Rail enthusiast wife Daria
@dariaphoebe.com
Angry old woman. intersectional urbanist, fascinator wearing cyclist, storyteller/poet; distributed systems dev. @marie.tech’s wife. PVD via OAK,BOS&PIT. she/her
Talking with Marie about what we remember about the OG American library classification system. For me, it was how much content I cared about was buried below 917.48. For her, it was how 001.63 was “adopted” for the materials she cared about.
We both got to college and were saved by LC call numbers
We both got to college and were saved by LC call numbers
January 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Talking with Marie about what we remember about the OG American library classification system. For me, it was how much content I cared about was buried below 917.48. For her, it was how 001.63 was “adopted” for the materials she cared about.
We both got to college and were saved by LC call numbers
We both got to college and were saved by LC call numbers
When you open your alumni magazine fresh from your mailbox and there is @costasamaras.com inside
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 AM
When you open your alumni magazine fresh from your mailbox and there is @costasamaras.com inside
The world is rough. Have a cat.
January 11, 2026 at 2:49 AM
The world is rough. Have a cat.
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When NIMBYs say that California is full and their cities can’t accommodate more housing, they are saying that queer people trying to get out of red states are on their own.
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
January 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
When NIMBYs say that California is full and their cities can’t accommodate more housing, they are saying that queer people trying to get out of red states are on their own.
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didn’t realize we needed a holy saint of transness, but now that we’re here
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Bit of a false alarm; crowd isn’t marching yet though they are assembled in the street currently. Making speeches still.
Bit of a false alarm; crowd isn’t marching yet though they are assembled in the street currently. Making speeches still.
January 11, 2026 at 1:19 AM
didn’t realize we needed a holy saint of transness, but now that we’re here
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Some Saturday afternoon zen: coney Brook, at Tillinghast Pond Management Area in West Greenwich RI. This is below the outflow for an old dam. Very satisfying
January 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Some Saturday afternoon zen: coney Brook, at Tillinghast Pond Management Area in West Greenwich RI. This is below the outflow for an old dam. Very satisfying
Wilbury Theatre (local to Providence) has pay what you can ticketing and we kick in some to help make sure that can keep happening (grew up poor, did not have much culture, want to help make sure that does not happen to others) but seeing something like this happen citywide, even elsewhere, is great
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Wilbury Theatre (local to Providence) has pay what you can ticketing and we kick in some to help make sure that can keep happening (grew up poor, did not have much culture, want to help make sure that does not happen to others) but seeing something like this happen citywide, even elsewhere, is great
Do not overheat and pass out.
Source: …
Source: …
January 10, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Do not overheat and pass out.
Source: …
Source: …
Got cookies from both bakeries shipped from trans girl scouts in New England and the tracking numbers both show they're originating at the same town in New Jersey. 🤔
January 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Got cookies from both bakeries shipped from trans girl scouts in New England and the tracking numbers both show they're originating at the same town in New Jersey. 🤔
This is Mendon Road in Cumberland RI. There are worse life choices you can make than biking here, but there are many better ones.
One better one would be using the nearby Blackstone Canal path, but Rhode Island hates people not in cars, so, it’s covered in ice.
One better one would be using the nearby Blackstone Canal path, but Rhode Island hates people not in cars, so, it’s covered in ice.
January 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
This is Mendon Road in Cumberland RI. There are worse life choices you can make than biking here, but there are many better ones.
One better one would be using the nearby Blackstone Canal path, but Rhode Island hates people not in cars, so, it’s covered in ice.
One better one would be using the nearby Blackstone Canal path, but Rhode Island hates people not in cars, so, it’s covered in ice.
Having my brain make up a song in a dream whose refrain was “save your life, don’t worry ‘bout nothin’” and then waking up to the country and world we live in is truly cruel.
January 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Having my brain make up a song in a dream whose refrain was “save your life, don’t worry ‘bout nothin’” and then waking up to the country and world we live in is truly cruel.
Once in the Rhode Island State House and once again later in Providence Place Mall today I addressed a pair of people as yinz while offering directions and I could see in their eyes the moment they processed what I had said.
January 9, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Once in the Rhode Island State House and once again later in Providence Place Mall today I addressed a pair of people as yinz while offering directions and I could see in their eyes the moment they processed what I had said.
Rally done. Went over to the train station, just in time for a bus home.
January 8, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Rally done. Went over to the train station, just in time for a bus home.
The state library is the hottest place in Providence.
Well, probably not but it’s very warm and the fact that I was dressed to bicycle on a 40ish° day isn’t helping!
