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Happy 40th birthday to the talented Carly Rae Jepsen.
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Happy 40th birthday to the talented Carly Rae Jepsen.
Amazing how much this project had to compromise just to get to this stage. A giant parking lot put in, a huge reduction in the number of units, and pushing the buildings away from the street.
“It’s a travesty that one deep-pocketed opponent has been able to block access to housing for over 100 families in my neighborhood for years.
It’s more expensive than ever to rent or buy here, and this project would be a welcome change to its current use as a derelict warehouse.”
It’s more expensive than ever to rent or buy here, and this project would be a welcome change to its current use as a derelict warehouse.”
West Philly affordable housing project could finally advance, almost 6 years after it was proposed
A Cedar Park neighbor of a planned 104-unit affordable housing development lost a lawsuit that challenged the city's zoning change to facilitate the project.
www.inquirer.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Amazing how much this project had to compromise just to get to this stage. A giant parking lot put in, a huge reduction in the number of units, and pushing the buildings away from the street.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Full buildout of Newark LRT/Subway: Exponentially greater impact on the NJ/NY region at a similar cost....
November 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Full buildout of Newark LRT/Subway: Exponentially greater impact on the NJ/NY region at a similar cost....
Cool how the modal source of news in the US today is of slightly lower quality and veracity than the Weekly World News.
A scroll of your Facebook timeline will tell there's been a nuclear attack, Peyton Manning has come out of retirement and signed with the Packers, Epstein was found alive in Florida, an NFL player was suspended for supporting Trump, a whistleblower said the moon landing was fake. Nonstop unreality.
Tech giants keep touting a system they built to label AI-generated content. But it only works if everyone uses it.
So I checked. They're not using it.
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So I checked. They're not using it.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Cool how the modal source of news in the US today is of slightly lower quality and veracity than the Weekly World News.
All schools should be public schools and all school districts should be county-wide.
The compensation for a CEO should be no more than around 40-50 times that of the lowest paid worker as a matter of law.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
All schools should be public schools and all school districts should be county-wide.
"Mental object IE Mobject" was probably the worst book Jack Kirby made for DC.
"skin as part of brain?"
This is that great intellect people talk about?
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Mental object IE Mobject" was probably the worst book Jack Kirby made for DC.
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I feel a disturbance in the Force, as if millions of people are watching Mildred Pierce.
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I feel a disturbance in the Force, as if millions of people are watching Mildred Pierce.
I had never seen this before and it's great. I'm now moderately convinced that Jimi Hendrix invented shoegaze.
Now playing (11:20 AM PST):
"Jimi Plays Monterey" (1987)
By Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker
Runtime: 50 min.
"Jimi Plays Monterey" (1987)
By Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker
Runtime: 50 min.
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I had never seen this before and it's great. I'm now moderately convinced that Jimi Hendrix invented shoegaze.
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[Tolkien, seeing the word "scarves"]: "Yes, ha ha ha... yes!"
April 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
[Tolkien, seeing the word "scarves"]: "Yes, ha ha ha... yes!"
This is how you get Curtis Yarvins.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This is how you get Curtis Yarvins.
Just treat it like Batman.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Just treat it like Batman.
If PATCO had 5 minute or lower headways, it would be a legit useful way to get around Center City, now that the Franklin Square station is up and running.
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If PATCO had 5 minute or lower headways, it would be a legit useful way to get around Center City, now that the Franklin Square station is up and running.
It's great that they're putting in cameras but it's crazy that there's two months of no tickets. The *red light* is the warning you can get ticketed!
60-day warning period begins for red light cameras on Kelly Drive at Eakins Oval
60-day warning period begins for red light cameras on Kelly Drive at Eakins Oval
A 60-day warning period for red light cameras on Kelly Drive at Eakins Oval begins Monday.
on.nbc10.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It's great that they're putting in cameras but it's crazy that there's two months of no tickets. The *red light* is the warning you can get ticketed!
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Hot roundup of PMA commentary from my colleague @alaina-johns.bsky.social at Broad Street Review: www.broadstreetreview.com/editorials/n...
New PMA CEO Sasha Suda fired in a wild week at Philly’s premier museum
Hot takes are flying on the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s rebrand and sudden firing of CEO Sasha Suda. Alaina Johns breaks it down.
www.broadstreetreview.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hot roundup of PMA commentary from my colleague @alaina-johns.bsky.social at Broad Street Review: www.broadstreetreview.com/editorials/n...
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Briana White - Aerith’s voice actress in the FF7 series- is currently running a huge charity auction with a bunch of Final Fantasy memorabilia. And all proceeds are donated Immigrant Defenders Law Center - helping for legal funds and reconnecting families. Take a look! tiltify.com/@thestranger...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Briana White - Aerith’s voice actress in the FF7 series- is currently running a huge charity auction with a bunch of Final Fantasy memorabilia. And all proceeds are donated Immigrant Defenders Law Center - helping for legal funds and reconnecting families. Take a look! tiltify.com/@thestranger...
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The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
I know what I'm doing for the next 6 months.
Whoa!
Wong Kar Wai has a 30-episode TV series coming out on Criterion Channel 11/24
Wong Kar Wai has a 30-episode TV series coming out on Criterion Channel 11/24
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I know what I'm doing for the next 6 months.
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Centrism is the belief that society achieved perfection around the same time as you became a homeowner
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Centrism is the belief that society achieved perfection around the same time as you became a homeowner
Soda Pop is great because it's both a catchy little tune and exactly what a demon would say when it wants to consume your soul.
MY LITTLE SODA POP
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Soda Pop is great because it's both a catchy little tune and exactly what a demon would say when it wants to consume your soul.
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There used to be this incredible thing called prime time television commercials. We all hated them but they actually turned out to be the bulwark of American mass culture and republicanism
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
There used to be this incredible thing called prime time television commercials. We all hated them but they actually turned out to be the bulwark of American mass culture and republicanism
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New Jersey deserves better. New Jersey deserves Mikie Sherrill.
November 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
New Jersey deserves better. New Jersey deserves Mikie Sherrill.
This @juliusgoat.bsky.social essay is rapidly becoming load-bearing.
www.the-reframe.com/your-ignoran...
www.the-reframe.com/your-ignoran...
October 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This @juliusgoat.bsky.social essay is rapidly becoming load-bearing.
www.the-reframe.com/your-ignoran...
www.the-reframe.com/your-ignoran...
My daughter is Anna for school today but will be Zoey for trick-or-treating.
early elementary school report: kpop demon hunters has at last dethroned elsa as the costume of choice for little girls
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My daughter is Anna for school today but will be Zoey for trick-or-treating.