Jessica David

None of this is okay or acceptable. If our systems won’t mount an opposition worthy of the offenses, we have to do something else.

I’m sorry, doing this in a baseball cap sold by your campaign store is deliberately disrespecting the dead.

Isn’t it customary for hats to come off while saluting?

Yes.

No crying at all.

Thesis is going great, everyone.

Spilled tea all over my desk, splashing it into my monitor's innards, and flooding my "step away from helplessness" sticky note.

A personal practice for the time change I was planning on organizing an in-person gathering for this Sunday to celebrate our annual resetting of the clocks (a holy day in my calendar!).

A tiny offering in a time of compounding horrors:

That bench! 😍

This makes no sense and it is disgraceful and incomprehensible that this is the president of the United States, with lethal force at his disposal, communicating in wartime.

It’s hackneyed now but it should never be: don’t normalize this.

So many ways.

Could it get any drearier?

But keeps on grilling. (Right, @thestoryshorey.bsky.social?)

Wowzers! Congratulations to you...and a sincere and enthusiastic thank you for all that you've done to preserve local news and information. Best wishes for your next adventures!

Today's the day! Apply for Local Return’s Jumpstart RI small-scale real estate development cohort!

And these are the oldest boomers!

Q&A: Public libraries counting on bill to combat e-books' huge cost | NJ Spotlight News Digital content comes with agreements on license renewals and distribution limits, burdens that don't apply to printed copies

Great explainer on the problem of ebook pricing for libraries.

www.njspotlightnews.org/2026/02/qa-p...

Hasbro expects to put Pawtucket HQ on market in December PAWTUCKET – Toy giant Hasbro Inc. plans to list and sell its properties when it leaves the state in the fourth quarter of 2026. In its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 2...

Alternative idea: put it into a trust owned by the people of Pawtucket.

Wealth in Rhode Island: Who, How, What, and So What? – Local Return

We are so pleased to host this important RI250 conversation about the history of wealth in Rhode Island with four insightful conversationalists: Dr. Taino Palermo, @sethrockman.bsky.social, Lorén Spears, and Keith Stokes.

Graphic with white background, top border of falling chocolate cookies with chocolate chips. Text reads: 2nd (Maybe) Annual Cookie Party Let's celebrate getting through the long winter months together. Bring 2 dozen cookies to share, and you'll leave with many more. Sunday, March 22, 3:00 p.m. RSVP for location to jd@jdinri.com.

Rhode Island's Community Cookie Party is back for a second year! Let's get through this long winter together.

Heck yes.

Rhode Island friends: Anyone here (or do you know anyone) who might be interested in leading a small group in a few songs at an in-person, outdoor gathering this coming weekend celebrating the extra evening hour of light?

(Or other times, as it's often something I'm looking for.)

Please tell me it’s in Rhode Island.

And it’s called DUMPLING.

I remember hearing a story about an armed invasion once while they were home. Is that the house?

Painting in ornate gold frame of cylindrical stone structure the along coast

Did you all know that there was a Fort Dumpling in Jamestown, RI?

Strange Traffic: $4 Billion Shuffles Between DAF Sponsors Each Year? - Philanthropy Project The billions of dollars held in these accounts can be seen as proof of these donors’ generosity and charitable ineffectiveness.

$4 BILLION transferred from one donor advised fund sponsor to another. Donor received the tax benefits, sponsors receive the fees...but zero benefit to community or society. Meanwhile, worthy initiatives desperately need funding. This is a problem.

March 1: Endurance Practice March is the ultimate endurance month.

I’ve started hosting occasional community rituals or practices. This is my small way of bringing people together to ask questions, hold hard things, and experience holy moments. This Sunday offers a short practice focused on ENDURANCE (for all the reasons). All are welcome!

If you’re in PVD next Monday, please join us!

Please help us spread the word.