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Philly schools are off friday for teacher development so i think this counts as alternative learning.

Vince is one of the very few critics who can write a review that feels definitive. Here’s one of them.

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

As Kamala proved, they’d rather lose elections than advocate for policies their big donors don’t approve.

Theyre both great and we really need a Flock Together Tour

Long Live The Slip

If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.

John Wall is retiring after 11 seasons, he announced on social media.

◽️ 2016-17 All-NBA Third Team
◽️ 5x All-Star
◽️ Slam Dunk Contest champion
◽️ Wizards franchise leader in total steals and assists per game

State Senate Republicans must step up for all Pennsylvanians | Editorial The state budget is six weeks late, and outside Senate GOP leadership, everyone else has done their part to get it across the finish line.

“SEPTA has also done considerable work to assuage concerns about both its financials and the quality of its service. Citations for fare evasion and smoking are up. Crime is down. The agency’s efficiency initiative has already produced tens of millions…savings” www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

Howard Stern Went From Shock Jock To Centrist Cat-Dad. If His Audience Couldn’t Follow, That’s Not His Fault The 71-year-old superhost, whose 20-year tenure at SiriusXM may be coming to a close, was famous for breaking every rule of broadcasting—but his most daring stunt was growing up in public.

Howard Stern aging into a centrist cat-dad is maybe a surprising trajectory, but given the alternatives seems like the best we could've hoped for. www.gq.com/story/howard...

Opinion | Donald Trump and John Roberts Have a Lot in Common

new piece from on the 60th anniversary of the voting rights act, and what the law has meant for american democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...

Obvi it's pj carlisimo

I’m kind of an AI skeptic but if it gets clowns like this to exit the dating pool I might become a fan

www.instagram.com/hardenaphill...

Phish is playing an unprecedented number of long jams on this tour. 🤯

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Tonight, we prepare for two nights of @phish.com in Philly at the Mann. Join our resident Phish expert Brian Seltzer for four hours of nothing but live Phish - some fan faves, some "deepdeep" tracks, some covers. Starts at 8pm Philly time.

Remember, folks: Part of "AI doesn't actually know anything" is "AIs can't admit anything."

If Grok spews antisemitism, that's brainless mimicry.

And if Grok tells you WHY it's spewing antisemitism, that's brainless mimicry too.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Letter: Sen. Lee’s response to the assassination of Minnesota senator are sickening — and should be his downfall Letter: Sen. Lee’s response to the assassination of Minnesota senator are sickening — and should be his downfall

Letter to the Editor: Mike Lee’s response to the assassination of Minnesota senator are sickening—and should be his downfall. www.sltrib.com/opinion/lett...

A homemade sign reading "only one orange king in Philly", with a picture of Gritty wearing a crown over his helmet and saying "it me"

A homemade sign with "Liberté, Égalité, Gritté" written in copperplate script

In Order to Defeat a Toddler, You Must Think Like a Toddler Three-year-olds are stubborn, irrational, and endlessly frustrating. But in a world obsessed with optimization and order, writes Vince Mancini, they’re also a means of escape from a quotidian reality.

To defeat a toddler, you must think like a toddler: my father’s day contribution, for @gqmagazine.bsky.social
www.gq.com/story/think-...

Philly ice cream spots both new and old for summer 2025 From classics like the Franklin Fountain to newbies like Malai, Billy Penn rounds up a list of some of our favorite frozen shops.

Is the heat already getting you down? Grab yourself some Bassett’s butter pecan, Milk Jawn’s vegan mango sticky rice, or Float Dreamery’s “globzilla” for some deliciously chilly relief.

Keep track of any Democrat or commentator or personality who advocates for Musk to be welcomed back into the fold. These are people you cannot trust and should be kept as far away from the levers of power as humanly possible.

63% of American adults had unfavorable views of Martin Luther King Jr in August 1966, per Gallup surveys

46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll

to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership

If you want an alternative 👀…

Tune into The Athletic NBA Daily Shootaround at 9am PT/12pm ET TODAY on our YouTube channel for playoff coverage.

PLUS, check out our show this morning for a review of the ECF Game 4 with @davedufour.bsky.social and @fredkatz.bsky.social

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Knicks-Pacers Is Back. Can the Reboot Top the Original? The ’90s rivalry is a core memory for so many, but there’s a chance this year’s Eastern Conference finals clash could be even better. Get ready for another SmackDown.

Danny Chau on the Knicks-Pacers rivalry is a must-read 💯

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Theres a lot of options in here but this one might be my favorite. New No Dunks recording space? www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...

Anyway, just a reminder that @thebulwark.com is a news outlet run by lifelong Republicans who wish that Trump would be a little less obviously racist than he is. They still agree with all of the shitty policies of the right.

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