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thepublicsradio.org/arts-and-cul... Riffed something - apropos Secret Mall Apartment - on the chasm that emerged about supporting Providence's underground artists back in the day
Secret Mall Apartment pays homage to Providence’s creative underground - TPR: The Public's Radio
On a freezing cold December day 25 years ago, Raphael Lyon and I watched as salvage crews took what they could from the demolition of the Silver Springs Bleaching and Dyeing complex — a sign of the gr...
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March 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
thepublicsradio.org/arts-and-cul... Riffed something - apropos Secret Mall Apartment - on the chasm that emerged about supporting Providence's underground artists back in the day
Tilly says “Local & cash only today!” But in general a good way to shop.
February 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Tilly says “Local & cash only today!” But in general a good way to shop.
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thepublicsradio.org/metro-desk/c... via David Wright
Customers say don’t mess with ‘The System’ - TPR: The Public's Radio
At Olneyville New York System this week, the news has been bittersweet. The family that has owned these iconic Rhode Island restaurants for four generations announced they have agreed to sell the busi...
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February 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
February 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
Brooooms!
February 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Brooooms!
Eat the rich
"The role of the ultra-wealthy has morphed from one of shared social responsibility and patronage to the freewheeling celebration of selfish opulence," @brianklaas.bsky.social writes:
The Rise of the Selfish Plutocrats
Instead of pursuing philanthropy, many now seek to evade social responsibility.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Eat the rich
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Asked if Israel had a right to exist, the great Israeli social critic Yeshayahu Leibowitz said: absolutely not. States are only instruments to protect human beings. It is people who have a right to exist. Gaza is what happens when we forget that. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...
Opinion | Israel Is Meant to Be Jewish and Democratic. It Cannot Be Both.
Israel cannot be both Jewish and democratic.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Asked if Israel had a right to exist, the great Israeli social critic Yeshayahu Leibowitz said: absolutely not. States are only instruments to protect human beings. It is people who have a right to exist. Gaza is what happens when we forget that. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...
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i will say that we have never experienced anything like an administration trying to essentially freeze the activities of the entire federal government while making a series of illegal power grabs. genuinely unclear to me what kind of response, if any, these guys are generating against them
January 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
i will say that we have never experienced anything like an administration trying to essentially freeze the activities of the entire federal government while making a series of illegal power grabs. genuinely unclear to me what kind of response, if any, these guys are generating against them
I’m not sure this is where I want to be but it isn’t meta. Social media has value but we’re lacking the special sauce I and many are looking for. I even logged into my old tumblr account to see what was going on there. Is there a stranglehold on IP that prevents the next thing?
January 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I’m not sure this is where I want to be but it isn’t meta. Social media has value but we’re lacking the special sauce I and many are looking for. I even logged into my old tumblr account to see what was going on there. Is there a stranglehold on IP that prevents the next thing?
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This week in The Atlantic, I wrote a long essay about America's epidemic of solitude.
This week on my podcast, I talked to the University of Chicago psychologist Nick Epley about how to fix it.
open.spotify.com/episode/0FaZ...
This week on my podcast, I talked to the University of Chicago psychologist Nick Epley about how to fix it.
open.spotify.com/episode/0FaZ...
‘The Anti-Social Century’: America’s Epidemic of Solitude—and How to Fix It
Plain English with Derek Thompson · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This week in The Atlantic, I wrote a long essay about America's epidemic of solitude.
This week on my podcast, I talked to the University of Chicago psychologist Nick Epley about how to fix it.
open.spotify.com/episode/0FaZ...
This week on my podcast, I talked to the University of Chicago psychologist Nick Epley about how to fix it.
open.spotify.com/episode/0FaZ...
Liking the symmetry of these Japanese style whisk brooms I’m figuring out.
January 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Liking the symmetry of these Japanese style whisk brooms I’m figuring out.
Where my Orkut peoples?
January 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Where my Orkut peoples?