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David Gambacorta

@dgambacorta

Feb 3

“I’ve never seen anything like that in a big city." A phrase common to

@rw_briggs

stories:

Philly sheriff’s top legal adviser has been moonlighting as a criminal defense lawyer

Undersheriff Tariq El-Shabazz has been representing clients in city courts, records show, an apparent violation of ethics rules.

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The Pulse

@WHYYThePulse

Jan 27

ICYMI: Could magic mushrooms cure COVID-related smell loss? Here's why some people took a chance with shrooms to smell again.

@lizxtung

reports 🖊 bit.ly/3vEpNm6

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Feb 1

Jeff Brown is reincarnated newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker played by Burt Lancaster in 1957's Sweet Smell of Success, one of the best American journalism movies of all time. This concludes my analysis of the 2023 Philadelphia mayor's race.

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Jason Nark

@JasonNark

Jan 30

A thread: My best friend took his life in 2013, shortly after a Pennsylvania climber went missing in the Sierra, and I bound their stories together. I spent 8 years on it—giving up often-and only

@AlpinistMag

saw what I was trying to say. alpinist.com/doc/web23w/wfe

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Celeste Katz Marston

@CelesteKatzNYC

Jan 30

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Radley Balko

@radleybalko

Jan 30

Philly cops sidelined by injury get full pay plus a 20% bonus. Police union had designated doctors to diagnose injured cops. Incredibly, 14% of the force was on paid injury leave. After media report, union doctors were dismissed. Injuries dropped 30%.

Number of Philly cops out injured drops 31% after Inquirer investigation uncovers abuse

Doctors picked by the police union had diagnosed several hundred officers as being so injured that they couldn’t even testify in court.

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Ilona Wysmulek

@IlonaWysmulek

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Racquet

@racquetmagazine

Jan 25

If you’ve suffered emotional damage after playing Novak Djokovic at the #AusOpen, you may be entitled to compensation…

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With

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Ashley Hoffman

@_AshleyHoffman

Jan 25

Sign up for the @PhillyInquirer real estate newsletter demystifying the real estate world in the Philly region by @michaellebond. Launching tomorrow! inquirer.com/newsletters/re

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Jan 20

RIP Jerry Blavat. Last time I spoke to him on the phone he greeted me with, "BILL BENDER MY MAN POTS AND PANS" before I even got a question out

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Jeff Gammage

@JeffGammage

Jan 20

The Geator is gone. And Philadelphia mourns. From @delucadan in @PhillyInquirer: inquirer.com/obituaries/jer

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Another candidate joining race for mayor of Philadelphia, according to party head

Court Theory

@Court_Theory

Jan 19

I still believe Andy Murray can turn this into a 5 hour match. #AusOpen2023 #AusOpen

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"At one point he actually tried his hand at standup comedy, and put an advertisement on backstage.com as “Michael J Stack aka Honorable Governor Stack aka Mikey Stacks.”

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Former Lt. Gov. Mike Stack has a big base in Northeast Philadelphia and is joining a field of roughly a dozen candidates.

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👇👇philly dude, he knows 🇺🇸🇦🇺🦘🎾

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Allen McDuffee

@AllenMcDuffee

Jan 16

While we're on the topic of the #AusOpen, just wanted to tell my tennis friends out here that I'm launching a new project! twitter.com/Court_Theory/s…

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Chad

@CCSMOOTH13

Jan 16

Oook Frances haha 🔥

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US Open Tennis

@usopen

Jan 16

An attention-grabbing match awaits in Round 2 at the

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Racquet

@racquetmagazine

Jan 15

Time to shoot your shot: Who are your dark horse picks to win the #AustralianOpen men’s and women’s events?

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Rob Koenig

@RobKoenigTennis

Jan 15

Still my top seed as coffee goes in Melbourne! Gotta kick the tournament off with Java from Chapter House Coffee on Collins street. 9.3/10! #Boomshki

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I might be the worst tennis player in the tri-state area. Pretty sure.

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The Pulse

@WHYYThePulse

What is the meaning of awe? That feeling of fear, wonder, and amusement. In this episode, we reveal the science behind it with Dacher Keltner, author of Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life. Listen 🎧 lnk.to/whyy-thepulse

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Charles Ornstein

@charlesornstein

Good story in today’s

@PhillyInquirer

based on The Repatriation Project! Penn, Temple, Mütter among U.S. institutions still holding the remains of Native Americans inquirer.com/news/native-am via

@phillyinquirer

Penn, Temple, Mütter among U.S. institutions still holding the remains of Native Americans

Museum leaders pledged to repatriate the remains, as required under a 1990 federal law. Critics say some institutions have been too slow to act.

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Great column via

on the Jeffries brothers: A dose of online brotherly love humanized a chaotic Speaker vote | Helen Ubiñas inquirer.com/opinion/hakeem via

@phillyinquirer

A dose of online brotherly love humanized a chaotic Speaker vote | Helen Ubiñas

Tweets from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' younger brother during the chaotic speaker vote brought a much-needed dose of humanity to politics.

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"We used to bribe him with cheese" sad story by

@JasonNark

Also, this has always bothered me: wolves and coyotes are just too close to dogs to hunt, imo hearing coyotes in middle of the night in Pa., they sound like happy dogs romping around the forest

Hunter won’t face charges for killing dog in Berks County

According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the hunter thought the dog was a coyote.

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Daniel Rubin

@danielrubin

“Our elders, they avoided all those different museums,” said Ann Remy, an activist of Lenni-Lenape descent. “They have almost like cemeteries in their basements.” inquirer.com/news/native-am via

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Penn, Temple, Mütter among U.S. institutions still holding the remains of Native Americans

Museum leaders pledged to repatriate the remains, as required under a 1990 federal law. Critics say some institutions have been too slow to act.

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"Rozzi himself won’t answer reporters by phone, by text, or in person." ahhh, takes me way back to the ... 2022 Pa. governor's race

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Anna Orso

@anna_orso

"Pennsylvania’s new House speaker, Mark Rozzi, promised to end all back-room deals and increase transparency in Harrisburg. He did this just after cutting a secretive deal ... Then he walked out of the chamber and shut the door" inquirer.com/politics/penns by @gill_mcgoldrick

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Harrison Finberg

@harrisonfinberg

I got courtesy towed in Brooklyn one time and they have a phone number that gives you the exact location of your car, blew my mind

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My latest Philly "courtesy tow" story. I've been tracking this for three years. No one will fix it. A second federal lawsuit has been filed seeking class-action status. Pure insanity. “It boggles my mind,” one driver said. inquirer.com/news/courtesty

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My latest Philly "courtesy tow" story. I've been tracking this for three years. No one will fix it. A second federal lawsuit has been filed seeking class-action status. Pure insanity. “It boggles my mind,” one driver said.

Victims of ‘courtesy tows’ have filed another class-action suit against Philly

Despite years of complaints, Philadelphia officials have refused to address the city’s notoriously dysfunctional process for relocating legally parked vehicles. That could prove costly for taxpayers.

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Celina Tebor

@CelinaTebor

Jan 11

My mom texts me photos of myself on CNN every day

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Divided House Approves G.O.P. Inquiry Into ‘Weaponization’ of Government

Jan 10

There has *got* to be a way to stop the use of this word

nytimes.com

Republicans pushed through a measure to create a powerful new committee to scrutinize what they have charged is an effort by the government to target and silence conservatives.

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