Jay Luker
@jluker.bsky.social
I Was Dancing in the Pedestrian Bar Ah-ooh Ah-ooh - Lexington, MA - he/him
My #1 recommendation is that you watch Sorcerer (1977)
December 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
My #1 recommendation is that you watch Sorcerer (1977)
The late EO Wilson also shows up in the emails. Probably Chomsky tho.
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The late EO Wilson also shows up in the emails. Probably Chomsky tho.
So is public comment. I recently stumbled on Arnstein’s Ladder of Citizen Participation (1969) and it’s not a coincidence that these things are happening concurrently.
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So is public comment. I recently stumbled on Arnstein’s Ladder of Citizen Participation (1969) and it’s not a coincidence that these things are happening concurrently.
It was great!
TIL there are three completely different novels with the title "All That Is Solid Melts Into Air"? One about Chernobyl, one about 9/11, and one about a college rower, all available through the Libby app. Fortunately my library had a physical copy of the Berman book. 😅
TIL there are three completely different novels with the title "All That Is Solid Melts Into Air"? One about Chernobyl, one about 9/11, and one about a college rower, all available through the Libby app. Fortunately my library had a physical copy of the Berman book. 😅
December 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It was great!
TIL there are three completely different novels with the title "All That Is Solid Melts Into Air"? One about Chernobyl, one about 9/11, and one about a college rower, all available through the Libby app. Fortunately my library had a physical copy of the Berman book. 😅
TIL there are three completely different novels with the title "All That Is Solid Melts Into Air"? One about Chernobyl, one about 9/11, and one about a college rower, all available through the Libby app. Fortunately my library had a physical copy of the Berman book. 😅
Most of Lexington Mass town center is a collection of objectively boring commercial buildings, many from the 60s, yet it’s considered sacred due to proximity to a very historic site. Makes it genuinely confounding to match the “character”.
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Most of Lexington Mass town center is a collection of objectively boring commercial buildings, many from the 60s, yet it’s considered sacred due to proximity to a very historic site. Makes it genuinely confounding to match the “character”.
Great episode! I’m wondering if the fact that managed lanes also increase storm water management costs is ever considered. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how segregated these things are treated in city budget analysis when the overwhelming contribution of storm water comes from road infra.
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Great episode! I’m wondering if the fact that managed lanes also increase storm water management costs is ever considered. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how segregated these things are treated in city budget analysis when the overwhelming contribution of storm water comes from road infra.
HEARTBREAKING: Local Four-Way Residential Intersection Frequented By School Children Receives New Paint And Reflector Curbs That Will Do Nothing To Calm Traffic
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is unfortunately only intended to be temporary while the MWRA work is happening on the bikeway. Advocates (inc me) are planning to push back but it’s still early in that effort.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is unfortunately only intended to be temporary while the MWRA work is happening on the bikeway. Advocates (inc me) are planning to push back but it’s still early in that effort.
Do you have members of your community organizing or advocacy group that can’t self-regulate? You should watch this video. Are you involved in local politics (itself a community), trying to shape policy and improve your town, i.e. making things? You should watch this video.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Do you have members of your community organizing or advocacy group that can’t self-regulate? You should watch this video. Are you involved in local politics (itself a community), trying to shape policy and improve your town, i.e. making things? You should watch this video.
Folks, our definition of community is broken.
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Folks, our definition of community is broken.
FOR EXAMPLE, I thought about it while reading this post by @ad-mastro.bsky.social thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/hi-its-the...
Hi, It's "They," We're The Problem
Living in a place does not require that you gatekeep it
thedeletedscenes.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
FOR EXAMPLE, I thought about it while reading this post by @ad-mastro.bsky.social thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/hi-its-the...
Its immediate target is the community surrounding the design of a role-playing game, but I have thought about it every day for weeks and continue to come across contexts where the insights apply that have nothing to do with TTRPGs.
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Its immediate target is the community surrounding the design of a role-playing game, but I have thought about it every day for weeks and continue to come across contexts where the insights apply that have nothing to do with TTRPGs.
Reposted by Jay Luker
Really need @billmckibben.bsky.social to weigh in on the local chapters of his org being NIMBYs
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Really need @billmckibben.bsky.social to weigh in on the local chapters of his org being NIMBYs