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Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Enjoys hoops.

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Closing this North Philly school would be ‘severing a lifeline’ for special-education students, supporters say

James R. Ludlow Elementary School in North Philadelphia educates a substantial population of special-education students.

And the learning environment for those students would be upturned by the school district’s recommendation to close Ludlow after next school year, teachers say.

07.03.2026 19:15 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Unfortunately, “Yo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn” is an instant classic

06.03.2026 13:38 👍 9553 🔁 2166 💬 89 📌 34
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

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Why Philly has so many chicken bones lying around A reader asked through Curious Philly about the discarded drums and flats found on the Philly streets.

Chicken bones are all over the streets of Philadelphia, and most other major cities. Here's what's behind the sidewalk bone temples: share.inquirer.com/UuucRo

17.02.2026 14:20 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Federal judge orders Trump admin to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House

NEW: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the slavery exhibits removed from the President's House in Philadelphia.

16.02.2026 18:48 👍 198 🔁 73 💬 4 📌 16
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Toddler, Hospitalized with Life-Threatening Respiratory Failure, Was Returned to ICE Detention and Denied Prescribed Meds A toddler at an ICE detention center in Texas was rushed to the hospital with respiratory failure, pneumonia and more, and when the 18-month-old and her parents had to return to the center, ICE office...

Amalia, 18 months, "nearly died" at Dilley migrant family jail, a lawyer for her family said in a statement to @people.com: people.com/toddler-hosp...

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Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...

there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time

13.02.2026 14:01 👍 2029 🔁 753 💬 21 📌 123
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Jesus was crucified, too James Harden's greatest supporter returns with her thoughts on the superstar's latest trade.

"Jesus, too, had to leave his “team” (the disciples) for reasons beyond his control. Yet one of these men is hailed as the Messiah while the other is smeared as a fatsuit-clad diva."

@kylietcheung.bsky.social is back at BASKETBALL FEELINGS to sort out james harden's move to cleveland, thank god

11.02.2026 16:56 👍 74 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 12
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With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

guys please don’t fall for the cute doggo ring super bowl commercial. they’re literally creating a tool that turns all ring cameras in a neighborhood into a surveillance dragnet

10.02.2026 15:37 👍 245 🔁 77 💬 4 📌 3

This is an unbelievable breakdown of the halftime show

09.02.2026 08:13 👍 223 🔁 61 💬 3 📌 1

Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”

05.02.2026 17:27 👍 8153 🔁 1798 💬 66 📌 114

A useful map and table from this article.

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Saw this clip from that interview floating around and had to share 🙂

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"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota

Via DonHarris4/X

27.01.2026 19:59 👍 12108 🔁 2445 💬 127 📌 190
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Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.

How far we have not come in 250 years.

22.01.2026 21:33 👍 3315 🔁 1699 💬 124 📌 296
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Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show

We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

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That is what was relayed

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preview says 3, as of now the headline is updated to 6

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i believe the photographer who is taking the photo is Christopher Katsarov of the Canadian Press, and here is his photo

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A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead

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NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed

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Mike Tomlin somehow just keeps on keepin' on

05.01.2026 04:39 👍 220 🔁 39 💬 6 📌 40
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

23.12.2025 01:28 👍 35887 🔁 18251 💬 563 📌 1735
News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

22.12.2025 03:37 👍 27408 🔁 10852 💬 679 📌 958
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DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads A Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times investigation found the DeSantis’ administration’s use of public money to fund a campaign against marijuana and abortion access was more sprawling than previously kn...

DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads

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A nonprofit thought it had $170,000 in the bank. Then the payroll didn’t clear.

FNC, a grant manager for small nonprofits, spent itself into a deficit over the course of years, continuously using money belonging to one group to pay for another.

11.12.2025 18:04 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

09.12.2025 17:35 👍 12437 🔁 2909 💬 120 📌 445

This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.

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To get their charges dropped, these teenagers are running the Philly Half Marathon Instead of punishing the students for the crimes they may have committed, MileUp, a juvenile diversion program, intends to teach them accountability and responsibility through running.

Teens from juvenile diversion program MileUp will be among the thousands of athletes participating in this weekend’s races. They’re running for more than accolades.

21.11.2025 13:29 👍 23 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1
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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings

The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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