Thanks for the suggestion! We have some people looking for folks in the public safety community as well. If you know anyone, feel free pass info along or have them connect with me. Thank you!

public transportation here is nothing like bostons unfortunately

If Somerville or Brookline were in RI, they would be expensive.

Somerville and Brookline would be better towns to live in than Providence itself, IMHO.

I thought you were moving to Michigan?

No

This is great. I was at a webinar (put together by BSAS) two days ago that presented some of the research behind this type of therapy. This specific webinar was about how it helped people with Alcohol use disorder. It looks so promising, I hope it passes (doubt it). It might be useful to get some brown researchers involved and emphasize the controlled nature of the Therapy because the usual ignorant suspects with a 50 year old medical degree that never updated themselves will be against it (yup, I’m bitter about this man). Best of luck!

You should reach out to the public safety community as well. You’d be surprised how many people have life changing experiences with psilocybin after suffering a long time with the side-effects of the years of daily trauma exposure.

There are also beach cleanups through Clean Ocean Access and Save The Bay. I've volunteered with both, and they are fine (nonprofit) organizations.

Here's a short article with info. https://www.rimonthly.com/cleanups/

Go help Cozy Rhody! They're well organized and very active. Lots of young people (or at least younger than me), which I think bodes well for the future.

Here are all their socials...

https://linktr.ee/cozyrhody?fbclid=PAAaZVX40iYF2IkCT-okNgC6HQTI_tSwDHOTcIWEGtmpODoXEAq3BEzUX1N6k

Our (losing) independent political campaign for City Campaign was built around community service and clean ups. We do clean ups but only in Ward 9. We will be doing one on earth day based in certain overlooked spots based on neighborhood feedback.

We also have a subreddit!

There is a group called Cozy Rhody out there that is pretty active.

I believe this is their fb: https://m.facebook.com/100068874442008/

It’s hard now because of the weather but going to the Dexter Park playground when it’s nicer out will definitely be a way.

How old is the kid? Edit: I ask because we have a two month old now, in addition to the other one. Just curious if they are the same age.

I actually respect this, usually reddit is full of cowards who just whine online and take no action.

Surely you saw the question mark at the end of my comment...it was an invitation to share your actual opinion.

I'm not sure why you think making wild assumptions about me is a better way to have a discussion than simply clarifying whatever point you're trying to make.

Some armchair psychology, for what it's worth:

You don't think I think that's my opinion. You don't even think you're proving something wrong by reframing it to show it's absurdity.

You're just being difficult and mean and like choosing to use phrasing like "did you forget" you're acting out your insecurity and trying to feed your ego by putting down someone else on the internet.

Focus back on the welfare of the children and helping constructive conversation. I should, as well.

Note for others reading this: My deleted comment was about how the knowledge and particular job of the doctors just makes doing a bad thing worse. You decide if there's any chance it was anywhere near "children don't deserve counseling, and no one should attempt to identify abuse". I'll add that in a possible context we're not aware of (namely one where there was a clear therapeutic reason to ask what the doctors asked), their question may have been a good one. I would still be concerned about how and why it was reported, with the fact that context wasn't provided being not the only issue.

My guess is that it’s the colors from the National terrorist threat level. Download the color guide from dept of homeland security.

So your opinion is........children don't deserve counseling, and no one should attempt to identify abuse?

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Facebook does tend to have more scams, but asking to be texted is not necessarily a red flag.

1. The person might prefer to have all their messages in one place and not receive FB messages; it is an extra place to have to check.
2. Once you text them they have your real phone number; they are tired of wasting time getting those from people.
3. Facebook pre-fills a message to the poster with "Is this available?" and it's super annoying. People just hit "send" when they may not really be interested in order to be be able to revisit the listing later (because they haven't figured out you can save posts to revisit them later.)

if you're worried about revealing your personal number, get a google voice number, download the app and text through that.

Did you forget that psychologists are doctors too? As the article says, they were doctors at Lifespan’s Lawrence Aubin Center, which is dedicated to child protection and psychological well-being.

https://www.lifespan.org/centers-services/lawrence-aubin-sr-child-protection-center

Oh yeah that’s totally normal.

The check was the deposit. I gave it before officially signing the lease, and they confirmed it would be returned if I didn’t take the unit after all. I live in a newer building with high demand on the East Side, and it was to hold my place until all the docs were signed. Then first month was due before move in day.

Good to know. Thanks! I appreciate the response.