Jessica David
@jdinri.bsky.social
Building community: connection, wealth, resilience. Divinity school student exploring the intersection of money and spirituality. Keeping my chin up. All things local, Rhode Island, letters, Springsteen. @localreturn.bsky.social @investri.bsky.social
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For a small fee, I will go to your historian enemy’s seminar presentation and say “I guess I’m just wondering what the “so what” of this paper is?”
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For a small fee, I will go to your historian enemy’s seminar presentation and say “I guess I’m just wondering what the “so what” of this paper is?”
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Three cheers for @alexagagosz.bsky.social and @carlosrmunoz.bsky.social for this gift guide to Rhode Island small businesses!
Forget Amazon. Here are the R.I. small businesses (that ship) to order gifts from this year. - The Boston Globe
Support the standout local businesses you know or want to know, and find something for everyone on your list.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Three cheers for @alexagagosz.bsky.social and @carlosrmunoz.bsky.social for this gift guide to Rhode Island small businesses!
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The stock market's gains are being overwhelmingly driven by seven Big Tech companies who have invested heavily in AI, which has made tech oligarchs even wealthier.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The stock market's gains are being overwhelmingly driven by seven Big Tech companies who have invested heavily in AI, which has made tech oligarchs even wealthier.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
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This week I saw the documentary, The Librarians. They are strong people standing up for your freedoms. It left me filled with rage and a bit hopeful for the future. I highly recommend seeing it and supporting any number of RI’s amazing libraries. Thanks for the beautiful map @aasmith.bsky.social !
Day 21 - Icon
Rhode Island Public Libraries
Here are the Public Libraries across Rhode Island. The symbol is from the @nounproject.bsky.social, which is probably one of the best subscriptions I have. The symbols are graduated by square footage.
#30DayMapChallenge
Rhode Island Public Libraries
Here are the Public Libraries across Rhode Island. The symbol is from the @nounproject.bsky.social, which is probably one of the best subscriptions I have. The symbols are graduated by square footage.
#30DayMapChallenge
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This week I saw the documentary, The Librarians. They are strong people standing up for your freedoms. It left me filled with rage and a bit hopeful for the future. I highly recommend seeing it and supporting any number of RI’s amazing libraries. Thanks for the beautiful map @aasmith.bsky.social !
I really wish TopGolf hadn't built that hideous site in the middle of our state. 😞
Private equity is creeping into sports and leisure.
TopGolf gets sold off. The Big Ten is weighing a PE deal.
If the PE playbook stays the same, fans and players should brace for more nickel-and-diming and less of what makes these games ours.
www.golfdigest.com/story/callaw...
TopGolf gets sold off. The Big Ten is weighing a PE deal.
If the PE playbook stays the same, fans and players should brace for more nickel-and-diming and less of what makes these games ours.
www.golfdigest.com/story/callaw...
Callaway sells Topgolf for $1.1 billion
Callaway has agreed to unload its majority stake in Topgolf for over $1 billion.
www.golfdigest.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I really wish TopGolf hadn't built that hideous site in the middle of our state. 😞
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Play local returns bingo, the Thanksgiving edition.
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Play local returns bingo, the Thanksgiving edition.
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
I had the opportunity to see The Librarians last evening at Jane Pickens Theater. Still marveling at the bravery of those women holding up freedom to read/learn/be in the face of ignorance and cruelty. See it if you have the chance -- I suspect you'll be inspired!
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I had the opportunity to see The Librarians last evening at Jane Pickens Theater. Still marveling at the bravery of those women holding up freedom to read/learn/be in the face of ignorance and cruelty. See it if you have the chance -- I suspect you'll be inspired!
And yet he's still teaching *5 courses* this semester. Why, @harvard.edu?
Epstein documents released last week showed dozens of email exchanges between Summers and Epstein from 2016 to 2019.
Epstein Files Fallout: Larry Summers Steps Back From Public Roles, Says He’s ‘Deeply Ashamed’
Epstein documents released last week showed dozens of email exchanges between Summers and Epstein from 2016 to 2019.
www.forbes.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
And yet he's still teaching *5 courses* this semester. Why, @harvard.edu?
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New at PB: Stephanie Wong interviews Seth Rockman (@sethrockman.bsky.social) about his latest book, "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and his experience learning to work on a late 18th-century loom.
Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving - Public Books
“But I had found a set of instructions in the archives of one of New England's leading manufacturers of low-end woollen cloth for enslaved wearers.”
www.publicbooks.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New at PB: Stephanie Wong interviews Seth Rockman (@sethrockman.bsky.social) about his latest book, "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and his experience learning to work on a late 18th-century loom.
Now you, @harvard.edu. This man should not be teaching.
Summers is also out at the Hamilton Project, which was kind of dormant anyway but they've taken him off the website
www.hamiltonproject.org/about/adviso...
www.hamiltonproject.org/about/adviso...
