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Philadelphia Maneto
Philadelphia Maneto
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in light of today's events, i want to share a story i was told during a study abroad summer in italy, where i took a class on the rise of fascism.
the picture below is the site of a mass grave. captive partisans were brought here by nazis, forced to dig, and then executed on the spot.
the picture below is the site of a mass grave. captive partisans were brought here by nazis, forced to dig, and then executed on the spot.
January 24, 2026 at 10:08 PM
in light of today's events, i want to share a story i was told during a study abroad summer in italy, where i took a class on the rise of fascism.
the picture below is the site of a mass grave. captive partisans were brought here by nazis, forced to dig, and then executed on the spot.
the picture below is the site of a mass grave. captive partisans were brought here by nazis, forced to dig, and then executed on the spot.
O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...
January 23, 2026 at 1:18 AM
O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...
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Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
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Philly!
Come to the Native Plant Launch Party Wed 1/21!
Here's why
- I'll have ice whistles/zines
- We'll make seed bombs for a collab w @wednightrides.org
- Poster hosters can pick up seed kits
- I need help packing seeds SO bad
- Free beer/food thx to community donations
RSVP luma.com/sgn1d246
Come to the Native Plant Launch Party Wed 1/21!
Here's why
- I'll have ice whistles/zines
- We'll make seed bombs for a collab w @wednightrides.org
- Poster hosters can pick up seed kits
- I need help packing seeds SO bad
- Free beer/food thx to community donations
RSVP luma.com/sgn1d246
2026 Native Plant Project Launch Party · Luma
We're gearing up for the 2026 iteration of the Philly Native Plant Project, and we need YOUR HELP!
Last year we distributed 10,000 packets of native plant…
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January 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Philly!
Come to the Native Plant Launch Party Wed 1/21!
Here's why
- I'll have ice whistles/zines
- We'll make seed bombs for a collab w @wednightrides.org
- Poster hosters can pick up seed kits
- I need help packing seeds SO bad
- Free beer/food thx to community donations
RSVP luma.com/sgn1d246
Come to the Native Plant Launch Party Wed 1/21!
Here's why
- I'll have ice whistles/zines
- We'll make seed bombs for a collab w @wednightrides.org
- Poster hosters can pick up seed kits
- I need help packing seeds SO bad
- Free beer/food thx to community donations
RSVP luma.com/sgn1d246
Seeing the Bluesky resistlib machine valorize Philly's corrupt grifter payola cosplay sheriff for holding an entirely meaningless, self-aggrandizing press conference makes me want to walk into the Delaware and become a trout.
January 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Seeing the Bluesky resistlib machine valorize Philly's corrupt grifter payola cosplay sheriff for holding an entirely meaningless, self-aggrandizing press conference makes me want to walk into the Delaware and become a trout.
Well Vanguard... I appreciate the effort, but... I'm not sure that's correct.
January 1, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Well Vanguard... I appreciate the effort, but... I'm not sure that's correct.
Have almost finished Jane Jacob's The Death and Life of Great American Cities and I am obsessed
I'm sorry in advance to anyone who now has to deal with me constantly pointing at literally anything and saying "Jane Jacobs would have had a lot to say about THAT"
I'm sorry in advance to anyone who now has to deal with me constantly pointing at literally anything and saying "Jane Jacobs would have had a lot to say about THAT"
December 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Have almost finished Jane Jacob's The Death and Life of Great American Cities and I am obsessed
I'm sorry in advance to anyone who now has to deal with me constantly pointing at literally anything and saying "Jane Jacobs would have had a lot to say about THAT"
I'm sorry in advance to anyone who now has to deal with me constantly pointing at literally anything and saying "Jane Jacobs would have had a lot to say about THAT"
So far I have made this week:
Gingerbread
Orange cranberry loaf
Rye chocolate chip cookies
Saland-e Nakhod (chickpea curry)
Currently on the stove:
Black beans (for tomorrow)
Currently in the oven:
Flan de leche (for tomorrow)
Gingerbread
Orange cranberry loaf
Rye chocolate chip cookies
Saland-e Nakhod (chickpea curry)
Currently on the stove:
Black beans (for tomorrow)
Currently in the oven:
Flan de leche (for tomorrow)
December 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
So far I have made this week:
Gingerbread
Orange cranberry loaf
Rye chocolate chip cookies
Saland-e Nakhod (chickpea curry)
Currently on the stove:
Black beans (for tomorrow)
Currently in the oven:
Flan de leche (for tomorrow)
Gingerbread
Orange cranberry loaf
Rye chocolate chip cookies
Saland-e Nakhod (chickpea curry)
Currently on the stove:
Black beans (for tomorrow)
Currently in the oven:
Flan de leche (for tomorrow)
Heated Rivalry... wow. Yes. YES
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Heated Rivalry... wow. Yes. YES
A huge amount of useful research and software that has nothing to do with LLMs is being branded as "AI" in an attempt to ride the hype/secure funding/make money.
