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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 5h

It makes observing late stage capitalism easy and infuriating.

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 6h

This + a broken wrist.

Brandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social · 9h

I literally can’t function lately in the face of our society and creative industries being sold out, strip mined, stolen, and burned to the ground. It’s just so hard to try and work on my stupid little projects.

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 9h

Oooo. I’ve been there. My dominant hand is fractured so this is now 65% of my personality.

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

We had a sunflower installation in Providence for a couple summers on a weedy lot to fix the soil. It was so cool.

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Sean Sweet-Fern⚓ @moldybasil.bsky.social · 1d

My backup 20 was 20 minutes late. Everything coming out of KP is at least 10 minutes late now.

Did we lose another bridge or something?

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 1d

🗳️👟🚲🚌🚗We are excited to share the responses from all five candidates running in the PVD Ward 2 Special Election! We are grateful to each of them for taking time to send responses to let voters know where they stand on issues that matter to our community!

➡️Read the responses at pvdstreets.org/vote

Graphic with an image tinted bright orange of a bike lane under mature trees next to a walking trail. Photos of five people in circles are displayed under the main text:

Ward 2 Candidates Survey Learn where candidates stand on safe streets, public transit, parking reform and more!

Brito
Caldwell
Davidson
Levy
McDermott

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

I yelled so loud on Thayer.

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve got two wounds on my heels thanks to the two missed busses. @ripta.com

Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

Update: still not home because the 1 skipped over the tunnel too.

Apologies to the other passengers, children, and dogs that heard me yell “fuck this.”

Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s talk about how it takes an HOUR to go 1.7 miles and how I almost refractured my wrist.

And let’s make sure @ripta.com @magaziner.house.gov @amo.house.gov @magaziner.house.gov and @rebeccakislak.bsky.social know as well.

🧵

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

Update: still not home because the 1 skipped over the tunnel too.

I’m the woman that loudly yelled “fuck this”, is carrying 4 pounds of groceries, and has a broken arm if you need help identifying the stranded passenger.

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

Hell of an easy way to prove nobody rides the bus is to never pick anyone up.

For extra measuring, re-damaging my wrist means I’ll have no way to ever leave my house and complain about the busses.

@pvdstreets.bsky.social feel free to pull any quotes you need.

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

5) It’s school rush hour and soon to be work rush hour. And the best one of the busiest lines can do is run every 50 minutes and skip over streets in the busiest areas.

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

4) The cuts mean the next bus is at 4:41pm. Giving me loads of time to write this with my non dominant hand.

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

3) Then when I get on the drivers immediately floor it.

I have one arm, it’s holding my card to swipe. So I nearly slam my broken wrist into the scanner because drivers have to stay on schedule.

My doctor says I can’t drive while my wrist is healing.

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

2) So I walked the length of Thayer from Lloyd to the tunnel with a heavy bag because that’s the only stop that I think is guaranteed to work. If it’s skipping Brook, I don’t know where it is.

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

1) the 1 bus refuses to go down Brook. The app says it does to head to Hope street. But it always goes down Hope instead. This has happened multiple times to me.

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s talk about how it takes an HOUR to go 1.7 miles and how I almost refractured my wrist.

And let’s make sure @ripta.com @magaziner.house.gov @amo.house.gov @magaziner.house.gov and @rebeccakislak.bsky.social know as well.

🧵

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

I love the framing. Who needs a face.

Providence 48 Hour Film Project @pvd48hfp.com · 1d

How do you watch the films?

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Providence 48 Hour Film Project @pvd48hfp.com · 1d

How do you watch the films?

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

Haha. Fair. I write with no borders so I can play before cutting.

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 1d

Also: no budget constraints! Add that 15th location.

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Providence 48 Hour Film Project @pvd48hfp.com · 2d

BOOO!!!

Buy tickets online at:

https://bit.ly/42pi10V
Or use the link in our bio.##film #Filmmaker #cinema #Spookyseason #HorrorFan #HorrorFilm #spooky #RhodeIsland #Providence #scary

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely

John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 3d

Life drawing is just teaching your eye to talk to your hand, very practical skill set in the end

Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 2d

Lovecraft probably ate Cheeze-its crackers.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Mel’s Discount Ravens @melthemartian.bsky.social · 3d

Keep going. Add a high speed rail through the state.

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