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GBH News is your home for news, distinctive storytelling, and what matters to you in Boston and beyond. #Boston, #Massachusetts, #USA

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🌞 Hello ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It is 74F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 mi.

The Massachusetts legislature is considering how to curb the potential havoc that deepfakes could inflict on elections.

The US Department of Justice has filed a sweeping lawsuit against Ticketmaster.

Hundreds of graduating students walked out of commencement chanting "Free Palestine."

You're in the community garden, planting...

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Also...did not want you to miss this discussion of the legend of the Gloucester Sea Serpent: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-22/regaling-tales-of-the-gloucester-sea-serpent-a-forgotten-legend-of-cryptozoology #cryptozoology

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"new phone, who dis?"

actually nvm, still got old phone

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It is 76F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Spain, Norway, and Ireland have recognized a Palestinian state.

Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" has brought in 1.8 billion, an amount more than estimated.

Some Mass. public are now hiring social workers to connect patrons in need with services.

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this poll brought to you by the fact that yr humble fediverse servant finally broke down and bought a new phone after ye venerable and very cracked iPhone 7 started making an undignified quacking noise.

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A few items you may find interesting.

Here's that story on libraries hiring social workers: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-22/massachusetts-libraries-are-boosting-their-mission-with-new-hires-social-workers

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And one more story this week that I loved: this org is training people right out of high school to take lab tech jobs in the region's biotech industry -- and the program is tuition-free: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-21/how-to-get-a-job-in-biotech-without-going-to-college

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You can find all our stuff in the usual location: https://www.wgbh.org/news

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@gregpak I loved mine! It's so tiny compared to the 13 I have now.

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@PJ_Evans I'm dating myself, but mine was a candy-bar style Nokia, IIRC.

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@groink If this is a topic that interests you, I think you will really like our podcast "College Uncovered," which covers the financial and social realities of #highered in the US today.

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Why is this brodozer asshole blocking the box in flipping ME off? You’re the fuckup here!

Why do we allow plated vehicles into again? It’s not because they have money. Someone must be hiring non-union ditch diggers again.

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@lkngrrr I am in this traffic jam with you, my friend #solidarity

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Hmmmmm 🤔

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Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Billionaire Rob Hale gave each graduating senior at UMass Dartmouth $1000 and challenged them to give half away.

A Kenyan-led force is preparing to deploy In Haiti where violent gangs have taken over many areas.

President Biden will visit Boston today (and there will be some road closures).

Your current gig:

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from *. It's 57F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

The Pacers won over the Knicks and will head to Boston to face the Celtics.

706 people named Kyle got together in Kyle, TX...and it still wasn't enough to set a world record. Better luck next time, Kyles.

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu.

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Yr. humble fediverse servant is currently on vacation but will return tomorrow for normal duties. 🫡

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But while I am here: I listened with great interest to this discussion about the housing crisis in Massachusetts, and why it is so much more intense here than, say, Seattle. For your delectation: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-17/the-average-boston-renter-spends-47-of-their-income-on-housing-in-seattle-its-28-why

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@SarahBreau They need to take some notes from these guys https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-04-09/30-000-runners-1-400-toilets-heres-how-the-boston-marathon-does-porta-potty-math

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just dipping in to say I am appreciating the robust discussion here and plan to pick through the links when I have a minute

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@FramDist2 So important in our region where "as the crow flies distance" means absolutely nothing about how long it takes you to get there!

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🌞 Good morning! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

The first humanitarian supplies delivered from a floating pier built by the US military entered Gaza today.

In Indiana, a judge ruled that #tacos are "Mexican style sandwiches," clearing the way for a taqueria to open.

#OnThisDay in 2004, the first legal same-sex marriages in the US happened in Massachusetts, the first state to make equal marriage law. #lgbtq

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GBH News was there, of course, on that day in 2004.

Here's what it looked and sounded like in Cambridge, Boston and beyond on the first day same-sex couples were able to legally marry in Massachusetts.

https://youtu.be/TLTrlakaexw

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Fast forwarding to checks notes yesterday, here is Justice Margaret Marshall, who visited our studios yesterday to reflect on the historic decision in Goodridge,.

Here she reads a portion of the decision she wrote: https://youtu.be/i4jBl4qF_oU

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And looking forward to tomorrow, here's our big list of Pride events, with some this week and continuing throughout June.

If you know about a #Boston -area event you don't see here, let me know, we are updating this list all month.

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/the-big-list-of-2024-pride-events-in-boston-and-beyond

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so fascinating!

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It's so interesting: I have a lot more access to ebooks than physical books, but I still really like physical books even if they are now a minority in my reading diet.

This feels similar...Wordle is as close to us as our phones or laptops, but what we really want sometimes is those physical tiles (and people?).

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