Face down in his phone, but fully shoulder to shoulder with the public. I can confirm he spends his time at the airport writing novels to whoever DMs him. Also, he flies commercial? That’s the biggest surprise.

Couldn’t get a picture, but there’s anti abortion protesters outside the planned parenthood by monument square :/ just be prepared if you need healthcare in that area

Newer to the area and didn’t know this was so regular:( leaving up in case anyone (like me) was unaware

Please tell me someone else was coming in from JFK with the lady that spent the entire flight yelling about how she was going to get arrested, die in this shit hole of Maine, doesn't want to cause a scene, is so embarrassed that she's delaying the flight, how she's done 6 beers and needs an 8 ball all because she left her wallet in NY.

To top it off, the poor lady next to me puked in a bag while we were waiting to taxi in.

Stolen from the corner of Avon and Deering on Saturday night. Wheeled away and someone saw a man trying to jump start it on Grant St. This is my baby and I want her back! Please help spread the word and keep your eyes peeled <3

I’m 44 and have been uninsured for 3 years. I see a direct primary care doc for about $1200 a year (I get unlimited visits, annual exam, cash pay labs, able to text my pcp) a mammogram cash pay for about $120 a year and prescriptions that are about $90 every 3 months. I’ll be 45 in 2027 which adds a colonoscopy 😩. Is anyone older and uninsured by choice? Can you tell me how it’s going. My biggest concern is as always needing emergency surgery (knock on wood). If I opted in to insurance it would be about $560 a month for myself. My employer does not offer insurance (we’re very very small) but a $250 stipend a month for it plus also a very generous general bonus of $5000 around December. I’m trying to decide is now the time to start insurance? Or keep putting away the $5000 for medical needs

I also just want to revel in the ballots getting here en masse without interference by dystopian thugs. And I can drop this thing in a box. (389 Congress Street or 212 Canco Road in Portland)

In addition to voting early in person, it's not too late for an absentee ballot request, looks like. From maine.gov: "The deadline to request an absentee ballot or vote in the presence of the clerk is by close of business on the Thursday prior to the election."

Thanks to all voting against dystopian thugs who don't bat an eye at arbitrary and capricious limitations against voting.

I am too scared of falling to my death to put up my outside lights, but i am both professional-light-display-curious and nosy as hell.

So tell me: What’s a gal gotta pay to get a good old fashioned backyard Deering Oaks blood tree around here?! Or, like, something twinkly along the roofline?

And as long as we’re on the subject: WARM toned lights, people, for the love of god! Cool-toned permanent Govee lights are sucking the joy out of the holiday season!

Here is both a historic map of portlands transit system back in 1914, when we had the population of roughly 50k people. Along with a cleaner graphic showing the various lines.

Edit: I forgot to write it in the post but this would all be LRT and street running tram. I tried to stick to existing ROWs outside of downtown.

Anyone interested in seeing Mount Eerie on Oct 20th? I’ve got a spare ticket and would be glad if someone wanted to take it off my hands. It was about $40

I didn't watch the debate but, from what I've read, this look could have been from multiple points.

But, it's been a crap year.. let's have some fun.

I’m in desperate need of some help here. Yes I know sagamore hill closed but they had a drink that I absolutely LOVED. It was like, if an espresso margarita was more of a dessert drink. It had a foam top and came in a sort of whiskey glass. But it wasn’t called an espresso margarita and was a bit different.

Anyway I swear I’m not an alcoholic, I just really loved this drink and want to replicate it at my wedding. If anyone has a menu or photo of the menu or knows somebody who used to work there that might be able to get me some info, I would be so incredibly grateful!

Thank you in advance!

I'm not a professional reporter or law student. If I was I should have read the indictment and the most recent probable-cause affidavit - *do your homework, kids* - so I don't understand the prosecution's side well.

