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@rhodepvd.bsky.social
Lover of flower gardens, libraries, history, buildings and feminism. In Providence. She/her/ma’am
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· Oct 19
I will be going to these while on sabbatical next year. www.stayfolio.com/en/findstay/...
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The time for just a book and I, after the busy days
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I would like to live in an America where if you have extra money, you can explore building restorative spaces for your community, instead of desperately getting funds to people for food, rent and abortions.
Color of the year for 2026 is the sky in New England on that awful day in early March when tree branches are dark and barren, the ground is covered with dirty, half frozen dregs of snowstorms past, and you are exhausted and jealous of everyone who fled to Florida
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Color of the year for 2026 is the sky in New England on that awful day in early March when tree branches are dark and barren, the ground is covered with dirty, half frozen dregs of snowstorms past, and you are exhausted and jealous of everyone who fled to Florida
You know how we in Rhode Island have DINOs (Democrats In Name Only) in local office? I know for a fact in red states like Utah they have RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) in local office.
It’s one of the things that gives me hope
It’s one of the things that gives me hope
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
You know how we in Rhode Island have DINOs (Democrats In Name Only) in local office? I know for a fact in red states like Utah they have RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) in local office.
It’s one of the things that gives me hope
It’s one of the things that gives me hope
If you are represented by one of these RI State Senators, please tell them today they are losing your next vote because fascism:
Leonidas Raptakis
Todd Patalano
David Tikoian
Peter Appollonio Jr
Brian Thompson
Andrew Dimitri
Robert Britto
John Burke
Stefano Famiglietti
Leonidas Raptakis
Todd Patalano
David Tikoian
Peter Appollonio Jr
Brian Thompson
Andrew Dimitri
Robert Britto
John Burke
Stefano Famiglietti
Good morning, the DEMOCRATIC Senate Majority whip of RI & 8 of his colleagues want to criminalize protest. Via @steveahlquist.bsky.social
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/nine-rhode...
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/nine-rhode...
Nine Rhode Island State Senators want to decide where and how you may protest
"...Rhode Island laws already impose criminal penalties for obstructing a roadway," notes RIACLU's Steven Brown. "There is no need for another law that is clearly designed simply to be more punitive."
steveahlquist.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
If you are represented by one of these RI State Senators, please tell them today they are losing your next vote because fascism:
Leonidas Raptakis
Todd Patalano
David Tikoian
Peter Appollonio Jr
Brian Thompson
Andrew Dimitri
Robert Britto
John Burke
Stefano Famiglietti
Leonidas Raptakis
Todd Patalano
David Tikoian
Peter Appollonio Jr
Brian Thompson
Andrew Dimitri
Robert Britto
John Burke
Stefano Famiglietti
On a construction site today, the contractor showed off the newly installed “heel safe” grating. All six women there, glanced over and said nearly in unison “that’s not heel safe for women’s shoes”.
He didn’t believe us until he squatted down and measured the holes for himself
He didn’t believe us until he squatted down and measured the holes for himself
December 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
On a construction site today, the contractor showed off the newly installed “heel safe” grating. All six women there, glanced over and said nearly in unison “that’s not heel safe for women’s shoes”.
He didn’t believe us until he squatted down and measured the holes for himself
He didn’t believe us until he squatted down and measured the holes for himself
Today I met a friendly older man. He gives money and time to charity. He jokes with his staff. He planted trees to cool his parking lot.
His desk photo showed him shaking President GW Bush’s hand. His wall photo showed a 1990’s Trump smiling at him.
I said goodby politely and fled
His desk photo showed him shaking President GW Bush’s hand. His wall photo showed a 1990’s Trump smiling at him.
I said goodby politely and fled
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Today I met a friendly older man. He gives money and time to charity. He jokes with his staff. He planted trees to cool his parking lot.
His desk photo showed him shaking President GW Bush’s hand. His wall photo showed a 1990’s Trump smiling at him.
I said goodby politely and fled
His desk photo showed him shaking President GW Bush’s hand. His wall photo showed a 1990’s Trump smiling at him.
I said goodby politely and fled
Peering in the window of a potential commercial rental space in East Providence today, I was startled to see the President’s floating head. “Last people who rented this were the GOP” my companion said. I nodded thinking of we would need to disinfect the spirit of the building before moving in
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Peering in the window of a potential commercial rental space in East Providence today, I was startled to see the President’s floating head. “Last people who rented this were the GOP” my companion said. I nodded thinking of we would need to disinfect the spirit of the building before moving in
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This week we're also specifically focused on the way that online age verification laws threaten access to information about abortion and reproductive health.
