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just_change_it OP t1_jdjgshg wrote

The approved rate is 0.14¢/kWh per your link and happy cake day!

That's still ~20% higher than what Boston pays. Malden does have a community collective bargaining program in the works but no ETA on rolling it out. https://maldencommunityelectricity.com/

Wish I paid attention to this sooner but I don't usually worry about electricity costs in the winter with gas heat.

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bootlamp t1_jdjf700 wrote

I believe this is made just for your situation! It used to be from Tmobile but it looks like they've rebranded it as Ultra Mobile.

https://www.ultramobile.com/tourist/?icid=WMM_TMNG_PPEULTRA_AU4DD3J38PK7L3C8617764

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SausageMcFlurry t1_jdjdker wrote

Dumpling Kingdom does like 4 styles of Chinese cuisine really, really well. You can go there a bunch of different times, get completely different stuff and always come out full and satisfied after spending $20. Their absolute best stuff: Mala special pot. If you like mala, they make it really well and it comes out not much more expensive than buying all the ingredients and making it yourself.

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defenestron t1_jdjc0c6 wrote

>There is literally no proof of any connection between Dudley and slavery.

The 1641 Massachusetts Body of Liberties would like a word:

>Passage 91: "There shall never be any bond slaverie, villinage or Captivitie amongst us unles it be lawfull Captives taken in just warres, and such strangers as willingly selle themselves or are sold to us. And these shall have all the liberties and Christian usages which the law of god established in Israel concerning such persons doeth morally require. This exempts none from servitude who shall be Judged thereto by Authoritie."

As Mass.gov itself states:

>The first committee for the laws comprised of Governor John Haynes, Deputy-Governor Richard Bellingham, John Winthrop, and Thomas Dudley was formed to "frame a body of grounds of laws, in resemblance to a Magna Carta" (as recorded in John Winthrop's journal)

The National Park Service also provides more context to the decision to legalize slavery at this time in history.

Disclosure: I lived in Roxbury at the time and voted both times against renaming Dudley Square after a store (Nubian Notion) that hasn't existed in my lifetime. I felt and feel quite strongly this was a wasted opportunity to celebrate a deserving Boston figure of which there are many.

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bostonshopper OP t1_jdj4n3m wrote

Not sure where summer is coming from. It was mid-October to mid-November, and I didn't abandon my car or anything - I came and went throughout that time. I got one parking ticket near downtown crossing which I successfully appealed due to confusing signage, and a street cleaning ticket which was paid on time (I moved my car 20 minutes late, obviously that's on me).

It would make a lot more sense if I'd done something obnoxious with my car, but I just honestly didn't.

Also, if I had received a ticket for "excessive non-resident parking" or something, I would have been frustrated but understood. And if someone had said something to me about it or left a note, I would have happily parked on different side streets on different days, I definitely had no intention of causing issues for anyone.

It's the registering my vehicle in 2 states with 2 license plates that's the issue, especially since my insurance company says that they literally can't give me MA insurance since I don't live there.

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