Robert Anthony
@robertprovost.com
Gay. RI. Cheese. He/him
Witnessing the fall of an Empire in real time.
Witnessing the fall of an Empire in real time.
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The huge public pressure -- people showing up in droves at public hearings to advocate for more (not less) bus service, as essential for the state's economy -- has had an impact. Well done, activists and ordinary folks! (I wasn't able to get to any of the hearings myself, so can't claim credit.)
STORY: RIPTA postpones decision on controversial cuts, as R.I. Governor McKee urges board to draft new plan to bridge $10m budget gap
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/m...
RIPTA postpones decision on controversial cuts, as R.I. Governor McKee urges board to draft new plan to bridge $10m budget gap - The Boston Globe
The vote came moments after McKee urged the board to draft a new plan “that balances new revenue strategies with targeted reductions to low-performing routes.”
www.bostonglobe.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The huge public pressure -- people showing up in droves at public hearings to advocate for more (not less) bus service, as essential for the state's economy -- has had an impact. Well done, activists and ordinary folks! (I wasn't able to get to any of the hearings myself, so can't claim credit.)
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CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
July 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
Hi BlueSky! I don’t look at you as much anymore because I max out my “world on fire”threshold quickly these days.
Still alive. Still haven’t found a new job. Still single. Still poor. /end of update
Finneas says hello!
Still alive. Still haven’t found a new job. Still single. Still poor. /end of update
Finneas says hello!
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hi BlueSky! I don’t look at you as much anymore because I max out my “world on fire”threshold quickly these days.
Still alive. Still haven’t found a new job. Still single. Still poor. /end of update
Finneas says hello!
Still alive. Still haven’t found a new job. Still single. Still poor. /end of update
Finneas says hello!
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The law will make it illegal for veterinarians to surgically remove a cat’s claws or “alter a cat’s toes, claws or paws to prevent or impair normal function.”
New law will ban cat declawing in Rhode Island
Rhode Island will soon join its neighboring states in banning cat declawing.
www.wpri.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The law will make it illegal for veterinarians to surgically remove a cat’s claws or “alter a cat’s toes, claws or paws to prevent or impair normal function.”
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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One of my favorite jokes ever
June 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
One of my favorite jokes ever
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y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI
June 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI
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✨ Big things ahead! ✊
Organizers across the country are putting plans in motion for the next Day of Action.
Stay tuned!
We’ll announce the date as soon as it’s set! 🔥🗓️
#50501movement #50501ri #powertothepeople
Organizers across the country are putting plans in motion for the next Day of Action.
Stay tuned!
We’ll announce the date as soon as it’s set! 🔥🗓️
#50501movement #50501ri #powertothepeople
June 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
✨ Big things ahead! ✊
Organizers across the country are putting plans in motion for the next Day of Action.
Stay tuned!
We’ll announce the date as soon as it’s set! 🔥🗓️
#50501movement #50501ri #powertothepeople
Organizers across the country are putting plans in motion for the next Day of Action.
Stay tuned!
We’ll announce the date as soon as it’s set! 🔥🗓️
#50501movement #50501ri #powertothepeople
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Meet your greedy healthcare CEOs, the people fighting workers who deserve safe working environments and the money to feed their family.
June 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Meet your greedy healthcare CEOs, the people fighting workers who deserve safe working environments and the money to feed their family.
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June 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The crowd gets bigger every time I attend one of these, and that gives me hope!
June 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The crowd gets bigger every time I attend one of these, and that gives me hope!
Some days, the anti-gay vitriol known as “comments” is just too much. I am aware 3/4 are bots at this point, but it’s still demoralizing.
June 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Some days, the anti-gay vitriol known as “comments” is just too much. I am aware 3/4 are bots at this point, but it’s still demoralizing.
You know shits bad when Dave starts dropping F bombs!
If you’re feeling exhausted from all the ICE news, you’re not alone. That’s the point of authoritarianism and fascism.
But you better fucking believe I’ll have a video tomorrow on this. Everyone, media and otherwise, needs to be loud as hell about what’s happening right now.
But you better fucking believe I’ll have a video tomorrow on this. Everyone, media and otherwise, needs to be loud as hell about what’s happening right now.
June 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
You know shits bad when Dave starts dropping F bombs!
Finneas is so mad I’m not playing with him. He emotes so much like a human it freaks me out sometimes!
May 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Finneas is so mad I’m not playing with him. He emotes so much like a human it freaks me out sometimes!
It was pointed out today that a google search for my name will never show results for me ever again. (I have the same name as the new Pope)
May 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It was pointed out today that a google search for my name will never show results for me ever again. (I have the same name as the new Pope)
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Your skeleton has around 25,000 calories.
May 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Your skeleton has around 25,000 calories.
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Men at Bluebonnet Detention Facility (immigration prison) in Anson, TX form an S.O.S. with their bodies to signal to a drone overhead.
This is the facility from which the Trump Administration appeared ready to fly another planeful of men to El Salvador last weekend
www.reuters.com/pictures/sos...
This is the facility from which the Trump Administration appeared ready to fly another planeful of men to El Salvador last weekend
www.reuters.com/pictures/sos...
April 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Men at Bluebonnet Detention Facility (immigration prison) in Anson, TX form an S.O.S. with their bodies to signal to a drone overhead.
This is the facility from which the Trump Administration appeared ready to fly another planeful of men to El Salvador last weekend
www.reuters.com/pictures/sos...
This is the facility from which the Trump Administration appeared ready to fly another planeful of men to El Salvador last weekend
www.reuters.com/pictures/sos...
Reading this: “it’s not real, breathe, it’s not real”
Googles because nothing is too insane to be real.
ITS FUCKING REAL.
Googles because nothing is too insane to be real.
ITS FUCKING REAL.
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reading this: “it’s not real, breathe, it’s not real”
Googles because nothing is too insane to be real.
ITS FUCKING REAL.
Googles because nothing is too insane to be real.
ITS FUCKING REAL.
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Very lucky to be represented at the state level by someone as smart, ambitious, and thoughtful as @zoandbehold.bsky.social! You should follow her here.
April 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Very lucky to be represented at the state level by someone as smart, ambitious, and thoughtful as @zoandbehold.bsky.social! You should follow her here.
So important to hear these voices, especially now.
70% of Jewish Holocaust survivors will be gone in the next 10 years, a report shows
Eighty years after the Holocaust, more than 200,000 Jewish survivors are still alive, but according to a study 70% of them will be gone within the next 10 years.
apnews.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
So important to hear these voices, especially now.