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Jimmy Carter remade a New England institution. Here’s how. bostonglobe.com/2024/12/29/nat… via James Pindell

Produced by George Wein of Newport Folk Fest fame

"Jimmy suits me fine." Terry Gross with President Jimmy Carter, recorded in 1993.

Another *very* interesting read from Antonia Noori Farzan

If you got caught up in the holiday rush and didn't have a chance to watch our annual year-in-review program, here's a sneak peek and check it out now online: watch.ripbs.org/show/lively-ex… wendy schiller Ian Donnis Steph Machado Hummel Report Jan Simone Rhode Island PBS A Lively Experiment

Preliminary most popular baby names in RI for 2024, via Rhode Island Department of Health

.Governor Dan McKee says some personal data from the state’s health and benefits portal has been released to the dark web. He’ll meet with reporters at 1:30

Hackers released some RI data on the dark web thepublicsradio.org/stories/hacker…

"Most of the Gina fans go to Whitmer, would be my guess" A fun alternative history pod from Chuck Todd + Jonathan Martin here about how this past election cycle might otherwise have gone - including whether Raimondo would have run if Biden stepped aside in 2023 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Paying tribute to former President Jimmy Carter with a little slice of RI history—here’s Pres. Carter introducing The Allman Bros in 1975 at the Providence Civic Center. youtu.be/C59Po7ICt4o

Office occupancy has leveled out at 50% If your city leaders aren’t aggressively and actively working to repurpose downtown office buildings, your city (and city budget) are ngmi

RI Lawmakers Prepare to Return to the Statehouse ripbs.org/the-publics-ra…

H/t Lou Papineau

Happy New Year to the Pacific island country of Kiribati - the first country in the world to ring in the new year (which happened at 5AM our time) #NewYear2025

We were featured in a Providence Journal article by the great Antonia Noori Farzan on Al Pacino’s arrest— the anniversary of which is only seven days away (to all who celebrate). And yes, he was really arrested in Woonsocket. providencejournal.com/story/news/loc…

Via Alexander Castro: "The Brain Cipher ransom posts alleges that Deloitte had virtually none of the requisite security measures in place, with “NONE” written in red text alongside a list of necessities like software and operating system updates" rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/12/30/dat…

npr.org/2024/12/31/nx-…

Happy Birthday, Scott Ian. This one still bangs youtube.com/watch?v=kl1hgX…

Almost a quarter-century since Y2K caused some jitters. Yowza

First Day Hike for the new year dem.ri.gov/events/first-d…