A week ago I found out that the grant I was confident would fund our spring mural will not, bc we're 2 blocks too deep into Kensington. This STINKS.
This project rocks bc it's community driven, biodiversity-focused (& more! read on!)
We're raising money to make it happen
givebutter.com/KenzoMural
Want to get involved in biking and walking advocacy? Check this out:
🚀 This Thurs. Feb. 26: Intro to Bike/Ped Advocacy & Advocacy Booster (Virtual)
bikepgh.org/advocacy-workshops
If you’re local to Philly we are selling these! $10 each. Dm me to coordinate pick up 😘
We’re at 10% of the way funded! Thank you to everyone who supported us so far 🥰
We had our community meeting last night where neighbors voted on the artist and theme! That vote is open until Friday then we can start designing the mural.
Help us fund this project here!
givebutter.com/KenzoMural
If you want to help us maintain the financial stability required to run programs like this you can
1) Become a monthly donor here givebutter.com/SupportSAS26
2) Support our mural fundraiser here givebutter.com/KenzoMural
3) Buy science stuff here squidfacts.bigcartel.com
4) Spread the word about us!
Mark your calendars: Wednesday Night Rides will be at Join Philly's Activities Fair on Sat Apr 12, 2026, 11a-3p at the Philadelphia Ethical Society on Rittenhouse Square. Stop by and see us! RSVP at: www.joinphilly.com/events/2026-...
Governor Shapiro Reiterates Support for Bell to Bell K-12 Cellphone Ban Across Pennsylvania | The state Senate voted to approve a ban Tuesday with bipartisan support. The bill next moves to the House where it is expected to pass.
Should be up in the shop soon.
Creativebyrovelo.com/shop
On general strikes 🧊 lithub.com/kim-kelly-on... @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
I'm salty enough, don't make my freshwater rivers and streams salty too
Situational good thought: Hoping to get some sheltering possums in the crawl space as a winter storm bonus 🤞🤞🤞
They are stealing from us!
the best author events are when you're not really promoting anything or selling tickets. just a little playdate about something neither of you can shut up about, arranged to give your friends and family a break
tonight @ 8pm ET i get to do an instagram live with grady! hendrix! just to talk about how much we both love Sylvia Townsend Warner lol www.instagram.com/gradyhendrix...
Text: January 8, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: "FOP Stands with ICE" Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police Condemns Rhetoric (Minneapolis, MN) The Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police stands with the men and women of Law Enforcement across the country. Over the past month, while Federal law enforcement has been doing their job in Minnesota, political and community leaders have condemned and vilified them. The hateful and anti-law enforcement rhetoric by Mayor Frey and other politicians have made their jobs and those of local and state law enforcement more difficult and dangerous. The job of law enforcement is difficult and dangerous enough without the agitation by leaders in our state and communities. When citizens are accused of a crime, they are given the presumption of innocence as afforded by due process. When there is an incident involving law enforcement, politicians and activists immediately condemn those involved and are scrambling for sound bites. They do not afford them the same due process but rather convict them in a public court of opinion while an investigation is barely beginning. The Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police condemns these attacks on law enforcement and calls on politicians and leaders to stop the anti-law enforcement rhetoric and to ask for calm while the
Cop “unions” are a repulsive stain on the American labor movement, and it’s truly an embarrassment that so few labor leaders are willing to admit that. www.teenvogue.com/story/what-t...
59 left now. Much like many of you, I *also* can't wait to stop posting about this. The end is near! Help me get there! Order a 2026 Love Notes from Nature Calendar!
SquidFacts.net
My brilliant friend and @ward18dems.bsky.social leader @laurenrinaldi.bsky.social wrote about how art helps us organize, and why you should see the Surrealism exhibit @philamuseum.bsky.social fubarpac.substack.com/p/hello-i-am...
Smashed the preorder button fast
Hey, what are you gonna get for the office secret Santa?
For your mother in law who loves her bird feeder?
For your niece who loves whales?
For your dad who literally has no hobbies and you’re like “shit wtf do I get this guy”?
Get a love notes from nature calendar!
squidfacts.net
I’m also looking for 10-15 volunteers to host seed distribution stations across the city. This involves hanging posters with clips on the bottom (that I’ll give you) & keeping the poster stocked with packets of seeds as people take them.
Volunteer to be a host here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A skeleton holds a blob of dirt with a little seedling popping out of it in front of the Philly skyline with “native plant prep party” in front of it with the words “help pack native seed packets for free distribution”
One of the easiest things we can do to help wildlife in cities is plant native plants. We’re going to make this as easy as possible for Philly people this winter/spring by giving them the seeds they need to start.
I need YOUR help prepping those seeds on Dec 17.
Join us! luma.com/o3sladpu
Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
A block of text that says “publishers marketplace deal report. Nearby nature by sarah mcanulty imprint:storey squid biologist and founder of Skype a scientist sarah mcanulty phd’s NEARBY NATURE, an illustrated guidebook on observing and caring for the natural world found right in our backyard from building bat houses to growing native plants to welcoming possums, to Kristin Hewitt at storey in an exclusive submission for 2027 by Eric Smith at neighborhood literary
Big news: I’m writing a book!!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
Percy St Project is this little situation
Neighborhood initiative to brighten up an alley
Join us tomorrow night for Circuit Trails’ “Toast the Trails”, at 5:30pm Eastern, and the annual @wednightrides.org’s “Light Up Ride” (meet up 7pm, roll at 7:10pm)!
www.eventbrite.com/e/toast-to-t...
Feist and Olivia Rodrigo performing "We're going to be friends" www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-kZ...
Sarah holds up an eel facts advent calendar in front of blooming flowers on her sidewalk. It says eel facts an advent calendar. It has 24 boxes with orange and yellow zigzags and yellow circles in the middle with numbers one through 24 in the middle of the boxes there are six eels depicted on this calendar, one green Moray, two splendid garden eels, one blue and yellow ribbon eel, and one American eel and one European.
This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
That Video Express card takes me back - they had a stoner logic informed organization system, where you’d be thinking “I’m looking for that movie with that guy from Deerhunter” and you got directed to either the Dinero or Walken sections. Great video rental place
GO BIRDS, GO VOTE
Real talk: believe me when I say, I know it's far from reliably inspiring to participate in democracy in Philadelphia, but for real, go vote. Just go. The most important elections are for DA and to retain the PA Supreme Court justices. It matters.
