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an ad for the barbizon plaza hotel with a bunch of cute colorful trees representing the reasons you'd come to new york
A story by Toni Morrison under the heading The Black Experience with a photo of her with her sons
A story headlined "The Case of the Vanishing Mommy" including a graphic showing the rise in working mothers and a photo of a child at the breakfast table with a mother standing behind him but she's faded out
Cover of the NYT Magazine from 7/4/76: "The Good life (Along the San Andreas Fault)"
A list of the write-in votes for Pennsylvania governor that shows five votes for Dan McQuade
A flyer for Revelations of Divine Love
a ballot with Dan McQuade written in for governor of Pennsylvania
A handwritten note taped to a garage gate that reads "Which ever one of you pretentious pieces of garbage called the PPA & had my car towed while I was 2 inches over The RED POLE, I am going to make it my mission to ruin the rest of your time in Philadelphia. (Leave a note next time Jerk!)
sleepy little black cat on a fuzzy white bed
A screenshot of hands wrapping a breakfast taco with text reading "Tex-Mex breakfast sandwich"
a slip of paper with "2001" on it
A video of two butterflies and a bee flying around a plat with clusters of small bright magenta flowers
a screenshot from the Inquirer that reads "The chicken patty? Juicy and impossibly plump. The fries? Psoriasis-scabbed and fresh out of the fryer. The biscuit? A butter-kissed dream."
A picture of a hand holding a glazed filled donut with text that says "MR. CARDAMOM W/HONEY GLAZE"
A picture of the entrance to the Black Cat, with some people waiting to get in and the sign above the door
screenshot of the tags for the linked story. They read "Read More: DEATHS, GUYS WHOSE DEATHS I AM CERTAINLY NOT CELEBRATING HULK HOGAN, OBITS, TERRY BOLLEA"
A picture of a parking sign a good citizen has created and attached to a street pole that reads "NO STOPPING CARS BLOCKING FIRE HYDRANT. SUBJECT TO SMASHED WINDOWS WITHOUT WARNING" with a picture of a car at a fire hydrant and flames behind it
A screenshot of a post by The Alamo that reads "We at the Alamo are saddened to hear of the passing of legendary musician Ozzy Osbourne. His relationship with the Alamo was marked initially by a deeply disrespectful incident in 1982. This act profoundly and rightfully upset many who hold this site sacred."
I'm wearing a tank top with a graphic of Charlie Brown's body with the Einsturzende Neubauten head and arms
screenshot from linked article that reads "The rise of "extreme" sex challenges has drawn the wrath of a few unlikely philosophical bedfellows: the right-wing, manosphere-adjacent cohort who believe women's sexual liberation has gone too far, and feminists who believe their stunts are setting the movement back or that the performers are victims of patriarchy."
Three posters. First one says "space X gets billions in contracts and pays almost nothing in taxes" w an image of a space x rocket exploding. Second one says "the average Pennsylvanian pays $1600 in federal tax. Tesla pays $0" with an image of a cyber truck on fire. the third one says "Elon musk sold X to himself to avoid paying taxes."
The members of Ekko Astral on stage playing a show in front of a backdrop with their logo projected on it
a screenshot with the image text reading "Welcome to Saturday. Here comes the rain again [hyperlink]. Chances are slimmer today, but it’s still cloudy and chilly out."
Philly Inquirer headline reads "Rats don't run this city. Why Philly fields fewer rat complaints than New York City and D.C."
A graphic with photos of the Mekons with text that reads "Mekons the fanzine. Call for contributions open now through March 1, 2025. Submit at geekweeklyfanzine@gmail.com"
A Venmo notification letting me know that "Philly Water Settlement Administrator paid you $50.00"
A sweet potato pie and an apple pie are cooling on wire racks
A flyer for a screening of Without You I'm Nothing in the silhouette of a curvy body with pasties and a thong
Carmen, a white cat with tabby spots, is belly-up on a blanket under a mini Christmas tree, showing off his pink and black paw pads
A photo of the book This Is Christmas, Song by Song, by Annie Zaleski
A white cat with green eyes and a tabby spot sits with a toy mouse in his paws
Beat up clawfoot tub under an awning with tarps draped all around
A grey cat pictured from above