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Following the recent 10-day partial Red Line closure, a sprawling shutdown on the Green Line is coming our way. WBUR's Tiziana Dearing spoke to the MBTA General Manager Phil Eng about why there have been so many diversions this month.

The song is called “La Pièce de Résistance" by the Fiddlemen, comprised of Gittleman, fellow Mighty Mighty BossToneS founder and guitarist Nate Albert, Dropkick Murphys guitarist Tim Brennan and drummer Michael McDermott, who played with pop-punk heroes the Bouncing Souls.

Plus, a jazz festival along the Charles River and the August Moon Festival in Chinatown.

It may only be early August, but today is shaping up to be one of the most uncomfortable days the Hudson Valley has seen this summer. Continue reading…

It's human nature.

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Why humans need to moderate humans.

"Olo can be described as the 'greenest green,' though it can never be captured by a camera. But its development tells us a lot about our color vision."

Victory (Woman Metamorphosing Into A Boat With Angels), 1945 #dali #neobaroque

Otto Dix, Surprise Attack (Überfall einer Schleichpatrouille) from The War (Der Krieg), (1924) #museumofmodernart #ottodix

Portrait of 34 year old Woman, 1516 #northernrenaissance #holbein

“Bobby Pulido is learning that the bright lights of politics can be even harsher than music superstardom,” Politico reports. “For the past several months, the Latin Grammy-winning singer and local megacelebrity has been the subject of a steadystream ofnational headlines scrutinizing his former professional relationship with a one-time bandmate who was imprisoned on child sex […]

In a combative interview on CNN, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opened the conversation with a throwback claim. “We had the highest death rate from […]

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“Democrats should use Congress’ August recess to lean into economic populism and take on corporate interests — not just ‘simply oppose Trump and his billionaire friends,’ according to a memo by a quartet of progressives,” Semafor reports. Wrote the senators: “If Democrats are going to be the party of working people, we have to prove […]

“President Donald Trump isn’t the only one frustrated with his U.S. attorney for DC, Jeanine Pirro, over her handling of Reflecting Pool cases,” Semafor reports. “Others inside the administration are raising concerns about her, Semafor is told, after a contentious Oval Office meeting in which Pirro defended her decision to drop charges against an alleged […]

For just the fifth time in school history, a Marist University football player has signed an NFL contract. Continue reading…

Crime is plunging, but he can’t handle that truth

Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI.

“The residents of Boulder City, Nevada, are raging mad at the federal government,” NOTUS reports. “The Trump administration unilaterally approved a data center on a tract of public land within the city’s jurisdiction this summer without giving residents a say in the matter and without conducting an environmental assessment specific to the project.”

“With three months to go until the critical midterm elections, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is taking her first major step onto the national political stage to help Democratic candidates with military service win in competitive frontline races,” CBS News reports. “The centrist Democrat, who won in a top battleground race last year, will use […]

“The wait for an Iran-Oman deal that partially reopens the Strait of Hormuz continued into Thursday morning, after the Islamic Republic said an agreement on proposed shipping lanes was in the final stages,” Bloomberg reports. ”The two countries that border the crucial waterway have been negotiating a plan for the management of maritime traffic through […]