how is this allowed and why would you even? sunrise is benefitting from the bikeway curb cut / ramp, and it’s just a parking lot!

shirtless male suspected of polishing his powder horn in public

Eh, ok. Looking at the source & methodology, out of a pool of 250 Gen Z Betterment survey responders identified as “traders”, meaning they were doing more than the basic 401k stuff, 26% of those said sports betting was part of their overall financial plan.

Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · last wk.

Well, here’s your grim headline for the evening

Cities aren't loud

some people will do anything to avoid building 34 units of housing in a walkable town center with a commuter rail stop. winchesternews.org/20260814_win...

Winchester Select Board member’s removal was timed to affect housing boards

Legal documents Select Board members filed with the state — and later withdrew — explain what was happening behind the scenes during the permitting of 33 Mount Vernon St.

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Before Mass. voters approved the millionaire’s tax in 2022, only one fixed-route bus crossed into New Hampshire: @mevatransit.bsky.social Route 13! It connects Haverhill, MA & Plaistow, NH, which launched in 2020! 🚌 In April 2026, MeVa Transit Route 28 began connecting Lawrence, MA & Salem, NH! 🤝🏻

Kenny Uong@kennyuong.bsky.social · 2w ago

Wow! Had no clue that there's now year-round bus service connecting Lowell, MA and Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua, NH! I can now take transit to @mannyfornh.bsky.social's city!! 😃🚌 LRTA Route 19 operates Monday thru Saturday and is also fare-free!! 😎

Today I’m learning about the time Chicago’s mayor, Jane Byrne, moved into the Cabrini Green public housing project. It did not go well, but, based on my at this point extremely superficial knowledge of the situation, it feels like you kinda gotta hand it to her. headstuff.org/culture/hist...

Welcoming the Mayor to Hell | The Story of Jane Byrne and Cabrini Green

In 1981, the Mayor of Chicago moved into the impoverished neighborhood Cabrini Green. How did her attempted intervention only make life worse for residents?

headstuff.org

Not to defend AI but before everyone loses their minds about this the HC doesn’t have purview over interiors. This is essentially lorem ipsum filler.

John Hawkinson@johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 2w ago

Well, that's a new one on me at tonight's #cambma Historical Commission. KS: "Are these floorplans done in AI?" Petitioner's architect: "Yes." (apparently they were outlined by the architect and then some of graphics/icons were added by AI, which explains lack of kitchens, weird bed positions, &c)

Not refusing to order the Sweetgreen Alice Water's Peach & Goat Cheese Salad because she's a NIMBY. That sh*t sounds yummy.

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2w ago

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

Save some rage for the engineers who put a shared-use bike/ped lane in the path of drivers turning left across two lanes of speeding traffic.

slate@pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 2w ago

my neighborhood 7-11 closed a couple years ago and tried to reopen but couldn’t get the permit approved because there’s a preschool next door and 7-11s sell alcohol (the previous permit was grandfathered in). i saw a fence going up around the lot recently and looked up what was moving in: a gun shop

Not sure if it’s anything like here where there’s a long road between proposal and shovel in the ground, but this could be a hoot to follow. Are there site plan review hearings with public comment streamed on local cable? Tremendous content potential.

Jordan Grimes@cafedujord.bsky.social · 3w ago

YIMBYs, a new moment of triumph is upon us! Atherton, the Silicon Valley enclave that prohibits all but single-family homes, one of the most exclusionary towns in the country, has just received its first multifamily housing project (ever!) under @scottwiener.bsky.social’s SB79!

what would jacob’s say about teenagers riding e-motorcycles on busy center sidewalks? there is a perceived safety issue (voiced by a minority) but an overall reluctance to engage in mutual policing.

Lexington would be such a perfect place to live if it wasn't extremely cursed. lexobserver.org/2026/07/23/t...

An AI-driven private school wants to open in Lexington

Even though the Alpha School is private, it needs the local School Committee’s approval to move to Lexington under state law.

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We have sanctuary cities, but for whom? States like Massachusetts, California, and New York offer essential protections for marginalized people. You can't be a sanctuary for vulnerable people if you don't build the housing they need and can afford.

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 4w ago

Liberating queer kids from their unaccepting families has always been central to my YIMBY advocacy. It’s why I am so angry that San Francisco has refused to meaningfully grow its housing stock since the seventies.

We’ve Been Waiting For Over A Year For @mayorwu.boston.gov's Administration to Honor State Public Records Laws #mapoli mass.streetsblog.org/2026/07/22/w...

We've Been Waiting For Over A Year For Boston to Honor State Public Records Laws - Streetsblog Massachusetts

For the past year and a half, StreetsblogMASS has been waiting for the City of Boston's public records office to release city emails, calendar appointments, and other documents related to Mayor Wu's e...

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Our bicycle committee* does some mythbusting on why you can’t bike on Lexington center sidewalks. Screenshot from a memo to the Select Board. * really just one guy: my hero, Tom Shiple

me when the kids want to go to the good pizzeria regina

Incredibly disappointed and infuriated to read this 'article' in MassterList this morning: massterlist.com/p/keller-may... My Letter to the Editor is attached. Unsubscribing @massterlist.com.

Citizens Bank has announced it will exit its lending agreements with CoreCivic and GEO Group. This is an incredible win for everyone who refused to let a major bank finance the human suffering caused by ICE detention! Community resistance matters ✊

I’m personally happy to see the changes to variance requirements, even though I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the main target beneficiary (and it’s too late to benefit me anyway). www.remainplaces.com/post/a-flurr...

A Flurry of Housing Activity as the Massachusetts Legislative Session Nears Its End

As the Massachusetts Legislature races toward the end of its session later this month, a flurry of housing policy proposals is moving through Beacon Hill. Here's a quick rundown of what's happening.On...

remainplaces.com

A small correction: the 3-2 vote on the first waiver was enough to pass. Still waiting for details on why there was some confusion about this. Non-zero chance it was only me that was confused.

Jay Luker@jluker.bsky.social · last mo.

Vote on the first parking waiver was 3 yes, 2 no (failed). Vote on the second waiver, which, as a result of the first vote, was for relief on six parking spaces instead of only four: 3 yes, 1 no, 1 abstain (passed). So after all this the site will end up with two fewer total parking spaces.

The Senate's version of the econ dev bill: malegislature.gov/PressRoom/De... I came for the housing stuff but caught this at the end. Do food trucks not have have ... regular health inspection requirements?

This is correct. Speed cameras simply cannot function as a revenue generator because they work too well as a behavior influencer.

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · last mo.

I wish this "speed cameras are cash grabs" trope would die. We have recent studied in the U.S. showing that after an initial surge in ticketing, fines decline as behavior changes and people speed less.

The writer, Paul Schimek, is a longtime devotee of John Forester and an adherent of "savvy cycling" or "bicycle driving," other terms for vehicular cycling. As the first bicycle program manager for the City of Boston, he is a big reason the city was behind on installing protected lanes for so long.

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · last mo.

This is a disgusting thing to publish in the wake of Louisa Gag's death. Yes, safety education is important for bicyclists. But Louisa is dead because of unsafe infrastructure and because of dangerous blind spots on trucks. Why does this piece not even mention steps the trucking industry could take?

jfc come on. what are we doing here? hms.harvard.edu/news/traffic...

After a public hearing that lasted nearly a year, a 50-unit condo project in Lexington Center was allowed to go forward by the Historic Districts Commission (with one condition).

On the agenda for today’s Lexington Transportation Safety Group… a crosswalk to nowhere

new office perk