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Josh Fabian
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Part Boston, part San Diego, parte mexicano. All posts are my own.
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This was more than a little cool—the sky was alive tonight in Boston. #aurora #northernlights
Nighttime photo, taken from the balcony of a dwelling place, shows some blue-green waves of the aurora borealis across part of the sky. Boston-style triple deckers are seen below in the foreground. Nighttime photo, taken from a balcony, shows bright red and blue-green waves of the aurora borealis across the northern sky, all occurring above the rising moon. Several nearby apartent buildings are visible in the foreground.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Likely hundreds of times I've traversed the main corridor of the Sheraton in #Boston, as a shortcut between some combo of Back Bay, the Prudential mall, Hynes Station, and St Cecelia's.

This week, I finally got to attend a function at the hotel, @massdot.bsky.social's Moving Together conference!
Hallway inside a hotel building. Outside the ballroom sits a sign on an easel reading "Session Room C", containing detailed descriptions of four conference sessions taking place inside across the day. Conference attendees inside a large ballroom are seated around circular tables of 8–10 people each. A stage is found in the background, flanked by large monitors reading "Welcome to the Moving Together Conference". Pair of escalators, with one person visible, standing on the upward unit. Above the escalators is permanent wayfinding reading "Ballrooms, Hynes Convention Center, Prudential Center". A printed sign an easel sits beside the elevators reading "Welcome! Check-In On 2nd Floor". A speaker standing at a podium, besides a seated panel, presents to a meeting room of attendees. To the left of the speaker is a large projection screen
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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It’s 22:37 at Dodger Stadium, and “Shipping Up to Boston” is heard playing on the PA.

The Red Sox are nowhere to be found.

Meanwhile, it’s 01:37 over here in Boston. Time for bed.

#WorldSeries #15thInning
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Saw some of the precast curbs in place along part of Washington Street! #Somerville #cycling
Photo looking down a block of Washington Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. The far side of the street is lined by a vehicular lane, a lane for auto parking, and a raised cycle track. The near side of the street contains a vehicular lane and a bike lane on the same level, however the bike lane's buffer is protected with flex posts and concrete delineators.
October 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Boston turned out Saturday—let's keep up the momentum. #NoKings #protest
Large crowd of protest attendees, some holding handmade signs containing various messages, cover the grounds of Boston Common. It is daytime with mostly clear skies. In the far background is a stage with a person speaking at a podium, with a US flag as a backdrop; a large digital screen hanging above the stage projects the speaker to more attendees. Within the rally crowd, a person in the foreground, dressed in an orange inflated costume, waves their arms up. In the background, a protester's sign reads "So Much Outrage So Little Sign". Rally-goers hold up signs among the crowd at Boston Common. One sign reads "Vaccinate RFK Jr's Brainworm". Another sign simulates a reCAPTCHA asking users to "Select all of the squares with // A rapist // If there are none, click skip", followed by a photo of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein cut up into several squares. Signs from Boston's No Kings rally are left on and along the fence and railing bordering the Public Garden. The signs contain various saying including "NOT NORMAL", "RESIST", and "Immigrants make America Great".
October 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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In Boston, every day is No Kings Day
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Boston. Wow.
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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I thought I was running awfully late to the party earlier, but this was the scene inside the #MBTA Red Line around 1:45—AFTER I couldn‘t fit inside the first two cars. #Boston #CambMA #NoKings #MoreTrains
View from inside a crowded MBTA Red Line car, with many people standing inside. One seated passenger holds a circular sign reading “NO KINGS THEN”.
October 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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The “No Kings” protest - October 18th. | Photos by jackdarylphotography / Projections by Silence Dogood
October 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Heartbroken by news of yet another senseless act of violence this morning at a house of worship. No American should ever fear for their safety - least of all when gathering peacefully to pray - and yet tragedies like this have become frequent.
September 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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🚊🌙 Your friendly reminder that MBTA subway service runs until at least 1:45 AM tonight (and every Friday and Saturday now), with selected major bus routes also running until then!

💸 Plus, all MBTA service is free after 9 PM tonight, October 3rd, and October 4th.

