...because Fuck Verizon why? What seems to be the issue you are having with them? Cox is no better in terms of billing, in terms of reliability Verizon is much more reliable simply based on how a Fiber Network works. Cox is very unreliable and subject to many issues that can affect speed. In the 15+ years I have had FIOS I have never had an outage more than an hour or so. Friends that had Cox in the area were constantly having issues with the service.

The price is about the same for asymetrical speeds with Cox. Switching will also require a number of equipment changes.

The huge problem with Supes has been that the cost of plumbing upgrades needed to make it all apartments. The new development plan and subsides seems to address that without a ton of variances and code exemptions. As far as I know they have started some of the internal work or will be starting shortly.

I agree with the parcel 9 plan needs to change, there needs to be some changes made there but that just ain't it.

That was one big part I did not like. I was sad to see them leave but the cost just wasn't worth it. McCoy needed some updates but was still a fun and decent stadium.

Yup

Well said! Anyone that has actually followed this at all would have seen all the shit the city had to deal with with all the revisions the developer was making and telling them they had to make changes, and even then the city was still giving them the variances they needed. This would have been another half full building that has a ton of turn over.

Yes that would be a good start. I am glad that the Fox Point Neighborhood Association and other groups have been paying attention to this and helping to hold the city and developers to account on this.

Having a cohesive plan for the city and housing would be great.

Exactly. There needs to be better options than just building more luxury/high priced housing and hoping it lowers the cost of other housing eventually. There needs to be housing built that addresses the need for lower cost rentals, not saying that luxury and higher priced properties can't exist as well, I don't think anyone is saying that it shouldn't exist, just that it can't be the only thing people build in the city.

And yes the design of this building was awful it would have stuck out like a sore thumb and ruined the appeal of our skyline.

Love all the people that don't live in the city coming here to call those of us that do live here NIMBYs because we don't want another Ill conceived piece of real estate built in the city that will sit half empty for years til they come begging for a bail out then it becomes dorms like the buildings they put in downtown near waterplace park.

Address some of the existing buildings that are sitting empty before adding yet another that will be neglected.

Yeah its not like you go to Jo-Ann fabrics, and start flipping through the novelty flags like, Easter Bunny with eggs, New England Pats, Spring has Sprung, racist dogwhistle, St Patricks shamrock... etc

There was video of it posted yesterday, doesn't seem like an accidental confederate flag raising.

Exactly, not like you can just pick up a Confederate flag at stop and shop while you are picking up your groceries. Its not a thing you can accidentally buy or even order through Amazon. You have to go to some pretty specific stores to "accidentally" stumble upon one. There were a bunch of stores that sold flags like that and others of that ilk that said something along the lines of like "Let's Go Brandon", which I think is a reference to the dog from Punky Brewster, but I digress, that had gone out of business sometime last year, though they might still be lurking out there. The Venn diagram of the people that frequent that store and racists is almost a virtual circle.

...oddly a lot of the "Merica" first crowd. They don't realize what the flag and this country stands/stood for. They just use it as a tool. Thats why you see them flying it in ways that are far outside of flag code or turn it into weird shit like a speedo or mud flaps.

I have a feeling you a very well right. This person just happened to see the post about their racist father doing racist shit outside of his house and decides to create a reddit account just to "explain" dad isn't racist just confused. You would have to be living under a rock for his whole life for that to be the case, and the fact that they are now flying "Old Glory" upside down, which is another go to of the "totally not racist" crowd.

Day old account with no post history and hasn't responded to a single post on here. Or they have with their alt account "defendin pops" and that everyone should just lay off.

Tried it for the first time on Friday night and it was really really good. You might have sticker shock at first but I will tell you the 10 piece bucket was enough to feed like 3-4 people at least. It comes with 4 full size sides and a mix of thighs, drums, wings and tenders all of which were very tasty, not grease and the sides were just as good.

Depending on what router you are using, especially panoramic there might be ad blocking turned on and that might be blocking the site because it has an adserver running with it. Common on mesh networks.

I had the same issue with another provider when I was trying to use Paramount+ turned off the ad block on my network and it started loading as normal.

