Carfree PVD
@carfreepvd.bsky.social
Mostly bikes, sometimes trains, occasionally buses. And I’m in a car more than I’d like. Providence, RI, USA.
North Main & Olney Street. This is from about 6 years ago before they installed the planters and posts that block people from cutting this corner. It's much safer for people walking and biking now.
December 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
North Main & Olney Street. This is from about 6 years ago before they installed the planters and posts that block people from cutting this corner. It's much safer for people walking and biking now.
I think the clerk at the grocery store sneaked this sticker onto my onion while bagging my groceries. If that keeps him amused while working during the holiday rush, I don’t mind!
December 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I think the clerk at the grocery store sneaked this sticker onto my onion while bagging my groceries. If that keeps him amused while working during the holiday rush, I don’t mind!
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Nice scoop from DOJ whisperer Sadie Gurman and C Ryan Barber in the WSJ: How the FBI finally found the DNC/RNC pipe bomber, and how it had nothing to do with new leadership. (Gift link.)
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
How a Tech-Savvy Officer Finally Cracked the Jan. 6 Pipe-Bombs Case
Investigators used powerful tools to obtain mountains of data, but couldn’t decipher some of it until recently.
www.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Nice scoop from DOJ whisperer Sadie Gurman and C Ryan Barber in the WSJ: How the FBI finally found the DNC/RNC pipe bomber, and how it had nothing to do with new leadership. (Gift link.)
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Several posts on Providence Reddit right now: “I know that Reddit sleuthing has led to tragedies in the past, but let’s speculate about who did this”
Sadly -- and somewhat ironically -- it was a Brown U. student who was wrongly accused of being one of the Boston Marathon bombers, in the aftermath of that crime.
3 Years After Boston Marathon Bombing, The Story Of A Wrongly Accused Student
Brown University student Sunil Tripathi disappeared just before the Boston Marathon bombing, and was accused of being involved in the attack. A new documentary looks at the effects of the allegation.
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Several posts on Providence Reddit right now: “I know that Reddit sleuthing has led to tragedies in the past, but let’s speculate about who did this”
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This is the case in a bunch of places - mostly the Midwest. And confusingly, both are state schools! Are Penn/Penn State the only exception to this?
Sometimes a college basketball game will be like Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State and it’s like come on guys I know that’s the same place.
December 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
This is the case in a bunch of places - mostly the Midwest. And confusingly, both are state schools! Are Penn/Penn State the only exception to this?
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By request, here's a thread of books that I think make excellent gifts this holiday season (obviously they're cartographically inclined, you know me)
1. Best anthology
"All Over the Map" by Betsy Mason and Greg Miller
A gorgeous, full color history of maps mind-bending maps from around the world.
1. Best anthology
"All Over the Map" by Betsy Mason and Greg Miller
A gorgeous, full color history of maps mind-bending maps from around the world.
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
By request, here's a thread of books that I think make excellent gifts this holiday season (obviously they're cartographically inclined, you know me)
1. Best anthology
"All Over the Map" by Betsy Mason and Greg Miller
A gorgeous, full color history of maps mind-bending maps from around the world.
1. Best anthology
"All Over the Map" by Betsy Mason and Greg Miller
A gorgeous, full color history of maps mind-bending maps from around the world.
I saw the Wild Turkeys of the East Side the other day and stopped to admire them. Three college-aged people walked by and noticed them as well. None of us took a picture so I guess this means the turkeys are totally normal now
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I saw the Wild Turkeys of the East Side the other day and stopped to admire them. Three college-aged people walked by and noticed them as well. None of us took a picture so I guess this means the turkeys are totally normal now
Daily mantra:
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Daily mantra:
New ankylosaur just dropped, please notify @benjaminahr.mobi
The Cortylorhynchus considers my problems, nods sagely, and says, "have you tried basking in the sun about it? While being as spherical as possible?"
November 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New ankylosaur just dropped, please notify @benjaminahr.mobi
I resisted posting The Chart in the company slack today.
Please clap.
And please drive safely
Please clap.
And please drive safely
once again posting The Chart
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I resisted posting The Chart in the company slack today.
Please clap.
And please drive safely
Please clap.
And please drive safely
Autumn's Scylla & Charybdis: ride in the bike lane covered in slippery wet leaves? Or in the travel lane with the 4,000+ lb SUVs?
