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Anatomy of a recent AI robocall and how I responded to it

On Friday, I received a call from 351-300-0683 which my phone identified as suspected spam. The caller ID showed up as “Ms. Leila’s NeighborSchool”, which I can find no evidence of on the internet so I suspect it no longer exists and the phone number was reassigned.

I declined the call, so it went to voicemail. The caller left this message:
#robocalls #spam #tcpa #CambridgeHonda #ClassAction #Cambridge #CambridgeMA #Boston #BostonMA
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Stumbled on this post in a vintage Boston group. I think folks here will enjoy this...

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Boston, July 18, 1972.

The Rolling Stones were supposed to play the Boston Garden that night. Fifteen thousand people were already inside, waiting for Mick, Keith and the boys to show up. Only problem was, the Stones weren't anywhere near Boston. Fog had forced their plane to land at T.F. Green in Rhode Island, and while they were waiting to get out of there, an altercation with police ended with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and three others getting hauled off to jail. Meanwhile, back at the Garden, 15,000 people were sitting around wondering what the hell was going on.

Stevie Wonder kept playing to buy some time, but everybody knew nobody had come to the Garden that night just to see Stevie. Boston was also dealing with trouble in the South End, so Mayor Kevin White had a decision to make. He needed his cops in the streets, but he also had a Garden full of angry Stones fans who had been waiting all night. So White went down there himself and started making calls. Somehow he got the Stones sprung from the Rhode Island lockup on $50 bail and into his personal custody.

Then the mayor walked onto the Garden stage, sleeves rolled up and tie loosened, and told 15,000 people, “The Stones have been busted, but I have sprung them!” The place went nuts. White arranged for the MBTA to stay open late, kept the crowd occupied while the Stones headed north with a police escort, and at one point was even throwing a football into the stands. You couldn't make this stuff up.

The Stones finally hit the Garden stage around 12:45 in the morning and played until after 2. They were hours late, but the crowd was still there. Nobody went home empty-handed, and Boston avoided what could have been one hell of a mess.

That's the kind of Boston story I love. No fancy press conference. No committee meeting. Just Kevin White walking into a packed Garden full of pissed-off people and basically saying, “Relax. They're coming.”

And somehow, the mayor pulled it off.

The Stones played. The crowd went home happy and Boston got one hell of a story.

#Boston #BostonMA #BostonGarden #RollingStones #KevinWhite #KevinFromHeaven

Stumbled on this post in a vintage Boston group. I think folks here will enjoy this...

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Boston, July 18, 1972.

The Rolling Stones were supposed to play the Boston Garden that night. Fifteen thousand people were already inside, waiting for Mick, Keith and the boys to show up. Only problem was, the Stones weren't anywhere near Boston. Fog had forced their plane to land at T.F. Green in Rhode Island, and while they were waiting to get out of there, an altercation with police ended with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and three others getting hauled off to jail. Meanwhile, back at the Garden, 15,000 people were sitting around wondering what the hell was going on.

Stevie Wonder kept playing to buy some time, but everybody knew nobody had come to the Garden that night just to see Stevie. Boston was also dealing with trouble in the South End, so Mayor Kevin White had a decision to make. He needed his cops in the streets, but he also had a Garden full of angry Stones fans who had been waiting all night. So White went down there himself and started making calls. Somehow he got the Stones sprung from the Rhode Island lockup on $50 bail and into his personal custody.

Then the mayor walked onto the Garden stage, sleeves rolled up and tie loosened, and told 15,000 people, “The Stones have been busted, but I have sprung them!” The place went nuts. White arranged for the MBTA to stay open late, kept the crowd occupied while the Stones headed north with a police escort, and at one point was even throwing a football into the stands. You couldn't make this stuff up.

The Stones finally hit the Garden stage around 12:45 in the morning and played until after 2. They were hours late, but the crowd was still there. Nobody went home empty-handed, and Boston avoided what could have been one hell of a mess.

That's the kind of Boston story I love. No fancy press conference. No committee meeting. Just Kevin White walking into a packed Garden full of pissed-off people and basically saying, “Relax. They're coming.”

And somehow, the mayor pulled it off.

The Stones played. The crowd went home happy and Boston got one hell of a story.

#Boston #BostonMA #BostonGarden #RollingStones #KevinWhite #KevinFromHeaven

Stumbled on this post in a vintage Boston group. I think folks here will enjoy this...

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Boston, July 18, 1972.

