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Nicole Belolan she her

@nicolebelolan.bsky.social
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consulting public historian phd | historian of disability & material culture | cat mom & native plant mom | house restorer | local Green Team Chair & Councilperson | antique lover | pro-democracy | resisting fascism | views my own

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Melanie A. Kiechle @melaniekiechle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
How can you teach and fight climate change? This is the question that 70+ #envhist scholars wrangle, from a variety of histories and concerns, for the forthcoming A Historians' Handbook to Save the World. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205625...
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A Historian's Handbook for Saving the World
The work of historians is vital to this moment. As climate debates shift from “believing the science” to fighting for the massive changes needed ...
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We are looking forward to sharing _This is a Place We Made: Disability History & Public Land_ (@illinoispress.bsky.social) with you in 2027. Thanks to Kathleen Brian, authors, reviewers, @ncph.bsky.social, & others for moving this project to completion. More: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
Book cover featuring purple and beige abstract background reading, "This is a Place We Made: Disability History and Public Land, ed. by Kathleen M. Brian"
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Friends, please visit for my town native plant tour Sat., Sept. 19, 2026, 10AM-2PM! Meet at 308 Broad Street, Riverton, NJ, 08077, to start the tour. Qs? Please email me: nbelolan@riverton-nj.com. (Policy dictates I cannot respond via social media.) :) #NativePlants riverton-nj.com/environmenta...
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Environmental Commission & Green Team - Borough Of Riverton, NJ
Environmental Commission & Green Team Environmental Commission and Green Team The Environmental Commission is concerned with the “protection, development and use of the natural resources” located in R...
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I leaned so much working on this project and hope it helps Delawareans commemorate enslaved individuals and families. The full report is linked in the story and on the City of Wilmington (DE)'s website.
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New report details Caesar Rodney’s slaveholding practices
Wilmington took down the bronze memorial to the long-revered signer of the Declaration of Independence during racial unrest in 2020.
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Does anyone know of any project management platforms (the right term?) for social media and other communications drafts? I need something a team can use for collaboration. Ex, someone shares a draft, people suggest edits, people approve it, etc. Non-big tech would be great...Thanks for the help!
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
When should I separate and move these seedlings to their own pots? I have whorled milkweed on the right and white wood aster on the left. I feel like potting stuff but don't want to do it too soon. #NativePlants #SouthJersey
green seedlings in two large milk jugs cut in half sitting on wire table; hand for scale
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
How bout this for the bug count?
A poster says 2026 bug count and "our native plants help support philly wildlife. Last summer we saw 42 species of bugs here. We hope this summer we'll see even more!" then two bugs, a stag beetle and lightning bug, and in between them it says "Last Updated on_______". Then it says GOAL: 50 species! Then under that it says "Help us observe bugs on our block! Take pictures of bugs you see and upload them to the inaturalist app" with a QR to the website
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
It’s gardening season! Do your friends and neighbors know about the positive ecological impact we can have by planting native plants?? Help get the conversation started with our Native Plants t shirt! (Modeled by our buddy @wowthanks.bsky.social) Get one at squidfacts.net
A handsome blonde man in Jeffrey Dahmer glasses and absolutely covered in tattoos looks moody with a black T-shirt on, it says plant native plants with a stained glass window with a woman inside surrounded by plants
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Giving away gray goldenrod (solidago nemoralis) and my zine, Why We Need Native Plants (Nov. 2025), at our town yard sale tomorrow. budwatchnj.org/2026/05/09/t... #NativePlants #SouthJersey
small plant in front of paper bag with QR code and zine; living room and dining room in background
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Hey Philly!! Need native plants?? Come to Starbolt (1936 n front st) this Saturday from noon to 5 for an art market with a side of science! I’ll be there with 20 local Philly artists selling ceramics, prints, cards, & for me native plants and plant paraphernalia. Hope to see lots of you there!
Sarah‘s little squid character holding up a baby swamp milkweed and some undetermined plant but she was going for a New York aster. The words say native plant sales brought you by squid facts
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Can anyone suggest articles on why health insurance costs are going up/have been going up significantly? A simple and complex question at the same time, I know. Thanks for the help.
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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Hey, #Boston friends! I'll be giving a talk on David Walker at Boston Public Library on 21 May, and I'd love it if you were able to join me! The talk is free, and you can sign up at the link below! 🗃️
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David Walker's Declaration of Independence
Join the Boston Public Library's Special Collections for a talk from scholar Dr. Leon Jackson entitled David Walker’s Declaration of Independence: Building Community and Fighting Racism in Antebellum ...
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National Council on Public History @ncph.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
NCPH’s Professional Development Committee is hosting 3 #PublicHistory #publishing events on April 7, May 5, and June 2. The series will cover what editors want you to know; what reviewers want you to know; and the ins and outs of nontraditional publishing. community.ncph.org/event/PublishPH
How to Publish Your Public History Work Series. April 7. May 5. June. National Council on Public History logo.