Just a suggestion as there would be much more info on that if Cox was straight up blocking the app and I couldn't find this through an quick (even though not through) Google search. Seems like something a lot of people would have an issue with.

Could always bypass the router and go direct to modem to test that.

Great Northern BBQ they have wings every day but they have a special on Wednesday.

That wouldn't be a "bandwidth limitation" and is against Net neutrality rules. Also none of the providers in the state have any throttling or data caps especially the ones who offer video services. That may be different with cell providers but they don't tend to offer video services.

This sounds like there might be something else going on. Especially if they are trying to cast to a TV and they have adblocking setup on their WiFi and it is causing an issue with the stream since it can't load an ad or something. Happens all the time if you have advanced features on your WiFi.

Not really something they can do. A provider can't block streaming apps to force you to buy it through them. They do need to adhere to the local blackout restrictions. But that shouldn't be the case here.

You are not required to use a provider for content in place of a linear channel on their service.

Who is your provider? They can't / shouldn't be blocking a streaming service on your WiFi.

Are they blocking the app or just the ability to stream the fight? As that would be ESPN blocking it on their app.

The Point on Wickenden. CJ should be on the bar and is a great bartender. Usually a great playlist.

I am just going by what I have read.... not in any way legal advice lol. But from what I have seen and a number of sites have clarified it that they can't use a test as a disqualifier. In that case they could do the same with alcohol etc.

From what I have heard anecdotally a lot of places of changed their policies to account for this even before the state changed the law.

This is in regards to if they come into work/interview under the influence etc. The law itself makes it so recreational use can't be a disqualifying factor and a test can't be administered as a preemployment requirement, only if the "workplace drug policy" is violated.

It is considered discriminatory hiring practice if they do unless it is under certain circumstances, this changed when it was legalized. They shouldn't even be testing for THC unless it is for specific positions. If they don't hire you based on that and it is not one of the under conditions they are participating in prohibited hiring practices and if they are not following these laws who knows what else they might not be following.

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21-28.11-29. Prohibited activities.

(d) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to require employers to

accommodate the use or possession of cannabis, or being under the influence of cannabis, in any workplace or the use of cannabis in any other location while an employee is performing work, including remote work. Employers may implement drug use policies which prohibit the use or possession of cannabis in the workplace or while performing work from being under the influence of cannabis, provided that unless such use is prohibited pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, an employer shall not fire or take disciplinary action against an employee solely for an employee’s private, lawful use of cannabis outside the workplace and as long as the employee has not and is not working under the influence of cannabis except to the extent that:

(1) The employer is a federal contractor or otherwise subject to federal law or regulations such that failure to take such action would cause the employer to lose a monetary or licensing related benefit thereunder; or

(2) The employee is employed in a job, occupation or profession that is hazardous, dangerous or essential to public welfare and safety. If the employee’s job, occupation or profession involves work that is hazardous, dangerous or essential to public welfare and safety then the employer may adopt and implement policies which prohibit the use or consumption of cannabis within the twenty-four (24) hour period prior to a scheduled work shift or assignment. For purposes

of this section, hazardous, dangerous or essential to public welfare and safety shall include, but not be limited to: operation of an aircraft, watercraft, heavy equipment, heavy machinery, commercial vehicles, school buses or public transportation; use of explosives; public safety first responder jobs; and emergency and surgical medical personnel.

(e) Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent an employer from refusing to hire, discharging, disciplining, or otherwise taking an adverse employment action against a person with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of that person’s violation of a workplace drug policy or because that person was working while under the influence of cannabis.

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Came here to say this! They have done a lot of updates recently!

What you are saying about Urban Greens is exactly what happened to a majority of those other stores. While they check the boxes you need they don't check enough boxes for enough other people to stay in business. Should it exist simply because it is "local"? Especially if all the reports of years of mismanagement are true? Its what killed most of the other "local" markets that have had the same fate.

A grocery store starting a gofundme is a really telling sign of poor sales and things not being managed correctly. If they wanted to raise $50,000 quickly they could do an inventory clearance sale and make bank, they just don't wanna take the hit and lower costs and would rather have someone else foot that bill. How long you think the gofundme will keep them afloat?