iolando spinola
@ispinola.bsky.social
🚶🏾♂️ Pedestrian Advocacy & Civic Engagement
🏘️ Family & community is everything to me
👨🏾🌾 Proud father, husband, son, & nerd.
🌇 Urbanist promoting equity & connectivity.
🧳 Always ready to learn in the world
🏘️ Family & community is everything to me
👨🏾🌾 Proud father, husband, son, & nerd.
🌇 Urbanist promoting equity & connectivity.
🧳 Always ready to learn in the world
We already knew this but now the research confirms it. academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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August 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We already knew this but now the research confirms it. academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
Transportation changes, even small ones, can be expensive for municipalities, and they often cite these costs as barriers to implementation. How are people navigating this when it comes to convincing municipalities to make improvements specifically related to safety?
August 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Transportation changes, even small ones, can be expensive for municipalities, and they often cite these costs as barriers to implementation. How are people navigating this when it comes to convincing municipalities to make improvements specifically related to safety?
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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
Looking for inspiration on building more walkable communities? Here are some ideas making communities healthier, greener, and more vibrant:
May 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Looking for inspiration on building more walkable communities? Here are some ideas making communities healthier, greener, and more vibrant:
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Join us on the 3rd Wednesday of each month for our WalkMass Network webinars. This month, Matthew Raifman, PhD (@wildcalifornia.bsky.social) shares about national disparities in traffic fatalities and role of active mobility and autonomous vehicles. Registration link and more info: walkmass.org
May 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Join us on the 3rd Wednesday of each month for our WalkMass Network webinars. This month, Matthew Raifman, PhD (@wildcalifornia.bsky.social) shares about national disparities in traffic fatalities and role of active mobility and autonomous vehicles. Registration link and more info: walkmass.org
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I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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April 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
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As a Columbia alumnus (MA, MPhil, PhD), it’s hard right now to recommend the school to immigrants, with ambitions of academic freedoms and Nobel Prizes — graduates and faculty have won 88 of them — given it cares more about appeasing the Government than about academic integrity.
April 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
As a Columbia alumnus (MA, MPhil, PhD), it’s hard right now to recommend the school to immigrants, with ambitions of academic freedoms and Nobel Prizes — graduates and faculty have won 88 of them — given it cares more about appeasing the Government than about academic integrity.
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Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with.
April 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with.
Community is more complicated then ever. I wish I didn't have to drive to access community.
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Community is more complicated then ever. I wish I didn't have to drive to access community.
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Thank you SO much @walkmass.bsky.social for the Golden Shoe award & having me as your keynote!
I share the award w/ our incredible organizers & advocates, who’ve taught me so much. @kvgoins.bsky.social @ojc.bsky.social Alex Salcedo @steverolle.bsky.social & his team. Thank you for coming out!
I share the award w/ our incredible organizers & advocates, who’ve taught me so much. @kvgoins.bsky.social @ojc.bsky.social Alex Salcedo @steverolle.bsky.social & his team. Thank you for coming out!
April 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Thank you SO much @walkmass.bsky.social for the Golden Shoe award & having me as your keynote!
I share the award w/ our incredible organizers & advocates, who’ve taught me so much. @kvgoins.bsky.social @ojc.bsky.social Alex Salcedo @steverolle.bsky.social & his team. Thank you for coming out!
I share the award w/ our incredible organizers & advocates, who’ve taught me so much. @kvgoins.bsky.social @ojc.bsky.social Alex Salcedo @steverolle.bsky.social & his team. Thank you for coming out!
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We have the most anti-free speech government in modern American history.
(And yet, in true Orwellian fashion, they claim to be champions of free speech.)
(And yet, in true Orwellian fashion, they claim to be champions of free speech.)
April 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We have the most anti-free speech government in modern American history.
(And yet, in true Orwellian fashion, they claim to be champions of free speech.)
(And yet, in true Orwellian fashion, they claim to be champions of free speech.)
