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MBTA board looks back at what's gone wrong with funding the T, while the state secretary of transportation is silent on new revenue sources.
commonwealthbeacon.org MBTA board, but not Tibbits-Nutt, talks new revenue

Monica Tibbits-Nutt, the secretary of transportation, a member of the MBTA board, and the co-chair of the transportation revenue task force, said nothing during the T board’s discussion about new revenues.

MBTA board, but not Tibbits-Nutt, talks new revenue
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New public art installation hides "climate monsters" in scenery viewfinders to surprise tourists outside Boston Children's Museum
baystatebanner.com ‘Climate Monsters’ take over Boston Harbor - The Bay State Banner

Artist Sarah Brophy reimagines the risks of climate change as colorful antagonists in “Climate Monsters,” a virtual reality installation outside the Boston Children’s Museum on the city’s waterfront.

‘Climate Monsters’ take over Boston Harbor - The Bay State Banner

Seems like a clever and quite positive way to raise awareness of how climate change will impact Boston.

>“The idea was that this narrative about the climate monsters would be driven by kids, because their generation and future generations are the ones who will face the most volatile effects of climate change,” says Brophy. “It’s empowering them to approach this overwhelming problem from a new perspective, and to think about ways that they can write themselves into being the heroes of the story.”

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Cambridge Brewing Company in Kendall Square is shutting down after 35 years. Last day will be December 20th.
www.masslive.com Mass. brewery shutting its doors in December after 35 years in business

"35 years, one hell of a run," a Massachusetts brewery wrote in a post announcing its closure.

Mass. brewery shutting its doors in December after 35 years in business

In its final four months, the brewery will still have Patio Season, Festbier and a new fall menu.

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10 things to do in Boston this weekend
www.boston.com 10 things to do in Boston this weekend

Things to do in Boston this weekend, August 15-18, 2024, including Georges Island jazz festival, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and more.

10 things to do in Boston this weekend

Free live music in Cambridge, Fisherman's Feast in North End, 4 museums with free admission, Dine Out Boston, and more.

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Lawsuit in works over National Grid methane gas leaks
commonwealthbeacon.org Suit in works over National Grid methane gas leaks

The Conservation Law Foundation said its lawsuit will be based on data submitted by National Grid to state regulators and the foundation’s own field work testing methane levels in the Boston area.

Suit in works over National Grid methane gas leaks

>Over a seven-day period in July, the foundation said it identified 15 locations where methane gas concentrations posed the risk of fire or explosion.

>CLF found more than 200 public shade trees dead or dying from methane poisoning from leaking gas pipelines.

>"National Grid’s leak data shows it allows hazardous Grade 1 leaks to continue leaking for more than 2 ½ years."

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Book clubs in Camberville for every age and taste
www.cambridgeday.com Book clubs in Camberville for every age and taste - Cambridge Day

Cambridge and Somerville public libraries run a number of monthly book groups, as do Porter Square Books and the Harvard Book Store, in various venues.

Book clubs in Camberville for every age and taste - Cambridge Day

>I wondered: Do people still host book clubs? Meet up to chat about books? Yes, it turns out. Whether you want to attend a book group in a library (where chosen books can be loaned instead of bought), a cafe or a brewery and talk about fantasy, romance or general fiction, there’s one for you here, all on stress-free monthly schedules.

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COVID levels in Massachusetts now more than twice the national average
www.cbsnews.com COVID levels in Massachusetts now more than twice the national average

State wastewater data shows COVID levels in Massachusetts are more than twice the national average.

COVID levels in Massachusetts now more than twice the national average

State wastewater data shows the levels in Massachusetts are more than twice the national average. That's based on testing done at the end of July. National numbers are also higher than normal.

Massachusetts is among the 19 states in the CDC's "very high" range. The rest of New England is also in that range. Emergency room visits are at their highest rates since February.

This is the most COVID activity in Massachusetts since last winter.

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Matt Damon wants to put statue of Robin Williams in Boston Public Garden
  • The catch: Municipal red tape might stop the statue even before it can be cast.

    • The city has a moratorium in place for all new memorials in the Public Garden or on Boston Common, according to Lynn Page Flaherty from the Friends of the Public Garden, the nonprofit group that advocates for the city's oldest green spaces.
    • The bench is also already dedicated in memory to another person, which presents a problem for the effort to honor Williams.

    via Axios' brief article covering this.

  • Matt Damon wants to put statue of Robin Williams in Boston Public Garden
    www.masslive.com Matt Damon wants to put statue of Robin Williams in Boston Public Garden

    One of the most famous scenes from "Good Will Hunting" was shot in Boston, and Matt Damon wants to make the filming location even more special.

