Gravel Influencer
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I ride my bike, get angry at cars, talk about disability advocacy, eat baked goods, and make sure Gus is well fed. I hail from the best state in New England.
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The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it.
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
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Tonight was my last meeting on the board of directors at frostcall.org. Six+ years of work building this community of veterans and supporters from the ground up. I love these folks so much. It’s bittersweet.
December 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Tonight was my last meeting on the board of directors at frostcall.org. Six+ years of work building this community of veterans and supporters from the ground up. I love these folks so much. It’s bittersweet.
We need a moral panic over car bloat
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We need a moral panic over car bloat
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Denver yesterday
December 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Denver yesterday
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“Hopefully, hopefully. We have to not punish people who have problems. We have to help them.”
From 2016: Rob Reiner spoke with TODAY co-hosts about his son Nick’s battle with addiction and working with him on a movie based on those experiences.
December 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
“Hopefully, hopefully. We have to not punish people who have problems. We have to help them.”
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I'm always amazed by the things that get the right-wing mad at Trump. Not war crimes or pedophilia, but mean posts about Rob Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I'm always amazed by the things that get the right-wing mad at Trump. Not war crimes or pedophilia, but mean posts about Rob Reiner.
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When you've lost TIM POOL!
December 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
When you've lost TIM POOL!
Bouie is right, and my only contribution to this discourse is that having success on those platforms requires consistent (like, almost daily) posting. It can be a significant commitment of time, but the payoff in terms of reach compared to other platforms is not even close.
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Bouie is right, and my only contribution to this discourse is that having success on those platforms requires consistent (like, almost daily) posting. It can be a significant commitment of time, but the payoff in terms of reach compared to other platforms is not even close.
Absolutely embarrassing that the Providence mayor and Brown University officials are right now having to respond to President Trump's unhinged accusations that Brown is somehow to blame for this mass shooting
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Absolutely embarrassing that the Providence mayor and Brown University officials are right now having to respond to President Trump's unhinged accusations that Brown is somehow to blame for this mass shooting
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Donald Trump is the famous coach who’s not winning games anymore, which makes even his fans increasingly exasperated with his whole act
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Donald Trump is the famous coach who’s not winning games anymore, which makes even his fans increasingly exasperated with his whole act
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"A woman was seen on the ground screaming and wailing as two other women tried to comfort her."
This is 100% my biggest nightmare. It is increasingly dangerous to just *walk* around our cities, and our electeds are mostly asleep at the wheel while kids die.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
This is 100% my biggest nightmare. It is increasingly dangerous to just *walk* around our cities, and our electeds are mostly asleep at the wheel while kids die.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
4-year-old boy dies after being run over in S.F., police report says
The driver remained on the scene after the Sunday morning collision in Hayes Valley, police said.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"A woman was seen on the ground screaming and wailing as two other women tried to comfort her."
This is 100% my biggest nightmare. It is increasingly dangerous to just *walk* around our cities, and our electeds are mostly asleep at the wheel while kids die.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
This is 100% my biggest nightmare. It is increasingly dangerous to just *walk* around our cities, and our electeds are mostly asleep at the wheel while kids die.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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The governor said a "significant majority" of people detained by ICE in Massachusetts have no criminal convictions or charges, and that flying them far away is "intentionally cruel and purposely obstructs the due process."
Healey demands ICE stop flying immigrant detainees out of Hanscom airport
The governor said a "significant majority" of people detained by ICE in Massachusetts have no criminal convictions or charges, and that flying them far away is "intentionally cruel and purposely obstr...
www.wbur.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The governor said a "significant majority" of people detained by ICE in Massachusetts have no criminal convictions or charges, and that flying them far away is "intentionally cruel and purposely obstructs the due process."
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i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
"On Sept. 26, Ramirez Sanan, 50, was accompanying a family member to a court hearing in Chelsea with her son in the backseat. A group of multiple unmarked vehicles surrounded and blocked Ramirez Sanan’s car two blocks from the courthouse, and eight armed and masked officers surrounded the car."
