Sarah Randall
@serene-lovelace.bsky.social
I don’t know what to put here and that makes me anxious
👍 BOS, housing, transit, misc. fixations
🙅♀️ “Framingham Line Train 509 is operating 15-25 minutes late between South Station and Framingham”
👍 BOS, housing, transit, misc. fixations
🙅♀️ “Framingham Line Train 509 is operating 15-25 minutes late between South Station and Framingham”
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"it's so interesting how there's this rich tapestry of people's intersecting lives shaped by just their minute interactions with each other," says woman terrified at the thought of having any sort of effect on anyone else
October 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"it's so interesting how there's this rich tapestry of people's intersecting lives shaped by just their minute interactions with each other," says woman terrified at the thought of having any sort of effect on anyone else
I have to restrict my usage of Nextdoor because people are infuriating. Every removal of a lane or parking spot is seen as an affront to all elderly or disabled people. They can only conceive of these classes of people as entirely car dependent. Fuck blind people (and many others), I guess 😒
July 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I have to restrict my usage of Nextdoor because people are infuriating. Every removal of a lane or parking spot is seen as an affront to all elderly or disabled people. They can only conceive of these classes of people as entirely car dependent. Fuck blind people (and many others), I guess 😒
Could be my cat’s twin…if my cat had two working eyes 👀
June 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Could be my cat’s twin…if my cat had two working eyes 👀
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HOT TAKE:
Contemporary US protest signs (including the cringe ones) play a crucial role in re-inscribing internet culture back into corporeal everyday life. Seeing online jokes handwritten onto cardboard signs is awkward, sure, but it's also a form of reality-testing or reality-reassurance.
Contemporary US protest signs (including the cringe ones) play a crucial role in re-inscribing internet culture back into corporeal everyday life. Seeing online jokes handwritten onto cardboard signs is awkward, sure, but it's also a form of reality-testing or reality-reassurance.
June 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
HOT TAKE:
Contemporary US protest signs (including the cringe ones) play a crucial role in re-inscribing internet culture back into corporeal everyday life. Seeing online jokes handwritten onto cardboard signs is awkward, sure, but it's also a form of reality-testing or reality-reassurance.
Contemporary US protest signs (including the cringe ones) play a crucial role in re-inscribing internet culture back into corporeal everyday life. Seeing online jokes handwritten onto cardboard signs is awkward, sure, but it's also a form of reality-testing or reality-reassurance.
Not looking forward to incessant news and social media content explaining how a papal conclave works. Just a pet peeve of mine. They need to make a Schoolhouse Rock-style video to explain it and each news station can broadcast that.
April 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Not looking forward to incessant news and social media content explaining how a papal conclave works. Just a pet peeve of mine. They need to make a Schoolhouse Rock-style video to explain it and each news station can broadcast that.
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Do not let this man near anything fragile. He will destroy it.
April 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Do not let this man near anything fragile. He will destroy it.
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Bukele doesn't "have something" on Trump.
Trump isn't afraid to fight for Garcia's return. He doesn't want him returned.
Trump and Bukele are engaged in a mutually-beneficial authoritarian partnership designed to profit off the destruction of legal protections. That's it. It isn't that hard.
Trump isn't afraid to fight for Garcia's return. He doesn't want him returned.
Trump and Bukele are engaged in a mutually-beneficial authoritarian partnership designed to profit off the destruction of legal protections. That's it. It isn't that hard.
April 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Bukele doesn't "have something" on Trump.
Trump isn't afraid to fight for Garcia's return. He doesn't want him returned.
Trump and Bukele are engaged in a mutually-beneficial authoritarian partnership designed to profit off the destruction of legal protections. That's it. It isn't that hard.
Trump isn't afraid to fight for Garcia's return. He doesn't want him returned.
Trump and Bukele are engaged in a mutually-beneficial authoritarian partnership designed to profit off the destruction of legal protections. That's it. It isn't that hard.
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The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory.
www.ft.com/content/8459...
www.ft.com/content/8459...
April 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory.
www.ft.com/content/8459...
www.ft.com/content/8459...
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What’s troubling is that Josh Kraft is knowingly playing Trump’s game, almost as if they’re in sync.
Kraft knows Wu’s record (record lows, provable). Yet he claims he can do better, painting a dark city, tapping into fears. The Wu admin can always improve, but is the picture Kraft paints fair?
Kraft knows Wu’s record (record lows, provable). Yet he claims he can do better, painting a dark city, tapping into fears. The Wu admin can always improve, but is the picture Kraft paints fair?
April 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
What’s troubling is that Josh Kraft is knowingly playing Trump’s game, almost as if they’re in sync.
Kraft knows Wu’s record (record lows, provable). Yet he claims he can do better, painting a dark city, tapping into fears. The Wu admin can always improve, but is the picture Kraft paints fair?
Kraft knows Wu’s record (record lows, provable). Yet he claims he can do better, painting a dark city, tapping into fears. The Wu admin can always improve, but is the picture Kraft paints fair?
Nextdoor is a frustrating place full of NIMBYs. I suppose it’s good to get out of the echo chamber and recognize that my views are still not that popular.
April 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Nextdoor is a frustrating place full of NIMBYs. I suppose it’s good to get out of the echo chamber and recognize that my views are still not that popular.
Told my dad the other day to please upgrade his ancient iPhone, he said he wanted to wait for the tariffs to start so it'll be fair
US peeps, if you're looking to purchase something like a window air conditioner, freezer, dehumidifier, or really anything semi-durable which can be obtained from a big box store... well you might want to take advantage of the inventory that's already here.
