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if you need some home cooking you come over to my mother's house she makes a great lasagna, mangia

Post it to Bike Index:

https://bikeindex.org/

Your post recently in the CambridgeMA subreddit warranted removal as it is harassment.

Definition: To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate. To irritate or torment persistently

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1. somerville is generally cheaper but it depends on the area, in both cities housing near transit/popular areas is much more expensive than further from transit
2. right now i’m paying ~2.6k a month in cambridge for a one bed, it’s not luxury but a nice place. when i moved in i paid a security deposit that was about half of a rent bill

Report to police. Do you have proof of purchase & bike serial number - will want to share w police as well. Hopefully you were registered on bike registry prior? Several websites to register on & network can help alert you if bike surfaces. Also check local Craigslist & Facebook marketplace.

I believe this is correct. As I recall, exactly zero national insurers operated in the state prior to deregulation, which began in 2007. The regulation was really extraordinarily strict. Pricing was fully specified by the state, including the points model for moving violations etc. Discounts could be offered to affinity groups, but only to the extent that they were actually profitable.

Here's a 2009 AG report on deregulation: https://www.mass.gov/doc/autoinsuranceexecsummarypdf/download

Single speed rear w front cogs? Def unique setup. Will keep an eye out. Sorry to hear.. Was at brattle few days ago. Lots of bikes in the area. Most seemed decently secured.

How did they cut? Hacksaw?

This is why I will only consider folding bikes. Fuck bike thieves

You mean you moved recently from Charleston? Not from Cambridge. I am not sure why you do not understand that your post history is available to others. I also notice you posted a thread with the aim of starting a brigade and as such people with recent histories in places as far away as Adelaide posted in the sub.

I find it amazingly hard to believe that you are so passionate about bike lanes and bicycle safety, but passively read posts in this sub where the car people were the toxic ones, and sat silently without comment. Yet here you are claiming to have knowledge of how bicycle discourse in this sub was going.

I am calling bullshit.

Thank you for the suggestion! That's definitely not a bad idea and something worth looking into.

I think we mostly agree. In his defense, being a mod is mostly thankless, so it doesn't take much to just make you want to say "fuck it". If we are Monday morning QBing this thing, I would probably have just made a pinned biking megathread and moved everything there (until the multiple biking posts per day died down). I also probably would have restricted my bans to those clearly in violation of the rules (e.g., brigading and/or making relentless personal attacks). At the same time, I almost certainly would not have used an anecdotal experience as a platform to launch a tirade.

Most of the time, brigading resolves itself if you just wait them out, but it's a huge pain in the ass in the interim.

Apology is as appreciated as it is necessary. Thanks and so long.

While I certainly think the mod’s initial post was in the wrong, I don’t think it was nearly worth the drama of this scale. Had they phrased it better or just internally came up with a new approach it would have been fine.

I am stunned they decided to leave when anyone with a brain could see that a large portion of the angry voices were people with zero prior comment history in this sub. They could have easily rode out the storm and the people who agreed that the bike drama stuff was toxic would have stood with them.

Seriously. Basically the mod folded like a lawn chair and handed power over to someone whose aligned with their interests. So like if the NRA brigades this sub, are we going to get a gun rights supporter as a mod next?

To the brigadiers who pulled off this stunt, well played. You don't have my love, but you have my respect.

Old Mod: the bicycle discussion has gotten toxic

Bicycle crowd: let’s go to other subs and call in brigades and then harass him via PMs. How dare he say we are toxic!!!

It's an unpaid volunteer position. Thank you for all you did!

If anyone has any tips on how to recover a bike in Cambridge I’d appreciate any advice.

Edit: it also has this sweet (I ❤️Traffic) sticker on it on the lower half of the frame.

Nobody said anything about winning. Everyone who was banned or muted is still banned or muted, so we’re still in the middle of this.

I was raised that an apology isn’t an apology if you’re still making excuses and/or lying about what you did and why. Taking responsibility means you stop making excuses.

I’ll take the downvotes for believing that and finding this apology somewhat lacking. Internet points mean about as much to me as “winning”. Downvote away. 🤷‍♂️

Why is the Boston Globe sleeping on this story?

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Come on, they're not making excuses. They simply stated that the impact of their decision was worse than their intent. That doesn't sully the apology; it's very reasonable and human. Don't be a sore winner.

Cambridge is on the same MBTA system as Boston, but this was very funny, graci.

Good copy spaghetti 🍝

If you're getting home or apartment insurance, you can get a bundled deal from the same carrier that will be cheaper than if bought separately.

When my car insurance rate was going to increase, my broker proactively shopped around for better rates from other carriers and got me a bundled deal with condo insurance that saved me hundreds.