Nicole

☭ armchair sociologist tweeting on the shitter Etsy: EarthGemJewels

[Nicole @catgirrl]

“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity." -Pema Chodron

[Nicole @catgirrl]

@GovernorShapiro Fund septa

[Nicole @catgirrl]

@SketchesbyBoze @bdk1521 I’ve read 27 books so far this year and while I wouldn’t exactly call myself happy, I’d certainly be far more miserable if I didn’t have the healthy escape of reading.

[Nicole @catgirrl]

@grumpygremmy @mill3nnialmh The hardest thing I learned is that those people don’t actually want to understand. They want you to shut up and do whatever they want. They are not our people.

[Nicole @catgirrl]

@Jimmyking35 Oh wow, I have to try it. Sticky toffee pudding is my favorite dessert and it’s so hard to find.

[Nicole @catgirrl]

Started having debilitating muscle cramps every time I work out since I started a new med. Doc says “drink more water”. More than the >1.5 gal a day I already drink? “Eat a banana before your workout.” With what money and time am I obtaining fresh bananas every single day?

["Dena" @bikemamadelphia]

Philadelphia is unserious but never wrong.

[Mrs Too Damn Media Literate @bobo_circus]

it's because they understand homelessness as a weapon of the capitalist class & are savvy enough to recognize that the moment you start framing the homeless as disturbances and pests you are giving your buy-in to dispose of them. i'm sorry you haven't gotten there yet

[Jimmy King @Jimmyking35]

I’ve just learned that Isaiah Zagar, the man behind Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, has passed away at the age of 86

Zagar’s work can be seen on over 200 public walls and buildings in Philadelphia

[Vivian @suchnerve]

“You think you’re always right!” No, it’s just that I’m only wrong temporarily because I actually do update my beliefs when proven incorrect

[James @JamesPhl96]

South Philly still looks like this by the way

[Nicole @catgirrl]

@liIpochaco @cozycapricorn I used to think I was crazy because of this. But then I recognized that I actually am in a time crunch most of the time. Even when I get to sit down to “rest” I have to be planning household/healthcare/life stuff. I hate it

[felicity shagwell ੯‧̀͡⬮ ᡣ𐭩 @liIpochaco]

i am constantly under the impression that i am running out of time. for everything and nothing at all

[Nicole @catgirrl]

@heatherbimages The fact that large parts of south philly are still an unplowed mess 3 full days after the snow stopped is truly a testament to the mayor’s incompetence.

[Ben @FrenchBen_PHL]

The fact that a city like Philly can’t operate normally 3 days after a snow that we all knew was coming is insane.

["Dena" @bikemamadelphia]

Kids in Philadelphia are losing a week of in-person instruction because @PhillyMayor couldn’t handle a basic function of city management on the east coast: snow removal.

I hope it is a lesson learned when you remain in campaign mode it is hard to run a functional city.

["Dena" @bikemamadelphia]

Going to be honest, usually by now even my tiny street would have seen at least one plow. I think this was probably one of the most poorly managed storms by the city. Especially one with so much headway we knew it was happening.

[Meteorologist Drew Anderson @DrewForecast]

When you have a lot of snow in Philly, you go to the Art Museum!

[Eldis Sula @eldissula]

thoreau’s view while scribbling in his notebook as his mom and sister did his laundry, cleaned his cabin and brought him groceries

[ebonically intelligent papi 🌻 @julianakilrose]

our society’s unwillingness or refusal to actually allow for people to grieve the horrific things that happen to them is one of the cruelest aspects of all of this

what has become clear to me is that with grief rituals come transformation, something those in power cannot afford