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Alt account by @eaf4 for local politics, bikes, livable cities.

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@jake4somerville There's speculation that this problem is related to newer formulations of electrical insulation being tastier to rodents: https://t.co/RYAnYlJp4C

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@crimsonace @CoachBalto The reason is cost. And costs are high because walkability is scarce and in high demand.

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@bikeshopgirlcom I usually say safe streets or livable cities.

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@JackTreanor617 I think this could pass city council easily if somebody worked on it. Legalizing a huge number of commercials spaces is also a good answer to "how are small businesses supposed to survive when their building needs to get redeveloped?"

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@the_transit_guy New gas furnace. It should have been a heat pump.

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@the_transit_guy Red line to Lexington with dense transit oriented development around every stop.

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@somershade1 Of a piece with this globe story from today. We need to redo those "how a bill becomes a law" cartoons to enshrine the fourth branch of government -- if the cops don't feel like it, your law doesn't matter. https://t.co/hHuk0texKJ

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@JackTreanor617 Yeah anything that averages across the whole United States misleads more than it illuminates. On education outcomes for example, Massachusetts ranks among the best countries in the world.

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@jeremyzorek They saved $2.4 million dollars by dropping those two letters.

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@ofsevit @issac_gardiner @SkiBoston If they think they're going to loose it all again this week anyway it's probably economic not to bother. Forecast looks like melt and rain.

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@ofsevit @MBTA It’s pretty confused about Ball Square too.

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@DevinInMA @thebostonlol @SecretaryPete LOL, I almost decided to join in and dunk on him but he has 8 followers. Not even worth giving him attention.

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@PetruSofio @jtisveryswag The 7am celebration is at Ball Square station and that definitely has a bunch of new bike parking.

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@SomervilleSnow @meptrsn @MilesPerHoward Indeed, and if Boston (and Cambridge and Somerville) really got serious about housing abundance it would enable a whole bunch of new voters to live here, increasing our influence on statewide elections.

[Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade1]

I just submitted comments on charter reveiw to the city council.

I CC'd the clerk, so they will eventually show up someplace as a "public communication," but that can be tricky to find so it is as a Medium post and a thread.

https://t.co/iTWIffqR9h

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[Judy Pineda Neufeld @JudyForWard7]

An overdue thread on @MBTA revised bus network. The new map got released recently after months of gathering feedback, ultimately receiving more than 20,000 comments over several months. I'm proud to share that Somerville came up on top for providing feedback to the MBTA! (1/6)

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The Green Line Extension and Dwarf Fortress both finally releasing in the same month feels like some kind of miracle.

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@noisecapella The people who write those headlines don’t either.