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Yelling into the void from the city that Jenny Lind dubbed "the most beautiful village in the world" and "the paradise of America" #carsruincities
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For all the lifelong warnings about Iran, I am surprised at how seemingly easily Israel was able to dismantle Iran’s military threats. I hope for peace.

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Red Sox have allowed only 8 runs over last 6 games.

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People all over the place appear to have lost their entire minds about school closures during the pandemic rather than losing their entire minds about MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DYING DURING THE PANDEMIC What is wrong with everyone

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In Massachusetts, municipal budgets are being squeezed by automatic COLA increases, leading to significant raises for older municipal workers — and likely higher tax burdens for homeowners — even though real cost of living growth for the older folks has been modest.

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I really think there is a new curse of Mookie Betts

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I wonder how much energy we could save if more people knew effective strategies for using a box fan

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I’ve noticed on televised sports recently that the commentators are announcing things right as they are happening (too soon!) and it really bothers me.

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Why hasn’t Trump suggested making Israel a US state?

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State Rep. Orlando Ramos has filed a bill that would give towns and cities the ability to install red light cameras and automatically fine drivers when they run red lights. Story: thereminder.com/local-news/...

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We need a new national anthem

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I’m a bit surprised we haven’t seen municipalities adopt robotic lawn mowers yet.

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If I lived in NYC I’d be waking around with a “DON’T RANK CUOMO” sign EVERYWHERE.

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Things we once dismissed with “they’d never actually do that” keep happening at a faster clip.

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I’m curious about “mistakes” are regularly allowed to be made by ICE in their arrests, but local and state police aren’t able to make their own “mistakes” in arresting ICE.

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USMNT passing around with the urgency of a 0-0 game but they’re down 4-0.

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@tntsportsus.bsky.social your sound mixing at Nashville for USMNT is garbage.

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It is still insane to me that sports gambling ads are allowed on TV.

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Made it look so easy too

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Two guys that were playing for the Bruins in early March (only 3 months ago!) are playing against each other in the Stanley Cup Finals. Trent Frederic - Oilers Brad Marchand - Panthers

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Neighbor-Source Heat Pump xkcd.com/3099/

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It’s 4 o’clock!

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Tough times for New England trees: Ash: Emerald ash borer Hemlock: Hemlock woolly adelgid Beech: nematode Litylenchus crenatae mccannii

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When someone tells you buses could never be free, ask them how much they pay to take the Staten Island Ferry.

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Weird: State Police helicopter flying over WMass downtowns. Springfield, Holyoke, Northampton

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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

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Always fun when biking and birding overlap! Saw some sand hill cranes on my Hilltown tour today.

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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/06/b... "more multifamily development would strain their local infrastructure like roads and sewer systems" But single family development won't strain roads and sewer systems?

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Wish I could better understand the contrast between LA Sheriff’s Department and LA Police Department

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The video out of LA really shows how it’s police vs civilians. There’s just a bunch of people out watching and getting in the way and police are overreacting.

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What’s it going to take for state and local law enforcement to arrest federal law enforcement?

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Reports that ICE ran a barricade and hit protesters in LA

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