‘Tis the season for slippery wet leaves. Be careful when biking (and driving)!
October 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Autumn's Scylla & Charybdis: ride in the bike lane covered in slippery wet leaves? Or in the travel lane with the 4,000+ lb SUVs?
This is well worth your 5 minutes of listening
Fun story from Ben Berke -->>> www.oceanstatemedia.org/education/me...
Meet the Providence 5th-graders running their own newsroom
At Alfred Lima Elementary School, a student-run news crew is flipping the narrative on Providence’s public schools — interviewing state leaders, reporting in two languages, and sharing their stories w...
www.oceanstatemedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is well worth your 5 minutes of listening
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trunk or treat is important because it prepares our young children for the rich fulfilling teenage experience of hanging out in parking lots
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
trunk or treat is important because it prepares our young children for the rich fulfilling teenage experience of hanging out in parking lots
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Watch for the dry line ... 😂
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Watch for the dry line ... 😂
For Halloween, should I put this out on my lawn to scare my neighbors?
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
For Halloween, should I put this out on my lawn to scare my neighbors?
NYT spelling bee puzzle doesn’t accept “tuppence” but does accept “toonie”
What meaningless thing/experience are you still mad about? Like it should not matter at all, DOES not matter at all. But you’re still MAD.
And how long has it been?
I bought some bagels at Hy-Vee four years ago. So bad. Too big. Hard. Bland. WORTHLESS.
I’m still FURIOUS.
And how long has it been?
I bought some bagels at Hy-Vee four years ago. So bad. Too big. Hard. Bland. WORTHLESS.
I’m still FURIOUS.
October 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
NYT spelling bee puzzle doesn’t accept “tuppence” but does accept “toonie”
I keep getting emails for someone with my same name from a Ford dealership in Wisconsin with reminders for an upcoming appointment. I've replied in the past telling them they need to update that email address. Should I just start canceling appointments for him now?
September 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I keep getting emails for someone with my same name from a Ford dealership in Wisconsin with reminders for an upcoming appointment. I've replied in the past telling them they need to update that email address. Should I just start canceling appointments for him now?
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MEYE STICKER HAS IMPROVED THE LOOK OF MEYE BEIK HELMENT 132%
September 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
MEYE STICKER HAS IMPROVED THE LOOK OF MEYE BEIK HELMENT 132%
This looks really cool. There's an African Gray parrot named Popeye (iirc) that lives in Jordan's Jungle and I wonder what she'll think of the music? When I had a parrot, she loved to hear electronic music and would chirp and squeak along with it.
A big part of my goal as owner of the oldest map store on the East Coast, is show people that maps aren't antiques. They are living, breathing, ways of seeing the world.
Audio-visual artist Eric Theise gets this. Come see him perform at The Map Center next week!
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-synesthe...
Audio-visual artist Eric Theise gets this. Come see him perform at The Map Center next week!
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-synesthe...
A Synesthete's Atlas: Cartographic Improvisations: Eric Theise & Ed Osborn
Eric Theise manipulates projected digital maps while Ed Osborn wrangles live electronics & saturated field recordings.
www.eventbrite.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This looks really cool. There's an African Gray parrot named Popeye (iirc) that lives in Jordan's Jungle and I wonder what she'll think of the music? When I had a parrot, she loved to hear electronic music and would chirp and squeak along with it.
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shouts out rhode island pbs www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0BA...
Inside the Mind of Brian Chippendale: Fort Thunder, Providence & the Power of Local Arts
YouTube video by Rhode Island PBS
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
shouts out rhode island pbs www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0BA...
Well this is certainly concerning
WPSU in Pennsylvania becomes the first public media outlet to shut down as a result of the rescission of federal funding.
WPSU TV and radio serves one of the largest geographic coverage areas in the nation, stretching across 24 counties of central Pennsylvania.
WPSU TV and radio serves one of the largest geographic coverage areas in the nation, stretching across 24 counties of central Pennsylvania.
Penn State to shutter WPSU, board declines transfer to WHYY
In voting down a proposal to transfer the station to WHYY, trustees expressed concern over a $17 million subsidy and wanted a commitment to hire staff.
whyy.org
September 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Well this is certainly concerning