Sean, Pear Enthusiast ⚓
@moldybasil.bsky.social
Distressed of Conscience
Biking, walking, and taking the bus in Providence Rhode Island | Dense housing advocate | I think about plywood boats and mushrooms he/him
Ask me about systematics or plant diseases
Biking, walking, and taking the bus in Providence Rhode Island | Dense housing advocate | I think about plywood boats and mushrooms he/him
Ask me about systematics or plant diseases
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Very comprehensive Vox article on building code research and reform efforts across the country, fearing John Zeanah’s report for the Center for Building on low-rise multifamily housing and Michael Eriksen’s academic work on building code costs www.vox.com/future-perfe... (gift link)
The hidden double standards driving our housing crisis
Apartments are safer and more affordable than single-family homes. Why do we treat them like a hazard?
www.vox.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Very comprehensive Vox article on building code research and reform efforts across the country, fearing John Zeanah’s report for the Center for Building on low-rise multifamily housing and Michael Eriksen’s academic work on building code costs www.vox.com/future-perfe... (gift link)
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Governor McKee if you need someone for his RIPTA board seat I’m your girl.
RIDOT Director Peter Alviti, one of the longest serving department heads in state government, is retiring later this month
February 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Governor McKee if you need someone for his RIPTA board seat I’m your girl.
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After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
February 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
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Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future
In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.
www.levernews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
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tapping the sign
i actually prefer it when the mods actively hate the user base and vice versa, that’s how every great message board worked for years and i think we should give it a whirl
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
tapping the sign
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“Nobody bikes in the winter!”
By my kids’ high school:
By my kids’ high school:
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM
“Nobody bikes in the winter!”
By my kids’ high school:
By my kids’ high school:
Is it @ripta.com s job to shovel out the bus stop at the bottom of the tunnel cause it's been more than a week and they're still dropping off and picking up kids in knee deep snow
February 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Is it @ripta.com s job to shovel out the bus stop at the bottom of the tunnel cause it's been more than a week and they're still dropping off and picking up kids in knee deep snow
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To public agencies scolding pedestrians for walking along the roadway: we have no other choice if sidewalks are still not cleared.
At least this bus stop on North Main St. in Providence has a path from the curb to shelter. Good for able-bodied riders but a nightmare for people with disabilities. 😫
At least this bus stop on North Main St. in Providence has a path from the curb to shelter. Good for able-bodied riders but a nightmare for people with disabilities. 😫
February 4, 2026 at 11:12 AM
To public agencies scolding pedestrians for walking along the roadway: we have no other choice if sidewalks are still not cleared.
At least this bus stop on North Main St. in Providence has a path from the curb to shelter. Good for able-bodied riders but a nightmare for people with disabilities. 😫
At least this bus stop on North Main St. in Providence has a path from the curb to shelter. Good for able-bodied riders but a nightmare for people with disabilities. 😫
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No we don't. I am a Democrat. I am a registered member of the Democratic Party in a 9:1 Democratic city in a 2:1 Democratic state. I want ICE abolished and all of its employees charged with the heinous crimes they have committed.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:50 PM
No we don't. I am a Democrat. I am a registered member of the Democratic Party in a 9:1 Democratic city in a 2:1 Democratic state. I want ICE abolished and all of its employees charged with the heinous crimes they have committed.
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Café workers at Seven Stars Bakery ratify new contract
"Thank you to our customers for supporting us throughout this journey,” said Stephanie Walker, a long-time employee and Shop Steward. "The community sticking by us means so much!”
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/cafe-worke...
"Thank you to our customers for supporting us throughout this journey,” said Stephanie Walker, a long-time employee and Shop Steward. "The community sticking by us means so much!”
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/cafe-worke...
Café workers at Seven Stars Bakery ratify new contract
"Thank you to our customers for supporting us throughout this journey,” said Stephanie Walker, a long-time employee and Shop Steward. "The community sticking by us means so much!”
steveahlquist.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Café workers at Seven Stars Bakery ratify new contract
"Thank you to our customers for supporting us throughout this journey,” said Stephanie Walker, a long-time employee and Shop Steward. "The community sticking by us means so much!”
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/cafe-worke...
"Thank you to our customers for supporting us throughout this journey,” said Stephanie Walker, a long-time employee and Shop Steward. "The community sticking by us means so much!”
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/cafe-worke...
I personally find the exclusion of the Acadians, Narragansett, and Mixtec from this map particularly egregious but maybe that's just me
The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
February 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I personally find the exclusion of the Acadians, Narragansett, and Mixtec from this map particularly egregious but maybe that's just me
Nice job on the bike lanes there Providence
February 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Nice job on the bike lanes there Providence
This is appropriate technology
NERD ALERT
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
Researcher builds bizarre 128-byte USB drive the size of a dinner plate using ancient pre-semiconductor magnetic core memory technology — data disappears once it is read, requiring special handling
Another drawback with this device is that reading data is destructive.
www.tomshardware.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This is appropriate technology
Anybody wanna sell me a diatonic accordion/melodeon in G/C?
