Steve Ayr
@stevenayr.bsky.social
Lawyer, (occasional) runner, dog owner, dad.
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🚨"It doesn't matter how careful people are when drivers are dangerous [and vehicles are dangerous] and infrastructure insufficient."🚨
A good reminder tonight of why I do what I do.
I got home from work and my wife told me that a driver nearly hit her and Gus in a crosswalk. She told me how she's "always so careful there."
But it doesn't matter how careful people are when drivers are dangerous and infrastructure insufficient.
I got home from work and my wife told me that a driver nearly hit her and Gus in a crosswalk. She told me how she's "always so careful there."
But it doesn't matter how careful people are when drivers are dangerous and infrastructure insufficient.
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🚨"It doesn't matter how careful people are when drivers are dangerous [and vehicles are dangerous] and infrastructure insufficient."🚨
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First off, this couple is hilarious and I want to subscribe to their podcast and be friends with them.
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
First off, this couple is hilarious and I want to subscribe to their podcast and be friends with them.
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
As a lawyer who has done exactly one trial and sworn off it forever, I’m always in awe of trial attorneys who can distill arguments down in this kind of relatable, legally-devastating way.
Compares the incident to when an 8-year-old is “in the middle of a bedtime temper tantrum” and “takes that stuff animal with which he sleeps…and throws it at you. Are you offended?…Are you scared you might suffer bodily injury? No.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
As a lawyer who has done exactly one trial and sworn off it forever, I’m always in awe of trial attorneys who can distill arguments down in this kind of relatable, legally-devastating way.
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Mainers have until tomorrow to reject a voter suppression effort pushed by Leonard Leo’s money and the unrelentingly deceitful Yes on 1 campaign.
Vote No on 1 and help get out the vote. #mepolitics open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
Vote No on 1 and help get out the vote. #mepolitics open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
Misinformation in Maine’s Voter Suppression Referendum Began with a Deceptive Title
Petition tactics hid absentee ballot limits. Question 1 proponents then used Newburgh ballots to mislead further.
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Mainers have until tomorrow to reject a voter suppression effort pushed by Leonard Leo’s money and the unrelentingly deceitful Yes on 1 campaign.
Vote No on 1 and help get out the vote. #mepolitics open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
Vote No on 1 and help get out the vote. #mepolitics open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...
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Today’s @massterlist.com email includes a MUST-READ regarding MWRA’s staggeringly short-sighted plans to dump raw sewage into the Charles River for years to come, and pushback arriving from @crwa.bsky.social. What a disgrace, MWRA. massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/courts-rul...
Courts rule and Beacon Hill scrambles as SNAP cutoff date arrives
massterlist.beehiiv.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today’s @massterlist.com email includes a MUST-READ regarding MWRA’s staggeringly short-sighted plans to dump raw sewage into the Charles River for years to come, and pushback arriving from @crwa.bsky.social. What a disgrace, MWRA. massterlist.beehiiv.com/p/courts-rul...
In Dorchester the city shuts down Melville Ave and surrounding streets and it is the most delightful mayhem. The whole neighborhood is out in the streets, best night of the year.
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
In Dorchester the city shuts down Melville Ave and surrounding streets and it is the most delightful mayhem. The whole neighborhood is out in the streets, best night of the year.
Seconded.
Nothing better than a moonlit street crowded with screaming kids in costumes. Falling leaves. Cold breezes. Smell of the fire pit. Halloween is easily the best night of the year in Massachusetts.
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Seconded.
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Wu: #Boston and the Boston Foundation starting a fund to help 140,000 Bostonians who get SNAP benefits to afford food. Starting with $1 million in seed funding. BPS, BHA will be alerting people how to get aid, 311 operators trained on resources.
boston.gov/snap
boston.gov/snap
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Wu: #Boston and the Boston Foundation starting a fund to help 140,000 Bostonians who get SNAP benefits to afford food. Starting with $1 million in seed funding. BPS, BHA will be alerting people how to get aid, 311 operators trained on resources.
boston.gov/snap
boston.gov/snap
A Defector post based on a close read of the Massachusetts Corporations Division database involving Boston sports and Dorchester real estate feels like it was created in a lab to appeal specifically to me.