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In 2024, there were 369 reported total traffic deaths in Massachusetts. At least 78 pedestrians lost their lives as a result of traffic crashes, accounting for just over 21% of the total. Our latest report: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5df8...
Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in MA (2024)
Compiled by WalkMassachusetts, a statewide pedestrian advocacy organization.
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April 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
In 2024, there were 369 reported total traffic deaths in Massachusetts. At least 78 pedestrians lost their lives as a result of traffic crashes, accounting for just over 21% of the total. Our latest report: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5df8...
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Boston appears to be a great place to celebrate #NationalWalkingDay.
"Everything's close. It's a small city."
Ask Alexa to play @wbznewsradio.bsky.social on iHeartRadio!
"Everything's close. It's a small city."
Ask Alexa to play @wbznewsradio.bsky.social on iHeartRadio!
April 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Boston appears to be a great place to celebrate #NationalWalkingDay.
"Everything's close. It's a small city."
Ask Alexa to play @wbznewsradio.bsky.social on iHeartRadio!
"Everything's close. It's a small city."
Ask Alexa to play @wbznewsradio.bsky.social on iHeartRadio!
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This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
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There’s a lot that you and I can do to resist Trump. In my latest New Republic piece I interview activists, politicians, lawyers, union leaders, and others, and pass along their best ideas. Please read this.
newrepublic.com/article/1931...
newrepublic.com/article/1931...
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance
Ordinary people have more power than they know.
newrepublic.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
There’s a lot that you and I can do to resist Trump. In my latest New Republic piece I interview activists, politicians, lawyers, union leaders, and others, and pass along their best ideas. Please read this.
newrepublic.com/article/1931...
newrepublic.com/article/1931...
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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
March 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
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The Constitution is clear: the President can't arrest people he disagrees with.
By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.
We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.
We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
March 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Constitution is clear: the President can't arrest people he disagrees with.
By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.
We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.
We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
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From the Trump regime's abduction of Mahmoud Khalil to the shutdown showdown, Heather and I discuss why Democrats must show some backbone before it's too late.
Grab a mug and join us.
Grab a mug and join us.
Who will Trump disappear next? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
From the Trump regime's abduction of Mahmoud Khalil to the shutdown showdown, Heather and I discuss why Democrats must show some backbone before it's too late. Grab a mug and join us.
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March 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
From the Trump regime's abduction of Mahmoud Khalil to the shutdown showdown, Heather and I discuss why Democrats must show some backbone before it's too late.
Grab a mug and join us.
Grab a mug and join us.
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His mother "described Schmidt being 'violently interrogated' at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower" and "pressured" to give up his green card
His mother "described Schmidt being 'violently interrogated' at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower" and "pressured" to give up his green card
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
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March 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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His mother "described Schmidt being 'violently interrogated' at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower" and "pressured" to give up his green card
His mother "described Schmidt being 'violently interrogated' at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower" and "pressured" to give up his green card
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Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully.
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
March 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully.
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
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Centrist and conservative pundits have been whining about liberal "word policing," and yet of course it's the right-wing government that is straight up banning words. Everything they say is always projection, part 1,000. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump (Gift Article)
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Centrist and conservative pundits have been whining about liberal "word policing," and yet of course it's the right-wing government that is straight up banning words. Everything they say is always projection, part 1,000. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.”
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community
Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to socialize and have a stronger sense of community, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human...
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March 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.”
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
He is so rude to our friends but is so nice to the bullies.
March 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
He is so rude to our friends but is so nice to the bullies.
My son absolutely loves his jiu-jitsu class! There's just something magical about the lessons on the mat that makes each session feel special. The energy, the techniques, and the camaraderie—aleady a cool childhood memory.
February 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
My son absolutely loves his jiu-jitsu class! There's just something magical about the lessons on the mat that makes each session feel special. The energy, the techniques, and the camaraderie—aleady a cool childhood memory.