MEYE STICKER HAS IMPROVED THE LOOK OF MEYE BEIK HELMENT 132%

This looks really cool. There's an African Gray parrot named Popeye (iirc) that lives in Jordan's Jungle and I wonder what she'll think of the music? When I had a parrot, she loved to hear electronic music and would chirp and squeak along with it.

shouts out rhode island pbs www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0BA...

Well this is certainly concerning

How about a nice quiet paddle up the Seekonk River. I think I saw 4 herons and 3 ospreys on this trip. youtu.be/T22fun6Zags?...

I just got my latest COVID vaccine at the see-vee-ess. Do you have one of the conditions that allows you to get it if you're under 65? Just check the box saying that yes you do. Did they ask any follow up questions? No they did not.

I was in Vancouver a couple weeks ago and yeah, car culture is still king there. But it's just a little bit better than any U.S. city. Just in terms of walking in the downtown area, drivers are much more respectful of pedestrian ROW. Canada is like the 25% better version of USA.

Ever feel like you want to take a ride on the East Bay Bike Path at sunset, but it's not sunset right now? Well my friends, I've got you covered. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo7Y...

I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine as well. And just FYI, the wastewater COVID numbers have been going up lately and RIDOH has changed the viral activity to "moderate" health.ri.gov/data/wastewa...

My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area. (15 in Manhattan btw)

orwellian is when you can’t do 95 in a school zone

How did @as220.bsky.social 's founder Bert Crenca pull off "one of the best con jobs in the history of the city of Providence"?

I love smoking half a pack of cigarettes on my bike ride to work thepublicsradio.org/npr/wildfire...

Bureau of Vibes Statistics or Bureau of Labor Vibes ???

According to @danmcgowan.bsky.social 's Rhode Map newsletter this morning, the campaign money sitting in the bank of RI's top politicians is roughly $9 million. Just for perspective, that's a little more than half of RIPTA's budget deficit. Shekarchi alone has almost $4 million.

Now that we're on the final day, a note on humidity. Yes, it's absolutely more humid than it used to be This July made 11 in a row with at least 20 days having a max dewpoint >65F Before this stretch, the longest such streak was...3 years. Humid days the baseline now

I got one of these a few months ago and I've only used it once so far but damn, it was so much better than using a hand pump.

Come on down to the spot where all of Providence meets!

I wish this thread was part of driver education in this country

An eBullitt with 500 miles for $5K in Medway, MA. Shimano e6100 motor with nexus 5 hub. I love my acoustic Bullitt so much. www.facebook.com/share/1AvyZ9...

BRB gonna put up a sign on my street that says "Under 200 HP cars ONLY"

I wish we could micromanage car culture in our towns and cities as much as we do bicycles.

Do we think that DEM is going to enforce this? Maybe the PDs in the towns along the path? The only enforcement I’ve ever heard of along the path was when they ticketed some folks riding late at night

If you have a class 2 or 3 bike, can you not just ride more slowly? I don't get why they don't post a speed limit sign instead of a class.

New signs on the east bay bike path: “Class 1 E-Bikes Only” I understand the sentiment, but on today’s ride (and most of time) the most dangerous behavior I saw was from people riding road bikes too fast around pedestrians and slower riders.

This is a heck of a story.

The largest cuts in the history of RIPTA will eliminate 11 routes and affect 58 routes in total. thepublicsradio.org/transportati...

“This case serves as a stark reminder that our government continues to fall short of living up to the promises guaranteed by our Constitution." This story came to light because of the work of one of my colleagues at @ripbs-tpr.bsky.social thepublicsradio.org/local/city-o...

This is the best thing I’ve read about the decades-long trends that led to the end of federal funding for public broadcasting. From David Folkenflik, of course thepublicsradio.org/npr/how-bipa...

I was just wondering what was up with the house on Patience Island... @antoniafarzan.bsky.social has the answers

Sharing some donation links for my fellow neighbors in Rhode Island! 📺🎙️ Rhode Island PBS: www.ripbs.org/support The Public's Radio: thepublicsradio.org/support/ #SupportPublicMedia

It's beyond just news service. If rural stations shut down, many remote areas will be without Emergency Alert Services, as often these areas are solely served by public radio stations. It's a public safety issue.

Your station in RI will probably survive, but it will have a much harder time growing to meet the needs of the community as for-profit newsrooms shrink and audiences shift from broadcast to digital platforms. Rural stations will close and Alaska will have vast areas with no news service at all.

props to the driver bumping the Sesame Street theme while driving down Hope Street. Sunny days are sweeping the clouds away, friend. So true so true

Check out all the boxy brutalism in this local architecture firm's brochure from the 1970s

the A pillar blind spot shocks me every time I get in a car after having zero blind spots while cycling (except behind me, but I'm not very unlikely to back into someone on my bike 🤔)

Someone tells me at least once a week that "kids these days can't read a map." And each time I ask them, "Where would a kid go? How would a kid get there? What on Earth would a kid need a map for?"

PVD/RI folks - is there an events calendar somewhere that pulls in a reasonably solid percentage of cultural & civic stuff around the city/state all in one place? I remember this being sort of a perennial question in my time with the neighborhood association, and the answer was usually "not really."

I nominate this to replace “ladies and gentlemen, the weekend”

Kids: Can we pleeeeease go to the Louise Bourgeois exhibit? Dad: We have Louise Bourgeois at home. The Louise Bourgeois at home:

Juvenile peregrine falcons learning how to fly above the Industrial Trust Tower. Listen closely and you can hear them screech at each other

Sky Haneul Kim, chef of Gift Horse in Providence wins the James Beard Award for "Best Chef Northeast" - here's a profile of her from 2024 thepublicsradio.org/artscape/jam...

Sky Haneul Kim, chef of Gift Horse in Providence wins the James Beard Award for "Best Chef Northeast" - here's a profile of her from 2024 thepublicsradio.org/artscape/jam...

I was shopping at Other Music (RIP) in NYC circa 1999. I look up from my crate digging and see John C. Reilly look up from the crates directly opposite. It takes me a beat to recognize him, my eyes go big, then I'm embarrassed, then we both go back to our record shopping.

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The weather went quickly from "bring shorts to change into for the evening bike commute" to "wear shorts for the MORNING bike commute"

DOJ announces that it's investigating RI for a pattern of discrimination. @peterneronha.bsky.social says "I’m not going to waste a lot of time if any time being concerned about this notice because it is so vague and non-specific." thepublicsradio.org/politics/pre...

Another advantage of riding a bike for transportation: you've got both hands ready for expressing your opinion of any passing cybertrucks

This guy wanted a ride.