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Philadelphia artist Martha Rich made this fabulous poster to remind us all about the general strike today. I’m already boycotting these companies and will be doing my part today to participate in the nationwide blackout. But when I am back to spending money, supporting local artists seems like the best use of my money — keeping things local, independent, and out of the hands of ICE. Win³.

Here are 5 things I was looking at and loving this week:

Watch photographer Justin Cook’s PSA, sharing what’s in his emergency go-bag. Then GO assemble yours. I’m ordering a few first-aid supplies I don’t have on hand that I learned about at the IWMF HEFAT, and that this post reminded me of.

This is genius. This shortcut gives your iPhone an emergency protocol. Activate it during a traffic stop, and it handles the rest. Quietly. Strategically. On your side.

In One Image: An American Street

This photo by Stuart Palley, from the fires in California, is more relevant than ever now. His words are pretty powerful, too.

Lastly, I recently learned that some public libraries and/or university libraries have 3D printing labs. Some are even free. So I googled “Philly free 3D printing” and realized that as a spouse of a grad student, I can use my ID card to get something printed at uni. I found some .stl files (I chose the extremely loud and compact whistle!), from a Minneapolis group that’s been printing them to hand out to people. I uploaded everything to be printed, and had this lovely email exchange with a guy in the print lab:

Me: Just double-checking the price to make sure there’s not a significant cost.

Him: No cost involved. We offer 50 hours of 3D printing per semester as a free library service, and especially since this is for a good cause, I wouldn’t have minded if you had already gone over the limit.

Me: Your email reply seriously made my day and reminded me that (most) people are good. :) Thank you.

Him: No problem, I’m actually here on a non-immigrant visa at the university and had been advised not to engage in any protest or activities, so you are actively helping people like me as well. Also, here is a preview of the whistles, which I’ll keep printing out. I’ll also include a version I made in case you wanted some with the local Juntos Raid Response Hotline.

People are good. And I love this reminder. I also love that he made the whistle better. He gets it. I emailed back that his version was awesome and thanked him for improving on the one I uploaded initially. I also told him to please be safe. I’ll actively document ICE if they come to Philly, but I’ll sure as sh*t be out in my community protecting and warning my neighbors like him, too, if it comes to that.

I’ll leave you with the words of Adam Serwer from his new piece in The Atlantic.

“If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it ‘neighborism’ — a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from.”