Josh Boucher
@jgboucher.bsky.social
Former academic. Local policy researcher. MA-ite. All opinions are my own. I think about MTG daily — 🏳️🌈
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What one needs to bike in most of Worcester now:
1. A bike
2. Heroic bravery
3 Comprehensive health insurance
What one needs to bike in Worcester with proper infrastructure:
1. A bike
1. A bike
2. Heroic bravery
3 Comprehensive health insurance
What one needs to bike in Worcester with proper infrastructure:
1. A bike
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
What one needs to bike in most of Worcester now:
1. A bike
2. Heroic bravery
3 Comprehensive health insurance
What one needs to bike in Worcester with proper infrastructure:
1. A bike
1. A bike
2. Heroic bravery
3 Comprehensive health insurance
What one needs to bike in Worcester with proper infrastructure:
1. A bike
For all the people who say “I never see anyone biking in Worcester, we don’t need bike lanes” look! LOOK!!! Literally build it and they will come!!
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...
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
For all the people who say “I never see anyone biking in Worcester, we don’t need bike lanes” look! LOOK!!! Literally build it and they will come!!
I can’t stand when you tell someone the city you live in, and that you like it, and they‘re immediately dismissive, saying how terrible it because they once lived in a problematic apartment. My dude, those exist in every city everywhere
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I can’t stand when you tell someone the city you live in, and that you like it, and they‘re immediately dismissive, saying how terrible it because they once lived in a problematic apartment. My dude, those exist in every city everywhere
I was catching up on reading "Kagurabachi" and it's just terrible the pressure manga artists are put under to output chapters -- like multiple panels in some recent chapters were little more than stick figures! And I know it's because of their weekly deadlines
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I was catching up on reading "Kagurabachi" and it's just terrible the pressure manga artists are put under to output chapters -- like multiple panels in some recent chapters were little more than stick figures! And I know it's because of their weekly deadlines
“Twinless” was quite an … interesting film (but good!)
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Twinless” was quite an … interesting film (but good!)
Yup. If you want competitive elections with people from all walks of life running for office, they need to be paid appropriately. Why would someone struggling to get by, run if they are compensated inadequately or have to continue their day job and can’t dedicate appropriate time to their position?
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Yup. If you want competitive elections with people from all walks of life running for office, they need to be paid appropriately. Why would someone struggling to get by, run if they are compensated inadequately or have to continue their day job and can’t dedicate appropriate time to their position?
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70.5% OF NEW TARIFFS WERE PASSED ONTO CONSUMERS — PER LENDINGTREE LENDINGTREE DATA SHOW THAT OVER TWO-THIRDS OF NEW TARIFF COSTS WERE DIRECTLY BORNE BY CONSUMERS, HIGHLIGHTING HOW TRADE BARRIERS ARE DRIVING UP RETAIL PRICES AND ADDING TO INFLATIONARY PRESSURES.
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
70.5% OF NEW TARIFFS WERE PASSED ONTO CONSUMERS — PER LENDINGTREE LENDINGTREE DATA SHOW THAT OVER TWO-THIRDS OF NEW TARIFF COSTS WERE DIRECTLY BORNE BY CONSUMERS, HIGHLIGHTING HOW TRADE BARRIERS ARE DRIVING UP RETAIL PRICES AND ADDING TO INFLATIONARY PRESSURES.
behold, the transformative power of electric vs diesel powered passenger trains
youtube.com/shorts/eSIMn...
youtube.com/shorts/eSIMn...
Electric Train vs. Diesel ⚡️
YouTube video by Caltrain
youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
behold, the transformative power of electric vs diesel powered passenger trains
youtube.com/shorts/eSIMn...
youtube.com/shorts/eSIMn...
beautiful view this morning looking south from downtown!
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
beautiful view this morning looking south from downtown!
This headline seems really misleading
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This headline seems really misleading
ok …. What’s with this smiley ball jingle on @totcshow.bsky.social ???
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
ok …. What’s with this smiley ball jingle on @totcshow.bsky.social ???
I’ve gotta say, “knowing things” is it’s own form of hell, as “knowing things” means you know when things ARENT happening, and that things COULD be happening (and therefore make life better for everyone)
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I’ve gotta say, “knowing things” is it’s own form of hell, as “knowing things” means you know when things ARENT happening, and that things COULD be happening (and therefore make life better for everyone)
What’s with the Southbridge town council voting against joining regional police/fire dispatch? The police chief there argued it was a benefit as it would always be fully staffed. I don’t quite understand the argument for voting against? #mapoli
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
What’s with the Southbridge town council voting against joining regional police/fire dispatch? The police chief there argued it was a benefit as it would always be fully staffed. I don’t quite understand the argument for voting against? #mapoli
So anyone ever gonna build anything on the empty lot/ hole in the ground across the street from the library, or nah?
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So anyone ever gonna build anything on the empty lot/ hole in the ground across the street from the library, or nah?
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weird that "listen to city pop" is a cheatcode for "get office work done" but maybe that's been the whole point
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
weird that "listen to city pop" is a cheatcode for "get office work done" but maybe that's been the whole point
I Guess from the years I worked in retail, I get really incensed when I see a person get into a line where the light is clearly off. what’s wrong with you??
