Coolbeans. This is on my summer to do list with my daughter before she starts high school. We haven't been since 2019.

I bought a 1500 sq ft house on 18 acres of land. I like to just walk through my woods. we have about 1 acre that we actually use and can use due to it being "conservation wetlands".

dammit. 15/20. I shoulda been better.

and RISD Museum providence RI

RISD museum in Providence RI. Admission is free on Sundays from 10am - 5pm and Thursday and Friday evenings from 5 - 7pm.

Ok. what about mandatory public schooling is capitalist? it's actually mandated by the state. I get that late stage capitalism is dysfunctional in a LOT of ways. Either way in capitalism, socialism, communism, totalitarianism your children are your future and benefit from education no matter the system. Yup some kids DO get warehoused in the school system, but they are not working in a mine at 8 years old. They are not working in a limb destroying factory at 9 years old. I live in a pretty goddam left state with an amazing school system that benefits as the people of my state have a LOT of post high school and post baccalaureate education. Educated (smart or otherwise) people also participate in dissent and protest their government. I had classes this big and we all turned out fine. also every class of my childs that was this big also had a teachers aide. Depending where you live and your school district. Class sizes get smaller in middle and high school as well. If your kid is warehoused in a school and is just putzing through the grades and not learning, you have responsibility as a parent for a large part of why that is, not capitalism.

my son did this, he said no one talked because they were all sleeping...

Considering that Massachusetts is the number 1 public school system in the country, and countless studies have shown better outcomes for teens to start later in attentiveness, retention of material etc, etc. this should be an easy adjustment. Switching high school and elementary schedules would be difficult for parents though. My kid starts high school next year, she is going to a voke tech, and her bus ride is about an hour. She has to get the bus at 630. at least she can sleep on the bus but its not fun.

Ugh. That poor baby that thought this was a solution. And their poor parents. College life can be fun. But so stressful, especially if your emotional toolbox doesn't have enough in it. Campuses are addressing mental health pretty decently in this area but there is always room for improvement. My niece is a junior this year. During her freshman year which was 2020, her dorm pod mate killed himself after all the isolation, and feeling like he'd exposed his dorm pod mates to COVID. Suicide is a permanent solution to what might be a temporary problem. Please seek help, even if its talking to someone. Please call 988 if you are feeling like you need to hurt yourself, or go to the ER.

I used to live in Weymouth. Its brutal during the holidays.

OOOHHH. I've never played the game, but the Aquariums really a level above dank IRL with its concrete and lighting...that must be a creepy level.

Wawa is pale in comparison, you can keep your 7 Elevensies. Cumbies 4 eva.

Russian history is unlike any other developed country. It's fascinating how much violence, and misery the working class/serfs/people/comrades have endured for generations. The expectation of the ruling class to respond with brutal oppression is pretty much in the DNA of the people. Russia never had a renaissance, it was pulled out of it's feudalism slooooowly and this was only started by Peter the Great. I've read about how peasants/lower class people formed clubs focused around withstanding pain/torture should you get arrested by a noble and sentenced to knouting...(I don't know how true this is but wow). The Russian ethos is pretty dark. I've had the honor of working with a lot of people of Russian diaspora that came to America after winning the green card lottery and after fall of communism. Don't mess with their tea, or their tea breaks.

MGH is the most famous one. Brigham and Womens has a huge maternity section, I do believe they have some top tier rooms for that too for pay. IDK about any other hospital...

Mass General Hospital has a concierge/private pay floor with nursing units. Phillips 21 is well known in the healthcare industry in Mass. It's where your euro/arab/african royalty and superrich pay to stay. Private pay can order any restaurant in the city (unless they changed the rules). Every once in a great while all the beds in the hospital are taken, except the Phillips House (as its called), so average Joe Shmoe gets a bed on this cush unit, they can't order any restaurant but the food is excellent. It's the cashmoney floor.

I worked at the JFK museum while I was a student at UMass Boston. Whenever a Kennedy showed up they were whisked by us to the family suite in the building. I did see Edward James Olmos once. I had no idea he was so short. The JFK museum is fascinating for the gifts given to a sitting president from leaders/countries around the world at that time. The rules changed after JFK so that extravagant gifts are declined. Jacqueline got a golden belt inlaid with emeralds the size of eggs from the Shah of Iran. It's gorgeous. I was lucky enough to work there when the museum curator brought us employees to see some things that are not displayed often. The museum is very careful about maintaining the pristine Kennedy image. I also happened to work a nursing shift in a Boston hospital during a time when a Kennedy ex wife was brought in. The MGH cashmoney floor was full, so she got put on my floor. I noped off that assignment and gave her to an older nurse so I never met her. Good times.

Yeah well that trailer behind the driver had quite a bit of momentum as well.

Poor bastard hit a stopped car in the high speed lane and was ejected, hope he felt no pain. JFC.

I graduated in 2004. The campus is completely different

Witness me!!

Second is Thriller and 3st is Welcome to the Jungle IMHO

Let's not forget the other motto, "The Scholarship City"....if your scholarship is to make some meth, sell some crack then definitely.

Ah Jasiel Correa. A total narcissist who had serious charm, and pretty good communication. He was a prince of the Portuguese diaspora who whispered sweet nothings to his constituents. The people saw that pretty face and silken voice and totally ignored that he was barely out of college. They saw visions of a Portuguese Kennedy. Buddy Cianci was shaking his head from heaven. "Can't have a paper trail kid." Good times. (I grew up in nearby Tiverton)

She is radiant!