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Larry Davis

@thephillyguy.bsky.social

Philly & Philly sports / Urbanist / PATCO / SEPTA / Avid reader / Earthseed / Member DRPA Citizens Advisory Committee / Not #LarryDavid aka @PatcoWatchers on the bird app.

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#yellowllast might be harder than #purplefirst

12.10.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m glad the Phillies NLDS game isn’t in Philly tonight. Playing in this rain would really suck.

Said no one ever.

11.10.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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IT'S FASCISM!!

11.10.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2825    πŸ” 1276    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 43

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

10.10.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 19051    πŸ” 3752    πŸ’¬ 129    πŸ“Œ 68

It being anti fascist, anti fascism is wrong then I don’t want to be right.

Hitler was a fascist
Mussolini was a fascist
Trump is a fascist

10.10.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was my first bike.
#truestory

10.10.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Upper level seats $476?

10.10.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coriell Institute Breaks Ground on New HQ and Strategic Innovation Center The Coriell Institute for Medical Research has strengthened its investment in Camden after breaking ground on its new life sciences campus

With a life sciences expansion in southeast Camden, PATCO should really think about building that Gateway infill station by Newtown-Haddon Ave... @thephillyguy.bsky.social
njbmagazine.com/njb-news-now...

10.10.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s another question for next month…

And our meeting next DRPACAC month will be in-person, 1st since the pandemic. You are welcome to come and ask questions yourself.

10.10.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire and saying i 'm fine this is fine everything is fine Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire and saying i 'm fine this is fine everything is fine Phillies lost Eagles lost

Me irl

10.10.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pa. is the only state without a budget. Where lawmakers stands 100 days late The state has been without a budget for 100 days, and Senate Republicans said they needed to review Democrats' latest proposal.

Pa. is the only state without a budget. Where lawmakers stands 100 days late www.goerie.com/story/news/p... via @GoErie

10.10.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Talk radio should be fun tomorrow amirite

10.10.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a phillies mascot is standing on the field Alt: a phillies mascot is standing on the field Go Phillies Go Birds Philly
09.10.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DRPA | Projects The Authority currently has $801.7 million in on-going capital projects in order to maintain, improve and upgrade our four bridges and PATCO transit line.

From the DRPA…

Betsy Ross Bridge Travel Alert

Guide rail repairs & sign gantry replacement scheduled:

Thu, Oct 9 (9AM–3PM): Rt 90 E β†’ Rt 130 N/S ramps CLOSED

Fri, Oct 10 (9AM–3PM): Rt 130 S β†’ Rt 90 W ramps CLOSED

To learn more about ongoing projects: drpa.org/projects

09.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder…

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is in Bethesda, MD

Walter Rand Transportation Center is in Camden, NJ

09.10.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty sure Cubic is the vendor but gotta wait till next month for more info

09.10.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hero image for Standard Ebooks showing nicely-formatted Sherlock Holmes book on phones, tablets, kindles and ereaders

Hero image for Standard Ebooks showing nicely-formatted Sherlock Holmes book on phones, tablets, kindles and ereaders

It's been a while since I've seen it mentioned, so if you did happen to pick up a Kindle in the sales this week (πŸ‘€), check out the Standard Ebooks project for hundreds of public domain works with good metadata, proofreading, and nice cover art: https://standardebooks.org

09.10.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Take my money (literally, just ordered one)

09.10.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Update from last night’s DRPACAC meeting…

Open payment system coming to PATCO fare gates before the end of the year!
www.ridepatco.org/projects/tic...

09.10.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman holds a cup of coffee in front of a starbucks window ALT: a woman holds a cup of coffee in front of a starbucks window
09.10.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
So excited to see the Phillies NLDS game tonight at Dodgers Stadium with my friend Jimmy McGuire from Jeopardy!

So excited to see the Phillies NLDS game tonight at Dodgers Stadium with my friend Jimmy McGuire from Jeopardy!

So excited to see the Phillies NLDS game tonight at Dodgers Stadium with my friend Jimmy!
Go Phils!

09.10.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check out some of my favorite books on @bookshop.org
bookshop.org/lists/larry-...

08.10.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve asked before, PATCO isn’t interested in opening new lines

08.10.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Glassboro Camden Line

I think you’re more asking about the GCL?
glassborocamdenline.com

08.10.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably. You have a specific question?

