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Molly de Aguiar
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President of Independence Public Media Foundation, supporting grassroots media and community internet in Philly.

Please stop naming your dogs Molly.
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IPMF announces $3.6 million in grants to 32 orgs & projects across the region aligned with IPMF's strategic vision for a local media ecosystem fueled by communities producing + distributing narratives for liberation, joy, memory & accountability. Learn more👇 www.independencemedia.org/news/indepen...
Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $3.6 million in Grants to 32 Organizations and Projects | Independence Public Media Foundation
PHILADELPHIA, August 21, 2025—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces $3.6 million in renewed grants to 32 organizations and projects supporting community-led and owned storytelling ...
www.independencemedia.org
August 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
For organizations in the Philadelphia region, we are accepting grant applications for our Community Voices Fund until September 18. Details below.
IPMF is excited to announce the launch of our 2025 Community Voices Fund. The open call will support media-making projects that strengthen social justice movement-building & community organizing across the Philadelphia region.

Learn more & apply here 👉 independencemedia.org/community-voices-fund
August 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I feel this every day. It's barbaric.
I really don't know how to process the fact that so many powerful people are still, STILL silent about this. So many people with the money and platform to make a huge difference to the lives of starving children are simply choosing not to. www.mohammedmhawish.com/p/were-starv...
“We’re starving”: A Gaza journalist’s dispatch from the midst of starvation
This dispatch from my colleague and friend Ruwaida Amer speaks more powerfully than anything I could write alone.
www.mohammedmhawish.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just came here to say if you happen to like Waxahatchee and you also happen to know someone struggling with addiction, this long profile of Katie Crutchfield is so beautifully written and it illuminated the songs on Saint Cloud and Tiger's Blood for me. oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/on-th...
Waxahatchee: She Lives for the Sake of the Song
oxfordamerican.org
July 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Last week the News/Media Alliance thanked Trump for a part of the BBB. Today, they are thanking the FTC for killing the "click-to-cancel" rule.
July 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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I'm running a retreat in Colombia in September and I'm looking to invite (free of charge, I'll pay travel) a few Colombian artists/designers to participate.

Ideally you'd have a practice (or interests) that align with the themes of the retreat - birds, biodiversity, place-based data art.
BtB Retreat 2025 | jerthorp
Spend five days in the lush and bird-filled jungle of Santa Marta, Colombia with Jer Thorp and a small group of curious bird + data + art enthusiasts. We'll wander the forest with local guides, learn ...
www.jerthorp.me
July 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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one of the ways you know this is a genocide is that the news is never "IDF wins a battle" or "IDF secures new territory"

it's just about dead Palestinians, all the time, every day
BREAKING: At least 56 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since dawn, sources at Gaza hospitals have told Al Jazeera.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/n6phyh
July 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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While thousands of our neighbors are on strike for fair wages with AFSCME District #33, check out what we found in last year's budget: we know exactly what surveillance tech we could cut to fund the everyday services and workers Philly REALLY needs.

To learn more visit www.phillytechjustice.org
July 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Robert F Kennedy Jr is not a vaccine skeptic. Reporters and editors who’ve decided it’s somehow more fair to call him one instead of the anti-vaccine activist and lawyer he is should stop mischaracterizing him so… in the pursuit of accuracy.
June 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Really appreciate Documented's "Early Arrival" newsletter, particularly for those in NYC, but also for anyone looking for outstanding immigration reporting nationally. Don't look away - stay informed. documentedny.com/newsletter/
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Sign up for Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter to get everything you need to know about immigration at the local, national, and policy level.
documentedny.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Mahmoud Khalil is free.
June 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Iffy is great. Was just there on Sunday. Give if you can to this important community space.
An important message from Iffy Books for the #philly #hacker scene. If you have some cash to spare, please consider tossing some their way!
June 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Israel attacking Iran and Iran attacking back has driven Israeli leaders underground and required US media to gingerly note the IDF maintains underground bases in “populated areas”. I wrote about this awkward fact and US media’s racist and cheesy “human shields” double standard.
Israeli Leaders Hiding in Tunnels, Underground IDF Bases in ‘Populated Areas’: US Media’s Human Shields Double Standard
Why is Jake Tapper not lamenting the IDF doing the exact same things he accuses Hamas of doing?
www.columnblog.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Gun violence is preventable. Journalists can make a difference. The Survivor Connection is a new service intended to help those reporting on gun violence take a more informed approach by centering the survivor community.
The Survivor Connection | Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting
The Survivor Connection is a new tool that helps reporters put the survivor at the center of their coverage.
survivorconnection.org
May 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is also how I feel about every person with a social media account who hasn't spoken out against this genocide. Be so ashamed of your silence.
Ms Rachel got hands
May 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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In 1973 Bhutan issued a set of postage stamps which were tiny, playable vinyl records.

thevinylfactory.com/features/the...

ebay.us/m/ZtKbLr
May 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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This is the Prime Minister of Israel asserting he will never give up murdering Palestinians until they all flee for their lives.
Netanyahu says Israel won’t stop the war until Trump’s plan to remove all Palestinians from Gaza has been implemented, calling the idea ”so correct and so revolutionary.” www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Netanyahu: Implementation of Trump’s Gaza relocation plan is condition for ending war
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www.timesofisrael.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Did the @inquirer.com Inquirer issue a statement about this?
I'm afraid I've confirmed that The Philadelphia Inquirer ran the same "Heat Index" supplement that the Chicago Sun-Times did
May 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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I just left a comment.

If you are concerned that RFK Jr.'s FDA chief Marty Makary is limiting the Novavax COVID booster to those over 65 or with underlying conditions, and may do the same for Pfizer/Moderna as well, consider leaving a comment as well.
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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BREAKING: UN says no aid has reached Palestinians, two days after new supplies began entering Gaza.
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 60 people, local health officials say
Israeli strikes overnight and into Tuesday have killed at least 60 people across the Gaza Strip. That's according to Palestinian health officials.
bit.ly
May 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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PCW is welcoming volunteers! Driven by the belief that access to the internet is a human right, together our team builds community-controlled internet infrastructure, learns about networking and hardware, and participates in community outreach.
May 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
On this Nakba Day, remember the names of the 50,020 Palestinians killed in Gaza, 6 Oct 2023—22 Mar 2025

And donate to Visualizing Palestine.

visualizingpalestine.org/gaza-names/e...
Remember their names
Naming the Palestinians who have been killed in Gaza
visualizingpalestine.org
May 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Republicans tacked the so-called “nonprofit killer” onto the end of their tax proposal. The legislation would give presidential administrations the ability to revoke groups’ nonprofit status by deeming them “terrorist supporting organizations” with virtually no recourse or due process.
Republicans Sneak “Nonprofit Killer” Bill Into Tax Package, Giving Trump Tool to Quash Dissent
Opponents say the bill “threaten[s] the foundational rights of free speech,” especially targeting pro-Palestine speech.
truthout.org
May 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The number of journalists killed by Israel in Gaza is three times the total killed in all of World War II. Brown University study.
May 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM