By Dan McGowan -- The great Block Island pinball war www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

Starting a zine with some friends! Send us your pitches!

"Beauchaine, who is a registered Democrat running for a non-partisan School Committee seat, has not yet responded to Journal inquiries, so it is not clear how many signatures, if any, were added to her nominating petitions with no witnesses save the potential 'the doggies in the window.'"

Official editorial communication: The New England Review of Boats, a handmade regional zine about the vessels and people who go down to the sea for adventure, work, or pleasure--seeks submissions for its inaugural issue.

Come work with me!!! jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/gannet...

“Blackwood and her children have been living at the Inn for two years. When her previous landlord sold their apartment building, and their rent was raised, she said they couldn’t afford it so they had to move out.” www.valleybreeze.com/news/childre...

I live in Southern New England. Of course I’m pulling for Cape Verde 🇨🇻

youre rooting for cabo vrde because you like to root for underdogs. im rooting for cabo verde because im from dorchester massachusetts. we are not the same

“Some of the best people you will ever find.” Pawtucket grapples with deaths of grandmother, mother, and toddler after driving lesson gone wrong With @stephmachado.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/30/m...

"A recent [SCOTUS] decision is sowing fear within [RI]'s Haitian community, leading immigrants to fear that they will be deported back to a country where they face violence and exploitation, according to local leaders." An excellent -- and distressing -- piece from @antoniafarzan.bsky.social.

Hydrangeamaxxxxing

Song of the summer just dropped.

The NIMBY town Facebook groups have discovered AI slop

"The Providence Tartan Army has chosen G Bar as their hub and the manager said sales over the past few days was 'three times as big as any Super Bowl.'"

Has the state of Rhode Island seized the means of craft beer and pain au chocolat distribution in 195 District Park? Restaurant owners fearing competition think so. Interesting look at state capacity and off-my-lawnism www.providencejournal.com/story/busine...

Alicia carrying oyster crackers everywhere… she’s just like me fr www.thecut.com/article/real...

“People were really upset when Benny’s went out. And this is going to be like that.” www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

getting run over in a shaw's parking lot is the leading cause of death in rhode island sadly

A wild phenomenon is how many kids in the late 90s learned playground / parody versions of “I Believe I Can Fly” that involved getting shot by the cops while purchasing food. Pretty disturbing in retrospect but the way this stuff spread pre-internet (with regional variations) is fascinating

Not sure how this map treats states that have made front license plates de facto optional for expensive cars. Rhode Island joining that list once gov signs bill that passed Tuesday webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/Bil... www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

“Now that we are all intimately acquainted with the traffic of the Washington Bridge, it is worth remembering a time when the structure itself was admired as an architectural marvel and a compelling subject for artists.” www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2303763...

Charmed by this counterexample to the ubiquitous AI flyers

@phileil.bsky.social informs that I should probably clarify that I’m looking for lobster bait. Not gonna eat the eel

Thinking of buying some eel from the guy on Narragansett Blvd

New Rhode Island House budget is out: A millionaires tax to be phased in over 3 years A new office of inspector general and an audit of RIDOT Child tax credit Extra $5M for RIPTA No gas tax cut, line item veto or delay in renewable energy target www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

Walking down Thayer in an old City Sports t-shirt is the closest I’ll ever get to experiencing time travel

good read from @antoniafarzan.bsky.social www.providencejournal.com/story/news/n...

“The Experience of Place,” Tony Hiss

On one hand I’m sad that sumo orange season is over, on another hand this will save me from going bankrupt

Starting my day by reading @antoniafarzan.bsky.social's reporting on the ever-more-grifty business ventures of Alex and Ani's founder.

I'm a big fan of rote memorization of poems in schools We shouldn't let that tradition die out among young people It's a wonderful way to learn a language, including your native tongue

Front license plates: good or bad? High-end car makers like Tesla are no longer leaving a spot for a plate on the front bumper. RI among states that may let drivers keep the front plate inside the car, tho some say that makes no sense www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

Political Scene: From Fireball to fur, we found RI's lobbyists earned some $17M in 2025 @antoniafarzan.bsky.social dove deep into the lobbying report abyss to bring this to the surface www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

"In 2025, [lobbyists] were paid nearly $17 million for those efforts, according to data provided by the secretary of state’s office and analyzed by The Providence Journal." An eye-opening look at how the legislative sausage gets made, from @antoniafarzan.bsky.social.

In other news: Remember Rhode Island's ban on plastic straws? 21 senators who voted to pass it five year ago just voted to gut it www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

I had a great time taking @ecorinews.bsky.social through the Hanton City woods. Frank wrote about it and I submitted a companion OpEd about the under appreciated value of folk history.

Rhode Island’s U.S. Attorney’s Office on Friday formally apologized to a federal judge for failing to disclose the criminal history — including a murder charge — of a Dominican national released from detention earlier in the week. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/05/01/a...

Thanks to @antoniafarzan.bsky.social for covering the restrictive covenant bill that was voted out of Senate Commerce Committee yesterday.

@antoniafarzan.bsky.social has a banger everyone should read. It's an interesting niche for the Lt. Governor and, if successful, a win she could point to in an election year, possibly making her more competitive than one would think at first glance.

Severing Gentiles Rhode Island, State Census, 1935

"The students allege that Brown’s security failed to heed warnings from custodian Derek Lisi about Neves Valente 'casing' the building in the days and weeks leading up to the shooting that left students Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov dead and nine others injured." Via ProJo's Katie Mulvaney.

Did you know this is the longest bridge in the world

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is proposing a 4.2% increase to the city's budget for the next fiscal year, but is promising not to increase property taxes www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

"[K]ids seem to like the mini fish burgers."

Requested the new Ben Lerner book as soon as I learned that it is partially set at the Apple Store in the Providence Place Mall

Political Scene: Are the 90s back? An election-year RI Supreme Court opening has turned attention back to the old State House to courthouse pipeline. "It’s politics, baby. Trader’s choice" www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

New England paintings by Douglas H. Caves, Sr.

I have won TF Green airport bingo (visiting both Dunkin Donuts and spotting Jack Reed)

Just want her back