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pageflight , in About "Crisis Pregnancy Centers"

Good that a .gov site explains it so clearly. I'm kind of surprised they can be that forthright without them being actually illegal.

demesisx , in Work begins on Boston's Boylston Street bike, bus lane project
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Inb4 someone gaslights me about the traffic that I sit in every single day because the mayor decided to close down 2/3 of all lanes because some policy “wonk” decided that it’s better to punish people rather than do something to address the traffic problem.

Inb4 someone pipes in with, “well actually, statistics say that there’s less traffic than there was before, sweaty.”

Alexstarfire , in Warren proposes jail time for 'corporate greed' in health care

I'd hold my breath but I'm not suicidal.

waz , in The 15 Best Breweries In Boston 2024

AKA "The 15 Breweries in Boston".

MedicPigBabySaver , in Boston cracks the top twenty for best cities in the world in new ranking
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If they could get the damn trains running as fast and easy as NYC... it would be wicked awesome. Considering that Boston has had subway a little longer than NYC and it's certainly smaller, I can't believe how much better NYC runs.

gravitas_deficiency , in Boston cracks the top twenty for best cities in the world in new ranking

I just wish something could be done about the absolutely fucking eye-watering cost of housing here

AbidanYre ,

Best we can do is randomly shut down parts of the T for the next 6 months.

gravitas_deficiency ,

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frosty ,
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I hear it does that pretty well on its own. (I live 30 miles west, but I have plenty of friends who live in Somerville and Medford.)

ScruffyDucky , in Beacon Hill cat cafe prepares to open, with security as tight as any dispensary's

Kitties must be protected at all cost :)

sheridan , in Beacon Hill cat cafe prepares to open, with security as tight as any dispensary's
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Hopefully it goes more smoothly than Boston's previous cat cafe: https://youtu.be/wNsqEntHuV8

MedicPigBabySaver , in Cambridge's CARE Team Will Soon Take The Lead On Certain 911 Calls
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Countless times I've had LEOs fuck up my scene when just the EMS staff had things in hand. This is long overdue.

borebore OP Mod ,

How did they fuck it up? Also, should it just be EMS staff on the scene or a third party, in your opinion?

MedicPigBabySaver ,
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Example: patient was calm and talking to EMS. Once PD entered the scene, standard procedure, patient becomes very agitated and begins to refuse transport. IMO: PD should've stayed out of sight, but, prepared.

More than 30 years on the road I've always said that cops shouldn't be "first in" to secure the scene. EMS and/or trained mental health professionals should try to manage.

Obviously, occasionally the patient has a weapon. Yet, I'd also like to see a plain clothes officer first. A patient certainly will react to a couple cops in uniform.

OctarineYoda , in Somerville To Start Charging Fees At Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
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As an EV driver, I'm fine with this -- the fee is cheap, and I value public charging for the convenience much more than for the cost avoidance.

borebore OP Mod ,

Yeah, I don't know why anyone would think this would be free forever. The idea is to encourage adoption.

pageflight , in Gotta love those new EZ-Peel trucks

Oof.

It would help if the hanging bars were actually the same height as the lowest bridges though.

borebore OP Mod ,

I didn't know that was an issue. Why would they be taller than the bridge?

pageflight ,

Different bridges over Storrow are slightly different heights. One time I rented a UHaul, got on under a bar that I cleared and went under one bridge, and then had to make a hasty last second exit before the next bridge which was lower.

FreeLikeGNU , in Spanish tall ship comes into Boston Harbor

Passengers being treated for scurvy, news at 11

GeekyOnion , in Gotta love those new EZ-Peel trucks

Best when you sprinkle some Old Bay on the inside.

pageflight , in The country's first utility-run geothermal heating and cooling system launches in Framingham

Neat, I would love to see this succeed and expand.

Zikeji , in Why is this pro police article from the herald not on the herald website?
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It is. It's just subscriber only: https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/06/03/absurdly-irresponsible-boston-city-council-again-weighing-cuts-to-the-police-department/

The first paragraph matches up, as does the author. I'm not invested enough to subscribe to see if the rest matches up.

borebore OP Mod ,

Oh wow, the herald version has an even more biased headline. I searched the author and the article didn't come up. Still doesn't. Thanks for the sleuthing. I am still suspicious that this article got posted on a police issues website so quickly, but I am also not invested enough to take this conspiracy theory further.

Zikeji ,
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I found it by searching "BPD" which is a coming acronym on the mirror article. It was actually my first try, almost missed it because of the dramatically different titles.

And yeah, they're gross.

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