@septaphilly.bsky.social in autumn 🍁🍂

Doomsday For SEPTA Is Bad News For Everyone | Defector SEPTA, the fifth-largest public transit system in the country, is days away from drastic service cuts that would decimate transportation in Philadelphia and its surrounding counties. Plagued by a…

Doomsday for SEPTA is bad news for everyone: defector.com/doomsday-for...

Absolutely shameful. Did they paint over St. Pete’s in the dead of night too? Utter cowards

A map showing different regions of PA that would fall into different tax and spending groups.

Rural & urban PA have different priorities, and rural Republican politicians in PA would rather not share tax dollars with urban needs.

To accomplish that goal Rep. Melissa Shusterman has proposed separating taxes and spending by region:
www.palegis.us/house/co-spo...

Southeastern Pennsylvania must come together to plan a stronger future for our region.

Tell the Pennsylvania Senate to empower municipalities with the ability to raise dedicated funding for public transit. We could bring transformative projects like the Schuylkill Valley Metro back to life.

The PA Republicans did this because Josh Shapiro stepped up last year and flexed Penndot funds for SEPTA, only after the PA Republicans weren't going to do anything. May the PA Dems, working families party, Philly DSA organize well enough to never have these Republicans reelected again.

I wrote an Op-Ed about SEPTA funding and how our Agency is actually one of the most efficient in the country with handling money.
The last thing we need is for SEPTA to get defunded, enjoy the gift link 🤙

Real talk from SEPTA insiders: Fears of service cuts, job loss, and how to fix the broken transit system Fired-up members of Transport Workers Union Local 234 headed to Harrisburg to rally in the Capitol Rotunda for more money for SEPTA and other public transit systems.

“It’s a decent, stable middle-class job for a lot of people. I am getting more concerned about the stability of the system, not only for our own jobs, but for the region.” — Chris Conley, a SEPTA lineman

YouTube video by Alan Fisher Everyone is Lying about SEPTA

There's nothing Philadelphian's and Pennsylvanian's love more than shitting on our public services, but oftentimes those attitudes turn lies into publicly held beliefs. Let correct some myths about SEPTA today:

Ok I screwed up for LA and DC because of how their budget docs are written. This is now the fixed chart.

Pause before you speak. Pause before you act. Pause before deciding.

Pause for processing. It will make you a better parent but mainly a better person.

Lambert street in the Logan square neighborhood

I will die for my country Philadelphia

i'm holding your hands, gently

april 7 is the start of national library week. get your library card. write your library board. check out 10 books. use your library. do it.

How it felt to be at Franklin Square

This tight-knit, one-way block on Crease Street in Fishtown didn't quite meet Philadelphia’s minimum width requirements for installation of traffic-calming devices.

So neighbors decided to go rogue.

🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison

PSA that we can support both our independent bookshop AND public library ❤️

They play such a vital role in our local communities, and they both need our support to stay open and keep offering valuable resources.

It's not either/or, but both/and 🥰

This is WILD 😂

Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.

Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.

Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

ALA response to White House assault on IMLS To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities.  As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries

President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.

Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

watching and sharing it, talking about how much you enjoyed it, doing fanart, etc! stuff a lot of you have been doing already! i'm currently talking to a few studios and the numbers and comments are all tangible things i can use as leverage to show that this is something people want to see made 🌟

Friends tell friends about Libro.fm so they also start supporting their independent bookshop with audiobooks 🥰

And if they start a membership using your unique link, you get a free audiobook credit 😉 libro.fm/refer

DOGE-mandated cuts targeted staff at a Native American college. A lawsuit fights back Federal layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University disrupted classes, financial aid and the women's basketball team. Now, tribes and students have sued, saying the cuts broke treaty obligations.

Federal layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University disrupted classes, financial aid and the women's basketball team. Now, tribes and students have sued, saying the cuts broke treaty obligations.

Want to read a book but can’t afford to buy it?

❌ don’t pirate/steal it

✅ join your local library and borrow the book for FREE.

If the library doesn’t have the book you want, ask if they can buy it.

You get to read.
Authors get paid.
Libraries stay open.

✨ Triple win ✨

#BookSky #Library

I really hope this is successful. It could be such a game changer

Accurate.

When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.

When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️

Top pic is an empty winter parking lot and a closed building. Bottom pic the building now has a business, there's a huge tree in the lot, and next to the lot is a big apartment complex

I tried to do an #urbanism before and after showing how much nicer it looks with more housing but it ended up looking like those trying-too-hard weight loss before and afters where the before pic is dark with no smiles and the after is all smiles and taken in sunshine 🤣