February 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Anybody wanna sell me a diatonic accordion/melodeon in G/C?
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Guess I better make sure I get all the photos of them I want before they are gone... it is such a good bird photography location
The Coastal Resources Management Council, The Nature Conservancy, and the city will remove the 250 tons of abandoned creosote timbers and piers by the Point Street Bridge. buff.ly/uafZxNm
February 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Guess I better make sure I get all the photos of them I want before they are gone... it is such a good bird photography location
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A complaint on a local FB page where the 30kph zones are being discussed.
She so nearly got it.
"There are kids cyclists etc on every street. But making them all 30km is ridiculous!!"
She so nearly got it.
"There are kids cyclists etc on every street. But making them all 30km is ridiculous!!"
February 3, 2026 at 6:55 AM
A complaint on a local FB page where the 30kph zones are being discussed.
She so nearly got it.
"There are kids cyclists etc on every street. But making them all 30km is ridiculous!!"
She so nearly got it.
"There are kids cyclists etc on every street. But making them all 30km is ridiculous!!"
The Maritimes were kinda boring in the 50s so we just kinda ignored the border till they tightened up at the end of the century
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM
The Maritimes were kinda boring in the 50s so we just kinda ignored the border till they tightened up at the end of the century
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In a break from rising American fascism, I bring you an update on #winterbiking from #RhodeIsland.
Today was my first day out biking in 5 days; when I set off to an appointment it was 33F/.5C, but on the way back it was 24F/-4.5C w/ a feels like of 19F/-7C.
Not bad when you have the right gear. /1
Today was my first day out biking in 5 days; when I set off to an appointment it was 33F/.5C, but on the way back it was 24F/-4.5C w/ a feels like of 19F/-7C.
Not bad when you have the right gear. /1
February 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
In a break from rising American fascism, I bring you an update on #winterbiking from #RhodeIsland.
Today was my first day out biking in 5 days; when I set off to an appointment it was 33F/.5C, but on the way back it was 24F/-4.5C w/ a feels like of 19F/-7C.
Not bad when you have the right gear. /1
Today was my first day out biking in 5 days; when I set off to an appointment it was 33F/.5C, but on the way back it was 24F/-4.5C w/ a feels like of 19F/-7C.
Not bad when you have the right gear. /1
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To the cranks & ignorant electeds who claim that #sneckdowns are evidence of nothing...check out this MASSIVE truck easily and carefully make this turn 4 days after 🌨️❄️ stopped. We could easily put 5-foot curb extensions/ #daylighting to make this street safer.… #Urbanism @thewaroncars.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 8:26 PM
To the cranks & ignorant electeds who claim that #sneckdowns are evidence of nothing...check out this MASSIVE truck easily and carefully make this turn 4 days after 🌨️❄️ stopped. We could easily put 5-foot curb extensions/ #daylighting to make this street safer.… #Urbanism @thewaroncars.bsky.social
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This is a "bike paths are good for your health, for the health of the general public, and are one of the best public health improvement initiatives of the recent era" story.
"Pas si maudites, les pistes cyclables…"
www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/tem...
www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/tem...
Pas si maudites, les pistes cyclables…
Il y a à peine quelques semaines, je ne me serais pas imaginé en train d’écrire cette lettre. J’avais pourtant toutes les raisons du monde de remercier Valérie Plante pour les huit dernières années, q...
www.lapresse.ca
February 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This is a "bike paths are good for your health, for the health of the general public, and are one of the best public health improvement initiatives of the recent era" story.
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111 years later entitled drivers are still crashing in to trams and running over pedestrians, cyclists, and more because "oh, it'll just be a minute"
111 years later entitled drivers are still crashing in to trams and running over pedestrians, cyclists, and more because "oh, it'll just be a minute"
February 1, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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111 years later entitled drivers are still crashing in to trams and running over pedestrians, cyclists, and more because "oh, it'll just be a minute"
111 years later entitled drivers are still crashing in to trams and running over pedestrians, cyclists, and more because "oh, it'll just be a minute"
Happy "constant stream of 'Lapse in appropriations' emails" day to all those who celebrate (we live in hell)
February 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Happy "constant stream of 'Lapse in appropriations' emails" day to all those who celebrate (we live in hell)
Got to do two is my favorite things this weekend: snowshoe and explore a waste
February 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Got to do two is my favorite things this weekend: snowshoe and explore a waste
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Bad Bunny thanked his mom
for having him in Puerto Rico, told the people on the island there's nothing they can't do, and dedicated his award to all Latinos and to immigrants who keep pushing forward with a lot of strength.
for having him in Puerto Rico, told the people on the island there's nothing they can't do, and dedicated his award to all Latinos and to immigrants who keep pushing forward with a lot of strength.
February 2, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Bad Bunny thanked his mom
for having him in Puerto Rico, told the people on the island there's nothing they can't do, and dedicated his award to all Latinos and to immigrants who keep pushing forward with a lot of strength.
for having him in Puerto Rico, told the people on the island there's nothing they can't do, and dedicated his award to all Latinos and to immigrants who keep pushing forward with a lot of strength.