Not just for young people (which is bad enough) but for EVERYONE.
Not just for young people (which is bad enough) but for EVERYONE.
ONLINE ID CHECKS CENSOR ABORTION INFO
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This week we're also specifically focused on the way that online age verification laws threaten access to information about abortion and reproductive health.
Not just for young people (which is bad enough) but for EVERYONE.
Not just for young people (which is bad enough) but for EVERYONE.
Whoa - The Patio, the PVD west end restaurant building formerly known as The Grange is for sale again, and at a reasonable price for commercial property (albeit with zero parking) www.crexi.com/properties/2...
Crexi.com
Photos, maps, description for commercial real estate
www.crexi.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Whoa - The Patio, the PVD west end restaurant building formerly known as The Grange is for sale again, and at a reasonable price for commercial property (albeit with zero parking) www.crexi.com/properties/2...
Seen on reddit: The magical moment a new author gets their wings
Best moment of a creative’s life really.
Best moment of a creative’s life really.
December 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Seen on reddit: The magical moment a new author gets their wings
Best moment of a creative’s life really.
Best moment of a creative’s life really.
Sigh. Some jerk filled my little free pantry with books, shoving aside food to get them in.
Worst of all, they are sportswriting nonfiction, which no one ever takes. Why would you waste pantry shelf space on ‘best sportswriting essays of 2023’?
Yeah, I tossed them
Worst of all, they are sportswriting nonfiction, which no one ever takes. Why would you waste pantry shelf space on ‘best sportswriting essays of 2023’?
Yeah, I tossed them
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Sigh. Some jerk filled my little free pantry with books, shoving aside food to get them in.
Worst of all, they are sportswriting nonfiction, which no one ever takes. Why would you waste pantry shelf space on ‘best sportswriting essays of 2023’?
Yeah, I tossed them
Worst of all, they are sportswriting nonfiction, which no one ever takes. Why would you waste pantry shelf space on ‘best sportswriting essays of 2023’?
Yeah, I tossed them
Just read the new Cat Sebastian set in a used bookstore in NYC in the late 1960s and it is SO FUCKING GOOD
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Just read the new Cat Sebastian set in a used bookstore in NYC in the late 1960s and it is SO FUCKING GOOD
So someone put a nearly-full package of adult diapers in my little food pantry and I guess I mainly hope that person is ok
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
So someone put a nearly-full package of adult diapers in my little food pantry and I guess I mainly hope that person is ok
To put 90,000sf in context, that’s nearly two acres.
It will be a big lump of a building, with no natural light able to reach the middle. Basically a two-story box store.
It will be a big lump of a building, with no natural light able to reach the middle. Basically a two-story box store.
Even the architect Trump hired to build his massive addition to the White House objects to the president's vision. The two have argued about the size of the 90,000-sq-foot project that would dwarf the mansion. @jonathanreports.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
To put 90,000sf in context, that’s nearly two acres.
It will be a big lump of a building, with no natural light able to reach the middle. Basically a two-story box store.
It will be a big lump of a building, with no natural light able to reach the middle. Basically a two-story box store.
They don’t stamp your card anymore when you get a Covid shot. The pharmacist gave me side eye when I asked as though I were asking after her leeches. I instantly aged a decade.
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
They don’t stamp your card anymore when you get a Covid shot. The pharmacist gave me side eye when I asked as though I were asking after her leeches. I instantly aged a decade.