The Rolling Stones were supposed to play the Boston Garden that night. Fifteen thousand people were already inside, waiting for Mick, Keith and the boys to show up. Only problem was, the Stones weren't anywhere near Boston. Fog had forced their plane to land at T.F. Green in Rhode Island, and while they were waiting to get out of there, an altercation with police ended with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and three others getting hauled off to jail. Meanwhile, back at the Garden, 15,000 people were sitting around wondering what the hell was going on.

Stevie Wonder kept playing to buy some time, but everybody knew nobody had come to the Garden that night just to see Stevie. Boston was also dealing with trouble in the South End, so Mayor Kevin White had a decision to make. He needed his cops in the streets, but he also had a Garden full of angry Stones fans who had been waiting all night. So White went down there himself and started making calls. Somehow he got the Stones sprung from the Rhode Island lockup on $50 bail and into his personal custody.

Then the mayor walked onto the Garden stage, sleeves rolled up and tie loosened, and told 15,000 people, “The Stones have been busted, but I have sprung them!” The place went nuts. White arranged for the MBTA to stay open late, kept the crowd occupied while the Stones headed north with a police escort, and at one point was even throwing a football into the stands. You couldn't make this stuff up.

The Stones finally hit the Garden stage around 12:45 in the morning and played until after 2. They were hours late, but the crowd was still there. Nobody went home empty-handed, and Boston avoided what could have been one hell of a mess.

That's the kind of Boston story I love. No fancy press conference. No committee meeting. Just Kevin White walking into a packed Garden full of pissed-off people and basically saying, “Relax. They're coming.”

And somehow, the mayor pulled it off.

The Stones played. The crowd went home happy and Boston got one hell of a story.

#Boston #BostonMA #BostonGarden #RollingStones #KevinWhite #KevinFromHeaven

Stumbled on this post in a vintage Boston group. I think folks here will enjoy this...

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Boston, July 18, 1972.

The Rolling Stones were supposed to play the Boston Garden that night. Fifteen thousand people were already inside, waiting for Mick, Keith and the boys to show up. Only problem was, the Stones weren't anywhere near Boston. Fog had forced their plane to land at T.F. Green in Rhode Island, and while they were waiting to get out of there, an altercation with police ended with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and three others getting hauled off to jail. Meanwhile, back at the Garden, 15,000 people were sitting around wondering what the hell was going on.

Stevie Wonder kept playing to buy some time, but everybody knew nobody had come to the Garden that night just to see Stevie. Boston was also dealing with trouble in the South End, so Mayor Kevin White had a decision to make. He needed his cops in the streets, but he also had a Garden full of angry Stones fans who had been waiting all night. So White went down there himself and started making calls. Somehow he got the Stones sprung from the Rhode Island lockup on $50 bail and into his personal custody.

Then the mayor walked onto the Garden stage, sleeves rolled up and tie loosened, and told 15,000 people, “The Stones have been busted, but I have sprung them!” The place went nuts. White arranged for the MBTA to stay open late, kept the crowd occupied while the Stones headed north with a police escort, and at one point was even throwing a football into the stands. You couldn't make this stuff up.

The Stones finally hit the Garden stage around 12:45 in the morning and played until after 2. They were hours late, but the crowd was still there. Nobody went home empty-handed, and Boston avoided what could have been one hell of a mess.

That's the kind of Boston story I love. No fancy press conference. No committee meeting. Just Kevin White walking into a packed Garden full of pissed-off people and basically saying, “Relax. They're coming.”

And somehow, the mayor pulled it off.

The Stones played. The crowd went home happy and Boston got one hell of a story.

#Boston #BostonMA #BostonGarden #RollingStones #KevinWhite #KevinFromHeaven

Stumbled on this post in a vintage Boston group. I think folks here will enjoy this...

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Boston, July 18, 1972.

The Rolling Stones were supposed to play the Boston Garden that night. Fifteen thousand people were already inside, waiting for Mick, Keith and the boys to show up. Only problem was, the Stones weren't anywhere near Boston. Fog had forced their plane to land at T.F. Green in Rhode Island, and while they were waiting to get out of there, an altercation with police ended with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and three others getting hauled off to jail. Meanwhile, back at the Garden, 15,000 people were sitting around wondering what the hell was going on.

Stevie Wonder kept playing to buy some time, but everybody knew nobody had come to the Garden that night just to see Stevie. Boston was also dealing with trouble in the South End, so Mayor Kevin White had a decision to make. He needed his cops in the streets, but he also had a Garden full of angry Stones fans who had been waiting all night. So White went down there himself and started making calls. Somehow he got the Stones sprung from the Rhode Island lockup on $50 bail and into his personal custody.

