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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 1d

I biked home in the dark from North Cambridge recently—which I wouldn’t have felt safe doing before the protected bike lanes.

One thing I love about biking in a city is you can stop & check things out in a way you can’t in a car.

Like the telescopes on Cambridge Common for Observe the Moon night!

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Cambridge Bicycle Safety @cambbikesafety.bsky.social · 5d

CBS is hosting a "How to Talk to Your Friends and Neighbors About Bike Safety" event at the Harvard Square Patagonia on 10/16 from 7:30-9 PM. We will also distribute bike lights! Sign up: actionnetwork.org/events/how-t...

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · 6d

Also why I remain relatively optimistic about election integrity despite the likelihood of attempted fuckery

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · 6d

Laughing and crying

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 6d

Rhamondre Leavensome Points Out There

Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · 9d

CCC helpfully demonstrating how "strategically" endorsing someone who disagrees with your policy positions can backfire

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bikepedantic @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 10d

@communitypedalpower.org , our local #cambma ebike lending library, has helped our family biking community grow by leaps and bounds.

They’re doing a funding drive to increase their capacity, consider throwing them a few bucks.

donorbox.org/grow-the-lib...

Grow The Library | Community Pedal Power (Powered by Donorbox)

Two years ago, the E-Bike Lending Library started with just 4 bikes in a backyard. Today, we’ve completed more than 1000 loans, grown to 40 bikes and a team of more than a dozen volunteers, lending 15...

donorbox.org

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Cambridge Bicycle Safety @cambbikesafety.bsky.social · 12d

Join CBS for a bike safety event on Tuesday, October
7, at 6:30 PM at Portico Brewery, just over the line in
Somerville in Boynton Yards. This short course will
cover the necessary steps you need to take if you are
ever in a crash so you are better prepared.

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · 17d

The good news is the video is now available here: vimeo.com/1121333154?f...

The bad news is the audio isn't great.

A Better Cambridge City Council Candidate Forum, September 10th 2025

CCTV Cambridge City Election Coverage 2025: ABC City Council Candidate Forum at The Cambridge Senior Center Make art. Be heard. Donate here: https://secure.cctvcambridge.org/forms/donation

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · 17d

There are many people like Christine, who would benefit so much from a safe, clean, private space to call their own. We can build more of them.

But we need a city council willing to, even when it gets hard.

www.abettercambridge.org/election2025

Photos of ABC's endorsed candidates - Burhan Azeem, Dana Bullister, Marc McGovern, Ned Melanson, Sumbul Siddiqui, Denise Simmons, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, and Ayesha Wilson.

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · 17d

Where is it "appropriate" to build affordable housing, supportive housing, mixed income housing? It is appropriate in every neighborhood.

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · 17d

This housing exists today because of the AHO. We need to elect candidates who support more housing like this.

Home at Last: Christina Mumm's Journey to Norfolk Street - CHA

When Christine Mumm walked the short stretch from the Cambridge Multi-Service Center to 116 Norfolk Street to sign her lease, it became the most meaningful walk of her life. Just the day before, she h...

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · 24d

Unfortunately I can. Renters are still an afterthought when it comes to voting, despite the housing crisis supposedly being a top state issue. And our Secretary of State Bill Galvin opposes same day registration.

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · 24d

MA elections should not be held on September 1, by far the biggest moving day in the state, because it makes it harder for renters to vote.

www.wwlp.com/news/massach...

www.wwlp.com

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · 29d

This is one of many reasons Cambridge's multi-family zoning reform, which relegalizes small and midsize apartment buildings city-wide, is good, actually.

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 29d

D2 council candidate @edclin.bsky.social: "We concentrate renters on busy, noisy, polluted arterials. Segregation is bad for our city, it's bad for our democracy."

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · Sep 11

Good. As Mayor Wu said, Boston is not for sale.

WBUR @wbur.org · Sep 11

Josh Kraft has dropped out of the Boston mayor's race. His exit is an abrupt shift for a candidate who spent $5.5 million of his own money on the campaign.

Josh Kraft bows out of Boston race for mayor

Josh Kraft has dropped out of the Boston mayor's race, two days after incumbent Michelle Wu trounced him in the city's preliminary election.

www.wbur.org

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · Sep 11

No, but I think it will be available on CCTV's Vimeo page at some point

Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · Sep 11

Wow. I hadn't read the whole thing yet. Yeah that's worse than I thought. Combining an outright lie with insulting and dismissing 2/3 of the city. Unfortunately I can't not vote for her any harder than I was going to anyway, but it's good motivation to double down on supporting good candidates.

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ah you're right, thank you for the correction!

Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · Sep 11

I don't bike, but my fiance does, and my desire to see him come home from work alive and unhurt every day certainly makes this an issue I prioritize on my ballot.

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'm not sure that's her definition of community, but I agree her idea of it seems to all but exclude cyclists.

On the CBS questionnaire she said we need to rethink the City's commitment to Vision Zero. (!!) I knew she wasn't bike friendly, but seeing that in writing so explicitly did surprise me.

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · Sep 11

*public health

Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · Sep 10

CCTV usually airs the recording of ABC's candidate forum a few times before the election. I encourage everyone to watch it in full!

It's very informative - there's no way I could do real justice to everything the candidates said. Every candidate said much more than the few highlights I captured.

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Forum is over. As always, I aim to be accurate but I don't pretend to be unbiased.

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Denise Simmons arrives. She was in fact dealing with a family that needs urgent help. She cautions against rumors and fear, and asks for patience re sharing any the details as she doesn't want to further endanger anyone.

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Jess Sheehan @jfsheehan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Mod cites a very fiery quote Zusy said at an earlier time deciding groups like ABC as a special interest group and calling renters here "transients." She acknowledges she was tired when she said that, but imo doesn't really make it better.

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