November 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I Guess from the years I worked in retail, I get really incensed when I see a person get into a line where the light is clearly off. what’s wrong with you??
The mega dungeon restaurants in @friends-table.bsky.social‘s Perpetua
the problem with modern videogame rpgs is they don't have quests like the one in phantasy star, where you need to bribe a governor with cake, but the only cake shop in the entire solar system is on a different planet, at the bottom of a four-floor dungeon, behind a locked door.
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The mega dungeon restaurants in @friends-table.bsky.social‘s Perpetua
Yeah the real “peace” candidate here 🫥🙄
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..
@miamiherald.com
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Yeah the real “peace” candidate here 🫥🙄
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Sharing one of my slides from my “70 minutes on chapter 70” presentation because EASILY one of the most misunderstood things is the relationship of the Prop 2 1/2 cap.
Local required contribution to schools changes by the DoR measured local revenue growth, which includes MORE than that 2.5%
Local required contribution to schools changes by the DoR measured local revenue growth, which includes MORE than that 2.5%
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Sharing one of my slides from my “70 minutes on chapter 70” presentation because EASILY one of the most misunderstood things is the relationship of the Prop 2 1/2 cap.
Local required contribution to schools changes by the DoR measured local revenue growth, which includes MORE than that 2.5%
Local required contribution to schools changes by the DoR measured local revenue growth, which includes MORE than that 2.5%
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The City of Worcester is allocating $250,000 to the United Way of Central Mass's United Response Fund for food and heating assistance for Worcester residents who will lose SNAP and heating assistance due to the government shutdown
City $250k
UWCM $250k
WCFB $150k
Railers $100k
Esler FF $87.5k
City $250k
UWCM $250k
WCFB $150k
Railers $100k
Esler FF $87.5k
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The City of Worcester is allocating $250,000 to the United Way of Central Mass's United Response Fund for food and heating assistance for Worcester residents who will lose SNAP and heating assistance due to the government shutdown
City $250k
UWCM $250k
WCFB $150k
Railers $100k
Esler FF $87.5k
City $250k
UWCM $250k
WCFB $150k
Railers $100k
Esler FF $87.5k
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Here's my whole testimony (excuse any typos, I wrote on my phone I'm the auditorium). docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Testimony 10/30 Foundation Budget
Good afternoon, I'm Dr. Cara Berg Powers, Massachusetts State Director for Brown's Promise, an organization working toward resource equity and integration nationally and here in the Commonwealth. I'm...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Here's my whole testimony (excuse any typos, I wrote on my phone I'm the auditorium). docs.google.com/document/d/1...
To add to this quickly, many communities are having problems with the 2.5 limit. West Boylston, for example, had an override vote in 2024 (that failed), and noted at the time that it couldn't keep using one-time sources (i.e., free cash) to make up gaps when costs for schools outpace rev growth
Speaker from Rutland: “had to do prop 2.5 last year and this year had to tap free cash to help pay for schools”
Should be noted tapping into free cash too often can definitely be a problem — it’s not limitless
Should be noted tapping into free cash too often can definitely be a problem — it’s not limitless
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
To add to this quickly, many communities are having problems with the 2.5 limit. West Boylston, for example, had an override vote in 2024 (that failed), and noted at the time that it couldn't keep using one-time sources (i.e., free cash) to make up gaps when costs for schools outpace rev growth
Heading to the Ch 70 study committee public meeting at Doherty! #mapoli
More information here: www.mass.gov/news/healey-...
And some background/explaining from @tracynovick.bsky.social: who-cester.blogspot.com/2025/10/on-c...
More information here: www.mass.gov/news/healey-...
And some background/explaining from @tracynovick.bsky.social: who-cester.blogspot.com/2025/10/on-c...
www.mass.gov
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Heading to the Ch 70 study committee public meeting at Doherty! #mapoli
More information here: www.mass.gov/news/healey-...
And some background/explaining from @tracynovick.bsky.social: who-cester.blogspot.com/2025/10/on-c...
More information here: www.mass.gov/news/healey-...
And some background/explaining from @tracynovick.bsky.social: who-cester.blogspot.com/2025/10/on-c...
“What should be at the top of any agenda, given the magnitude of the challenges that will face us when Trump and his movement are gone, is the rebirth of Congress as the dominant force in the business of government.”
Jamelle Bouie is one of the most clear-eyed thinkers and writers in this moment.
Jamelle Bouie is one of the most clear-eyed thinkers and writers in this moment.
consider this part one of what will be an ongoing series making the case for an imperial congress (gift link)
Opinion | The Empty Promises of Trump’s Imperial Presidency
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“What should be at the top of any agenda, given the magnitude of the challenges that will face us when Trump and his movement are gone, is the rebirth of Congress as the dominant force in the business of government.”
Jamelle Bouie is one of the most clear-eyed thinkers and writers in this moment.
Jamelle Bouie is one of the most clear-eyed thinkers and writers in this moment.
am I wrong, or were there this many Worcester election ads on Instagram/Facebook last time around?
October 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
am I wrong, or were there this many Worcester election ads on Instagram/Facebook last time around?