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Urbanism. Transit. Boston. MBTA. Housing.
Union member. Perpetual bad haircut.
Union member. Perpetual bad haircut.
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Machine-learning AI: good and useful.
Generative AI: disaster for all
Generative AI: disaster for all
Artificial intelligence is helping the MBTA to predict problems before they happen. on.nbcboston.com/k8yAJdY
The MBTA is using AI to make the system run smoother, one oil sample at a time
Artificial intelligence is helping the MBTA to predict problems before they happen.
on.nbcboston.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Machine-learning AI: good and useful.
Generative AI: disaster for all
Generative AI: disaster for all
Happy i never have to worry about my rep pulling something like this
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Happy i never have to worry about my rep pulling something like this
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Woman angry that learning about the holocaust teaches anyone with basic media literacy to sympathise with the victims of genocide
Ex-Obama Aide Says Holocaust Education Is ‘Confusing’ Young People Into Sympathizing With ‘Weak, Skinny’ Palestinians
Former White House aide Sarah Hurwitz warned this week that Holocaust education was "confusing" young people into sympathizing with "weak, skinny Palestinians."
www.yahoo.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Woman angry that learning about the holocaust teaches anyone with basic media literacy to sympathise with the victims of genocide
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Cory Doctorow being very erudite, indignant and amusing (definition of a good satirist) on @tds153.bsky.social 's Start the Week reminds me of what he wrote about this very platform...
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
Bluesky and enshittification
No one is the enshittifier of their own story.
doctorow.medium.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Cory Doctorow being very erudite, indignant and amusing (definition of a good satirist) on @tds153.bsky.social 's Start the Week reminds me of what he wrote about this very platform...
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
OMG can someone remind the tech bros AGAIN that science fiction isn't a wish list, it's a warning?
Small Soldiers
Chuckie (and franchise)
M3gan
Toy Story V (allegedly)
Small Soldiers
Chuckie (and franchise)
M3gan
Toy Story V (allegedly)
“Marketed for kids 3-12, Kumma gave step-by-step instructions on a common “knot for beginners” who want to tie up their partner. Another time, the AI explored the idea of introducing spanking into a sexually-charged teacher-student dynamic, which is obviously ghoulishly inappropriate for young kids”
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
OMG can someone remind the tech bros AGAIN that science fiction isn't a wish list, it's a warning?
Small Soldiers
Chuckie (and franchise)
M3gan
Toy Story V (allegedly)
Small Soldiers
Chuckie (and franchise)
M3gan
Toy Story V (allegedly)
I would buy this calendar. Or greeting cards.
@parks.boston.gov do you sell merch? You should sell merch.
@parks.boston.gov do you sell merch? You should sell merch.
Stella Shippy - “Birds of Franklin Park”
Emerging Artist Award (5/7)
Emerging Artist Award (5/7)
November 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I would buy this calendar. Or greeting cards.
@parks.boston.gov do you sell merch? You should sell merch.
@parks.boston.gov do you sell merch? You should sell merch.
Absolutely stunning.
Becky Fong Hughes - “Franklin Park: Alive with People, Place and Story”
People’s Choice (4/7)
People’s Choice (4/7)
November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Absolutely stunning.
1. Want.
2. Want.
3. Want.
2. Want.
3. Want.
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
1. Want.
2. Want.
3. Want.
2. Want.
3. Want.
These are gorgeous. I need more wall space for art!
Helena Wang - “Franklin Park: Framed Through Time”
Jury Selection (2/7)
Jury Selection (2/7)
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
These are gorgeous. I need more wall space for art!
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In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
December 31, 2024 at 2:41 PM
In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
Duel of the Fates intensifies
All aboard the Kafka Subway!
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Duel of the Fates intensifies
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The wildest part of the South End isn’t the brownstones… it’s that Boston built something beautiful, loved it, and then spent decades making sure no one could ever do it again anywhere in Massachusetts.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The wildest part of the South End isn’t the brownstones… it’s that Boston built something beautiful, loved it, and then spent decades making sure no one could ever do it again anywhere in Massachusetts.
As they say, a dead woman or a live man.
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As they say, a dead woman or a live man.
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Do you live or commute along Memorial Drive between the Longfellow & Eliot Bridges? The Charles River Task Force wants your input!
