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dantotten.bsky.social
Boston DSA member, BlueBiker, renter, cat dad, one of the gays 🏳️‍🌈 Author of Cambridge Outside In, a fledgling Substack that explores cities, culture, and justice through the lens of Cambridge, MA. Please subscribe for free: cambridgema.substack.com
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i plan to speak at this morning’s special cambridge city council meeting, where they’ll consider amendments to the city charter. while some proposed amendments are positive, i am strongly opposed to councillors doubling their terms. my planned comments:

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

We are 10 years into the failed YIMBY project, and it’s clear that the for profit real estate industry is not coming to the rescue to deliver housing for the working class. Disaster capitalism won’t deliver the housing we need. Social housing will.

submitted 70 days ago • 84 comments

i was one of several @bostondsa.org members to speak at tonight’s Cambridge School Committee meeting on the closure of Kennedy Longfellow School. here are my full comments on this latest move to deprioritize students’ and educators’ needs

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments

ICYMI: @massdcr.bsky.social will start tearing out pavement for a highway narrowing project on Memorial Drive in 2025 - mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/13/d...

submitted 72 days ago • 2 comments

BlueBikes, Bluesky, can’t lose

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

We should eliminate all vehicular traffic on Prospect St between Central and Union. Establish safe lanes for biking and pedestrians as well as a free trackless trolley/bus that does round trips every 15 minutes

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Cambridge’s “Broadway Safety Improvement Project” will result in a protected bike lane in both directions and 75% less car storage. This is a huge win for those of us who believe in safety, climate justice, and walkable cities. Cars may have ruined cities, but we have the power to take them back!

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

These two parking lots are allowed up to 15 stories of affordable housing each, as of right. No possibility of a nimby lawsuit. We could be looking at hundreds of new subsidized homes, right next to the train. As a city hall staffer, I helped research and draft the law that made this possible.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Between the holiday and the weather, today is an extra tough day to be surviving poverty on our streets. Please be especially kind and generous if someone asks you for help

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

Jackie says hello!

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

i was in the news, along with several others from @bostondsa.bsky.social, for talking about why the bigoted, hateful Robert Winters does not represent this city. i’m disappointed our unelected City Manager refused to listen to Cambridge residents on this

submitted 92 days ago • 2 comments

Boston DSA salutes our members who stood up to bigotry and forced reconsideration of the undemocratic appointment of Robert Winters

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

At long last, Mass DCR has announced the "90% Design" meeting for Phase III of their improvements to Memorial Drive. This project will make way for a safe bike lane from JFK Street to the Eliot Bridge by eliminating one lane of vehicular traffic in each direction Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

My statement on the re-appointment of Robert Winters to the Central Square Advisory Committee (1/3): Robert's decision to alert an anti-LGBTQ+ account known for inciting violence to a drag story hour at our main library caused significant harm to our community...

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment