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...

For organizations in the Philadelphia region, we are accepting grant applications for our Community Voices Fund until September 18. Details below.

I feel this every day. It's barbaric.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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/

Mahmoud Khalil is free.

Iffy is great. Was just there on Sunday. Give if you can to this important community space.

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.

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.

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.

In 1973 Bhutan issued a set of postage stamps which were tiny, playable vinyl records. thevinylfactory.com/features/the... ebay.us/m/ZtKbLr

This is the Prime Minister of Israel asserting he will never give up murdering Palestinians until they all flee for their lives.

Did the @inquirer.com Inquirer issue a statement about this?

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.

BREAKING: UN says no aid has reached Palestinians, two days after new supplies began entering Gaza.

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.

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...

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.

The number of journalists killed by Israel in Gaza is three times the total killed in all of World War II. Brown University study.

I keep a running list of all the things I see people carrying by bike in the Netherlands and my favorites are a woman carrying a full twin size mattress under her arm, and 2 women cycling side by side each holding onto the handles of a keg.

If you're a library worker, a local journalist or just a curious resident, which I am all three, hit me up about this project we're building. We're piloting the Library Newsroom in Sunset Park but you can do it, too!

good to see, more of this from everyone please

A victory for Rümeysa Öztürk! She will be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont while her case is heard—including a hearing for potential release on bail this Friday. FULL OPINION: ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...

Why did The Guardian use the sentence ‘depopulate Gaza’ instead of the term everyone already understands: ethnic cleansing? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Quick thread on how language is used to obfuscate instead of explain. 🧵

“ She’s like, don’t be afraid, just document. Get a camera, take pictures, take videos and document what is going on there.” lapublicpress.org/2025/05/meet...

“If you’re leaking a document, take pictures of it with the camera within Signal, which doesn’t save photos to your camera roll, and then send them to the reporter. If the document is on a screen, take pictures of the screen with the Signal app; don’t print anything out.”

‘It isn’t hard to kill children when they make up 47 per cent of the trapped population that you’re carpet bombing.’ Selma Dabbagh on who Israel is killing in Gaza: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...

we're doing the thing unbreaking.org

Nuala Cabral of @ipmfoundation.bsky.social hosted a fantastic conversation between Danie Harris, director of Amistad short docs, and Lunise Cerin, a filmmaker teaching a media studies course about Prison Memory and Carceral Narratives at Haverford College. www.independencemedia.org/news/lifting...

Here goes nothing! Join me for this Tiny Teach-In about the USPS! This is a free short session to share the word about what the USPS does and how it benefits so many people. Wednesday April 23, 7pm EST via google meet: meet.google.com/fmi-xyhg-ovd @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social it's on!

Excited to announce our first grants of 2025 from the Local Filmmaker Fund. Please see the exciting projects happening in Philly and also read @nualacabral.bsky.social’s beautiful essay. Many lessons in there for filmmakers, storytellers, and funders too.

Today is the last day to apply for our Program Officer position at IPMF. The application closes at 5pm EST. Strong preference for candidates already living in the Philly region, and for candidates fluent in Spanish. apply.workable.com/work-in-prog...

The next election that could see Musk’s millions: the DA race in Philadelphia. Larry Krasner, whom Musk has clashed with, is up for re-election on May 20. Wrote about it briefly in early January: boltsmag.org/2025-crimina...

How to leak to a journalist! featuring a bunch of good advice from those who know: @marisakabas.bsky.social @amandabecker.bsky.social @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social @rmac.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social @juliaangwin.com @benmullin.bsky.social & @maxtani.bsky.social

Since Israel resumed its terror bombing of Gaza on March 18, every day we see images of small children with their heads or limbs blown off by U.S. weapons. Doctors having to cut holiday clothes off of children in a desperate attempt to save them. Amputations without anesthesia.

Israel is relentlessly bombing Gaza. Since early this morning, more than 40 Palestinians confirmed killed in Israeli attacks. Among the targets was an UNRWA clinic housing displaced people in Jabalia, killing at least 19. Children among the dead.

Tonight! Join us in West Philly at the Christy Rec Center from 6-8pm for a town hall about how we can prioritize the people over the police in this current budget cycle. Bring your friends and neighbors! Food will be provided.

Immensely grateful to know and collaborate with IPMF board member Ahmed Moor, whose latest for the Guardian examines child amputees in Gaza. I hope you will make time to read this. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

"Money buys labor. Guns compel labor. The power of the strike stops labor. It is the only equal of the power of money and guns. It is the one form of hard power available to regular people who don’t own all of the money and guns. Our power is that the world can’t run without us."

Hey do me a favor & help me tell people that I'm doing a Beginner's Guide to Street Art on Monday. Maybe you or your friends have something they want to make street art about. There's...There's a lot to make street art about right now, you know? C'mon join me. It's free. lu.ma/2zosbsxy

"The Social Security Administration website crashed four times in 10 days this month...Social Security is the primary source of income for about 40 percent of older Americans." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I often wonder how people who work in private equity live with themselves