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?פֿאַר װאָס זאָל איך אײַך געבן דירה-געלט אַז די קיך איז צעבראָכן

The weekend continued sleepless af with a double whammy of financial stress and I got nothing done that I had wanted, but

spatch took a picture of me when I got back in from my walk that I liked, which these days is vanishing. I am not confident a normal amount of summer actually happened.

Code deploy happening shortly

Per the dw_news post regarding the MS/TN blocks, we are doing a small code push shortly in order to get the code live. As per usual, please let us know if you see anything wonky.

There is some code cleanup we've been doing that is going out with this push but I don't think there is any new/reworked functionality, so it should be pretty invisible if all goes well.

Three people found shot to death in Watertown house

Posted by adamg

https://www.universalhub.com/2025/three-people-found-shot-death-watertown-house

Watertown News reports.

More from the Middlesex County District Attorney's office.

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Crime

https://www.universalhub.com/2025/three-people-found-shot-death-watertown-house

Never mind Storrow Drive, maybe Packards Corner needs some warning signs

Posted by adamg

https://www.universalhub.com/2025/never-mind-storrow-drive-maybe-packards-corner-needs-some-warning

Photo by Transit PD.

For the second night in a row, Transit Police responded to Packards Corner early this morning after a driver proved unable to handle the intersection.

Unlike the previous night, however, this morning's driver didn't stick around to talk to the cops, who were therefore unable to discern if any intoxicating substances might have been at play in the 3 a.m. crash, or speed, or blinding lights from a low-flying plane or simple inability to deal with curves, or some combination.

Whatever the reason, police arrived to find a car that somehow got flung from a turn from Brighton Avenue onto the outbound Comm. Ave. service road onto the outbound tracks, through a fence and onto the outbound tracks.

Police say what was left of the 2020 BMW had to be towed and a repair crew called in to repair the damage to the Green Line tracks and the fence between the inbound and outbound sides.

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https://www.universalhub.com/2025/never-mind-storrow-drive-maybe-packards-corner-needs-some-warning

The M4 MacBook Pro Is $300 Off for Labor Day

Posted by Khamosh Pathak

https://lifehacker.com/tech/m4-macbook-pro-labor-day-2025?utm_medium=RSS

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Labor Day sales are rolling in, and Lifehacker is sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking tools before they’re over. You can also subscribe to our shopping newsletter, Add to Cart, for the best sales sent to your inbox.

It's Labor Day weekend, and tech sales are going strong, with deals on TVs, iPads, tablets, and headphones. If you're looking for a deal on a new MacBook, this is your best chance so far this year: Apple's powerful M4 MacBook Air already dropped to $799, its lowest price ever, and now, the base 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro is following suit: It's down to $1299 on Amazon, a $300 discount from the usual $1599. It's the cheapest price yet for this model MacBook Pro. (The pricier M4 Pro model with the M4 Pro chip and 25GB RAM has already received a $300 cut, from $1999 to $1699.)

The 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro is a step above the M4 MacBook Air. They share the same chip, but the MacBook Pro gets a 10-core GPU instead of an eight-core. You also get 16GB Unified Memory, and 512GB Storage as standard (instead of 256GB for the Air).

Apple M4 MacBook Pro

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Apple M4 Pro MacBook Pro

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You can also <a href="https://lifehacker.com/newsletters" target="_blank"><strong><u>subscribe to our shopping newsletter</u></strong></a></em><em>, Add to Cart, for the best sales sent to your inbox.</em></p><hr><p>It's Labor Day weekend, and tech sales are going strong, with deals on <a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/best-tv-deals-labor-day-sales-2025" target="_blank"><u>TVs</u></a>, <a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/ipads-tablets-labor-day-sales-2025" target="_blank"><u>iPads, tablets,</u></a> and <a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/best-headphones-earbuds-deals-labor-day-sales-2025" target="_blank"><u>headphones</u></a>. If you're looking for a deal on a new MacBook, this is your best chance so far this year: Apple's powerful M4 MacBook Air already dropped to $799, its <a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/m4-macbook-air-labor-day-sale-2025" target="_blank">lowest price ever</a>, and now, the base 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro is following suit: It's down to <a href="https://zdcs.link/QKgNXn?pageview_type=RSS&template=content&module=content_body&element=offer&item=text-link&element_label=%241299%20on%20Amazon&short_url=QKgNXn&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window">$1299 on Amazon</a>, a $300 discount from the usual $1599. It's the cheapest price yet for this model MacBook Pro. 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The Best Labor Day Tool Deals Under $25

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There’s nothing worse than getting partway through a DIY project and discovering you don’t have the right tool to finish it—and Labor Day sales provide a good way to keep that from happening, providing discounts that make it easier to upgrade your toolkit while keeping to a budget. Even if your budget is relatively miniscule. To that end, here are the best Labor Day tool deals I’ve found under $25.

Wrenches and ratchets

A good tool kit should include a set of wrenches and a ratchet, which will allow you to drive nuts for multiple sizes of bolts for assembling and disassembling furniture, changing filters on large appliances, or auto maintenance. Here are some great under-$25 deals on wrenches and ratchets.

This Crescent 20-piece ratchet set is on sale on Amazon for $24.98, 41% off its usual price. This set comes with a ⅜-inch ratchet handle, an extension bit, and 8 each of metric and SAE sockets. This is a good beginner kit because it covers most sizes of nuts you’ll encounter, and it’s small and easily portable.
This Ryobi 26-piece 1/4 -inch drive ratchet set is on sale for $19.97 at Home Depot, 33% off its normal price. This set comes with a ¼-inch drive ratchet handle, 24 sockets in both metric and SAE sizes, and a carrying case. This is a good set for smaller home maintenance tasks and because it’s so compact, it’s great for apartment living.
This Craftsman 10-piece combination wrench set is on sale for $19.98 at Lowe’s, 31% off its typical price. The set includes 10 double-ended, SAE wrenches. This set is a good companion to a ratchet set, so you can use a wrench to hold a bolt head as you’re turning the nut, or use the wrenches on their own to drive nuts.

Screwdriver sets

A range of screwdrivers is essential for any basic home toolkit, whether you're assembling flatpack furniture or swapping out a switch plate. Here are some deals on screwdriver sets on sale for under $25.

The Craftsman 8-piece screwdriver set is on sale on Amazon for $14.98, 49% off its usual price. This set includes 8 screwdrivers with half slotted and half Phillip’s head, in a variety of sizes; it also has two short-handled drivers for turning screws in tight spaces. This is a good starter set.
The DeWalt 2-piece screwdriver set is on sale for $9.97 for Labor day. The set includes two drivers, on Phillip’s head, and one flathead. The tips of these screwdrivers are magnetic, so they’ll hold onto your fasteners, which is convenient if you’re working in an awkward space.
The Craftsman 15-piece ratcheting screwdriver set is on sale at Ace Hardware for $14.99, 41% off the regular price. It's labeled as a 15-piece set because the bits are double ended, but it actually comes with 7 bits and a ratcheting handle. The bits store inside the handle, so it's a compact option for your home tool kit if you have limited storage space. It includes Phillip's head, flat head, square tip, and star drive bits.

Other tools and accessories

Here are a few more standout Labor Day tool deals on tools and accessories.

The DeWalt 20-inch handsaw is on sale at Ace Hardware for $15, 50% off its normal price. This is a basic handsaw for cutting medium sized dimensional lumber, and can be handy for finishing corners when cutting sheet goods with a power saw. The 8-tooth-per-inch blade will provide a medium-to-smooth cut without splintering or tear out on most lumber.
A set of four Vevor bar clamps is on sale at Lowe’s for $24.99. This set includes two 6-inch clamps and two 12-inch clamps with a 2 ½-inch jaw depth and a 600-pound pressure capacity. Clamps are a useful tool for DIY woodworking because you can use them to hold joints flush while you’re driving fasteners or waiting for glue to dry.
A DeWalt 16-oz. Hammer is on sale for $14.99 at Ace Hardware, 44% off its regular price. This is a small, smooth-faced hammer with a curved-claw for pulling nails. This is a good hammer for projects like hanging pictures or driving small finish nails, but it doesn’t have the weight necessary for larger jobs like framing.

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Mississippi site block, plus a small restriction on Tennessee new accounts

A reminder to everyone that starting tomorrow, we are being forced to block access to any IP address that geolocates to the state of Mississippi for legal reasons while we and Netchoice continue fighting the law in court. People whose IP addresses geolocate to Mississippi will only be able to access a page that explains the issue and lets them know that we'll be back to offer them service as soon as the legal risk to us is less existential.

The block page will include the apology but I'll repeat it here: we don't do geolocation ourselves, so we're limited to the geolocation ability of our network provider. Our anti-spam geolocation blocks have shown us that their geolocation database has a number of mistakes in it. If one of your friends who doesn't live in Mississippi gets the block message, there is nothing we can do on our end to adjust the block, because we don't control it. The only way to fix a mistaken block is to change your IP address to one that doesn't register as being in Mississippi, either by disconnecting your internet connection and reconnecting it (if you don't have a static IP address) or using a VPN.

