(un)Official Blog of Massachusetts

Also app.wafrn.net/blog/massachusettsOfficial and on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/mass-official.bsky.social both of these are often forgotten

[massachusetts-official]

Have you heard of SCP-4006?

https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4006

[westernmassposting]

ITS HOT

Like much of the world, this week we are going to be experiencing an intense heat wave.

If you dont have access to strong enough AC, please find your local cooling centers! Many libraries double as cooling centers, but not all of them.

Here's a WWLP article that lists some cooling centers open during this particular heat wave, and heres 413Cares a website thats been collecting cooling and warming centers for years. Use another resource to make sure those locations are acting as cooling centers for this particular heat wave.

Museums also tend to have very, very good AC to keep their items safe, and all the five colleges' museums are free and open to the public.

Grocery stores are typically kept extra cold to make you hungry so you buy more.

For many of us, the water out of our tap comes out very cold. Hold your wrists veins-side-up under the water for a while to cool down your entire body.

Personal fans, ice water wraps around your neck, and sticking your feet in ice water can go a long way for beating the heat.

Swamp coolers/evaporative coolers work well in lower levels of humidity, but can be dangerous at higher levels of humidity. They raise the humidity in your own space, which makes your sweat significantly less effective. They are easy to DIY with a fan and materials you probably already have. Check your local humidity forecast daily before using them, and just use a fan when its too humid. I wouldnt use a swamp cooler in any of the orange temperatures on this chart, and I'd be really careful about using one in any of the yellow parts of the chart.

THIS POST CONTAINS INFORMATION FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE USA STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. WHILE ITS CONTENTS MAY BE APPLICABLE ELSEWHERE, THEY ARE NOT APPLICABLE EVERYWHERE. LOOK FOR LOCAL GUIDANCE.

[massachusetts-official]

Official Post of Massachusetts

[strange-and-off-putting]

Today is the most temperate of the next four days.

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Official Post of Massachusetts

[massachusetts-official]

Omg I forgot about the cybertruck reporting hotline!! Last week at the Middleboro rotary i saw a Tropical Smoothie Cafe themed one 🤢

The fact that so many of these dumpsters are used as advertising space only makes them more pathetic

[massachusetts-official]

I saw a cybertruck up in newburyport. it turned the wrong way down a one way and almost hit me head on. He wouldn't budge so i pulled onto the sidewalk. Bitch.

Mix the most insufferable drivers in the world with the most insufferable type of person in the world...

[massachusetts-official]

saw a cybertruck wiith connecticut plates on 91 south today :(

Connecticut would (not that Massachusetts won't unfortunately)

[massachusetts-official]

Thoughts on the Scots? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

(I specifically mean the Scots in Boston for the World Cup)

They can come back any time.

[massachusetts-official]

Hi hello I went to my first ever Pride festival in Waltham today and wanted to share 🏳️‍🌈🥰🏳️‍⚧️🥰🏳️‍⚧️🥰🏳️‍🌈

Hell yeah! I finally had the opportunity to go to my first pride this year too!

[massachusetts-official]

Ok this is incredible so I thought you needed to know. So the Scotland-Haiti game is in foxborough, and the effects of this are noticeable. Boston has a big Haitian population, but the sheer influx of Scottish tourists has probably at least met the number of Haitians. You go to liquor stores and entire rows of Scottish beer are just empty. The Scots are everywhere. However, in the entirety of Boston there is exactly one (1) Scottish pub, the haven. The Haven has, in anticipation of Scotland’s first game, gotten a permit for the entirety of the parking lot. I drove over at like noon and the entire place was full of men with kilts playing music and drinking (this is not a small parking lot). The game wasn’t due to start for many hours. The Haven has this permit for three days, and so they’re running this festival for the day before, the day of, and the day after the game. Everything is insane.

Powerful.

[massachusetts-official]

i want to rip the green line apart with my teeth

You would be doing everyone a favor I think

[massachusetts-official]

i just saw a new-to-me burgundy cybertruck in hadley

New-to-you ones are the worst. At least you can steel your resolve for the ones you know are around

[massachusetts-official]

I saw two cybertrucks passing each other on my way home

Horrid experience btw.

It's like the much less sexy version of two trucks having sex

[mercumeme]

Look at this fucking van my partner is behind rn as I'm posting this

[massachusetts-official]

Official Post of Massachusetts

[bleepbloopobsessionville]

malden, massachusetts

[massachusetts-official]

Official Post of Massachusetts

[lemongrad]

The town historical society is putting on an american revolution trivia night at the local brewery, with a prize for "best historical costume"

I am SO tempted to show up in my reenactment kit, but this being massachusetts i would definitely not be the only one with fully period-correct getup. Hmm, decisions.

[massachusetts-official]

Official Post of Massachusetts

[onyxthelion]

Massachusetts residents! The Massachusetts senate is having a hearing on a big energy bill this week (June 25, 2026) and we currently have a sales tax exemption that incentivizes tech building.

Do you have opinions on restricting data centers in Massachusetts? If so, hit up the link below to send a letter to your senator and let them know your thoughts!

MA Senate data center policy

Data centers demand huge amounts of energy, and use clean drinking water to cool their equipment. People near proposed data center developm

[massachusetts-official]

Data centers are a scourge. We absolutely don't need more

[kinoglowworm]

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Official Post of Massachusetts