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Kim Kelly
@kimkelly.bsky.social
labor journalist & author. big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴

my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com

my reporting: @inthesetimes.com + more

my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io

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if you’re in Philadelphia and are in need of any help building, growing, harvesting, lifting, or moving anything, please let me know!!
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
he continues to be a master of the art of standing normally
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
They disrupt my entire block multiple times a day
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We have bike couriers here now that do just fine! And make a helluva lot more sense for our tiny old streets than those infernal vans that block everything
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I get using quick delivery if you have no other option, but otherwise, we HAVE lots of options that aren’t feeding Amazon’s thirst for global domination!
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It’s like the batteries thing, like people actually live here you know?
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yes I know we all like the old hitchhiking robot story but I fuckin live here and I care about my neighbors and my city and this shit SUCKS
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Explain how
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Yes everyone knows about the robot
December 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
And yet this article is about Philadelphia
December 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
god forbid someone actually use technology or capital to try to HELP people in a city where 20% of our residents live under the poverty line
December 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yup!
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My videos are crappy so you can imagine how good they actually are!!
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I got to see them play this one at the Eugene V. Debs dinner in Terre Haute a little while back; chills
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
regular cars with human drivers can barely handle my block, these robots are cooked
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
She’s done such an incredible job with it!
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
That’s cool, can you clone yourself in situations where more than one person is needed
December 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM