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Erin @biscuit.quest · 29/09/2026

:screams in civic tech:

Erin @biscuit.quest · 20/09/2026

Evergreen Auburn-fan tweet. The pain of knowing you’ll probably lose, while clinging to the desperate hope that maybe you won’t lose *this* time

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 12/09/2026

The platonic ideal of a tomato sandwich, a bag of Zapps Jalapeño chips, and Bama losing to Kentucky halfway through the third quarter 🤌🏻

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Coco(s before bros) @courtniewolfgang.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I stepped an unconfident foot into my first classroom as a teacher in August 2001. Holding space with and for students and my peers on 9/11 fundamentally reshaped my approach to what- and who- a classroom is for. This week I stepped a slightly more confident foot into year 26. Stay tender, y’all.

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David Morales @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thank you, Providence. 🫶🏽

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Just Mel @melthemartian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If yall aren’t in RI right now, know we just chose a young, socialist, wrestling Latino as our democratic representative for the Providence mayoral race. The joy in this city is huge right now. And the biggest scandal Reddit could put together was “yeah, he’s always been that enthusiastic.”

David Morales in an orange suit getting thrown around a wrestling ring.

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

David is 27 years old, a state house rep, and an INCREDIBLE @runforsomething.net leader. His win against an incumbent is truly against the odds and a big victory for young people, for renters, and for anyone ready for a new generation of Democrats.

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 10/09/2026

Like I said: there are 5 types of democrats in Rhode Island. - 2 are republicans - 1 is a corrupt shill who’s held office forever - 1 is a moderate with pockets lined by corporate donors, and - 1 is a democratic socialist whose dedicated base is about to win them a consequential election in 2026

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A southerner’s guide to Rhode Island | Erin White

Nature, food, people, politics: An incomplete accounting and attempt at a survival guide for my fellow expats

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Steph Machado @stephmachado.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

David Morales has won the Democratic primary for mayor of Providence, unseating Mayor Brett Smiley, the AP projects. Huge chants of “David, David” at his watch party as the race is called www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/09/m...

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Morales projected to unseat Providence Mayor Brett Smiley - The Boston Globe

State Representative David Morales, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, captured voters through grassroots campaigning and a pledge to limit rent increases in the city.

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 09/09/2026

“Well, lemme letcha go”

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Ghost in the Machine @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

AI is a marketing term. What is being sold? GHOST IN THE MACHINE is coming to @pbs.org and YouTube September 14th at 10pm ET / 7pm PT!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

the thing is like public health child literacy civil rights social justice rural poverty once you personally have become rich and successful, those things only matter if you still have the capacity to care deeply about people outside your immediate circle and that is harder than becoming rich

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Timmy Jackpots, The $13,250 Diamond Dazzler @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 26/08/2026

my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 26/08/2026

Fellow southern queerfolk, especially those of us who grew up in the church and in the closet, will feel this piece acutely.

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WEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com · 25/08/2026

THE NEXT NAME 4 A TROPICAL STORMBLOB IN UR ATLANTIC OCEAN IS: DOLLY

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Lars Gotrich @totalvibration.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Light of a Clear Blue Morning" should be the National Anthem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6yd...

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Dolly Parton - Light of a Clear Blue Morning (1992 Music Video)

YouTube video by Dolly Parton HD

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 25/08/2026

Best and most accurate headline you’ll see, highlighting exactly what Dolly did with her earnings to make this world a better place. What a tremendous honor it was for us to live at the same time as this person. May her memory shine bright.

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 25/08/2026

Seeking a longread about the phenomenon of gen-Xers and elder millennials who are holding on for dear life to our iPhone SE’s. I know there are many of us!

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 15/08/2026

The race for Providence 5th Ward city council is getting spicier. Just got an attack mailer against @jackiegoldman.bsky.social so they must be doing something right over there. Go get ‘em, Jackie!

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 14/08/2026

Business idea: for a small fee, we claim to want your boomer parents’ entire 1986 leatherbound encyclopedia set. They “donate” them to us and we throw them away. Circle of life.

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Eventua11y @eventua11y.com · 12/08/2026

The schedule for Inclusive Design 24 has just been released. The event takes place on 24 September, with all sessions streaming live and publicly on YouTube. inclusivedesign24.org/2026/schedule/ #id24 #accessibility

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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 12/08/2026

I am always, always thinking about our central Virginia people this time of year. All the friends who counterprotested at Unite the Right, who didn’t know what they were walking into but showed up anyway.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

How is The King of the Hill the best, most empathetic, realistic pop culture about America out right now?

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 11/08/2026

If I started a subscription service where your boomer parents could call me on the telephone and ask for help with their computer or phone, or help determine whether something is a scam, would you sign up? I’m thinking I would call it dial-a-geek

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The first article in a 3 part series — you can read the article here: murmurations.space/2026/08/05/a... This is such a good article. If you’ve ever wondered about the extent that mis/disinformation plays in anti-trans bias, Heath’s article addresses that very issue.

