Ethan Gyles
@gyles.bsky.social
PVD, RI, USA.
"My kingdom for a plumbing license."
"My kingdom for a plumbing license."
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uh, holy shit? apnews.com/article/trum...
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
uh, holy shit? apnews.com/article/trum...
Sue is the absolute best kind of public servant. She'd be a huge asset to Rhode Islanders in statewide office! @sueanderbois.bsky.social
UPDATE - Providence Councilor @sueanderbois.bsky.social confirms this is for LG.
She’ll be joining a field of two other Democrats running: Lt. Gov. @sabinamatos.bsky.social
and fmr. state Sen. @cindycoyneri.bsky.social
May see 1-2 other Dems join. @billbartholomew.bsky.social? Councilman Xay?
She’ll be joining a field of two other Democrats running: Lt. Gov. @sabinamatos.bsky.social
and fmr. state Sen. @cindycoyneri.bsky.social
May see 1-2 other Dems join. @billbartholomew.bsky.social? Councilman Xay?
INBOX: Providence Councilor @sueanderbois.bsky.social is holding a campaign kickoff event Wednesday, but it doesn’t specify which office.
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Sue is the absolute best kind of public servant. She'd be a huge asset to Rhode Islanders in statewide office! @sueanderbois.bsky.social
Cost of groceries gets a lot of media focus. But I'm seeing health insurance, homeowners insurance, and car insurance increase really rapidly -- by double digit % just compared to 2024.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Cost of groceries gets a lot of media focus. But I'm seeing health insurance, homeowners insurance, and car insurance increase really rapidly -- by double digit % just compared to 2024.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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if I were a senator retiring I would be ungovernable and would be making legacy content (laudatory) instead of legacy content (derogatory)
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
if I were a senator retiring I would be ungovernable and would be making legacy content (laudatory) instead of legacy content (derogatory)
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Seeing it was Shaheen and Hassan leading the cave. Zero surprise. Trying to impress some phantom independent NH voter.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Seeing it was Shaheen and Hassan leading the cave. Zero surprise. Trying to impress some phantom independent NH voter.
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It’s no walk in the park to serve in Congress, and I don’t begrudge Golden for stepping away. But it seems likely that his polling numbers among his own constituents factored into the decision.
Favorability:
16% favorable | 41% unfavorable
Deserves to be Re-elected?:
26% does | 57% doesn’t
Favorability:
16% favorable | 41% unfavorable
Deserves to be Re-elected?:
26% does | 57% doesn’t
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It’s no walk in the park to serve in Congress, and I don’t begrudge Golden for stepping away. But it seems likely that his polling numbers among his own constituents factored into the decision.
Favorability:
16% favorable | 41% unfavorable
Deserves to be Re-elected?:
26% does | 57% doesn’t
Favorability:
16% favorable | 41% unfavorable
Deserves to be Re-elected?:
26% does | 57% doesn’t
I'd feel a lot better about Pelosi's legacy if she'd stopped trading stocks.
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I'd feel a lot better about Pelosi's legacy if she'd stopped trading stocks.
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It’s one thing to have different environmental/health priorities for your foundation, it’s quite another to have been bankrolling one of the primary sources of bullshit on the topic.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
By @rtakver.bsky.social @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
By @rtakver.bsky.social @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It’s one thing to have different environmental/health priorities for your foundation, it’s quite another to have been bankrolling one of the primary sources of bullshit on the topic.
Striking how NIMBYs seem not to know how cringeworthy their statements look.
Today I saw a post about how zoning reform threatens to "urbanize"...Camden, Maine.
Today I saw a post about how zoning reform threatens to "urbanize"...Camden, Maine.
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Striking how NIMBYs seem not to know how cringeworthy their statements look.
Today I saw a post about how zoning reform threatens to "urbanize"...Camden, Maine.
Today I saw a post about how zoning reform threatens to "urbanize"...Camden, Maine.
Thirty years of Fox News and Facebook
Facebook did this by the way. Mark Zuckerberg on-purpose melted our parents' brains for money.
one of my oldest buddies send a text he got from his mom to our group chat and this smart, thoughtful, liberal woman is fully convinced Zohran Mamdani has said he wants to kill all Jews
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thirty years of Fox News and Facebook
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Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
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Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
Remarkable to break 50% in a four way race of highly credible candidates. Go @jilld.bsky.social!
Board of Elections now showing 2/3 of precincts reporting and @jilld.bsky.social well head with 50.5 percent of the vote in the @pvdcitycouncil.bsky.social Ward 2 Democratic primary.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Remarkable to break 50% in a four way race of highly credible candidates. Go @jilld.bsky.social!
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Okay, now it’s over (there aren’t enough remaining votes to make up the gap, even if Caldwell won 100% of them).
Board of Elections now showing 2/3 of precincts reporting and @jilld.bsky.social well head with 50.5 percent of the vote in the @pvdcitycouncil.bsky.social Ward 2 Democratic primary.
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Okay, now it’s over (there aren’t enough remaining votes to make up the gap, even if Caldwell won 100% of them).
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None of what Trump is doing is popular and voters are telling us that
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
None of what Trump is doing is popular and voters are telling us that
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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
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That's the real shitty part of punditry like this: under the guise of trying to help the Dems do better, it reinforces all the worst & most distorted impressions of Dems.
What the pundits want is not better Dems. They just want long, profitable careers as Dem Scolds.
What the pundits want is not better Dems. They just want long, profitable careers as Dem Scolds.
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
That's the real shitty part of punditry like this: under the guise of trying to help the Dems do better, it reinforces all the worst & most distorted impressions of Dems.
What the pundits want is not better Dems. They just want long, profitable careers as Dem Scolds.
What the pundits want is not better Dems. They just want long, profitable careers as Dem Scolds.
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Ocean State Job Lot announced that all food in its 17 Rhode Island stores is discounted by 20 percent until the federal SNAP program is fully reinstated. That includes coffee, tea, peanut butter, jam, cooking oils, spices, and hundreds of Bob’s Red Mill products.
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Ocean State Job Lot announced that all food in its 17 Rhode Island stores is discounted by 20 percent until the federal SNAP program is fully reinstated. That includes coffee, tea, peanut butter, jam, cooking oils, spices, and hundreds of Bob’s Red Mill products.
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the divide between Martin and Jeffries/Schumer, Mamdani's fellow NY Dems, has been extremely noticeable. it's also a problem indicative of their fitness for leadership!
It's annoying to keep having to point this out, but the actual DNC has been behind Mamdani ever since he won the primary, which you wouldn't know by reading some posts on here.
HAVE YOU VOTED YET? 🇺🇸
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
the divide between Martin and Jeffries/Schumer, Mamdani's fellow NY Dems, has been extremely noticeable. it's also a problem indicative of their fitness for leadership!
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Nothing says “Democratic Leader” quite like “I will not tell you who I voted for in a general election.”
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Nothing says “Democratic Leader” quite like “I will not tell you who I voted for in a general election.”
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This is like watching the Home Run Derby. bsky.app/profile/zohr...
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is like watching the Home Run Derby. bsky.app/profile/zohr...
Just remember, they have been and always would call the Democrats communists no matter who wins. You don't avoid that by running 'moderates.'
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Just remember, they have been and always would call the Democrats communists no matter who wins. You don't avoid that by running 'moderates.'