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Brendan Kearney
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executive director at a #pedestrian advocacy org (WalkMassachusetts - previously known as WalkBoston), grew up in S.Jersey (Go #Phillies!), went to college in MA (#HolyCross), live in Framingham. I used to run fast, now I run sometimes for fun.
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Mavis says hi!
Labradoodle at top of stairs w/ stick in mouth
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Same
Two doods looking out a window
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Here’s a snarky section of a comment letter I wrote 2 years ago about a bill that was trying to allow those sidewalk robots up to 550lb/10mph walkmass.org/2023/10/30/t...
Screenshot of a comment letter from WalkMassachusetts: “We applaud efforts from the private sector for looking to offer deliveries using smaller vehicles. Oversized vehicles are a danger to people walking, biking, and driving. However, if delivery companies are concerned about the risk of their 550 pound vehicles getting struck while traveling on local streets, the answer cannot be to move them to the sidewalks.”
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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59 degrees in Massachusetts means the pre-thanksgiving “oops we need a few more things to bring tomorrow” trip to Trader Joe’s (and Whole Foods across the street when TJs didn’t have an item) was done by bike
E-bike parked outside Trader Joe’s at a rusty bike rack with big red harbor freight reusable bag on back rack E-bike parked outside Whole Foods at a bike rack with big red harbor freight reusable bag on back rack
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Glen Powell would brave a brutal Massachusetts winter as Henry Knox in “Noble Train of Artillery”

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Screenshot from linked Wikipedia article: The noble train of artillery, also known as the Knox Expedition, was an expedition led by Continental Army Colonel Henry Knox to transport heavy weaponry that had been captured at Fort Ticonderoga to the Continental Army camps outside Boston during the winter of 1775-76. Knox went to Ticonderoga in November 1775 and moved 60 tons of cannon and other armaments over the course of three winter months by boat, horse, ox-drawn sledges, and manpower along poor-quality roads, across two semi-frozen rivers, and through the forests and swamps of the lightly inhabited Berkshires to the Boston area, covering approximately 300 miles (500 km). Historian Victor Brooks has called Knox's exploit "one of the most stupendous feats of logistics" of the American Revolutionary War. The route he took is now known as the Henry Knox Trail.
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Mavis is inquiring whether the “sticks outside, squeaky toys inside” rule might have some wiggle room
Labradoodle at top of outdoor stairs with a stick in their mouth hoping to bring it inside
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Spotted two bald eagles (juvenile on left) on a tree out behind our house on the Sudbury River in Framingham this morning #gobirds
Two bald eagles on a tree Bald eagles in a tree Juvenile bald eagle sitting on branch, bald eagle with white head taking off from branch Bald eagle soaring
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Today’s sign of middle age: a band I first saw while I was in college is in the @nytimes.com Mini crossword referencing their album from 20+ years ago. Drove in to Cambridge from Worcester to see the documentary film “I am trying to break your heart” about it/them at The Brattle.
Alternative rock band with the album “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Completely understand paying ~$90 for 2 tickets to a live show these days, but the tickets are listed as $30 each: 1/3 of the listed price is service fees and not going to the artists! Burn the ticket industry to the ground.
Screenshot of a ticket order form showing 2 tickets at $30 each for a $60 subtotal and then a line for “service fees” of $27.96.
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Is that in Spring Hill? Saw Councilor Ewen-Campen reference issue in a recent newsletter. In short term, glad it is happening rather than the previous shrug of shoulders / trying to pit trees vs ADA access.

Here’s one in Cambridge on Pearl St I reference often

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Screenshot from Google Streetview of brick sidewalk bump out build around a large shade tree that had previously made the sidewalk inaccessible
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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First miles of November with Mavis for the @walkmass.bsky.social #BeatTheBayState challenge included the future Chris Walsh trail at Farm Pond (that somehow went viral on TikTok/instagram earlier this year)
Path at Farm Pond that hilariously went viral earlier this year here in Framingham Mavis mid crunch of an acorn standing in front of the pump house at the end of the trail at Farm Pond. There is hope to someday add a boardwalk around it to create the Chris Walsh Trail to connect to the MBTA station
November 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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#44 Erin Donahue was such an impressive high school athlete. (I grew up in town where she went to high school). Insane range: scored over 1000pts as a basketball player and multiple state championships across cross country, basketball, 800, mile, 2 mile, javelin! nj.milesplit.com/articles/313...
Screenshot of Erin Donohue’s ridiculously impressive high school career from milesplit. URL linked in message
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Here’s a video of the bobcat walking along the Sudbury River in Framingham, MA
October 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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In case you’ve ever wondered: yes, there are bobcats in Massachusetts.
Bobcat at night
October 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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there is a micromobilty commission underway in Massachusetts and this was from one of the presentations earlier this year that touches on that aspect www.mass.gov/doc/special-...
Screenshot from linked slideshow discussing device classification considerations Screenshot from linked slideshow discussing device classification considerations, showing images of devices, max speed, weight
October 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Dog and flowers Zinnias and vegetable garden Dog and tall marigolds Dog and tall marigolds
September 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Palate cleanser:
I got this sweet voice to text message earlier today from the older woman in our neighborhood that I met while walking our dog a couple years ago. (She has a dog walking business, and we hire her from time to time to let Mavis out when we are both going to be working late.)
“Whoever the gardener is or maybe you both saw your flowers are magnificent and your vegetable garden takes a lot of work so it’s really so nicely done”
September 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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I thought it was comically big when I bought it, but the @harborfreight.bsky.social reusable bag is the perfect size in my @radpowerbikes.bsky.social rear rack for a quick Saturday morning Trader Joe’s run
E-bike parked at a bike rack outside grocery store loaded with groceries
September 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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How is it 2025
Screenshot of a Facebook post from this day in 2013 when I accepted a job at my current employer
August 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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On a walk audit in Worcester this morning, I got to meet a guide dog named Huxley. Here is the good boy sitting on my feet as we stood talking at an intersection on the route.
Black guide dog sitting on a person’s feet on a sidewalk
August 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Post-thunderstorm rainbow here in Framingham
Rainbow over a raised garden bed
July 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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At least your dog looks a bit ashamed?
Mavis the labradoodle looks happy with herself after moving some boxes. stuff is dumped all over the ground. she was in search of a chipmunk that left hours before
July 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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The “I didn’t fall, I just wanted a drink” cracks me up every time I rewatch this
July 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Today’s garden haul was cucumbers for pickles
White wire basket filled with small cucumbers picked from my garden A kitchen table with a cutting board and knife, and the cucumbers from the previous photo are now sliced and in containers.
July 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Always nice to have a garden assistant that’s excited to sniff things
Mavis the labradoodle walks under a small arch next to a raised garden bed. The arch is starting to be covered with cucumber plants Mavis the labradoodle sniffs along a fence into a raised garden bed Mavis the labradoodle inspects the fencing near a raised garden bed with a arch that has tomatoes and cucumbers on it. There are Orange marigolds in the garden.
July 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM