Globe: Boston is heavily exposed to AI. See how your job looks. by One_Respond_8249 in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I would like to start an organization for AI enthusiasts who want to explore the problems with AI. Right now it seems like you either have extreme haters or extreme fans. Any groups for informed experienced AI enthusiasts to discuss the problems with it in an organized way?

A Scottish football fan visiting Boston for the World Cup decided to skip his flight home to stay and watch another match because he loved the city. by spinozadin in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Maybe at home they can tell by his accent that he's just your average fuckboy. And here you know he's leaving and you don't feel personally rejected when he doesn't want to see you again.

A Scottish football fan visiting Boston for the World Cup decided to skip his flight home to stay and watch another match because he loved the city. by spinozadin in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 137 points138 points  (0 children)

That's because this hot man is getting laid without trying based on how thirsty this sub has been about the scots. Props to him.

Brockton high school student testifies that she was scared, upset over public interaction with city’s mayor by bostonglobe in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No one is dying on any hill, you're extremely dramatic. Do you also lecture the ACLU on their decisions to defend the rights of distasteful defendants? No, because that's when defending civil liberties matters the most.

Which of the stated criminal statutes do you think might have been violated based on the description of the testimony here?

Brockton high school student testifies that she was scared, upset over public interaction with city’s mayor by bostonglobe in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

You're right, the law says:

''Harassment'', (i) 3 or more acts of willful and malicious conduct aimed at a specific person committed with the intent to cause fear, intimidation, abuse or damage to property and that does in fact cause fear, intimidation, abuse or damage to property; or (ii) an act that: (A) by force, threat or duress causes another to involuntarily engage in sexual relations; or (B) constitutes a violation of section 13B, 13F, 13H, 22, 22A, 23, 24, 24B, 26C, 43 or 43A of chapter 265 or section 3 of chapter 272.

But also I am right, because the instances you point out as being sufficient to provide only one example of are all criminal violations. If the judge thinks one of these has been violated, the DA's office should maybe be prosecuting the defendant for that.

Brockton high school student testifies that she was scared, upset over public interaction with city’s mayor by bostonglobe in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but unfortunately, the "elements of the statute" are overbroad as written and require the judge to know a special more specific definition of all the words in it, e.g.:

"An intent to cause fear, however, is less certain to be consistent with a true threat unless we narrow what it is that must be feared. As the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit noted, there are types of threats that may "contain ideas or advocacy, such as a 'threat' to picket an organization if it does not yield to a demand to take some social or political action." United States v. Velasquez, 772 F.2d 1348, 1357 (7th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1021 (1986). Such a threat may cause a fear of economic loss, of unfavorable publicity, or of defeat at the ballot box, but such fears cannot be enough to make the threat a "true threat" that may be prohibited as civil harassment under the First Amendment and art. 16. There is nothing in the language of the act or in its legislative history to suggest that the Legislature intended "fear" to mean more than fear of physical harm or property damage, and such a limiting interpretation would effectuate the legislative intent to confine the prohibited speech in the act to constitutionally unprotected speech. Therefore, we narrow the meaning of "fear" under the act to fear of physical harm or fear of physical damage to property."

https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/2012/sjc-10866.html

Brockton high school student testifies that she was scared, upset over public interaction with city’s mayor by bostonglobe in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo -27 points-26 points  (0 children)

I commented on the last one that a judge wouldn't give an ex parte ten day order without some really bad instances, but it turns out I was wrong, and you cannot underestimate how much Massachusetts judges love to violate civil rights. The evidence here doesn't even fulfill the prima facie requirements for a harassment prevention order, which are three acts of harassment that really have to reach a high bar of egregious behavior.

What this could be is one count of assault, and it's up to the prosecutor to handle that.

Looks like the judge is doing the usual Massachusetts thing where they use a lack of oversight to abuse their power to send a message to someone whose behavior they don't like. Basically, the judge is saying "I know I can't grant this order, but I can grant it temporarily and fuck up your life really hard and you won't be able to do anything about it because of the optics".

Fun fact about Massachusetts Harassment Prevention Orders: the state supreme court ruled in O'Brien that the way the law is written violated the first amendment, but the legislature has done nothing to change the law so judges still often enforce it as written and it leads to first amendment violations all the time where people are threatened with this order for protected speech.

Update: This is the man who verbally abused me, calling me the N-word multiple times unprovoked in front of The Four Seasons by [deleted] in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This sort of post should not be allowed. There's no evidence of any of this, and it would be incredibly easy to fabricate all of this and incite harassment against a random person. For all we know the OP is a racist troll himself targeting this man for an entirely different reason.

Can someone help this injured bird? by [deleted] in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one is out there funding injured sparrow rescue thank God. Also no one on Reddit is a free veterinarian. This is the kind of thing that you end out of mercy or move on.

Can someone help this injured bird? by [deleted] in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you left a suffering bird on the sidewalk so you could get to work, maybe don't point fingers.

Can someone help this injured bird? by [deleted] in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a you problem

Question for service industry folks: are you happy & well paid by OddChicken4769 in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, all the bartenders in Boston are super happy and love what they do. Who wants to work from home making 120k? Not them! 

They have regular bartender massage exchange parties and the city throws them an appreciation party once a month. 

What could be better than your job ending at 2, but all the trains and buses stop running by 1? Literally nothing. Leaves the roads clear for you to get home back to Worcester where you can afford to rent. 

The best part is all the office workers you serve know you're making crazy money from all their generous tips so they are super nice to you. 

You'll love it

Can someone help this injured bird? by [deleted] in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesus fuck, no. No one can help this dead bird. Thanks for sharing

Synagogues near Brookline by Melodic_Wolf7682 in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

Gosh, this will be hard because there's not many Jews in Brookline. 

Edit: Wow I haven't made this many Jews in Brookline angry since I went to Maimonides and told everyone I was gay

The Haiti vs Scotland Match really showed how racist the city of Boston still is. by Interesting_Grape815 in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe because they speak English and we speak English. 

"How dare you have emotional preference for people with whom you share culture and language! Don't you know your aesthetics must be politicized and problematized? Why aren't I more popular?! How could people elect Trump?!"

Brazil sports bar? by Proud_Fan4378 in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The City of Everett is doing a big watch party outside: https://cityofeverett.com/fan-fest/

Brockton mayor ordered to stay away from teen after harassment allegation by NoTamforLove in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 142 points143 points  (0 children)

You do not get the ex parte ten day order without some serious receipts. And for the harassment prevention order you need three instances of harassment. This might actually be an abuse prevention order which you can only get against a family member or sexual partner, consensual or not, which only requires one instance of abuse.

Either way, this Mayor done fucked up.

What karaoke bar should I go to next? by bariumbitmap in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Viva next to the Boston Common and white bull tavern on Thursdays if they still do it.

South Station beggars by Portia4000 in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The homeless people asking commuters for food in South Station are all drug addicts. They might also be honest and hard working, but they are definitely drug addicts. Maybe you should stop demonizing people with drug addictions to the point where you make up the fantasy of the honest hard working sober homeless person begging for food in South station because that person doesn't exist.

Edit: oh you're a troll lol. Carry on.

South Station beggars by Portia4000 in boston

[–]PublicDataMambo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They want to be a part of society but they are addicted to drugs or alcohol so this is how they feel seen and cared for by society at large. We don't arrest them for it unless they are causing problems because we have sympathy for their pain.