There was a large fire in East Somerville. The fire destroyed Rei Da Pichanha, which has done so much to help the community. They could use the community’s help now.

Donate to Help Somerville's Nonato family after devastating fire, organized by Chadi Salamoun

Some people in your life are always there for you. They show u… Chadi Salamoun needs your support for Help Somerville's Nonato family after devastating fire

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Zero-indexing your boarding groups is a new kind of travel misery I hadn’t even considered until British airways just announced they’re boarding group 0…

This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Recipe For Disaster https://theonion.com/recipe-for-disaster/

City leaders announced Friday that the intersection of Tremont and Parker Streets will see a “number of street upgrades,” including a bike lane that will be separated from traffic by parked cars. The city will also paint new white lines at nearby intersections.

A separated bike lane and new paint: Boston to make changes to Mission Hill junction where Louisa Gag died

City leaders announced Friday that the intersection of Tremont and Parker Streets will see a “number of street upgrades,” including a bike lane that will be separated from traffic by parked cars. The city will also paint new white lines at nearby intersections.

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Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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I think the thing that struck me most about Amsterdam is not that it has good bike infrastructure and lots of bikes. It’s that the city (and country) appears to be built around bike-as-default rather than car-as-default and that’s pretty neat.

Continually frustrated by every language learning tool… I want the YouTube channel for “I understand how languages work, please speed run basic greetings people actually use, numbers, and present tense verb conjugation”

1. I haven’t done a redeye in a while and after this one I’m not looking forward to the next one I have in a few weeks, but 2. Having free Internet access while over the mid Atlantic is wild

One of my favorite things is other people’s drama I have no involvement in

Oh heck yeah it’s cardigan weather

Hot take: I don’t like hot pot restaurants. If I’m paying dining out prices I want someone who is good at cooking to do it… I can eat my own mediocre food at home.

In the past two weeks, two people I know in the Boston area have been hit by drivers while walking.

Chris Dwan (he/him)@somershade.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A friend refers to the "a pedestrian was struck by a car" construction as the "exonerative" tense, and that shall be its name henceforth and hereafter.

oh sure, exhausted all day but at 10pm is when I get a wave of energy, thanks

A friend refers to the "a pedestrian was struck by a car" construction as the "exonerative" tense, and that shall be its name henceforth and hereafter.

Hey Massholes - Go vote! We have a lot of contested primary races today; many will be decided by hundreds if not dozens of votes.

AI ruined the internet. Watch the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/JvTJTTUK8cg

The ghosts of James and Helen Storrow demand sacrifices! James fought to preserve and improve the riverbank as a public park. After he died, his wife Helen prevented a highway from being built and donated $1M to the park. After Helen died, MA put a highway through his park and named it after him 🤬

Erin 🦇🎃💀👻EEK👻💀🎃🦇 Kane@dianamonkey.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've never been more anxious waiting for a vehicle to choose a lane...

And to clarify for folks who are new and don’t know our street names: Do not drive a truck on the roads next to the river. They might sometimes look like highways, but they are neither highway nor road; they are secret third worse option that will destroy you.

Chris Dwan (he/him)@somershade.bsky.social · last yr.

WELCOME NEW NEIGHBORS. We're glad you're here! Under no circumstances should you even consider taking a rental box truck on Storrow Drive - regardless of whether or not you see cops. 1/?

Jamaica Plain folks! You may have noticed that Centre Street was recently repaved without putting in any improvements for either pedestrians or bikers. That's bc @wutrain.bsky.social cancelled the Centre Street improvements project Sign here @universalhub.com actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...

Refund the JP Centre/South Transportation Action Plan

Mayor Wu has quietly cut the funding for the Centre St./South St. redesign plan that would have helped improve the speed and efficiency of the 39 bus, the 4th highest ridership route, and the safety o...

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Boston is an incredible place. We should stop gatekeeping this beautiful city and region and build a ton of new housing so more people can afford to live here, experience it, contribute to making it even better and call it home.

Guys, this is for real. Senate GOP and the administration want to pass a law that outlaws bikelanes on the 160K mile National Highway System. Imagine if adding protected bikelanes to many arterials would suddenly be against the law. Let’s not allow this.

League of American Bicyclists@bikeleague.org · 2mo ago

ACTION ALERT 🚨 Right now, the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill to restrict bike lanes. Tell Congress: funding for bike safety projects MUST continue! Take action: action.bikeleague.org/page/101946/...

Really cool read about busting the patriarchy with regards to biking. This is a really good reminder of how infrastructure can drive culture. When you make cycling accessible for *everyone* then you see wide swaths of people riding. Seeing more women riding in turn encourages other women to bike.

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife.com · 2mo ago

“While biking around Delft, I passed mothers with their children, women in skirts and heels heading to meetings, teenage girls riding together, female students going to university and grandmothers enjoying an afternoon ride. It wasn't just one or two women I saw, but hundreds." READ: bit.ly/4gwB8MC

MBTA lines as problematic men: Red line - crypto bro with a sports betting problem Green line - college guy who read the game and is trying way too hard Orange line - he was a cool hipster in college but is now in his early 40s and hasn’t changed anything including his sheets

ICE very quickly recognized that they could be just as effective in kidnapping people with less blowback if they just did it where white people weren't paying attention

ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July, the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term - The Boston Globe

The spike in immigration arrests shows that the administration has continued to advance its mass deportations agenda despite a shift in approach earlier this year that sparked a public outcry.

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I’ve now got 9 to 5 stuck in my head and it brings me great joy and a little sadness

"should cyclists wear helmets" discourse is such a good one because the arguments for both positions are totally common-sense and unassailable, everyone just digs in.

Ooh I see we’re having helmet discourse on the timeline again today. Let me grab the popcorn…

Looks like the big name journalists are taking a stand on a stupid hill. Better put on a helmet before tumbling off it.

Coach Mustard (aka velospence)@velospence.bsky.social · 2mo ago

LMFAO

New study suggests that a shortage of secure bike parking is limiting e-bike adoption. Glad to see this issue getting attention. It's intuitive that people with quasi-secure bike storage might be OK risking a pedal bike, but not an e-bike that's more expensive. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.