Outdoor author and urban trail builder. @BostonGlobe Mountain Gazette @WBUR Yankee @NatGeo | he/him | Founder of Mind The Moss and Boston's Walking City Trails
Boston, MA
Joined June 2011
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Some big news: I'm writing a book about urban hiking and how it can change our lives for the better!
It comes out in 2028 and I can't wait to share it with you all.
Also, I might be visiting your city for field research a lot sooner. (More on that front in the comments below.)
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I wrote about Last Ditch closing, and how it’s ultimately a sad story about people who tried to provide for their community—only for that community to cannibalize them. queerty.com/the-most-infamou…
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I don’t dispute that living in a city with a homelessness crisis is unpleasant, but the only solution to that is giving people places to live. All other "solutions" are just about trying to reduce the visibility of the problem by shoving them into the carceral system.
Starting anew and building a community from scratch is painstakingly difficult, and it becomes harder as you grow older. This is why anti-displacement measures need to be a part of the solution to our housing crisis, along with building more housing.
Why don't they just leave NYC? I'm not trying to be callous, but there's a whole wonderful world out there that's more affordable.
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Question 3 in Massachusetts is the most distant I've ever felt from public figures and organizations that I generally agree with.
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This is really a story about the future of democracy in America, and how much people want democracy and to have some control over their homes and lives.
A tenacious group of tenants is fighting a teardown plan in one of Manhattan's most desirable neighborhoods that could spell the end of public housing as we know it? I wrote for @newrepublic about their struggle and the fate of government-run homes in the US.
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Something very beautiful and correct that all the transplant yuppie couples on Love is Blind Boston are crashing and burning but the townie couple bonding over the Providence Place Mall and fantasizing about having a finished basement are in true love
As regions of the country veer harder into theological fascism (and as climate changes worsens), the demand for housing in states like Massachusetts will skyrocket; compounding the affordability issue if we don't accept that our future hinges on a growing population here in Mass.
Can’t afford a home. Can’t afford a baby. Can’t afford life. This is 30. trib.al/fTDD98R
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We are having our futures decided by freaks. These techno-oligarchs are so profoundly stunted they can’t engage in the most basic acts of being human. It’d be sad if they weren’t actively working to destroy everything that makes being human great for all the rest of us.
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I think the fact that Marissa Mayer would voluntarily disclose this to a reporter is a pretty good demonstration of how deeply the culture of Silicon Valley has diverged from the rest of humanity
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You can also go to a public library and have a conversation with a librarian that might help you expand your taste and worldview instead of merely affirming it. They’ll even let you check out the books for free.
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As someone who saw The Devils far too young on the BBC in the 1990s, the hype around this re-release is genuinely blowing my mind. Selling out cinemas everywhere. Huge lobby standees. It’s utterly crazy in the best way
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This is actually a condescending view of working-class people. I grew up in a working-class immigrant family and we ate at Red Lobster and The Cheesecake Factory for "fancy nights out." But even we understood that the White House should not look like the inside of a Red Lobster. Working-class people are not culturally illiterate just because their experiences are shaped by their limited means.
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I think it fits very well that the insanity Father Barre brought to the table. It’s anachronistic stylization that actually works well in my opinion.
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Another standard thing any normal person does when staying at a friend’s house is not pay them any money
its just bonkers the new policy @airbnb is trying to put in place. Putting the dishes in the dishwasher, taking out the trash, pulling the sheets off the bed....they are just standard things any normal person would do when staying at a house. Why wouldn't a host be allowed to say that?
The best Airbnb hosts are the ones who understand that they are in the hospitality business, and the worst are the ones who think they're in the real estate business.
The problem is that too many Airbnb hosts either abused this wiggle room and asked guests to do an unreasonable amount of turnover chores, or they charged rental prices that went beyond what a space with required chores should cost. You can only squeeze your customers to a point.
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if you follow this world closely this explanation makes enough sense. but it's gonna be a tough sell and piss off a lot of normal people to hear some version of 'we tried to warn you but also we just kept building it too...what did you expect us to do...stop?'
