Remember, Democrats have repeatedly advanced measures to ban partisan gerrymandering and Republicans have voted against them time after time.
This is the game Republicans wanted to play. OK, then.
Had an absolutely lovely time at the OBNA meeting. Great questions, multiple sign ups on the spot. Help get us to 1500 and join your neighbors in reducing trash! www.blackearthcompost.com/newport
I had a delightful evening with the folks of the off broadway neighborhood association, sullied by nary an elected official 😇
It looks like it was advertised in accordance with the law but putting it on SOS is different from actually advertising to the community.
I continue to be bothered to no end that the School Committee meetings aren’t listed on the City website. The SC has its own page on the school website, but they are city meetings so they should still be listed in the city calendar. I don’t think folks know to go to the school or SOS page.
I have just learned that there will be a School Committee budget workshop at 5:30pm tonight at Pell: opengov.sos.ri.gov/Common/Downl...
I can’t make it because of my previous commitment but it is clear the SC needed more budget discussion after their meeting and the workshop with the city.
The heartiest broccoli of all time
Plus she’s a local author and will be doing a book talk in Jamestown on Monday, May 4: jplri.libcal.com/event/16594673
If you read this book, please tell me your thoughts! Her book Rising inspired one of my tattoos - I can’t wait to meet her and totally creep her out when I tell her that!
Friday my Earth Day festivities continue with a book club discussion of The Quickening by Elizabeth Rush. This event isn’t open to the public but I just had to share because this book is so wonderful and beautiful and I want everyone to read it.
And finally, on Thursday, a plug for a @climateactionri.org event that I sadly won’t be able to attend because I have a conflicting work meeting. (Yes, I have a job that is not live posting municipal meetings- I know that is shocking).
We will have to zip out of Ragged Island to get to my main event: City Council. As ever, 6:30pm in Chambers or streaming online. I haven’t looked at the agenda in detail (don’t be mad at me) but it seems short: cityofnewport.granicus.com/GeneratedAge...
Colorful poster featuring a photo of Ragged Island’s greenhouse interior that reads: Earth Day Block Party JOIN AQUIDNECK RESILIENCE FOR FOOD, GAMES, AND ACTIVITIES! WEDNESDAY APRIL 22 5-7 PM ON THE 60 BUS LINE! RAGGED ISLAND BREWING COMPANY 54 BRISTOL FERRY RD PORTSMOUTH, RI LIGHT BITES PROVIDED. FOOD AND DRINK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
Tomorrow, Earth Day 🌏🍃🌻 itself, I will be joining @aq-resilience.bsky.social at Ragged Island Brewing in Portsmouth to, you guessed it, talk about composting and to partake in the fun climate planning & activities that Aquidneck Resilience will have. Family friendly; more details on poster.
Hello, it’s another big week in #NewportRI! Though the temperatures have dropped, spring is arriving and Earth Day is here and we are celebrating in some great ways. First, I’ll be at the Off Broadway Neighborhood Association at Parlor at 6 tonight to talk about composting!
emergency support needed asap
trans masc person in trouble in NYC
need to get them to safety
please boost
But also look how wide that bike lane is!
I just gasped aloud 🤣🤣
I sort of think these actually might be worse than nothing, but maybe I’m wrong.
There’s one part of America’s Cup in Newport that has these for, I kid you not, probably ten feet. I don’t understand what that’s supposed to do. Trucks blocking the bike lane can just park before or after the pole section. Plus the bike lane is only a few feet wide, so they really just box you in.
Oh because they’re not actually protection?
Screenshot of Trump Truth Social Post on Iran.
Donald Trump is once again threatening war crimes. Not one more penny for this dangerous war and this disastrous administration.
All federal wind power R&D at the Department of Energy is $0.137 billion. So the government is paying 7x the amount it spends on all wind power R&D just for a fee to kill one wind project. Seems bad.
This is a question for resident pigeon enthusiast @rosemarymosco.com
Yes, pigeons are very “look at these sticks on the ground, it is for my babies” type birds. I wonder if this was another bird’s nest first or if the pigeon saw the stakes and thought “amazing, now I don’t have to find my own sticks”.
I also thought it was hailing but I think actually it may have just been raining really hard.
Big!
The azaleas coming out is one of my favorite parts of spring.
Thank you @wheatoncollege.bsky.social for giving me the gift of the Wheatones, who are my sisters across eras and have shaped my life in so many ways. It was a Wheatone who connected me to my kidney recipient, so Wheatones literally save lives.
Now for something totally different - I returned to my alma mater for the 80th anniversary of my college a cappella group and it was a beautiful weekend that reminded me how much music fills my heart. And yes I did cry while answering questions about this event.
Great shots of great birds
The little kid was 6 and probably going like 3 mph but I bet he felt like he was shredding.