    Matt Damon wants to put statue of Robin Williams in Boston Public Garden

    Damon said in an interview with the YouTuber Jake Hamilton that an artist wants to add a permanent bronze statue of Williams in the lagoon area of the Garden [in the spot where where they filmed the famous bench scene in Good Will Hunting].

    “The idea being that if you feel alone you can go sit next to him, which I think is the coolest idea. It would be like the most beautiful installation and like such a tribute to that guy, who I think would’ve loved that.”

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    Felony charges for activist who ‘glitter bombed’ interim Harvard president
    www.boston.com Felony charges for activist who ‘glitter bombed’ interim Harvard president

    Brittany Drake shouted “for the baby monkeys!” before she showered interim President Alan Garber with glitter ahead of a speech.

    Felony charges for activist who ‘glitter bombed’ interim Harvard president

    After dumping the glitter, she yelled, “For the animals in the labs! Harvard, shut down the baby monkey labs now!” The crowd erupted in jeering and booing, while Garber could be heard off-camera saying, “It’s fine. I could use a little glitter.”

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    Legendary Allston music club Great Scott to be resurrected
    www.wbur.org Legendary Allston music club Great Scott to be resurrected

    Boston's music community has mourned the loss of Great Scott since it shuttered in 2020. Now, the beloved venue is being revived and reimagined in just a few blocks away from its original location.

    Legendary Allston music club Great Scott to be resurrected

    Over 44 years of operation, Great Scott evolved into a small-but-mighty haven for artists across genres — from punk and hip-hop to freak folk, industrial, indie and metal. Local bands and national acts packed the intimate, 240-capacity room, including Phoebe Bridgers, Jack Harlow, Ty Segall, Palehound, Pile, Oompa, Clairo and Speedy Ortiz.

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    Netflix dating show "Love Is Blind" casting in New England

    If the stars align, we could see a new season featuring Massholes and Mainers bonding over Dunkin' iced coffees.

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    The Comedy Studio reopens in Harvard Square starting Thursday
    www.cambridgeday.com The Comedy Studio reopens in Harvard Square or, more accurately, below it starting Thursday - Cambridge Day

    After storied stints above Harvard Square’s Hong Kong Restaurant, in Union Square’s Bow Market and through a Vera’s residency, The Comedy Studio marks its return to Harvard Square on Thursday.

    The Comedy Studio reopens in Harvard Square or, more accurately, below it starting Thursday - Cambridge Day

    Now in a new location on John F. Kennedy St, with a new management team.

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    Boston Community Feedback Wanted
  • Thank you for your efforts! I've been up voting regularly and will try to start posting occasionally again as well.

    The main things we need to do to grow the community are:

    • continue to get the word out to people who haven't yet joined. Post in c/NewCommunities, post on Reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives, do a regular search for Lemmy posts / comments in other communities and invite posters to join.

    • we should encourage everyone to UPVOTE posts here whenever possible. Upvotes not only encourage existing posters and incentivize new ones, posts with good upvote momentum could help more Bostonians across Lemmy find the community through the popular Hot or Top Day sorts on Lemmy.

  • Information retention after reading non-fiction
  • No need to beat yourself up, just make simple changes to improve. Write a one paragraph summary for yourself after each chapter, or list key points you want to remember. The next day, review it and take 10 minutes to think about how that chapter applies to your life or other things you've read.

    Once you've finished the book, rewrite & combine your notes into one or two pages and flip back through the book to find a quote or two that stands out to you. Then set a reminder on your calendar one month in the future to review your summary page.

    Note-taking, rewriting notes, and spaced repetition are all proven study techniques. It's a little extra time, but it's nothing compared to the time you're spending reading, and it'll make a big difference in how well you remember your takeaways from it.

  • Movies and TV Shows @lemm.ee ElfWord @lemmy.world
    Kevin Costner On 'Horizon: An American Saga' And 'Yellowstone' Exit
    deadline.com Kevin Costner Reveals The Epic Journey Of His Cannes Western ‘Horizon’ And Has His Say On ‘Yellowstone’ Rancor

    Kevin Costner puts his cards on the table to get his passion project Horizon: An American Saga, made while a range war roils the Yellowstone ranch.

