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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every time the obviously AI generated "this is X, not Y" textslop cliche pops up at work I lose another ounce of sanity. Friends I am on my last few marbles. It is EVERYWHERE. Every other sentence. The rage it inspires in me.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you care about keeping the Academy of Natural Sciences open to the public in Philadelphia, I need you to read and share this thread. Trish Wellenbach was sent from the mayor's office to oversee the Academy of Natural sciences situation. She needs to hear from us. Here comes the action item:
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The qualities that make a Philadelphian... 1. Does not wait for permission 2. Decides for themselves what is worth doing 3. Keeps going whether encouraged or not 4. Does not care what anyone thinks 5. Believes, in their heart, the work is needed." Hell yes this sounds incredible
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@cathygjohn.bsky.social Fox River Comics Camp arrived!!!
A yellow book on a black background. It says Fox River Comics Camp in colorful letters, and below are a number of anthropomorphic animals popping out of a comics page while themselves drawing other panels of the comic. A possum excitedly says "Let's Make Comics!"
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5th Square Advocacy @5thsqadvocacy.org · 19/09/2026
Councilmember Young wants to weaken our lifesaving speed camera program by reducing fines even for reckless drivers going 30+ mph over the speed limit! Tell City Council not to let it happen: www.5thsqadvocacy.org/Speed-camera...
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Speed Cameras Action | 5th Square Advocacy
Tell City Council to stand up for safe streets and protect Philadelphia families: Say NO to Bill 260699!
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Nerd pet peeve: when people arrange things that have NO INHERANT PERIODICITY into a "periodic table" Vegetables are not periodic! Logical fallacies are not periodic!!! You cannot create a periodic table with them!!! The structure of your table reveals nothing!!! *Muffled scream*
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
SPX is such a wonderful show. Did not get to spend as much time there this year as I would have liked for REASONS but it was so wonderful to see so much great creative energy.
Left to right, top to bottom: Dare you to Dance by Rebecca Mock, Who Circled the Globe in Seventy-Two Days? Nellie Bly by Mel Gilman and Rebecca Mock, The Adventure Zone Vol 7 and You Used to Draw Because it Was Fun, Right? by Cary Pietsch, Hyacinth by Dennis Moran, Fox River Comic Camp Postcard by Cathy G Johnson, Ghost in the Door vol 1/2 and Hourly Comics Day 2025 by Shoona Browning
Scream fuck and Die temporary tattoo by Tony Breed, The Old Woman vol 4 by Rebecca Mock, Demons print by Evan Dahm, Finland 2026 Travelogue by Blue Delliquanti, Unflattering pictures of my cat Dante by Ellie Compton, Why are you Biting Me? by Jess Fink

He is Coming by Mattie Lubchansky, The View from the Labyrinth by Jon Cairns, tomato cafe by b erin cole, hourly comics 2021-2026 by Blue Delliquanti, and Rutabaga the Adventure Chef vol 3.3 by Eric Colossal
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trying to decide if I should wear the hunky Garfield shirt to SPX Where else can I wear the hunky Garfield shirt??? But I don't want to wear it _every_ year...
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It is driving me a little insane seeing the comments by well meaning people suggesting the Academy is closing because nefarious real estate developers want the building. The Academy has severe financial problems. They have been losing money and donors and attendees for decades now. >
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Someone did a really detailed deep dive on the Academy's finances and... oof. The problem really stretches back basically 15 years. People should have been sounding the alarm back then, but instead the museum has just basically just burned down its reserves. www.fossilcrates.com/blogs/news/a...
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The Academy of Natural Sciences - A Financial Peek
The Financials Behind Why It Could Not Be SavedThe death spiral and the arithmetic of resurrection of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia  Quick Background I study sauropod dinosaurs, most...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
A dinosaur on a white background with the text SAve the academy of Natural sciences museum rally Tuesday Sept 8 10am in front of the academy 1900 ben Franklin Parkway. "Tell Drexel University "Keep the museum open!" with the logos for Philly Science Action, Skype a Scientist, and Green Philly
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My homies in Massachusetts love and respect trans people, get dunked Moulton~~~ I continue to hope Democrats learn a lesson from this!!!
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
PLEASE there are so many community meetings we need your voice at!!! There is work to be done!!! Things can get better!!!
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Too many people in power in Philly, even people who live here, think we are at our best as a tourist destination, they want people to drive here for arts or culture or shopping or sports, and then leave. That is how you kill a city. A city has to be a place where people live AND work AND play.
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Ben S @bensh3.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
From Reddit..."New Era Philanthropy Ponzi Scheme" sounds 100% correct. The worst part of this is how the City thought it meant they were scott-free
I was the number one volunteer there by hours for a few years in the 90s. The place has been mismanaged since at least then, when they got taken in by the New Era Philanthropy ponzi scheme. Frankly the museum has always been kind of lame compared to the AMNH or Field Museum. The strength of the Academy was always in the research wing. This sucks but I'm hopeful that it will be back in 5-10 years with better management and a thorough re-thinking of what being a natural history museum in the 21st century means.


I used to work at ANSP and quit right before covid hit in dec 2019. Drexel is the only reason that the museum did not close sooner. When ANSP got a new president in 2017, they spent an insane amount of money on "strategic planning" which culminated in them getting rid of a large portion of the live animal collection, closing down the butterflies exhibit, and doing an organizational restructuring. They laid off or lost a significant amount of staff, some of which had been there for decades, and with it the institutional knowlegde they had on public programming.

Then covid hit, shutting the museum down with it. They opened back up again eventually, but not full time. Then the federal funding cuts targeting cultural institutions happened not long after. On top of all of that, Drexel got a new president last year who (im assuming) did not want to keep investing money in a museum that was floundering and in need of serious renovations. I remember one of my bosses years ago saying that John Fry (previous Drexel president) was very fond of the academy and the museum would be in trouble if he left. And that was before all of the other bullshit.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Absolutely devastating
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Inga Saffron @ingasaffron.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Urbanists talk a lot about reducing car use and increasing bike and transit use, but they rarely tell you how to make that work in your life. So I figured it was time for an easy step-by-step guide on how to give up your car. www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...
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How to give up your car (sometimes), save money, and save the planet
It’s a big life change, so take things one step at a time.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If you want to honor her life, continuing her work of spreading the joy of reading sounds like a great way to do it.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was a gem. What a tragic loss.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I am having a thrips problem with my indoor plants and it makes me want to Not Have Indoor Plants
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Civic Grit @civicgrit.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A single bridge closing in a park shouldn't result in an 8.1 mile pedestrian / bike detour to cross a river. This is the result of the city & state removing from the park sidewalks, trails, and staircases that previously existed connecting to the alternative Strawberry Mansion Bridge.
An image of the map showing the lengthy detour.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Goooood morning! The 2026 Snail Facts Calendars are OUT! We've got 24 days of scratchable snail fact goodness, designed by Philly artist Kelly Nichols! Advent calendars are cute as hell, a delightful tradition, and keep @skypeascientist.bsky.social funded! Get one at SquidFacts.net Pls repost ❤️
An 11x14 inch poster featuring snails, slugs, nudibranchs, and other snails! There are 24 yellow-green snail shells that you can scratch off. There's a leaf sheep and sea bunny and sea angel and fire snail and banana slug and mystery snail and ramshorn snail and candy cane snail
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Came to Spain for the eclipse. Truly incredible! Nothing like it.
For men standing in front of the sun, smiling. The one on the left is pointing at the sun. A vista of a landscape in an eerie darkness; the (blown out) ring of a total solar eclipse hangs in the sky
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 11/08/2026
Got a dream piece today: I profiled Deb Perelman aka @smittenkitchen.bsky.social about 20 YEARS of food blogging www.weareravenous.com/smitten-kitc...
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The Blogosphere Came and Went. Smitten Kitchen Is Still Here.
Deb Perelman has kept Smitten Kitchen going through the rise and fall of blogging, the pivot to newsletters, and the looming specter of AI. She has no intention of stopping.
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Civic Grit @civicgrit.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It gets me down how many beautiful large gardens there are in the Philly area that are near transit but place their main entrance far from the transit with no sidewalk connections. It feels intentionally classist and like a relic from the past. Morris Arboretum and Stoneleigh are two examples.
Morris Arboretum's main entrance that's clearly designed for cars.Stoneleigh Garden's main entrance also clearly designed for cars.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Every time I think things are tough for building housing here on the east coast California comes in and reminds me it could be much, much worse.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I will point at your pet, it's true
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Did you know that bugs... is actually shrimp??? Thank you @sarahmackattack.bsky.social for this incredible educational addition to my wardrobe from squidfacts.bigcartel.com I am gonna be telling so many people bugs is shrimp.
A picture of me, a bearded guy wearing a tan T-shirt that has a graphic saying "shrimp city" and a number of illustrated types of shrimp, standing in my bedroom.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Me in the alternate universe where everything is the same except it's called Jimba Juice: "Wow, I could really go for a Jimba Juice."
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
In 10 years we're going find a definitive link between tire particles and Alzheimer's and in 50 years people will look back at our complete lack of care about car tire particulates the way we look back at the people who decided to put lead and asbestos in everything.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
insideclimatenews.org/news/0907202... Kearney reflected that sacrifices by Democratic leaders... often don’t turn into political capital. “We’ll make concessions on something, and then [the Republicans] come back, ‘Oh, that’s great, now we also need this.’ Sometimes, I think we’re stupid.” 🫩🫩🫩
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Pennsylvania’s Legislature Is Likely to Punt on Mass Transit Funding—Again - Inside Climate News
Last year’s temporary fix relieved the pressure to find long-term funding for transit agencies, setting up another high-stakes fight down the road.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A very good thread. I wish more gay men were better acquainted with this history. Homosexuality and gender across time have always been intertwined! It's all fascinatingly complicated and we are not and shouldn't be separate from it!
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Stood in the heat for four hours with @colinfanning.bsky.social to see this massive chonker roll by #bigboy Trains are cool! Hearing the steam whistle off in the distance as it approached was incredibly evocative.
A picture of me and Colin, under an umbrella. (Two bearded men with glasses). We're smiling at the camera. A picture of a massive black steam locomotive on tracks, angled away from the camera. In the foreground you can see other people lined up taking pictures. There's trees and grass between us and the train. A picture of a massive black steam locomotive on tracks, from the rear and side. In the background is a skyscraper and a pedestrian bridge lined with people.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Lol A/C is broken Time for me to learn a LOT about electrical systems VERY QUICKLY (it's almost certainly the capacitor, working on sourcing a replacement)
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Cities are for people. We gave them up over the last 80 years. They can be for people again if we want them to be.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🫡🫡🫡
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Blue Delliquanti @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Please submit a comment on this proposed set of funding rules by July 13, it'll allow the cancellation of any federal grant and block spending if applicants or institutions don't pass a political litmus test (like supporting trans ppl whatsoever). www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...
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Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"We think that building housing is part of the solution. We think net zero is part of the solution. We think a car-light development is part of the solution. We think building a sense of place and community is part of the solution." -- leader of the Squamish nation www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
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Opinion | One City Might Have Just Cracked the Housing Crisis
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social look what just arrived in the mail!!!
A picture of me holding up a copy of a book called Sawyer Lee and the quest to just stay home by Zach Wienersmith.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
www.inquirer.com/politics/phi... In a just world, this would be a MASSIVE scandal. Video of a Philadelphia Councilmember calling a voice vote, declaring herself the winner of her ward election, refusing to actually tally votes, and refusing to even let people sign in. Blatant corruption.
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Councilmember Cindy Bass declared herself the winner of a Philly Democratic ward election — and may have violated party rules
In a brief meeting Monday, Bass said she won against her progressive challenger in the 22nd Ward and rejected demands for a roll call to clarify the vote.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Old video games aren't imperfect works of art waiting to be "fixed" by new tech. This is the same bankrupt mentality saying animated moves need CGI remakes and old books need modern language editions to be worth reading. The medium is the message. Changing the medium destroys part of the work.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
City Council continues to prove that it is unwilling to do anything that might raise revenues. Apparently they're content to let the city run on fumes. We underfund schools. We underfund parks. We underfund transit. We strangle small businesses. And worst, there's no real plan to stop.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Real winners take public transit to weddings. @septaphilly.bsky.social
A picture of two men in suits (one purple, one green) on a subway.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I have purchased and am so excited for shrimp shirt Be prepared, all summer I am going to be explaining to people that bugs is shrimp
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
LRT it's baffling to me that city council resists doing something that would benefit everyone in the city (at the expense of companies outside the city) and refuses to do it because... why? Fear of change? Companies headquartered in the collar counties aren't their constituents! Should be easy!
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Mosh Lee @mosh.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Kinda incredible that a long-term solution to growing Philly's economy has been proposed since 2009 and gone nowhere.
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Civic Grit @civicgrit.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
This is an 110+ year full circle moment for NYC. Over a century ago Lawrence Veiller was so disgusted by the density, living conditions, and "evils" in his native NYC that he became a fierce national advocate for laws to artificially discourage multi-family housing across the country.
A screenshot with the following text:

