Rob Smith
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'Trampling underfoot wasteful freeways and needless suburbs.' Reporter for @ecoRInews.
Secret memos by Supreme Court justices, obtained by The New York Times, show how they decided to bypass time-tested procedures and create the modern “shadow docket,” a controversial new way of doing business. nyti.ms/4csrD0l
As someone with an accent, I love this -> Why Is Everyone Wicked Obsessed With This Boston Globe Reporter? @emilysweeney, a veteran journalist at the newspaper, is a social media sensation, bringing joy to all with her “hahd” Boston accent. nytimes.com/2026/04/15/sty…
They want you to believe farmers are draining the Great Salt Lake. Facts: Utah's trees and natural vegetation use the lion's share. Agriculture is efficient and vital. The real crisis comes from bad policy-locking up land, ignoring infrastructure, and punishing rural users. Time for common sense: more storage, better management, less politics.
Fourteen years after the state created a roadmap to end homelessness in Rhode Island, the problem has gotten worse - with no strategic plan and questions about how more than $100 million in taxpayer money has been spent on the issue. Just posted @projo providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…
Do people read 200-300 pages per week for pleasure?
In an email shared with me, WSJ EIC Emma Tucker praised Fortune's use of AI in its journalism, saying "anyone who doesn't get what you are doing at Fortune, or thinks it is 'wrong', should get out of journalism fast!"
"The Associated Press plans dozens of U.S. staff cuts as part of a broader restructuring away from hyper-local print coverage and toward video and national topics" axios.com/2026/04/06/ap-…
