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Father of Three boys, Web Application Developer, and Passionate about good education! WIll work for food, =8^)

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With everyone having so much to say, who is listening?

[Diana DiZoglio @massauditor]

Our fight for the 72% is about more than just an audit – we need to restore the public trust. #mapoli

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Spread His word ... you don't have to look far, just look, listen, we 're surroi d ...

[End3of6Days9 (Helen) 🇺🇸 @end3of6days9]

This HVAC technician went to the wrong house to fix a furnace… and ended up being an answer to someone’s prayer.

He showed up thinking he was sent there, fixed the broken relay, and got the heat working. When he realized he had gone to the wrong address, the woman started crying and told him she had prayed that morning asking God to send someone to fix her heat because she couldn’t afford it.

He told her it was on the house and left her with a warm home. Sometimes God really does work in mysterious ways.

Have you ever experienced something that felt like it was meant to be?

[Fuzzhead @Fuzzhead]

"After QA testing, the feature is merged into the QA branch via a Pull Request (PR)." #release #qa #dev_process Make it make sense !

[Mike Minogue | MA Gov Candidate @mikeminoguema]

Massachusetts takes more of your money than 90% of America. It's crazy!

It’s time to stop the government overspending, overtaxing, and over regulating so you can afford to live, work, and raise a family in Massachusetts.

[Fuzzhead @Fuzzhead]

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[Fuzzhead @Fuzzhead]

Based on current research and pricing data, here's what you as a shopper in North Andover, MA should know about Market Basket's long-term outlook and whether you should switch:

Current Price Comparison (2025 Data)
StorePrice vs. AverageAnnual Savings vs. Market BasketMarket Basket15% LOWER than average cbsnews+1BaselineWegmans15% higher than Market Basket~$90/year extra vs. Market Basket bostonglobeStop & Shop~16% higher than Market Basket~$600/year extra vs. Whole Foods bostonglobeAldi/Price RiteLowest prices$4,368/year savings vs. average checkbookWhole Foods~31% higher than Market Basket~$600/year extra vs. Market Basket bostonglobe
Globe test (July 2025): 10-item basket cost $38.28 at Market Basket vs $40.01 at Wegmans, $44.40 at Stop & Shop, $50 at Whole Foodsbostonglobe
Market Basket's Current Strengths
✅ Still cheapest traditional supermarket in Boston area (15% below average)cbsnews
✅ High customer ratings despite leadership dramainstagram+1
✅ No self-checkout — human service remainswikipedia
✅ Profit-sharing for employees (1,000+ hours/year)wikipedia
✅ Operations stabilized after 2025 protestsmanchester.inklink
Long-Term Risks for Shoppers
⚠️ Private equity professionals on board — fear of future salewgbh
⚠️ No succession plan — family governance crisisforbes
⚠️ Gradual price increases possible if profit-focused management takes https://t.co/czERUaPqKj
⚠️ Inflation already reduced advantage — 24% grocery price increase since 2019bostonglobe
Should You Switch Grocery Stores?
Keep shopping at Market Basket if:
You want low prices with good selection (15% cheaper than average)cbsnews
You value human service (no self-checkout)wikipedia
You don't want to change habits yet — no immediate changes expectedmanchester.inklink
Start diversifying if:
You want absolute lowest prices → Aldi (save $4,368/year vs. average)checkbook
You want highest quality → Wegmans (81% "superior" rating) or Roche Bros. (top quality score)checkbook+1
You want to future-proof against potential Market Basket price increases
Recommended Strategy for You
"Cherry-pick" approach (recommended by Consumer World founder):
Keep 70-80% of shopping at Market Basket (still cheapest traditional option)
Buy produce/meat at Wegmans if quality matters more
Buy generic items at Aldi for maximum savings
This could save you $0.50+ more than Market Basket alone on a typical basketbostonglobe

Monitor these warning signs that suggest switching:

Prices increase more than 5% without matching inflation

Employee turnover increases, service declines
Store announces sale to private equity
Product quality visibly decreases
Bottom Line
For now, stay at Market Basket — it's still the cheapest option with good quality, and no changes are expected in the short term. But start tracking prices and consider adding Aldi or Wegmans to your routine for specific items. This gives you a baseline to compare if prices rise due to future ownership changes.

Would you like me to help you create a grocery price tracking spreadsheet to monitor Market Basket prices vs. competitors over time?

[Fuzzhead @Fuzzhead]

Don't be this guy :

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#troublshooting tips welcome

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Makes me look less bad... thank you https://t.co/TN5WKrfRev imagine!

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@ConsiderMeDunn WHERE IS MY #Massachusetts AUDIT ?

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@danlatta @MattWallace888 @Grok please research and verify accuracy of these statements

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@ModernxDad As a dad without one, this rings true.

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@RestrictedDaily I was knocked out playing first base in little league. I can't tell you more, it's a bit fuzzy...

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[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

This is horrifying and every American needs to hear this

California resident exposes what’s really going on with Flock Cameras in America

“I want to be clear what these cameras actually are, and I say that with somebody with 20 years of experience in IT. I've served as the chief network architect for Fortune 500 companies, I've designed data centers, and today I work on cloud infrastructure for one of the largest loan origination companies in the country. I'm not speculating on how this technology works. I've read their patents and I know how it works.

Flock advertises these cameras as simple license plate readers. But their own patents tell a different story.

They're AI-powered surveillance machines that capture every passing vehicle and person and transmit that data to a private corporate cloud, making it queryable by a multitude of state and federal agencies. The city of Corona does not control that database, and Corona residents have no public record rights against a private company's servers. Our daily movements are being harvested by a $7.5 billion corporation, that only answers to venture capital investors, not to us. Flock did not reach that valuation on their per-camera subscription fees. That math doesn't add up

The city council should also understand who they're doing business with. Flock CEO was asked whether the company had any federal contracts. He said no. That was a lie.

Public records revealed that Flock had been secretly running a pilot program giving the US Border Patrol access to local police camera data without the knowledge of the cities that paid for the cameras.

Now consider who's behind the company and where your data flows. Flock integrates directly with Palantir, a data fusion platform, with a $30 million contract with ICE. Peter Thiel, the founder of Palantir, is also one of Flock's primary investors. These are not separate companies with separate agendas. They are connected actors that are building a connected infrastructure.

Palantir's own CEO stated publicly just this month that his technology is being used as a political instrument, designed to reduce the political power of certain voters. And that's the ecosystem that our Corona cameras are feeding into.

We're not anti-police at all. We're against mass surveillance of innocent residents by a company with a documented record of deception, built by investors with a stated political agenda. We're asking the City Council to start auditing the queries made against Flock's database, to disclose any data sharing agreements, and to take a vote to cancel the Flock safety contract”

I looked more into this and he is 100% right

Patents describe broader object detection, including tracking people and pedestrians, patents like US11416545B1. The system uses a centralized cloud database for nationwide queries

Data goes to Flock’s private cloud, AWS-based, encrypted. Nationwide lookup is common, 75%+ of customers are enrolled enabling cross-jurisdictional searches. Residents have no direct public records access to the corporate servers.

This creates a mass surveillance network feeding a private company’s infrastructure

If you ask me this is laying the infrastructure for a mass surveillance network in America. We are being lied to. Cancel all contracts nationwide

[Fuzzhead @Fuzzhead]

@AnneBrensleyMA Perform and publish the Audit...

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"A hand-out is what you get from the government. A hand-up is what you get from a friend." -- Philo Beddoe

[Modern Dad @ModernxDad]

Only men can understand this feeling💔