Matt Lawlor
@mattjlawlor.bsky.social
Brooklyn native, Roslindale booster, all posts strictly my own opinions. Strongly pro-housing, walk, bike, and transit.
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There might be no better example of the war coming home than a CIA trained teen death squad recruit getting asylum in the US and then shooting a bunch of soldiers who were deployed to DC for no reason other than Kabuki Security Theater
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There might be no better example of the war coming home than a CIA trained teen death squad recruit getting asylum in the US and then shooting a bunch of soldiers who were deployed to DC for no reason other than Kabuki Security Theater
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The guy's race and nationality are less relevant than the fact a CIA contractor shot two National Guard soldiers
National Guard shooter faces assault charges as CIA ties emerge
National Guard shooter faces assault charges as CIA ties emerge
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said additional charges may come as the investigation continues to unfold.
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The guy's race and nationality are less relevant than the fact a CIA contractor shot two National Guard soldiers
LOVE THIS!!!
Car culture could never.
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
LOVE THIS!!!
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This is the stark political cost of Labour's approach. I'd argue there's another loop (among many, I'm sure) around Brexit, which skews towards a low tax, low working rights, minimal public services, high banking secrecy model. Brexit is a weight pulling to the far right.
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This is the stark political cost of Labour's approach. I'd argue there's another loop (among many, I'm sure) around Brexit, which skews towards a low tax, low working rights, minimal public services, high banking secrecy model. Brexit is a weight pulling to the far right.
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What a stupid headline. Governments have a choice when building high speed rail, they can either
1) focus on the outcome of getting it built in a reasonable timeframe
2) focus on excessive process and make the project delayed and over budget.
Props to Canada for choosing option 1
1) focus on the outcome of getting it built in a reasonable timeframe
2) focus on excessive process and make the project delayed and over budget.
Props to Canada for choosing option 1
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What a stupid headline. Governments have a choice when building high speed rail, they can either
1) focus on the outcome of getting it built in a reasonable timeframe
2) focus on excessive process and make the project delayed and over budget.
Props to Canada for choosing option 1
1) focus on the outcome of getting it built in a reasonable timeframe
2) focus on excessive process and make the project delayed and over budget.
Props to Canada for choosing option 1
First 3 - oof.
"If we were going to lose the Grammy, at least we lost to Prince." -Jim McMahon 🤣💜 #TheShuffle
All the nominees that year.
All the nominees that year.
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
First 3 - oof.
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This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
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The Downtown Crossing tree has just been installed.
It’s a whole tree, not the half-tree that used to be mounted over Macy*s covered walkway.
It’s a heathy, beautiful tree. The base is sturdy, modest and quite complimentary. Thanks to all who made this possible. 🌲 cc @downtownboston.bsky.social
It’s a whole tree, not the half-tree that used to be mounted over Macy*s covered walkway.
It’s a heathy, beautiful tree. The base is sturdy, modest and quite complimentary. Thanks to all who made this possible. 🌲 cc @downtownboston.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The Downtown Crossing tree has just been installed.
It’s a whole tree, not the half-tree that used to be mounted over Macy*s covered walkway.
It’s a heathy, beautiful tree. The base is sturdy, modest and quite complimentary. Thanks to all who made this possible. 🌲 cc @downtownboston.bsky.social
It’s a whole tree, not the half-tree that used to be mounted over Macy*s covered walkway.
It’s a heathy, beautiful tree. The base is sturdy, modest and quite complimentary. Thanks to all who made this possible. 🌲 cc @downtownboston.bsky.social
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26 November 1903 | Czech Jew Pavel Fischmann was born in Prague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. He did not survive.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. He did not survive.
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
26 November 1903 | Czech Jew Pavel Fischmann was born in Prague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. He did not survive.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. He did not survive.
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After Trump's plot with Bolsonaro to bust him out of jail and get him to the US failed, Brazilian authorities accelerated the process for him to begin serving his 27-year sentence. Bolsonaro was ordered today to begin serving jail time tomorrow. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Bolsonaro out of appeals, will start 27-year sentence for coup attempt
The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
After Trump's plot with Bolsonaro to bust him out of jail and get him to the US failed, Brazilian authorities accelerated the process for him to begin serving his 27-year sentence. Bolsonaro was ordered today to begin serving jail time tomorrow. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Just your regular #bospoli reminder that we can’t afford to lose a single square inch of our better walking, biking, and transit infrastructure in this city. In fact, we need to build much more of it as fast as humanly possible.