Today not one but two different neighbors asked to borrow my spear head spades to dig bulbs in, because these shovels make digging plant and bulbs holes so easy, even in densely packed city soil. 100% recommend as a gift for gardeners spearheadspade.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Today not one but two different neighbors asked to borrow my spear head spades to dig bulbs in, because these shovels make digging plant and bulbs holes so easy, even in densely packed city soil. 100% recommend as a gift for gardeners spearheadspade.com
😲 just learned there were zero (0) wild turkeys in all of New England when I was born because white settlers wiped them out
So as we colored turkeys in grammar school, we were celebrating a bird our people destroyed here
(Turkeys only came back after being reintroduced from NY in the mid-1970s)
So as we colored turkeys in grammar school, we were celebrating a bird our people destroyed here
(Turkeys only came back after being reintroduced from NY in the mid-1970s)
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
😲 just learned there were zero (0) wild turkeys in all of New England when I was born because white settlers wiped them out
So as we colored turkeys in grammar school, we were celebrating a bird our people destroyed here
(Turkeys only came back after being reintroduced from NY in the mid-1970s)
So as we colored turkeys in grammar school, we were celebrating a bird our people destroyed here
(Turkeys only came back after being reintroduced from NY in the mid-1970s)
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In one of the later years of the Polaris fan convention, when I was helping to run the charity auction, the Canadian penny was being phased out. We placed “Penny Apocalypse” jars all over the place for people to dump their change in. It was great! We raised a lot!
i actually was briefly made insane by this atlantic article (and the attached NYT piece linked in it) about how there was no plan to deal with the fact that businesses still need pennies despite the fact that we don't make them anymore
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In one of the later years of the Polaris fan convention, when I was helping to run the charity auction, the Canadian penny was being phased out. We placed “Penny Apocalypse” jars all over the place for people to dump their change in. It was great! We raised a lot!
Note: In Providence, Heartleaf Books on Federal Hill is a community-owned co-op and Bubblegum Bookstore (romance-focused) near Trader Joes is solely owner-operated.
reminder that local bookstores benefit enormously from people treating buying from them as a virtuous kind of commerce but unless your local bookstore has strong union protections or is structured as a worker co-op or something they probably don't pay their booksellers a living wage
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Note: In Providence, Heartleaf Books on Federal Hill is a community-owned co-op and Bubblegum Bookstore (romance-focused) near Trader Joes is solely owner-operated.
A cousin was listing all the things that annoy her about her mother today and I ruined her rant by saying, You know that’s all ADHD right? That’s not because she’s not trying or she’s an awful person. She’s ADHD to hell and back and she’s been going without helpful meds for 79 years now
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A cousin was listing all the things that annoy her about her mother today and I ruined her rant by saying, You know that’s all ADHD right? That’s not because she’s not trying or she’s an awful person. She’s ADHD to hell and back and she’s been going without helpful meds for 79 years now
First vegetarian Thanksgiving meal with no stuffing, potatoes or butter and it was much nicer than expected. Wild rice did some heavy lifting
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
First vegetarian Thanksgiving meal with no stuffing, potatoes or butter and it was much nicer than expected. Wild rice did some heavy lifting
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Inspired by @danmcgowan.bsky.social’s Rhode Map, we offer our Thanksgiving vibe check on Rhode Island’s only community investment fund:
⬆️ 40 investors
💸 $337,500 raised
🫶 100% gratitude
💫 All-in for 2026
⬆️ 40 investors
💸 $337,500 raised
🫶 100% gratitude
💫 All-in for 2026
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Inspired by @danmcgowan.bsky.social’s Rhode Map, we offer our Thanksgiving vibe check on Rhode Island’s only community investment fund:
⬆️ 40 investors
💸 $337,500 raised
🫶 100% gratitude
💫 All-in for 2026
⬆️ 40 investors
💸 $337,500 raised
🫶 100% gratitude
💫 All-in for 2026
Jammed leftover office flowers into a tub and carried them home for the long weekend, splashing all the way
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Jammed leftover office flowers into a tub and carried them home for the long weekend, splashing all the way
In which various family text that they are coming to my house for Thanksgiving. I dont care how much you say you like my cooking, something is up when you voluntarily go to the home of a low-sugar, low-carb vegetarian for turkey day
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In which various family text that they are coming to my house for Thanksgiving. I dont care how much you say you like my cooking, something is up when you voluntarily go to the home of a low-sugar, low-carb vegetarian for turkey day
Can you tell a man must have made this graphic?
(No, 72” or 6 feet is not “average” for an American man. In fact only 14% of US men are 6 feet or taller.)
(No, 72” or 6 feet is not “average” for an American man. In fact only 14% of US men are 6 feet or taller.)
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Can you tell a man must have made this graphic?
(No, 72” or 6 feet is not “average” for an American man. In fact only 14% of US men are 6 feet or taller.)
(No, 72” or 6 feet is not “average” for an American man. In fact only 14% of US men are 6 feet or taller.)
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Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
www.volts.wtf
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!