I dug through the paperwork for all 18 LLCs that Jordon Hudson has registered with Massachusetts since she started dating Bill Belichick.
They tell the story a young woman with big plans for her and her boyfriend.
Gift link!
They tell the story a young woman with big plans for her and her boyfriend.
Gift link!
The Rise Of Jordon Hudson, Small Business Owner | Defector
Before he was stumbling over interview questions on national TV, before he was the guy who made North Carolina football worse, before you could bet on when he might be fired, Bill Belichick was one of...
defector.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A Defector post based on a close read of the Massachusetts Corporations Division database involving Boston sports and Dorchester real estate feels like it was created in a lab to appeal specifically to me.
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Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
Always a good time to re-up the work of Cathy O'Neil, who has been sounding the alarm about the dangers of algorithms and AI in exactly these ways for a decade:
mathbabe.org
mathbabe.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Always a good time to re-up the work of Cathy O'Neil, who has been sounding the alarm about the dangers of algorithms and AI in exactly these ways for a decade:
mathbabe.org
mathbabe.org
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This is a really sweet story, it got me choking up in the office.
Give this a read if you need a good dose of love and kindness today
Give this a read if you need a good dose of love and kindness today
Was putting my face on and missed a call from my dad. Saw this text and called him back. (This is a nice story. Also his name is not Bob. That’s what the grandkids call him. Long and unrelated story.)
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is a really sweet story, it got me choking up in the office.
Give this a read if you need a good dose of love and kindness today
Give this a read if you need a good dose of love and kindness today
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honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
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Lia Smith, a transgender athlete who was on Middlebury's swimming and diving team, was just found dead by suicide this week.
www.them.us/story/lia-sm...
www.them.us/story/lia-sm...
October 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Lia Smith, a transgender athlete who was on Middlebury's swimming and diving team, was just found dead by suicide this week.
www.them.us/story/lia-sm...
www.them.us/story/lia-sm...
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Donate to the Greater Boston Food Bank if you can. They seed donations to smaller pantries across the region. When you help them, you help a lot of people.
The Greater Boston Food Bank
The Greater Boston Food Bank works to end hunger here by providing our neighbors in need across 190 cities and towns with the food and resources they need.
Gbfb.org
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Donate to the Greater Boston Food Bank if you can. They seed donations to smaller pantries across the region. When you help them, you help a lot of people.
Now we just need the MBTA…
It is pretty great having many of Boston's departments and teams active on Bluesky. The difference in engagement speaks for itself and it's all around a great addition to our city's social media toolkit.
All official accounts are available in this starterpack: bsky.app/starter-pack...
All official accounts are available in this starterpack: bsky.app/starter-pack...
@boston.gov onboarded all their agencies to Bluesky to engage with Bostonians. Whether it's broken sidewalks, missing signage, or community issues, they want to hear from constituents. With little to no engagement on X, their actual interactions on bsky have increased. Engagement > follower count
October 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Now we just need the MBTA…
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Let today be a reminder that competition and diversity in the tech industry is extremely important.
October 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Let today be a reminder that competition and diversity in the tech industry is extremely important.
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In America’s first public park, where Bostonians came together 400 years ago to protect a common space for the common good, we told the Trump Administration that when it comes to freedom and our families, Boston doesn’t back down. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In America’s first public park, where Bostonians came together 400 years ago to protect a common space for the common good, we told the Trump Administration that when it comes to freedom and our families, Boston doesn’t back down. #NoKings
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pretty proud of my home state sometimes
fack you, assholes
fack you, assholes
MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
October 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
pretty proud of my home state sometimes
fack you, assholes
fack you, assholes
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Friends!
We’ll see you today for this emergency rally outside Fenway Health.
Join us to protest their shameful decision to abandon Trans Youth!
We’ll see you today for this emergency rally outside Fenway Health.
Join us to protest their shameful decision to abandon Trans Youth!
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Friends!
We’ll see you today for this emergency rally outside Fenway Health.
Join us to protest their shameful decision to abandon Trans Youth!
We’ll see you today for this emergency rally outside Fenway Health.
Join us to protest their shameful decision to abandon Trans Youth!
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I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.
The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.
The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.
October 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.
The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.
The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.
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Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
October 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
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Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.
October 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.
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We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.
Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
Portland, you magnificent weirdos
October 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.