Mr. Murray
@merelymurray.bsky.social
Philadelphia English teacher. Interested in discovering new (and new to me) authors.
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I’m also looking for 10-15 volunteers to host seed distribution stations across the city. This involves hanging posters with clips on the bottom (that I’ll give you) & keeping the poster stocked with packets of seeds as people take them.
Volunteer to be a host here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Volunteer to be a host here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Seed Distribution Poster Hoster Application
We are looking for volunteers to maintain posters that will distribute native plant seeds for free to people living within Philadelphia. You can learn more about this project here!
Maintaining a pos...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I’m also looking for 10-15 volunteers to host seed distribution stations across the city. This involves hanging posters with clips on the bottom (that I’ll give you) & keeping the poster stocked with packets of seeds as people take them.
Volunteer to be a host here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Volunteer to be a host here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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One of the easiest things we can do to help wildlife in cities is plant native plants. We’re going to make this as easy as possible for Philly people this winter/spring by giving them the seeds they need to start.
I need YOUR help prepping those seeds on Dec 17.
Join us! luma.com/o3sladpu
I need YOUR help prepping those seeds on Dec 17.
Join us! luma.com/o3sladpu
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
One of the easiest things we can do to help wildlife in cities is plant native plants. We’re going to make this as easy as possible for Philly people this winter/spring by giving them the seeds they need to start.
I need YOUR help prepping those seeds on Dec 17.
Join us! luma.com/o3sladpu
I need YOUR help prepping those seeds on Dec 17.
Join us! luma.com/o3sladpu
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Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
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Big news: I’m writing a book!!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Big news: I’m writing a book!!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
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Percy St Project is this little situation
Neighborhood initiative to brighten up an alley
Neighborhood initiative to brighten up an alley
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Percy St Project is this little situation
Neighborhood initiative to brighten up an alley
Neighborhood initiative to brighten up an alley
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Join us tomorrow night for Circuit Trails’ “Toast the Trails”, at 5:30pm Eastern, and the annual @wednightrides.org’s “Light Up Ride” (meet up 7pm, roll at 7:10pm)!
www.eventbrite.com/e/toast-to-t...
www.eventbrite.com/e/toast-to-t...
Toast to the Circuit Trails
Join us at Cherry St. Pier for food, drinks, and group trail outings #OnTheCircuit
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November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Join us tomorrow night for Circuit Trails’ “Toast the Trails”, at 5:30pm Eastern, and the annual @wednightrides.org’s “Light Up Ride” (meet up 7pm, roll at 7:10pm)!
www.eventbrite.com/e/toast-to-t...
www.eventbrite.com/e/toast-to-t...
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Feist and Olivia Rodrigo performing "We're going to be friends" www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-kZ...
Olivia Rodrigo - We’re going to be friends Live at Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
YouTube video by Hearts4livie
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November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Feist and Olivia Rodrigo performing "We're going to be friends" www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-kZ...
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This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
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GO BIRDS, GO VOTE
Real talk: believe me when I say, I know it's far from reliably inspiring to participate in democracy in Philadelphia, but for real, go vote. Just go. The most important elections are for DA and to retain the PA Supreme Court justices. It matters.
Real talk: believe me when I say, I know it's far from reliably inspiring to participate in democracy in Philadelphia, but for real, go vote. Just go. The most important elections are for DA and to retain the PA Supreme Court justices. It matters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
GO BIRDS, GO VOTE
Real talk: believe me when I say, I know it's far from reliably inspiring to participate in democracy in Philadelphia, but for real, go vote. Just go. The most important elections are for DA and to retain the PA Supreme Court justices. It matters.
Real talk: believe me when I say, I know it's far from reliably inspiring to participate in democracy in Philadelphia, but for real, go vote. Just go. The most important elections are for DA and to retain the PA Supreme Court justices. It matters.
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The Philly collab I’ve been dying for
Sometimes you just have to go appreciate the art of your city with the people who love doing the same! If you don’t know Philly With Lena yet, you will. And if you’ve walked by this mural a million times without truly noticing it in all its glory, slow down next time you’re in the neighborhood!
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The Philly collab I’ve been dying for
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And if you'd like to read the story "Parasocial" itself, here it is, with gorgeous artwork by Rey Velasquez Sagcal:
Parasocial
A Future Tense Fiction story by Monica Byrne about what goes wrong when a celebrity decides to license his image to a hologram start-up.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
And if you'd like to read the story "Parasocial" itself, here it is, with gorgeous artwork by Rey Velasquez Sagcal:
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The Actual Star is only $3.99 on ebook right now. Go buy it bruhs and brahs.
