Another book that is too good to wait until the end of the year. I can’t really talk about why it’s so good because I don’t want to spoil anything but trust me, it’s wonderful! Thank you, @emilystjams.bsky.social

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty René Magritte: Ceci n'est pas une tasse

Horrific. Rhode Islanders, we must be vigilant or this could be our reality too.

If you’re seeing this, drop an old pic you still love (if you feel like it)

The debate around what is or isn’t “cancel culture” really just obscures a simple truth that it’s BAD to be massively racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic and it’s GOOD to speak out against injustice. Some things are good and some things are bad and it’s okay to say which you think are which.

Fight fascism. Go to the library.

Join me in calling @magaziner.house.gov to tell him how disgusted we are with his yea vote on this one. (If you live in @amo.house.gov 's district, he voted nay - you could call to thank him.) #RhodeSky

I will never not repost this masterpiece when it hits my feed

thepublicsradio.org/politics/rho... via @jeremybernfeld.bsky.social

"They're politicians, what are they supposed to do? Literally fight in the streets?" Unashamed to say this made me cry.

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school. Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families? My own colleagues are silent.

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: 1. Staring at a dahlia in full bloom 2. Smelling the ground coffee before you measure it out 3. Singing in harmony 4. Seeing a bunny 5. Answering a student's question without having to look it up

A thread of all the elected Democrats who've put out statements of support for trans people this week as Republicans manufacture a genocide: 🧵

I'm seeing some people post this and not realize this is PART of the radicalization. Building an audience from reasonable sounding videos and converting them into the pipeline. Weiss is doing this now as I get The Free Press ads about things like "low tech parenting" and workout fads.

I don’t know who these people are, but it’s well said.

I've read this book and highly recommend it for learning about this topic. If you are an educator, you need to know about this.

My only comment, via @onthemedia.bsky.social.

No people on the planet will ever be AI. This is Orwellian bullshit. Zero people will ever be AI. This is no different from saying half the people in the country are television characters. Do not let anybody convince you that you don’t know the difference between a human being and a machine.

I’m not waiting until the end of the year to recommend this book - it’s that good! @elienyc.bsky.social understands exactly how much swearing is needed to help the reader process all the terrible legal decisions we’re living with today. I loved it and I can’t wait to share it with folks.

It’s been a month since I wrote this and I want to reiterate that as bad as things look now, Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.

This is terrible. I can't think of anything clever or eloquent to say. This is just bad.

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr

It’s all an attitude of being fine with authoritarianism, just not in their preferred cities. High crime rates in Republican-led states isn’t a gotcha! It’s a tragedy and a canary in a coal mine about what systemic racism and poverty beget. Do better, y’all. Not one city should be occupied.

I want to push back against the sentiment that we live in terrible political times and we must exist as if we don't. Let me hold your hand gently when I say this: You don't have to keep it moving like the world isn't burning. You can meet the moment *and* do daily life. Let's talk about how. 🧵

Starting 9/27/25, Cass Park in Woonsocket will be served by less frequent weekend RIPTA service. 🚌🌳 Route 87 (Fairmount/Walnut Hill): Frequency being reduced from every 40 mins. to EVERY 80 MINS ripta.com/publichearings Can't believe @govdanmckee.bsky.social is touting this new RIPTA budget plan🫠

we’re gonna rock down to a fine autumnal stew

Coffee. Milk.

More than 300k Black women being pushed out of the labor market while white men gained 365k more jobs is what we mean when we refer to racism as systemic.

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check. In 1965: -42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now. -The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now. -Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

Let's go, Rhode Island. Call him up and tell him how you feel.

This probably won't happen because of ownership but if a national newspaper/media outlet wanted to do a hard pivot and actually cover what's happening like the authoritarian power grab it is, they'd get my money and probably a bunch of other people's too.

I know it’s all bad faith bs BUT I keep thinking about how the whole “reason” we apparently can’t pass any effective gun control legislation to prevent mass shootings is the idea that we need an armed populace in case the federal government decides to invade our cities and towns. Like??????????

Workers Over Billionaires and Working Class Power: Rhode Island celebrates Labor Day with anti-fascist solidarity “It’s important that we all do our part to save our democracy,” said Jana Ina Stanley, an organizer of the Richmond, Rhode Island, event. steveahlquist.substack.com/p/workers-ov...

gonna haring post for a bit cause i wrote my senior thesis on him haring is mostly known for publicly consumable art - murals, subway graffiti, easily affordable stuff at pop shop locations. the art was all about public consumption, with very few exceptions, up until he receives his AIDS diagnosis.

Drop an old person you’re going to turn into in the future

I just did this and you can too. Keep the Roadless Rule!

Every Labor Day I remember that the holiday was moved from May 1 to September not only for the Haymarket attacks but to break up the possibility between the US and the international labor movement (which celebrates in May). And it worked!

Quote post a pic of you from another era July 2014. So many things have changed since then.

In honor of the season, I give you the Most Elegant Tomato…

1980 is the very last Gen X birth year. '80 babies, if you haven't scheduled your colonoscopy yet, it's time! Next year, the 1981 babies turn 45. Which means it's time for Millennials to join in the fun! If you haven't already, put on your digital calendar for January to schedule your colonoscopy.

I want a politics that widens the circle to include everyone, not one that shrinks the circle by throwing *undesirables* under the bus. I think this is basic. I am interested in a politics that is rooted at the sources of people's suffering. I am interested in a politics that attends to basic needs.

Ruin any book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title Tom Clancy's He's Just Not That Into You

Schools can do many things to help children stay and feel safe. The problem for schools in the US is that they are in the US, where we aren’t able to keep children safe anywhere from the threat of gun violence, a leading cause of child death. This is not a school problem. This is a gun problem.

Paul Robeson and José Ferrer watching a softball game during a break from the Broadway production of Othello, 1943

Need help with Social Security, Medicare, veterans’ benefits, or another federal agency? My team will be at the Westerly Library on Thursday, Aug. 28, from 12 to 2 PM. Stop by. We’re here to help!

This is part of a thread on the very real dangers of Chat GPT. As a teacher, the thought of this happening to one of my students is deeply disturbing. The first day of school is tomorrow and my district, like so many others, is just not ready for this threat. Regulate generative AI.

We could have so much more with a MILLIONAIRES TAX @govdanmckee.bsky.social

Happy birthday, HZ.

This is cool as hell and **mad** fascinating