April 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Told my dad the other day to please upgrade his ancient iPhone, he said he wanted to wait for the tariffs to start so it'll be fair
“Neither candidate is embracing, truly, harm reduction. ... Both are shifting back to this hardline approach directed towards people who use drugs and this belief that compelling people into [drug] abstinence through carceral systems is going to be what helps. And we know that it’s not.” 💯
Campaign update: Wu hosts an Emmy winner who went to BLS and releases proposed budget; Kraft releases Mass and Cass plan
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#Boston
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#Boston
April 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“Neither candidate is embracing, truly, harm reduction. ... Both are shifting back to this hardline approach directed towards people who use drugs and this belief that compelling people into [drug] abstinence through carceral systems is going to be what helps. And we know that it’s not.” 💯
Hopefully I can meet Councilor Durkan at some point because every time I’ve heard about her in the last few months, it’s been for good reasons
#Boston City Council was all set to honor a controversial Chinese dance troupe; then one councilor objected
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#ShenYun
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#ShenYun
April 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Hopefully I can meet Councilor Durkan at some point because every time I’ve heard about her in the last few months, it’s been for good reasons
I’m wary of the rent control percentage. A 10% max is far more than what my rent increase has been the last few years with my landlord. Granted I am lucky but, my landlord would be compliant even with increasing my rent much more. So they get a 20% tax refund for doing nothing, or charging more?
As Josh Kraft continues to tap Kraft Family Foundation beneficiaries for support, has he been honest about his plans?
“Rent control” that provides good landlords a tax break and allows bad landlords to opt out? Listening to speeches… and not hearing truth.
He absolutely is trying to buy Boston.
“Rent control” that provides good landlords a tax break and allows bad landlords to opt out? Listening to speeches… and not hearing truth.
He absolutely is trying to buy Boston.
April 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’m wary of the rent control percentage. A 10% max is far more than what my rent increase has been the last few years with my landlord. Granted I am lucky but, my landlord would be compliant even with increasing my rent much more. So they get a 20% tax refund for doing nothing, or charging more?
(respectfully 💕)
April 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
(respectfully 💕)
I still don’t know how to make appealing photos of food without first cleaning up all the cooking mess 😋 blackberries were on a big sale so I picked up a few packs and made jam for the first time ever.
April 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I still don’t know how to make appealing photos of food without first cleaning up all the cooking mess 😋 blackberries were on a big sale so I picked up a few packs and made jam for the first time ever.
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Notice how no one stormed the capital and shit in the halls? Very mindful. Very demure.
April 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Notice how no one stormed the capital and shit in the halls? Very mindful. Very demure.
The struggle of getting three neurodiverse and/or chronically ill people to meet at the same place around the same time
April 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The struggle of getting three neurodiverse and/or chronically ill people to meet at the same place around the same time
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The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
April 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
Hell YES this would be awesome. Signalized crosswalk on the left would be great because the hill makes it so you can’t see the cars coming. Plus I hate that lane change to get from N Beacon to Soldiers Field going east.
DCR Will Present New Plans to Improve Chaotic Riverfront Traffic Circle in Brighton - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/04/04/d...
DCR Will Present New Plans to Improve Chaotic Riverfront Traffic Circle in Brighton - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will hold a public hearing later this month to present a new design for the chaotic riverfront rotary where several of its riverfront ...
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April 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hell YES this would be awesome. Signalized crosswalk on the left would be great because the hill makes it so you can’t see the cars coming. Plus I hate that lane change to get from N Beacon to Soldiers Field going east.
Outgoing Plano councilman Shelby Williams says that being intimidated by transit advocates is a normal part of the process of defunding popular public services like DART.
"Let's face it," Williams told Suburbanista, "Do you think I'd be doing this if I was secure in my masculinity?"
"Let's face it," Williams told Suburbanista, "Do you think I'd be doing this if I was secure in my masculinity?"
April 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Don’t get this guy started on his thoughts about urban bike infrastructure unless you’ve set aside a couple hours
ChatGPT's human form looks like he's about to tell you to watch The Wire
April 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Don’t get this guy started on his thoughts about urban bike infrastructure unless you’ve set aside a couple hours
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Another thought: people need to honestly look at Western Ave before and after the bike lanes. Are the cars blocking the view of crosswalks more or less visually noisy than evenly-spaced white poles? Just say you think they look ugly. That’s fine, I think they’re kinda ugly too.
"In many neighborhoods, residents have expressed concern that there are too many flex posts in the road, creating confusion and visual noise."
People might die but we can't have "visual noise." What the fuck.
People might die but we can't have "visual noise." What the fuck.
Amid tensions over bike lanes, city releases new recommendations for Boston streets - The Boston Globe
The overarching message of the nine-page memo: pump the brakes and listen to community feedback.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Another thought: people need to honestly look at Western Ave before and after the bike lanes. Are the cars blocking the view of crosswalks more or less visually noisy than evenly-spaced white poles? Just say you think they look ugly. That’s fine, I think they’re kinda ugly too.
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One important political principle for Reconstruction Democrats when shaping policy is to weight the opinions of people who are afraid of change considerably lower than those who are open to change. We need to get more comfortable telling people, “Sorry, the world has moved on, move with it.”
"In many neighborhoods, residents have expressed concern that there are too many flex posts in the road, creating confusion and visual noise."
People might die but we can't have "visual noise." What the fuck.
People might die but we can't have "visual noise." What the fuck.
Amid tensions over bike lanes, city releases new recommendations for Boston streets - The Boston Globe
The overarching message of the nine-page memo: pump the brakes and listen to community feedback.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
One important political principle for Reconstruction Democrats when shaping policy is to weight the opinions of people who are afraid of change considerably lower than those who are open to change. We need to get more comfortable telling people, “Sorry, the world has moved on, move with it.”