Jaime Palter

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I'm curious how physically-demanding the work is? Like when you are 50+, can you still do it and, if not, are there less physical pieces of the job you can do at that point?

Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...

Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days.

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Revolution Wind can be completed, per a judges injunction against the stop work order! Will bring clean energy to 350,000 homes in our region and avoid stranding an almost-completed set of turbines in the water for no reason.

Hang in there…they can be very hardy!

instrument anxiety is real

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I am really looking forward to this conversation with journalists, led by the amazing @metcalfuri.bsky.social.

YouTube video by Rep. Seth Magaziner Trump Administration Unprepared and Evasive Under Magaziner’s Questioning About Revolution Wind

When I asked the Assistant Secretary of the Interior why he stopped Revolution Wind, he couldn’t answer the question.

This is insane. Watch:

I cannot stop thinking about the fact that the Secretary of the Interior thinks that Rhode Island is somewhere in the Pacific Northwest.

Rhode Island PSA: CVS will give you the updated COVID-19 vaccine. When you make an appointment (or probably by walk-in) you have to click that you have one of the qualifying conditions. That's it.

Opinion | Trump Is Wiping Out Unions. Why Are They So Quiet?

Great Labor Day opinion piece by my @universityofri.bsky.social colleague (and fellow Union member), @erikloomis.bsky.social. Makes a case for strengthening and amplifying union voices. Happy Labor Day, friends! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

YouTube video by USAforAfricaVEVO U.S.A. For Africa - We Are the World

Could this type of event happen now? Seeing it as a little kid made me believe that people are good and generous, even the richest and most famous among us. We could really use evidence of that right now.

This extremely niche joke made my day! Though that movie looks absolutely nightmare-inducing

Not the most egregious nonsense in his rant, but did he really say the drones would swarm the wind farm off Rhode Island and threaten the population of the Pacific Northwest?

I see this nearly-completed project on my way to work almost every day and my heart swells with hope for the future each time. Let’s finish the job and let these turbines bring electricity to eager New Englanders

YouTube video by Radio Heartland Why We Build the Wall - Anaïs Mitchell | Live from Here with Chris Thile

If anyone could, Anaïs Mitchell could www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBGU...

Reposting mainly to highlight the amazing ASL interpreter. She is really channeling all the feelings! 😍

Parents:
the experts have spoken…

I know it’s not everything, but it’s something: how each of us, in our little spheres of work & community, can help foster & sustain places of care, decency, & intelligence even when powerful people celebrate venal, coarse, mendacious practices. What a gift, to be able to do something so worthwhile

Hey -- and I didn't know you were on bsky till now! Glad I shared.

Yesterday about 9:30? It was like 100x brighter than any meteor I've seen before. Insane!

I saw the biggest, brightest meteor of my entire life last night. We almost thought we could hear it sizzle. Our atmosphere and planet are such miracles

As RIPTA moves closer to draconian service cuts, riders protest in Kennedy Plaza “It’s so stupid that we’re forced to grovel, over and over every year, for basic transportation that is the backbone of any economy... This is an economic engine.”

steveahlquist.substack.com/p/as-ripta-m...

Call your reps, call the governor.

Rhode Island friends: call your state rep and the governor. We can’t lose transit for all

🌊 would be nice to see someone who really knows their stuff in a position like this

I'd ask why the administration only wants to "unleash" fossil fuel based energy, but strangulate with new regulations (and bans on federal lands) renewables?

I wish I could have a 5-minute interview with this guy. I'd ask him to explain to the victims of flooding in Texas or Asheville, the child of an elderly parent killed by heat, the folks inhaling wildfire smoke from Canada's prolonged fire season how CO2 doesn't endanger Americans.

Thank you for your reflection and for trying to embrace the communication challenge! Many of my college students enter my climate change class thinking that society committed them to the "end times" (direct quote). Dealing with this despair is an important step towards taking positive action

Thank you!