As a relatively new consultant, I have an aspirational quoted rate and a rate that it actually works out to. The latter is one I rarely calculate because it is entirely depressing.

DE-ICE CITIZENS BANK · South County Rising RI On April 23, Citizens Bank will be holding their Annual Shareholder Meeting at its headquarters in Providence, RI. In response, a coalition of progressive organizations from the surrounding area will ...

Citizens Bank annual shareholder meeting (April 23rd in Providence Rhode Island) to face protesters critical of the bank's financial ties to ICE:

www.mobilize.us/southcountyr...

$50 million worth of solar panels headed for 'highly visible' state lands - Maryland Matters About $50 million worth of solar panels will appear on Maryland Department of Transportation parking lots and brownfields in coming years, paid for with money from a state renewable energy fund that h...

Maryland will install $50 million worth of solar panels over its Department of Transportation parking lots and brownfields this year. marylandmatters.org/2026/03/01/s...

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It. 40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing.

Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service:

cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

Texting a QR code is always suss. How is that supposed to work?

Newcomers to Providence be like…

Who will they blame when everything is the way they want it?

Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.

Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.

Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.

Polluting juggernaut Rhode Island Recycled Metals will be appearing before the City of Providence’s Board of Licenses on Friday (hearing starts at 4:32 pm (yes 4:32) on the fifth floor of the Providence City Hall. Here’s the docket: providenceri.iqm2.com/Citizens/Det...

Hopefully far away from the Charlie Kirk memorial plaque.

I love that place. Stayed there two years ago.

Journalists slain at record level in 2025, majority by Israel, watchdog says An increasing number of journalists were killed by drones, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The IDF said it “strongly rejects” the group’s findings.

Last year was the deadliest on record for journalists.

For the third year in a row, Israel killed more journalists and media workers than any other country amid the war in Gaza, according to a report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

It’s amazing the efficiencies we find when necessary.

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Live Oak, Florida
Mini Minions.

American citizens don’t have a corner on racism and Islamophobia. Exhibit A: green card holding Chinese dietician in a certain Florida hospital who basically holds the same views as my evangelical mom.

JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Some savings…

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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app. Here's how to stop it TikTok is growing its data harvesting empire, and avoiding the app won’t protect you – but some easy steps can keep you safe.

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Finally, picture of him with pants on!

47 circus roof garden for dinner.
Loved the walk to the American academy past the Fontana dell'Acqua Paola and then down to the river along via Girabaldi.
And I think it was sunset cocktails atop hotel Rafael at piazza Navona that captured my heart.

TARGET 12: Just before Alviti's resignation, over 700 bridges were taken out of RIDOT's quarterly progress report to lawmakers - a change that let RIDOT claim it hit the 90% bridge sufficiency goal set 10 years ago

Goalposts moved in budget docs, too www.wpri.com/target-12/ri...

And most right wing “economic” talking points

I love their posts! Didn’t know they were located in providence. So cool

I didn’t realize providence even had street parking with that level of regulation.

Where is this enchanting (sounding) place?