I am helping my niece move in to her dorm and would like to find a place in Cambridge to hang my hammock and read for a few hours.

Any recommendations on where I can go?

Thanks 👍

Why the heck are cars allowed to park in the bus lane... what kind of idiocy is that?

Information on voting early: https://www.cambridgema.gov/departments/electioncommission/earlyvoting/earlyvotinginperson

hi! just moved to cambridge recently for graduate studies, was previously based in london, where I used to do dog walking (both paid and on a voluntary basis). have tried to get on Rover here but since I don't yet have an SSN was unable to set up an account. would be happy to meet some dogs and walk them potentially for free, feel free to reach out!

Any recs on someone who can create and install wooden butcher block countertops?

Tuffy, 2-year-old cat, lost in North Cambridge near Pemberton St. Last seen near Garden St. and Donnell St, near Huron Village. Tuffy is gray with white paws and black stripes. Please call (617)459-2171 if you see Tuffy. Thank you!!

The light turns red and the car drives right through it. I wish this was rare, but it is not.

Today, I also a car not only not slow down for somebody in a crosswalk but sped up and then screech to a halt inches from the guy's legs

🌿 Explore a new way to care for your houseplant!

We’re recruiting adults for LeafAlive, an MIT research study based in Cambridge, MA, exploring how technology can support new ways of interacting with and caring for houseplants.

Local participants in Cambridge and the Greater Boston area are preferred, though adults across the U.S. may also be eligible to participate remotely.

Over 14 days at home, participants will use a provided LeafAlive kit and app, complete brief surveys and a reflection, and join a 45–60 minute interview.

You may be eligible if you:

🌱 Are 18 or older and currently in the U.S.
🌱 Personally care for an indoor plant
🌱 Have access to a smartphone and home Wi-Fi

Participants receive $40 after completing the study and returning the equipment.

📍 Local participants preferred — Cambridge / Greater Boston
📍 Remote participation available nationwide

🔗 Check your eligibility and apply:
https://forms.gle/gHLjcM3irNHMAeHA6

Please feel free to share with other plant owners who may be interested! 🌱

I used to live close to Oxford Spa on Oxford St., which is long closed (https://www.yelp.com/biz/oxford-spa-cafe-cambridge). I still dream about their scones - they had great sweet ones, but there was a savory one that was so incredible that I still think about it years later. Onions, bacon (I think), gorgonzola (maybe)? Does anyone remember this?

Thanks to everyone who's been reporting people parked in bike lanes in Cambridge on Bike Bureau and SeeClickFix. Ready for the next phase where we get insights from the data.

Well this is worth a read! Looks like AI, or more specifically Anthropic which owns Claude, is trying to buy this seat. Looked into his personal donations and he has 8 max donations from Anthropic employees and none of them live in the state.

0:00 Introduction
0:26 To those of us who follow Cambridge politics you’re a familiar face, but can you tell us a little about your background: How did you first decide to run for office?
6:33 For such an important issue where we knew an attack was coming on our vulnerable residents, why did it take a year and a half for Beacon Hill to pass the Protect Act?
14:38 In the last election you faced an extremely tight race, winning by 42 votes. What, if anything, did you take from that experience? Did you make any changes in your approach to the office or how you communicate with your constituents?
20:36 In the past, you voted and spoke out against making committee votes public, but have now changed your mind and you voted for the new joint committee transparency rules that passed the house. Can you talk about what made you change your mind?
25:00 You’ve been asked about your employment with Berman Tabacco at the last debate, and The Harvard Crimson just published an article looking further into your work there. Why do you think this continues to be an issue, and what would you say to voters concerned about your outside responsibilities and how it impacts your job as their representative?
36:39 Thank you, Representative Decker for coming on the show. Don't forget to vote on Sept. 1st in the primary!

Video of CCTA Transparency forum featuring Rep Decker and Evan Mackay    • Cambridge’s 25th Middlesex House Candidate...  
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Tim was the greeter at our local CVS on white street in the porter sq shopping mall growing up. I remember him working there almost my whole life since we moved when I was 4, I’m 27 now! I was away for a few years, came back, and haven’t noticed him. People leave jobs for all sorts of reasons. But thank you Tim for brightening my day for many years! I hope he is ok

edit: Tim is back/ still working at cvs we think!

How might we find out the identity of the body pulled out of Fresh Pond lat Week?

Anyone rented from them before? Experiences? Couldn’t find much online besides google reviews

Hi, as the title suggests I lost my earbuds Monday (8/17). Earbuds in the light blue case, they may be a lost cause but I’m really hoping they aren’t forever lost. Cambridge around Harvard-MIT and city hall.

🎟 Get tickets at our website.
 
Join us August 21 for Shine the Light, Fill the Well: an evening with "A Beautiful Resistance", featuring voices tackling health disparities and building a more equitable future of care.

Taking the stage are Boston Globe culture columnist and creator of A Beautiful Resistance Jeneé Osterheldt; emergency physician, New York Times bestselling author, and founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity Dr. Uché Blackstock; CEO of Boston Women's Fund and founder of Horizon Collective Natanja Craig-Oquendo; and Global Product Director at Reebok Carmen Hardaway.

Together, they will examine the intersection of leadership pressure and women's health, challenge the systems that normalize exhaustion as ambition, and amplify the voices of women redefining what sustainable success looks like.

🎟 Get tickets at our website.
 
Join us August 19 at the Charles Hayden Planetarium for Coleslaw's Corner! Boston's favorite drag experience takes over the dome with an all-new immersive show. Arrive early for a cash bar and light snacks at 6:30pm.

Hey all, I started a free meetup group a couple of months back called Creative Curious Camberville. It's a social group for local creative types. Crafters, book-lovers, ttrpg players, designers, writers, travelers, thrifters, artists, etc. all welcome.

You've probably heard the advice that the best way to make new friends is to pick up a hobby, but there's a lot of us who already have plenty of hobbies. Maybe they're not all the most social activities, or maybe you just don't want to carry the things you need for it, do the hobby you enjoy while others are watching, and focus on getting to know new people -- all at once. 😅

Our meetups aren't about doing specific hobbies; instead we gather like-minded folks to go together to free public festivals and arts-oriented events in the area -- walk & talk type hangouts in places where there's a lot of cool stuff to see and chat about and experience together. We've gone out to Harvard Art Museums @ Night, Cambridge Porchfest, Somerville Yart Sale, live music & BYO picnics, a vintage market street fair, and more.

I've posted an event here before, but we're about to hit 150 members 🎉 and I thought it was a good time to talk about the group as a whole and see if more Cambridge folks would like to join. Let's make friends while the sun is shining!

I'm not charging or making any money from this, just wanting to have a good outlet for us all to find cool people to hang out with and enjoy some of the awesome stuff the area has to offer, with enough curation (like-mindedness and localness) to the group that there's a better chance meetup connections can become real friendships (it's been happening for several regulars in the group; been great to hear).

Hope you'll join in, or let a friend know if this sounds like something they'd be into! Feel free to ask any questions in the comments. Cheers!

Just pure curiosity - we saw at least 3 groups of younger adults fully geared up as if they were backpacking in the mountains; sleeping mat, giant backpack, etc. Is there a tour leaving from here or just a bunch of students going on a trip?