Dan Totten

What does it mean to demolish a building except for the columns and slabs?

Please join us on Sunday at either Lamplighter location for beer, snacks, and solidarity! Community support is important in this moment 🙏

Burhan and I don’t agree on everything, but I respect his willingness to listen and make space for a range of good faith perspectives as policy is made. I haven’t decided who I’m supporting in this race yet, but it’s exciting to see him throw his hat in the ring.

Albany Street was included in the list of AHO corridors, which means the city can build up to 12 floors of permanent supportive housing on top of the newly renovated shelter.

Cambridge should remain a sanctuary city for unhoused people. The renovations to this space are sorely needed, but we need to meet the needs of the residents throughout the construction timeline. The new facility should contain low threshold beds and permanent supportive housing on top!

'Awful’ building on tap for being renovated - Cambridge Day City Council moves to work on upgrading homeless shelter at 240 Albany Street.

I recently spoke in support of housing and dignity for the residents of 240 Albany as their shelter is renovated:

“Low-threshold beds are often the only way that many people can get off the street, especially those who are using drugs. The emergency beds [at 240 Albany] are a particular lifeline.”

Lamplighter Brewery Employees File for Union Recognition | News | The Harvard Crimson Employees at Lamplighter’s Brewing Co. filed for union recognition on Wednesday after months of deliberation, seeking increased input in company decisions across the brewery’s Cambridge and Boston loc...

I’m proud to stand with my colleagues as we form our union with #UFCW. Ownership has chosen not to voluntarily recognize us, so we’re heading to an election.

While City Hall Dithers, Boston Cyclists Union Takes Snow Removal Into Their Own Hands - Streetsblog Massachusetts After weeks of waiting for the city's snow removal crews, volunteers dig out the Commonwealth Avenue bike lane themselves.

While @boston.gov Dithers, @bikeboston.bsky.social Takes Snow Removal Into Their Own Hands - mass.streetsblog.org/2026/02/10/w...

Comm Ave now has a bike lane again thanks to the effort of this volunteer crew!

This is just one street, and we don't have the plows that the city has. Let's get this done city-wide!

Bicyclists clear snow and ice off Comm. Ave. bike path, photo by Mandy Wilkens

City wouldn't clear a Comm Ave. bike lane, so some bicyclists showed up today with shovels
www.universalhub.com/2026/city-wo...

#Boston #snow

I’m proud to have helped draft the zoning that will allow a hundred more low income households to live in Porter Square. “Get used to” taller buildings on Mount Vernon street!

Inbox: The independent union at Blue Bottle Coffee, @bbiunion.bsky.social, is on strike. “As of today, we have gone out on the picket line to combat Blue Bottle's bad faith bargaining and ensure fair wages and protections for baristas.”

I worry that there are some/many scenarios in which this would disadvantage an insurgent progressive. Zohran’s victory notwithstanding, RCV seems to favor the ideological center of any given field. Polarizing candidates need an outright majority at the outset or they won’t survive.

Zusy references “a series of layoffs” in a way that makes it sound like more are coming.

Councilor Toner wondered rhetorically whether “we” would be submitting such an order every time someone is laid off.

My response: “you certainly won’t be”

It also makes me wonder if he knows that more layoffs are coming.

Boston Cyclists Union Board & Staff
@bikeboston.bsky.social

Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

I was honored to speak with the Globe about our campaign. Together, we made history on Tuesday night, not just here but across the country. And we’re just getting started.

Councillor-Elect Ayah Al-Zubi Image of Ayah superimposed over an image of a crowd of supporters

We ran on making Cambridge an affordable and dignified city to live in, and making sure the most vulnerable people are heard. Everyday issues for working people were the driving force behind our campaign, and we will carry their voices into City Hall.

Group of people standing on sidewalk along Hyde Park Avenue. person in middle is using a handheld speed detector to track vehicle speeds. (fastest person at this corner was going 41mph).

Group of people standing in Dunkin parking lot at Walk Hill / Hyde Park Avenue, including Boston City Councilors Pepen and Worrell.

Group of people standing on sidewalk along Hyde Park Avenue. person in middle is using a microphone to describe why she discourages her son from riding his bike to school along / across Hyde Park Ave.

Group of people standing on sidewalk along Hyde Park Avenue. person in middle is using a microphone to describe challenge of using an unsignalized crosswalk to access daycare on Hyde Park Ave.

Joined folks on Hyde Park Avenue in Boston earlier this week, where we heard and encountered challenges for people walking, biking, taking transit, and driving alike. thanks @enriquepepen.bsky.social @brianworrell.bsky.social for joining Shared Spaces effort. More: t4ma.org/strengthenin...

DSA-endorsed Ayah Al-Zubi wins 2025 Cambridge City Council seat! Ayah is pictured wearing a slightly edgy black dress shirt and gold necklace and grinning confidently.

DSA congratulates @votealzubi.com and @Boston_DSA on Ayah's election to Cambridge City Council! 🎉

Ayah has already been fighting for the housing rights of Cambridge residents and will keep it up in office to make sure Cambridge is affordable and dignified for all. 🌹

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Palestine at the Polls: Solidarity voting guides for Somerville & Cambridge Photo collage of Ayah Al-Zubi, Willie Burnley, Jr., and a Vote Yes on #3 banner

Even local elections give us a chance to vote in solidarity with Palestine. Here we have compiled some resources to help inform your decision. Make sure to vote by Election Day, November 4!

My partner @liceagayara.bsky.social and I just early voted at the Cambridge public library. While waiting on line to vote for Ayah Al-Zubi @votealzubi.com #1 for Cambridge city council (we have rank order voting), Ayah Al-Zubi walked by on her way out and told Yara 'I love your keffiyeh' 💜💙🍉

Next Monday, 6pm at the BTU School there will be a hearing about safety improvements on Hyde Park Ave

We're calling for folks to come early and sign up to testify to ensure we don't have another tragic injury on Hyde Park Ave!

broke: sewer socialism

woke: sewage socialism (this is a good video, and you should follow Ayah)

Climate change is happening NOW, which means more flash floods. Cambridge needs to get more proactive in addressing our sewer overflows, which expose residents to dangerous untreated wastewater. I support better infrastructure in Alewife Brook + other climate solutions to address this. #mapoli

Yes to this in my back yard :)

Screenshot from The Harvard Crimson: "Cambridge Police Commissioner Christine A. Elow said that federal immigration agents have contacted CPD six times this year related to enforcement actions. While the department has refused to cooperate due to its sanctuary city laws, ICE has arrested at least one person in Cambridge this year." "'We have to push back against the Trump administration and support our residents, while also advancing on key issues in our city,' Al-Zubi said. 'In our campaign, we believe these two are interconnected.'"

Affordability goes to the heart of our values. What kind of Sanctuary City are we, if we force our most vulnerable out? Standing up to Trump is one part of the fight. Keeping our community inclusive, affordable, and dignified is the other.

Make no mistake, these issues are interconnected.

Screenshot from The Harvard Crimson: "Challenger Ayah Al-Zubi ’23 has proposed the construction of new social housing in Cambridge, an idea garnering support across the field. Social housing is a form of publicly funded development that includes mixed-income units, some affordable and others even reaching market rate." "'What we would need to do to make that happen is leverage our triple A bond rating and create a revolving loan so that our city can invest directly into housing that we know can sustainably remain affordable,' Al-Zubi said."

Social housing just makes sense. It creates truly mixed-income communities. It's self sustaining. And it can add hundreds of new homes across the city, including many that are deeply affordable. Projects that are publicly owned & democratically controlled.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... #mapoli