In related news, the judge in our challenge to Tennessee's social media age verification, parental consent, and parental surveillance law (which we are also part of the fight against!) ruled last month that we had not met the threshold for a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing the law while the court case proceeds.

The Tennesee law is less onerous than the Mississippi law and the fines for violating it are slightly less ruinous (slightly), but it's still a risk to us. While the fight goes on, we've decided to prevent any new account signups from anyone under 18 in Tennessee to protect ourselves against risk. We do not need to block access from the whole state: this only applies to new account creation.

Because we don't do any geolocation on our users and our network provider's geolocation services only apply to blocking access to the site entirely, the way we're implementing this is a new mandatory question on the account creation form asking if you live in Tennessee. If you do, you'll be unable to register an account if you're under 18, not just the under 13 restriction mandated by COPPA. Like the restrictions on the state of Mississippi, we absolutely hate having to do this, we're sorry, and we hope we'll be able to undo it as soon as possible.

Finally, I'd like to thank every one of you who's commented with a message of support for this fight or who's bought paid time to help keep us running. The fact we're entirely user-supported and you all genuinely understand why this fight is so important for everyone is a huge part of why we can continue to do this work. I've also sent a lot of your comments to the lawyers who are fighting the actual battles in court, and they find your wholehearted support just as encouraging and motivating as I do. Thank you all once again for being the best users any social media site could ever hope for. You make me proud and even more determined to yell at state attorneys general on your behalf.

Three city councilors, three state legislators ask judge to go easy on Tania Fernandes Anderson

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Convicted former City Councilor Tania Fernandes goes before a federal judge on Friday to be sentenced for the two kickback charges she pleaded guilty to in April.

A federal prosecutor last week formally urged US District Court Judge Indira Talwani to imprison Fernandes Anderson for at least a year, while her attorney, backed by a long list of support letters from, among others, City Councilors Brian Worrell, Julia Mejia and Liz Breadon, state representatives Christopher Worrell and Russell Holmes and state Sen. Liz Miranda, urged her to sentence Fernandes Anderson to just probation and, possibly, community service.

Meanwhile, in his sentencing recommendation, assistant US Attorney John Mulcahy said Fernandes Anderson was up to more financial hanky panky than the family hiring practices that got her in trouble with the state Ethics Commission and the kickback in a City Hall ladies room that got her indicted by a federal grand jury:

Before the bribe scheme [that led to her indictment], Fernandes Anderson hired her sister and son to be on her City Council staff. She eventually terminated them, but only because of media pressure and an impending ethics investigation. After Fernandes Anderson fired them, she then wrote the sister and son bogus checks from her campaign account while taking kickbacks for herself from the campaign checks. Fernandes Anderson even used her campaign account to purchase clothes and jewelry for herself, surely violating any sense of faith or allegiance to the people who donated to her campaign and helped her get elected.

In his sentencing recommendation, Fernandes Anderson's attorney, Scott Lauer, acknowledged that even as she rose from humble beginnings as a pre-teen immigrant from Cape Verde to the District 7 seat on the City Council, Fernandes Anderson "did not fully appreciate her role as a public steward, the need to set appropriate boundaries, and the importance of avoiding financial entanglements:"

Doing so was wrong and a violation of the public trust. Ms. Fernandes Anderson is devastated to have disappointed those who placed their trust in her. Although she cannot fully repair this breach of trust, she has resolved to be accountable for it. Ms. Fernandes Anderson has accepted responsibility, tendered a guilty plea, and relinquished her seat on the council. The Court's task is now to determine what sentence will be "sufficient, but not greater than necessary" to accomplish the purposes of sentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3553. Ms. Fernandes Anderson is a first time offender with a guideline sentencing range of 0-6 months. Moreover, her background and personal qualities demonstrate that she is not at risk to reoffend and will be a valuable contributor to the community. As such, Ms. Fernandes Anderson asks the Court to impose a probationary sentence with a requirement that she complete a significant amount of community service.

In her letter of support, state Sen. Liz Miranda asked for the same. She said she had known Fernandes Anderson since their days as students at the O'Bryant School and, echoing what other supporters wrote, said that she knows there is far more to her than the headlines:

Tania is not only a passionate and tireless advocate for justice; she is a profoundly empathetic human being whose instinct has always been to give, even when she has had little herself. I've personally witnessed her offer her last dollar, open her home, and give her time without hesitation if it meant someone else could be a little more secure, a little more seen, a little more heard.