When the next AI winter hits, a lot of it will be abandoned or starved of funding. The garbage is going to destroy legitimate CS.
When the next AI winter hits, a lot of it will be abandoned or starved of funding. The garbage is going to destroy legitimate CS.
This is one of the biggest problems with so-called "AI". EVERY branch of computer science and thought ever accomplished is now included as part of "AI". It's a gigantic hoax. Guess what? Computers, research and algos all existed before the current hoax.
Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A huge amount of useful research and software that has nothing to do with LLMs is being branded as "AI" in an attempt to ride the hype/secure funding/make money.
When the next AI winter hits, a lot of it will be abandoned or starved of funding. The garbage is going to destroy legitimate CS.
When the next AI winter hits, a lot of it will be abandoned or starved of funding. The garbage is going to destroy legitimate CS.
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social this feels very relevant to your interests. Poetry as an attack vector to jailbreak LLMs
This study show that using poems to jailbreak LLMs is... super effective? What the heck.
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social this feels very relevant to your interests. Poetry as an attack vector to jailbreak LLMs
Governor Shapiro very clearly does not care about public transit, which by extension means he does not care about Philadelphia.
He probably takes our support for granted. Buddy, I've got bad news for you.
He probably takes our support for granted. Buddy, I've got bad news for you.
Gov. Josh Shapiro is calling the state budget that came out of the Pennsylvania legislature’s monthslong stalemate an across-the-board victory. What does it mean for his national brand?
Gov. Josh Shapiro says national Democrats folded in the federal shutdown, while he stayed ‘at the table’ for Pa.’s late budget deal
As Shapiro portrays the outcome of Pennsylvania’s 2025 state budget as an across-the-board victory, the path to get there was harder, messier, and longer than anyone in Harrisburg would have liked.
www.inquirer.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Governor Shapiro very clearly does not care about public transit, which by extension means he does not care about Philadelphia.
He probably takes our support for granted. Buddy, I've got bad news for you.
He probably takes our support for granted. Buddy, I've got bad news for you.
Woohoo New York City!!!!!! Happy for you
Thank goodness, it looks like Pennsylvania retained its three Democratic supreme Court justices too. A good night!!!
Thank goodness, it looks like Pennsylvania retained its three Democratic supreme Court justices too. A good night!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Woohoo New York City!!!!!! Happy for you
Thank goodness, it looks like Pennsylvania retained its three Democratic supreme Court justices too. A good night!!!
Thank goodness, it looks like Pennsylvania retained its three Democratic supreme Court justices too. A good night!!!
@ischeneydeadyet.bsky.social you might want to find the login for your account. :)
November 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
@ischeneydeadyet.bsky.social you might want to find the login for your account. :)
Was waiting to get into the aquarium in Osaka and spotted a celebrity back stage at an outdoor rock concert... it's @chiitan.love!!!!!! I was too shy to go try to say hello. Superstar!!! Queer icon!!! We stan
October 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Was waiting to get into the aquarium in Osaka and spotted a celebrity back stage at an outdoor rock concert... it's @chiitan.love!!!!!! I was too shy to go try to say hello. Superstar!!! Queer icon!!! We stan
In Tokyo for two weeks! Stumbled across a municipal fun fare where you can queue to get in a robotic exoskeleton suit boxing match
They're really living in the 3000 over here
They're really living in the 3000 over here
October 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
In Tokyo for two weeks! Stumbled across a municipal fun fare where you can queue to get in a robotic exoskeleton suit boxing match
They're really living in the 3000 over here
They're really living in the 3000 over here
We leave for 日本 水曜日 and 私は 日本ご れんしゅうしました for the last few 月 and I've made 少し progress but I feel like it's not enough… I'm sure I can cram the rest of the entire language in in the next 24 hours. Right?
