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Sean, Pear Enthusiast ⚓
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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
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With every item I become more powerful
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People say there has never been a truly perfect Star Wars experience and that's how you know they never played the Ladder Map in Jedi Outcast.

Yes, it is scored to Prodigy's Smack My Bitch Up, and the song starts when you ignite your lightsaber and begin to move.
Star Wars: Jedi Outcast (Jedi Knight 2) - Ladder Map combat comparison
YouTube video by Iain
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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Good morning to everyone who bought a 26-foot box truck for their regular vehicle to drive to the office and the grocery store with, because what if they need to move house.
February 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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They keep adding more things as excuses not to plow. They could do half of the path and there'd be more snow for winter and the walkers and runners and cyclists could still use it, alongside the snow people.

One guess is maybe they just don't want to plow all 60+ miles
February 1, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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February 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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/ EYE WAS NOT YET IN EXISTENCE ON UR PLANET BUT EYE FIND THE STORY OF THIS 2 BE AMUSING
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January 31, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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At the heart of every well used US transit system is a piece of infrastructure that was built over 100 years ago that you simply could not build today under any circumstances.
January 31, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Why have the handlebar mounted bottle cages fallen so out of favor?

Great spot for your water or wine or little bit of brandy
Silvana Pampanini and Delia Scala in Bellezze in bicicletta (1951) Beauties on Bicycles 🚲🇮🇹
#bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #italy #自転車 #streetstyle #fun #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #velo #cycle #vélo 🚴‍♀️
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 PM
They've managed to do decades of damage in less time than it's taken me to finish painting my kitchen
In 2025, departures of govt scientists outnumbered new hires by a ratio of 11 to 1. This reduction in STEM PhDs translates to 106k yrs of federal work experience across 10,000 employees. These talents will take their expertise elsewhere. Experience is indispensable.
🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
January 31, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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January 31, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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momentary exception to not posting to amplify how beautiful & powerful this Providence protest is #ICEout
January 30, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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took cta to work today and … why was i driving. what was wrong with me. why do i need car. i do not need car, car is pain
January 30, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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i shouldn’t be at work i should be 3 hours deep into a mash bluegrass session
January 30, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Theres some wild anti-swedish racism in the history of Providence urban renewal which I think is neat (derogatory)
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Not everywhere is blessed with the glorious Rhode Island slice
ahh, maryland-style pizza. america's most rightly unremarked upon regional pizza. famous for its motto "just like that one so-so chain used to make it"
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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NOW LIVE: You can now stream the short documentary “Bus Cuts,” a compelling piece of filmmaking by Maya Kelly chronicling the impact of service cuts on RIPTA riders and drivers.

Watch here: youtu.be/tgsHYMenMCA?...
Bus Cuts
YouTube video by Maya Kelly
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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While many small businesses and residents have done their part to clear their sidewalks, there are large businesses ignoring the law.

When I’m Mayor, we’re going to hold these large businesses accountable!

It’s a shame our current Mayor has been too busy at an out-of-state conference to care.
January 30, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Every day is Trash Day now.

Trash Day is a state of mind.
January 30, 2026 at 12:40 PM
It won't last. Brothers and sisters are natural enemies! Like Fascists and Leftists! Or Republicans and Leftsts! Or Democrats and Leftists! Or Leftists and other Leftists! Damn Leftists! They ruined Leftism!
bart simpson is talking to a man with a red beard who says " shh ! you wanna get sued "
Alt: bart simpson is talking to a man with a red beard who says " shh ! you wanna get sued "
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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What kills kids in America:

1. cars
2. guns

Guess what the GOP has worked relentlessly to support for half a century now?
Gov. Landry: "I like to ask Democrats if they like their communities to be dangerous or safe. Do they want their children to be able to walk to school or do they want to worry if they send them on the sidewalks, that unfortunate violent things are going to happen to them?"
January 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Do you need commenters to help you find big names to shame: gas stations, chain stores, politically influential landlords...
January 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Every day in the Trump economy, working people are struggling to get by. Rent, groceries, health care prices — all skyrocketing, while giant corporations and rich CEOs make even more money.

A union contract is how we start to level the playing field. aflcio.org/formaunion
Form a Union | AFL-CIO
Form a Union Organizing a union in your workplace is about getting more rights and more power. Thousands of working people--all across the country and in all kinds of jobs--organize unions every year because unions are the best way to secure the things ...
aflcio.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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RI knows this song: "entrenched government contractors like Deloitte had charged millions to build error–prone systems that state governments had no capacity to fix. Billing by the hour, growing the complexity and incomprehensibility of these systems proved profitable."
New at Can We Still Govern: Here is one thing I wish more people understood about government. There is a lot of rent-seeking by private vendors in our social safety net. Trump's policies will make this worse.
@lukef.bsky.social breaks it down. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-means-...
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
The vendors getting rich from putting administrative burdens on the poor
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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How is Memorial Boulevard this bad??
January 28, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:

"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
For all the fearmongering about capital flight from New York City, there’s an exodus few want to talk about: working people.

Sky-high rents and outrageous child care costs are already pushing families out of the city they keep running.
 
That’s what we have to change.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM