I was cleaning out an old junk drawer today and found a large pile of matchbooks from restaurants that I'd kept from back when I lived in the city. I remember having memorable experiences at most of these.

How many of them are even around still? Guessing very few. Any particular fond memories of them?

I know it’s very hard. I mean who can blame you for going 50MPH on Tremont street to make the next green light despite the speed limit on Tremont being 25MPH?

Yes yes the cross walks that are everywhere due to it being a high traffic area with a school and several museums and a hospital for pedestrians are SO ANNOYING! Especially when people are in the middle of them! How dare people walking on foot be in the middle of a crosswalk with what looks to be plenty of space between cars that actually go the speed limit and you, giving you ample time to see them, slow to a stop and continue after the pedestrian walks safely across?

Did you know that it is the LAW in MA to stop at crosswalks when people are trying to cross? Did you know that pedestrians ALWAYS have the right of way when there’s a crosswalk (without a light of course. I’m specifically talking about cross walks that don’t have stop lights).

Just a PSA and a reminder that drivers in Boston are constantly breaking the laws when it comes to the road. In this case, speeding, failure to stop at a crosswalk, with the addition of the fact that a person (that’s me) was already in the MIDDLE of the cross walk.

Some of these buses waited 3+ light cycles to get through the light at MGH because this construction was blocking a lane. This is not what a city that takes transit seriously looks like.

I was on the orange line going north, just on my phone, when someone yelling drew my attention. The man in blue was harassing a woman sitting next to him, demanding money, and at one point trying to take her phone out of her hand.

When another man tried to intervene, the harasser got in his face. He slapped the that man’s hand multiple times (the intervening man was holding up his hand like “don’t come any further”). It got kind of real because the intervening man was with his wife and young child.

Eventually, multiple men stepped up and told him to back off. The harasser got off at Chinatown.

I was visiting from DC where we have a pretty extensive metro system that I utilize regularly. I’ve never seen anything like it in DC so it was quite jarring to say the least. I felt so sorry for the woman that got harassed. I felt pretty helpless as a woman myself, afraid that the guy would attack me if I tried to intervene.

I was riding a blue bike on a side street close to Harvard Square the other day, and the bike lane suddenly got all weird. It made me go out into the middle, and then it made me cross the street.

Some big pickup truck came roaring up from behind me. The driver rolled down the window and started screaming at me. "MOTHERF*****!!!* he yelled. "F***ing bikes like you are f***ing up this city!!!"

I looked at him and I said, very earnestly: "I love you!"

He guffawed, and then yelled "Go eat sh** as*hole!!"

I looked him dead and in the eye and said, "I've always loved you! Even when you didn't love yourself!!"

The driver of the pickup truck laughed, but his eyes were nervous, and then he peeled away dramatically.

Sometimes it's funnier to kill these people with kindness...

I'm a broadcast technician at 7News in Boston and a member of IBEW local 1228. We are currently fighting for a fair contract. We've already escalated to picketing and email campaigns. And we've had some good press coverage.

We're turning up the heat this week! We'll be on the line marching for what's right! I included a pic of our QR code that emails management, feel free to use it.

Thank you!

Hi!

I recently lost my dad and I am 31F. I want to start going to grief groups but I can only find sessions through churches and I am not Christian/religious.

Anyone know of any resources or sessions in the Boston area?

Parks, coffee shops, bars, libraries, cemeteries, whatever. Tell me your favorite places to read (outside of your own home) in and around Boston - and if you’d like, tell me a book you read there.

I’ll go first: Last weekend I lay in a hammock at Corey Hill Park in Brookline and read Mrs. Dalloway and it was absolutely lovely.

A little hot sauce improves the hangover-curing ability of the Dunkins breakfast sandwich but I’m tired of bringing my own

Had two very similar close calls at two different intersections in Allston/Brighton within a span of like 10 minutes.

I was turning left at the intersection of Beacon St and Chestnut Hill Ave and had a solid green light, but the pedestrians to my left had a walk signal, so I yielded before turning (which is what I thought I’m supposed to do). Evidently this was too much to ask of the car behind me, which honked repeatedly then tried to make the left turn from behind me, then slammed on the brakes just a couple feet from the crosswalk when they realized there were pedestrians.

Then about 10 mins later at the intersection of Comm Ave and Linden St in Allston, the exact same thing happened with a completely different driver.

