It's just so absurd to me that this project was ever given the go-ahead from the start. Pawtucket should have done everything in its power to make this parcel a useful contributor to the community instead of a windowless cube that will clog North Main Street with more big trucks.

Goals

Don’t worry, the speaker of the state house who wants to primary the governor also wants to “right size” which I’m sure means cuts. If the bus I want doesn’t come when I want one, it’s the wrong size. If the candidate doesn’t support making the bus come then, they’re the wrong candidate.

The year of Linux on the desktop baybee I can feel it Also I'm so curious about the "other" section. BSD? REACT? Haiku? Illumos? Someone out there gooning with plan9?

NEW EPISODE: "The Creation of America's Car Culture, Part 2." We examine the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 through the lens of two neighborhoods in New Orleans and Syracuse that were destroyed in the name of progress and the national defense. LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...

Today is publication day for Salem's Centuries! It is my department's contribution to the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the English settlement of Naumkeag/Salem. My pieces on the Native dispossession of Naumkeag and the work to confirm the execution site on Gallows Hill are included.

The two places I was most hoping to find Dan McKee, but he was nowhere to be found.

Can’t be understated how the status quo on this stupid bridge entrance (which resembled the cinder block foundation of a house that was removed long ago) was profoundly disrespectful to thousands of daily users, and how this simple act immediately communicates that Mamdani respects us

Man maybe we should try some of this "building housing to meet or exceed demand" stuff

Who's got an urban arrow? I have an irrational hatred of expanded polystyrene which bothers me immensely about them but if I've gotta haul a teenager around I think that might be all I can (barely, if even) afford

the garbage truck should play a little tune like the ice cream truck does and it should be the mega man 2 opening theme

So like do I apply for the open director position at the cranberry experiment station? I've wanted to work there for like 15 years

Caveat: I got married 5 years ago and my bank STILL can't figure out the fucking name change

The only thing drivers hate more than cyclists using the (much safer) Idaho stop is cyclists following the letter of the law, taking the lane, and coming to a complete stop for 3 seconds before proceeding according to ROW. I have hours of helmet cam video to back this up lol

Massachusetts’ housing crisis reflects decades of growing structural imbalance. 1960–1990: 🏡+900,000 homes, 🧑‍🧒‍🧒+800,000 people 1960 avg household: 3.7 people 1990–2020: 🏡+434,000 homes, 🧑‍🧒‍🧒+1M+ people 2020 avg household: 2.5 people

Here's all 8 pages of CO2 Newsletter Vol 1 no 1 (Oct 1979) Geologist William N. Barbat published the Newsletter for 3 years (18 issues). They are incredible - detailed, precise and, ultimately, heart-breaking because they reveal how much was known, how many warnings were ignored. 1/8

People love to hand-wring about bike lanes hindering emergency responders, but it's always cars -- parked or otherwise that cause issues.

Not just Toronto

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Today @ecorinews.bsky.social published my op-ed drawing the connection between our struggle against #Trump 's war on #offshorewind and the fight against his authoritarian takeover in America. #NoKings ecori.org/we-will-not-...

Depending on how the new 22 ripta schedule looks I think I'm gonna need to get one

Here, have something nice as a little treat youtu.be/tUtIZvXWQaU?...

Hey uh @reed.senate.gov pero por qué you did this

Our friend Jeremy Henderson stopped by and asked us to take a picture of him and share it to help him raise awareness for Food Not Bombs. FNB is a mutual aid distribution organization. It's neighbors helping neighbors. It's a beautiful thing. If you see Jeremy, thank him for his work with FNB.

You don't have to mask all the time but if you were ever gonna mask sometimes now would be a good time to do it

Obviously the brother being a cop played a role here, but it should be noted that holding drivers accountable and getting police to investigate incidents like this is already difficult, even without preferential treatment.

Anybody in Canada hiring a bioinformatician, plant breeder, molecular biologist, plant pathologist, or related position? I'll even teach again I think All my direct family relinquished their citizenship when they got US citizenship but I've got like a billion cousins in New Brunswick fwiw

your feed has been blessed by the 3rd rail anti-icing work train. RT if you too are anti-ice

When will you be posting the new 22 timetable @ripta.com, surely it will change with the new headways

By @stephmachado.bsky.social -- A big push is underway to change how RI funds schools. A group of education leaders, policy experts and researchers that met over the last year concluded that the state should bear a higher burden of Rhode Island’s education costs. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/05/m...

Reading theory

First proof of concept of a tiny epaper Linux terminal laptop! I got it running tmux on the display. It is sadly slow as shit because I am using a python library called PaperTTY to display the terminal, reach out if you happen to be an epaper driver programmer lol

head of chiquita banana wanting to ask the forbidden question now that trump is overthrowing governments for oil companies

I'm just trying to get my kid to school man. Right now our choice is exactly on time or almost a full hour early (the school's not open yet then). That's with the current 55 minute headway. What's it gonna look like now that the 22 is moving to 60 minutes?

All aboard!! We’re on our way to save RIPTA once again! Transit is essential!! 🫡🚌⚓️

I had car brain on the brain this week nebula.tv/videos/cityn...

Behold, my culture Poutine rapeé

Unfortunately this is not true because the best municipal flags in the US belong to the small towns of Wendell and Nantucket Massachusetts

This brings me back to city flags. The trouble is that, cities proper aren't that important in the US. They're creatures of the state. Legally, they usually don't even govern more than half of their metropolitan area.

Holy shit im not gonna get anything done in January www.openttd.org/news/2026/01...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Join us Thurs. Jan. 8 at the State House for a press conference launching our 2026 Save RIPTA Legislative Campaign + releasing the 2025 Service Cuts Impact Report. The report illustrates the consequences that RIPTA riders & workers are suffering. Read the release on our website ⤵️

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Update from 11 hours into the Moby Dick marathon: The “quiet room” is starting to fill up with people bedding down for the night. Real “night at the museum” vibes. The out-loud reading presses on in the museum auditorium downstairs, readers taking turns.

Thank you PVD 💙

To quote a great Bay Area film 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco': "You can't hate it unless you love it."

This is my problem. Like I know I piss people off when I speak unhappily about experiences in Rhode Island. But this is a place with many amazing people and fantastic places and if it was just hopeless it would be easy: I’d just leave and be done. But it’s not hopeless! Just… so many own-goals 😭

Seeing stuff from NYC and from Seattle today and we deserve that here in Providence. David Morales, people. Don’t screw this up!

We were talking this morning about the fact that Flixbus (and Greyhound) literally just do curbside pickup on a Providence street corner, with no shelter let alone amenities. It's not a Providence-specific problem: this is the intercity bus business model now, provide as little as legally possible.

Linux is good now. The author had enough of Windows and Microsoft shenanigans. I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop www.pcgamer.com/software/lin...

Times are a changing here in CT. The land "East of the River" (That being the Connecticut River which bisects the state flowing from north to south) is seeing a surge in new long overdue housing projects that rivals far wealthier and far more in demand parts of CT www.ctinsider.com/journalinqui...