Cities are for people. We gave them up over the last 80 years. They can be for people again if we want them to be.

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Please submit a comment on this proposed set of funding rules by July 13, it'll allow the cancellation of any federal grant and block spending if applicants or institutions don't pass a political litmus test (like supporting trans ppl whatsoever). www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

"We think that building housing is part of the solution. We think net zero is part of the solution. We think a car-light development is part of the solution. We think building a sense of place and community is part of the solution." -- leader of the Squamish nation www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social look what just arrived in the mail!!!

www.inquirer.com/politics/phi... In a just world, this would be a MASSIVE scandal. Video of a Philadelphia Councilmember calling a voice vote, declaring herself the winner of her ward election, refusing to actually tally votes, and refusing to even let people sign in. Blatant corruption.

Old video games aren't imperfect works of art waiting to be "fixed" by new tech. This is the same bankrupt mentality saying animated moves need CGI remakes and old books need modern language editions to be worth reading. The medium is the message. Changing the medium destroys part of the work.

City Council continues to prove that it is unwilling to do anything that might raise revenues. Apparently they're content to let the city run on fumes. We underfund schools. We underfund parks. We underfund transit. We strangle small businesses. And worst, there's no real plan to stop.

Real winners take public transit to weddings. @septaphilly.bsky.social

I have purchased and am so excited for shrimp shirt Be prepared, all summer I am going to be explaining to people that bugs is shrimp

LRT it's baffling to me that city council resists doing something that would benefit everyone in the city (at the expense of companies outside the city) and refuses to do it because... why? Fear of change? Companies headquartered in the collar counties aren't their constituents! Should be easy!

Kinda incredible that a long-term solution to growing Philly's economy has been proposed since 2009 and gone nowhere.

This is an 110+ year full circle moment for NYC. Over a century ago Lawrence Veiller was so disgusted by the density, living conditions, and "evils" in his native NYC that he became a fierce national advocate for laws to artificially discourage multi-family housing across the country.

FINALLY

Hoping tonight is a wake up call to the Philadelphia Democratic Party Machine. Nepotism and careerism and "kissing the ring" need to go out the window. The city deserves whoever will fight for it.

Primary voting day in Pennsylvania!!! Go vote!!! (Why yes my voting place is the Orchestra. 💅💅💅)

Two excellent threads on what's wrong with Fairmount Park and why what we need is fewer "grand master plans" and more crosswalks and sidewalks. It doesn't have to be hard!!! Restoring the original plan fixes a lot of problems caused by cars.

@kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com my quebecois friend posted that Angine de Poitrine announced new tour dates and immediately thought of you!!!

It’s gardening season! Do your friends and neighbors know about the positive ecological impact we can have by planting native plants?? Help get the conversation started with our Native Plants t shirt! (Modeled by our buddy @wowthanks.bsky.social) Get one at squidfacts.net

This nonsense hurts the city, and City Council and the Mayor all just turn a blind eye to it, or worse _praise_ the Sheriff for "exemplary service???" It's so ridiculous.

Philly Friends! Ward races are really important, please pay attention to them! The Democratic Machine is basically trying to protect do-nothing incumbents who think everything is fine when voter turnout in the city is consistently low, because it benefits them and their friends. Enough of that!

Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/peace-4 #smbc #comics

This resonates extremely deeply right now.

It's always delightful reading @craiglaban.bsky.social critique a new restaurant in @inquirer.com, but when the restaurant is truly great and he loves it, it's like reading food poetry. He practically sings about it. What a joy. www.inquirer.com/food/restaur...

People being allowed to use public spaces!!! Designing public spaces for people to use for all sorts of reasons!!! Imagine!!! I'm really glad lessons were learned from what we lost at JFK/Love Park.

Shoutout to the multiple public servants including Public Property and the Capital Program Office who made this happen, big sea change from previous mayoral admins www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...

mRNA tech is one of the most promising avenues for targeted cancer treatment This asshole is abandoning it because of anti-science woo-woo vibes. Infuriating

Love that everyone on my feed is watching The Stream

At this point high schoolers can never again ask their history teachers "why do we need to know about X" First Smoot-Hawley and now the antipope of Avignon? Incredible.

This sucks. Heads up to anyone who enrolled in the SAVE plans: the current administration has killed them and you'll need to switch to a different plan or they'll dump you on one that might not be the best option.

Great story on how skaters and public servants worked together to incorporate and formalize skating in the new Paine Plaza aka "Muni". A complete shift from the flattening of LOVE Park. Also really like how they paid homage to the original paving style! quartersnacks.com/2026/03/how-...

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Unlike other cities squeezed by high housing costs, Philly has plenty of land for construction, even in its transit-rich downtown. I recently counted two dozen surface parking lots, many 70 years old. Here’s some ideas to put them into productive use. www.inquirer.com/columnists/c...

It's Trans Day of Visibility. Support trans people, because it's real goddamn rough being *this* visible right now. Crowdfunds, mutual aid, buy trans art. As I am trans and visible: Read my comics - robindraws.com Support my art - www.patreon.com/c/RobinBrooks Buy my book - robin-brooks.square.site

Got a survey from the US Census bureau, the first question after confirming my name and address was ARE YOU A HOMOSEXUAL Are you joking? Maybe read the fucking room right now???

Adopting a new zero tolerance policy for people shitting on Philadelphia as a place to live This includes coming from Philadelphians!!! You are ON NOTICE, the city has problems but it still rocks

Dear web designers: when I hit "tab" in a username field on a website, I would please like the cursor to move to the password box. Not to: -the submit button (hold your horses) -the "forgot your password" link (give me a chance) -another random element on the page (were you DRUNK?)

Nancy 1/25/26, Nancy Visits Philadelphia Part 1

@septa-social.bsky.social please add an announcement or signage or an alert or something that trolleys aren't running westbound from city hall now. Just waited 15 min for a trolley, thank goodness for the station attendant who came out and told us they were originating at 40th.

@sarahmackattack.bsky.social pleased to report that CCRA's green committee has now got native seed packet distro jars in 12 businesses around Center City! More to come!!! (Working on an insta post about it soon)

@kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com Relevant to your interests I think! www.fastcompany.com/91493918/the...

LRT: immigration is one of the things that made the US a powerhouse economically and culturally. It is and has been incredibly stupid for the United States of all places to say immigration is bad. ICE as an organization should be abolished, but ALSO their policy aims are bad and should be abandoned

ICE is bad. Deportation is bad. Immigration restriction is almost always bad. Armed masked men going into homes without warrants is so obviously villainous that the fact anyone approves it is a stain that will haunt even generous histories of our nation ever after. I am anti-ICE.

I know $$ is tight, & many groups need support rn. But I think the kids at H.A. Brown up in Kensington should have a school covered in art just like the Fishtown kids do, & we could all use a joyful project rn. Learn more about the project, and support us here: givebutter.com/KenzoMural

Alright bsky science + art community, I need your help. I was p confident we could get a grant to fund our upcoming biodiversity mural in Kensington. Last night, they called to say our partner school is 2 blocks outside of their service area. But ya know what? We're gonna do it anyway.

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.

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...

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.

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

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.