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welcometodot.bsky.social
got the turkey thawed in time, but i am confused, how long am i supposed to let it rest
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Holiday season launches Saturday with tree lighting tour, Lower Mills ‘stroll,’ Ashmont ‘market’ #Dorchester

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November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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CURRENT SKY SITCH OVER BOSTON
A PHOTO OF A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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bikepedantic.bsky.social
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...
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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A sovereign citizen's car in the wild, well, at the South Bay Mall
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#Boston #Dorchester #TravelingVsDriving
Older Accord with list of state and federal court citations where the rear license plate would normally go
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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dotnews.bsky.social
Cedar Grove @ Ashmont is now open for business at 1973 Dorchester Ave., across from Ashmont Station. It opened on Nov. 11, 45 years to the day since owner Richard O'Mara established his original floral shop on #Dorchester's Adams Street in 1980.

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Cedar Grove Gardens 2.0 —New store now open in Ashmont's Treadmark building - Dorchester Reporter
On Nov. 11, Cedar Grove @ Ashmont opened for business at 1973 Dorchester Ave., across from Ashmont Station. It was 45 years to the day after Richard O'Mara established his original floral shop in 1980...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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marchurboston.bsky.social
Head over to @markskinradio.bsky.social from 4 to 6 PM today, as I'll be playing songs from The Cranberries, Ultravox, Everclear, Erasure, and The The, as well as new tunes from Boston-based acts Casket Rats and Girl With a Hawk.

website: markskinradio.com
TuneIn link: tunein.com/radio/Mark-S...
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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sandypsj.bsky.social
This is a phenomenal example of how people advocating for the "character of the neighborhood" are often actually advocating to *change* the character to be less dense and more suburban. Which, if you go play with the city's n'hood GIS explorer, is what has happened all over Boston!
Nearby residents who opposed the proposal cited all the variances the proposal needed - for number of floors, lot width, overall building size and lack of parking on a lot zoned for a two-family house - and its locationon a narrow street with a sharp curve and frequently full parking spaces as proof the new building would prove a menace that would only further drive longtime residents away. Arlene Simon, who lives down the street, said there's a reason the property has been vacant for more than five decades - it's just too small to allow construction that would not infringe on the privacy of surrounding homes. But also, its location right at a dogleg turn on Alpha would make it impossible to allow construction vehicles to linger on the block safely. Plus, once construction was done, "parking on the street is impossible as it stands," she said, adding the street already has constant problems with people parking in front of hydrants.
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Zoning board approves a new triple decker, in Dorchester
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#Boston #housing
Rendering of new triple decker, unit sizes, comparison to neighboring triple deckers
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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samjmintz.bsky.social
Still thinking about "charismatic figures like Alan Dershowitz"
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
welcometodot.bsky.social
He said shut up, he said shut up
Oh God, can't you keep it down?
Voices carry
radiofreetom.bsky.social Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2d
Looks like Back Bay to me, but maybe everything isn't a prompt to talk about social justice and sometimes you can just enjoy a 40 year old video
welcometodot.bsky.social WelcomeToDot @welcometodot.bsky.social · 2d
When the South End was affordable to musicians and queer people without trust funds...and if the unshoveled snow is any indicator, 311 didn't exist...
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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lukeoneil47.bsky.social
Just walked in on my Dunkies girl calling someone else “my love.” What the hell man.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
welcometodot.bsky.social
How to say you've only been in the tourist neighborhoods in Boston without saying you've only visited the tourist neighborhoods in Boston
coletteshade.bsky.social Colette Shade (buy Y2K!!) @coletteshade.bsky.social · 3d
I travel to Boston several times per year, and it remains the only city I’ve visited where people walk around in articles of clothing with the name of the city they’re currently in. Not a college, not a sports team. Just the concept of Boston.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
welcometodot.bsky.social
When the South End was affordable to musicians and queer people without trust funds...and if the unshoveled snow is any indicator, 311 didn't exist...
radiofreetom.bsky.social Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d
One of the greatest Boston based videos of the MTV era, and also a majestic ode to douchey boyfriends
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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jowolff.bsky.social
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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pawlbologna.bsky.social
Appreciate this Japanese visitor to Boston who loves the Blue Line
Screenshot of TikTok post with photo of MBTA Bowdoin station in East Boston and text: Train is amazing OMG!!!! Ilove the city!! This is my first time train in the US!! 電車が素敵。アメリカは車社会だと思ってた。この街なら車なくても生きていけるかも。 I love Boston already!!! How nice without living a car ( me no car). Transportation is the best. I with every single city in US have one of those #boston #Pho #アメリカ留学#ボスキャリ
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
welcometodot.bsky.social
Moving to Bluesky has been such a life improvement, but I find it wild that I've been put on a few "MAGA trash" block lists and I inhabit a "Drama: Mute Advised" list by someone who posts on average every 30 minutes.
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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billforry.bsky.social
K-Pop, indie operas, Punjabi dance-offs, and the Jose Mateo Nutcracker's up next starting 12/6...

It's great to see the Strand Theatre — Boston's only city-owned theatre venue — being so well-used these days.
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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simko-bednarski.bsky.social
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
welcometodot.bsky.social
The tea...
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
welcometodot.bsky.social
Quiet, Piggy
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
welcometodot.bsky.social
Anyway there's a whole lot of cope in this article. Frank blames his base for not coming out to vote, he blames his opponents for out-organizing him, he blames people without kids because they don't need a patronage system to get their kids a job...

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Frank Baker reflects on unsuccessful council bid - Dorchester Reporter
Frank Baker reflects on his unsuccessful camapign for Boston City Council at-large.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
welcometodot.bsky.social
No mystery why politicians of the Frank Baker variety oppose sensible zoning reform - broken zoning means anything that gets built requires lobbying, variances, repayable favors. The city councilor seat is not quite as appealing to people like Frank if it is not up to them what gets built.
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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jessekb.bsky.social
Feeling grateful that my fellow Boston voters did not send Frank Baker back to the city council, with his bizarre logic that by-right zoning is somehow government interference (what? 🤦‍♂️) while he also basically campaigned on defacto Councilor prerogative over development.
Screenshot from Dorchester Reporter article that reads: Meanwhile, private citizen Baker says he remains worried about some of the issues that motivated his run in the first place: Zoning plans put forward by the city, especially Squares + Streets and its reliance on "as of right building projects" that, he said, eliminate community involvement. "It seems to me there is more and more bureaucracy and layers and layers of commissions," he said. "How do we build more affordable housing? You get the government out of the way. That doesn't mean more by-right development like the Squares + Streets."
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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billforry.bsky.social
“Be a good citizen by being a good neighbor. Recognize that we are responsible for what this country is and what it becomes. Cherish our freedoms, our history of tolerance, and help us to remember how lucky we are to be citizens of this country.” - US District Court Judge Allison Burroughs
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM