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Morning Cambridge! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How could rising data centers affect Cambridge’s power and environment?
  • How could a new AI rights bill affect Cambridge’s tech future?

Also on today's calendar: Dive In Commonwealth Virtual Information Session and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did the stop sign say to the yield sign? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Monday: Brisk and colder, with a high of 26 and low of 22 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and not as cold, temps: high: 34, low: 27.
  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 45 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Data center proliferation driving up power needs (lowellsun.com) — Cambridge is home to one of Massachusetts’ 49 existing data centers, as the state weighs how AI-driven growth in these facilities could affect power demand and climate goals. The piece explains why most large new centers are landing elsewhere, how state tax incentives and policies might shape future projects, and what environmental advocates say about pollution, water use, and neighborhood impacts.
   

• Rep Pressley pushes AI Civil Rights Act, aimed to ‘especially' protect Black, Brown and marginalized people (foxnews.com) — Cambridge is highlighted as a hub of MIT, Harvard, and AI innovation sitting just three miles from Roxbury, where Rep. Ayanna Pressley says life expectancy and income drop sharply. She’s backing an AI Civil Rights Act aimed at curbing algorithmic bias that she argues can worsen these existing inequities. The debate underscores how national AI rules could shape outcomes for communities linked to Cambridge’s tech ecosystem.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Hands-on STEM, Engineering, Robotics, Coding, and Creative Technology Experiences for your Community —Guildhall Woburn Read on Patch
  • A vehicle fire against a building at 64 Brentwood St. in Malden, MA, has been reported, with mutual aid on the scene and the fire knocked down.
    8:28PM on Dec 13: Working fire reported at 64 Brentwood Street in Malden, MA. (Nextdoor )
  • Salutations Neighbors:
    I'm looking for some last minute live-in house sitting services that include the watching/daily walking of our two-year old dog, care of two house… (Nextdoor Huron Village)
  • SBM Management posted a job opening for Custodian in Cambridge. Apply here.
  • City of Cambridge Massachusetts posted a job opening for Teen Group Leader in Cambridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cambridge here.

🗞 Nearby News

Somerville

  • Kiwanis Club of Somerville Annual Marine Corps, Toys for Tots luncheon and Toy Donations to CAAS Head Start Children (thesomervillenewsweekly.blog)
  • Apply today for creative space at Somerville's Armory (thesomervilletimes.com)
  • Winter Hill Residents Celebrate Demolition Of Abandoned Grocery Store (iheart.com)

Watertown

  • JIM'S VIEW: Girls Basketball Rides Youth Movement In Season-Opening Win Over Belmont (watertownmanews.com)

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