That's definitely a reasonable plan that will set me up for success right???
That's definitely a reasonable plan that will set me up for success right???
October 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We leave for 日本 水曜日 and 私は 日本ご れんしゅうしました for the last few 月 and I've made 少し progress but I feel like it's not enough… I'm sure I can cram the rest of the entire language in in the next 24 hours. Right?
That's definitely a reasonable plan that will set me up for success right???
That's definitely a reasonable plan that will set me up for success right???
@thornmarch.bsky.social happy birthday!!! Hope you have a good one! 🎈🎂🎉
October 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
@thornmarch.bsky.social happy birthday!!! Hope you have a good one! 🎈🎂🎉
One of the best comics being made!!! The first volume came out beautifully. Don't miss the edge staining!!!
October 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
One of the best comics being made!!! The first volume came out beautifully. Don't miss the edge staining!!!
In advance of our upcoming trip to Japan I thought for nostalgia's sake I'd boot up The World Ends With You, pulled up my old save file and uhhhh..
Apparently some time has passed. 😵💫
Apparently some time has passed. 😵💫
October 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In advance of our upcoming trip to Japan I thought for nostalgia's sake I'd boot up The World Ends With You, pulled up my old save file and uhhhh..
Apparently some time has passed. 😵💫
Apparently some time has passed. 😵💫
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Good morning! It's Pizzamas, and that means I can finally tell people about THIS:
pizzamas.com/collections/...
I wrote another Pizzamas Dungeons and Dragons adventure!
It's got tons of Nerdfighter references (and a few just for the LRR fans, heh heh), jokes and a message board!
pizzamas.com/collections/...
I wrote another Pizzamas Dungeons and Dragons adventure!
It's got tons of Nerdfighter references (and a few just for the LRR fans, heh heh), jokes and a message board!
Pizzamas One Shot - Part II
Did you absolutely love the first adventure? Well we’ve got a new one cooked up for you! Now with some new pre-gen characters and packed with a whole lot of excitement! Are you a DM? If you purchase t...
pizzamas.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Good morning! It's Pizzamas, and that means I can finally tell people about THIS:
pizzamas.com/collections/...
I wrote another Pizzamas Dungeons and Dragons adventure!
It's got tons of Nerdfighter references (and a few just for the LRR fans, heh heh), jokes and a message board!
pizzamas.com/collections/...
I wrote another Pizzamas Dungeons and Dragons adventure!
It's got tons of Nerdfighter references (and a few just for the LRR fans, heh heh), jokes and a message board!
Jaya's last piece for Eater is incredible: so perfectly captures the arc of cultural change regarding food we've all lived through the past 20 years.
Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...
Nobody Wants to Be a Foodie
How “foodie” went from badge of honor to cringey term to pejorative smear and all the way back again.
www.eater.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Jaya's last piece for Eater is incredible: so perfectly captures the arc of cultural change regarding food we've all lived through the past 20 years.
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If you've designed a "park" and you include so much asphalt that every intersection ends up looking like this, you've messed up:
September 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If you've designed a "park" and you include so much asphalt that every intersection ends up looking like this, you've messed up:
Sometimes you spend an hour tracking down the source of a tumblr post and fall down a rabbit hole of stock photo websites that scrape the public domain database of the art institute of chicago's collection to sell the images for money
anyway short coat (japan, 1801-1850) now has proper attribution
anyway short coat (japan, 1801-1850) now has proper attribution
September 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Sometimes you spend an hour tracking down the source of a tumblr post and fall down a rabbit hole of stock photo websites that scrape the public domain database of the art institute of chicago's collection to sell the images for money
anyway short coat (japan, 1801-1850) now has proper attribution
anyway short coat (japan, 1801-1850) now has proper attribution
Things we got at SPX this year! Left is me, right is mostly Colin. See alt text for names of stuff!
September 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Things we got at SPX this year! Left is me, right is mostly Colin. See alt text for names of stuff!