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John Lowe
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Archaeologist (as a living, not a personality). Philadelphian and proud of it (aren’t we all?) Mostly a reply guy (complimentary), also post about music and Philly sports. He/him/his.
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Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”

@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Look, I don’t watch sports talk shows (or listen to sports radio) so I can avoid blowhards like Stephen A. Smith, and there is no fucking way I’m giving him any of my time or precious mental health scraps in an election.
February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I have broken containment!
New followers: you’ll be disappointed because I mostly skeet about the greatest country on earth Philadelphia (and Philly sports), with some music and wrestling depending on how tipsy I am when I’m skeeting.
February 17, 2026 at 5:26 PM
He had a joke in his stump speeches about how, if he were to walk on water, the headlines the next day would read “Jesse Jackson Can’t Swim”
How many of the media outlets eulogizing Rev. Jesse Jackson today spent decades trying to undermine his work & turn him into a punchline?
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The 1991 SNL episode hosted by Michael Jordan, with Public Enemy as the musical guest, was one of the best in the shows history and featured this classic moment where Rev. Dr. Jesse Jackson reads “Green Eggs and Ham” in his trademark cadence.

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Green Eggs and Ham narrated by the Reverend Jesse Jackson
YouTube video by skolander
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February 17, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Fuck yeah Fergie, standing on business

Also dropping a bit of wisdom for everyone

“Things are too serious now for that kind of stuff. Unfollow, unfriend, fuck off.”
People who post "all lives splatter" are apparently not welcome at Fergie's Pub. Philly conservative columnist Thom Nickels just learned this.
Philly Bar Bans Conservative Columnist Over Offensive Memes
People who post "all lives splatter" are apparently not welcome at Fergie's.
www.phillymag.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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we are, at all times, cursed with two political parties: the Republicans and the Republicans of twenty years ago
BRO, WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?!
February 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Feeling bad for Kam/O’Shea, such a great short program and a disastrous free skate :(
February 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Reading To Kill a Mockingbird in school, I pictured Boo Radley as sort of a monstrous figure. The way Robert Duvall portrayed him in the movie, as someone inadvertently menacing and not fully able to overcome that impression, was really powerful (and why it’s one of my favorite movies).
February 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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February 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Alright bsky science + art community, I need your help.

I was p confident we could get a grant to fund our upcoming biodiversity mural in Kensington. Last night, they called to say our partner school is 2 blocks outside of their service area.

But ya know what? We're gonna do it anyway.
February 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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The thawing out has left behind a Philly trash special, relics from a bygone era, before the city was buried under historic snowfall and its inhabitants were forced inside.
Newports, Wawa cups, dog poop: What’s left behind as Philly thaws
www.inquirer.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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I hadn't heard this shit until now and finding out Platner was all in on "black people don't tip" makes way too much sense. And it's a huge red flag for anyone who works in hospitality because it's not true. Everyone who's worked behind the stick knows who undertips and it's not the black community
February 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
There was just a local commercial during the Olympic broadcast for the Catholic Church of Philadelphia that was a very clear (but not outright stated) repudiation of the current administration and the shithead adult converts like JD Vance.
February 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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“we built that” from hell
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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medical miracle: this 75 year old man was born yesterday
Schumer on DHS reforms: "I believe Republicans will have no choice but to go along with us because it's so common sense"
February 15, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Wheeler Yuta about to be like an emo kid who listens to a NYHC record for the first time #AEW
February 15, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Respectfully, I don’t think I can remain neutral regarding the attractiveness of the Swiss womens’ big air freeskiers.
February 14, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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hey babe do you wanna go to the bar that banned people under 25 last week OR the bar that just banned people who post “all lives matter” online? we can go to both because we live in god’s greatest city, philadelphia 😍
February 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Was feeling really drained yesterday, figured it was just the effects of a long week. But when I went up to bed (at 9:30), I realized that, nope, I was getting sick. Mostly just achy, weak, and chills, only a low-grade fever fever (not above 99.5), nothing respiratory. But it still sucks!
February 13, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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here’s my problem with the fintwitter account: all it does is repost word-for-word whatever this mumbai-based twitter account (which does not cite sources) posts. not necessarily trustworthy imo, even if it is correct more often than not!
February 13, 2026 at 12:25 AM
This is the kind of thing that a lot of us were morbidly joking about during the early days of the pandemic, like “if you ever used/did blow in the (insert local dive bar/punk club) bathroom, you should be safe”.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The think I’m noticing about the Castellanos letters is that he is apparently a vinyl toy collector and has an appreciation for the artist KAWS.
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Shoutout to Olivia Smith for being on top of the Phillies spring training news. Her Etsy is OliviaHSmithDesign.
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM