It's been really lovely reading all the tributes to Dan. Many people have asked if they can contribute to support his wife and son. You can do so here: everloved.com/life-of/dan-...

Visit Dan McQuade's Memorial Website

Take part in remembering Dan McQuade. Read his obituary, share your own memories, and learn about any funeral details on Ever Loved.

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Defector@defector.com · 6mo ago

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

By Dan McQuade: Princess Diana bought that Eagles jacket herself

Princess Diana Bought That Eagles Jacket Herself | Defector

PHILADELPHIA — The photos are absurd. When you first see them, you cannot believe they are real. They are. Paparazzi took them in 1991. Princess Diana, by then estranged from Prince Charles, dropped…

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“Without Dan’s voice, Philly Mag wouldn’t be Philly Mag. And, I’d argue, Philadelphia wouldn’t quite be Philadelphia.” Dan’s editor here, Brian Howard, on what our friend meant to this magazine and, more importantly, this city.

Dan McQuade Got Philly Like No One Else

The writer, who died Wednesday, was one of the most gifted chroniclers of the Philadelphia experience.

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The Wildwood Boardwalk t-shirts of 1978: defector.com/the-wildwood...

The Wildwood Boardwalk T-Shirts Of 1978

I have long chronicled the t-shirts of the Wildwood boardwalk, an economy and uniquely Wildwood culture that continues today. But what a summer it was for shirts in 1978—legally, you had to wear one o...

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Dan was a friend and a legend, and it’s been extremely touching to read everyone’s remembrances of him; Dan forever. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector

Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...

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Abolish Ice? No! This fantastic essay details a pragmatic, workable and very conservative training program for current agents that will solve all its problems and address civilian concerns. Bravo!

alex pareene@pareene.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...

The great thing about this idea is that DHS already operates, via third party contractors, excellent re-training facilities to accommodate their entire force. It's perfect, really.

I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...

I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector

The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...

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well well WELL well WELL well well, look who it is on defector dot com defector.com/i-have-a-gre...

I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector

The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...

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only one author in the history of English language literature had a cooler real name than the guys he made up: Rex Stout.

What do we call it when a politician holds a public rally calling for the expulsion of homeless people from public space?

Luke O'Neil@lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 3y ago

"Homeless Industrial Complex"

number one thing that makes me feel like I'm living in an RPG is the messianic cult depositing Lore everywhere

There's their idealized version of Eric Adams, where a black moderate, socially tolerant former cop can assemble a politically viable, diverse coalition to address serious systemic problems. Then there's the actual, real-life Eric Adams, who is a corrupt moron and quite possibly insane.

When I met Jim Starlin, he told me “There’s only one difference between writing for Marvel and and writing for DC. The editors at Marvel are tyrants, and the editors at DC are idiots.”

Scott Gray@scott1gray.bsky.social · 3y ago

Jim Starlin rocks.

Don't Call Him Deacon Blues

yet again I must give it up for trees their cooling effect is so obvious in this newly mapped data on the heat island effect in nyc https://projects.thecity.nyc/2023_07_heat-island-nyc/index.html

"There are more than 10 million private swimming pools in the United States, according to a C.D.C. estimate, compared with just 309,000 public ones."

Opinion | More Public Pools Could Save Thousands of Lives

The biggest reason so many Americans can’t swim is that they have too few places to learn how.

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Hey it's me, Sonic the Hedgehog! BIG NEWS: AEGIS-CWA won its union election - SEGA of America has Unionized! Remember, unionizing your workplace is way past cool! Just like the Chaos Emeralds, workers are stronger when we're together.

proposal: on the signup page for this website there should be a jpeg of fentanyl used as talisman to ward away any police officers

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO VISIT THE ZOO, NOT BUY IT

I went to an $8 matinee of The Flash and I would've loved the hell out of that movie when I was 11. It's very funny that it flopped and the star went on a crime spree but it's also somehow the best/most comic booky Big Two movie in years.

I was reading some silver age comics to my kid and it led me to wiki an obscure character and so many of these begin like "Solovar was the smartest ape in Gorilla City and an ally of The Flash" and then in the 2000s become this

I never owned a Wii but I'm getting into emulation (cool/sexy activity) and it's truly remarkable how annoying the original controls of New Super Mario Bros Wii are. I don't even hate motion controls this is just a stupid way to control a platformer. Why do I shake to pick up a thing.

Asteroid City. Very good. Will probably be the most visually impressive film involving nuclear bomb tests that I see this year.

2:12 am... going back for more Steely Dan - Second Arrangement | Remastered Nichols cassette

Hey it's me, Sonic the Hedgehog! Fuck the Supreme Court!

Horrific case in Chicago, in which prosecutors sat on evidence that someone arrested at age 28 hadn't committed the murder ... and then made him spend the next 12 years rotting away in PRETRIAL DETENTION in Cook County. Nearly half his life he'll never get back.

a car with obviously fake plates has been blocking the hydrant in front of my building for four days and I am literally begging the NYPD to tow it and they're just closing out my 311 tickets. great way to run a city.