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Ethan Gyles

@gyles.bsky.social
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PVD, RI, USA. "My kingdom for a plumbing license."

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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why is the default always drift toward surveillance?
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i don't think cis guys realize how much power they can shift in a conversation just by casually telling their friends
"that's fucked up, man" when someone says something
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026
pretty compelling train of reasoning tbh
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/09/2026
Here’s the truth about why we don’t have AI safety standards:
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 26/09/2026
everything computer
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Eric Halvarson @ehalvarson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When Mayor Elorza announced this tax in 2018, Providence targeted residential properties. Bringing this back with a focus on commercial spaces will lead to some interesting discussions, especially about the future of vacant buildings Downtown.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Periodic reminder: There would not be a conversation about whether to 'welcome' DSA [or insert various youth-driven movements here] into the Democratic Party if it had successfully solved a societal problem or two over the last couple of decades.
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wise take here by @billbartholomew.bsky.social on how Mayor Morales can invite people in, and need not "tack" away from the issue stances that won him a strong majority. btown.buzzsprout.com/163601/episo...
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How Morales Can Widen The Movement - Bartholomewtown
Bill Bartholomew reads from Lula da Silva’s 2002 Letter to the Brazilian People, then connects its message—an ambitious agenda paired with an open invitation to allies—to Providence’s current politica...
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democrats are trusted on every single issue, aside from AI and Data Centers, where a plurality of respondents say neither party can be trusted
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Christian Roselund @roselund.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Big congrats to Orsted for completing construction of #RevolutionWind. Big congrats to the people of #RhodeIsland who will get lower, more stable energy bills. & big congrats to my #YestoWind peeps at @climateactionri.org. We fought for this project & we won./1 www.rechargenews.com/offshore-win...
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US offshore wind project battered by Trump attacks installs final turbine
Last wind turbine installed at Danish renewables giant Orsted’s Revolution Wind project off New England
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Veolia was contracted to operate the East Providence wastewater main that ruptured and shut down shellfishing in that part of the bay. A great deal of scrutiny on liability needs to go into these agreements!
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Once again we should ask what 'beating China on AI' means?
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT."
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John Marion @johnmarion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
And while Rhode Island is paying attention to our primary election, they're destroying the census. www.npr.org/2026/09/09/n...
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Trump officials propose sweeping changes to the census that would reshape voting maps
A Trump census proposal would stop asking about race and exclude millions of U.S. residents from a count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."
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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I agree with this analysis. Also: I would include "notifying residents of a mass shooting while it's happening" under "basic city operations." The Smiley admin didn't do that either.
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you want to be the managerial centrist technocrat mayor of a blue city -- and the anti-bike lane, anti-festival, anti-renter mayor (and that's what he became, fair or not) you need to be nailing basic city operations and selling that to the public. He was not.
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If he loses, press should write a case study on John Goncalves. Notable to alienate a majority of your colleagues sufficiently for them to endorse an insurgent opponent.
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Great to see Jo-Ann Ryan defeated.
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What's the council rent stabilization vote looking like now? Couple of races I don't know the stances in.
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I guessed Morales by 1-2% earlier tonight. Looks like I might owe a Geoff's sandwich to a colleague who said 5+%. Wow.
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How does NBC have results coming in before the state website or WPRI?
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Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Should we cut down trees to put up solar panels? Science can help put that question in context, IBES Prof Stephen Porder writes in @ecorinews.bsky.social. Read Porder's ideas on the costs & benefits of clearing forests for solar, and how proper carbon math can help determine where panels should go:
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Trees vs. Solar Panels: Getting the Carbon Math Right - ecoRI News
There is no perfect solution; we are faced with a series of "less bad" choices.
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Common Cause Rhode Island @commoncauseri.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our nonpartisan Election Protection volunteers are visiting polling places throughout the state to ensure voters can cast their ballots. Don’t see us? Call or text the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline to get your questions answered. #elections #voting #RhodeIsland #ElectionProtection @866ourvote.bsky.social
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/09/2026
Another gift from Trump to homeowners in the Northeast.
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Home heating oil bills are rising
Parallel wars in Iran and Ukraine have elevated prices for refined petroleum products.
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Voter 639 at Laurelmeade
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 09/09/2026
It's time to sound the alarm - louder - on reining in Artificial Intelligence. It's becoming more clear the threat AI poses to humanity, so I'm calling for immediate action from the industry and Washington.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
MAGA got a huge return on gaslighting the elite into treating Trump's <2 percent popular vote plurality as a permanent repudiation of liberalism. The midterms represent an opportunity to propound an inverse but true narrative of American rejection of MAGA. But Dems have to frame it that way first.
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How To Undo The Great Lie Of 2024
Trump’s second election wasn’t a verdict for all time, but the coming midterms might be one.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Democrats not pushing for Flock removal now to the right of Abbott and DeSantis on civil liberties. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...
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In Red States, Law-and-Order Republicans Turn Against Flock Cameras (Gift Article)
The governors of Texas and Florida have taken steps to curtail the use of license-plate readers, even as the police say they help with solving crime.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The 2024 US election was not actually a binding referendum on American culture. My evidence for this is America in 2025 and even more so 2026. A narrow win in the 4th close presidential election in a row—this one in an anti-incumbent, inflationary environment—was not a permanent cultural victory.
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WPRI 12 @wpri12.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A majority of the Providence City Council is backing Miguel Martínez Youngs in his bid to unseat Ward 1 Councilman John Goncalves in next month’s Democratic primary. Here's why: www.wpri.com/news/elections/majorit…
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
We're just hurtling toward immense destruction & suffering & the entire US political class has agreed it's better not to talk about it. "Insanity" barely covers it.
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U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target
Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Human Cybertruck" It's amazing when you can say so much with just a couple well-chosen words.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In a bold restructuring of our armed forces, DOD leadership will now consist of all political commissars on T injections and zero officers.
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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The median homebuyer age rose to 59 in 2025 from 39 in 2005. #EconSky
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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I could live without police reforms in the US, if instead they were required to wear rollerblades. Outcomes might be even better.
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Can you fly anymore without your face biometrics being collected? It took several years for critical mass of people to worry about Flock type cameras. Another civil liberties / privacy / anti-authoritarian front here.
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404 Media @404media.co · 22/08/2026
Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: "We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'" www.404media.co/i-saw-a-shin...
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'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman
Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: "We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'"
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Becerra unveiled a proposal to offer up to two free hours of electricity per day, starting with low-income families. ...could save households about $1,000 per year" “We produce so much solar energy that oftentimes in the afternoon we can’t make use of all of it" www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...
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California gubernatorial candidate pledges two hours of free power a…
Democrat Xavier Becerra estimates his plan can cut bills by $1,000 per year. A similar program in Australia offers a blueprint — and some caveats.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The excesses of the left lead to performativity. The excesses of the right lead to death.
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
UK PM. www.independent.co.uk/voices/andy-...
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I will send in as many troops as are needed to fight tinderbox Britain
The country is a tinderbox right now, and we must take extraordinary steps to protect ourselves, says prime minister Andy Burnham
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
i've been covering national security for decades, on and off. i've never heard of anything like this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports
Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land
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Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Luis Matos is Gov McKee’s Supreme Court pick
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Ethan Gyles @gyles.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Wow. bsky.app/profile/iand...
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