Then the mayor walked onto the Garden stage, sleeves rolled up and tie loosened, and told 15,000 people, “The Stones have been busted, but I have sprung them!” The place went nuts. White arranged for the MBTA to stay open late, kept the crowd occupied while the Stones headed north with a police escort, and at one point was even throwing a football into the stands. You couldn't make this stuff up.

The Stones finally hit the Garden stage around 12:45 in the morning and played until after 2. They were hours late, but the crowd was still there. Nobody went home empty-handed, and Boston avoided what could have been one hell of a mess.

That's the kind of Boston story I love. No fancy press conference. No committee meeting. Just Kevin White walking into a packed Garden full of pissed-off people and basically saying, “Relax. They're coming.”

And somehow, the mayor pulled it off.

The Stones played. The crowd went home happy and Boston got one hell of a story.

#Boston #BostonMA #BostonGarden #RollingStones #KevinWhite #KevinFromHeaven

#3GoodThings @3goodthings

1. It's a beautiful day today, sunny and 80°F.

2. Picnic lunch date on the #motorcycle with Spouse, eating lunch and then walking by the river, culminating in…

3. Discovered a new ice cream place, https://www.naturalfruttiberri.com, which has absolutely amazing Saffron & Rose soft serve.
#Boston #BostonMA #Watertown #WatertownMA #food

RE: https://mastodon.social/@starluna/117178735851915855

@starluna tagging me here gives me an opportunity to provide an update about what Boston poll-workers have been told regarding Feds showing up at the polls.

This is a long thread, so buckle up.
#Boston #BostonMA #politics #MAPoli #BosPoli #elections #voting #pollWorker

Bottom line up front: Feds at polls are considered observers, and if they don’t follow the rules observers are required to follow they can be removed or arrested if they refuse to leave.

Read on for more.
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#BostonMA - #FixitClinic: Boston Building Resources

Saturday, September 12⋅1:00 – 4:00pm

Boston Building Resources
100 Terrace St,
Boston, MA 02120, USA

Free, but items must be pre-registered.

ALWAYS RECONFIRM DAY/TIME/LOCATION WITH THE VENUE
-Register items at https://bit.ly/itemcheckin
-Volunteer to Fixit Coach or observe at http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup

"Check in your repair project for Fixit Clinic. Neighbors working together on repair projects, with some neighbors volunteering to generously share their time, tools and expertise to aid in assessment, disassembly, troubleshooting and possible repair.
✓Bring your broken item with all parts necessary to recreate the symptoms (carry-in only: no oversize items)
✓Bring any parts and tools you already own that might be helpful (e.g. hand tools, sewing supplies)
✓Come ready to describe what’s wrong and what you’ve tried
✓Bring your exuberance for trying new things and sharing your knowledge with others
Whether you fix it or not, you'll learn more about how it was manufactured and how it worked, ready to share your new-found skills and insight with friends, neighbors, and the community at large. (Hopefully you’ll be inspired to become a #FixitCoach yourself.)

* Get a head start: join the 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙞𝙭𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧 for online help and advice: follow the instructions in this Google Doc: https://bit.ly/joinglobalfixers

* Afterwards: please fill out the Repair Project Report form to help others: http://bit.ly/brokenitemreport
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* Community repairers (or aspiring repairers, e.g. "fixing families") are always welcome to help fix or simply observe: sign up at http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBewZzwa_ZJQW7USbx4lHc2ykCvvytjmr6_2-6m4C-HdBTww/viewform?pli=1

#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesMassachusetts #BostonFixItClinics #RightToRepair #FixIt #MassachusettsEvents #RepairCafesBoston #BuildingCommunity #SharingKnowledge

'Dangerous' air quality in Detroit, Minneapolis as thick wildfire smoke shrouds the sky for millions

Smoke from wildfires burning in Ontario have caused air quality to reach "dangerous" levels across Canada, and the northeastern and midwestern United States. And it could get worse before conditions improve.

By Brian Lada, AccuWeather meteorologist

Published Jul 15, 2026 11:50 AM EDT | Updated Jul 16, 2026

" Massive plumes of smoke are descending across parts of Canada and the United States, creating dangerous air quality and scenes reminiscent of the historic wildfire smoke outbreak from three summers ago.

" 'In 2023, a major fire outbreak in Quebec caused days of unhealthy air quality in the northeastern U.S.,' AccuWeather Vice President of Forecast Operations Dan DePodwin said. 'This event could cause similar levels of poor air quality in spots.'

