Living the car-free dream in Philly. Philly public school parent. Brompton Bicycles are the ultimate urban life hack. I only really care about Philly issues; it’s not my job to provide context to my posts for non-Philly folks.
The events in Minneapolis this past week are clearly affecting people in a way that the other craziness of the past year hasn’t.
Our church leaders have done a great job of addressing the political climate in a way that’s not partisan but with a clear point of view of what’s biblical.
January 11, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The events in Minneapolis this past week are clearly affecting people in a way that the other craziness of the past year hasn’t.
Our church leaders have done a great job of addressing the political climate in a way that’s not partisan but with a clear point of view of what’s biblical.
If we believed the NFL gods are urbanists who will always favor the team representing the denser city, the 49ers will be this year's Super Bowl champions.
January 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
If we believed the NFL gods are urbanists who will always favor the team representing the denser city, the 49ers will be this year's Super Bowl champions.
I asked Google Gemini to create a list of NFL cities sorted by population density. Jacksonville has the lowest density of all NFL cities. Here's the full Gemini response: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I asked Google Gemini to create a list of NFL cities sorted by population density. Jacksonville has the lowest density of all NFL cities. Here's the full Gemini response: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I think this is the danger of loneliness and the absence of healthy human relationships that can help keep us grounded. When our experience of life increasingly happens through a screen and the internet, we lose that connection to reality.
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 AM
I think this is the danger of loneliness and the absence of healthy human relationships that can help keep us grounded. When our experience of life increasingly happens through a screen and the internet, we lose that connection to reality.
I worry there's a rapidly increasing number of people whose sense of reality is actually slipping away from them. It feels wild to consider that's happening--it's like something out of a dystopian movie.
January 7, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I worry there's a rapidly increasing number of people whose sense of reality is actually slipping away from them. It feels wild to consider that's happening--it's like something out of a dystopian movie.
I think they should just outsource it. Or even better, developers at multiple newspapers should collaborate on an open source app. With the exception of the NY Times, most papers aren't funded well enough to try to use their website/app as a competitive advantage. The value is in the journalism.
January 6, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I think they should just outsource it. Or even better, developers at multiple newspapers should collaborate on an open source app. With the exception of the NY Times, most papers aren't funded well enough to try to use their website/app as a competitive advantage. The value is in the journalism.
I haven’t heard of anyone trying to get 7-8+ weeks from an unlimited PTO policy but I’m curious how that turned out. 😁 I think 4-5 weeks is reasonable. I’m sure 6 weeks is also no problem for someone who has tenure.
January 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I haven’t heard of anyone trying to get 7-8+ weeks from an unlimited PTO policy but I’m curious how that turned out. 😁 I think 4-5 weeks is reasonable. I’m sure 6 weeks is also no problem for someone who has tenure.