Please share! Pennsylvania Abolition Society -- yes, it's still doing the work. Small grants available, easy application process, details at the link. paabolition.org/grants.html

“This Thanksgiving,experience the history of European settlers as never before…” There. Fixed it for you. I have prerevolutionary ancestors on both sides but, frankly, my more recent immigrant ancestors were much more interesting.

Agreed.

Behold the Lemon Hill ginkgo. It shines like a beacon across the valley.

Philadelphia ginkgos. I stalk them when the leaves turn. They went extinct in the Americas years ago but I’m glad they’re back.

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

Pennsylvania retained its three Supreme Court justices and I found a lost earring. All in all, a good day. In response to one of Trump's latest tantrums, we are donating to Philabundance to help local folks who lost food assistance benefits or have been furloughed by the shutdown, among others.

The news is dreadful and we all need a timeline cleanse. Please enjoy this photo of my next-door neighbor's seasonal decor.

From a friend (1/2): “[He] comes across as an honest but dopey guy. He kind of reminds me of one of the kids my age who lived on my block when I was a kid. He was a nice guy but he was Mormon and held a lot of opinions I thought were fundamentally daft. But I still played with him.…”

The site of the President's House at Independence Mall in Philadelphia foregrounds George Washington's nine slaves. Any bets on whether it survives the Administration's review for "disparaging content"? (The city has plans to ensure that this story remains told, whatever the Administration may do.)

Seven familiar faces at the bottom of this post…

I played a modest role in this digital humanities project. Check out this jaw-droppingly gorgeous piece of shameless propaganda. #medieval docs.google.com/document/d/1...

What are the most widely-used hashtags for medieval Bluesky? I want to broaden my horizons...

This would explain why the administration is crippling everything except gas and oil. Another gift to Putin.

I called my Congresscritters and suggested that they chip in and get Trump a set of toy soldiers and tell him to knock off the martial law shenanigans.

Screaming at my Congresscritters is a bit like screaming into the void but I am going to pick up the phone and share my opinions of the assault on mRNA vaccines. Enjoy this totally unrelated photo.

@r3-society-usa.bsky.social -- this member would buy the heck out if this!

This bus shelter Palantir ad has attracted some editorial comments. "We build to dominate," indeed...

And whose billboards brag about dominance...

This is only the second time in a decade that the notoriously unreliable Hippeastrum mandonii has bloomed for me.

Did you admire the late Will Noel? Are you working on an open access project at a U.S. institution? @pacscl.org has an award that may interest you. Details here: pacscl.org/what-we-do/f... (Silly picture of Will for attention)

Life imitates kitsch.

My theory of the moment: Trump ordered the strikes because he was pissed that nobody liked his parade. His handlers encouraged him because they smell an opportunity to declare martial law — wiping out habeas corpus, freedom of assembly, and the rest of our civil liberties. And cancel the midterms.

That thought had occurred to me.

Timeline cleanse.

Hello from the No Kings protest in Philadelphia. The park is already pretty filled up, and it doesn’t actually start for another 30 minutes.

I wish I could be with them.

I spent an entire banquet chatting with seatmate Jonathan Frid with no idea who he was.

Me.

Did you admire the late Will Noel? Are you working on an open access project at a U.S. institution? @pacscl.org has an award that may interest you. Details here: pacscl.org/what-we-do/f... (Silly picture of Will for attention)

There’s a metric buttload of this at Bartram’s Garden.

Thread.

memorize & internalize this important social media history. then, do a kickflip

Please finish this before I'm too feeble to walk to it!

The first, I think, in a remarkable series of posts on this remarkable flower.

Tar. Feathers.

In case you need a pause from doomscrolling…please enjoy this photo of two young squirrels hanging out on our back fence. (No ALT text because I’ve just described the photo.)

“To watch these changes unfold without naming them for what they are is to participate in a collective amnesia about how knowledge infrastructures shape power relations…. What then, is the responsible course of action?” Powerhouse *must* read fr @alondra.bsky.social time.com/7285045/resi...

Best sign from yesterday.

My favorite shot from yesterday’s MayDay protest…

I'll bet you'd like some flower pictures...

Just look at that face. Clearly he’s bent on revenge.

Creep.

I sure hope that’s true!

Flat Stanley and I saw tulips at the Liberty Bell yesterday.

Tulip season in Philly. These were exquisite on Thursday. I hope they planted tulips by the Liberty Bell this year.

I have made my modest two-sided sign. I am packing my snacks and grabbing my Rollator. Granny is on the move! America has no king. America needs no king.

America has no king. America needs no king. April 19, 12-3, Independence Hall, Philadelphia — details at the link. I am firing up the Rollator and packing a lunch on Saturday. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblep...

He’s right, alas.

Take a break from doomscrolling to admire my volunteer hellebore. Lord knows we all need some moments of beauty these days.