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I used to just post about safe streets, but there's a lot going on right now. I'm worried about the climate, growing fascism, injustice, and my friends in Palestine. Also will be giving my observations of the US after living in Greece for 10 months.
How is this possible when congestion pricing was supposed to create an urban wasteland?
Visits to office buildings in the city’s commercial districts were up 1.3% last month compared to July 2019, data shows.
Nothing to see here. The best way to control data is to not collect it.
Trump Administration Guts Annual Human Rights Report on Israel
Clocking in at nine whole pages — down from 103 in 2024 — the new State Department human rights report is “functionally useless.”
Clocking in at nine whole pages — down from 103 in 2024 — the new State Department human rights report is “functionally useless.”
Hugs. So glad you are okay, and grateful for the infrastructure that kept you safer.
In case anyone else is counting, today it’s been three years since Somerville’s last death of a bicyclist, and four years since our last pedestrian death. I view this as a real success, since the years between 2019-2022 saw 6 deaths. Thanks to everyone working towards Vision Zero in Somerville ❤️.
Love this quote, love this article!
I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying." It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
The silence of the United States media on the murder of Al Jazeera journalists in a targeted attack by Netanyahu & the IDF speaks to the lack of integrity that now pervades our media. To date, Netanyahu & the IDF have murdered over 200 journalists & their families. The cowardice is telling
It was so good! My son just learned to whistle like Superman whistles for his dog, and I decided that means I should take him to see it too.
Somerville Alliance for Safe Streets (SASS) put out a candidate questionnaire for the upcoming city preliminary election on Sept 16. Their responses:
Mayor: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... City council: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... School committee: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
It’s a significant thing when the possible mayor of New York City is talking this way. And he’s correct, by the way. #Zohran
A devastating crash in Astoria has left three people dead. I'm heartbroken for the victims and their loved ones.
We can't normalize this. It's time to commit to streets that are safe for everyone.
Eyewitnesses said the vehicle was speeding before slamming into the parked coffee truck.
