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software-er, cyclist, chessplayer, real-estate novelist. signal: paulswartz.01

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"subway takes" no. no no no. subway gives. the subway gives us so much

07.03.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Dog walks are a 3x but walks without a dog are only 2x. I don't make the rules

05.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 293 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

Rd2 Kc1 Re2

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Rf8 Kxf8 Qf7

29.12.2025 12:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Here I go again. If you want small and diverse businesses to bid on government work, the RFP cannot by 48 pages with 12 appendices and 17 attachments.

12.12.2025 11:49 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bicycle counts significantly increased on 
every corridor where we completed Better 
Bike Lanes projects in 2024. 
The number of people biking, and the percentage of all 
traffic they make up, both saw substantial increases. 
β–Έ We counted over 3,000 more daily bike trips, a 
55% increase across all projects. In our prior
report on Better Bike Lane projects completed in
2023, we recorded a 44% increase in volume. The 
latest projects appear to have tapped into even 
more growth potential by focusing on mostly 
arterial streets and closing key new network 
connection gaps.
β–Έ Bicycles as a share of of all traffic increased to 7% 
of daily traffic across all projects, nearly doubling
from 4% in the baseline condition. Some projects 
saw bicycle mode share as high as 19%
β–Έ Boylston Street (Back Bay) topped the list with a 
near doubling (+83%) of daily bike trips, leading 
four other corridors that measured growth of 
nearly 50% or more.

Bicycle counts significantly increased on every corridor where we completed Better Bike Lanes projects in 2024. The number of people biking, and the percentage of all traffic they make up, both saw substantial increases. β–Έ We counted over 3,000 more daily bike trips, a 55% increase across all projects. In our prior report on Better Bike Lane projects completed in 2023, we recorded a 44% increase in volume. The latest projects appear to have tapped into even more growth potential by focusing on mostly arterial streets and closing key new network connection gaps. β–Έ Bicycles as a share of of all traffic increased to 7% of daily traffic across all projects, nearly doubling from 4% in the baseline condition. Some projects saw bicycle mode share as high as 19% β–Έ Boylston Street (Back Bay) topped the list with a near doubling (+83%) of daily bike trips, leading four other corridors that measured growth of nearly 50% or more.

The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it.

Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...

24.11.2025 12:33 πŸ‘ 512 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 24

Qe8+ Kxf5 Qe4#

18.11.2025 10:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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John Dickerson To Depart CBS News In First Major Talent Exit Under New Paramount Owners John Dickerson, co-anchor of CBS Evening News who has been with the network since 2009, said that he is exiting at the end of this year.

dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.

27.10.2025 19:43 πŸ‘ 13410 πŸ” 3266 πŸ’¬ 354 πŸ“Œ 195

As of October 20, a total of 273 people have been killed on Massachusetts roads this year alone, including forty pedestrians and seven cyclists. These deaths are preventable, and we will not accept any loss of life on our roads.

22.10.2025 20:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the average millennial man has gone through a phase where they make riding bikes their whole personality. It’s a very normal part of life

21.10.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 7

If there's one thing I loved about being in a No Kings protest today, it was the feeling of solidarity giving me hope for this nation and its people.

If there's a second thing, it's how all the various dogs had NO idea what was going on, but LOVED it.

18.10.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 167 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

No kings. More trains.

18.10.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I LOVE TAKING THE BUS!!!!!
I LOVE RIDING THE TRAIN!!!!!
I LOVE PUBLIC TRANSIT AAAAAAAA

24.09.2025 07:35 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
the cast of Hackers (1995) posing in a series of adjacent phone booths

the cast of Hackers (1995) posing in a series of adjacent phone booths

Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers

15.09.2025 23:56 πŸ‘ 3604 πŸ” 1045 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 326

Mamdani: We need to make public transportation so good that β€œno matter how much money is in your pocket, you say: I’m gonna use this.”

06.09.2025 23:18 πŸ‘ 2915 πŸ” 396 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 91

I feel like one of the many effects of LLMs on our industry is going to be making it really clear that the coding was never the hard part.

05.09.2025 20:53 πŸ‘ 266 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 8
text on black background 
THE BICYCLE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FOR EVERY TRIP IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE FOR EVERY PERSON.
YOU CAN USE IT AS NEEDED AND REPLACE THE CAR TRIPS THAT ARE DOABLE FOR YOU.
ROVÉLO

text on black background THE BICYCLE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FOR EVERY TRIP IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE FOR EVERY PERSON. YOU CAN USE IT AS NEEDED AND REPLACE THE CAR TRIPS THAT ARE DOABLE FOR YOU. ROVÉLO

13.08.2025 12:48 πŸ‘ 640 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 11

My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.

(15 in Manhattan btw)

09.08.2025 16:47 πŸ‘ 10476 πŸ” 1243 πŸ’¬ 634 πŸ“Œ 621

These are the bike lanes that @edflynnforboston.bsky.social wants to rip out. Meet Antonia Sanchez who relies on these new lanes to move safely in her neighborhood using her mobility scooter.

19.03.2025 20:48 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 10
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Boston Children's Hospital says it won't be bullied into abandoning trans youth - LGBTQ Nation The hospital has faced bomb threats, hate campaigns, and threats to funding over the years but has never wavered in supporting gender-affirming care.

"We are here to affirm, uplift, and advocate for transgender and gender diverse youth...and we remain committed to doing all we can to support their care and well-being.”

Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...

05.08.2025 01:28 πŸ‘ 1601 πŸ” 564 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 55

If you write bad code that fucks shit up you're a "genius". If you write high quality code that fixes problems and insist on that from other people you're a "bitch" who "isn't a team player" and "lacks relatability"

04.08.2025 22:18 πŸ‘ 183 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of the Admired vs Desired Web Framework results of the 2025 StackOverflow survey. 1st place goes yet again to the Phoenix framework, closely folled by the Axum framework, which is written in Rust.

A screenshot of the Admired vs Desired Web Framework results of the 2025 StackOverflow survey. 1st place goes yet again to the Phoenix framework, closely folled by the Axum framework, which is written in Rust.

A screenshof of the "Admired vs Desired" Programming languages results of the StackOverflow 2025 survey results. 1st place goes to Rust with 72.4% developers admiring the language, Gleam comes in 2nd with 70.8%, and Elixir follows closely with 65.9%. Erlang comes in at 50%.

A screenshof of the "Admired vs Desired" Programming languages results of the StackOverflow 2025 survey results. 1st place goes to Rust with 72.4% developers admiring the language, Gleam comes in 2nd with 70.8%, and Elixir follows closely with 65.9%. Erlang comes in at 50%.

The results of the StackOverflow Survey 2025 are out!

Phoenix is yet again the most admired web framework! πŸŽ‰

Elixir fell from 2nd to 3rd place of most admired language because another BEAM language, ✨Gleam✨ took over the 2nd spot this year! Congrats Gleamers!

#ElixirLang @gleam.run #GleamLang

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