Chelsea mother with green card files federal complaint against ICE for September arrest
Hilda Ramirez Sanan, 50, was accompanying a family member to a court hearing in Chelsea with her son in the backseat.
www.wgbh.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"On Sept. 26, Ramirez Sanan, 50, was accompanying a family member to a court hearing in Chelsea with her son in the backseat. A group of multiple unmarked vehicles surrounded and blocked Ramirez Sanan’s car two blocks from the courthouse, and eight armed and masked officers surrounded the car."
Borrowing my neighbor's house for some festive Branch Manager content
December 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Borrowing my neighbor's house for some festive Branch Manager content
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I'm sorry, my brain short-circuited at "doing 90 on Route 1 in Revere"
for non-Massholes: this is some Cannonball Run wannabe bullshit
for non-Massholes: this is some Cannonball Run wannabe bullshit
I love when drivers brag about avoiding accountability for their dangerous driving. Maybe they should have learned their lesson from the *two* prior warnings and not driven 90 on Route 1.
www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
December 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I'm sorry, my brain short-circuited at "doing 90 on Route 1 in Revere"
for non-Massholes: this is some Cannonball Run wannabe bullshit
for non-Massholes: this is some Cannonball Run wannabe bullshit
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So not fun fact, I was frequently not supposed to walk around unintended outside in New England as a child because of shit like this
I love when drivers brag about avoiding accountability for their dangerous driving. Maybe they should have learned their lesson from the *two* prior warnings and not driven 90 on Route 1.
www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
So not fun fact, I was frequently not supposed to walk around unintended outside in New England as a child because of shit like this
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Speeding on the highway doesn't hurt anyone, said the Discourse.
People should not face legal consequences for speeding on the highway, said the Discourse.
People should not face legal consequences for speeding on the highway, said the Discourse.
I love when drivers brag about avoiding accountability for their dangerous driving. Maybe they should have learned their lesson from the *two* prior warnings and not driven 90 on Route 1.
www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Speeding on the highway doesn't hurt anyone, said the Discourse.
People should not face legal consequences for speeding on the highway, said the Discourse.
People should not face legal consequences for speeding on the highway, said the Discourse.
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I fought the Law and I Won (because the Law is Incompetent)
December 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I fought the Law and I Won (because the Law is Incompetent)
My all-time favorite is someone who was concerned that people towing boats wouldn't be able to fit them while driving through a downtown area. A DOT engineer gently pointed out that they design the lanes so 18-wheelers can fit through, so a Boston Whaler will be just fine.
Help me out with a thing: Give me some of the bikelashiest arguments you’ve heard against protected bike lanes in your community.
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My all-time favorite is someone who was concerned that people towing boats wouldn't be able to fit them while driving through a downtown area. A DOT engineer gently pointed out that they design the lanes so 18-wheelers can fit through, so a Boston Whaler will be just fine.
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I'd be liveposting my thoughts, but the audio could be clearer and there's no captioning.
Way to show you care about chronic health conditions by not caring about accessibility lol.
Way to show you care about chronic health conditions by not caring about accessibility lol.
The HHS roundtable on Lyme disease has just kicked off.
RFK jr. opened the discussion by stating Lyme disease has greatly affected his own family, citing his and his sons' experience with the disease. "We have to make it safe for children to go back into the woods.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3il...
RFK jr. opened the discussion by stating Lyme disease has greatly affected his own family, citing his and his sons' experience with the disease. "We have to make it safe for children to go back into the woods.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3il...
Lyme Disease Roundtable
YouTube video by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'd be liveposting my thoughts, but the audio could be clearer and there's no captioning.
Way to show you care about chronic health conditions by not caring about accessibility lol.
Way to show you care about chronic health conditions by not caring about accessibility lol.
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You think the world is shitty now, you can't even imagine how bad it would have been had Matt Yglesias not stayed on Twitter to convince nazis to tone it down a bit
December 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You think the world is shitty now, you can't even imagine how bad it would have been had Matt Yglesias not stayed on Twitter to convince nazis to tone it down a bit