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Just your regular #bospoli reminder that we can’t afford to lose a single square inch of our better walking, biking, and transit infrastructure in this city. In fact, we need to build much more of it as fast as humanly possible.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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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...
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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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24 November 1892 | A Pole, Franciszek Sierpiński, was born in Szczebrzeszyn. A clerk.
In #Auschwitz from 14 October 1940.
No. 6016
On 28 July 1941 he was transferred to T4 Operation center in Sonnenstein and murdered in a gas chamber.
In #Auschwitz from 14 October 1940.
No. 6016
On 28 July 1941 he was transferred to T4 Operation center in Sonnenstein and murdered in a gas chamber.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
24 November 1892 | A Pole, Franciszek Sierpiński, was born in Szczebrzeszyn. A clerk.
In #Auschwitz from 14 October 1940.
No. 6016
On 28 July 1941 he was transferred to T4 Operation center in Sonnenstein and murdered in a gas chamber.
In #Auschwitz from 14 October 1940.
No. 6016
On 28 July 1941 he was transferred to T4 Operation center in Sonnenstein and murdered in a gas chamber.
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i’m too stoned for this level of ventriloquy
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
i’m too stoned for this level of ventriloquy
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Donald Trump has been a Russian asset since his first trip to Moscow in 1987.
Freeze Trump out immediately.
Trump is the enemy.
Freeze Trump out immediately.
Trump is the enemy.
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Donald Trump has been a Russian asset since his first trip to Moscow in 1987.
Freeze Trump out immediately.
Trump is the enemy.
Freeze Trump out immediately.
Trump is the enemy.
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Rep Jasmine Crockett on MTG quitting: “I was like, you got to be kidding. You’re on the other side of the president for one week and you can’t take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes.”
Greene fanned the flames of hate for years and can’t handle the monster she helped create.
Greene fanned the flames of hate for years and can’t handle the monster she helped create.
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Rep Jasmine Crockett on MTG quitting: “I was like, you got to be kidding. You’re on the other side of the president for one week and you can’t take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes.”
Greene fanned the flames of hate for years and can’t handle the monster she helped create.
Greene fanned the flames of hate for years and can’t handle the monster she helped create.
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If the President doesn’t want to be called a Russian asset, perhaps he should stop acting like a Russian asset.
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If the President doesn’t want to be called a Russian asset, perhaps he should stop acting like a Russian asset.
You may be wondering why @amtrak.com crawls so slowly from NY to New Haven, but that is nothing compared to the bewilderment that an American futurist from 1965 would feel if they were having the same experience. They’d be shocked the service even exists and wondering where the flying cars are.
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
You may be wondering why @amtrak.com crawls so slowly from NY to New Haven, but that is nothing compared to the bewilderment that an American futurist from 1965 would feel if they were having the same experience. They’d be shocked the service even exists and wondering where the flying cars are.
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iCYMI: "Paris started with periodic, strategic closures of key streets, then day-long closures of the entire city center, always in the context of the conversation about air quality, livability & noise…It's a very smart way of doing it." — @brenttoderian.bsky.social in BlogTO. #Paris
People on board with new solution to Toronto traffic that would limit cars on city streets
Fixing Toronto's gridlock is now so high on the political agenda that the Province is ripping out brand-new bike lanes in a misguided attempt to get …
www.blogto.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
iCYMI: "Paris started with periodic, strategic closures of key streets, then day-long closures of the entire city center, always in the context of the conversation about air quality, livability & noise…It's a very smart way of doing it." — @brenttoderian.bsky.social in BlogTO. #Paris
@mbta-cr.bsky.social same question for you guys - why no posts here? You’re posting so actively on the fascist site that you can’t be bothered over here?
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@mbta-cr.bsky.social same question for you guys - why no posts here? You’re posting so actively on the fascist site that you can’t be bothered over here?
Had occasion to cross the river last night for an event near Harvard Square and the @mbta.com performed exactly as designed. @mbta-cr.bsky.social was on time, RL and then RL and OL plus bus were all within respectable headways and ran with purpose. It was a real pleasure to ride the system.
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Had occasion to cross the river last night for an event near Harvard Square and the @mbta.com performed exactly as designed. @mbta-cr.bsky.social was on time, RL and then RL and OL plus bus were all within respectable headways and ran with purpose. It was a real pleasure to ride the system.
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23 November 1940 | Norwegian Jewish boy Harry Reichwald was born.
He arrived at Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
He arrived at Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
23 November 1940 | Norwegian Jewish boy Harry Reichwald was born.
He arrived at Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
He arrived at Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck