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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 15h

The President of the United States is living in an alternate reality and it's long past time for media outlets to start talking about it.

We're beyond "Trump said without evidence." Trump is governing a world that only exists in his warped mind.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 15h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 12h

Posobiec claim: Antifa is so clearly real that it “has been going on for almost 100 years … going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany.”

Analysis: it’s… difficult to position yourself as the good guys if you’re aligning yourself with the Nazis in your historical analogy.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 12h

ANALYSIS | Trump just hosted an ‘Antifa roundtable’ at the White House ... it was so much worse than you’re imagining

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

www.independent.co.uk

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 19h

(or someone just like him)

Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 19h

I know that guy!

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 21h

Breaking and entering should be legal if it’s to replace a smoke detector battery

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 22h

I haven’t seen the new Amtrak Acela Avelia Liberty trains doing trial runs since they launched into service but I do occasionally see them preparing for the first daily departure when I head to work early.

A new Amtrak Acela Avelia Liberty train at South Station in Boston

Front view of a new Amtrak Acela Avelia Liberty train at South Station in Boston

Side view of a new Amtrak Acela Avelia Liberty train at South Station in Boston

A new Amtrak Acela Avelia Liberty train at South Station in Boston, with a Brompton bicycle standing on the platform in front of it

Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 22h

As seen earlier this morning, the first of the fare gates have arrived at South Station and were waiting to be installed.

Stainless steel fare gates sit on wooden pallets while awaiting installation at South Station in Boston

Bolts and electrical cables stick up out of the concrete platform while new fare gates sit behind them, waiting to be installed. In the background are the arches of South Station Tower illuminated in purple.

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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 1d

Chilling. Newsday.com/matt

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 23h

Now that the rain is coming down in buckets my coworkers are saying I should get a pedal boat with an umbrella. "You can take the Sudbury River to the aqueduct"

Guys, that's why I got in early while it was still beautiful outside!

A blue and white boat with two seats and pedals to drive the propeller. It has an awning for shelter from the sun.

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 23h

One might think that if they looked around they might be able to find someone in the public realm acting unethically. But no, they seem to have difficulty with that.

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 1d

Scenes from this morning’s #bikecommute - Ewoks huddle around a campfire ahead of #Halloween and I detoured a bit for a short spin on the BWALT #railtrail .

BWALT is the Boston to Worcester Air Line Trail, on the right-of-way of an century-old abandoned trolley line.

A pink Brompton bicycle stands in front of a Halloween display

A trail follows an old trolley railroad right-of-way through a forest in Massachusetts. Autumn leaves line the ground.

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 1d

Speed safety cameras are astonishingly successful. We know the tools that reduce traffic violence. Legalize them.
www.sfmta.com/blog/our-spe...

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 1d

“groundbreaking new study”

a bald man with glasses is holding a glass of wine and laughing while saying i see what you did there .

ALT: a bald man with glasses is holding a glass of wine and laughing while saying i see what you did there .

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 2d

It’s actually good and right to find joy even as things fall apart. Now more than ever it is good to find joy and happiness where you can. It’s ok and good not to consume the horrors all of the time.

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Karyn @karynregal.bsky.social · 2d

Birthday Harvest #Supermoon off Plum Island with what appears to be a plane swooping before it, photo by me

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 3d

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Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven

YouTube video by dinosaurjnr

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 3d

A couple weeks ago I went to a concert and the bouncer said that George Costanza would be envious of my apparently chonky wallet. I chuckled and later looked up the reference. I’ve probably seen less than a dozen Seinfeld episodes. I was busy working my way through college and grad school then.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 4d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Guthrie @guthrieandres.bsky.social · 4d

One time I saw an urn at that beach when I was riding by. It’s definitely haunted.

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 3d

Seems like a good place to get married

Chairs arranged for a wedding at a Boston beach

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting video - I feel like it’s time to stop using the Strava app and rely more on my Garmin devices

DC Rainmaker @dcrainmaker.com · 6d

Exclusive: Strava just sued Garmin, demanding the company stop selling all their fitness devices (watches and bike computers), due to infringing on a patent. I dive into what's being said, a whole lot of history, what it means, and much more: www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/10/stra...

Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 4d

The upside to going to the beach at night is that I don’t have to worry about getting a sunburn.

The downside? Well I guess there’s a risk of encountering the ghosts of Whitey Bulger’s victims - but I haven’t seen any yet. And it is Halloween season, so…

#Boston #Dorchester

A pink Brompton bicycle leans against a stone wall at a beach in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, with the rainbow swash gas tank in the background

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 4d

"Over half of the e-cargo bike mileage ridden during trials substituted for car use."

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 6d

#Solar becomes main source of electricity in the #EU for first time. More than half of the EU’s #electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from #RenewableEnergy
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...

Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time

More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy

www.independent.co.uk

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Lee Toma @leetoma.bsky.social · 5d

INCONCEIVABLE

Meme image capture from a legendary fantasy adventure movie