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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1h

Yup! The hand sanitizers annoy me though because sometimes I want to sanitize.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1h

Unfilled and unused hand sanitizer dispensers are like little white elephants all across the country

A white hand sanitizer dispenser below a sign that says Gymnasium

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Snitty 🎃👻 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 2h

I am going to be sitting with this for a while because I've never thought about it exactly like this and it's such an insightful way to look at these guys.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 4h

most normies are mad at thiel for being incomprensible

we are mad at thiel for not understanding philosophy and theology

Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch @troynovaunt.bsky.social · 4h

I DEEPLY resent that I have to take seriously the stunted, juvenile political and theological opinions of Peter Thiel

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4h

He already got some cheese topper on his breakfast!

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Action Committee for Transit @actfortransit.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning to the Branch Manager and all of the other #TransitPets!

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 5h

Happy 4th birthday to the Branch Manager!

A yellow lab sits with a happy expression on his face with a y-shaped branch on the ground in front of him

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 15h

There is so damn much trauma in the world. Endless amounts of it. Acknowledging someone else’s trauma doesn’t take away or delegitimize your own. There’s plenty to go around.

That’s what bothers me the most about whataboutism and enforced equivalencies.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4h

Gus says thank you!

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4h

I feel like Gus would enjoy a marathon

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4h

A happy boy!

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4h

It was a miracle he dropped the stick long enough to get this photo

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 4h

gandalf: I am not trying to rob you!
I'm trying to help you.

[small dog holding tennis ball in its mouth stares back]

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4h

He always accepts pets

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 5h

Happy 4th birthday to the Branch Manager!

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 5h

And more pointedly, we know the right hates disabled ppl. But liberals and the left have a massive ableism problem that is so deeply rooted and that the pandemic highlighted so clearly that we largely feel like we’re out here fighting alone

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 17h

I think the average person does not realize how ableist our entire country is, and relatedy how bad most media outlets are at covering disability issues.

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 19h

People are really asking me why the mainstream news is barely reporting the closing of special ed dept at DoEd like all our big media companies aren't owned and run by absolute psychopaths.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 5h

Absolutely. On both counts, societal ableism and media failures. And it's ongoing.

Of course there are daily examples too at smaller scales.

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 5h

Cycling was my primary mode of transport in 90s Beijing when I was 8, had very recently learned to ride without stabilisers (training wheels) & had never ridden on a road before. My parents kept an eye on me but mainly so I didn't get lost.

You don't need experience to use good safe infrastructure.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 21h

What if we made the infrastructure good enough that "experience" wasn't required? What if we made the infrastructure robust enough so that cycling in Boston *is* incredibly safe?

This post is vehicular cycling nonsense.

What’s your Boston Cycling Hot Take?

What’s your Boston Cycling hot take?

Mine is that I think Blue Bikes have democratized cycling a bit too much. They handle terrible and it encourages non-cyclists to ride a machine they have little experience with. We need a little elitism in cycling to weed out the folks who do not have experience riding bikes in a city.

Bonus hot take: while Boston was in dire need to upgrade its almost nonexistent bike Infrastructure, there is a small but vocal minority of cyclists who insist on safety at all costs. I hate to break it to you, but riding in a city will never be completely safe. It’s a risk that any cyclist takes when they decide to ride in a busy place. The more you ride, the more experience you will get. And the more experience you will get the more you will adapt to riding in moldy stressful situations.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 6h

Haha, you have been successfully influenced!

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 6h

It was! Really delightful.

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 16h

Shoot first, aim later. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 16h

Protect trans kids AND

Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 21h

Psyched about my new shirt from @sweatermuppet.bsky.social ! Get yours here: www.bonfire.com/pluckii/

Me wearing black glasses, a San Diego hat, and a red tshirt that says “don’t want to see trans people? Pluck out your eyes.”

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16h

We do not but we do appreciate a lot of cheap food haha

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16h

I need to do it one night. I'm a bit of an Italian food snob, but I'm not above housing some breadsticks.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 17h

I have never had Olive Garden so this is fascinating. Thank you.

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Action Committee for Transit @actfortransit.bsky.social · 17h

AND AGAIN.
On Thurs 10/2/25 5:49 am
the driver (26/M) of a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado
turning left from Shorefield Rd to Georgia Ave/97
hit & injured a pedestrian (38/M)
crossing in a marked crosswalk, "not visible (dark clothing)".🙄
Police (MCP3138008B) found the driver at fault: failed to yield ROW.

Satellite image of a four-way intersection, where the fourth (west) leg is a very wide two-way driveway into a parking lot for a Popeye's, with an unmarked crosswalk. The other three legs have marked crosswalks. There is a traffic signal. The main road is a stroad. There is a red X in the south leg marked crosswalk, indicating the location of the crash. There is a red arrow pointing west and south toward the red X, indicating the left turn of the driver. There is a blue arrow pointing west toward the red X, indicating the path of the pedestrian. There is an LPI at this intersection, so the pedestrian would have just arrived at the southbound lanes crossing on walk when the driver got the green light to turn left.

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