Steve Revilak

Two wild turkeys, walking across a snowy driveway.

Spring Street Turkeys.

Why did the turkey cross the road?

To calm traffic! 🙃

That's what I'm counting on.

I am a Masshole. Do not mess with my Dunkies.

My main transportation fuels are things like burritos, ramen noodle, and peanut butter and bananna sandwiches. I suspect the price of these to be more stable.

Home heating oil prices have spiked by one-third. It could get worse. - The Boston Globe Since the bombing of Iran began, average home heating oil prices in Massachusetts have increased by one-third or more, with some consumers now paying close to $5.50 per gallon.

Seeing posts about fuel costs going up. Checked my local paper to verify, and yes, they are indeed going up.

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/06/b...

I ❤️ auto-dialers. You pick up the phone, listen to two seconds of dead air, and hang up.

A bottle of lime seltzer, sitting on the roof of a car.

Somebody: didn't I have a bottle of lime seltzer with me?

Bike lanes are not supposed to be double-parking lanes. Sigh.

Minuteman bikeway in Lexington, MA. It's covered in bumpy, frozen, slush.

Morning commute: generally icy, with bumps.

Building a tiny bathroom in Boston shouldn’t be this hard - The Boston Globe The city wants to streamline the process for projects like ours. It couldn’t come soon enough.

A good case study in how zoning non-conformities make life tough for regular homeowners. In this case, months of hearings in order to build a 50 square foot bathroom addition.

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/02/m...

I know. It's a bad block - this is the second pedestrian hit this year :(

Yeah, we're kinda messed up down here.

All told, a solid winter cyclocross workout. Would recommend 🙃

Floofy snow!

Another pedestrian hit by a driver on Mass Ave in Arlington Heights.

yourarlington.com/2026/03/road...

An orange and brown cat, sitting on my lap.

Alice, the fuzzy lap cat.

Absolutely.

For example, suppose DoD were to use OpenAI for military targeting. Could cyber actors take down the service at an opportune time? Or, could they cause the agent to hallucinate in a certain kind of way.

I wonder how good OpenAI's cybersecurity game is. Because I could see this getting real interesting real quick.

Building plans for a one-family house.

203 Everett St. Brand new 4BR single-family home. Builder purchased the property for $860,000 in 2025. The new home sold for $1,975,000, which isn't bad price for new single-family construction in this area.

A light yellow house with brown trim. Built in 1910.

17 Oakledge St. A two-family home. Assessed at $1,053,000. Sold for $1,230,000. Previously sold for $804,000 in 2017.

Not buildable today because two family homes are no longer allowed in this district

A grey duplex with white trim. Built in 1950.

58 Westminster Ave #58. 2BR condo in a duplex. Assessed at $845,000. Sold for $750,000. Previously sold for $712,000 in 2021.

Not buildable today because duplexes are not allowed in this district.

An apartment building under construction.

1025 Mass Ave. Another condo in the Majestic. Sold for $267,950 which suggests it's one of the subsidized units.

Weekly 🧵of #ArlingtonMA Home sales. Six properties turned over, two of which were in the sub-million dollar range.

Sounds like a weird recounting of Three Mile Island.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to your feed.

These are good public records requests.

A red cargo bike with groceries in the bags and a large bundle of toilet paper strapped to the back.

The evening sun sets on the shopping bike.

Last Thursday's #ArlingtonMA comprehensive plan committee meeting. We have a draft plan, and we talked through it.

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I usually go with "stop", which generally results in an unsubscribe.

This is ~ 90% of the texts that I send.