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Molly de Aguiar

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President of Independence Public Media Foundation, supporting grassroots media and community internet in Philly. Please stop naming your dogs Molly.

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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $3.6 million in Grants to 32 Organizations and Projects | Independence Public Media Foundation PHILADELPHIA, August 21, 2025β€”The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces $3.6 million in renewed grants to 32 organizations and projects supporting community-led and owned storytelling ...

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 moreπŸ‘‡ www.independencemedia.org/news/indepen...

21.08.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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

19.08.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel this every day. It's barbaric.

24.07.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Waxahatchee: She Lives for the Sake of the Song

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...

23.07.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

16.07.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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BtB Retreat 2025 | jerthorp Spend five days in the lush and bird-filled jungle of Santa Marta, Colombia with Jer Thorp and a small group of curious bird + data + art enthusiasts. We'll wander the forest with local guides, learn ...

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.

11.07.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

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

05.07.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3167    πŸ” 1081    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 9
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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

03.07.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dynamite Magazine cover featuring the actors from the 70s tv show Welcome Back Kotter. The cover says β€œMeet the Sweat Hogs.”

Dynamite Magazine cover featuring the actors from the 70s tv show Welcome Back Kotter. The cover says β€œMeet the Sweat Hogs.”

Hope your birthday is Dynamite!

26.06.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

25.06.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12127    πŸ” 2558    πŸ’¬ 290    πŸ“Œ 99
Join Documented's Newsletter - Documented Sign up for Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter to get everything you need to know about immigration at the local, national, and policy level.

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/

24.06.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a still of mahmoud khalil as he exited ice detention. he’s wearing a long sleeve khaki button up and a white and black keffiyeh wrapped around his neck. he’s got a big smile on his face and his fist raise in the air, defiant and proud.

a still of mahmoud khalil as he exited ice detention. he’s wearing a long sleeve khaki button up and a white and black keffiyeh wrapped around his neck. he’s got a big smile on his face and his fist raise in the air, defiant and proud.

Mahmoud Khalil is free.

21.06.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 28772    πŸ” 4301    πŸ’¬ 257    πŸ“Œ 232

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

18.06.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israeli Leaders Hiding in Tunnels, Underground IDF Bases in β€˜Populated Areas’: US Media’s Human Shields Double Standard Why is Jake Tapper not lamenting the IDF doing the exact same things he accuses Hamas of doing?

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 β€œpopulated areas”. I wrote about this awkward fact and US media’s racist and cheesy β€œhuman shields” double standard.

16.06.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 697    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 21
Steven Caney’s Kids America activity book from the 1970s, featuring a young boy with brown hair and eyes wide open, with his face painted like a clown.

Steven Caney’s Kids America activity book from the 1970s, featuring a young boy with brown hair and eyes wide open, with his face painted like a clown.

I see your Klutz Face Painting book and raise you a Steven Caney’s Kids America

09.06.2025 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Survivor Connection | Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting The Survivor Connection is a new tool that helps reporters put the survivor at the center of their coverage.

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.

31.05.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

31.05.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In 1973 Bhutan issued a set of postage stamps which were tiny, playable vinyl records.

thevinylfactory.com/features/the...

ebay.us/m/ZtKbLr

21.05.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 516    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 11

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

21.05.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

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

21.05.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

21.05.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 778    πŸ” 472    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 22
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Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 60 people, local health officials say Israeli strikes overnight and into Tuesday have killed at least 60 people across the Gaza Strip. That's according to Palestinian health officials.

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

20.05.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 249    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 11
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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.

16.05.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember their names Naming the Palestinians who have been killed in Gaza

On this Nakba Day, remember the names of the 50,020 Palestinians killed in Gaza, 6 Oct 2023β€”22 Mar 2025

And donate to Visualizing Palestine.

visualizingpalestine.org/gaza-names/e...

15.05.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Republicans Sneak β€œNonprofit Killer” Bill Into Tax Package, Giving Trump Tool to Quash Dissent Opponents say the bill β€œthreaten[s] the foundational rights of free speech,” especially targeting pro-Palestine speech.

Republicans tacked the so-called β€œnonprofit killer” onto the end of their tax proposal. The legislation would give presidential administrations the ability to revoke groups’ nonprofit status by deeming them β€œterrorist supporting organizations” with virtually no recourse or due process.

13.05.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 9
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The number of journalists killed by Israel in Gaza is three times the total killed in all of World War II. Brown University study.

13.05.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

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.

08.05.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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!

08.04.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

good to see, more of this from everyone please

07.05.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 357    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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