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Rob Smith

@robesmit

'Trampling underfoot wasteful freeways and needless suburbs.' Reporter for @ecoRInews.

 Rhode Island, USA
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Joined June 2018
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No one’s a faster typer than an elder millennial who took a keyboard class in middle school.
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I think Europeans just don't realize how big America is. You can drive for 8 hours and still be in the same state.
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@Jules1YoutubeOct 30
ich glaube Amis wissen einfach nicht wie groß Europa ist. Man kann 3 Tage lang fahren und ist immer noch in Deutschland
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@clairelzbethOct 30
some 22-year-old field organizer in Chicago has robert prevost marked as “not home” in MiniVAN and I think that’s beautiful
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@PopBaseOct 30
Pope Leo XIV has become the first-ever Pope to vote in a U.S. election. (via AP) He submitted a Chicago mail-in ballot for the 2026 midterms.
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It still amuses me to no end that Patrick Stewart was a big fan of "Beavis and Butthead." nationalpost.com/entertainme…
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@BilgeEbiriOct 29
Hemingway beat him to it in 1929.
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Conan, Esq (@conan_esq) profile pictureConan, Esq
@conan_esqOct 29
Tolkien used 'cooked' in precisely the modern sense.
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Kurt Vonnegut writes to his dad about selling his first story, on this day in 1949: (Letters of Note)
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Noah Kaufman@noahqkOct 29
RFF has power sector CO2 emissions -- which has been THE sources of progress in recent decades -- rising through 2040
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Callie Patteson (@CalliePatteson) profile pictureCallie Patteson@CalliePattesonOct 29
Resources For the Future has released its modeling on the Senate permitting bill. Top findings: - Increase transmission capacity by 30% by 2041 - Would facilitate 60GW of clean energy in 2028 - Reduce carbon emissions by 1.8 gigatonnes through 2041 rff.org/publications/issue-b…
Projected Effects of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act on the Power Sector

Projected Effects of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act on the Power Sector

In this issue brief, we model how aspects of a broad permitting and energy infrastructure package could drive change in the power sector.

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Michael Gold@migoldOct 26
Replying to @APStylebook
@APStylebook is it Dan Sullivans or Dans Sullivan
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Patrick@dramaticironyOct 23
kim stanley robinson has been quoting his own novels to adam tooze
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The wait for $4.99 rotisserie chickens in RI may soon be over Costco to open a store in Smithfield in 2028 providencejournal.com/story/…
Rhode Island's first Costco is coming to Smithfield | Exclusive

Rhode Island's first Costco is coming to Smithfield | Exclusive

The cult-favorite big-box retailer Costco is finally opening a Rhode Island location.

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SCOOP from POLITICO: A new Trump administration legal move filed late Tuesday targeting the New England Wind offshore wind project threatens to derail the bipartisan permitting reform deal. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: “This is how you blow up a permitting deal.”
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@BlindMike_Oct 19
RIP Richard Riehle. This is probably my favorite scene in Office Space
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William Goodman@goodmanwOct 19
I’m feeling seen.
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@WIREDOct 19
Would you lie to this man? EXCLUSIVE: Nathan Fielder, codirector of the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything,’ sat down with WIRED for an extended interview—the first he’s given to discuss the film. 🔗 wired.com/story/nathan-field…
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HEY, RI VOTERS: Working on a story about Question 4, the $50 million bond proposal for a new State History Center and historic preservation grants. Hmu if you have thoughts (good, bad, or otherwise) about it.
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me, counting in the cloves of garlic I'm adding to the recipe
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I have a question about americans. Is their garlic smh different from garlic in europe because whenever i use american recipes they put enough garlic in to kill every vampire on earth. Like ill put half the amount in and its still garlicy ASF how
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@vocalcryOct 12
My theory on books is that they will find you when it is time for you to read them. If a book has sat on your shelf unread for 15 years, the time has not yet come for you to read it.
clara (@clarafables) profile pictureclara@clarafablesOct 11
it’s funny how sometimes you buy a book, then read it in two days, and sometimes you buy a book and it lives on your bookshelf for 15 years.
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One of the wilder stories I’ve worked on lately, w/@kmulvane providencejournal.com/story/…
Women test men-only traditions at Cranston Italian society

Women test men-only traditions at Cranston Italian society

Segregation between the sexes is the norm at the Santa Maria di Prata Society, an Italian social club founded in the 1980s for Roman Catholic men.

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Kimberlee Kruesi@kkruesiOct 8
Just to pile on - just because it's boring doesn't mean it's not important. We want people to show up for the boring stuff! I once rolled my eyes at a chicken ordinance proposal at a city council and it turned into an amazing deep dive on urban farming
Andrew Henderson (@andrwfhenderson) profile pictureAndrew Henderson@andrwfhendersonOct 8
Quote tweets full of journos in DC/NYC/LA/other metros trying to grandstand, "journalism is never boring, how dare you!" Get a grip! Quit making journalism some holier than thou thing! As someone who also once ran a county paper I can attest it can get pretty boring at times!
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The budget meeting in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN is an A+++ for Guys Used to Look Like This:
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