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Nubgirl t1_j577jvd wrote

Reply to Darwin’s closing by jimpaulmitsi

It’s a real shame Darwin’s is closing. Tbh it was the only place I could walk to and get a decent sandwich in Cambridge/Boston. I’ve since moved to nyc and loving all the bodegas and delis in nearby walking distance, cheaper and way more options. My dream is to start a nyc deli in Boston and sell the only proper bacon egg and cheese in town

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BaconNinja89 t1_j5743fw wrote

Reply to Darwin’s closing by jimpaulmitsi

Cambridge has been losing its soul for years and this just feels like one of the last nails in the coffin. Cambridge now feels like a dead mall. But outside.

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thezim0090 t1_j56hupn wrote

Reply to comment by some1saveusnow in Following police shooting of Sayed Faisal, renewed calls to fund mental health response team by ArachnidGlittering34

I would argue that officers who truly believe in justice should be advocating internally for these techniques and approaches and asking to have those responsibilities given to those trained for it. It feels reductive and irresponsible to me that the argument could boil down to "I wish we had people to care for these folks, but since we don't I guess I have to kill them." Officers are conditioned to believe that killing one person can save others, but that system empowers them to make judgement calls about whose lives are valuable enough to save. I would like to see a shift in culture where officers stand up and say "stop putting me in positions where I have to end innocent lives" instead of being conditioned to believe they are actually doing good for society.

I also acknowledge that the level of income inequality in our country creates power dynamics in which individuals cannot always risk losing their jobs over their principles (though if they stood together they'd have a lot more power to do so). This is further evidence that we have a cultural problem around policing and that we should continue to expose how race, mental health, economics, and policing are always intersecting. Saying that someone is "astroturfing an anti-racist agenda" over any story about police brutality overlooks the reality that the history of policing is racial in nature.

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mtmsm t1_j56f3sy wrote

Reply to comment by whymauri in Darwin’s closing by jimpaulmitsi

> Coffee: not sure. Harvard is super corporate now and I want to avoid adding Flour twice. But Zinnekens coffee is a delight actually?

Pavement - great coffee and unionized

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ADarwinAward t1_j564d8l wrote

Reply to Anyone know how much it costs to get utilities turned on in Cambridge MA? by piratebroadcast

You can set up gas and electric with eversource online without a phone call, if the landlord gives you the account numbers for both gas an electric.

This is how I’ve done it at every apartment I’ve lived in.

You might be able to setup internet access with a phone call as well, they have apps that walk you through setup, though they can be finicky at times.

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