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Hey #Boston area #BikeTooter - we’re coming up fast to the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. Is anyone organizing a bike reenactment/re-tracing of the route? I know we have the Midnight Marathon the same weekend, but that’s a different route. #Cambridge #Somerville #Lexington […]

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Wild how a single chrome tab uses up more memory than a floppy disk could hold by a couple hundred fold.

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Hey! Are you reading this post on Bluesky? Just a reminder that this account is bridged from Mastodon and I can't see replies if you're not bridged over to Mastodon. If you'd like my attention on Bluesky, I'm @scottistvan.com (hoping that gets translated correctly...)

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Boston Critical Mass is this friday! Meet at 17:30, ride at 18:00. Route is up on their linktree with links to articles, linked from http://bostoncriticalmass.org. This month is highlighting infrastructure that Boston removed, both transit and bike infra. There's […] [Original post on towns.gay]

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props to @crystalvisits at city council tonight https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xkngkuljerb2mnflvfdolyro/post/3llfpeiil6k22

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The internet (search) is making me question myself, so maybe the internet (mastodon) can help: I use wired headphones with my iPhone. When I am in a loud environment and on a call, my phone seems to turn up the volume of the call. However, the seal on my headphones is actually pretty good so the […]

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I can't stress enough how great 1. low-stress bike infrastructure is, and 2. how great e-bikes are Despite feeling under the weather, the combination of those two things allowed me to get at least some of my errands done yesterday. Would have been much more challenging without them.

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Enjoying the readout from the Broadway corridor study! Sadly wasn't able to attend the meeting, but the PDF if a good read through for #zoning nerds but also opens with a very cool #history lesson on the region! #Somerville #Medford https://voice.somervillema.gov/broadway-corridor

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Rally TODAY in Somerville to protest Rumeysa Ozturk's disappearance: March 26 5:30 PM Powder House Square Park #Tufts #SomervilleMA #MedfordMA #CambridgeMA #FuckICE #Events

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I'm browsing laundry room design inspiration pictures to update my tiny laundry closet, and apparently the new trend is dog wash stations in laundry rooms?

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A man was “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours yesterday. Stripped naked, put in a cold shower by federal officials, and pressured to give up his green card. Source: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-03-14/green-card-holder-from-new-hampshire-interrogated-at-logan-airport-detained

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Hey #Somerville! Do you like free food? How about local politics? (It's ok if you only answered "yes" to the first one) - Anyway I'll be hosting a little Teele Square meet & greet with my friends over at Mass Hole Donuts on Saturday. There will be […] [Original post on better.boston]

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do not turn off the bus.

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#KatiePoter running for gov of #California ! https://katieporter.com/ #uspol #californiapol

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Bummed by the new #Somerville porch fest restrictions this year - You're not allowed to host if you're on any of the major thoroughfares: https://somervilleartscouncil.org/porchfest/

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Boo! #Cambridge crossing REI is closing effective April 3rd 😞

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TIL there are bills in the #Massachusetts senate and house advancing a single-pay health insurance plan https://masscare.org - feels like a good time to call/message your local electeds to show your support! #Healthcare

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This video has been making the rounds on #urbanism internet and despite the annoying title (the answer, of course, is "No"), it makes some decent points on Bikes vs Transit and how they interplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvOoTvmt6_c TL:DW; - Bikes require less waiting - Bikes are better […]

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Have to get from East Somerville to Brighton tonight and there’s just no good way to do that. I’m in a ride share (the fatigue is too much today to bike) but there’s a guy on a blue bike that has been leap-frogging us since East Somerville and we’re now in central. Just in case anyone was […]

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Cool thing coming up in #Boston for any #cocktail fans - Speed Rack is Monday, March 31st. It’s a speed bartending competition for women & femmes, and raises funds for breast cancer research and education. I’m not affiliated, I just watched a friend in the finals last year and it was super fun! […]

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Shoutout to the #Transit App for including a call to action to tell the city of #Boston to save our bike and bus lanes! For context, Mayor Wu announced the removal of a bus lane and a “review” of all new bike infrastructure. The popup links here […] [Original post on better.boston]

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Them: “well, it’s a slippery slope…” Me: “great, I brought extra grease just in case”

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#somerville porchfest announced (Saturday may 10th) and it sounds like it’s going to be a bit more locked down this year: https://somervilleartscouncil.org/porchfest/

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REI members: please vote "withhold" on the three corporate board candidates! I did it using the instructions here, it's easy: www.trueco-ops.org

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Was just checking to see who all has entered the #Somerville City Council race and it looks like another person has filed as of today! Current newcomers include Benjamin Orenstein (filed today) Holly Simione Wilbert Pineda Scott Istvan (that's me!)

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Welp, chrome disabled my ublock origin yesterday so I'm full time on Firefox now (until Mozilla continues to sell out beyond some arbitrary line in the sand then I'll have to look at even weirder options)

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Making myself sad today by reading about what Sullivan Station used to look like compared to what it is now: http://www.bostonstreetcars.com/sullivan-square.html #Boston #Somerville #Transit #MBTA

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Seeing my local bike friends starting up Bostreal training rides again on Strava, combined with the photos from Friday's Critical Mass are giving me serious bike FOMO right now.

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I've been a software developer for almost 12 years now, and yet I still vastly under estimate how long a ticket will take to complete.

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