Not to mention Uvalde TX where the entire police force, armed to the teeth with military-grade hardware, didn't dare go inside

Thank you. Very informative post; I learned a lot about gun laws I hadn't known.

I agree with you: "lax" guns are always blamed. How kids got access to guns, etc. That it's all about too many guns. Unsecured guns.

As you point out though, especially when it's a school shooting, it's actually not about guns: it's about unsound minds.

Universal healthcare. And treating mental health / illness as no different than pulmonary health or cardiac health or cancer.

If it were, if someone got the plate could the driver be identified?

(I so hate these fucks 😡)

CAV is a most unique restaurant downtown / jewelry district with excellent food and antiques!

Started by a visionary, artsy Egyptian woman and carried on by her offspring. I performed there several times in its early years; I hear they still have live jazz some nights.

If OP is downtown, Trader Joe's would be a much closer walk than Eastside Marketplace -- but a bus goes right to Eastside Marketplace, which has the liquor store next door

Well, in terms of securing rental housing in this market, that's likely better than a dog I think.

With stats like 3% available housing state-wide (up from 2%), you need to be aware that when there are 100 applicants for every apt listing, the landlord will choose the candidate with perfect credit and zero pets.

People still do manage to find something; it's just more difficult.

Good luck 🍀

Haha and if you think we're talking those measley slinking coyotes you've seen on Westerns -- Noo0O0ooo! These are big Eastern coyotes crossed at some point with wolves, and yes, fattened on outdoor cats

OP, you responded to a comment with a mention of pets? What sort of pet/s? That's crucial info to leave out of your OP

Mostly I noticed them when Covid set in

I commonly also get RI-related PSAs in that space ... 🤷‍♀️

Maybe I'm just on YouTube a lot more than you -- no TV and even with Netflix & Prime, it's what I watch most

Maybe your gadgets are better set up to keep your online activity private?

I get them all the time so it's nothing new

Agreed: it's not gotten to "Clockwork Orange" level yet -- but def heading there if it's not stopped

>Ticks make my skin crawl, I hate the little fuckers!

Same: I'm phobic-ick! ick! ick! (also leeches and those worms that come down on threads ICK!)

Haha that said, I love walks and trails!

Years ago I bought a book, "Walks and Rambles in Rhode Island" and it's fantastic! It has at least a dozen, all mapped and described and rated for time and difficulty and describes what each one offers in terms of sights or animals (seals, birds, etc)

Unreservedly recommend!

>I’d take RI over any of the places I’ve lived.

Same; lived in states south, north, and west of here as well as in a handful of other countries on other continents.

When I came back to the States and had my pick of any place to settle, I chose RI and have not once regretted it since -- I love Rhode Island ❤️

😆👍

I did. Then wut?

Wut?

Ikr?! I can't believe I only recently discovered him -- top-shelf

Maybe -- or Plainly Difficult? It was excellent

Yep: saw a video on YouTube about this .. horrific

Ikr? This one really stings: look at all that housing

And worse: public transport exchanged for environmentally-disastrous gas station and private cars 😣

Oooo nice one!

They do street cleaning at night at this time of year .. wonder if it was that?

Are you sure about the circling part?

I'm in Fox Point and for the past year I've been hearing a car alarm that sounds exactly like a car horn in steady bursts. All times of the day and night. I thought we were over car alarms but guess not. Pricks 😠