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October 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
@bettytheteapot.bsky.social , @libitina.bsky.social hey guys, hope to see you next Thursday!
Philly's murals never fail to enchant me.
On Tuesday, I was pleased to attend the unveiling of the latest from Mural Arts, We Are What We Need. This piece by Marian Bailey is a tribute to those who have shaped the community, and continue to build the future. It serves both as a mirror and love letter to the Black, femme community of Philly.
July 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Philly's murals never fail to enchant me.
This is wose than a terrible embarrassment, but it is also that.
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is wose than a terrible embarrassment, but it is also that.
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...
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A lot of people don't fully understand the extent to which SEPTA is Philly's school bus. Every morning and afternoon, tens of thousands of kids going to public, charter, and private schools across the city, rely on SEPTA to get them to and from school.
SEPTA cuts would be devastating to families.
SEPTA cuts would be devastating to families.
Both of my sons rode SEPTA to school every day. If Republicans defund mass transit, we can add longer commutes to the list of obstacles our young people face while they try to get the education they need to thrive.
Why are we ok with our kids falling even further behind?
whyy.org/articles/sep...
Why are we ok with our kids falling even further behind?
whyy.org/articles/sep...
SEPTA urges students to make alternate plans as service falters before school
SEPTA’s service cuts go into effect one day before the opening of Philly’s public schools. The transit agency is warning students to prepare.
whyy.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A lot of people don't fully understand the extent to which SEPTA is Philly's school bus. Every morning and afternoon, tens of thousands of kids going to public, charter, and private schools across the city, rely on SEPTA to get them to and from school.
SEPTA cuts would be devastating to families.
SEPTA cuts would be devastating to families.
feeling earring envy!
"Sing a Song of Spirals" earrings: Czech glass cats, Czech glass spiral coin beads, in palest blue-green and aqua respectively, all on sterling silver
www.etsy.com/listing/4340...
www.etsy.com/listing/4340...
July 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
feeling earring envy!
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"Holodomor," literally, "death by hunger":
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
(The article linked is about the 1930s Ukrainian Holodomor, and people still argue whether it qualifies as genocide; I suspect that for the millions of Ukrainians who died in it, the distinction is without difference)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
(The article linked is about the 1930s Ukrainian Holodomor, and people still argue whether it qualifies as genocide; I suspect that for the millions of Ukrainians who died in it, the distinction is without difference)
July 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Holodomor," literally, "death by hunger":
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
(The article linked is about the 1930s Ukrainian Holodomor, and people still argue whether it qualifies as genocide; I suspect that for the millions of Ukrainians who died in it, the distinction is without difference)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
(The article linked is about the 1930s Ukrainian Holodomor, and people still argue whether it qualifies as genocide; I suspect that for the millions of Ukrainians who died in it, the distinction is without difference)
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The best illustration of gaze is this video in which someone swapped the video game character skins between Batman and Catwoman. Both characters are fully clothed but the camera treats one very differently from the other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUWB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUWB...
someone swapped the batman and catwoman character models...
YouTube video by Phantom Thief Irwin 2
www.youtube.com
July 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The best illustration of gaze is this video in which someone swapped the video game character skins between Batman and Catwoman. Both characters are fully clothed but the camera treats one very differently from the other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUWB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUWB...
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TikTok is killing us with these 😬
July 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
TikTok is killing us with these 😬
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The first redistricting proposals for TX are in.
This is what cracking and packing looks like.
This is an intensive gerrymander.
See how the districts spiral in fingers into the cities.
Lizzie Fletcher's district TX7 becomes almost entirely rural.
This is what cracking and packing looks like.
This is an intensive gerrymander.
See how the districts spiral in fingers into the cities.
Lizzie Fletcher's district TX7 becomes almost entirely rural.
July 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The first redistricting proposals for TX are in.
This is what cracking and packing looks like.
This is an intensive gerrymander.
See how the districts spiral in fingers into the cities.
Lizzie Fletcher's district TX7 becomes almost entirely rural.
This is what cracking and packing looks like.
This is an intensive gerrymander.
See how the districts spiral in fingers into the cities.
Lizzie Fletcher's district TX7 becomes almost entirely rural.
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While it's absolutely worth celebrating their freedom from CECOT, we can't overlook the fact that more than 60 of these men had pending asylum cases.
“We got a beating for breakfast. We got a beating for lunch. We got a beating for dinner.”
The horror stories are already emerging from the Venezuelan deportees' time in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The horror stories are already emerging from the Venezuelan deportees' time in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"We were kidnapped"
On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.
www.motherjones.com
July 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
While it's absolutely worth celebrating their freedom from CECOT, we can't overlook the fact that more than 60 of these men had pending asylum cases.
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A reminder that Bondi already has access to all of the Epstein files, but is pretending that she needs to go through the laborious process of unsealing grand jury testimonies. It’s all political theater to fool the rubes in her base into thinking she’s doing something. She’s just covering for Trump.
July 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A reminder that Bondi already has access to all of the Epstein files, but is pretending that she needs to go through the laborious process of unsealing grand jury testimonies. It’s all political theater to fool the rubes in her base into thinking she’s doing something. She’s just covering for Trump.
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Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that."
(ht: @ronxyz.bsky.social)
(ht: @ronxyz.bsky.social)
July 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that."
(ht: @ronxyz.bsky.social)
(ht: @ronxyz.bsky.social)
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It’s a good day to remember what we were once capable of, and why it’s a really bad idea to abandon science.
July 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
It’s a good day to remember what we were once capable of, and why it’s a really bad idea to abandon science.
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We weren’t just making it up when we said women needed to vote like their lives depended on it in 2024. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The War on Women
When we said women and people who loved them needed to vote like their lives depended on it in 2024, it wasn’t hyperbole.
open.substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We weren’t just making it up when we said women needed to vote like their lives depended on it in 2024. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The problem is, it was never about what the "people" want or think.
per a new CBS News poll, public opinion on immigration has flipped. people now mostly think that trump’s deportation agenda is going too far
July 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The problem is, it was never about what the "people" want or think.
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I think there may be an argument to be made that it is harder to sell books to ONLY men, because younger men read less and women no longer accept that the male POV is the default way of viewing the world. But as the kids say, this is a skill issue, for the writing and the marketing.
July 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I think there may be an argument to be made that it is harder to sell books to ONLY men, because younger men read less and women no longer accept that the male POV is the default way of viewing the world. But as the kids say, this is a skill issue, for the writing and the marketing.
lol
July 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
lol
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Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Donald Trump’s attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration.
Nursing homes struggle with Trump's immigration crackdown
Nursing homes around the U.S. say they're feeling the effects of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
bit.ly
July 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Donald Trump’s attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration.
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The mad king demands the return of racist sports team names
July 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The mad king demands the return of racist sports team names