Itamar Turner-Trauring

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"...one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life." He/him.

This is my biking/local politics/random thoughts account. My software engineering account is @itamarst ([email protected] Mastodon account)

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The MA legislature is discussing requiring K-12 schools use the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism. It's a bad idea, so I asked School Committee candidates for their thoughts. Here are answers from nine of the candidates: letschangecambridge.us/articles/sch... #CambMA #CambridgeMA

School Committee candidates re...
School Committee candidates respond to my question on free speech

I asked School Committee candidates if CPSD should adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism.

Let’s Change Cambridge

Hey #bostodon ! We are having a Mastodon meetup (tootup?) next Friday the 19th, because @skinnylatte is in town!

Details:
Trillium Beer Garden
In the Greenway by Rowes Wharf
5–7pm (or thereabouts, who knows, we could shut the place down if we are feeling feisty)

I have gotten permission to bring in n/a beverages for those of us who don’t drink. There are food trucks on site and you can bring your own food. (No live lobsters, please.)

It’s convenient to the Red Line, Blue Line, Silver Line, and South Station commuter rail, a slightly longer walk to the Green and Orange lines and North Station, and close to all ferries (you can roll off the Hingham/Hull/Lynn ferry and into the beer garden). AND you can park in the Rowes Wharf or Aquarium Garage, if you are the sort of person that enjoys driving in Boston at rush hour on a Friday.
#boston #massachusetts

CVS has new COVID vaccines in Portsmouth NH (and elsewhere in New Hampshire). Self-attestation for access, though who knows what happens when you show up.
Anyone know of unionized print shops (East coast US, or US in general) that I can order printed material from without having to "email or call for a quote"

Loving this demonstration of how MWRA creates the graphs on their their COVID wastewater page: with screenshots, apparently.

https://www.mwra.com/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_image/public/2025-05/MWRAData20250509-NSGraph.jpg?itok=YlIfH3iY

Cardinals desperately running around shouting for the fire extinguisher as they realize they dropped the wrong wood in the fireplace.
@itamarst check out https://laminarcollective.com/ if you haven't already. The spring group buy is full, but it sounds like there will be a fall one, plus they've got a load of research you can read through. (I got my heat pump through the fall Laminar buy with Elephant/Forge, and that worked basically fine. The issues weren't too bad and were more Elephant/Forge than Laminar - though might be lessened when they're dealing with fewer customers.)
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Any suggestions for good companies to do heat pump installation?

I know there was some discussion here but I forgot to bookmark it, and this instance doesn't have search.

#CambridgeMA #SomervilleMA #Boston

In addition to going to the city's open house tonight, please sign and share our petition to show your support for the Broadway project! Petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/su... ---- Open House: Thursday, May 1, 2025 | 6–8 p.m. (drop in!) Community Art Center Gym, 119 Windsor St camb.ma/432lwuG

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:me62ooizqs7niahrnn6basyk/post/3ln4dkcvlp22b
Support the Broadway separated bike lane project

Broadway is a key route to the CRLS high school, the main library branch, and multiple elementary schools. In addition to many children, is also used by adults biking to work, shop, and to friends. Unfortunately, it's also a dangerous street for both people on bikes and for pedestrians. During 2022 to 2024, motor vehicles crashed into 14 pedestrians and 24 people on bikes and scooters. The City is planning to improve safety for both people on bikes and pedestrians over the course of 2025 and 2026, installing separated bike lanes and other safety improvements. But as always, some people are opposed and are trying to kill the project. Please sign the petition to show your support for making Broadway safer for children and adults who use this route every day.

The weird thing about Harvard being in the news is that I keep seeing random photos of my neighborhood on news sites.