screenshot of WashPo editorial board August 20 2025 "The Texas Gerrymander freakout What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy"

screenshot of April 21 Wash PO editorial board: "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it."

listen hun if you can't handle the Washington Post editorial board at their the Texas gerrymander "freakout" is "not a threat to democracy" you don't deserve them at their "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss"

A photo of a hazy train window

Meanwhile here I am cursing the MBTA Commuter Rail’s cloudy windows and leaning over the next seat to look thru the only transparent part of the window

A crashed tractor-trailer in the woods between the Massachusetts Turnpike and the Worcester line train tracks in Newton

A crashed tractor-trailer in the woods between the Massachusetts Turnpike and the Worcester line train tracks in Newton

A crashed tractor-trailer in the woods between the Massachusetts Turnpike and the Worcester line train tracks in Newton

Screenshot of Google Maps traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Newton

This was the view from the train of the truck crash on the MassPike in Auburndale this morning
@universalhub.com

A view from a railroad bridge down an empty street in Boston. On the right is a two-story-tall mural of a woman painted on a building.

Good morning!

I know it’s a holiday week and 7 AM, but it still seems weird to me to see Dorchester Ave this empty

Sidewalk closed and detour signs on a paved shared use path trail

Sidewalk closed and detour signs on a paved shared use path trail

. @massdcr.bsky.social tell us the trail detour between Conley St and 880 Morrissey Blvd in Dorchester is to allow them to install a pump system to reduce tidal and storm flooding. They expect the detour to be in place until sometime this summer.

I think the two are tied together

Logistically, one of the big benefits of holding the race on the Patriots Day holiday is that vast fleets of school buses are available to help transport tens of thousands of people from Boston to the starting line. I'd love to read the story behind how that is managed!

School buses travel on the Massachusetts Turnpike to Copley Square to pick up marathon runners. In the background are skyscrapers of the Boston skyline.

A yellow charter bus carries marathon runners west on the Massachusetts Turnpike at the Fens

Two yellow charter buses carry marathon runners west on the Massachusetts Turnpike. In the foreground is a train track.

A yellow charter bus waits to pock up riders at Southborough Station

Good luck to the #BostonMarathon runners! From my seat on the Worcester train this morning I saw many dozens of buses carrying runners out to the starting line. And at Southborough Station there was another shuttle bus for people to get to Hopkinton.

TFW you look out the window and see the Earth disappear
🎥 Astronaut Reid Wiseman
📍 Artemis II from the far side of the Moon

The Financial Product That Blew Up the Global Economy Is Back As if the economy isn’t already in enough chaos, the banks are reviving credit default swaps. Hold on to your butts!

The era of papering over America’s decline with cheap credit, imperial dividends, and toxic derivatives is over. The last Jenga block will eventually be pulled, and the tower that has loomed over us for 46 years will collapse in a heap.

trib.al/LQ4EFps

The bond market would be a big casualty of the U.S. debt crisis, former Treasury secretary says | Fortune How a collapse in bond demand could trigger a 'vicious' fiscal crisis.

The U.S. is caught in a spiraling debt crisis, and a major casualty might be demand for U.S. Treasuries—a critical support pillar for the economy and the government’s ability to spend money. https://bit.ly/4myv8p7

Neponset Spring Bike Ride Saturday, April 18, 2026 from 10 am to 2 pm Sullivan's Castle Island, South Boston Explore the full length of the trail from Southie to Hyde Park and back! Full length ~27 miles at a slow pace. Lunch stop in Hyde Park Multiple transit connections available to skip the return ride to Southie

Join us Saturday, April 18 from 10 AM to 2 PM for our annual ride along the full length of the Neponset River Greenway Trail!

"The US situation is a perfect storm, with high-speed arterials, distraction from phones, and big SUVs. In Europe, roadways are much slower, which provides a level of protection"

"people who make a mistake shouldn't have to die and shouldn’t end up killing someone"

Maybe they should ‘self-deport’

Also, lawful prosecutions are not ‘retribution’

Bikes (including folding bikes) are not allowed on the subway on the day of the marathon. Bikes and scooters (including folding ones) will not be allowed on board Framingham/Worcester Line trains

Alright, so despite what the nice lady at South Station told me, #MBTA policy is no bikes - including folding ones - on the subways or the #MBTACR Worcester Line on Marathon Monday.

#Boston #BostonMarathon

www.mbta.com/guides/marat...

A pink Brompton folding bicycle at the Southborough commuter rail train station

A pink Brompton bicycle folded up at the Southborough commuter rail train platform as a train approaches

A pink Brompton bicycle folded up at the South Station commuter rail train platform with two trains in the background

MBTA tweet MBTA Commuter Rail • @MBTA CR Bike Policy Information for Marathon Weekend! Starting at 5:00 pm on Sun., April 19 and through the end of service on Mon., April 20, bikes & scooters will not be allowed on Framingham/Worcester Line trains ONLY in both directions due to anticipated high ridership.

So the #MBTA really makes a big deal out of not allowing bikes on the Worcester line on Marathon Monday. But last year after I walked 3 miles to work the conductor said that folding bikes are allowed. And when I asked at the South Station ticket booth tonight I was told, “You good, honey.”

Would a FIFA Peace Prize change your mind? 😀

A portrait of the Star Trek character Montgomery Scott in his older years

Judicious application of the ‘Scotty Factor’ to cover unforeseen contingencies
#ProjectManagement

I was delayed on Wednesday evening and dreading the extra twenty minutes that these MBTA repairs have added to my commute recently. So on my way home I was very grateful to read that the project was completed more than a week ahead of schedule!

The new C-HR only started arriving last week. It’s supposed to be a little smaller than the bz, and larger than the previous version

Efficient enough for my long commute, compact but roomy enough for two bikes, five duffel bags and a passenger. I was leaning toward a Civic hybrid, now thinking of a Toyota C-HR or BZ EV. I used to have made in North America as a requirement but dropped that when most stopped making smallish cars.

Sarcasm? Sincere? What are your thoughts, I’m shopping for the first time in a decade.

Massachusetts man bikes around the world after pandemic pivot Samer Abouhamad traveled 46,000 miles on six continents in three and a half years.

Massachusetts man bikes around the world after pandemic pivot | Click on the image to read the full story

The Bos/treal crew is raffling off art, cool and unique bike parts, experiences and a ton more to support their 400 mile trip to Montreal!

Buy some tickets and stay to hang out with a room full of friendly cyclists 😊

📅 Saturday April 11th
🕓 4-7pm (pull at 6:30)
📍 Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St

#NotTheOnion

#Artemis II - We have the first image from yesterdays Lunar flyby captured by the crew on Orion

EARTHSET.
April 6, 2026.

Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon.

🚀🌕🌍

At the last public meeting I went to on Blue Hill Av, the generational divide was stark. Retired homeowners who own cars and drive for transportation talked about how a bus lane would "destroy" their neighborhood and the youth begged for fast, reliable transportation that would get them to school

lol

#ArtemisII