Sam
@sspolzin.bsky.social
commuter rail // systems research // data science // here to post about food, cities, and running // Cambridge, MA
oh no a modern ballpark built with the fan experience in mind, the horror
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
oh no a modern ballpark built with the fan experience in mind, the horror
icymi massachusetts reddit is complaining about the local highway losing its charm... here's the charm in question
October 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
icymi massachusetts reddit is complaining about the local highway losing its charm... here's the charm in question
boston now has both a ps4 and ps5 tower
August 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
boston now has both a ps4 and ps5 tower
my housing politics?
every park in cambridge built to the density of lakeshore east park
every park in cambridge built to the density of lakeshore east park
August 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
my housing politics?
every park in cambridge built to the density of lakeshore east park
every park in cambridge built to the density of lakeshore east park
out here posting their Ls on reddit
May 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
out here posting their Ls on reddit
now we’ll see if this really is a rebuilding year
May 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
now we’ll see if this really is a rebuilding year
knew what I was going to get in the tik tok comments and yet I clicked
March 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
knew what I was going to get in the tik tok comments and yet I clicked
obsessed with this nimby lawyer who owns a $2 million home and ends every listserv email describing herself as a martyr
the us is beautiful because everyone, no matter how successful, can be a victim of circumstance
the us is beautiful because everyone, no matter how successful, can be a victim of circumstance
February 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
obsessed with this nimby lawyer who owns a $2 million home and ends every listserv email describing herself as a martyr
the us is beautiful because everyone, no matter how successful, can be a victim of circumstance
the us is beautiful because everyone, no matter how successful, can be a victim of circumstance
a purdue survey asks a question about trust related to food. people trust doctors, fda, and usda more than than companies, media, and ~their family~
ag.purdue.edu/cfdas/resour...
ag.purdue.edu/cfdas/resour...
February 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
a purdue survey asks a question about trust related to food. people trust doctors, fda, and usda more than than companies, media, and ~their family~
ag.purdue.edu/cfdas/resour...
ag.purdue.edu/cfdas/resour...
did they change it? unmistakable racism was too harsh?
February 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
did they change it? unmistakable racism was too harsh?
you can apparently blur your home on google street view?
February 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
you can apparently blur your home on google street view?
if you're wondering whether there is anything cheaper in cambridge, the best I can do is this $750k basement unit
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
February 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
if you're wondering whether there is anything cheaper in cambridge, the best I can do is this $750k basement unit
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
February 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Cambridge NIMBYs will propose anything except upzoning to address the housing crisis
January 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Cambridge NIMBYs will propose anything except upzoning to address the housing crisis
lots of dumb excuses for not cooking, but the current food environment has altered the equation for many people, esp young single professionals
i suspect people age out of a reliance on food delivery as they start families but takeout over cooking has long been a growing cultural/economic trend
i suspect people age out of a reliance on food delivery as they start families but takeout over cooking has long been a growing cultural/economic trend
January 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
lots of dumb excuses for not cooking, but the current food environment has altered the equation for many people, esp young single professionals
i suspect people age out of a reliance on food delivery as they start families but takeout over cooking has long been a growing cultural/economic trend
i suspect people age out of a reliance on food delivery as they start families but takeout over cooking has long been a growing cultural/economic trend
Another classic polarization chart, this time from Purdue's Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability - food inflation expectations for liberals and conservative flipped in November...
ag.purdue.edu/cfdas/chew-o...
ag.purdue.edu/cfdas/chew-o...
December 18, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Another classic polarization chart, this time from Purdue's Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability - food inflation expectations for liberals and conservative flipped in November...
ag.purdue.edu/cfdas/chew-o...
ag.purdue.edu/cfdas/chew-o...
My favorite new NIMBY slogan. "More regulation = more housing" is peak liberal galaxy brain.
December 13, 2024 at 3:04 PM
My favorite new NIMBY slogan. "More regulation = more housing" is peak liberal galaxy brain.
I need to stop reading the neighborhood listserv but, until then… just realized that I’m becoming negatively polarized by the NIMBYs into loving Cambridge more.
Their disdain for everything drives me to eat each cost of living increase and stay because, yeah, I like it here.
Their disdain for everything drives me to eat each cost of living increase and stay because, yeah, I like it here.
December 7, 2024 at 4:16 PM
I need to stop reading the neighborhood listserv but, until then… just realized that I’m becoming negatively polarized by the NIMBYs into loving Cambridge more.
Their disdain for everything drives me to eat each cost of living increase and stay because, yeah, I like it here.
Their disdain for everything drives me to eat each cost of living increase and stay because, yeah, I like it here.