Sky Rose 🚎

I tweet about transit, cities, and local politics.
Mastodon: or ey/em. #DefundThePolice #UpzoneTheRich

[UAINE @mahtowin1]

No. Massachusetts was in fact built on the stolen land of the Wampanoag, Massachusett, Nipmuc, Nauset, Penacook, Stockbridge-Munsee, Pocumtuc, Nonotuck, Mohican and other Indigenous tribes.

[scribblesonnapkins @scribblesonnapk]

MGH station used to have wings that reached over each side of the road w/stairs. Eventually the stairs rusted out & they needed to become ADA compliant so to cut costs they removed those wings from the '09 redesign. With the Red/Blue connector this might change.

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

I also have semi-private accounts for personal/social stuff, lemme know if you want the names.

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

I'm getting ready for the mass migration off Twitter (though I'll still stick around on Twitter at least for now). Follow me on

Cohost: https://t.co/NmihzTTGvy
Mastodon: @[email protected]

Drop your handles here and I'll follow back.

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

A great way to find others to follow on cohost/mastodon is to search "mastodon" or "cohost" on Twitter and filter to people you follow.

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

@alecbikes @CityOfBoston Why would it suggest that? That's not a fun section of Mass Ave but Boylston there is worse.

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

@chi_urbanist I like "step-free" cuz it's specific and understandable. "Accessible" is sometimes used by people who mean "our store is totally accessible. there's only one step and we'll lift you over if you need it" and that's really not accessible.

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

@82_Streetcar @jennafortunati @sandypsj 🤷idk, they keep adding more

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

One thing that can be reassuring to see is "we're not in the business of deciding who's a woman. you will be welcome here".

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

A lot of "women/trans/femme" and similar phrases come off as "people I think are women". It is genuinely hard to show that it will be a comfortable place to be trans, and you're not just saying it on the poster.

Maybe "Trans+nonbinary people welcome. TERFs fuck off"

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

@chi_numtot Oh wait no I just looked it up and PIT goes east-west not north-south. So I'm changing my answer to the gray one in the bottom left.

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@chi_numtot The little orange one in the middle is Pittsburgh and that is a very weird one to be the only one I can figure out.

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

Today in the store I saw Organic Peanut Butter, made with Organic Palm Oil. I'm so glad there are so many healthy and environmentally friendly organic options out there.

[Chris Schmidt is now @[email protected] @crschmidt]

"While there is **no requirement for a technical background** to serve on the BZA, an interest and understanding of development, architecture, urban design, and zoning law is desirable."

If you have followed me for a bit, you probably qualify. Let me talk you into this.

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

the number of people who say "speeding tickets are unfair because driving in a dangerous and illegal manner is totally normal"...

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@pixelsand8 The cold air sinks, so it stays in the open-top coolers. Same reason chest freezers are so much more efficient than normal side-door freezers.

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@sssabriiiinaaa Pittsburgh the city is "Pgh", but the airport is "PIT". They are not interchangeable.

(Also, the university is "Pitt".)

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

@MarkLevineNYC I like when people say "The price is too high. If you won't lower it, then I'll have to stop driving into the city."

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@40goingon28 @markasaurus This one isn't rodent/water resistant. There is some benefit to fancy trash cans. (But they should still find off-the-shelf trash cans.)

[Sky Rose 🚎 @skyqrose]

Ooh, floating bus stops and protected bike lanes through Harvard Sq! Thanks for the thread

[George S @noisecapella]

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