#Boston #transit #latenight
September 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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It's my neighborhood's weekend to shine at the 100th Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas & Damian in #Cambridge! From food to processions and live music, it's a chiller, homely version of the better-known North End feasts.

Final day is today—come out once the rain clears up! #CambMA #StreetsAreForPeople
Crowds of people stand throughout a street, facing a temporary stage on which music is being performed. The street is lined with red, white, and green decorations. Food vendors line a neighborhood street as feast-goers walk between them. Illuminated fleur-de-lis symbols are found strung across the street. The photographer holds a meatball submarine sandwich, wrapped in foil, while standing on a street. Feast-goers are seen in the background lined against metal barricades. Several street signs are attached to a telephone pole, one with black text on white background reading "ONE WAY", and two with white text on green background "SAINT COSMAS" and "SAINT DAMIAN", respectively.
September 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Speaking of the Acela, I’ve embarrassingly never stepped aboard one before—old or “NextGen”.

But that ends tonight, as I have a ticket from New York to Boston. Problem is…I woke up this morning in Boston. So what’s the worst way for me to fix this…? #TravelLog
August 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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NextGen Acela Day 1 vibes yesterday. TBH, without riding it, the interior looks like any typical, European high-speed rail train—that’s a good thing! #Amtrak
August 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Just summertime in the city. Boston, that is...
The sun is halfway toward the horizon with the high-rises of Boston's Back Bay in the background, and shipping container cranes toward the front. A body of water is in the foreground, with the entire photo tinted by the setting sun. Photo of a two-way, multi-use path, lined on the left by grass and trees, and on the right by a tall fence separating the path from a rail line powered by suspended catenary cables. Numerous pedestrians walk on Newbury Street in Boston, which does not have any motor vehciles present. Three-story, brick buildings sit on both sides of the street, along with elderly trees. The exterior of a stone fortress dominates the photo; a small number of people walk and sit around the perimeter of the fort for recreation. A US flag flies on a far edge of the fort.
August 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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"STOP" means STOP, as do red traffic lights. They should plaster this on billboards everywhere...

Though, "NO TURN ON RED" is probably the better sign that stands to be adopted universally. Which, to be fair, Cambridge and parts of Boston and generally very good about.

#Mobility #VisionZero
An active intersection in Downtown Boston is cornered by several high-rise buildings on a bright, sunny day. The building in the foreground contains a square-shaped video screen spanning between the second and fourth floors. The screen is showing a static announcement that reads "STOP means STOP - Don't roll thru intersections!", followed by the MassDOT Highway Division logo. On the side of the announcement is a depiction of a regulatory street sign reading "RIGHT TURN ON RED AFTER STOP". Close-up photograph of a white regulatory sign on a traffic signal reading, in black text, "NO TURN ON RED". Located above and to the right of this sign is a pedestrian signal indicator; when the photo was taken, the signal counted 7 seconds remaining in the "flashing red/stop" phase.
August 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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35 years ago today, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted. Earlier this week, numerous groups, including the MBTA, rallied and marched in Boston to mark the milestone and raise the alarm amid looming threats to essential federal programs.

#DisabilityRights are #CivilRights.
A thick crowd of people march in the middle of Cambridge Street, which transitions into Tremont Street, in Downtown Boston. Most marchers are wearing navy blue shirts. The street is lined with 10–12 story buildings; a Caffè Nero is see at right. A sea of people attend a rally on Boston's City Hall plaza. Several speakers are gathered in front of a set of flagpoles within the plaza. The attendee situated in the center of the photo is wearing a blue t-shirt with the back reading "RIGHTS TO FIGHT FOR", with the first "G" modified to be the International Symbol of Access icon. A handful of people fill up on water from a portable trailer parked along a footpath within a dense, public park. The trailer advertises "BOSTON'S WATER ON TAP" and contains several water faucets for members of the public to fill disposable cups or personal bottles. An ambulance is also parked in front of the trailer, along the path. A large crowd of people, many dressed in blue t-shirts and some wearing hats, encircle a speaker in a clearing within a large public park otherwise dotted with mature trees. The trees are fully leaved in mid-summer, with skies mostly clear.
July 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Spent the afternoon at Cambridge's first-ever Porchfest. Great to see people turn out for summer tunes in the streets, even if the weather was a tad toasty.