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A Library Worker’s Guide to Anti-Transgender Misinformation, Part One: Understanding Anti-Transgender Misinformation by Heath Umbreit

AbstractAuthorLicenseRecommended CitationDownloadable PDFIntroductionPositionality statement and content notesLocating ourselves in present realityConstruction and interpretation of informationExam…

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 04/08/2026

Rhode Island: where “Herb Chambers” is the name of a car dealership and not a weed shop

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Don't use headings to arbitrarily style text. If you apply “Heading 4” style, you add a <h4> heading tag to the item. When screen reader users navigate from heading to heading, the item will be treated as a heading. This will be confusing. Only treat actual headings as headings.

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 20/07/2026

For any Toms of Maine toothpaste users who are not into its cloyingly sweet xylitol-powered “Great New Taste”, you can get a refund check from its parent company Colgate-Palmolive. Relatedly, I’m now accepting minty-not-sweet toothpaste recs *shakes fist at cloud* www.tomsofmaine.com/pages/contac...

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xirclebox @xirclebox.com · 20/07/2026

Build something accessible today

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Amanda C 🥄 @amandaesque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Erin’s guide to switching music services (and bringing your playlists along!) was the push I needed to dump Spotify. I don’t have an e-bike, but their guides are so damn good, I’m reposting this without hesitation. EVERYONE LISTEN TO ERIN!

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 19/07/2026

We got a second e-bike! I wrote a blog post about what I was looking for, the model I chose, redeeming RI’s e-bike rebate, and how it’s been going so far (spoiler: great) erinrwhite.com/finding-urto...

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New to the fleet: Urtopia Carbon Fold ST e-bike | Erin White

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 19/07/2026

Unfortunately for y’all I can now write blog posts in markdown AND publish them from my phone or ipad

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 19/07/2026

[Tune of “Please don’t go girl” by NKOTB] “NO STEP ON SNE-EKKK It would ruin my who-o-o-ole ne-eck” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden...

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Gadsden flag - Wikipedia

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 18/07/2026

“Whatever a thread of skeets is called? A skedaddle.” - @courtniewolfgang.bsky.social

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"After enduring months of anti-ICE protests at its bank offices, Citizens Financial Group is parting ways with two for-profit prison operators that oversee detention facilities for the federal immigration enforcement agency." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/17/b...

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Citizens Bank parts ways with two prison operators amid ICE protests - The Boston Globe

Citizens said the end of its relationships with GEO Group and CoreCivic was driven by changing financial needs of the two clients, not by protests.

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 18/07/2026

An overdue update on my new job, featuring OAQs (Occasionally asked questions) erinrwhite.com/something-co...

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Something corporate | Erin White

Running into the arms of a totally new thing in the year of our lord 2026.

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 12/07/2026

Also, and this isn't even the main point: if the rumors of private activities are true, there's a very solid chance Graham wasn't even "gay" per se, but rather a deeply closeted and self-loathing trans woman, or at least a cross-dresser. Don't write a blank check for bigoted jokes. It'll go badly

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 12/07/2026

As a queer southerner, I would also like to read this. Ain’t no hate bigger than the hate you feel toward yourself.

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 11/07/2026

Was an invited guest on a podcast for the second time in my life and for the second time I feel afterwards like I talked too much and didn’t say anything of value. Lord grant me the hubris of a man in moments like these!

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 10/07/2026

If you've ever seen that episode of King of the Hill and still remember 'That's my purse! I don't know you!', you've already seen the impact a training like this can have on you. Having the tools and the language, but especially the practice of speaking up, it's so important.

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 10/07/2026

Appreciating this ode to Google Reader. Long live blogs and following creators directly and sharing links with our friends

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 05/07/2026

Celebrating the fourth in our basement with our visitors from DC, watching Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), grateful for the rain that is keeping our neighbors from further terrifying our dogs with their fireworks

Photo of a still from Drop Dead Gorgeous. Kirsten Dunst’s character, Amber Atkins, explains why she is proud to be an American.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

What could you create/make by next summer to lessen suffering in some part of your world? Let that question be your guide and hold yourself to making something of whatever size and impact by that time. Hold yourself to the commitment. No one else needs to know but you will.

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Erin @biscuit.quest · 03/07/2026

Spent some time with the Itch version of @copystar.bsky.social’s talk today - connecting game theory, how we got to the current moment, and speculative fiction as a mechanism for building a new world. Thank you for sharing this with us, Mita! copystar.itch.io/now-is-the-t...

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Now is the Time of Facing Monsters by Mita Williams

CAPAL 2026 Keynote

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Patrick Laverty @patricklaverty.com · 03/07/2026

Did you know that Rhode Island has an electric bike rebate program? Yes it does. drive.ri.gov/erika-niedow...

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Erika Niedowski Memorial Electric Bicycle Rebate Program | drive

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This is an excellent time to be fighting for better. So many places where you can ACT and be constructive. Let the side that you choose to fight against feel "the stubborn ounces of [your] weight." Onwards!

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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Government surveillance is a greater danger than so-called surveillance capitalism (aka cookies). Government is not your privacy protector. ‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears

The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

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