08.10.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman is sitting at a desk holding a flower in her hand and says ask me anything . Alt: a woman is sitting at a desk holding a flower in her hand and says ask me anything . We have a DRPA CAC meeting tonight. Who has any DRPA/PATCO related questions? Philly South New Jersey transit

We have a DRPA CAC meeting tonight. Who has any DRPA/PATCO related questions?

08.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The United States president, who is a pedophile, is currently leading a government shutdown because he is semi-illiterate and professionally destitute in the basic functions of civil government and his lackeys are refusing to remediate this because it would reveal that said president is a pedophile.

07.10.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 531    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I love our Ioniq 5 and try to use the free charging when I can. But charging to 80% at home usually costs $5-$7.
Don’t understand why more people don’t get EVs

08.10.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
club of all time by performing for Igor Stravinsky at Birdland. Alfred Appel tells it definitively in his book Jazz Modernism: From Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce:
The house was almost full, even before the opening set - Billy Taylor's piano trio - except for the conspicuous empty table to my right, which bore a RESERVED sign, unusual for Birdland.
After the pianist finished his forty-five-minute set, a party of four men and a woman settled in at the table, rather clamorously, three waiters swooping in quickly to take their orders as a ripple of whispers and exclamations ran through Birdland at the sight of one of the men, Igor Stravinsky. He was a celebrity, and an icon to jazz fans because he sanctified modern jazz by composing Ebony Concerto for Woody Herman and his Orchestra (1946) - a Covarrubias
"Impossible Interview" come true.
As Parker's quintet walked onto the bandstand, trumpeter Red Rodney recognized Stravinsky, front and almost center. Rodney leaned over and told Parker, who did not look at Stravinsky.
Parker immediately called the first number for his band, and, forgoing the customary greeting to the crowd, was off like a shot. At the sound of the opening notes, played in unison by trumpet and alto, a chill went up and down the back of my neck.
They were playing "Koko, which, because of its epochal breakneck tempo
- over three hundred beats per minute on the metronome - Parker never assayed before his second set, when he was sufficiently warmed up. Parker's phrases were flying as fluently as ever on this particular daunting "Koko." At the beginning of his second chorus he interpolated the opening of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite as though it had always been there, a perfect fit, and then sailed on with the rest of the number. Stravinsky roared with delight, pounding his glass on the table, the upward arc of the glass sending its liquor and ice cubes onto the people behind him, who threw up their hands or ducked.
Parker didn't just happen to…

club of all time by performing for Igor Stravinsky at Birdland. Alfred Appel tells it definitively in his book Jazz Modernism: From Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce: The house was almost full, even before the opening set - Billy Taylor's piano trio - except for the conspicuous empty table to my right, which bore a RESERVED sign, unusual for Birdland. After the pianist finished his forty-five-minute set, a party of four men and a woman settled in at the table, rather clamorously, three waiters swooping in quickly to take their orders as a ripple of whispers and exclamations ran through Birdland at the sight of one of the men, Igor Stravinsky. He was a celebrity, and an icon to jazz fans because he sanctified modern jazz by composing Ebony Concerto for Woody Herman and his Orchestra (1946) - a Covarrubias "Impossible Interview" come true. As Parker's quintet walked onto the bandstand, trumpeter Red Rodney recognized Stravinsky, front and almost center. Rodney leaned over and told Parker, who did not look at Stravinsky. Parker immediately called the first number for his band, and, forgoing the customary greeting to the crowd, was off like a shot. At the sound of the opening notes, played in unison by trumpet and alto, a chill went up and down the back of my neck. They were playing "Koko, which, because of its epochal breakneck tempo - over three hundred beats per minute on the metronome - Parker never assayed before his second set, when he was sufficiently warmed up. Parker's phrases were flying as fluently as ever on this particular daunting "Koko." At the beginning of his second chorus he interpolated the opening of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite as though it had always been there, a perfect fit, and then sailed on with the rest of the number. Stravinsky roared with delight, pounding his glass on the table, the upward arc of the glass sending its liquor and ice cubes onto the people behind him, who threw up their hands or ducked. Parker didn't just happen to…

Stravinsky saw Charlie Parker play at Birdland

08.10.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 228    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7
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Our Favorite Prime Day Deals From Stores That Aren't Amazon You don't have to shop Amazon Big Deal Days to save on WIRED-approved favorites.

If you, like me, try to limit your Amazon shopping, you can still benefit from Prime Day deals by shopping the sales that other, non-Amazon retailers put on to compete with APD.

For example, I need some new sheets. I can buy them directly through the company website at a similar discount right now.

07.10.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 192    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

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