you could also probably argue its a sign of how much local party infrastructure has decayed, but I'm not up to speed at Maine politics at all (thinking of how Warwick has an insurgent mayor in Picozzi, and the local dems couldn't get new school bonds passed)
its also reflective just how low voter participation has plummeted all around, especially in states where the primary is the real election. When someone starts energizing unlikely voters again, it seems bigger than it probably should
Accountant. The other worked in the testing department at Narragansett Electric.
There's a lot of reasons to hate Gannett, but we dont bring up how dog ass the websites for their publications look
this is the most suburban statement you've ever said
I think one of the things that bothers me the most about the way Polymarket presents itself to the world is that it's adopted the language of journalism to make itself sound more legitimate. Like look at this post from yesterday morning incorrectly "projecting" the winner.
I discovered something that just nauseated me to my core today - Polymarket has a huge number of bets running on climate impacts and disasters
An entirely new flavour of disaster capitalism
dudes rock
Attorney General Neronha publishes comprehensive report on child sexual abuse in the Diocese of Providence; read it here:
riag.ri.gov/media/8376/d...
They're not allowed to leave, I have coupons to spend!
couldn't remember why he wasn't around so I looked it up, and he was on a trip to the mid-east.... guess there was no chance of that this time around
my big plowing complaint is why lately do towns seem to send plows to widen streets a week after the storm, and fill the bottom of everyone's driveways with even icier snow? I had to spend a lot of time today hacking at a massive mound of ice and snow from a plow so we could get out
honestly the last time I remember a governor getting heat for a snowstorm is 2007 when Carcieri was out of state and no one was left in charge to clear the highways in time
as an ex mall employee (warwick not pvd) I wonder how much of the vacancies are driven by the middle-class type stores getting hollowed out.
when I got hired to work at ON years ago post-2008 the big competitor they saw was target for having cheaper clothes and later other fast fashion outlets
An East Providence resident wakes up at 5:30 a.m. for a 90-minute commute to Warwick. In Narragansett, a restaurant owner says he's lost six employees to bus route reductions. Throughout Rhode Island, workers and employers are feeling the impacts of RIPTA service cuts. pbn.com/weakened-con...
New: As David Ellison prepares to take control of CNN, legendary CBS News producer Mary Walsh, who is exiting, sent a goodbye note to colleagues.
In the note, Walsh writes, "We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don’t know how to do that."
Another small business falls victim to climate change.
I did, and I passed. All challengers welcome.
People with no experience in New England or the upper Midwest learning what Hockey Guys are like to their shock and disappointment
Quite rare to see a chart that says quite so overtly that no one involved has the slightest clue what’s happening here
honestly what were we on in the 1950s to think of fencing in the bay
@rihouseofreps.bsky.social postpones today's Finance Committee hearing but the House is back in action Thursday after the blizzard.
once per decade a monorail salesman comes into town and we fall over ourselves to buy the monorail. 38 Studios, UHIP/RI Bridges by Deloitte... soon something with AI I'm sure
Just words: Rhode Island's environmental justice policy fails in its first major test
The plan to turn Morley Field into a parking lot is a textbook example of environmental racism, yet DEM continues to favor the developer over the community.
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/just-words...
the local subreddits are driving themselves into a frenzy over snow removal, you'd think it was the '80s Cianci years again
37.9(!) at TF Green
Over 3 feet
www.providencejournal.com/live-story/w...
NEW: U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing Firefighter Pants That Contain PFAS, Following ProPublica’s Reporting, by @abestreep.bsky.social
Planned capacity additions are 51% solar, 28% battery, 14% wind, 7% gas, everything else is a rounding error
EIA says 93% of planned US grid additions in 2026 are solar + battery + wind
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
how many of them said they were checking to see if Dunkin was open
I did not buy milk (dont drink it really) but I did stock up on three kinds of bread today
