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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 18h

For those two- and three-bedroom rents I'm surprised more people aren't just biting the interest-rate bullet and buying. (Still nice to see some family-sized apartments, though.)

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 21h

This is even funnier when you realize the person who signed the Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act—which guarantees back pay for furloughed employees—was of course Donald Trump.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 22h

US House Speaker Johnson: Some legal analysts don't believe in shutdown backpay.

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 1d

The funniest part of this to me is Ellison including the 1.5 million readers bit. Like...that's not that many! We had 1.1 million users visit Philly Mag's website last month and I'm not eagerly anticipating an offer to take over a major broadcast news agency.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 4d

dropping the all-caps PHILLIES on your first-grade spelling test >>>>

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 4d

A South Philadelphian first-grade spelling test. The bonus word is PHILLIES.

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 4d

genuinely surprised that Since U Been Gone, the greatest pop song of the millennium, hasn’t yet been used in this manner

ɪᴍᴍᴀɴᴜᴇʟ ᴋᴜɴᴛ @soberthots.bsky.social · 4d

question for the timeline

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 4d

I‘m admittedly a sap but I definitely didn’t expect to cry that much during One Battle After Another. As soon as [expertly placed song] dropped in the [surprisingly poignant athletic venue] I knew I was cooked.

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phylan @phylan.website · 5d

Ohtani never plays well in Philly because of our well-documented home field advantage (giant casino right next to the ballpark)

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 4d

this should've been part of the alumni newsletter!

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 5d

Loved this new @brettmartin.bsky.social story even though it's about something I care very little about (Disney, not New Orleans)

The Curious and Twisty Love Story Between New Orleans and Disney

The fascinating, decades-long dalliance between the Crescent City and the Disney version of it, starring a cartoon princess, Creole chefs, mechanical tiki birds, and the world’s most meticulously rese...

gardenandgun.com

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 5d

this is somehow the face of a man who was in college when Half Baked was in theaters

George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 5d

Holy shit. Russ Vought is 49. I seriously thought this mutherfucker was in his late 60s. Further proof that being a monster will age you hard.

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 5d

I have zero doubt that Liza Minnelli owns this entire outfit

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 5d

The Free Press has roughly the same number of subscribers as WHYY, Philly's public media station, has donors.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 5d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

www.mediaite.com

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 5d

genuine question: has Bari Weiss edited a single investigative story in her life?

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports

Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned.

Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the situation said.

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 5d

And, just seven years ago, you had to fly to Nevada to do even that!

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 5d

I explained multi-sport parlays and I thought he was going to roll out of the car.

And this was leaving a Phils game! This is someone who enjoys watching sports in person, which, now that I think about it, is probably the most insulated you can get from betting today and still follow a team?

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 5d

I was trying to explain online sports betting to a very offline, flip-phone carrying friend the other day and you would've thought I was trying to explain it to a Pilgrim. "You can just...do it on your phone? And they're giving people money just for signing up? That seems...bad?"

It does, Rob!

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 5d

This is an astounding leap in just three years, and it's great news for American society in general that these guys are starting to see just how destructive the proliferation of sports betting is.

Convincing every sports league and TV network of the same thing is going to be much more difficult.

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 5d

% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society

22% in 2022
47% in 2025

No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports

Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.

www.pewresearch.org

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 6d

“Gratis” is such an insane word to use here, like your story is a little homemade candy at the end of a prix fixe meal

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 6d

There's a guy in my neighborhood who drives an old Nissan Murano and looks so much like Xi Jinping that I've almost convinced myself that it is him and that he's living this really nice South Philly life—tomato pie, an occasional Phils game, citywides at Ray's.

I think about this more than I should

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 6d

I'd be surprised if even one or two percent of Pennsylvanians know the budget is delayed. I think this is one of those things where the media bubble is very real.

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 6d

so-depressing-you-want-to-cry stat in today's Quinnipiac poll of Pennsylvania poll.qu.edu/images/polli...

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 6d

as a fellow Fed Husband this is the first shutdown where I've thought "hmm, we might not actually get that money at the end of all this"

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 6d

oh Ironic by a mile, I think. Ironic was played on every kind of station when it came out, whereas You Oughta Know was only on rock/alt stations.

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 7d

Man this one hurts

After Four Years, Cantina La Martina Is Closing

Catina La Martina, the popular Mexican Restaurant in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, announces that it's closing next month.

www.phillymag.com

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