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I had a blast chatting about Philly’s weirdest stories of the year on Studio 2 on WHYY yesterday. I come in around minute 27 when the unserious portion starts. My full list of the 10 weirdest stories of 2024 will publish online & in print 12/29. whyy.org/episodes/phill…

Khalil Dessus, 14, was shot in the face at the Christmas Village last week while trying to defend his brother from bullies. He lost an eye, and a bullet remains in his brain. Still, he’s alive and improving each day — a Christmas miracle, his mom said. inquirer.com/crime/keiara-d…

Among many other happenings, a new mayor took office for the first time in eight years, the plan to build a downtown basketball arena ignited fierce opposition, and a big boat went... nowhere. billypenn.com/2024/12/27/bil…

More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence” theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

From skepticism to elation, Philadelphians across Chinatown and the city are still processing the arena news. billypenn.com/2025/01/12/six…

Young figure skaters, coaches were reportedly on plane from Wichita that crashed in DC kansas.com/news/local/art…

Explain why Lenfest-owned Philly Inquirer just eliminated its entire communities desk and sought the departures of five journalists of color. Jim Friedlich The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

This is high art

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This is what makes me livid about the “AI can do PhD level work and can produce anything a human scholar can” BS. No it can’t! It’s stealing and regurgitating things the scholars you’re disparaging did! It’s literally plagiarizing the human work you’re claiming its automating!

I write a lot about destructive things and I don't remember being so anxious about a threat since covid. I follow supply chains, maritime traffic, and port complexes for my security work. The ports are now quiet; the supply chain is sinking. Upcoming in @theatlantic.

96 people, including women who changed their names after marriage, were turned away from voting in New Hampshire under a new state law. One person had to make 3 trips just to vote. This is the type of voter suppression the SAVE Act (in the U.S. Senate) would cause nationwide.

Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Henry James, Flaubert, etc., writers more important than Hemingway & Orwell, didn't live exciting lives. There's no indication that Shakespeare had a particularly interesting life either.

NEW: The president's executive order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations.

As a PBS kid & public media adult, I am one of millions whose lives & integrity were shaped by ad-free, thoughtful, global content, I obv feel a way abt this. $ approved by Congress->2027, but frozen funds impacts costs, quality, job security in meantime. npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-…