we are apartment sitting for some close friends in brooklyn and i have to say that as a person who does not live here the density of public services and amenities is incredible. (and, of course, literal density is what makes it possible!)
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Opinion | As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent
The National Weather Service put out good forecasts. But a vital employee was missing.
"The Weather Service employee whose job it was to make sure those warnings got tractionβPaul Yura, the long-serving meteorologist in charge of βwarning coordinationββhad recently taken an unplanned early retirement amid cuts pushed by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency."
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Mayor Parker:
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One week in and it's clear who keeps this city running. The workers of DC 33 deserve a fair contract and workplace protections, and we stand with them.
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How Renters Fueled Zohran Mamdaniβs Victory
Andrew Cuomo won 11 out of 13 majority-homeowner districts β but Mamdani swept the floor in renter-heavy areas, where turnout surged.
Andrew Cuomo won 11 out of 13 majority-homeowner districts β but Mamdani swept the floor in renter-heavy areas, where turnout surged.
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Canβt be the same liberal indoctrinating ivies the right is always crying about
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If Harrisburg isn't going to pay to fund SEPTA, Philly shouldn't have to send its tax money out to pay for those giant wicker man statues they burn people in to bless the harvest or whatever they do out in Schuylkill county.
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I hate making angry phone calls, I hate engaging with these ghouls, Iβm sure you do too, but: itβs a beautiful day to call Gillibrandβs office, especially if youβre one of her constituents, and express your outrage at her hideous Islamophobia and outright lies.
NYC office: (212) 688-6262
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Liz Bruenig frothing at the mouth
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π£Today the House passed the PA Home Preservation Program out of committee with overwhelming bipartisan support! A vote on the House floor comes next. Thanks to @reppowell.com for championing this program, which will provide critical health and safety repairs to homeowners across our Commonwealth.
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Omg love
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Well-deserved!!
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Love 2 drink rice wine my bf makes in the basement
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Until like two years ago, I thought Jerome Powell was black. I realized I was wrong when I saw photos of him at the Dead & Co concert lmao
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This is the general theme of the last two years of the Democratic Party. As Dostoevsky put it: your worst crime is that you have betrayed yourself for nothing. They think they are making hardnosed sacrifices for leverage when theyβre really being sold seashells and trinkets
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Explain
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Lol
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Philly Bike Action statement on person on a bicycle killed on Baltimore Avenue:
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I bet it feels soooooo good to plant non-native honeysuckle
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Excited to see what they say about months spent being entirely too credulous towards the Sixers!
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Tell CHOP: Don't Treat Grays Ferry as a Parking Lot
The Childrenβs Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is proposing a 1,000-vehicle parking garage at 30th and Grays Ferry Avenue. This garage would be over 70 feet tall, reserved for employees, and would req...
CHOP is proposing a 1,000-vehicle parking garage at 30th and Grays Ferry Avenue. This garage would be over 70 feet tall, reserved for employees, and would require a separate shuttle service.
Sign this petition telling CHOP: Don't Treat Grays Ferry as a Parking Lot
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tf is rhode island?
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Shoving a 1000 car garage into an environment justice community so that you donβt need to ask family/friend/community for a ride in time of need? We must Retvrn to lookin out for one another!!!
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Unconscionable that CHOP is thinking of building a 1,000 car garage amidst a climate crisis, childhood asthma epidemic, instead of investing in active mobility and transit for employees and visitors when SEPTA is financial ruin and requesting the public's support
www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia...
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I medically and emotionally need to go to a Waxahatchee show soon. The doctor says itβs urgent
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