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In today's newsletter:

  • How did Lexington-built tech just boost U.S.-Japan space surveillance?
  • What Ed Markey told the Lexington Observer about your town's future.

Also on today's calendar: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Thursday: A shower in the afternoon, with a high of 84 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 59.
  • Saturday: A passing afternoon shower, with a high of 73 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Japan just launched a U.S. military payload into orbit, giving Washington another set of eyes over the Indo-Pacific (techradar.com) — Lexington's MIT Lincoln Laboratory designed and built both U.S. surveillance payloads just launched with Japanese satellites, giving local engineers a direct hand in monitoring the Indo-Pacific from space. The mission deepens U.S.-Japan security cooperation and will feed near real-time orbital data to the Space Surveillance Network, highlighting how work done in Lexington influences global military space operations.
   

• Ed Markey's case for 6 more years in the Senate (lexobserver.org) — Sen. Ed Markey sat down with the Lexington Observer and neighboring outlets to argue why he deserves another six-year Senate term, contrasting his progressive agenda with challenger Seth Moulton. He ties his support for Medicare for All, free community college, climate investment, and fare-free transit to benefits for Massachusetts communities, including filling empty Lexington lab space with clean-energy companies and improving regional transportation and housing.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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