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Notably the indictment does not mention whether or not the "goverment-owned vehicle" was clearly marked as such.

Screen grab from WSJ headline showing US making up $5.7T and the rest of the world $7.7T. Headline says “Americans dominate their collective wealth”.

I keep seeing the word “dominate” being used in surprising ways.

If you make up less than half of the collective, is that really dominating the collective? Largest faction, yes. But “dominate”?

#pedant

Melissa's eye trying to come back....

Not excited about the replacement of WMass F-15s with F-35s.

Hurricane Melissa IR satellite at 15:33UTC as it makes landfall with Jamaica

Mercy

Hurricane Melissa rainfall forecast map

40” of rain?!?!?!

2. Haiti: Catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and landslides are expected across southwestern Haiti into early next week, likely causing extensive infrastructural damage and potentially prolonged isolation of communities. Strong winds could also potentially last for a day or more over the Tiburon peninsula. 3. Dominican Republic: Heavy rainfall could produce catastrophic flash flooding and numerous landslides in southern portions of the country. 4. Eastern Cuba, Southeast Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos: Monitor Melissa closely. There is an increasing risk of a significant storm surge, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall by the middle of next week. In eastern Cuba, the risk of life-threatening flash flooding and landslides is increasing. A Hurricane Watch is now in effect for portions of eastern Cuba.

Multiple days of hurricane force winds and potentially catastrophic and life threatening flooding is expected for portions of the Caribbean beginning tonight. Head to hurricanes.gov for the latest.

App based sports betting is a scourge on society.

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I remember when Halloween used to only be one weekend a year. Two if it happened to be on a Wednesday.

Now we have Octoberween.

Apple spice cake very temporarily makes me forget everything that’s wrong in the world

Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.

Unfortunate but true: 80% of the product for 50% of the price is good enough for most people

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

What do the folks who say criticizing Israel is anti-Semitic say about criticizing Iran?

Culture usually changes slowly, but over time those gradual changes can be really impactful. It's interesting to look back and try to think about what the key factors were in allowing us to get to where we are today. Feels like the 2-decades ago us would be horrified of what we've become.

This happens to me often too! Yesterday even!

Except instead of me being a car, I’m on a bike going 20mph. Luckily all the drivers coming in the other direction have been paying attention and stopped/pulled over.

Yesterday was on a road with sharrows.

The killer app for AI is a matter-of-fact newscast that wipes the floor with T

Local government is 15% getting stuff done and 85% explaining the same shit over and over to the people who never listen

Facebook: "Biking downtown is a niche interest. A $30 million construction project will not evaporate cars or precipitate bicycles."

Map of completed an in progress trails from: https://masstrailtracker.com/map

They say Northampton residents are progressive, but not in transportation policy. They also don't seem to know that Northampton is the end point between both a N/S rail trail to New Haven and an E/W trail to Boston.

The project here is a MassDOT funded project to make Main St safer for everyone.

My condolences

I think we need a new acronym: VBR

Victim of Brain Rot

Cambridge Tax Rates from 2011 thru 2026

Boston Globe is making this something it isn't. Commercial/Industrial and Personal Property was given a reprieve after Covid. Now the Residential/CIP split is closer to what it was during all of the 2010s.

Have to admit: I had no idea some skulls and bones are worse than others.

Curious how long it will take the average person to realize that if you buy all your merchandise from Amazon, you are literally sacrificing your community.

Locust tree with no leaves with urban-ish obstructed background

My street locust tree tells me we’re in stick season

Hot take: heavier cars are wrecking our roads faster than anyone admits.

Yankee Stadium scoreboard from the right field bleachers. Red Sox 10, Yankees 3. Time: 12:06

21 years ago tonight!

Boston Globe Headline: Trump can take command of Ore. National Guard, appeals court rules.

Really wish newspapers could better explain stays vs judgments.

Give $100B tax cut.

Get $1B gift for ball room.

Local politics: what is the over/under date for the former mayoral candidate household to be relocating out of the region?