"Air quality alerts have been issued for millions of people, including across all of #Connecticut, #Delaware, #Massachusetts, #Michigan, #NewHampshire, #NewJersey, #NewYork, #Ohio, #Pennsylvania, #RhodeIsland and #Wisconsin.

"Over 800 wildfires are currently burning across Canada, including dozens that are out of control across western #Ontario, the source of most of the smoke. 'Many of these fires may have been started by lightning,' AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson said.

"On Wednesday, #Toronto had some of the worst air quality in North America, reaching 'very unhealthy' levels with an AQI of 220. #BostonMA was not far behind with an unhealthy AQI of 147.

" 'When the AQI climbs into the 150+ range for a full day outside, that’s in the ballpark of [smoking] 7 to 9 cigarettes,' Dr. Jonathan M. Tan, division chief of General Anesthesiology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told AccuWeather.

"Conditions deteriorated by Thursday morning, with widespread "dangerous" air quality across nearly all the Great Lakes region and into parts of the Northeast. Minneapolis and Duluth, Minnesota, as well as Detroit, were among the worst cities at daybreak Thursday, with AQIs over 340.

" 'Any exposure to the air, even for a few minutes, can lead to serious health effects on everybody,' Plume Labs said.
Avoid outdoor activities.' "

Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/dangerous-air-quality-in-detroit-minneapolis-as-thick-wildfire-smoke-shrouds-the-sky-for-millions/1911870

#CanadianWildfires #CRBox #AirQuality
#WildfireSmoke #AQI #HEPAFilters #CorsiRosenthalBox #AirCleaners #Masks #ParticulateMatter #RespiratorMasks #StayIndoors #HazardousAir #AirQualityAlert

U2, R.O.K., 1981 on Island Records

Punny title (you too, are ok or U2 are ok) aside, great early EP for the European market from U2. The live tracks on the b-side are from their appearance at the Paradise in Boston in March 1981 – about 8 years later my freshman dorm room would be a block away.

This was the first single (“Fire”) from the debut full-length album Boy, though there had been the EP Three and ~5 other singles before this

My copy—via A1 Records in NYC—is from the first pressing for the German marked, pressed by Sonopress in Gütersloh.

#A1Records #BostonMA #Germany #IslandRecords #NYC #Paradise #Sonopress #SonopressGmbH #U2 #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

I found a list of #NewEngland #PowWows! Some have already passed, but they usually happen around the same time every year (at least the ones in Maine). This may not be a complete list...

New England (Plus) Powwow & Event Schedule 2025

May 3 Spring Awakening PowWow 435 WMain St #TiltonNH - 603-723-4982 nhinac.org/

May 4 UMass Boston Pow wow 100 Morrissey Blvd #BostonMA [email protected]

May 10 Dartmouth 1 E Wheelock St #HanoverNH [email protected] 603-646-2110

May 17-18 UNACC’s 28th Annual Unity Days Powwow 29 Antietam Street #DevensMA [email protected]

May 24-25 #OdenongPowwow 21 Mattoon St #AmherstMA [email protected]

May 24-25 AIS Powwow Camp Marshall 92 McCormick Rd #SpencerMA

May 31 - June 1 #AlsteadNH PowWow Millot Field Chief Paul Bunnell @ 978-337-9085

May 31 -June 1 42nd WIIC Powwow 394 Pleasant Dale Rd #RutlandMA Wiiccenter.com

June 6-7 #MetisOfME Powwow Yellow Feather Cultural Center - 106 Gould Road, #DaytonME 207-838-1956

June 14-15 #Wollomonuppoag 51st Annual PowWow 947 Park St, #AttleboroMA 508-838-4478

June 27-29 LIHA Good Time PW 117 Osgood Road, #SanborntonNH 03269 www.lihaofnh.net

July 12-13 #MtKearsarge Indian Museum Powwow 18 Highlawn Rd #WarnerNH [email protected]

July 19-20 Wells PowWow Harbor Pk 331 Harbor Rd, #WellsME 603-723-4982 nhinac.org

August 2-3 #Pocumtuck Homeland Festival Unity Park #TurnersFallsMA [email protected]

August 16-17 #Mohegan Wigwam Festival 340 Massapeag Side Rd #UncasvilleCT

August 23-24 #FourDirections #InteribalPowwow 200 Mountain View Dr #DixfieldME 207-740-0375

August 31 - Sept 1 LIHA Labor Day Powwow 117 Osgood Road, #SanborntonNH www.lihaofnh.net

September 6-7 42nd Annual #Nipmuck Powwow Lake Siog Park Dug Hill Rd #HollandMA 508-347-7829

