John Marion

Earlier today, Rep. Cherie Cruz hosted a visit and legislative session for participants and staff of the Garden Time Green Reentry Program, which prepares incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals for the workforce.

When rent-seeking behavior is literally rent seeking

Raised, not born. I'm impressed you've heard of it. Even New Yorkers don't know where it is oftentimes

Wow. Phelps, NY, self-proclaimed Sauerkraut Capital of the World.

I thought there was a new train to Fall River

Damn, you can take a train to Portugal now?

She’s your English teacher, not your journalism professor

Picture of the late Bill Rappleye and the Dorr statute at the RI State House

Way to throw down a challenge

Canvas bag that reads “Bookstores. Cats. Life is Sweet.”

@phileil.bsky.social not sure why this makes me think of you

Although we should check before we go to make sure they didn’t sell it to pay off a Trump settlement

Field trip!

Original manuscript of George Orwell’s ‘1984’ is a highlight of Brown’s literary archives The one-of-a-kind artifact in Brown University Library’s special collections offers students and scholars insights into the novelist’s writing process.

A former donor/board member of mine who was an antiquarian book dealer in Wayland Square gave his alma mater Brown the original manuscript a few years ago. www.brown.edu/news/2025-08...

What I did this morning...

You would think with the name Car Free PVD they'd get the point...

A perfect fall day by the Bay

Soak it in

6:42 pm on a Friday

Disappointed this isn’t a period-specific bike

Maybe it’s just me, but they buried the lede. A new open government website!!

Amore pitches new $60M State Archives plan: A Providence museum and URI reading room • Rhode Island Current After his $102 million plan for a new Rhode Island State Archives failed to win over lawmakers in 2024, Rhode Island Secretary of State Gregg Amore has downsized his proposal to about $60 million, spl...

“Amore’s capital request attaches an additional ask for $800,000 to revamp the state’s OpenGov portal, which hosts state directories of public officials, open meetings, municipal and state boards and commission, and other civic and government information.” rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/09/25/a...

I stand corrected! This is tremendous. Thank you.

I’m just guessing that they won’t let random guy (me!) in to play around with their expensive equipment

Thank you for the suggestion. Apparently the library downtown has one, and I’ve already got a card!

Thank you!

Here's a niche request. I need access to a 3D printer to make a really simple part for my bike. Anyone know of a place in PVD that could help? www.thingiverse.com/thing:7119429

Yeah, we'll do that on a dry day. Looking forward to it!

They need to invent a better word than soaked to describe my shoes right now

No listicles. I'm not that desperate for clicks.

Dude, I bought a whiteboard today. I'm ALL IN