#bostonma — Public Fediverse posts
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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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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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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
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Well, there were over 100,000 folks protesting in #BostonMA, over 10,000 folks protesting in #PortlandME, and 500,000 folks protesting in #London. I'd say voices were heard! YES!!!
#FightTheRight #RightWing #NoKings3 #UKProtests #USProtests #USPol #UKPol
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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
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#DHS detains grad student who advocated for #Palestine and the "humanity of all people"
#RumeysaOzturk, a student at #TuftsUniversity, drew the attention of a pro-Israel group for co-authoring an op-ed
By Charles R. Davis
Published March 26, 2025 10:01AM Updated March 26, 2025 5:27PM (EDT)"The Trump administration has detained a Tufts University graduate student exactly one year after she coauthored a plea for 'the equal dignity and #humanity of all people,' including Palestinians.
"Rumeysa Ozturk, a native of Turkey, was 'ambushed' late Tuesday outside her apartment, according to a statement that her attorney provided to The Boston Globe. Neighbors had seen agents in #UnmarkedCars monitoring her apartment for two days prior to the arrest, the outlet reported.
"'Her arrest comes after the #ProIsrael group #CanaryMission flagged Ozturk for having 'engaged in anti-Israel activism in March 2024.'"
Read more:
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/26/dhs-detains-grad-student-advocated-for-palestine-and-the-humanity-of-all-people/
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pro tip: if you're taking commuter rail into and out of Boston on a day with a Red Sox game, you might not need to buy a ticket.
They didn't check either inbound or outbound.
(I bought and activated my tickets anyway, I think public transit is worth supporting.)
But now I'm realizing maybe I should have checked, and maybe this is an explicit policy on this line on game days?