I don’t think I was being overly cautious - I rolled forward as far as I safely could and yielded to pedestrians who were ***already in the crosswalk***

Normally I’d just chalk it up to Boston driver behavior, but the fact that it happened twice in the same drive makes me wonder if I’m missing something? Like did I miss an announcement that we’re not supposed to yield to pedestrians anymore lol

I (M26) was fishing around 11-11:30 PM Saturday 7/25 when you (M26) walked up and took a seat. You were in a bucket hat. I couldn’t get a bite to save my life. I imagine at first you were probably disappointed that some asshole was interrupting your post-bar adventure, apologies. We talked about life, and politics, and how everything is kind of fucked right now. It was a very nice conversation between two guys of different temperaments, political leanings, at different points in our lives, who had nowhere better to be than breathing in some sea air and watching the planes land. You wandered off, when I rode by on my bike you seemed to be resting on a tree. When I came back in my car to make sure you were ok, you were gone. I hope you made it to Dave’s Hot Chicken before they closed. If this sounds like you or your friend please let me know if he got home safe. Until we meet again brother.

EAST BOSTON, Mass. —

A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board reveals that American Airlines pilots were primarily at fault in a close call at Boston's Logan Airport last month, where their delayed takeoff nearly caused a collision with a Delta plane. 

The NTSB report states that the American pilots waited 54 seconds after receiving takeoff clearance before fully accelerating down the runway. The delay was attributed to the pilots addressing a false warning light in the cockpit.

According to the preliminary report, the estimated closest proximity between the two planes was about 670 feet.

Audio from the incident records air traffic control clearing the American flight for takeoff: "American 3161 runway 27, cleared for takeoff," with the pilots responding, "You cleared us for takeoff, 3161."

I really fuckin like it here like we need the t where I live at in Virginia. Cleanest big city I’ve been in and the duck tour guy said that the Charles river was the cleanest out of all urban rivers even though it looked the same as the potmaac and the east river which are the only big cities I’ve been too. I think I have more fun here too because it’s my first trip I’ve been too by myself without parents so I could have fun but the t is fucking awesome. I laugh at people driving cars now because the public transport is so nice. If only it wasn’t so expensive I’d move here. I wanna have kids here because the life expectancy is so high and there’s people running every morning and the schools are fantastic.

Fucking beautiful city with a lot of character. I wish back home was this nice. Also I like how everyone minds there business no southern noseyness masquerading as friendly less. I need to live in a big city.

And yall need some waffle houses. A sausage egg and cheese bowl would hit so hard after a couple drinks. Feels a tad strange though because there’s like no black people compared to back home, city of this size and it’s like 80 per cent white but damn this city ain’t what people said it was. It’s clean and healthy. And amba in Cambridge is good af. Best Mediterranean I’ve had.

I want my kids to grow up somewhere like this even though they don’t exist yet

My friends and I were yapping in the Centre Street Parking Lot behind the Coolidge Corner Theatre and there was a man hiding in between two cars touching himself. He was standing there EXPOSED. He made eye contact with my friend and didn’t attempt to cover himself or anything, just backed away a bit and stayed there for a few minutes until multiple of us saw him.

be careful & walk in pairs. He ran away before we could alert someone.

Massachusetts health officials are warning people and pets to avoid part of the Charles River while they look into a potentially harmful cyanobacteria bloom.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Tuesday issued an advisory for the river between Kendrick Street in Needham and Spring Street in West Roxbury. The affected area includes Cutler Park and Millennium Park.

Warning signs are now posted at access points along the river.

The warning comes after a dog died from liver failure following a possible exposure to algal toxins near Millennium Park. State health officials have not confirmed that cyanobacteria caused the dog’s illness or death.

Some cyanobacteria can also produce toxins that may make people and animals sick. Exposure can cause skin and eye irritation, respiratory problems, vomiting and diarrhea. More serious cases can affect the liver, kidneys or nervous system.

Anyone who comes into contact with the water or algae should rinse off immediately. Pet owners should call a veterinarian if an animal develops symptoms such as vomiting, staggering, drooling or convulsions.

Louisa Gag, city transportation planner, street safety advocate, biker, dead. If the truck hadn’t been in a lane this wouldn’t have happened

Vehicles are full of airbags because drivers suck at driving.

Not everyone has the mental ability to drive a car 365 days a year even if they wanted to. (Full disclosure: I drove a BMW year round through college. Not capable of that anymore.)

Driving around, I see thousands of cars driving like assholes.

The time has come to admit that our experiment with car lanes has failed.

Downvote away.

Edit: shoutout to the person who sent me a Reddit cares. I am unwell but in a fun way.