Her work has always extended far beyond the borders of Boston's District 7. Whether she was assisting a struggling immigrant mother outside her constituency or spending her evenings volunteering at her local mosque, Tania has never drawn lines around who deserves her care. Her belief, grounded in her Muslim faith, is simple and profound: the more you take care of people, the more God takes care of you. We have worked together on some of the most difficult constituent cases - families facing eviction, residence with quality of life concerns, seniors seeking dignity in their final years. In every instance, Tania brought not only tenacity but also a capacity to listen deeply, to treat people as though their burdens were her own. That rare combination of empathy and action has made her a lifeline to so many. Her fearless advocacy has inspired many, particularly young women of color, to believe that their voices matter and that change is possible.

Tania is a loving mother and a devoted foster mom, raising not only her biological children but also opening her home and heart to others in need of safety and love. Her home has always been a place of warmth, discipline, and second chances. A prison sentence would not only punish her, but deeply harm the children who depend on her daily - emotionally, financially, and spiritually.

Other letters of support came from family members - including her husband, Tanzerious Anderson, serving a life sentence for shooting a robbery victim point blank in the face in Brighton - constituents, neighborhood leaders in both Roxbury and the South End, faith leaders and Roxbury developer John Cruz.

In his sentencing memorandum, the assistant US attorney agreed there is more to the former councilor than headlines. But none of it is good, he wrote:

What this case has laid bare is that Fernandes Anderson’s tenure as City Councilor was marked by anything but true faith and allegiance to her constituents and to the city of Boston. Fernandes Anderson acted contrary to the law and impartiality. Fernandes Anderson’s bribe scheme is part of a larger pattern of putting herself first over her constituents, a pattern of fraud marked by concealment and material omissions, and even worse a pattern of creating false narratives that only exacerbate Fernandes Anderson’s fraudulent practices. Fernandes Anderson’s bribe scheme involved using a low-level member of her office to obtain a kickback and line her own pockets. Fernandes Anderson intentionally hid the bribe scheme from other City Hall employees and even caused her City Council colleagues to vote on and approve the bonus for the employee all the while leaving them in the dark about the kickback arrangement. She fabricated a story for her staff about a bonus and when it came time to accept the kickback, Fernandes Anderson was brazen enough to take the cash inside City Hall in a bathroom. Fernandes Anderson’s bribe scheme cannot be chalked up to inexperience or ignorance - instead it is part of a pattern of putting herself first at the expense of her constituents.

Defense sentencing memorandum.
Support letters.
Prosecution sentencing memorandum.

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Happiness is A Good Friend Who Takes Care of Your Dog

Posted by Jenny

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Welp, here I am writing to you from the ER again. No, it wasn’t a heart attack this time, damn asthma again. And I was doing everything right, too. Anyway, once I was out of the ambulance and back in an ugly hospital gown, I said, “Look, I can’t spend the night, I have a dog.” And the emergency room doc didn’t threaten me with death, he said, “Don’t you have family or friends who can get your dog?” And I said, “Well, I can call Pat, but she’s out a lot. And Cathy is forty-five minutes away. Also I’m asking these people to take care of my rescue dog who still isn’t sure about this new home thing.” And he said, “Call Pat,” and I did, and she went into my nightmare of a house and snagged my laptop and iPad and charging cord and brought them to me in the hospital and then took Johnny home with her. And I will owe her FOREVER. (If she couldn’t do it, Cathy, I’d have called you, but she’s only two blocks away. I went with what’s easy and close. Story of my life.)

So happiness is a friend who says, “Of course,” without hesitation. when you ask her for a HUGE favor, a friend like Patricia Gaffney, the saint. (And like Cathy Maxwell who would have driven that forty-five minutes. Damn, I’m a lucky woman.)

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Current Music: Mt. Joy, "She Wants to Go Dancing"