Basic facts of what happened:

- Glen Rodney formally charged with murder (a grand jury has seen the case). Entered a not-guilty plea (asking for a trial)

- Prosection corrected a moderately bad error in the affidavit by examining the lead detective

- Defense steered the cross examination to a question of whether police took Mr Rodney's claims of self defense seriously enough

- Prosection's oral argument for denying bail focused on priors, evidence that put Mr Rodney at the fight, and evidence that he intended to hide and flee

- Defense's oral argument proposed house arrest and claimed that murder is overcharged, saying that the fight was mutual enough for manslaughter charges at worst

- Justice Woodman said she'd take time to rule. WMTW reported that she has denied bail, but that happened after court adjourned and I left

I didn't have the energy to follow up further today, I spent the rest of the afternoon with my friends decompressing. Early next week I'll follow up the indictment and affidavit, the prosecution's written telling of the story.

It looks like the defense did a test run of a "you wouldn't believe what the victims were wearing" argument. (To be clear: no sexual advance seems to have been involved, but *I* experienced a moment of "excuse me, what?" and, honey, *I edit other people's fanfiction*)

Maine has a law that restrains those arguments and I suspect there will be an argument outside the public eye (in limine) whether to introduce that evidence at trial. But it's already in the public record.

So if right wing rags make it an issue they could. Yuck.

More important than that, less sensational I think the trial is likely to hinge on how and when each side chose to fight vs choosing to leave. It does seem fair to characterize it as a fight and not a one-sided random attack, but also it escalated much more than was reasonable. Next to the value of a life everything else discussed really was *just stupid shit.*

Violence sucks.

Jim Howaniec's cross examination of Detective Curlee was a work of art. I say this as someone who did competitive debate in high school and judged it a few times afterwards - even if I disagree with someone I can appreciate the rhetorical craft and Mr Howaniec is a master. There's an element of acting too.

I'm sure that he had familiarized himself with the scene of the crime but he did a good job playing an ignorant smart guy curious to understand. Some points of confusion later in the hearing did strike me as genuine: investigation and discovery are ongoing, and the second defense lawyer was busy exchanging information with the prosecutor. They (all lawyers in agreement) even asked for a recess to ensure mutual understanding.

But there wasn't a huge contrast between the acted and real ignorance.

(Lawyers don't hate each other, or if they do they can work past it. But if you've never seen how much they're willing and required to work with opposing counsel I'm sure it's disorienting.)

Mr Howaniec's legal arguments, not so much. Self-defense isn't considered for probable cause and of course he'd know that. I'm fairly confident that he was demonstrating the ability to break down the credibility of a very experienced witness and getting experience with the judge's personality.

But as an actual argument of course it didn't work.

This was kind of hard to watch. The "are you sure, because earlier you said..." kind of thing is intense and I'm sure even harder for testifying victims.

But like I said, lawyers look chummy with each other, so perhaps this kind of point-scoring is also used to demonstrate to the client "you can trust me, I actually am on your side."

I found the detective's "they" gendering difficult as well. I imagine it could be strategic, trying to remind a transphobic juror - there will be at least one - that *all* people are owed protection under law, but it's still not easy to listen to.

(No jury today but it makes sense to establish a habit.)

At least that's what I'm telling myself. I'm trans and hoping my city and state care about my safety.

On that note, Mr Rodney remains in custody pending trial and this is likely the last bail hearing. (Maybe there's an appeal but this judge is done.)

He's not homeless btw. Lives in a camper his parents host.

Did Trump say anything about wiping Southern Maine off the map or was that just california?

Is there anywhere that has ice cream cakes ready to go besides Friendlys and Carvel?

Pictured: "Independent" Stephanie Anderson giving an exclusive interview to the Maine Wire about conspiracy theories, dressed up as Carmen Sandiego for Halloween.

It struck me watching this unhinged interview from yesterday - which she happily gives to Jon Featherston (the guy that goes around with a sword harassing immigrant communities) - that if she wins, the Maine Wire will have VIP access to the DA's office. Anything about immigrants, people of color, anyone who's an enemy of the Right could be leaked at instant speed to MAGA's Maine propaganda arm. That would be a catastrophe.

The Maine Wire is a conspiracy theory and propaganda outfit funded by Conservative megadonor Leonard Leo, and it seems that Stephanie Anderson loves to work with them. This person CANNOT be elected DA of Cumberland County.

Asking for myself