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Patrick Rapa
@classypatrick.bsky.social
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of Philadelphia

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classypatrick.bsky.social
"I don't want to be around anymore."
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 AM
classypatrick.bsky.social
If aliens came to Earth with the sole intent of mocking Philadelphia to its face they could not do any better than the Mummers comic troupes. "THIS IS YOU," the aliens say, pointing at the crowd. "THIS IS WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE TO US."
January 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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allikatz.bsky.social
I read a medium number of books last year and drew most of their covers:
December 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
classypatrick.bsky.social
Herb Welch was there.
December 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
classypatrick.bsky.social
Looks like yes, we are.
Are we living in the Matrix, these people see the code.
December 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
classypatrick.bsky.social
Pantos: Pants of Fate
Mark Ruffalo and Torgo, pants
December 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
classypatrick.bsky.social
Many times I've gone past this convenience store and wondered if I'd really read what I thought I'd read.
a lit up sign that says Eagles Convince
December 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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octopusoftomorrow.bsky.social
Attn @jon.wprb.com
rabby.bsky.social Rabby @rabby.bsky.social · 7d
Gävlebocken got tired of standing =3=
December 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
classypatrick.bsky.social
Gävlebocken rocked.
Wind knocked the Gävle Goat down.
December 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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davidhill.bsky.social
#wprbxmas
December 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
classypatrick.bsky.social
Anybody else catch this? It was only on the screen for a one frame. Weird.
@jon.wprb.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
classypatrick.bsky.social
🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Jon Solomon was just sworn in as a U.S. citizen live on the air! Crying right now omg so breautiful. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
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jon.wprb.com Jon Solomon @jon.wprb.com · 9d
We are off and running live from the dining room table with year 37 of the 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show! Merry Christmas, all.

#wprbxmas
Jon Solomon, live on WPRB from his dining room table for Christmas.
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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jon.wprb.com
Here we go!

Now until 6:00 pm ET on Christmas Day!

103.3 FM : listen.wprb.com

#wprbxmas
The 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show is underway!
December 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
classypatrick.bsky.social
Ok well too bad it's Christmas Eve already, you pupa.
December 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
classypatrick.bsky.social
I hate this.
horrible slimy black socks
December 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
classypatrick.bsky.social
I ain't half bad at chess. I'm worse.
i played 304 chess games this year and won 129
December 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
classypatrick.bsky.social
Yeah. I hate when I have to read it out loud to people, too.
December 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
classypatrick.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
classypatrick.bsky.social
I am very mad that this AI used to colorize old TV episodes is called Deoldify.
December 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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jon.wprb.com
Three days until the 25-HOUR HOLIDAY RADIO SHOW on WPRB!

Arranging sets, burning discs, updating spreadsheets, maybe setting up the studio today...

#wprbxmas
Three days until the 25-HOUR HOLIDAY RADIO SHOW on WPRB!
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
classypatrick.bsky.social
Every year this two-day EDM fest comes to the Philly Convention Center and makes me wonder things.
[ ] Are these *all* real artists?
[ ] Is it a big deal? Who goes?
[ ] Is there a secret cult/wellness component?
[ ] The Convention Center?
[ ] Body marbling.
[ ] A rave at the Convention Center?
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
classypatrick.bsky.social
A tip about the tipster's car? Delicious.
Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said local police helped track down Valente, who was found dead in a New Hampshire storage unit, thanks, in part, to surveillance video and a detailed tip about a vehicle being driven by a person who noted odd behavior by the suspect.
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
classypatrick.bsky.social
Bill Hader hosting What's that Name. I roll with a crew of problematic bachelors, and we call ourselves, 'The Squad'
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
classypatrick.bsky.social
Let's do an Upton Sinclair movie.
Sinclair was arrested for playing tennis on the Sabbath
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
classypatrick.bsky.social
We did a good semi-centennial.
Upon Philadelphia, then, rested the obligation to take the initia¬ tive. She would have been recreant to her duty if she had not done so and the omission would have brought reproach upon her good name. With these considerations in mind, a number of our repre¬ sentative citizens had for some time been reflecting on the project , of a fitting celebration. The brilliant precedent of the Centennial Exposition in 1876 dictated that the proper form was an interna¬ tional exposition. Plans for such an undertaking were put under way and had been in progress with more or less success when the present writer took office as Mayor of Philadelphia in 1924. From that time on the whole force of the city government was put behind the project, help was obtained from many directions, and the Exposi¬ tion became a reality. Its gates were opened not on June 1, 1926, as had originally been planned, but one day ahead of that time, or on May 31. It is to be admitted that the Exposition was not completed when it was opened, but it was largely completed in its externals at least. Herein was a distinct departure from precedent in international expositions, for we have become used to the condition that postponement of the opening date is the rule rather than the exception. The public will never know the difficulties that were met and over¬ come. The Exposition was virtually built between January and June and its construction in that time represented an almost miraculous achievement by the engineering staffs.
December 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM