“ICE out of Chicago, we shall not be moved,” they sang. ​“Even when they gas us, we shall not be moved.” inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

"No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!" Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

The most important thing i have learned from taking Zach on university tours this week is that I need to buy an extra rain jacket before his next visit

I've always known that @reprabb.bsky.social was a state legislator I could count on to support good causes in Harrisburg, but this right here really made him stand out for me. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/katr...

they build walls to keep people out they build walls to keep people in

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions.

NPR wants to hear from listeners whose lives have changed due to an increase in ICE operations, throughout the country.

"For many years, I joked that Pittsburgh gave three extraordinary gifts to the world: Mr. Rogers, the polio vaccine, and the cookie table. That was before I started researching and understood the cookie table’s roots throughout a larger footprint, ... 3/

Congrats to @apipennsylvania.bsky.social on 5 tremendous years of supporting and protecting the API community here in Philadelphia and across Pennsylvania! Here’s to the next 5 and beyond 💪🏼❤️‍🔥

Games Journalists have watched the trainwreck in slow motion for a literal decade. Culture matters. It is a microcosm of the larger ecosystems.

I'm tired of crying over someone who I know doesn't like me. I'm going to download a dating app so that I can start crying because I don't know if someone likes me or not.

Oh HELL yes

Every single convention organizer, publisher, art director, project manager, etc. who's even once entertained the thought of using genAI imagery or LLM generated text at any stage should be paying *full* attention to how popular DragonCon is becoming for enforcing their "no genAI" policies.

WE DID IT!!! 82 hours. 201,701 steps. Countless stories and supporters along the way. I’m proud, I’m sore, and I’m more certain than ever: Pennsylvanians won’t stop until we #FundTransit.

An estimated 5000-10,000 people showed up in a city that is actively being threatened by our President to say that he does not get to hurt our neighbors and we will keep standing together.

Besties, the bus lines in my neighborhood have been cut and every train I've been on this week has been entirely full with standing room only. We are going to check our voter registrations and then we're going to vote in local elections on November 4 Apipa.vote/register

I'm still paying off my student loans which are currently on a SAVE plan and Zach is applying to colleges right now. I'm not sure how we're going to get through this, but I know i'm going to do whatever it takes to make sure he gets an education

I can't wait to get my copies of the Witch Boy series signed from the author who has done this gender magic

The first day of the SEPTA cuts, my commute to church in Bensalem from West Philadelphia almost doubled because of the increased traffic

Let's Goooooo! Unionize the park service!

I witnessed a great joy of seeing two groups of 9th graders, who are now going to different schools, excitedly greet their friends from middle school and compliment each other's first-day outfits

So many of my loved ones have gotten such excellent care from these workers. I'm excited to see that this unionization effort was successful and that the workers will be able to fight together for what they need!

If I start driving right now from Philadelphia I can make it to the first clue location in time.

My downstairs neighbors said the nicest thing to me today!* *I don't make too much noise

I did not feel like drawing, but I still made this bird. #DrawABird

Moving flowers out of the sanctuary after a church service seems like exactly the right level of responsibility for me

i just did a workshop with kids about making comics. emphasized that ANYONE can make comics. you don't have to be a "good" artist. you find a story that matches your art style and you do it and it's awesome. and a kid who NEVER PARTICIPATES got out from under a desk and PARTICIPATED and had a blast.

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

ICE didn't even tell her family that they were deporting her. They just took her away from her kids - she didn't even get to say goodbye to them. Her kids only found out because she was able to call them right before being put on the plane.

Who's going to the bookstores with me next weekend?

I think people like me better when I'm quiet, but I simply refuse to shut up.

And we're implementing work requirements for Medicaid at the same time.

My Grandma has lived in DC for my entire life and I am so scared for her right now. Donald Trump is making the city unsafe for the people who call it home, who take care of their neighbors, and who are willing to stand up to dictators.

I am so glad to be alive and awake for the announcement of a new Taylor Swift album

I don't know what to do if my soap is infectious and I don't like this.

I've never seen Love is Blind so i don't know if someone sending me the information about them casting in Philadelphia is a compliment or an insult.

I had a big cry after work today. I never met this man, but I grieve for him. I grieve for the thousands who are separated from their families and communities and put in ICE detention. Call Congress and tell them to shut down Moshannon secure.everyaction.com/grO1rib08Uet...

One way to reduce stress is to meditate. Another way is to not live under a fascist government. This has been wellness tips!

Give them back pay, with interest, and overtime.

Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place. As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.

This site helps people find radio stations hit by the public media funding cuts--in addition to your home outlets, people might consider donating to rural stations as they will be hit much harder than urban public radio adoptastation.org

I just went to the WSJ to source a screenshot bc I’m trying to be better about not reposting things that don’t have sources (not that I don’t believe it but trying to stem the impulse to share before checking)—but any way I got this far and had to rage close it (X: www.wsj.com/personal-fin...)

I've been putting off watching critical role because it felt like there was such a backlog of lore and content to catch up on, but I'm excited to start it

I don’t think we know enough just yet to understand how this will affect NPR and PBS but both received a very small percentage of their budgets from the CPB. This will however have an immediate effect on local public radio and TV affiliates, esp in rural & Indigenous areas More info here (gift 🔗)

I have cried 4 times today. I'm pretty sure this just means that "difficulty crying" is not one of the side effects I am experiencing on my new meds.

I wish I was at #GenCon so that I could play the final version of the game that I play-tested. This game was so fun and really sparked my imagination and curiosity - I can't wait to support it on Kickstarter, and everyone lucky enough to be at Gencon should check it out

I got a good grade in therapy today!