My life's a crooked mess of things I've broken with my head

My paramount goal for last night was sleep and it failed so horrifically that I have had a flat and frustratingly nonexistent day, but in listening to the three different cast recordings of 1776 which I now own—1969 Broadway, 1970 London, and 1972 film—and rewatching a handful of scenes from the handily streaming film, thirty years after initial exposure in eighth grade social studies it finally clicked with me that so much of the appeal of its John Adams is directly proportional to his being such a disaster. Especially as incarnated by the superbly obstreperous William Daniels, the delegate from Massachusetts is simultaneously an incandescent engine of rage against the machines of tyranny and an indignant wet cat of a man endowed with the inalienable right of shooting himself in the foot, cf. the opening number devoted to establishing that he has achieved the political and personal milestone of pissing off an entire continental congress. His capacity for chill is somewhere in the decatherms and he wasn't even close enough to the door to be standing behind it when social finesse was handed out. He has the self-aware saving grace of a sense of humor which quirks out in unsuccessfully repressed smiles, but he's the awkward straight man just as often as he snarks drily for the Colonies; one of the best details of his physical acting is a nervous flicker of the fingers which stands sometimes for constant restive thought and sometimes for not knowing what the hell to do with his hands. It's not a comic characterization, but it does make the moments where he lets his guard down all the more quietly effective, because too often it's punctured for him. His own personality is among the obstacles of policy, philosophy, and factionalism facing a successful declaration of independence and down to the wire the play never lets him forget it. He dances so gravely and gracefully with Blythe Danner's Martha Washington, he earns the smugness with which he calls across to Howard da Silva as they whirl into the showiest choreography of the song, "We still do a few things in Boston, Franklin!" Who wasn't supposed to imprint on that unbeatable combination of furious integrity that shouldn't be let out unsupervised for five minutes? Damn this government for making any national celebration so meanly jingoistic, I couldn't even think about attending this spring's sestercentennial of the Battle of Lexington in my eighteenth-century shirt.

Blinded by the light: Driver blames oncoming high beams for veering onto Green Line tracks in Packar

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Transit Police report officers arrived at the Green Line where it begins to curve with Commonwealth Avenue in Allston's Packards Corner around 1:30 a.m. to find a 2023 Hyundai SUV freshly ensnared by the trolley tracks.

[The driver] stated he was blinded by another V's high beam & careened onto tracks. Impairment was ruled out. V towed, no injury, tracks inspected.

Ed. note: In the song, the line is "wrapped up like a deuce," in reference to a 1932 Ford deuce coupe, not the mondegreen "wrapped up like a douche," in reference to the fact that Manfred Mann's Earth Band maybe could have enunciated a little better.

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East Boston woman goes to scheduled immigration appointment, is instead disappeared by ICE, lawyer s

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An East Boston woman went to a scheduled appointment at an immigration office in Revere on Thursday afternoon, then never returned home, according to a suit filed on her behalf today.

At 1:35 p.m. today, US District Court Judge Myong Joun issued an emergency order blocking ICE from moving Marta Yolanda Portillo Vasquez from its Burlington detention hole - if she's still there - until at least 1:35 p.m. on Tuesday, to allow for a judge to be assigned to the case and consider her petition. Federal judges take turns being on call for emergency motions on cases that are then randomly assigned to a judge later.

According to the habeas-corpus motion by her lawyer, Portillo Vazquez, 58 and originally from El Salvador, has been in the US for at least 20 years, along with her three children and other relatives. Although she was ordered deported in 2006, the government never actually moved to deport her. In March of this year, she filed for "T Nonimmigrant Status," which is permission for people who were forced into the US because of human trafficking (hence the "T") to stay here. Specifically:

[T]he Petitioner was recruited, harbored, and coerced for the purpose of involuntary servitude and was physically present in the United States on account of her trafficking.

Attorney Todd Pomerlau writes Portillo Vazquez had a scheduled appointment at 3 p.m. on Thursday at an ICE office in Revere to have her fingerprints and photo taken as part of the review of her application.

But when she arrived, she was detained and shipped to the ICE processing center/ad-hoc prison near the Burlington Mall, in violation of her Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure and her Fifth Amendment right to due process, Pomerlau alleges.

In detaining Petitioner, Respondents took advantage of Petitioner’s good faith efforts to exhaust her legal protections that would allow her to remain in the United States. The violative actions of the Respondents undermines the faith of noncitizens that they may apply for
immigration benefits for which they are eligible. ...

The Department’s arrest of Petitioner impeded her ability to avail herself of immigration benefits for which she is facially eligible, in violation of her Fifth Amendment right to Due Process.

The motion says the way she was grabbed also violated a federal law that requires that a person who has been ordered out of the country to be booted within 90 days, yet the government only now is trying to throw Portillo Vazquez out some 19 years after a government functionary ordered her deported.

The motion seeks to have Portillo Vazquez released within three days, but short of immediate release, to bar ICE from shipping her out of Massachusetts, if she is still here:

As of 10:19 am on August 30, 2025, Petitioner did not appear in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detainee Locator.

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This Soda Can-Sized Smart Projector Is 35% Off for Labor Day

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It's Labor Day weekend, and tech sales are going strong, with deals on TVs, iPads, tablets, and some of headphones. If you’re looking to upgrade your movie nights, the Nebula Capsule Air Projector is now 35% off on Amazon. Perfect for an outdoor cinema moment in your backyard or on a camping trip, this soda can-sized mini projector from Anker is a space-saving alternative to a TV.