In no other city is the mass of the working population housed as it is in New York, in tall tenement houses, extending up into the air fifty or sixty feet, and stretching for miles in every direction as far as the eye can reach. In no other city are there the same appalling conditions with regard to lack of light and air in the homes of the poor. In no other city is there so great congestion and overcrowding. In no other city do the poor so suffer from excessive rents; in no city are the conditions of city life so complex. Nowhere are the evils of modern life so varied, nowhere are the problems so difficult of solution.
If New York is so abnormal it may well be asked of what benefit to other communities are its problems; what lessons can others learn from New York's experience? New York, cosmopolitan in its population, is equally cosmopolitan in its social problems. Here will be found the problems of all other American cities, sometimes only in the germ, often, however, developed to an extent not dreamt of elsewhere. New York is the "horrible example." It is the startling crystallization in brick and mortar of the potential housing evils of every other American city. It typifies the kind of city that other American cities may develop into under the influence of similar forces, unless timely effort is put forth to prevent such development.The following text:

The question is, " How are we going to stop it? " I think there is a way; at least, I have tried it and I think it is going to work. In framing our laws to regulate the construction of dwellings of all kinds, do everything possible in our laws to encourage the construction of private dwellings and even two-family dwellings, because the two-family house is the next least objectionable type, and penalize so far as we can in our statute, the multiple dwelling of any kind, whether it is flat, apartment house or tenement house.

It was upon that theory that our new housing law in New York State was drafted. And the easiest and quickest way to penalize the apartment house is not through requiring larger open spaces, because I think that would be un-constitutional, but through the fireproofing requirements.

If we require multiple dwellings to be fireproof, and thus increase the cost of construction; if we require stairs to be fireproofed, even where there are only three families; if we require fire-escapes and a host of other things, all dealing with fire protection, we are on safe grounds, because that can be justified as a legitimate exercise of the police power.

We can show the necessity of these extra precautions where many families live in a dwelling, and at the same time we have made it difficult to build apartment houses. I recommend that method to the conference. In our laws let most of our fire provisions relate solely to multiple dwellings, and allow our private houses and two-family houses to be built with almost no fire protection whatever.
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
FINALLY
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Propriety @proprietous.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Hoping tonight is a wake up call to the Philadelphia Democratic Party Machine. Nepotism and careerism and "kissing the ring" need to go out the window. The city deserves whoever will fight for it.
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