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Meet and organize with other Atheists!

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Atheists
4.25
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civil liberties supporters
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Boston PHP Meetup and BostonPHP.org are PHPeople ranging from newbie-to-techie. We discourage RTFM attitudes and encourage you to come see what PHP is all about.

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PHP Developers
4.75

The group was recently started to address the lack of ongoing professional discussion about application scalability. The goal of a scalable application is to have the ability to add capacity without diminishing the user experience. There are so many methods that can be used to achieve this goal and BostonSUG will enable software developers, archite

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People interested in Web Tech
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Meet other local people who use Extreme Programming (XP) for software development. Gather and discuss this deliberate and disciplined approach to software development. In the tradition of London's eXtreme Tuesday Club, we hold these discussions in local pubs. We announce schedules and locations of meetings on our blog at http://xtcboston.blo

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Extreme Programmers
4.25

You like learning things, going to museums, science lectures, and you can't get your regular crew to go with you. Perhaps you went to engineering school, but you use hair conditioner anyway. Maybe you got excited to hear that Universal is opening a Harry Potter theme park in Florida 2009 (!!!) You're intelligent and you have social skills,

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people
4.75

Welcome to the Boston Area Libertarian Meetup Group! This group is meant as a vehicle for libertarians in the greater Boston area to meet and socialize. Join us and share your opinions on today's political climate and issues. If you're a Bostonian who is unsure who libertarians are, this is the place to come to find out. Everyone interested i

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Libertarians
3.5

Check out and learn about the universe! We ave a monthly baseline Meetup at the BU Observatory public viewing night Wednesday nights 730P, weather permitting, scope things out, then yap a bit afterwards about the other steps for learning about the cosmos. Look out for updates and weather conditions!

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Astronomy buffs
3.5
385
Atheists
4.5

Meet other local Axis and Allies players. Discuss and play this WWII based strategy boardgame! I couldn't see this many people wanting to play and not form a group.

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Axis and Allies Players
4.5

Meet other Boston-area fans of author Ayn Rand and her philosophy, Objectivism -- a philosophy of reason and rational self-interest that holds man's life as an end in itself and man's happiness as his highest moral purpose.

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Ayn Rand Fans and Objectivists
5.0

http://www.labscout.com/ The community connecting life science professionals around the world. http://biotech.meetup.com/31 Meet local Biotechnology Enthusiasts. Discuss healthcare, medical devices, cell biology, life science research, pharmaceuticals, and drug discovery start-ups that would be beneficial to society and the development of n

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Biotechnology Enthusiasts
2.5

Meet other local chess players to PLAY AND IMPROVE OUR GAME ! THE MORE WE PLAY THE BETTTER WE GET.

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Chess Players
4.5

Meet other local chess players to talk strategy and play games.

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Chess Players
3.0

Founded by the Human Rights Campaign in 2004, the Boston Freedom to Marry Meetup is an independent group committed to lobbying against the proposed bans on marriage and promoting pro-equality candidates & grassroots activism in the Boston area.

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Marriage Equality Supporters
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Meet nearby MySQL Users for conversation and fun! Come to a local MySQL Meetup to talk about the world's most popular open source database, get great tips and share new ideas. All levels of experience welcome!

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Boston-Metro MySQL Users
4.5

We are a group of multi-level people interested in the study of Philosophy. We sit around debating or discussing at length topics from metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and logic. Come and join the discussion.

202
Philosophers
4.75

Discuss ideas and issues in the philosophy of mind.

147
Philosophers
5.0

Meet other local Transhumanists to discuss big trends, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology, immortality, and the meaning of life:).

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Transhumanists
4.75

This is a group for people that are interested in blogging and meeting others who are interested in blogging. Topics discussed range from blog content to blog software. All interest levels are welcome.

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Bloggers
4.5

A collection of good-hearted, fast-fingered, quick-shuttered Boston area Wikipedians and fans.

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Wikipedians
4.25

This will be a 2008 Presidential Election discussion group. If you're really interested in following and discussing the latest developments in the campaign, this is the group for you. We'll have an open, lively exchange on whatever the group wants to talk about the most when it meets ? recent news, trends, candidates, media coverage, issues, the

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The Political Cafe participants
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I'm forever coming across strange and interesting Math/CS papers that I want to read on the internet, but as anyone who's read higher mathematics knows, it's not a trivial thing. I'd like to get people together to read a paper or so a month. My interests are mostly in discrete, comp. sci. stuff, but I like geometry of various flavors as well. I'd

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Math Buffs
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