Providence Airport is on the commuter rail already. If they ever operate high speed trains (hah) it could be 30.min from south station.

Should have asked to drop you off as you went over

Paint it yourself, unless you literally can't due to disability/injury.

I think the point about not much being known is very appropriate, though that will change as information comes out at trial, because this absolutely will be an obsessively documented trial.

I think some of it is that people have no idea how to react to something this horrible and need to find something easy or comfortable to label it with. We’ll learn more with time.

I was young so I only vaguely remember contemporaneous coverage of Andrea Yates but I remember her being treated as a monster. Then, when I read the case details years later, it seemed very clear that her husband’s religious beliefs were a huge factor in what happened to her children and now I feel nothing but pity for her.

Don't forget all the traffic from people who have to get to/from Logan by car compounding regular city traffic.

But they really aren’t at this rate. You didn’t include all of the other expenses they have to incur.

What about the costs associated with a commercial vehicle; gas, insurance etc?

Rent for an office or warehouse if it’s a larger company?

Wages aren’t as high as you think after having to paying for taxes/benefits for employees

Galvin is too busy giving kickbacks. He also used his position to cover up a DUI when he crashed a city vehicle in one of his earlier terms as Mayor.

-Recommendation number 1: Start small, like 2.5mg or even less. Then wait a couple of hours. The "standard serving" for most edibles in MA is 5mg. However, if you did not have a great time smoking, you probably don't really know how much to take.

Caveat- weed seltzers tend to have a faster impact

-Recommendation number 2: Consider if you are planning to have alcohol as well. The effects play off of each other differently in some people, so just because a certain amount of edible plays well with you without alcohol, does not mean it will play the same way with alcohol.

Recommendation number 3: I find that chocolates tend to be a good place to start as usually if you like the sound of a particular flavor of bar you will like that. Sometimes I've had gummies or lozenges that definitely did not taste like the listed flavor.

The important part to know is that with edibles, the 'onset' of effects is pretty delayed versus smoking/vaping, and depends heavily on what you've eaten recently, edible type, overall metabolism, tolerance, dose, etc.

This is where people make mistakes and take, say, 10mg (a single edible gummy, for example), then don't feel it after 15min and take another, or maybe 2...and in 40min you're high as fuck. It's not like you'll OD, but if you're not prepared for the mental effects it can be stressful and slow to go away. It can also creep up so slowly you don't notice you're high, except you're studying patterns or colors or flavors in your own little world.

Like anything, go slow and be safe. Have fun!

The Mayor wants to keep starting pay for Paras at $22k/ year.

This is from a letter in support of teachers that I along with other parents signed when people were asking for signatures:

Standard Salary Increase - A fair salary increase of 3-3-3 or 5-2-2 over the next three years will continue to support Woburn as a top City for people and businesses to invest in, and simultaneously support and maintain the City’s Moody’s AAA Bond rating. Neighboring towns are offering teachers better salaries, health insurance and even inflation adjustments. Woburn needs to maintain a strong competitive edge, to retain top talent, especially as the more senior teachers begin to retire. The business continuity of Woburn is dependent upon a strong educational system. Families choose to stay, or move depending on the educational opportunities. Businesses take in a City’s educational offerings when determining what locations to operate out of. Fiscally sound businesses, who are looking to retain top talent, do not want to open up locations in a place with poor educational opportunities. One only needs to speak to local HR recruiters for the top employers in our state, to see where they would recommend their talent purchases a home.

Smaller Classroom Sizes - This past year, during the middle of the school year, the Malcolm White Elementary School had to have the Fifth Grade Classes split up and re-organized from two to three classrooms. Parents/Caregivers feel as if there are additional education consequences from this, especially after the challenges of the past two years. Since the 1980s, multiple studies, including those conducted by the Brookings Institute and AASA, have shown that a smaller class size is incredibly beneficial to both students and faculty, with an average recommendation of 1:15 student to teacher ratio.

PE Twice a Week for K-5th Graders - Younger kids need to move, not only for their physical health but mental health too. There is one day a week in the Elementary School’s schedules where no specials occur, this would be the perfect opportunity to add in additional physical education for the children

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Support - The essential resources needed to address the social and emotional needs of the students must be the highest priority. Along with the unprecedented stress caused by the Pandemic, many students also face additional challenges. For example, at the Malcolm White in 2021, 24.7% of the student population did not have English as their first language, and 16.8% were English Language Learners. This is similar for other schools within the City, and highlights a large student population dealing with multiple stressors. By better supporting the teachers (and thus the students), it will benefit the City through higher test scores and graduation rates.

The rest is just back and forth between WTA and Mayor. The boys & girls club said they’ll be open Monday if school closes.

Yeah, turns out that running all those MAGA wingnuts while kicking out their successful incumbent governor was, you could say, a bad Diehl for them.

She was mentally unstable AND seeking treatment. I think that’s the difference. She was heavily involved in treatment and was not to be left alone with the children. WHY would you leave her alone with the children? I think that’s why it’s awful all around. She wasn’t in her right mind and likely will be one day.

It’s a well-designed airport location — an island in the middle of the harbor connected to the mainland by a narrow land strip and a tunnel. The mainland being traffic snarled surface streets from the 17th century.

Gotta get everyone back in those offices.

Both sides are slow to post, but the statement from the school committee mentions step increases for staff like it's a gift. That's literally a basic minimum expectation that staff climb steps, unless they added steps...which, again, kind of a bare minimum to keep salaries growing once people hit the max.

Best I can do is 10% over 3 years but adding additional working days, which is one of but not the only issue.

In the old contract they got 2% a year which is quite frankly an insult. This is also one of the lowest salary grids I've seen in the state.

No fucking wonder they're striking.

Folks should also keep in mind that contract issues are often about more than pay. Adding 5 additional working days of PD that claim to be about "educator choice" but are often mind-numbing admin bloat is an additional 3% of working days and also pretty much universally considered a waste of time. And I'm willing to bet there are serious issues with class sizes and other working conditions beyond pay/days worked.

EDIT: They haven't had a real contract since 2020. Most districts (like mine) signed 1-year MOAs at our old salary increases. These staff have not had ANY raises since 2021, and have only increased their salaries by 2% over the last 2.5 years.

Wilmington was really easy the last time I went

I've also had good experiences at Garden Remedies. They have a small parking lot for adult use. Ethos in Watertown also has a lot for adult use as well.

It feels like people are either: (1) this poor mom - she had her life ruined by PPD or (2) there are no excuses, she’s a killer. Almost no one commenting here knows the extent of her PPD (although from rumors, it was pretty severe), who she was before PPD, the full backstory about how this played out or why this happened. It’s good to see people being aware of PPD, but blindly calling her a victim isn’t really a terribly bright take either.

I just know the kids were innocent here and what happened to them is awful. I feel like it’s really sad that everyone seems drawn to this story to give their uneducated take on the mom and what her fault is. I just feel for the kids who lives were needlessly taken

A Billion? It's only 1 mile or so, how is that possible?

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Good to see some people not drinking the kool aid

Ahh, I re-read and I see what you mean. Agreed that PPD doesn’t always progress to post partum psychosis

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Her comment was correct. PPD= Postpartum Depression.

I’ve had good experiences at Garden Remedies in Newton, though it’s been a year since I’ve last been around there. If you like ice cream, Cabot’s is half a block away.

Some edibles will specifically say what their effects or use case are so you can browse by that. Others might say indica or sativa. As a general, but not hard, guide you can think of indica strains as more the wind down variety.

You can also tell your person what kinda vibe you’re going for and they can guide you through options.