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The people who yelled that should be forced to watch the series like Clockwork Orange:

You who would have been a Pope who was actually weak on crime

Can we get a @dieworkwear.bsky.social thread on the Masters jacket?

8yo: Papa, what’s at the bottom of the food chain?
Me: IDK, plankton?
8yo: Papa, what’s at the top of the food chain?
Me: That would be The Apex Predator, Randy Orton

Image of ChatGPT output with the following text: PACs / committees that used rideshare the most This split is based on the committee names in the file, since there is not a clean “committee type” field. Laborers District Council PAC — $2,706.98 across 84 transactions Philadelphia Democratic Campaign Committee of Philadelphia — $2,194.39 across 114 transactions Concerned Citizens for PA — $28.98 across 2 transactions Notably, among PACs/committees: Highest spend: Laborers District Council PAC Most trips/transactions: Philadelphia Democratic Campaign Committee Candidates / candidate committees that used rideshare the most Friends of Kendra Brooks — $2,752.84 across 86 transactions Vote Kathy for Philly — $2,305.76 across 47 transactions Jamie for West Philly — $1,361.97 across 46 transactions Maria for Philadelphia — $1,177.55 across 39 transactions Citizens for Isaiah Thomas — $1,002.59 across 26 transactions Rue for Philly — $578.53 across 17 transactions Friends for Morgan Cephas — $566.73 across 14 transactions Friends of Jeffery Young Jr Esq — $508.01 across 23 transactions Friends of Curtis Jones Jr. — $363.54 across 4 transactions DEELEY 15 — $320.77 across 11 transactions A few notable patterns Friends of Kendra Brooks appears to be the largest candidate user by spend. Vote Kathy for Philly stands out because much of its spend was Lyft rather than Uber. Philadelphia Democratic Campaign Committee had a very large number of relatively small Uber charges, suggesting frequent local trip use.

Per ChatGPT, after feeding it all of the 2025 Campaign Finance reports:

We need a process to demand a recall elections for any office (particularly federal), and we also need a process to bypass legislatures to force ballot questions

What’s on the back of this one?

Looks like the contested Dem State House races are:

10/24/28/34/45/59/88/91/106/115/120/121/148/166/181/188/195/200/201/202

91, 195 & 200 have 3 candidates
45 and 148 have 4 candidates

Chief Petty Officer, US Navy
Owner of a lumber mill & hardware store

The former’s GI Bill survivorship benefits allowed my father to be the first to go to college

3 thoughts:

1 "nonprofit" is a tax structure & does not confer moral supremacy
2 This study should be viewed as critically as climate change reports funded by energy companies
3 Lower rents in older buildings only occur by allowing more expensive new construction
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This 5th Square April Fools headline is one of my proudest contributions:

Will there be a Wrexham/Chelsea watch party in Philly?

If that happens, USA Soccer better not put a star over their badge

Omari Hutchinson steps up…. AND IS SAVED BY ARTHUR OKONKWO AND WE WIN THE SHOOTOUT!!!

Wrexham AFC: ✅❌✅✅✅
Nottingham Forest: ✅❌✅✅❌

🔴⚪️ #WxmAFC

Went to visit my in-laws for Christmas and, in a show of dominance, wore my “#1 Dad” socks

This doesn’t say the costs are going up, it says the proportion of their budget is going up. Sounds like CCRA has a revenue issue.

Maybe if they weren’t a pay-to-play NIMBY organization (you aren’t allowed to participate in zoning matters w/o ponying up) they could get more dues paying members

RETVRN, but only for this

It’s cost $77 per adult and $47 per child to go go Medieval Times- highway robbery

Prices for Medieval Times- what in the world!?

Mirabel on the same throat as Loki inspires some big Trust-Busting Energy

So the thing with this Facebook commercial- the one dude gets out of the taxi and lights are clearly on in the dining room light to his left, but then the shot of him in the house is completely dark.

Sloppy work Mark, sloppy

Does Roman Mejia imply the existence of an Ottoman Mejia or a Byzantine Mejia? There’s definitely an Incan Mejia out there

So proud of my son (Tyrese Maxey)

Reduce the CDL weight requirement from 26,000lbs to 4,000lbs and watch all these monster SUV grocery haulers disappear, while auto makers scramble to produce sensibly sized cars

It should be reversed- Resign to Run should only apply to electeds

Why should a staffer making <$80k a year (& with a lower public persona) have to give up their job to run for office, but a sitting City Council member making >$150k (and all the trappings of their office) could keep their seat?

What do we want? TIME-TRAVEL!!!!
When do we want it? THAT'S IRRELEVANT!!!!

Is calling a first draft a “sloppy copy” a Southeast PA thing?

My kid called it that (bringing back memories for me) and my wife (who grew up in NYC) had never heard the term before

Not everything needs to be an integrated universe

Just tell good stories

Mamdani was elected because of Ranked Choice. Bringing that to PA could unite the anti-establishment movements that cannibalize each other

Like imagine if the Gym/Rhynhart supporter split didn’t become so nasty, and instead they built a cross-endorsement coalition with Domb- would Parker be mayor?

VJ Max, they’re the VJ Max
Power Backcourt

Still workshopping it, but this could be a thing