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Working to change local politics in Cambridge, MA: https://letschangecambridge.us

Written by Itamar Turner-Trauring, all opinions are my own and do not represent those of any organizations I am part of

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According to the City of Cambridge, over the next three months coyotes will be having sex. This will increase the risk of attacks on your pet roadrunner (or other pets, I guess).

www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/...
Coyote Mating Season is Here: What You Should Know!
Coyotes are most active during mating season (December to February) and when juveniles disperse from their families (September to November). Learn more about what you should know to minimize risks and...
www.cambridgema.gov
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Hot take: Pi Day is the best US holiday.

1. Only makes sense due to a US idiosyncrasy.
2. Minimal historical baggage.
3. Pie!

(Per Wikipedia Canada—obviously—plus Kenya and Ghana use a mixture of DMY and MDY order for dates, but only the US utterly excludes DMY: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...).
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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bikepedantic.bsky.social
Everything wrong with everything housing in a nutshell:

“Nearby residents who opposed the proposal cited all the variances the proposal needed…” to build housing identical to that surrounding it
universalhub.com Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 1d
Zoning board approves a new triple decker, in Dorchester
www.universalhub.com/2025/zoning-...
#Boston #housing
Rendering of new triple decker, unit sizes, comparison to neighboring triple deckers
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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PSA: As of 8AM, Somerville Market Basket was out of unsalted butter, except for a handful of very expensive organic/grass-fed bars.
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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cpsc.gov
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
Rad power bikes battery
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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esqueer.net
Spotted at Harvard today. Not great at all at how this nazi is being mainstreamed and normalized. This shit is absolutely not welcomed here. Used water from my water bottle to erase part of it.
A brick entrance gate to a university campus, with people walking inside on a sunny autumn day. On the pavement in front of the gate, a message is written in large yellow chalk letters that reads, “Nick Fuentes is right about Israel.” Fallen leaves are scattered across the ground.
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it.

Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
Bicycle counts significantly increased on every corridor where we completed Better Bike Lanes projects in 2024. The number of people biking, and the percentage of all traffic they make up, both saw substantial increases. ▸ We counted over 3,000 more daily bike trips, a 55% increase across all projects. In our prior report on Better Bike Lane projects completed in 2023, we recorded a 44% increase in volume. The latest projects appear to have tapped into even more growth potential by focusing on mostly arterial streets and closing key new network connection gaps. ▸ Bicycles as a share of of all traffic increased to 7% of daily traffic across all projects, nearly doubling from 4% in the baseline condition. Some projects saw bicycle mode share as high as 19% ▸ Boylston Street (Back Bay) topped the list with a near doubling (+83%) of daily bike trips, leading four other corridors that measured growth of nearly 50% or more.
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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rachelhands.com
if any of y’all Boston area pals happen to have a farmers market style tent you’d be able to bring over to the East Somerville Community School this morning for the MAMAS free store, you would make a lot of people’s day!

lmk if that’s you and I can put you in touch with the right folks!
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
Really happy with how this site turned out.

Curious to see how the MA State House is following the new rules they adopted this summer? This site allows you to find out.

beaconhilltracker.org
Beacon Hill Compliance Tracker
Track Massachusetts legislative compliance with transparency requirements
beaconhilltracker.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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ridecargob.bsky.social
Congrats to Jessika & Bryce, who rode off from their wedding into the distance on a CargoB last month! We love that we could be a small part of their big day!

#cargobikes #ebikes #cargobikeshare #boston
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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laurasaurus.bsky.social
I’m howling.
Recently, Clifford "Buzz" Grambo decided to upgrade his electric scooter. The old one he had purchased online only reached 16 mph and wasn't cutting it anymore. He needed to go faster to keep up with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement cars he chases around Baltimore. So, Grambo bought a Segway MAX G3, which features a 2,000-watt motor and can get up to 28 mph. "The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was," he told me when we first spoke on the phone in late October. "They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ha-ha bitches, I got a new scooter!"
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."

www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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diplomatofnight.com
The pro-Israel consensus in the United States has landed on a stellar argument: it is okay to kill a child via starvation if they are already sick.
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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diplomatofnight.com
👍🏽
razzball.bsky.social Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 7d
Jewish Federations applauds Olivia Reingold, a staff writer at Bari Weiss's Free Press, as she victory laps her (ghoulish and erroneous) reporting that some of the children Israel was starving to death and denying medical aid to in Gaza had pre-existing conditions.
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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mollycrabapple.bsky.social
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Is the Boston Globe opinion section becoming continuously worse, or were they always this bad?
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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californialabor.bsky.social
Remember: NEVER cross a picket line. Don't buy Starbucks at any location as long as @sbworkersunited.org are on strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
For the duration of the strike, don't buy Starbucks at ANY location
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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kevin.doyle.boston.ap.brid.gy
I voted for this in PB and I still forgot it won! Went ahead and requested one for my street. https://www.cambridgema.gov/streetsandtransportation/projectsandprograms/speedhumpsprogram
Speed Hump Program
The City of Cambridge is expanding its traffic calming program by adding speed humps on primarily residential streets to help manage vehicle speeds and improve safety for all.
www.cambridgema.gov
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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snoopj.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
ATTN: #boston+#cambridgema #cycling folks

In-person public hearing TONIGHT (17 Nov) in Cambridge hosted by the Charles River Task Force to discuss access to the riverfront and the ongoing safety and access issues for pedestrians and cyclists.

6-8 PM at Cambridge Community Center (5 Callender […]
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November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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People who don't own cars are failures, per American culture; when this percolates down to local politics, this often transmutes into "disposable".

Some pop culture examples:

- "The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society" (fun book, until this ruined the ending for me)
- "No Scrubs" by TLC
benrosstransit.bsky.social Ben Ross @benrosstransit.bsky.social · 9d
WaPo editorial board launches a disgusting car-brained attack on Seattle's new mayor Katie Wilson.
"Who is Wilson? She does not own a car"

It's so bad you need to read it, so a gift link: wapo.st/4r2peP3
Who is Wilson? She does not own a car.
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Choosing to use Disney's Official Villain Color Theme was a choice.

www.wired.com/story/fidji-...
OpenAI's Fidji Simo Plans to Make ChatGPT Way More Useful—and Have You Pay For It
As OpenAI expands in every direction, the new CEO of Applications is on a mission to make ChatGPT indispensable and lucrative.
www.wired.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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notalegalrecord.net
“To preserve the values of the civilized world, it is necessary to set fire to a library.”
To preserve the values of the civilized world, it is necessary to set fire to a library. To blow up a mosque. To incinerate olive trees. To dress up in the lingerie of women who fled and then take pictures. To level universities. To loot jewelry, art, banks, food. To arrest children for picking vegetables. To shoot children for throwing stones. To parade the captured in their underwear. To break a man's teeth and shove a toilet brush in his mouth. To let combat dogs loose on a man with Down syndrome and then leave him to die. Otherwise, the uncivilized world might win.
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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cambridgemass.bsky.social
This year, the City hosted a Resident Bike Lottery Program, giving income-eligible residents the chance to receive a voucher for a new bicycle from participating local shops. We checked in with some of the voucher recipients to hear what they had to say about their new rides!
November 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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sbworkersunited.org
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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thebostonlol.bsky.social
Excellent article on the upcoming #RideForYourLife25 from Cambridge to Boston, in memory of those killed and fighting for safer streets @universalhub.com @bikeboston.bsky.social @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social @bikepedantic.bsky.social @walkmass.bsky.social @massbike.bsky.social

See you on Sunday 💔
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM