the opened up the first lesbian sports bar in chicago yesterday and they had to shut down for the rest of the weekend because they ran out of liquor😭😭😭

The hellscape of Portland Oregon

It is one of the most beautiful days of the year here in Rhode Island Every time I’ve gone out, I’ve just kind of swooned from the beauty. The sun, the green, the smell of the land after rain, the asters blooming electric blue Who knew one of the greatest pleasures in life would be weather?

There are many Little Free Libraries in my area. So why is mine by the most popular? 1. it’s out in the open in a sunny corner of my yard and lit up at night. 2. I edit the living crap out of it, tossing ~40% of books Religion, self help, business, series fiction, tech books, raggedy books GONE

This. Entire. Thread.

Hey Rhode Island: Want to find an easy $250,000 you can put immediately toward restoring bus routes? Stop printing and mailing quarterly payroll tax report reminders to the 30,000 employers who use payroll services so it’s already taken care of for them automatically

I have dental surgery today that will make the next three days fuzzy and painful. I was feeling kinda whiny about it until someone on here posted that they longed for enough money to get dental help. Thank you. Now I’m focused on gratitude and also giving to a dental charity

I believe everyone has a potential purpose each day. It may not be a big thing. Being nice to a stranger, planting a flower where people can see it, complimenting an artist or writer on their work, sharing a job opening tip with a searcher… you are the butterfly beating your wings to improve things

Extremely local RI: Chelo’s just added eggplant fries to their fall menu!

Descrption of a vintage item on Etsy: “From the 1980s. In great condition despite being 20 years old” Oh honey 🤦‍♀️

If an American company like Joybird says their products “made in North America”, that means Mexico. They say it instead of “Mexico” because a ton of racist Americans don’t know North America includes Mexico If their sofas were made in the US or Canada they’d just say that Also, prices are going up

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It looks like Dinosaur Field Station of NJ is closing and selling their Dino sculptures

lol you know you’re in the 21st century when the property lines for an uninhabitable beachfront hut include land already firmly underwater $1.2 million, no town water (digging a well next to the ocean is such brackish sorrow), no town sewer www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

BTW: Ever want to look up a building’s assessed value and past purchase price in Providence? Here’s the official database (it’s free) data.nereval.com/Search.aspx?...

Mayor Smiley wants Providence taxpayers to raise a $25 million bond to buy a building the city’s assessor says is worth $7 million. The owner former Mayor Paolino bought it for $3 million in 2003 and has no doubt been ripping us off for massive rent ever since pbn.com/smiley-seeks...

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪 Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students. I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

The good news: I’ve heard from multiple nonprofit sectors and states that fundraising from individual donors is going gangbusters this year Donors understand the need, know we are all in this together, and are willing to help out This is not a year to pull back on 4th quarter donor drives

Good to see RI gubernatorial candidate Helena Foulkes at the RIP-TA protest downtown as well as state senator Tiara Mack and state rep Jennifer Stewart I didn’t see any male politicians, but then I don’t always recognize them

Congrats to Rhode Island’s Marta Martinez for leading the charge with 3 other arts nonprofits to win a court case to force the NEA to support queer arts because free speech Marta’s org RI Latino Arts is so tiny they don’t have any fulltime employees - yet they were the ONLY RI org in the suit

FYI Rhode Island

Context: Straight men often think of the process of gaining a life partner as employee headhunting (while today’s women are largely looking for a IRL partner). Think how many companies lie when recruiting about how employee happiness & fairness is their core value? That’s 21st century dating

I’m going to say something abt domestic abuse that I think applies to our current situation: Abuse increases when the abuser feels they are losing their control. Also, here is the Power and Control Wheel.

Of course I don’t believe in astrology except I soft of do and apparently today Sunday, September 21st, is one of the most pivotal days in 14 years. From: www.astrologyfromthesoul.com

Reminder that generative AI, particularly in the arts, isn't a long-term inevitability just because billionaires want it to be.

The thing I love about crabapples is they are not berries - they are itsy bitsy apples

The thing I adore about crabapples is they are not berries - they are itsy bitsy tiny apples

Rhode Island’s Gabe Amo voted No. Seth Magaziner voted Yes to honor Charlie Kirk’s life. Seth’s seat is in the half of our state that has been turning redder. But. He could have absented himself like Pelosi did.

Hey RI, I don’t have a tv that gets local stations. Can anyone share the list of advertisers on our local station with me? Thanks

Remember how during the pandemic all regular media - streaming, books - seemed weirdly outdated because the everyday life portrayed was just not anymore? I feel like that again now

No chance they did this live without rehearsing TF out of it first. So, this is Meta AI failing a live demo that was practiced successfully repeatedly beforehand. Kind of even a bigger fail than it seems at first glance

Blessing the timeline with Freddie in the laundry basket

Who’s behind the enshittification of PVD’s North Main St and Pawtucket’s Morley Field by turning a potential housing site and existing public park into a trucking center? The project is financially underwritten by Revolve Wealth of Hackensack NJ revolvewealth.com/our-team/

That time at boarding school when I went home for Thanksgiving, leaving 4 large bottles of fermenting apple cider fermenting hidden under my bed frame No, the headmaster did not believe it was a “science experiment”

Battle doomscrolling with 5 small pleasures in life: 1. Sourdough toast dripping with butter and honey 2. Flowers in my garden 3. The cat warming the bed 4. Fresh, clean sheets 5. Going to sleep with the knowledge you’ll be seeing a friend tomorrow

If the Providence mayoral race were solely based on logo design alone, who would you vote for?

Ok this is fully delightful - Hans Christian Anderson loved to entertain people while telling his stories by simultaneously hand-cutting decorative paper art persephonebooks.co.uk/blogs/the-pe...

As I was outside my house, a woman walked by, slowed, turned around and called out, “Hey, you always do a great Halloween here” That’ll carry me all the way through prep for this year. Thank the strangers who delight you. It helps

How to feel old: Turn on your streaming music ‘daily discovery’ channel and Purple Rain comes on

Did everyone feel this exhausted at other times in history?

Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:

You know you’re an old when you realize the feeling of subtle comfort and reassurance you’re having while you read a web site is due to the typefaces of your youth

He’s being used as an example: Here’s the fuss and strike-back we will make if you criticize even the least of us A tactic directly out of the Domestic Abuser’s Handbook

Just opened: Now or Never crafting cafe in Providence on Harris Ave (around the corner from Farm Fresh). Go with friends (or go ready to make new ones) while having fun crafting. I love this idea and that it’s open evenings 5-10pm as fun 3rd space that’s not a bar www.instagram.com/reel/DOhOBI-...

Congratulations to Sushila Karki for winning the vote to become Nepal’s Prime Minister. She is the first woman to achieve the honor of heading Nepal’s government. No woman has ever been an American President although one won the popular vote in 2016. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushila...

BTW: Right now is the best time of year to plant most trees, shrubs and perennials in New England! (Wait until Oct/Nov to put in bulbs, and late April-May for annuals.) Nurseries push spring planting for everything as a marketing tactic, not because plants prefer it.

Having to explain to eager urban gardeners that locally native plants evolved in RI’s original local conditions, which were mainly forested wetlands, so your hot, sunny, dry sidewalk may truly be a hellstrip for them 😩 Doublecheck preferred conditions before you plant.

A job! A great job in a great department! Trust Auntie on this.

Flag half lowered at the 99 Restaurant in Cranston RI today

Hey, I think we all broadly agree on today’s event. So, can we talk about something else now? Cars, rabbits, welsh rarebit, best and worst cheeses to melt? Anything?