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I picked it up but haven’t taken it out yet

Have you read “The Fires of Philadelphia: Citizen-Soldiers, Nativists, and the 1844 Riots Over the Soul of a Nation” yet?

Which book?

An aged white 1” pin that read’s “Mussolini hated spaghetti” in blue ink.

Buona Festa della Liberazione! This pin was passed down to me from my parents collection from the 60s/70s.

@margaret.bsky.social

The Boomerang Comes Back - Boston Review How the U.S.-backed war on Palestine is expanding authoritarianism at home—from Project Esther to violence at the border.

Thank you Noura Erakat for this powerful piece that gets to the heart of our responsibility. Fighting for justice where we are requires us to understand that US support of Israeli apartheid and genocide helped lay the groundwork for this authoritarian rise. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

Trump and Netanyahu are undermining the ceasefire deal.

Prohibiting aid from entering Gaza, and calling for the ethnic cleansing of all Palestinians living there, not only violates international law but sabotages any chance at peace.

I think I wanted a less physically monsterous monster but other than that for me 👍

Elon: “Heil Hitler”
the press: “hmmm I wonder what he means by this”

He didn’t plan to give a fascist salute it just seemed right in the moment

There are no good-faith anti-trans arguments and no acceptable compromises on trans lives

On the 76ers press conference: The fact that Mayor Parker and Council President Johnson did not acknowledge they have egg on their faces and, even more importantly, did not acknowledge the pain and turmoil the Chinatown community was put through as a result of this process is mind-boggling. 🧵

Maybe it’s recommending the Mike Davis book

Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes.

Use Tinder, Grindr, or Microsoft Outlook on your phone? Data brokers are selling your location data to anyone with the money to buy it—foreign governments, cops, Trump creeps, stalkers, literally anyone. www.wired.com/story/gravy-...

@paul-c-watson.bsky.social
Was just listening to the most recent episode of the sweeper and upon hearing the reminder of the steel themed teams quiz it occurred to me that you missed the former “Bethlehem Steel FC” now “Philadelphia Union II”

I was sold before even seeing the new model army reference as I read your description and immediately started singing it to myself.

I loved this week’s

Saw Chelsea Wolfe in the Sanctuary of the First Unitarian Church in Philly this evening

around 42% of all marriages end in divorce. that is a very high regret rate for people committing to life changing decisions. the state should do something, ultimately we should ban marriage entirely

Seriously! Can you imagine his numbers with his early career spent with an actual offensive line?

not to be too harsh but what’s the use of transgender representation in congress if they will immediately give in to fascist demands. genuinely what’s the purpose to this at all here

Both are so good. You love to see it.

This is sweet. Thanks for the tip.

Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...

Here is a fascinating article by Fara Dabhoiwala in the LRB about the 18c Afro-Jamaica polymath Francis Williams (c, 1690-c. 1770). Brilliant detective work on the level of Carlo Ginsburg. And it has a Benjamin Lay connection!

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

As he should be

3+ busts sit on a shelf along several bell jars in a Victorian lecture hall.

Lecture Hall, Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, Pa.

Rubble and a sign reading (as best as I can tell) 'E proieito l'ingresso im orsoc[?] atutti il fascisti'

A notice forbidding the entry of Fascists set up in one of the ruined streets of Orsogna, Italy, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 16 June 1944, George Frederick Kaye.
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National Library of New Zealand.