Ethan Gyles
@gyles.bsky.social
PVD, RI, USA.
"My kingdom for a plumbing license."
"My kingdom for a plumbing license."
Great work guys
On the day before Thanksgiving, Rhode Island Energy proposes increases in customer electric and gas service charges. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/26/r...
Rhode Island Energy proposes increases in customer electric and gas service charges • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island Energy has unveiled its long-awaited request to increase service charges to customers, following a three-year moratorium imposed by state regulators. The proposal, if approved, would incr...
rhodeislandcurrent.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Great work guys
How about no? www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
RI Energy proposes rate hikes to pay for infrastructure, other costs
The utility is proposing increases in distribution rates to cover infrastructure improvements and operating costs for the first time in eight years.
www.providencejournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
How about no? www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
Mamdani winning Trump over without giving anything is impressive and hilarious
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Mamdani winning Trump over without giving anything is impressive and hilarious
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seems pretty clear that a number of Important People are hoping they can just wait for the whole Larry Summers-Epstein thing to blow over prospect.org/2025/11/19/c...
Companies Are Trying to Hide Their Ties to Larry Summers - The American Prospect
Some fintech and energy startups haven’t announced that Summers is leaving; they just took him off their websites.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
seems pretty clear that a number of Important People are hoping they can just wait for the whole Larry Summers-Epstein thing to blow over prospect.org/2025/11/19/c...
lol Larry Summers was on the OpenAI board too?
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
lol Larry Summers was on the OpenAI board too?
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Republicans calling Mamdani an Islamic terrorist, then honoring Mohammed Prince "Bone Saws" bin Salman Al Saud with a White House visit is the most audacious display of GOP repugnance I've seen in about the last hour. If a nonstop flow of dumpster juice is your thing, they'll never disappoint.
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Republicans calling Mamdani an Islamic terrorist, then honoring Mohammed Prince "Bone Saws" bin Salman Al Saud with a White House visit is the most audacious display of GOP repugnance I've seen in about the last hour. If a nonstop flow of dumpster juice is your thing, they'll never disappoint.
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We saw on Friday elite solidarity rather than professional solidarity when Trump called a female reporter “piggy” and not a single one of her colleagues came to her defense—presumably because they didn’t want to threaten their own proximity to power.
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We saw on Friday elite solidarity rather than professional solidarity when Trump called a female reporter “piggy” and not a single one of her colleagues came to her defense—presumably because they didn’t want to threaten their own proximity to power.
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Mary Bruce of ABC News showing serious spine
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Mary Bruce of ABC News showing serious spine
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Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
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Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
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uh, holy shit? apnews.com/article/trum...
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
uh, holy shit? apnews.com/article/trum...
Sue is the absolute best kind of public servant. She'd be a huge asset to Rhode Islanders in statewide office! @sueanderbois.bsky.social
UPDATE - Providence Councilor @sueanderbois.bsky.social confirms this is for LG.
She’ll be joining a field of two other Democrats running: Lt. Gov. @sabinamatos.bsky.social
and fmr. state Sen. @cindycoyneri.bsky.social
May see 1-2 other Dems join. @billbartholomew.bsky.social? Councilman Xay?
She’ll be joining a field of two other Democrats running: Lt. Gov. @sabinamatos.bsky.social
and fmr. state Sen. @cindycoyneri.bsky.social
May see 1-2 other Dems join. @billbartholomew.bsky.social? Councilman Xay?
INBOX: Providence Councilor @sueanderbois.bsky.social is holding a campaign kickoff event Wednesday, but it doesn’t specify which office.
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Sue is the absolute best kind of public servant. She'd be a huge asset to Rhode Islanders in statewide office! @sueanderbois.bsky.social
Cost of groceries gets a lot of media focus. But I'm seeing health insurance, homeowners insurance, and car insurance increase really rapidly -- by double digit % just compared to 2024.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Cost of groceries gets a lot of media focus. But I'm seeing health insurance, homeowners insurance, and car insurance increase really rapidly -- by double digit % just compared to 2024.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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if I were a senator retiring I would be ungovernable and would be making legacy content (laudatory) instead of legacy content (derogatory)
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
if I were a senator retiring I would be ungovernable and would be making legacy content (laudatory) instead of legacy content (derogatory)
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Seeing it was Shaheen and Hassan leading the cave. Zero surprise. Trying to impress some phantom independent NH voter.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Seeing it was Shaheen and Hassan leading the cave. Zero surprise. Trying to impress some phantom independent NH voter.
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It’s no walk in the park to serve in Congress, and I don’t begrudge Golden for stepping away. But it seems likely that his polling numbers among his own constituents factored into the decision.
Favorability:
16% favorable | 41% unfavorable
Deserves to be Re-elected?:
26% does | 57% doesn’t
Favorability:
16% favorable | 41% unfavorable
Deserves to be Re-elected?:
26% does | 57% doesn’t
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It’s no walk in the park to serve in Congress, and I don’t begrudge Golden for stepping away. But it seems likely that his polling numbers among his own constituents factored into the decision.
Favorability:
16% favorable | 41% unfavorable
Deserves to be Re-elected?:
26% does | 57% doesn’t
Favorability:
16% favorable | 41% unfavorable
Deserves to be Re-elected?:
26% does | 57% doesn’t
I'd feel a lot better about Pelosi's legacy if she'd stopped trading stocks.
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I'd feel a lot better about Pelosi's legacy if she'd stopped trading stocks.
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It’s one thing to have different environmental/health priorities for your foundation, it’s quite another to have been bankrolling one of the primary sources of bullshit on the topic.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
By @rtakver.bsky.social @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
By @rtakver.bsky.social @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It’s one thing to have different environmental/health priorities for your foundation, it’s quite another to have been bankrolling one of the primary sources of bullshit on the topic.
Striking how NIMBYs seem not to know how cringeworthy their statements look.
Today I saw a post about how zoning reform threatens to "urbanize"...Camden, Maine.
Today I saw a post about how zoning reform threatens to "urbanize"...Camden, Maine.
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Striking how NIMBYs seem not to know how cringeworthy their statements look.
Today I saw a post about how zoning reform threatens to "urbanize"...Camden, Maine.
Today I saw a post about how zoning reform threatens to "urbanize"...Camden, Maine.
Thirty years of Fox News and Facebook
Facebook did this by the way. Mark Zuckerberg on-purpose melted our parents' brains for money.
one of my oldest buddies send a text he got from his mom to our group chat and this smart, thoughtful, liberal woman is fully convinced Zohran Mamdani has said he wants to kill all Jews
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thirty years of Fox News and Facebook
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Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.