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Freelance writer. Bylines include Awful Announcing, RI Monthly, Down East Magazine, THN, Vermont Magazine, Red Line Editorial, Mental Floss, Richmond Waldorf School, Moses Brown School, USCHO, and FanSided. You can find my portfolio in my pinned post.
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Special thanks to @evanfmoore.bsky.social for reposting the Chicago Tribune story about Nancy Faust's upcoming return to the White Sox organ. The inspiration for this listicle struck as soon as I read that article. medium.com/@AlDaniel/a-...

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My pick for this piece’s MVP: “all traces of Smallville squaredom” Runners-up: “the province of local skateboarders and trash tumbleweeds”; “Frankensteinian foodstuff”; “municipal megapool” Via @katiebakes.bsky.social: www.theringer.com/2025/05/08/p...

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We're a week into May and still having occasional days that warrant long sleeves. I love being back in the North.

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From @danmcgowan.bsky.social: Centreville Bank Stadium passed its first test: Making us forget about the PawSox.

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If she's going to bring back her signature cover while also, as the piece notes, cater to Gen-Z ears, then she'll have to go in-between as well. Surely, provided there's a second opposing pitching change in the game, that would mean playing Franz Ferdinand's breakout single.

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Something tells me I could use this piece as preparation for a game of I'm The Dullest Person and make myself the heavy favorite. www.theringer.com/2025/05/06/p...

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Hmmm...where have we seen that trope before?

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"If I don't make it fun, I'm not doing my job." A timely segment here on National Teacher Appreciation Day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cizA...

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Hello! For Disability Pride Month in July, I'll be doing four as-told-to stories for @motherjones.com on what brings people disabled joy. If you're interested in being interviewed, please fill out this form below. Reposts appreciated. forms.gle/JFqY8otRVB2k...

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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week.

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Rhode Island FC's home opener began with a flyover and sunshine and ended with a downpour and a rainbow. All that was missing? Goals. 🥅

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Happy Home Opener Eve. #RIvSA

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Happy World Tuna Day.

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RABBIT RABBIT

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Editors: Is anyone interested in an article about Sims 2 Stories (a much-loved, nearly forgotten part of communal Sims gameplay back when The Exchange was around)? I've tried pitching this one but haven't gotten any bites yet!

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Looking to chat with folks who are participating in Bike to Work month, which starts Thursday! DM or email me ([email protected]) if you'd like to chat... I will be trying it, at least for part of the month, myself, so stay tuned!

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“Just because numbers are falling doesn’t mean that it’s gone.” ecori.org/avian-flu-ca... @ecorinews.bsky.social

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When Jeopardy! unveiled "Around the World" as its first category, did anybody else spend a split-second hoping to see "'La' La La La La" and/or "The Kisses of the Sun" next?

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Had a chance to speak with Lorén Spears, ED of the Tomaquag Museum, about her upcoming induction into the RI Heritage Hall of Fame! @ecorinews.bsky.social ecori.org/tomaquag-mus...

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Commentary by Lisa Jones, Kisa Takesue and Liza Berkin: A well-funded RIPTA alleviates highway congestion, catalyzes economic growth, promotes equity, and reduces our carbon footprint, write members of the SAVE RIPTA coalition.

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The inclusion of the White Stripes and Outkast combines to instantly evoke the mid-aughts, when you could barely elude "Seven Nation Army" as a warmup song at various rinks while having to wonder why the title hook for "Hey Ya!" never gained wider usage as a goal song.

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What would Federal Hill be without tomato products? As it happens, the way one Newport resident championed the piece of produce in question is largely to thank for its modern-day ubiquity in our cuisine. Sara Corben Harwood explains in the latest Weird Island: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...

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With the Giants and Rangers facing off this past weekend, I randomly remembered that they constituted MLB's first regular-season "interleague" - or, more accurately, nonconference - matchup.

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ICYMI, YouTube turned 20 the other day, so I celebrated by revisiting some content from 4/23/2005 that originally appeared on the regular tube, then got an on-demand second go-round via the now-ubiquitous video-sharing site. medium.com/@AlDaniel/th...

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Happy #WorldPenguinDay. Now where's a Monty Python "Scott and the Antarctic" GIF when you need it?

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A preview of a coming attraction for Kent County residents and for tourists who get a sudden craving for a scoop while collecting their baggage at T.F. Green. Via @lclemjourno.bsky.social www.rimonthly.com/a-new-neighb...

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Name a '90s song whose title shares a word with the name of its artist. I'll save an obvious choice for someone else and go with someone a little more obscure: "Get Ready to Bounce" by Brooklyn Bounce.

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