The first time i felt old: when my hair started thinning The most recent time i felt old: seeing that some of my college friends' (adult) kids are now beginning to lose their hair.
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That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Do Philly folks have any rooting interests in the WPBL yet? (Other than rooting for the league to last long enough to get a Philadelphia franchise)
Just in, according to ESPN: the dodgers have acquired the state of Wisconsin, the ghost of Robin Williams, and the rights to the Steely Dan catalog in exchange for a bag of Halloween candy that contains no more than 15% candy corn.
Unfair: the rain has been delaying the Phillies game for several hours in Baltimore but has yet to unleash its downpour on the excruciatingly loud toddler's birthday party that's been going on outside my house in Philly all afternoon
GOP Rep. Jim Jordan on alleged spouse and child abuser Max Miller: “This is a family matter. I know Max is a good man. I hope he wins re-election.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
Following a Project 2025 blueprint, the Trump admin is gutting rules for Head Start. No more requirements for… math literacy class sizes, medical screenings, brushIng teeth Yeah, brushing teeth www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It (Gift Article)
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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Do MadLibs still exist? Every summer at the shore my mom would buy a few of them to keep me and my siblings entertained and then she'd inevitably get furious when she saw we filled virtually every blank with the worst possible curse words.
The Phillies' post all-star break strategy of not winning games appears to be working.
I can't be the only person who completely forgot that the Seahawks are the reigning Super Bowl champs. In fact, I'm still not sure this isn't some sort of mass psyop to convince me of something that never happened.
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The most predictable progression in the world... Tip to reporters who don't want to look like absolute tools: don't report on what Musk *says* as if it means anything at all.
GOP House member--and fmr Trump advance man--allegedly -threw boiling water on his then-wife -held a gun to her head -broke his daughter's collarbone. She's 2 -abused abuse a fmr Trump WHer too When a reporter asked him about it , he threatened to block their # www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock Max Miller’s Ohio House Race
Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.
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just stuffing corpses with hay and putting on weird puppet shows at this point
BuzzFeed Laying Off 35% of Its Employees After Byron Allen Takes Over Company
BuzzFeed is laying off 35% of its workforce on the heels of its deal to sell a controlling ownership stake to entrepreneur and comedian Byron Allen.
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Can't they say something like "schwarber has an upset stomach" rather than "he's got a gastrointestinal issue"?
Had Bari Weiss been hired by CBS-Paramount to secretly run a "Producers" scam and destroy all of "60 Minutes"'s value as quickly as possible it's difficult to imagine what should would've done differently.
1/ This is Nick Adams. He’s a big deal in MAGA world. He’s got 638K followers on X and 2.1M on Facebook. President Trump even appointed him to a role at the State Dept. But when I started digging into Adams' nonprofit for "civics" education, something didn't look right ... 🧵
Meta using a Bowie song about the end of the world to advertise its shitty AI product... Sounds about right.
I'm adding a "Dateline" clause to my will: If I die in some way that merits an episode of Dateline (or any lesser imitator), my heirs are barred from describing me as "full of life" or saying that I "lit up the room." Also, the show can only use the below photo. cc: @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social
WATCH: Despite multiple complaints — and videos — of physical abuse and mistreatment of students, Arkansas’ Delta Institute continues to receive public funds. It is just one of hundreds of private schools taking state money with little oversight: propub.li/4c03NIk
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I await the 2028 Pablo Torre Finds Out investigation that reveals a $20M no-show sponsorship/salary cap dodge with the sixers, LeBron and the Philadelphia Parking Authority.
Note to LeBron: If you need a place to crash, I've got an extra bedroom with its own bathroom. The bus that stops on the corner goes directly to the stadium complex (well, every third bus does) in about 15 minutes. Hope you're not allergic to adorable dogs. Rent negotiable.
NEW: The owner of a private school in Arkansas ordered students to scrub floors and urged them to attack a classmate. Few records exist of the incident. Reporter @jsmithrichards.bsky.social pieced together what happened.
How Videos Helped Me Uncover Abuse at an Arkansas Private School
Mary “Tracy” Morrison ordered students to scrub floors and urged them to attack a classmate. Few records exist of incidents at The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain, a private school with littl...
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I'm more and more convinced that 99% of the biggest public figures would absolutely collapse if an interviewer just said "ok but that's not true" after every nonsense lie.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w agoThere's a reason Elon Musk rarely does interviews with real news outlets.
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