Nebula Capsule Air Google TV Projector

Weighing in at 1.43 pounds, portability is a great perk for this battery-powered portable smart projector. The included base attachment allows the projector to “lean back” so you can project directly on the ceiling if you prefer.

The Capsule Air offers up to 2 hours of playtime off its 34Wh battery, so while it can handle a single movie or a few episodes, it’s not quite enough for a Netflix binge. With built-in Google TV, it supports more than 30,000 apps on Google Play, eliminating the need for an external streaming device. While the image quality isn’t full HD, it’s fairly vibrant at 720p, with decent color accuracy (you can play content up to 1080p, which will be automatically down-converted, according to this "excellent" PCMag review.) It has 150 ANSI Lumens of brightness,which means you’ll get the best viewing experience in a darker setting, and it may not work well in brighter rooms.

Users report that the built-in speaker isn’t very loud, so you may need to pair it with an additional Bluetooth speaker. But if you don’t need ultra-sharp HD visuals and can live with the shorter battery life, the Nebula Capsule Air Projector is a compact choice for on-the-go entertainment.

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This Waterproof Sonos Roam 2 Portable Speaker Is $40 Off for Labor Day

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Labor Day sales often bring the kind of discounts that make you wonder if it’s worth upgrading your tech, and the current deal on the Sonos’ Roam 2 fits the bill there. The waterproof portable speaker is marked down to $139, only a few dollars more than its all-time low, according to price trackers.

For a Sonos device, that’s a tempting price cut, especially if you’ve already got other devices from the brand. The Roam 2 is small, and shaped like a rounded triangular bar with rubber feet, so it doesn’t wander across the counter when the bass kicks in. It plays mono sound through a racetrack midrange driver and a tweeter, delivering a fuller punch than its size suggests. Placement matters, however: Set it upright and you’ll notice detail takes a hit, since the tweeter fires from the bottom. When laid flat, clarity improves.

The real issue for most people will be connectivity, which is a bit of a mixed bag. You get Bluetooth 5.0, which already feels dated compared to speakers pushing newer standards, and support is limited to AAC and SBC codecs, so don’t expect the highest quality streams. Multipoint pairing and Google Fast Pair aren’t part of the package either, which means switching between phone and laptop isn't as seamless as it could be. On the upside, it does have dual-band wifi and AirPlay 2, which makes it work nicely in a home setup, especially if you’re already running other Sonos speakers.

Alexa is available for hands-free commands, but oddly, it doesn’t let you control music playback. Sonos Voice Control can handle that, but the limitation is noticeable if you’re used to smarter assistants, as noted in this PCMag review. Battery life hovers around 10 hours, which is fine for day trips but not spectacular for the price bracket. The inclusion of wireless charging sets it apart though—you can just drop it on a Qi charger instead of fiddling with cables. Durability shouldn't be a concern, either: With its IP67 rating, the Roam 2 can shrug off sand, dust, and even a 30-minute dip in the pool, making it a good pick as an outdoor sound system for Labor Day gatherings near water.

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Some Great Starter Ryobi Cordless Tools Are on Sale at Home Depot for Labor Day

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If you need a basic tool set for home maintenance or want to expand your DIY skillset, a set of cordless tools is a necessity. Shopping Labor Day sales is one of the best ways to save money on tools. I'm a fan of Ryobi's cordless offerings, and Home Depot has some great starter sets on sale for Labor Day.

Ryobi ONE+ 18V Cordless 3/8 in. Drill/Driver Kit

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If you’re building a home maintenance tool kit, a <a href="https://zdcs.link/Qqw6Lp?pageview_type=RSS&template=content&module=content_body&element=offer&item=text-link&element_label=Ryobi%20drill&short_url=Qqw6Lp&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window"><u>Ryobi drill</u></a> for $39 is a standout deal. The 18-volt, ⅜-in chuck Ryobi drill is 65% off and it comes with a set of driver bits, a 1.5-amp-hour battery, and a charger. This kit is ready to use out of the box, and it comes with a battery set that is compatible with any 18-volt Ryobi tool, allowing you to try out new tools as you build your set.</p><p>The <a href="https://zdcs.link/zEgODo?pageview_type=RSS&template=content&module=content_body&element=offer&item=text-link&element_label=Ryobi%2018-volt%2C%20%C2%BC-inch%20chuck%20impact%20driver&short_url=zEgODo&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window"><u>Ryobi 18-volt, ¼-inch chuck impact driver</u></a> is also on sale for Labor Day for $109.97, 39% off its regular price. The driver comes with a 2-amp-hour battery and a charger. An impact driver can make driving fasteners easier by adding some mechanical momentum as you drive your fastener for a powered assist when your driving screws and bolts.</p><h2 id="the-best-labor-day-deals-on-batteries-and-bonus-tools">The best Labor Day deals on batteries and bonus tools</h2><p>A set of spare batteries for your Ryobi tools can come in handy when you’re using more than one tool at a time, and having a spare battery while you’re working so you can always have one on the charger will allow you to keep going without having to wait for it to charge. </p><p>The <a href="https://zdcs.link/zJgmJn?pageview_type=RSS&template=content&module=content_body&element=offer&item=text-link&element_label=Ryobi%2018-volt%20battery%20starter%20set&short_url=zJgmJn&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window"><u>Ryobi 18-volt battery starter set</u></a> is on sale for $79, 61% off its regular price. It comes with a 2-amp-hour battery, a 4-amp-hour battery, and a charger. This is a good set as an add-on for a tool that doesn’t come with batteries, or to expand your cordless tool set.</p><p>There are two other notable deals on Ryobi batteries that come with bonus tools. You can get the <a href="https://zdcs.link/QP8q1j?pageview_type=RSS&template=content&module=content_body&element=offer&item=text-link&element_label=Ryobi%2018-volt%20battery%20starter%20set%20with%20a%20reciprocating%20saw&short_url=QP8q1j&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window"><u>Ryobi 18-volt battery starter set with a reciprocating saw</u></a> for $158, 41% off its regular price, or a <a href="https://zdcs.link/91j4gq?pageview_type=RSS&template=content&module=content_body&element=offer&item=text-link&element_label=starter%20set%20with%20a%20portable%20fan&short_url=91j4gq&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window"><u>starter set with a portable fan</u></a> for $108.97, 51% off its usual price. A reciprocating saw can be used for trimming hedges as well as for cutting lumber. A fan is a good way to add ventilation if you’re working on something that produces dust or paint fumes. </p><h2 id="why-i-like-ryobi-tools">Why I like Ryobi tools </h2><p>For DIY and home maintenance, a set of tools that is reliable and versatile is key. Ryobi  batteries are cross-compatible with over 300 tools, including drills, drivers, saws, landscaping equipment, and finishing tools. Building your home tool set on a battery type that allows you to add tools without needing a whole new set of batteries will make building your kit more affordable.</p><p>Also, because the tools are backwards compatible with Ryobi 18-volt tools released over the last decade, your batteries and chargers will likely be compatible with future Ryobi tools as well. 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You Can Get $150 Off an 11-inch iPad Air for Labor Day

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Labor Day sales are rolling in, and Lifehacker is sharing the best bargains based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking tools before they’re over. You can also subscribe to our shopping newsletter, Add to Cart, for the best sales sent to your inbox.

The iPad Air is the best iPad for people who really like iPads. The regular iPad is great for kids and basic use, while the iPad Pro is designed to handle professional level creative workflows, with its latest M4 chip and tandem-OLED display. The iPad Air, on the other hand, gives you everything you need from an iPad, without the compromises of the base iPad, and for far less than the iPad Pro.

And during Labor Day sales, you can get the 128GB base 11-inch iPad Air for $449.99. That's down from the sticker price of $599, and it's the lowest price yet for the latest iPad Air.

Apple iPad Air 11-inch with M3 chip Built for Apple Intelligence, Liquid Retina Display, 128GB, 12MP Front/Back Camera, Wi-Fi 6E + 5G Cellular, Touch ID, All-Day Battery Life — Blue

The device has an 11-inch Liquid Retina display with 500 bits of brightness and 2360×1640 resolution. It's powered by the M3 chip from last year, which is still way more powerful than most iPad users will need, with an 8-core CPU, a 9-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine. There is also 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. Even when you factor in the new multitasking and freeform window support coming to iPadOS 26, this thing can handle it.

The iPad Air supports both the Apple Pencil (USB-C) and the Apple Pencil Pro. And unlike the iPad Pro, it uses Touch ID in the power button for authentication, rather than Face ID. In its expert review, PCMag gave the M3 iPad Air a 4-star rating and an Editor's Choice award, noting, "[The] iPad Air remains the best choice for students and creators who need a powerful tablet at a decent price."

If you want to go a size larger, you can also check out the 13-inch iPad Air, which is also discounted to its lowest price ever, at $649 (down from $799).

