@desperatehours.bsky.social
Graphic design teacher/freelancer. Unionist (@pftlocal3). Music writer (@treblezine). I play poker and records. Philly vs. all of youse. Straight but not narrow. Do not obey in advance.
This administration has made synagogues less safe.
DHS offers security grants, but under Trump they've added requirements which many synagogues, including my own, will not compromise their values to make—insisting that we reject DEI and turn away the stranger, directly contradicting the Torah.
We @pft.org urge Council to support Mayor Parker's proposal to raise new revenues for the School District, & also call on the City to direct the Board of Education to pause the plan to close schools & reinstate the moratorium on new charters. Fix our facilities, fund our schools! #PhlEd #PHLbudget
Philly music aux: World Cafe Live files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, rebrands as World Stage.
Pretty hard to “unleash American energy” when you’ve just put a leash on oil in addition to wind and solar power.
Ummmm… since when did Apple Music start trying to beatmatch song transitions like an actual club DJ?
I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But...
...maybe there wasn't much planning?
Looks like Iran’s gonna win, amirite?
Some heroes don’t wear capes.
If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.
Gas up $.30/gal since I passed my station 8 hours ago, and $.71/gal total in a week. How you doin’?
MS NOW is covering the dignified transfer of 6 dead US soldiers from the Iran theater.
Trump’s solemn enough, but compared to everyone else he looks like he can’t stand still. Wobbly balance, twitchy hands. Keeps looking down as if to check if his jacket is still buttoned and shirt is still tucked.
There are a lot of posts out there with the close-up visual of Markwayne Mullin on January 6, but this is a better perspective.
He’s not protecting others; he’s protecting himself and hiding. You can see plenty of people at the entry door, ready to take on the insurrectionists, but not Markwayne.
This week marks the 35th anniversary of the release of the debut EP from a wonderful London duo called Curve. Over at @treblezine.bsky.social I dig into the consistently entertaining sound they made throughout their career.
Attn: @1000timesjeff.bsky.social
🚨🚨 Gas Price Hike Check-in 🚨🚨
How much have you seen Trump’s big beautiful war reflected at the pump?
My regular station in Philly is up $.41/gallon in a little more than 3 days, since Monday morning.
Big legacy
![Text from the New York Times that reads: [Rand] Paul was the only Republican leading the effort, and no other G.O.P. senators joined him in support of the measure. Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Democrat to break with his party and vote against the resolution, in keeping with his vocal stance in support of Israel and reluctance to place limits on the president's authority to act in its defense.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/bafkreifgwjdbrlv54lshi3q7nj3tzvb35jqz2efrchkhnjg5uey7naxmky)
Senate Republicans led efforts to block action to limit Trump’s as-yet-unauthorized militarization against Iran. While every one of these quislings need to be voted out, I did note this through-the-looking-glass moment from the New York Times.
Gas went up $.27/gallon at my regular station sometime between 6am and 3pm EST today, not sure why.
I'm exhausted by all the efforts to rewrite the history of the 2022 US Senate primary in Pennsylvania, with folks insisting "we told you so!" as to Fetterman, that Conor Lamb was always the better choice, and generally ignoring Malcolm Kenyatta's historic candidacy.
So let me say a few things. 🧵1/
FWIW I see him post quite frequently on Threads
Lol, by my count Iran is now the third nation Trump says cost him the 2020 election (also China and Venezuela).
Presented without comment.
My friend, a history teacher turned curriculum lead for the School District of Philadelphia, is in a weird kind of professional purgatory after a series of unjustified and threatening smear campaigns. He needs to be allowed to get back to work. Support/share if you can. bit.ly/DefendIsh
I know that Trump travel/visa bans shouldn't affect sports teams, but I will not be surprised if Iran (and Haiti, Senegal, and Ivory Coast) sees enough team members banned, detained, or reluctant to travel that it impedes their play... if they actually participate in the World Cup at all.
It’s a pretty Pyrrhic victory when an AI company says they would do anything for war, but they won’t do *that*.
This is wild
Timeline cleanse! Just heard this for the first time in DECADES. Did not remember that Stevie Wonder did this soundtrack, or that it was paired with “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” or what a synth-funk/proto-freestyle MOOD it was. Philly, my Power 99 days are calling. youtu.be/dEz2hDSiLgQ?...
Quakertown PA teens arrested at a peaceful ICE protest Friday are still in custody, despite Bucks County's practice of holding juveniles w/serious charges until a detention hearing.
Bucks Co Gvmt: 215-340-8300
Bucks Co DA Joe Khan: 215-348-6344
Students' GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
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