    Kevin Costner Reveals The Epic Journey Of His Cannes Western ‘Horizon’ And Has His Say On ‘Yellowstone’ Rancor
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    Race-car simulator arcade and bar gets approval for Seaport location
    www.universalhub.com Place that would let you simulate zooming around a race track with a real beer wins approval for Seaport location

    The Boston Licensing Board today approved a liquor license for the proposed F1 Arcade at 87 Pier 4 Blvd., which will feature 69 F1 race-car simulators and, of course, a full-service bar. Read more.

    Place that would let you simulate zooming around a race track with a real beer wins approval for Seaport location
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    Television @lemmy.world ElfWord @lemmy.world
    Netflix Gave An Unproven Director $55 Million For A Sci-Fi Series, And He Blew It On Rolls-Royces, Crypto, And Dodgy Stock Bets
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    Fallout TV series first look: it's 'dramatic and dark' but with 'a little bit of a wink,' says Todd Howard
  • Looks cool. I'm most concerned about the tone of the show; the games are filled with absurd, exaggerated, and cartoonish elements that work well in that medium, but might come across as unbearably cheesy in live action.

    No reason not to give it a shot though. 🤞

  • Cops Sneak Onto Man’s Property, Confiscate Surveillance Camera Without a Warrant
    www.404media.co Cops Sneak Onto Man’s Property, Confiscate Surveillance Camera Without a Warrant

    Game wardens "put on full camouflage outfits" to sneak onto a Virginia hunter's property and confiscated his camera. Now, he's challenging a legal framework called the "Open Fields Doctrine" that let them do it.

    Cops Sneak Onto Man’s Property, Confiscate Surveillance Camera Without a Warrant

    “We’re challenging the Open Fields Doctrine altogether,” Gay said. “One of the things that’s surprising to people is that the Open Fields Doctrine applies to land you’re living on, that you’re using to spend time with your family, to have conversations with your wife, to play with your children. It’s the kinds of places where you expect privacy, and you’d expect that you’d have the power to keep out unwanted intruders, but the way that the government applies the doctrine is that it only extends to the small area around your house called the ‘curtilage,’ not all the space you’re using on a day-to-day basis.”

    Gay and Highlander are challenging that in their court case, in part because the camera in this case was located on property that Highlander and his family live on.

    “These game wardens and other officials can kind of go onto most land whenever they want, for whatever reason they want, and they don’t have to get a warrant, and there’s no neutral magistrate or judge providing any kind of check on their behavior,” Gay said. He added that he is challenging the Open Fields doctrine specifically under the Virginia Constitution, which establishes a narrower Open Fields doctrine than federal law does. “We think that the camera’s seizure here is an entirely separate and additional level of egregious. What we’ve found is that wardens in this country won’t just enter people’s land, they will sometimes put cameras there to spy on that land, and, as you saw here, they will actually take other people’s cameras and look through it for evidence.”

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    MBTA says 2/3 of assets are beyond useful life
    commonwealthbeacon.org MBTA says 2/3 of assets are beyond useful life - CommonWealth Beacon

    Roughly two-thirds of the MBTA’s assets are beyond their useful life and would cost $24.5 billion to bring  into a state of good repair, according to a new analysis of the transit authority’s infrastructure.

    MBTA says 2/3 of assets are beyond useful life - CommonWealth Beacon

    T officials explained state of good repair using as an example a car with an expected useful life of eight years. The officials said maintenance costs during the car’s first two years on the road are minimal but start increasing in year three through eight. Beyond year eight, the vehicle may continue to run well but the odds are that maintenance and repair costs will start rising to a point where the vehicle should be replaced.

    Ronnie Valdivia, the MBTA’s director of asset management, said the car example illustrates the challenges of managing assets, deciding when it’s time to replace rather than repair.

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    Why We Need Public Libraries Now More than Ever
  • Copyright protects small creators. If it weren't for copyright and trademark laws, any new and trending song / story / media would be instantly ripped off by corporations that would exist solely to throw budget at reproducing and popularizing their own soul-less versions of peoples' work, without any compensation for the original creators. Artists and photographers would never see a dime from the countless t-shirts, mugs, stickers, etc. other corporations would create and sell using their pictures.

    I know there are many frustrating issues with how copyright law has been abused by large corporations who have gotten it extended way past the point of its original intent, but remember not to throw out the baby with the bathwater. Copyright as as a basic legal concept is the only thing that gives many creators a chance to make a living from their work.

  • Books @lemmy.world ElfWord @lemmy.world
    Why We Need Public Libraries Now More than Ever
    www.bostonmagazine.com Who Needs Libraries, Anyway?

    Turns out, we all do. In the age of book bans and digital technology, a case for why Bostonians should love libraries more than ever.

    Who Needs Libraries, Anyway?
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