The Actual Star: A Novel
Amazon.com: The Actual Star: A Novel eBook : Byrne, Monica: Kindle Store
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October 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Actual Star is only $3.99 on ebook right now. Go buy it bruhs and brahs.
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Philadelphia has many employee-owned companies. Keystone Bicycle Co. is a worker-owned cooperative in the city. They told Billy Penn that "community is a top priority" with this structure. billypenn.com/2025/10/04/e...
Employee-owned companies in Pa. offer unique benefits, including stability
Philadelphia has many employee-owned companies. Employee-owners and experts tell us why, and who it works for best.
billypenn.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Philadelphia has many employee-owned companies. Keystone Bicycle Co. is a worker-owned cooperative in the city. They told Billy Penn that "community is a top priority" with this structure. billypenn.com/2025/10/04/e...
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Ijon Tichy may be Stanislaw Lem's greatest creation–a funny, bumbling, imperfect protagonist who refuses to surrender his optimism in the face of absurdity or despair. Here's where to start with his stories...
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reactormag.com/stanislaw-le...
Stanislaw Lem's Greatest Character: An Introduction to Ijon Tichy - Reactor
A lovable, honest bumbler, Tichy's not your typical hero...
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October 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ijon Tichy may be Stanislaw Lem's greatest creation–a funny, bumbling, imperfect protagonist who refuses to surrender his optimism in the face of absurdity or despair. Here's where to start with his stories...
reactormag.com/stanislaw-le...
reactormag.com/stanislaw-le...
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Just wanted to mention here that I wrote an ENTIRE BOOK about a future utopian society based on perpetual mass migration. You should read it :)
The Actual Star | monicabyrne
"Wildly ambitious, wildly successful."--Cory Doctorow, author of Radicalized and Walkaway
www.monicabyrne.org
September 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Just wanted to mention here that I wrote an ENTIRE BOOK about a future utopian society based on perpetual mass migration. You should read it :)
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"This is the first myth: that your boyfriend from when you were fifteen will come and get you out of hell."
We welcome you to revisit "The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods" by @mariadahvana.bsky.social from the Reactor short fiction archives.
reactormag.com/a-girlfriend...
We welcome you to revisit "The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods" by @mariadahvana.bsky.social from the Reactor short fiction archives.
reactormag.com/a-girlfriend...
The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods - Reactor
Gods won’t save you. Gods will break you. Nevertheless, you will persist. And become anew
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September 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"This is the first myth: that your boyfriend from when you were fifteen will come and get you out of hell."
We welcome you to revisit "The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods" by @mariadahvana.bsky.social from the Reactor short fiction archives.
reactormag.com/a-girlfriend...
We welcome you to revisit "The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods" by @mariadahvana.bsky.social from the Reactor short fiction archives.
reactormag.com/a-girlfriend...
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By popular demand, we're organizing another party lights group buy for our ridership ahead of the upcoming darker months, a planned Light Up the Night ride on Nov 12, and the BCGP Holiday Lights ride. Click here for the details and to order: forms.gle/qLdNgHFjUXSC...
Wednesday Night Rides // Party Lights Group Buy
Sign up below to buy party lights for your bike - orders close Fri Sep 26
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September 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
By popular demand, we're organizing another party lights group buy for our ridership ahead of the upcoming darker months, a planned Light Up the Night ride on Nov 12, and the BCGP Holiday Lights ride. Click here for the details and to order: forms.gle/qLdNgHFjUXSC...
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Let’s keep writing. Let’s keep reading. Let’s keep putting weird and lighthearted and dark and highbrow books into the world. Let’s not let them take our joy for stories and our love of storytelling—because god knows they are trying to silence us while they take away everything else.
September 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Let’s keep writing. Let’s keep reading. Let’s keep putting weird and lighthearted and dark and highbrow books into the world. Let’s not let them take our joy for stories and our love of storytelling—because god knows they are trying to silence us while they take away everything else.
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TONIGHT!
Record Store Ride: a celebration of vinyl! Philly's a great city for vinyl w/ shops & bars spinning records. Our route passes 14 of them (marked on the route) was developed by WNR organizer Peter K, & will be led by WNR organizer Jo N.