Source: WanderingBull.com

#NewEnglandPowWows #PowWows #MetisOfMaine #2025PowWows #NativeAmericans #Intertribal #Metis

The Mass Pike should be narrowed! But MassDOT is insisting they need to design for 20% more cars than are there today, and that could cost the project hundreds of millions of dollars.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/04/16/the-path-forward-for-allstons-highway-megaproject-is-getting-narrower

#Massachusetts #MassPike #MassDOT #AllstonMA #AllstonBrighton #RoadDiet #urbanism #BostonMA

#BostonMA protest calls for end of war in #Gaza, release of activist #MahmoudKhalil

Nationwide demonstrations were scheduled this weekend to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil

By Thea DiGiammerino, March 16, 2025

"Hundreds calling for the end of the war in Gaza rallied in the streets of Boston Sunday, one of many demonstrations across the country protesting not only the violence but also recent action by the Trump administration toward a man who was arrested by immigration officials after speaking out about the issue.

"Chanting '#FreePalestine,' and other mottos calling for the end of the war, the crowd gathered in Copley Square then marched to the Mass. Ave Bridge, where they blocked traffic for around 10 minutes before moving off the streets.

"Massachusetts State Police said they monitored the event and no arrests were made."

[...]

"'When the Trump administration detained multiple people from the #PalestineMovement we could have seen our communities react in fear, we could have seen hundreds of Bostonians staying home today. And that’s not what we’re seeing because we know people will stand up against this #bullying,' one attendee told NBC10 Boston.

"Tensions over the situation in the Middle East and the #Trump administration's policies concerning the war remain high. Last week, the #DepartmentOfEducation issued a warning to 60 colleges and universities that they were under investigation for allegations of antisemitism. The Department of Justice also announced the creation of a federal task force to investigate the issue, and said Boston would be one of the cities targeted in the work."

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/hundreds-rally-calling-for-end-to-war-in-gaza-release-of-activist-mahmoud-khalil/3660014/
#USPol #FreeMahmoudKhalil #FreeSpeech #ResistFascism #ResistDOGE #ResistICE

Id0l Jam is happening in September in Somerville! :mexcitedmiku:

After there was some issue with the venue for the summer, Metam0re is now hosting Autumn Id0l Jam on September 29 at Arts at the Armory in Somerville. A day of Idol Showcases, singing, cosplay, and other idol and anime related stuff. (And now conveniently located in my city, no more needing to take the commuter rail :TamakoLaugh: .)

More info, and applications for performances and for vending space (I think they're especially looking for more artists to vend, anyone who's got some nerdy stuff to sell): https://autumnid0ljam.carrd.co/

#Id0lJam #AutumnId0lJam #SummerId0lJam #Id0lJam2024 #Convention #Conventions #AnimeConvention #AnimeConventions #AnimeCon #AnimeCons #Anime #Idol #IdolAnime #IdolCosplay #IdolCosplayer #Kaigai #KaigaiIdol #Cosplay #Cosplayer #Somerville #SomervilleMA #Boston #BostonMA #CambridgeMA #Artist #FanArtist #ArtistAlley

Metam0re is looking for vendors/artists for Summer Id0l Jam 2024, to be held on July 27th in Framingham, MA. It's a free entry single day idol-themed con-type event, mainly featuring idol showcases (plural!!! :mexcitedmiku: ), singing, and a cosplay contest. Last year's was easily one of the most fun events of the year. They're looking to grow it out a lot this year, in one way by having a market area for vendors. (Because we clearly need another way to spend money on merch. The Miku pin I bought at the artist alley last weekend was a need, it was Miku day! :leafeonmoney: ) Figure I should post about it here since word tends to spread mainly on instagram, but there are a decent number of fanartists and folks in the Northeast US/Boston-area specifically on Fedi!

Info link: https://summerid0ljam.carrd.co/#applicati0ns

#Id0lJam #SummerId0lJam #Idol #Conventions #Convention #AnimeCon #AnimeCons #AnimeConvention #AnimeConventions #Artist #Artists #Fanart #Fanartist #BostonMA #Boston #Framingham #Massachusetts

Hey #Boston #Cambridge #Somerville area folks! Do you enjoy sci-fi? What about westerns? What about short-lived sci-fi westerns from the early 2000's?
Every Friday in April the show that I direct & produce - Junebug: an Improvised Space Western - is running at the Green Room in Union Square. I'm very proud of this cast; consider checking us out sometime this month!

#BostonMA #CambridgeMA #SomervilleMA #ThingsToDoInBoston #ThingsToDoBoston
#Improv #BostonComedy #ShamelessPlug