Advisory Council - The Hamilton Project
The Hamilton Project is guided by an Advisory Council of academics, business leaders, and former policymakers.
www.hamiltonproject.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Now you, @harvard.edu. This man should not be teaching.
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Just weeks before Thanksgiving, Walgreens' new private equity owners Sycamore Partners cut paid holidays for hundreds of thousands of its lowest-paid workers. pestakeholder.org/news/walgree...
Walgreens’ new PE owners cut worker holidays ahead of Thanksgiving
Move mirrors cost-cutting pattern seen across Sycamore’s retail portfolio as workers brace for possible further fallout
pestakeholder.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just weeks before Thanksgiving, Walgreens' new private equity owners Sycamore Partners cut paid holidays for hundreds of thousands of its lowest-paid workers. pestakeholder.org/news/walgree...
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Also, note that in May, my Office brought a consumer protection action against CVS Caremark and two other large Pharmacy Benefit Managers who collectively dominate that market. We allege they have misled consumers while driving up drug prices and driving independent pharmacies out of business.
Political Scene: Breaking down Dan McKee's case against Helena Foulkes on opioids and CVS' $173M secret payments "drug deal."
Despite its deal with Purdue Pharma, RI keeps extending CVS as its Pharmacy Benefits Manager
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...
Despite its deal with Purdue Pharma, RI keeps extending CVS as its Pharmacy Benefits Manager
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...
CVS opioid sales are key to McKee's attack on Foulkes. But CVS still gets state contracts
The largest contract paid CVS $200 million from 2020 through 2023, the period when McKee became governor and first campaigned against Foulkes.
www.providencejournal.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Also, note that in May, my Office brought a consumer protection action against CVS Caremark and two other large Pharmacy Benefit Managers who collectively dominate that market. We allege they have misled consumers while driving up drug prices and driving independent pharmacies out of business.
"Very few of us are moral saints—certainly not me. Unlike everlasting, lofty, abstract principles, we who try feebly to live up to them down in the muck of reality face mucky obstacles: we get tired, impatient, envious, and angry." (1/2)
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"Very few of us are moral saints—certainly not me. Unlike everlasting, lofty, abstract principles, we who try feebly to live up to them down in the muck of reality face mucky obstacles: we get tired, impatient, envious, and angry." (1/2)
.@butterflyefeckt.bsky.social captures the difference between conviction and performance -- and what's at stake.
How many of philanthropy’s convictions are just luxury beliefs?
A few weeks ago, I sat in a meeting where an executive director explained that her team had removed some of the vocabulary they had adopted in recent years from their website.
responsive.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
.@butterflyefeckt.bsky.social captures the difference between conviction and performance -- and what's at stake.
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Digging deep for some kind of equanimity on this beautiful Friday. Dog photos welcome.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Digging deep for some kind of equanimity on this beautiful Friday. Dog photos welcome.
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Join us as we remember the life and work of Patricia Raub, who passed away on October 29. Friends, family and others who knew her will come together at an event at Wanskuck Library on Nov. 20 to share memories of Patricia. More on this page: clpvd.org/event/a-nigh...
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Join us as we remember the life and work of Patricia Raub, who passed away on October 29. Friends, family and others who knew her will come together at an event at Wanskuck Library on Nov. 20 to share memories of Patricia. More on this page: clpvd.org/event/a-nigh...
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Talk about leaving an outsized void in the fabric of the city. Patricia will be sorely missed.
www.olsonparent.com/obituary/Pat...
www.olsonparent.com/obituary/Pat...
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Talk about leaving an outsized void in the fabric of the city. Patricia will be sorely missed.
www.olsonparent.com/obituary/Pat...
www.olsonparent.com/obituary/Pat...
Dr. King on good neighborness:
November 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Dr. King on good neighborness:
Everyone should be so lucky as to have someone in their life who, when you put a precious but fragile idea in front of them, receives it with care and enthusiasm and also makes it better and more possible. This is who I want to be when I grow up.
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Everyone should be so lucky as to have someone in their life who, when you put a precious but fragile idea in front of them, receives it with care and enthusiasm and also makes it better and more possible. This is who I want to be when I grow up.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Pertinent to a class discussion this morning, I looked up Jamie Dimon’s net worth. $2.9 billion. Compensation last year of $39 million.
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Pertinent to a class discussion this morning, I looked up Jamie Dimon’s net worth. $2.9 billion. Compensation last year of $39 million.
The New York Times piece questioning whether feminism ruined the workplace has pushed me over the edge. A world in which this is considered useful public discourse is not one I wish to live in.
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The New York Times piece questioning whether feminism ruined the workplace has pushed me over the edge. A world in which this is considered useful public discourse is not one I wish to live in.
Hello, media savvy friends! Could you point me toward any guidance on submitting an op-ed to the Projo?
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hello, media savvy friends! Could you point me toward any guidance on submitting an op-ed to the Projo?