There is definitely a lot of that. If you mark one Square merchant as spam the rest get marked as well. Had a bunch of people trying to resubscribe through our website that were already on our list, and they were all going to spam when we reached out.

We try to do a good job of sending infrequently and only with important updates, so I think that helps a lot too.

Square won't show the email if you're not opted in. But it is possible to download the email list, so merchants might be grabbing it and then emailing through other tools, or re-uploading to Square as new customers.

I think they made a change so opting in is across their network, rather than per merchant.

Opting out of one also opted out of all at one point (I never get these), but they might have changed that too, wouldn't surprise me. I've definitely seen an increase in customers who are opted in.

Square (and probably other POS systems) keeps a profile and attempts to associate all of your cards with them, which is shared across all merchants who use their system. If you opt in for one business (usually by asking for an email receipt), you're in for all of them.

As a customer who hates unsolicited email, it is supremely annoying.

As someone who helps with marketing for a small business, it's absolutely a super valuable tool. Seen very low unsubscribe rates too, so most customers seem to find it valuable as well.

Cambridge Common has a good one. Not too ridiculous with accoutrements but their spicy mix is awesome.

Central Square outdoor public restroom.

You probably have to be a member but the Walden Meats eggnog is easily the best I've ever tried.

Look at historical prices here during the 2008 disaster. They barely dipped at all. There’s no crash coming to wait for.

Need to do 55F+ if you have pipes in exterior walls. The inside of those walls is cold as hell and will not be the same temp as your interior.

They're offering big rebates to switch from fossil fuel heating to heat pumps, either ground or air sourced:

https://www.masssave.com/en/saving/residential-rebates/air-source-heat-pumps

https://www.masssave.com/en/saving/residential-rebates/ground-source-heat-pumps

If you have natural gas this will probably cost you more on monthly basis because these use electric power. But if you have oil chances are you'll be saving money, and also have a warmer house (plus AC in the summer).

For a smaller rebate you could augment your oil heat with these to reduce your oil bill and make the house a little warmer. My parents are running that setup in Maine and it is a huge improvement over oil alone.

Installation cost and effort depends on the system, house size, wether you have existing ductwork that can be utilized, are OK with wall head units, etc.

I spent $10k for a 24k BTU system with two head units on our 1200sqft townhouse, took about two days to install. Runs to around $200/month in electric costs middle of winter / peak of summer for a very comfy temp.

Would start by talking to some installers about options/costs, and mention you're specifically looking to utilize these rebates. They have 0% loans that might be an option too.

Pretty safe bet the person who needed to hear this is already aware of that and chose not to care, but maybe you're helping.

I agree in principal but the MBTA is so organizationally broken and seemingly incapable of being fixed, there might not be a better option.

Maybe smaller transit departments built with a fresh start and some foundational charter to eventually merge with larger systems isn't a horrible idea?

But obviously the #1 is completely useless if it ends at MIT instead of continuing into Boston. You can pretty much walk anywhere you need to go in Cambridge so a municipal bus system wouldn't do much without extending past the borders.

IDK hard problem.

You might be annoying

And/or need to get off oil heat with those MassSave rebates.

That process kicked off 10 years ago when the extension was announced.

Summit Hotel at Sunday River hits all your asks, can usually find some decent prices if you're flexible on dates. They have a big outdoor heated pool too.

A couple did. I've actually seen way more fall activity from them in years past though.

It's pretty normal. https://diygardening.co.uk/gardening-blog/bulbs-growing-winter/

coldest trip ever

MassSave has big new rebates for moving from gas heat to all minisplits. I’d start there and then add solar with batteries if your roof exposure works for it.

Completely uninformed guess is that an electric water heater paired with electric solar panels will be better than using roof space for solar water heating, but that’d be worth confirming too.

I saw a heat pump equipped electric water heater on a recent This Old House episode, adds a ton of efficiency and might be feasible?

Maybe leaving the gas water heater in place until you get solar electric would be a good compromise.

You could try not speeding too.

There are a lot of scams related to this, so would suggest starting with government websites to make sure you're getting good information: https://www.energyswitchma.gov/#/

Some municipalities (Cambridge, Boston, etc) offer community rates and those are generally your best option. In addition to a better rate, the rate itself is locked in for extended periods, buying you a little time from Eversource's price increase.

The commercial providers usually don't have as much of a discount if any, and some of them will increase the rate on your after an introductory price while locking you into a contract you can't cancel.

I hope not.

In Boston proper, probably Lucky Strike (skeeball etc) over A4cade (pinball and retro machines).

A4 is really fun and has a great drink service though.

Having recently visited Brooklyn I can confirm we are still solidly in second place to NYC. Gotta step it up.

Example of said nonsense.

Pretty disappointing.

All the conspiracy shit about voting irregularity had to have played into this. Saw a bunch of uninformed comments on mass subreddits about people being able to vote because they have a license and other nonsense.

seriously

think thats kinda the idea behind this question