Hoping to see this expand to more parts of #CambMA in future iterations!

#LiveMusic #StreetsAreForPeople #Boston @cambridgemass.bsky.social
A crowd of people congregate on a small neighborhood street lined by three-story apartment buildings. The crowd stands under shaded areas and is drawn toward a band playing music on a driveway. A large crowd of people are gathered in the backyard of a triple-decker apartment building, watching a band perform live from one of the balconies. Several small groups of people stand in a courtyard situated between two residential buildings. DJ equipment sits at the rear corner of the courtyard. A rock band plays music out of a small garage while a crowd of people watch on from across the street, with some standing on the sidewalk and more sitting along the curb. The street remains open to vehicular traffic but is demarcated with cones to calm traffic and is guarded by a police officer on a motorcycle.
July 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.

But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.

That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"
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June 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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San Diego showing up ✊
June 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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It's the return of the DC Circulator...but now with Massachusetts plates! #transit #MBTA
A transit bus in red, black, gray, and yellow livery drivers up a street in Boston, labeled as "Circulator". This is the livery of the now-defunct DC Circulator bus system. Paper sheets are taped to the front of the bus identifying it as an MBTA Blue Line Shuttle. The street contains a protected bike lane to the right of the vehicle lane the bus is driving on, and in the background the Old State House can be seen.
June 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Boston, the birthplace of the American Revolution, this past weekend. #HandsOff
Mass of marching protesters fill the width of a city street flanked by mid-rise buildings. One person holds up a sign with the text "TOWNIES AGAINST TYRANNY" handwritten. Improvised headstones are affixed to a fence along the perimeter of an old cemetery in Downtown Boston. The headstones read, among others, "Here Lies FREE SPEECH", "Here Lies SOCIAL SECURITY", and "In Memory of International Alliances". Boston City Hall looms over crowds of protesters standing in the adjacent plaza. Near City Hall sits a grandstand with a United States flag, and a screen sitting above the stage. It is raining heavily, with most people wearing rain jackets. Crowds of protesters stand next to a stage featuring a band (Dropkick Murphys) who is playing. Most of the protesters are wearing raincoats or holding umbrellas, and the heavy rain is visible in the photo. Some of the attendees are holding signs or flags of foreign countries.
April 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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This video, better than stills, illustrates just how many people marched in Boston yesterday.

City hall plaza, filled from the JFK federal building, stretching across Cambridge St and all the way down Tremont St to Boylston.

(From: Reddit)
April 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Today, the @mbta.com marked the year 2025 as the one restoring rail service between the South Coast and Boston—unlocking new paths (literally) and opportunities for the people of Taunton, Freetown, Fall River, and New Bedford.

A bit of rain this morning, but nowhere near enough to deter the crowds!
A purple-colored MBTA locomotive, numbered 2025, boards at New Bedford station. View of a Commuter Rail platform, with a train boarding on Track 2; an overhead, digital sign indicates that trains on the track will depart for New Bedford. Numerous people wait on the platform for a train to arrive on Track 1. A group of commuters get their photograph taken in front of an MBTA Commuter Rail backdrop at a rail station. Station sign, on a ramp leading up to the rail platform, welcoming riders to Fall River Depot. A number of passengers are seen waiting on the platform as well as walking down the ramp.
March 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Another weekend, another blanket of snow lands onto the Boston area. #Cambridge #Somerville #winter
A view looking up from a wide alleyway surrounded by several four to eight-story buildings. A sign on the righthand building welcomes visitors to "Cava". Snow falls from the sky, and the alleyway is lightly covered in a dusting of snow. Two MBTA trolley tracks are seen with snow covering up nearly to the running rail. Beside the tracks is a snow-covered sidewalk, along which several pedestrians walk. In the background is a light rail vehicle storage/maintenance facility with an adjoining automobile parking lot. The poster walks on a thickly snow-covered sidewalk in a lower-density neighborhood. To the left of the sidewalk is a street with a separated bike lane; the bike lane is covered in a dusting of snow. Several autos are parked along the street. MBTA bus 2051, serving Route 87, drives down the street. A sign denoting a Burger King illuminates the background.
February 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM