Phyllis
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our love is God. let's go get a slushie
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Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of the genre-defying, Grammy-winning band The Mavericks, has died. He was 60. https://to.pbs.org/4abH3Fv
Raul Malo, soulful tenor and frontman of The Mavericks, dies at 60
Malo died Monday night, his wife, Betty Malo, posted on his Facebook page. He had been battling cancer.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of the genre-defying, Grammy-winning band The Mavericks, has died. He was 60. https://to.pbs.org/4abH3Fv
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard took their massive catalog off of Spotify only to be replaced by an AI King Gizz impersonator.
"[I'm] trying to see the irony in this situation," frontman Stu Mackenzie responds. "But seriously wtf we are truly doomed.”
"[I'm] trying to see the irony in this situation," frontman Stu Mackenzie responds. "But seriously wtf we are truly doomed.”
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Respond To AI Spotify Impersonator
Not long after they released their latest album Phantom Island back in June, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announced they were taking their massive catalog off of Spotify — one of many such cases t...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard took their massive catalog off of Spotify only to be replaced by an AI King Gizz impersonator.
"[I'm] trying to see the irony in this situation," frontman Stu Mackenzie responds. "But seriously wtf we are truly doomed.”
"[I'm] trying to see the irony in this situation," frontman Stu Mackenzie responds. "But seriously wtf we are truly doomed.”
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Join us in celebrating GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY at a launch event hosted by Penn Libraries this Thursday, December 4th, at 5:30 p.m. ET! bit.ly/4rA4GNZ
Penn Press Book Launch: "Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century"
Join us to celebrate the launch of this landmark, multi-volume project presenting an up-to-date, diverse history of Philadelphia across its many dimensions.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Join us in celebrating GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY at a launch event hosted by Penn Libraries this Thursday, December 4th, at 5:30 p.m. ET! bit.ly/4rA4GNZ
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Old woman feeding a cat, who appears understandably skeptical about this procedure. By David III Ryckaert, whose birthday is today.
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Old woman feeding a cat, who appears understandably skeptical about this procedure. By David III Ryckaert, whose birthday is today.
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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time.com/7335723/auto...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
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i like that this administration is committed to inflicting as much pain on as many americans as possible.
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
Thousands of U.S. trucking schools could lose accreditation under DOT crackdown
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
i like that this administration is committed to inflicting as much pain on as many americans as possible.
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In terms of which cleavage point eventually incites the inevitable “American Evangelical Catholicism” schism the pope refusing to use ChatGPT to generate infinite homilies is probably the funniest
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In terms of which cleavage point eventually incites the inevitable “American Evangelical Catholicism” schism the pope refusing to use ChatGPT to generate infinite homilies is probably the funniest
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I have nothing against you or your regional culture but there is an unbreakable spiritual bond between anyone who has ever had to scrape ice off a windshield while hungover
the annual snowfall required for me to take your city seriously is like 11” minimum. nobody is using 300 days of sun to serve the lord
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I have nothing against you or your regional culture but there is an unbreakable spiritual bond between anyone who has ever had to scrape ice off a windshield while hungover
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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As the striking journalists return to the newsroom, both sides expect it’ll be a rocky reunion. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...
What newsroom organizers learned from the years-long strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The importance of coordination, how digital news consumption patterns limit the effectiveness of public shame, and more.
www.niemanlab.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
As the striking journalists return to the newsroom, both sides expect it’ll be a rocky reunion. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...
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Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
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If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
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The Only Children of White Collar Professional Parents In The 1990s website is uniquely badly-positioned to have good memories or holiday food
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The Only Children of White Collar Professional Parents In The 1990s website is uniquely badly-positioned to have good memories or holiday food
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if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything
November 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything
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Quite the coincidence that the billionaire owner of the Washington Post isn’t in this photo collage
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Quite the coincidence that the billionaire owner of the Washington Post isn’t in this photo collage
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don't threaten me with a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really good time
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
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'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
don't threaten me with a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really good time
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i got back into my novel draft after a few weeks of being too busy for it and it was nice to remind myself of all these fun little guys i made and how much suffering i’ve put them through
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
i got back into my novel draft after a few weeks of being too busy for it and it was nice to remind myself of all these fun little guys i made and how much suffering i’ve put them through
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We didn’t get aurora lights on Wednesday, but we did have a sliver of lively sunset over the river.
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We didn’t get aurora lights on Wednesday, but we did have a sliver of lively sunset over the river.
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props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
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on top of being v evil this is also embarrassing in the specific way it’s embarrassing when a rich girl does a performance at her bat mitzvah complete with like mics and a sound guy and shit and everyone has to pretend her act is really cool bc i mean it’s that or no chocolate fountain for you right
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
on top of being v evil this is also embarrassing in the specific way it’s embarrassing when a rich girl does a performance at her bat mitzvah complete with like mics and a sound guy and shit and everyone has to pretend her act is really cool bc i mean it’s that or no chocolate fountain for you right
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch