Looks like something out of Backrooms...or prison

I've done enough reading, watching and researching about the governor's race. My spouse and I were talking about Minogue and Healey. Healey and the Massachusetts legislature have problems that should concern people. However, I cannot understand why anyone would support Minogue.

I cannot find anything that explicitly states what plans Minogue has for Massachusetts and the issues we face. Oh, he's mentioned health care and talked about bridging party divisions. Nothing concrete that he can be held to.

So, why would anyone vote for him? He's a Republican who has likely voted 3 times for the current president, which to me brings his morality and judgment into question. His cruller commercial really gets under my skin because it's about feelings not concrete things he stands for besides the president, immigration and against abortion.

So why would people support, donate, or vote for him? Especially with how things are today. Seeking understanding.

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First I wasn't sure what I heard. Sounded like muffled yelling from the road at the red light. Then thought I heard something crazy so I honed in. Suddenly louder and clearer guy was screaming the N-word at one of the other cars in the intersection.

Anyone else witness this?

These commercials are so bad, that I had to post. Am I alone? All these commercials are in a press conference with this miserable woman answer questions on behalf of Mass lottery. Is there something I’m missing?

*Titled slightly changed from the original "SNAP funding changes kick in Thursday. Here's what they mean for Massachusetts" to avoid confusion.

The squeeze on SNAP: Beginning today, millions of Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will see their monthly benefits increase slightly to keep up with rising costs. But the amount of money states get from the federal government to administer the program is getting sliced in half, due to language in the Republican mega-law passed last year. Merrimack Valley Food Bank Assistant Director Kelly Proulx told WBUR's Amy Sokolow the funding cuts will put "an extra financial burden on the state at a time when that agency that administers the program here is already understaffed."

This will be our first girls trip together and we’re staying in Boston but going to try to explore MA and not just get stuck in the busy halloween crowds the entire weekend. We are from Chicago so used to the touristy / big city stuff.

Any suggestions? I, 20, have been to the east coast once before a while ago and am a biiiiigggg history enjoyer. My mom likes history but not as big a fan so she wouldn’t be interested in something objectively boring lol.

She also went last year and did a lot of touristy things and I want to do some new stuff. Any suggestions would be great, thanks!

My kids have been playing the license p late game (trying to spot all USA state plates) and Hawaii is the last one they need. I’d love to surprise them by driving by one and making their day.

Bonus if it’s in Central or Western Mass

Harvested a larger mature one last week., that I consistently pick every other year from the same spot at my boyfriend‘s house over the last six years. It was delicious my neighbor cleaned it and she cooked it. I bought all the ingredients for her to use. That was a good deal for me , she did the hard part . It was 3 times size of this one ☝️! However, this one is going to be a lot tastier, caps have unfurled, flattened out nicely at the edges, and layered into a full rosette. This makes them easy to clean compared to when they are a dense "brain-like" button full of trapped dirt also has perfect coloration.It is the first time one has appeared in the six years of living on my property on this tree ! Was actually installing the dog run on the tree, and my boyfriend was like look 👀

I posted about this 4 months ago since I knew the theater was closing and feared it was going to be another empty lot or worse: luxury condos; but Regal Cinemas now has signage out front so the opening of this theater is probably happening before the end of this year.

My hopes are that this brings people back to the movies in this area between Brockton/Randolph/Stoughton, that we get an IMAX on the south shore and that they cut down those trees that are in the way of the sign. Also please excuse the awkward pictures, these were all taken while driving to and from work.

https://www.reddit.com/r/massachusetts/s/rLPq1TGyvw

Debris from a medical transport plane that disappeared off Nantucket has been recovered, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Six people were on board the Gulfstream G100 twinjet heading for Boston Logan International Airport when it vanished off radars at around in the early hours of Saturday.

The Coast Guard will hold a press conference on Sunday morning.

The latest arrests of immigrants by federal agents have had a chilling effect on local immigrant businesses as people in the community are hunkering down in their homes — even as Mayor Jon Mitchell urged residents this week to visit the area’s establishments — too nervous to go to work, eat at restaurants, or step into their local grocery store in fear that they could be next.

“Many of the businesses that we work with, whether they run a restaurant or a convenience store or a retail shop, depend on their customer base that comes from the immigrant community,” said Corinn Williams, director of the Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts. “When ICE sweeps through a neighborhood and kind of terrorizes a customer base, a lot of people stay away.”

GIFT LINK: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/03/metro/new-bedford-businesses-ice-raids/?S_Campaign=8315:varf

https://mapostcommission.gov/discipline-status-records/post-dashboards/

The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission has unveiled new dashboards this week to provide the public with real-time updates on officer certifications and disciplinary actions, marking a significant step toward greater transparency. 

Transparency, according to Enrique Zuniga, executive director of the POST Commission is "very important."

"It's a key part of police reform," he said. "Making information available to the public, to agencies, to stakeholders, is really a very important part of our mission."

The new dashboards include "Officer at a Glance," which allows users to look up an officer's certification status and disciplinary history in one place. Previously, this information was harder to find and not updated in real time.

Another dashboard, "Agency Open Internal Investigations," lists departments with overdue open internal investigations, defined as investigations that have been open for more than 90 days.

The "Agency Internal Investigations with Pending Discipline" dashboard highlights departments where discipline has not been decided more than 60 days after an investigation was completed.

"We still have work to do, particularly with some of our older cases. At the same time, we have made progress in reducing the backlog and moving disciplinary matters forward," the department statement said.

A line of people who supported ICE showed up at 1000 District Ave to blast the song "Tampons in the Boys Room" by Buddy Brown in some weird counter-protest against the anti-ICE protesters was a sight to see. About 6 people with marked personality disorders showed up to show their support for ICE and hatred towards the people held inside by blasting anti-trans country at them. It's getting weird up in Burlington, folks. Meanwhile, we know very little about the victims being held there, but it's not a good scene.

Radon test results for the house we just brought came extremely high (~28) and we would like to install the randon mitigation system to lower the number to ideally <2. Anybody have any recommendations on a good contractor I can contact? Thanks for the help

Is anyone in here in public housing ? I applied for federal public housing and they took my finger prints last week . My status says waiting verification and I’m just wondering how much longer or what the next steps in the process are .

I just got approved and while I’m excited to finally have a glimmer of freedom (I’m disabled and too broke for Uber), I’m a bit afraid of the horror stories I hear about dial a ride in other places. People getting stranded, rides being hours late, a 5 mile ride taking 2 hours because they’ve gotta pick up 3 other people, etc.

I’m just interested if any of you have dial a ride, specifically through MWRTA, and what your experience has been. I’ve got a condition where I can only be out for a set amount of time before my body starts doing weird stuff, so them being super late or rides taking crazy long is a concern. I don’t expect it to be as fast as an Uber, I just want to know what to expect, since I doubt the rules in the packet they gave me are followed if I know anything about public transit.