Our Best Editor-Vetted Tech Deals Right Now

Apple AirPods Pro 2 Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds — $199.00 (List Price $249.00)

Google Pixel 10 128GB Unlocked Phone With $100 Amazon Gift Card (Obsidian) — $799.00 (List Price $899.00)

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge 256GB Unlocked AI Phone (Titanium JetBlack) — $849.99 (List Price $1,099.99)

Blink Video Doorbell Wireless (Newest Model) + Sync Module Core — $39.99 (List Price $69.99)

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen, 2023) — $29.99 (List Price $49.99)

Apple iPad 11" 128GB A16 WiFi Tablet (Blue, 2025) — $299.00 (List Price $349.00)

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Au currant at Haymarket

Posted by adamg

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The Fort Pointer

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<p class='syndicationauthor'>Posted by adamg</p><p class="ljsyndicationlink"><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/au-currant-haymarket">https://www.universalhub.com/2025/au-currant-haymarket</a></p><span class="submitted-by"></span><div class="field field-name-field-top-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="https://www.universalhub.com/files/tophotos/currant.jpg" width="900" height="523" alt="Boxes of red currants" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Fort Pointer <a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/au-currant-haymarket" lovely="" red="" currants="" at="" haymarket="" this="" morning.="" always="" the="" place="" to="" be="" for="" visitors="" and="" residents="" alike.="" might="" as="" well="" add="" students="" today="">crossed the channel</a> for a visit to Haymarket this morning: "Lovely red currants at Haymarket this morning. Always the place to be for visitors and residents alike. Might as well add students today!"</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Topics: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/dining">Dining</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-neighborhoods field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Neighborhoods: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/downtown">Downtown</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-free-tagging field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Free tagging: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/taxonomy/term/363">Haymarket</a></div></div></div><div class="rrssb"><ul class="rrssb-buttons"><li class="rrssb-email"><a href="mailto:?subject=Au%20currant%20at%20Haymarket&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.universalhub.com%2F2025%2Fau-currant-haymarket" ><span class="rrssb-icon"></span><span class="rrssb-text">email</span></a></li><li class="rrssb-print"><a href="javascript:window.print()" ><span class="rrssb-icon"></span><span class="rrssb-text">print</span></a></li></ul></div><p class="ljsyndicationlink"><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/au-currant-haymarket">https://www.universalhub.com/2025/au-currant-haymarket</a></p>

Current Music: Lewis Fiander, "Piddle, Twiddle and Resolve"

A second flood, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere

I had just written an intensely miserable post about the state of my life and my health and whatever was supposed to have passed for my career, but then I discovered the existence of the 1970 London cast recording of 1776 and it surprised me into laughing out loud, specifically because while I had never heard anyone but William Daniels as John Adams and I expect no one again to match his particular abrasive flint, Lewis Fiander couldn't have been terrible from the amount of incredulous disgust he puts into his "Good God." Anything to do with American democracy is of course somewhat depressing to contemplate at the present moment, but not more so from a musical than from the news. In other charms of the week, I have two different kinds of infection in a body that is already not responding as hoped to several months of medicating for an underlying condition, so anything that distracts me from mere grim hanging on to someday reading other people's death notices is a net good.

Argh Author: Opal Mason’s Ice Planet Octogenarians Book 2: Squoot’s Squeeze

Posted by Jenny

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Our own Jeanne Estridge, writing as Opal Mason, has released the second book in her Ice Planet Octogenarians quartet of sci-fi romcoms.

Squoot’s Squeeze

“Ice Planet Barbarians Meets Golden Girls!”

Have you heard the one about the four old hens that crash land on a desolate ice planet, only to discover that the inhabitants can turn them back into spring chickens?

Now one of the aliens is offering to cut me in on that deal. Squoot is the shortest guy in the tribe but, at six foot, he still towers over me. And even with four thumbs and giant antlers, he’s one cutie-patootie. I’m on board with getting younger, but Squoot insists that Harmonance, the mystical force that rules this planet, has chosen me as his forever mate.

After thirty years in the Marines and another twenty running my local USO, I’ve had a bellyful of guys bossing me around.

This is no joke: I may only be four-foot-ten, but this gal will never be anyone’s little woman.

Available in print and ebook

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Visit Jeanne at www.jeanneestridge.com

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Bobby Brainworm at work: CVS won't offer Covid shots in Massachusetts

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Massachusetts is one of three states with a law that says pharmacists can only offer shots approved by a CDC panel. But who knows when that panel will meet, and whether it will give its OK, given that Secretary Robert F. Brainworm fired all its members and its new chairman is a virulent anti-vaxxer. In the meantime, CVS, which just cleared its shelves of last year's Covid-19 vaccines, says it won't be offering the new shots in Massachusetts for now.

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