Tom Durso

@fetterman.senate.gov, please tell your office to expect an angry phone call this afternoon. I know it won't do a damned thing, but maybe it'll make me feel a bit better. Who knows, maybe I'll ring @schumer.senate.gov, too.

Syme's Letter Writer by Rachel Syme: 9780593235102 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A literary jaunt in praise of the lost art of letter writing that explores a cultural history and the undeniable thrill of old-school correspondence—from journalist and cultural critic Rachel Syme....

Just finished listening to the audio version of this book, and it is delightful. Yes, it's an ode to letter writing and its various components and accoutrements -- fountain pens, stamps, envelopes, postcards, typewriters, paper, wax seals, and so on -- but it's also so much more. Highly recommended.

Two people discussing the dumbest headline you could ever imagine: "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?"

Oh, this is an easy one.

NO, YOU MORONS, THEY DID NOT.

Lazy, misogynistic tropes passing as hot takes, though? Lots more ruinous, to the workplace and everywhere else.

Can we have the mid-terms, like, tomorrow? Asking for a country.

Happy Public Radio Music Day! Celebrate by tuning in to @wxpnfm.bsky.social, the best damned music station in the country.

No kings, y’all. #NoKings

Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, showing up for #NoKings.

Not that anyone asked, but "The Life of a Showgirl" holds up quite well on second listen.

If my math is correct, Turner, Schwarber, and Harp are 2-for-21 in this series.

More like Dead October, amirite?

Awfully kind of the Phillies to all but ensure that the Dodgers will clinch the NLDS in Chavez Ravine, in front of their home crowd.

So, yep, I did indeed listen to "The Life of a Showgirl" as I got my workday underway. And I liked it. Don't @ me.

YouTube video by Philly Sports Tok We're talking about the FIGHTINS! The FIGHTINS #shorts

Happy Red October to all who celebrate. #RingTheBell #GoPhils

GO. BIRDS.

Make a band singular:

One Maniac

Enough with the hagiography already.

Phillies taking care of business.

Appreciate the recommendation. Naomi Klein's DOPPELGANGER is also definitely worth a read along these lines.

I finished CARELESS PEOPLE this week, and holy hell.

I'm a little more than halfway through Sarah Wynn-Williams's aptly titled "Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism," and I'm starting to think that David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin were too easy on Zuck.

It's a love story, baby, just say "yes."

I just called my senators and congresswoman to share how harmful this would be and to ask that they oppose it vociferously and often. You should do the same.

Shame on the Republican Party for enabling preventable mass sickness and death.

Bicycles with motors are, by definition, motorcycles. And they do not belong on biking/hiking trails.

Over the last three days, I have learned that dropping off your second child at college is just as exhilarating, excruciating, exciting, and stone-cold heartbreaking as dropping off your first child. Big hugs to all family members going through it themselves this August.

Went there a couple weeks ago — so cool!

e.g. Patty Griffin's "One Big Love," currently playing, and October Project's "Bury My Lovely," played previously.

I discovered @wxpnfm.bsky.social when I got my first office job. It's been so fun hearing @kristenkurtis.bsky.social's picks for this week's #TBTXPN theme: "the tracks that shaped our sound, built our community, and became part of our DNA." Can't wait for the rest of the day!

The uncritical eye of much of the mainstream media and its replacement of journalism with stenography have not served the country well.

C’mon, @apnews.com. He in no way “sees [this] as ‘pretty boring.’” He only *says* that. Every indication is that he *sees* it as scary and damaging as hell.