Had a great dinner last night at Big Mikes Smokehouse! Fantastic smashburgers served by friendly staff. 😋🍔

So grateful we have this small business in East Providence.

Support Local News - The Local Insider News The Local Insider preparing for liftoff in Rhode Island The Local Insider is a new hyperlocal digital news outlet coming to Rhode Island, focused primarily in the northern part of the state. Starting ...

In case you missed it, I'm starting my own local news company, one I'm hoping will set a standard for hyperlocal digital startups. I'm thankful for how well received it's been this first week. If you feel the urge to be part of it, here's the link: thelocalinsidernews.com

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

John Eastman: The Dems Made Me Do It Author of the “coup memos” says 2020’s “existential” stakes justified extreme action.

The two intolerable abuses that Eastman specifically named, btw, were drag queen story hour and trans people using the bathroom.

No, I am not kidding. www.thebulwark.com/p/john-eastm...

Defend Our Neighbors and Democracy Training Thank you for registering for the “Defend Our Neighbors and Democracy” training session cohosted by Ward 2 Councilor Jill Davidson and the Lawyers’ Committee for Rhode Island. The training will take p...

You're invited to “Defend Our Neighbors and Democracy,” which I'm hosting w/ the Lawyers’ Committee for RI. The training will take place at Hope High School, April 21, 6-7:30 pm. Learn how to defend neighbors & stay within the law when federal immigration enforcement is present in our communities.

I’m sure @amo.house.gov and @reed.senate.gov are going to be lame about AI.

Yeah, I know, Congressman Langevin and my friends at @cyberinstri.bsky.social ran the AI task force.

But AI is going to be a bigger crater than dot com. Don’t fall for the hype.

David Pollak's check in at Tortilla Flats Another Friday at my local. Artemis is wondering where I am

I am at Tortilla Flats and wanted you to know.

"Another Friday at my local. Artemis is wondering where I am

Check out my photos or leave a comment at: app.foursquare.com/share/checki...

One week from today -- Thursday, April 23 -- I'll be debuting a new talk on AI and misinformation in Westwood, Mass.

I'd love to see you there, if you're in the neighborhood. And if you'd like me to speak at your library/group about AI and misinformation, drop a line!

AND reed. both voted to give more fucking bombs to israel.

so whitehouse is okay with bombs but he draws the line at bulldozers? unreal.

Trump’s Dark Night on Truth Social Attacking the pope was only part of the president’s disturbing meltdown.

We can't keep looking away from his emotional and cognitive issues. The attack on the Pope was the beginning of a full night of melting down.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

read this whole 🧵

fuck target even more.

Tax bibles

Maybe if you’d resisted MAGA and the GOP… maybe if you’d blocked every Trump II nominee (remember how Tuberville blocked military promotions), we would be in this mess.

Swalwell has announced his resignation from Congress. It’s impossible not to ask why Texas Republican Tony Gonzales hasn’t done the same. And why the GOP doesn’t insist the Epstein files, which repeatedly mention the head of their party, be fully released.

This reality check by Rebecca Solnit grabs you right from the killer first sentence. Do yourself a favor & give it a read.

Suspects in the police line read from a sheet of paper Suspect 1 (Kevin Pollak) "Open the fuckin' strait you crazy bastards" Suspect 2 (Stephen Baldwin) "Open the strait you crazy bastard motehrfucka praise allallllalllah" Suspect 3 (Benicio del Toro) "Open the fuckin' strait you crazy bastards" - What the fuck?"

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Happy birthday @marie.tech !

Please repost & share this.

Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources, proving the transition is not theoretical but already operational. The barrier is no longer technology, but political will, investment priorities, and the courage to move faster.

Judges Fired After Blocking Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students

BREAKING: the judges who dismissed high-profile cases in immigration court against two international students who have advocated for Palestinian causes, Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi, were fired yesterday, alongside four other judges.

/w @haleaziz.bsky.social and @nicknehamas.bsky.social

If I were to argue the case, I’d go for the oath of office.

Yes, Trump v US absolves a president of criminal behavior within the scope of presidential duties.

However, when he took the oath to faithfully execute the laws, he made a separate contract and I’d sue on that.

At least @amo.house.gov has the self awareness to recognize that he’s done nothing to protect Rhode Islanders from MAGA and Trump (the title from his email newsletter)

Who can we primary against him? I wish Aaron Regenberg would throw his hat in the ring

It’s time to primary @reed.senate.gov he has not protected us from MAGA or billionaires

I am very interested in Connor and support most of his policies

The US is technologically inferior.

BYD's new 'Blade Battery 2.0' can add 400 km range in 5 minutes (70% charge) or full (97% charge) in 9 minutes.

If the US invested in infrastructure for people instead of war, like China does, we could also fill our electric car batteries up at 1500kW stations.

A cluttered and complicated chart relating qubit counts to qubit error rates, comparing today's devices to cryptographic attacks.

Overdue quantum landscape update: sam-jaques.appspot.com/quantum_land...

A 2d chart can only say so much. tl;dr new results are still overhyped, but definitely worth taking seriously. This chart is based on surface codes and a big question now is whether new codes can be practical (=>useless chart)

Too dark?

This resonates heavily, we need more dumb things again.

"It Was A Tie!" - A Fish Called Wanda (Airport Scene, Vietnam, Winners) YouTube video by Lashrito

Randomly m.youtube.com/watch?v=_X6Q...

American religiosity has been in decline for some time, but the way some performatively religious people have accepted Trump will accelerate that decline significantly. It’s a mortal wound to the credibility of American evangelism.