Well, probably not but it’s very warm and the fact that I was dressed to bicycle on a 40ish° day isn’t helping!
January 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The state library is the hottest place in Providence.
Well, probably not but it’s very warm and the fact that I was dressed to bicycle on a 40ish° day isn’t helping!
Well, probably not but it’s very warm and the fact that I was dressed to bicycle on a 40ish° day isn’t helping!
The photos seem to have vanished from the article, but this dress (along with my helmet octopus) did get me in the ProJo in 2019!
www.providencejournal.com/story/lifest...
www.providencejournal.com/story/lifest...
January 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The photos seem to have vanished from the article, but this dress (along with my helmet octopus) did get me in the ProJo in 2019!
www.providencejournal.com/story/lifest...
www.providencejournal.com/story/lifest...
Today, Providence skyline proudly splayed across my torso, headed to the state house to rally for public transit funding.
January 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Today, Providence skyline proudly splayed across my torso, headed to the state house to rally for public transit funding.
Remember who put this together.
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Remember who put this together.
If he gets us a millionaires tax I will indeed hand it to him. He doesn’t get a pass without restoring bus cuts, but showing a political spine would count for something
R.I. governor likely to propose millionaires tax amid Trump cuts. Governor Daniel McKee said he plans to propose eliminating state income tax on Social Security benefits, covering RIPTA’s deficit, and pursuing an economic development bond.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/08/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/08/m...
R.I. governor likely to propose millionaires tax amid Trump cuts - The Boston Globe
Governor Daniel McKee said he plans to propose eliminating state income tax on Social Security benefits, covering RIPTA’s deficit, and pursuing an economic development bond.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
If he gets us a millionaires tax I will indeed hand it to him. He doesn’t get a pass without restoring bus cuts, but showing a political spine would count for something
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www.oceanstatemedia.org/food-drink/a... Do yourself a favor and listen to this sound-rich jewel of a story from Ben Berke
A last meal at Loui’s, the diner where Providence came together
Loui’s Family Restaurant, an eccentric greasy spoon in the shadow of Brown University, was a melting pot of Ivy League students, artists, cops, truck drivers and anyone else who might be hungry for a ...
www.oceanstatemedia.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
www.oceanstatemedia.org/food-drink/a... Do yourself a favor and listen to this sound-rich jewel of a story from Ben Berke
Posted a thing and then took it down for reasons. Anyway. The justice is missing.
The justice has been missing.
But today it’s again obvious.
The justice has been missing.
But today it’s again obvious.
January 7, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Posted a thing and then took it down for reasons. Anyway. The justice is missing.
The justice has been missing.
But today it’s again obvious.
The justice has been missing.
But today it’s again obvious.
Wasn't that long ago that this was the "liberal paper" in a city where the other option was an upstart suburban encroacher owned by Richard M Scaife. Now, the right wing owners would rather burn it to the ground than actually pay their employees, who beat them in court after a strike lasting years.
Move comes just after the Supreme Court denied a bid by PG ownership to delay having to reinstate healthcare benefits for workers under prior contract. That was at issue in a years-long strike that only JUST saw union journalists return to the newsroom.
www.wesa.fm/economy-busi...
www.wesa.fm/economy-busi...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it is shutting down in May
The company said it has lost more than $350 million over the past two decades while operating the Post-Gazette.
www.wesa.fm
January 7, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Wasn't that long ago that this was the "liberal paper" in a city where the other option was an upstart suburban encroacher owned by Richard M Scaife. Now, the right wing owners would rather burn it to the ground than actually pay their employees, who beat them in court after a strike lasting years.
I can’t tell you not to hold grudges, nor will I (many are with good reason!) but remember that people can change, and grow, and there should be room for that.
This has been
This has been
January 7, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I can’t tell you not to hold grudges, nor will I (many are with good reason!) but remember that people can change, and grow, and there should be room for that.
This has been
This has been
New project: figuring out what fun might be had with a bus “tap to pay” terminal.
January 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
New project: figuring out what fun might be had with a bus “tap to pay” terminal.
The two places I was most hoping to find Dan McKee, but he was nowhere to be found.
January 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The two places I was most hoping to find Dan McKee, but he was nowhere to be found.
My big problem is literally everyone portrayed in this video is friend-shaped.
According to this video, only one hunt in three, so not as good as other cats it seems
But yeah they grumpy
But yeah they grumpy
World’s Grumpiest Cat I Frozen Planet II I BBC
YouTube video by BBC
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
My big problem is literally everyone portrayed in this video is friend-shaped.