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National Council on Public History @ncph.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The NCPH #Accessibility Working Group, with support from the American Council of Learned Societies, updated the “NCPH Guidelines for Building an Accessible Annual Meeting.” We encourage you to use and share the guidelines. ncph.org/about/governance-committee…
National Council on Public History. New Guidelines. Building an Accessible Annual Meeting.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Hey Philly! I need your help finding 3 walls for 10x10ft murals this fall all about the most charismatic bugs in the city. Each mural must be in a different neighborhood, so we have to cast this net as wide as possible. Please help us spread the word! Submit your wall at bit.ly/bugwalls
a 4 by 4 grid of insects that has a metallic grreen tiger beetle, a teal and black speckled sharpshooter with a yellow underbelly, a reddish brown stag beetle, and handsome meadow katydid, with the following words superimposed "Call for mural walls! we're making 3 10x10ft murals about philly's bugs. submit your walls at bit.ly/bugwalls
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Thank you again to everyone who helped share Catalina's story. I'm sorry to report that she recently died under the compassionate care of Philly PAWS. Catalina had been transferred to an adoption center a few weeks ago to help her get more visibility. She was doing well. 1/3
Stripey cat with green eyes on blue check quiltstripey cat with green eyes, paw on human legstripey cat on shoulder of woman in glasses wearing hat
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The 2026 native plant project is up and running! We have 10 seed distribution stations set up all around the city, each thanks to a volunteer poster hoster. This project was made possible by monthly donors to @skypeascientist.bsky.social and people who bought calendars from SquidFacts.net!
a bulletin board with a poster that has a bunch of seed packets hanging from it in cobbs creek park. The poster has milkweed and a monarch and says "Plant native plants"A poster on a pole that has a bunch of seed packets hanging from it. The poster has bee balm on it with a yellow background and says "Plant native plants"the same bee balm poster, but now it's on a bulletin board in a city parkbee balm poster is back at it, but now on a column in a park covered in posters
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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A stunning and beautiful piece of writing from my friend @aearls.bsky.social. At @nursingclio.bsky.social today:
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Teaching/Watching/Fearing Abroad While Minnesota Roils
For the last four weeks, I’ve been in Ireland with a group of twenty-one St. Olaf College students. While St. Olaf is in Northfield, Minnesota, about 40 miles south of the Twin Cities, my January t…
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Erin 🍂 fall is fall 🐦‍⬛ @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
time to go write down some opinions about building energy codes 📝
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Interested in the history of enslaved people, Black history, and George Washington? Download this report, which is still on the NPS site (for now). My research team spent 3 years collaborating with descendants of people enslaved at the Washington's Headquarters site and the wonderful NPS staff:
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Black History at the Vassall Estate Special History Study (U.S. National Park Service)
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Stephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so. How far we have not come in 250 years.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
So much good art was made at bad art for good. I don’t know who made this (was it you??) but I love it so much.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Philly! Come to the Native Plant Launch Party Wed 1/21! Here's why - I'll have ice whistles/zines - We'll make seed bombs for a collab w @wednightrides.org - Poster hosters can pick up seed kits - I need help packing seeds SO bad - Free beer/food thx to community donations RSVP luma.com/sgn1d246
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2026 Native Plant Project Launch Party · Luma
We're gearing up for the 2026 iteration of the Philly Native Plant Project, and we need YOUR HELP! Last year we distributed 10,000 packets of native plant…
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Update! Catalina is now at the PAWS Old City adoption center. I dropped her off today. It was hard to say goodbye. We've been together almost a yr. But I am hopeful this will give her more visibility and that someone will adopt her soon. THANK YOU to all who have helped promote her. Stay safe.
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KC @kdotcdot.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I’m facilitating the rehoming of two sweet cats who belonged to a friend who recently passed unexpectedly. They deserve a stable place to land. 2-3 year old bonded pair, one male one female. Please send me a DM if you have the interest and ability to care for these sweet voids. Located in Oakland.
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Thanks to everyone who liked and re-posted about our foster cat Catalina. We really appreciate it! Happy New Year.
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Hi, Philly-area folks! Just a reminder that our foster Catalina (PAWS) is *still* looking for a home. If you know anyone who wants a single cat and doesn't mind a slightly older lady...please let them know about Catalina! She is a lovely WFH companion. new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal...
