Sure, this is great. Love the bridge. But what I really want to know is how this bill got to the floor of both chambers so quickly, and others are just..."held for further study."

Okay, yeah, that part isn't great. But I was driving through different parts of the city today making library deliveries, and there are so many parts I don't know well with quirky but awesome buildings, and little businesses, and energy.

A "Little Free Library" filled with only Merriam-Webster Dictionaries

Happy National Library Week to whoever did this.

Cranston is actually pretty great.

We're celebrating 5 years! Join us for this special evening bringing together community leaders, local business owners, investors, and advocates committed to a thriving Rhode Island economy.

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It's finally #NationalLibraryWeek! Thank you to everyone who has signed up to send a #RI #library a love letter! Even if you haven’t signed up you can still take time to reflect on what you love about your library and/or stop in and say hi and thank you to your librarians!

Community entrepreneurs are the best, bravest, most important people in the world right now.

I would love to see this! I started a similar project and made good progress, although I eventually got stuck. I'm also wondering what to do with this massive amount of info!

These two RI Libraries still are in need of a love letter. Might it be you? Sign up here storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/87d8...

Don’t leave Greene hanging! Sign up to send it a love letter here storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/87d8...

We’re sure Foster Public Library has some fans! Sign up here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/87d8...

Heeeeyyyy Warwick! Show your libraries a little love! Sign up here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/87d8...

Once upon a time, we built beautiful public infrastructure and engraved it with poetry.

What in the holy hell is this?

Rent-a-bank schemes target economically vulnerable Rhode Islanders; There's a legislative fix that needs to pass “In a perfect world, we may not exist. I readily acknowledge that,” said Thomas Coleman, a lobbyist for OppFi, a leader in rent-a-bank lending. “In a perfect world, people would not need [us.]"

Rent-a-bank schemes target economically vulnerable Rhode Islanders; There’s a legislative fix that needs to pass.

“In a perfect world, we may not exist. I readily acknowledge that,” said Thomas Coleman, a lobbyist for OppFi, a leader in rent-a-bank lending.

And yet CVS Health reported a 2025 profit of nearly $1.8 billion.

Lost in DC. Or maybe Virginia. Or Maryland?

Toxic Capital Structures When the Promise of Pensions Becomes a Driver of Breakdown

"A capital structure becomes toxic not because it invests in harmful assets, but because the pattern of returns it requires imposes unsustainable demands on the world." Yes! This is what capitalism has become, an unsustainable (and in fact extractive, predatory, unethical) structure.

Getting ready for our panel on community investment funds this morning at the @justeconomy.bsky.social conference.

Roger Williams would like a word.

I’m at a wonderful conference on community finance, listening once again to hosts thank the sponsors — the big banks whose decisions and actions have made this work necessary. It’s getting harder to ignore the dissonance.

This is an actual line from an actual article in a nominal newspaper.

"Unlike Springsteen, a New Jersey native who makes every concert these days feel like a tedious political rally, the percussionist said he takes a different approach with his current group, The Wonderful Winos."

Also if you don't think I'm formulating neighborhood evaluations based on the number of library lovers, you don't know me at all.

Finally, the Greene Public Library in Coventry needs a lover.

Two branches of the Cranston Library to write: Arlington and Oaklawn. Anyone?

Gotta get on the map, Foster! We have two libraries to reach: Foster Public and Tyler Free Library.

Smith Hill denizens! Might you write to the Smith Hill Community Library of Providence? I know there are a lot of community meetings that happen there.

How about the Robert Beverly Hale library in South Kingstown? I've never been, but it looks charming.

Any Warwick residents or neighbors here who like to visit the Apponaug, Conimicut, or Norwood Branches? Or how about the Pontiac Free Library?

Library Love Week (AKA National Library Week) is approaching! @jesscigna.bsky.social and I have just 12 more libraries to cover in order to reach our goal of every single one.