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Record Store Ride: a celebration of vinyl! Philly's a great city for vinyl w/ shops & bars spinning records. Our route passes 14 of them (marked on the route) was developed by WNR organizer Peter K, & will be led by WNR organizer Jo N.
wednightrides.org/posts/2025/0...
Wednesday Night Rides | 2025-09-17 | Record Store Ride
wednightrides.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
TONIGHT!
Record Store Ride: a celebration of vinyl! Philly's a great city for vinyl w/ shops & bars spinning records. Our route passes 14 of them (marked on the route) was developed by WNR organizer Peter K, & will be led by WNR organizer Jo N.
wednightrides.org/posts/2025/0...
Record Store Ride: a celebration of vinyl! Philly's a great city for vinyl w/ shops & bars spinning records. Our route passes 14 of them (marked on the route) was developed by WNR organizer Peter K, & will be led by WNR organizer Jo N.
wednightrides.org/posts/2025/0...
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These calendars are how we're funding the 2026 Philly Native Plant project!
Each calendar spread has information about an animal *and* links to a list of things each of us can do to help that animal thrive in its natural habitat.
Learn about helping while empowering our actions? Pretty good deal.
Each calendar spread has information about an animal *and* links to a list of things each of us can do to help that animal thrive in its natural habitat.
Learn about helping while empowering our actions? Pretty good deal.
🚨 Cool educational item alert 🚨
We teamed up with Philly Nature Illustrator, Meg Lemieur @megstampede.bsky.social to create a 12 month wall calendar all about animals!
The calendar includes lessons we can learn from animals & how we can help them.
Pre-order here!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
We teamed up with Philly Nature Illustrator, Meg Lemieur @megstampede.bsky.social to create a 12 month wall calendar all about animals!
The calendar includes lessons we can learn from animals & how we can help them.
Pre-order here!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
September 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
These calendars are how we're funding the 2026 Philly Native Plant project!
Each calendar spread has information about an animal *and* links to a list of things each of us can do to help that animal thrive in its natural habitat.
Learn about helping while empowering our actions? Pretty good deal.
Each calendar spread has information about an animal *and* links to a list of things each of us can do to help that animal thrive in its natural habitat.
Learn about helping while empowering our actions? Pretty good deal.
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There are really interesting stories behind every mural in Philly. And what makes this one particularly special just might surprise you!
September 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
There are really interesting stories behind every mural in Philly. And what makes this one particularly special just might surprise you!
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Sarah does such amazing work. Just wait until we get her some books. 👇🏽
Hi I know we're all talking about something else at this particular momennnttt, but can I interest any of you in educational posters?
I've got 'em in a pack & seasonal lightning bugs too!
It helps support SaS and makes it easy for you to spread important messages in your community!
SquidFacts.net
I've got 'em in a pack & seasonal lightning bugs too!
It helps support SaS and makes it easy for you to spread important messages in your community!
SquidFacts.net
September 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Sarah does such amazing work. Just wait until we get her some books. 👇🏽
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#TheBelles by @bookbent.bsky.social is an atmospheric Southern gothic novel that shines a light on the dark side of tradition, privilege, and the desire to belong. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley and @atriabooks.bsky.social for the advance copy for my honest review: candikathorror.com/reads/the-be...
The Belles — CandiKat Horror
The Belles by Lacey N. Dunham is an atmospheric Southern gothic novel that shines a light on the dark side of tradition, privilege, and the desire to belong.
candikathorror.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#TheBelles by @bookbent.bsky.social is an atmospheric Southern gothic novel that shines a light on the dark side of tradition, privilege, and the desire to belong. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley and @atriabooks.bsky.social for the advance copy for my honest review: candikathorror.com/reads/the-be...
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After WWII, social scientists studied the personalities of fascists. What they found perfectly describes today’s Republicans: “ethnocentrism, superstition, aggression, cynicism, conservatism, and an inordinate interest in the private sex lives of others.”
(Story by @annaleen.bsky.social.)
(Story by @annaleen.bsky.social.)
How World War II scientists invented a data-driven approach to fighting fascism
The F-scale personality test measured authoritarianism in US citizens.
arstechnica.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
After WWII, social scientists studied the personalities of fascists. What they found perfectly describes today’s Republicans: “ethnocentrism, superstition, aggression, cynicism, conservatism, and an inordinate interest in the private sex lives of others.”
(Story by @annaleen.bsky.social.)
(Story by @annaleen.bsky.social.)