Join the in-person meeting on Nov. 17, 6–8 p.m. at the Cambridge Community Center, or submit your feedback here: https://camb.ma/43sTgRT
Join the in-person meeting on Nov. 17, 6–8 p.m. at the Cambridge Community Center, or submit your feedback here: https://camb.ma/43sTgRT
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Do you live or commute along Memorial Drive between the Longfellow & Eliot Bridges? The Charles River Task Force wants your input!
Join the in-person meeting on Nov. 17, 6–8 p.m. at the Cambridge Community Center, or submit your feedback here: https://camb.ma/43sTgRT
Join the in-person meeting on Nov. 17, 6–8 p.m. at the Cambridge Community Center, or submit your feedback here: https://camb.ma/43sTgRT
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'We talk endlessly about the “missing middle.” But the real catastrophe was the “banished bottom”'
Good piece! I wish it mentioned that SROs are re-legalized in all multifamily zones in OR & WA
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Good piece! I wish it mentioned that SROs are re-legalized in all multifamily zones in OR & WA
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Banished Bottom of the Housing Market
How America Destroyed Its Cheapest Homes
substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
'We talk endlessly about the “missing middle.” But the real catastrophe was the “banished bottom”'
Good piece! I wish it mentioned that SROs are re-legalized in all multifamily zones in OR & WA
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Good piece! I wish it mentioned that SROs are re-legalized in all multifamily zones in OR & WA
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Which Clinton?
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Which Clinton?
If you're looking to rage a little (or a lot), the number of people in this reddit post threatening violence on a person for daring to walk in a parking lot will do the trick.
www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfu...
www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfu...
From the mildlyinfuriating community on Reddit: This guy, slowly walking in and WITH the driving lane of the parking lot, headphones on, not caring that he’s holding up cars.
Explore this post and more from the mildlyinfuriating community
www.reddit.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
If you're looking to rage a little (or a lot), the number of people in this reddit post threatening violence on a person for daring to walk in a parking lot will do the trick.
www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfu...
www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfu...
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You really don't need to look for complicated answers to the housing problem. It's right there.
@thenewjerseyer.bsky.social has unearthed a crazy nugget here, from an interview with incoming NJ governor Mikie Sherrill. She clearly says that she stopped talking about building new housing, even though she thinks it's a good idea, because most every voter she spoke to hated the idea!! (1/5)
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
You really don't need to look for complicated answers to the housing problem. It's right there.
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
Really makes you wonder if Epstein killed himself, huh?
Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
Landon Thomas Jr of the New York Times got told by Jeffrey Epstein that Trump walked into a glass door bc he was so busy staring at girls in Epstein's house and didn't print it. wild that the Times didn't consider that newsworthy.
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Really makes you wonder if Epstein killed himself, huh?
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Why do I include poetry in a presentation about data visualization? Because cartography IS poetry.
The ocean is not literally blue. The land is not literally green.
Symbolism, metaphor, language, cultural context and history all inform map making.
Both exercise the same brain-parts.
The ocean is not literally blue. The land is not literally green.
Symbolism, metaphor, language, cultural context and history all inform map making.
Both exercise the same brain-parts.
Guess I'm a freelance corporate consultant now because I just led a really fun session walking a group of software developers through some mind bending relationship visualization problems.
Bibliography: Tufte, Margaret Atwood, Borges, Tobler, Cynthia Brewer, RJ Andrews and Madeline L'Engle
Bibliography: Tufte, Margaret Atwood, Borges, Tobler, Cynthia Brewer, RJ Andrews and Madeline L'Engle
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Why do I include poetry in a presentation about data visualization? Because cartography IS poetry.
The ocean is not literally blue. The land is not literally green.
Symbolism, metaphor, language, cultural context and history all inform map making.
Both exercise the same brain-parts.
The ocean is not literally blue. The land is not literally green.
Symbolism, metaphor, language, cultural context and history all inform map making.
Both exercise the same brain-parts.
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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You see that? How “far right” views are routinely re-packaged as “populist”?
A prominent far-right German activist has applied for political asylum in the U.S., as the Trump administration has signaled plans to prioritize protections for White refugees and Europeans who claim they are being targeted for their populist views.
German far-right activist seeks asylum in U.S. as Trump ties deepen
Social media influencer Naomi Seibt, a supporter of the nationalist AfD party, said she is being persecuted in Germany for her political views.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
You see that? How “far right” views are routinely re-packaged as “populist”?
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.