They gave me a "1" when I got to the Philadelphia Daily News in 1991, followed by a 4, 7, 9 & a 12. I started getting myself iPhones in 2008. I saw car phones and bag phones and even one briefcase phone in the 80s. But my "first phone" was latched onto a wall jack and had a very long handset cable.
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” —James Madison
The Iranians are playing this brainsick dullard like a yo-yo.
Pete Hegseth furious that now people think Kash Patel can outdrink him.
The kid in the Gordie Howe jersey on Senior Ditch Day knew the assignment.
#Cubs
Street scene, Cork City center, people at intersection, church steeple on horizon, not so far
First morning back in Cork; dying for a coffee.
The woman by Kennedy’s side is trying so hard not to laugh
Not only did the sons probably call ICE on her, the day after her husband died they took their dad's cars, leaving her housebound. Then they rerouted mail, causing her to miss a visa appointment & the utilities to be turned off. Tony and Gary Ross are going to hell.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...
White House bunker to include “Jesus-grade resurrection cave” donated by Peter Thiel, says Trump.
Selfie at River Lee
First day back in Cork: damp. 🤷♂️
A 91-year-old grandmother was reported unresponsive, prompting a welfare check by police. When officers arrived, they found her in her room, busy setting a new personal record on a video game.
Airline seat back map showing flight route map PHL to LHR
Plan for this evening.
I paid more to my accountant to do my taxes than Elon Musk paid in taxes.
#TrumpRiggedYourTaxReturn
The president has used a loophole in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to get away with mass warrantless surveillance of Americans — and this week Congress will vote on whether to expand this power.
Tell Congress to vote NO at 833-946-2258.
ICE has detained 6,200+ kids in Trump's second term, up 10x since Biden left office
Terrible damage to children is being done in our name.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/06/i...
Dr. Evan Eschliman of Duke University presents research published in partnership with our team at the PCGVR multidisciplinary research collaborative during The Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research Annual Conference yesterday in Providence, RI.
I biked both parks and all those trails many times when I was younger. Just priceless. I take shorter, flatter, simpler rides now.
god grant me the audacity of a Catholic convert sincerely telling the Pope he’s wrong about theology
Just under 30C but dramatically warmer for the first time after an exceptionally long cold winter here.
Last week, he threatened to wipe out an entire civilization. This week, he attacked the Pope and followed it up with an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ. The Epstein files? Buried. The swamp? Filled with his GOP sycophants.
MAGA, the jig is up. You're not getting anything you voted for.
All hecklers too
I don’t care anymore.
Solid lede too
I feel honored by every opportunity to take part in the pcgvr.org multidisciplinary research collaborative. My favorite takeaway here: 65% of participating journalists agreed or strongly agreed that journalists have a role to play in community firearm violence prevention.
weather app screenshot says 83
Walking on the shady side of the street, all of a sudden.
It's now been six years (and a couple of weeks) since @rjionline.bsky.social got behind me and the idea of better gun violence reporting to launch @pcgvr.org, which has come a long way with our incredible, staff, funders and other stakeholders. Of course @billy-penn.bsky.social was there to report:
A black minivan with the preamble of the declaration of independence written on the back window
The normies are writing the text of the declaration of independence on their Chrysler minivans! We are going to win.
AGVR helps reporters tell more nuanced, solutions-forward stories about gun violence in hopes of minimizing harm to survivors while advancing public health-informed, trauma-aware and community-centered journalism. agvr.org
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