Stripey cat in  green chair with books in background
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
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Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
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AltReclamation 💦 @altreclamation.altgov.info · 12/12/2025
For whoever needs to hear it: the holiday season isn’t joyous for everyone. For some, it’s the hardest time of year— short days, dreary weather, loneliness, etc. This year is especially tough. *gestures emphatically* If you’re struggling, be kind to yourself. You matter. 💙🫂
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Organizing question: I use ProtonMail (I like its security compared to other services) to communicate with a group, but I am now up against sending limits. 1/2
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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
For once my event this week is so packed with RSVPs I don't even need to remind you about it, but I love the poster that @theavocadojam.com made so much that I'm posting about it anyway! IF you wanna come, you should! We're gonna be packing up seed packets RSVP here luma.com/hvqyrx9v
an event poster for an event called Native Plant Prep Party "Help pack native seed packets for free distribution!" hosted by [skype a scientist logo]. The graphic has a skeleton with a butterfly perched on their noggin standing in front of the philadelphia skyline, holding a handful of dirt, with a little sprout growing out of the top
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National Council on Public History @ncph.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
AASLH-NCPH 2026 update! We have pushed back the final proposals deadline to Friday, December 5. Submit final proposals through @aaslh.org’s Submittable platform at: aaslh.submittable.com/submit/333312… #WorkOfRevolution
2026 Joint Conference. September 16-19. Providence, RI. The Work of Revolution. American Association for State and Local History. National Council on Public History. AASLH-NCPH 2026. Deadline Extended! Final proposals due December 5, 2025.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
It's a dark time for artists. Many are struggling! It's easy to buy gifts online. When you buy from *artists*, you're supporting working people, instead of making rich jerks richer. This fall, send your present $$ to an artist's shop! Artists! Drop your shop links! & check out SquidFacts.net 😘
Sarah holds up a calendar page showing an anglerfish that says "light up the darkness
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
We still have our foster cat! Currently, you can name your adoption fee for Catalina (through PAWS in Philadelphia). If you're in the greater Philadelphia area and are looking for a new friend, maybe Catalina is for you. 😽
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gardening_kristi @gardeningkristi.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Anyone thinking of donating to a food bank, here are things mine always needs: no salt added, low sodium, no sugar added canned vegetables, tomato products, fruit, beans, and meat. They need nut butters, oil, whole grain crackers/rusks, cereal and oatmeal, rice, pasta, shelf stable milk.
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Remora House DC @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
You can cook food for your neighbors. Set a free pantry box outside of your place. Pool money with your coworkers if someone at work has young kids or an elderly relative that likely has SNAP. You don’t have to pry into people’s business, you can just do things & make it known help is available.
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Why would my shrubby St. John's wort (Hypericum prolificum) be blooming on October 27 in South Jersey? #NativePlants
Yellow flower bloom on green foliage; fall leaves on ground with pumpkin and american flag in background
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is jmetraux@motherjones.com and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.
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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I gave a lunchtime talk as a @xercessociety.bsky.social Ambassador to the local County Parks group, and the cookies had bees on them! Unsurprisingly, it was a friendly audience 😀🐝 Here's a fantastic resource I shared on creating nesting and overwintering habitat: xerces.org/publications...
A hexagon shaped sugar cookie with golden frosting, and a black bee stenciled on top
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Erin 🍂 fall is fall 🐦‍⬛ @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
In case you can't tell, I spent my evening organizing #nativeplants seeds for this year's winter sowing etc. I have 29 spp. I plan to sow, most already planted around the yard - I'm shooting both for more volume and to give them away next year. Growing 11 spp. from seed for the first time. 🌱
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Would like to offer #NativePlants seeds+"cow pots"+soil+winter sowing instructions for Halloween. Thoughts on which seed(s) would be easy/nearly no-fail? NJ on DE River. I gave out seeds last yr but want to give them an even better chance of becoming plants. Many thanks for help (or sugg against)!
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Alt National Archives @altnatarchives.altgov.info · 19/10/2025
America, you rock.
Rando unicorn 🦄 prancing thru a parking garage on their way to No Kings protest.
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings, Riverton, NJ, today. Big peaceful gathering, small town! #NoKings #NJ #VisibilityBrigade @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com
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Nicole Belolan she her @nicolebelolan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Philadelphia-area/South Jersey/Northern DE Fam! Can you help Catalina? She has been our foster nugget since Feb and really needs a safe, permanent home. Thanks for spreading the word!
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Martha Rich Art Projects @martharichart.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Made this for October 18. I’m sick of these a-holes.
A poster for No Kings March on October 18. It features a yellow background with a black cat head. At the top of the page it says “no kings” in puffy black hand-written type. Between the cat’s ear is a small black crown with an X on it. There are black stars flowers and shapes around the head. The cat has stripes in lots of different colors. Its fangs are out. Below the head it says October 18th and below that it says nokings.org, all in puffy black hand-written type. Next to that type it says “power is ours. Time to use it” also in puffy black hand-written type. Art is ©️Martha Rich
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