiple Times" The Independent Trump was notified by DOJ that his name appears in Epstein files, report says: Live Forbes Trump Told In May He Was In Epstein Files, Report Says
July 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Canada Hates Trump @Anti... . Hey Fuckface, I fixed your latest Truth Social post... Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump Trump's Truth Social "What's going on with my “boys” and, in some cases, “gals?” post, all crossed out and highlighted words overlaying the crossed off text: I'm in the Epstein Files.
July 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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#CambMA Two upcoming Special City Council Meetings, one to discuss 221 Mount Auburn Street which is at risk of a pancake collapse...

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Updated: Special City Council Meetings – July 21st and 23rd, 2025 By Charles J. Franklin on July 19, 2025 The City Council has called for two special meetings to be held on July 21st and 23rd, 2025. Both will be remote meetings. July 21st at 10AM The city council is meeting to discuss a legal matter known as Said S. Abuzahra, Trustee of Equity Realty Trust, et al. v. City of Cambridge. This meeting may be moved to an executive session. Vail Court, located at 139 Bishop Allen Drive in Central Square, was taken by the City of Cambridge by eminent domain in 2016 after the owners repeatedly failed to secure and board up the vacant apartment building on site. This failure resulted in many service calls from the Police, Fire, and Inspectional Services Departments. The dilapidated building was demolished in 2018 and the property has been part of an ongoing legal dispute since. July 23rd at 2PM The city council is meeting to discuss the nine-story building at 221 Mount Auburn Street which is at risk of collapse. The city has taken control of the property and is planning to demolish it. Until then Memorial Drive, Mt. Auburn Street, and Sparks Street will have partial closures to ensure community safety. In addition to the council meeting, there will be a community meeting on Thursday the 24th. There are two agenda items related to this topic. CITY MANAGER'S AGENDA 1. CMA 2025 #186 - Appropriation of $20,000,000 to fund the demolition of 221 Mount Auburn Street 2. CMA 2025 #187 - Request to have an executive session to discuss litigation related to 221 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Review © 2025.
July 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM