Robert Rosenthal
@robertrosenthal.bsky.social
Go Birds! Phillies fan. Baseball is best experienced on radio. Francisville resident. Happy to have the PCC Cars in green and cream back on Girard. Studied physics a long time ago. Descendant (sort of) of Robert Musil.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
FIFA head says 'you will see' at World Cup draw if Trump receives new peace prize
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
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It’s such a bad idea, when one of his crimes was calling forth an insurrection, that he’s actually forbidden from holding the office by a constitutional provision, which a unanimous Supreme Court invented a way to turn off.
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’s such a bad idea, when one of his crimes was calling forth an insurrection, that he’s actually forbidden from holding the office by a constitutional provision, which a unanimous Supreme Court invented a way to turn off.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.
ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.
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The winner is John F. Hylan, mayor from 1918 to 1925. A century ago the analogue to fare-free transit was the 5-cent fare, and that cause was Mayor Hylan’s obsession. He campaigned almost exclusively on the 5-cent fare – to the point of being ridiculed for it.
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The winner is John F. Hylan, mayor from 1918 to 1925. A century ago the analogue to fare-free transit was the 5-cent fare, and that cause was Mayor Hylan’s obsession. He campaigned almost exclusively on the 5-cent fare – to the point of being ridiculed for it.
Schabowski holds the record for worst press conference
"Das tritt nach meiner Kenntnis … ist das sofort … unverzüglich"
"As far as I know, it takes effect immediately, without delay"
With that slightly improvised answer on November 9, 1989 by Günter Schabowski, the party chief in East Berlin, the border between the socialist East Germany and
"As far as I know, it takes effect immediately, without delay"
With that slightly improvised answer on November 9, 1989 by Günter Schabowski, the party chief in East Berlin, the border between the socialist East Germany and
November 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Schabowski holds the record for worst press conference
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SCOTUS is rapidly destroying "public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary" including with their numerous unexplained shadow docket orders, but the fault lies with lower court judges honestly saying that inexcusable anti-rule-of-law tactic is making their jobs harder?
November 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
SCOTUS is rapidly destroying "public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary" including with their numerous unexplained shadow docket orders, but the fault lies with lower court judges honestly saying that inexcusable anti-rule-of-law tactic is making their jobs harder?
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Oh, what’s that? You need some free or cheap stuff to do in Philly? I got you.
Mon 11/10
Bad Art for Good
Make art that encourages action on imp you issues!
Wed 11/19
Native Plant Prep Party
Help me pack native seeds for free distribution!
Fri 11/21
Drink & Draw
Get all links at Lu.ma/dgs
Mon 11/10
Bad Art for Good
Make art that encourages action on imp you issues!
Wed 11/19
Native Plant Prep Party
Help me pack native seeds for free distribution!
Fri 11/21
Drink & Draw
Get all links at Lu.ma/dgs
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Oh, what’s that? You need some free or cheap stuff to do in Philly? I got you.
Mon 11/10
Bad Art for Good
Make art that encourages action on imp you issues!
Wed 11/19
Native Plant Prep Party
Help me pack native seeds for free distribution!
Fri 11/21
Drink & Draw
Get all links at Lu.ma/dgs
Mon 11/10
Bad Art for Good
Make art that encourages action on imp you issues!
Wed 11/19
Native Plant Prep Party
Help me pack native seeds for free distribution!
Fri 11/21
Drink & Draw
Get all links at Lu.ma/dgs
Thorough thread on the tariff case at the Supreme Court:
The Supreme Court just heard oral arguments in the challenge to Trump’s worldwide tariffs. No matter how the Court rules (and I’ll do just a tiny bit of tea leaf-reading here), its decision will have enormous implications for the scope of presidential power. 1/25
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Thorough thread on the tariff case at the Supreme Court:
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A Chester County (PA) judge has ordered that polling hours are extended to 10 PM tonight for all voters, helping to ensure that voters who were affected by today's poll book printing errors will not be disenfranchised. Post 8pm, voters will vote on provisional ballots.
Dems/GOP agreed on this.
Dems/GOP agreed on this.
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A Chester County (PA) judge has ordered that polling hours are extended to 10 PM tonight for all voters, helping to ensure that voters who were affected by today's poll book printing errors will not be disenfranchised. Post 8pm, voters will vote on provisional ballots.
Dems/GOP agreed on this.
Dems/GOP agreed on this.
As an update, I'm told that Chester County failed to print poll books for independent registered voters. Independents will have to vote provisional ballots. I've heard the Board of Elections is trying to get poll books printed and distributed, but who knows if that gets done today.
Friends in Chester County, Pennsylvania, report that they were not in the book of registered voters at their regular polling place. They filled out provisional ballots. Is anyone else in Chester County experiencing this or hearing reports?
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
As an update, I'm told that Chester County failed to print poll books for independent registered voters. Independents will have to vote provisional ballots. I've heard the Board of Elections is trying to get poll books printed and distributed, but who knows if that gets done today.
Friends in Chester County, Pennsylvania, report that they were not in the book of registered voters at their regular polling place. They filled out provisional ballots. Is anyone else in Chester County experiencing this or hearing reports?
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Friends in Chester County, Pennsylvania, report that they were not in the book of registered voters at their regular polling place. They filled out provisional ballots. Is anyone else in Chester County experiencing this or hearing reports?
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This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.
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“Speaker Johnson, many Americans are wondering why you’re unable to see or hear any developments in the news. Some are speculating that you were kicked in the head by a horse; others theorize that you’ve been huffing spray paint. Which is it?”
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Speaker Johnson, many Americans are wondering why you’re unable to see or hear any developments in the news. Some are speculating that you were kicked in the head by a horse; others theorize that you’ve been huffing spray paint. Which is it?”
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Ezra Klein's NYT column leans on the trope of Manchin being better than a GOP senator in WV. He doesn't mention Manchin blocking the Build Back Better Act or For the People Act in 2021.
Here I mention three Senate races where voters might have turned out for universal programs that Manchin killed:
Here I mention three Senate races where voters might have turned out for universal programs that Manchin killed:
Billionaire-Backed Democrats Killed the Build Back Better Act ⑉ Brick House
The dark money group No Labels is reportedly loading up on billionaire donors to support conservative Democrats in elections ahead.
thebrick.house
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ezra Klein's NYT column leans on the trope of Manchin being better than a GOP senator in WV. He doesn't mention Manchin blocking the Build Back Better Act or For the People Act in 2021.
Here I mention three Senate races where voters might have turned out for universal programs that Manchin killed:
Here I mention three Senate races where voters might have turned out for universal programs that Manchin killed:
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A guy in south Philly rented a Delorean and had a full back to the future set at his house.
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A guy in south Philly rented a Delorean and had a full back to the future set at his house.
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This is such a tremendous waste of very precious federal resources. The IRS’s elite financial crime agents are … interrogating bus riders??
I was on the ground earlier today at the Petworth Metro Station after I received troubling reports from neighbors about IRS Criminal Investigation agents working with Transit Police to interrogate riders on WMATA buses.
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This is such a tremendous waste of very precious federal resources. The IRS’s elite financial crime agents are … interrogating bus riders??
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Since the U.S. Refugee Program was created in 1980, it has admitted over two million people fleeing ethnic cleansing and other horrors. Now it will be used as a pathway for White immigration. What a downfall for a crown jewel of America's international humanitarian programs.
October 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Since the U.S. Refugee Program was created in 1980, it has admitted over two million people fleeing ethnic cleansing and other horrors. Now it will be used as a pathway for White immigration. What a downfall for a crown jewel of America's international humanitarian programs.
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today in DC i saw National Guard troops picking up litter and standing around aimlessly 🫡
NEW: National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC, will remain mobilized in the city at least through February 2026. Hegseth extended their orders on Monday. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...
Exclusive: National Guard orders in DC extended through February 2026 | CNN Politics
National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC will remain mobilized in the city at least through February 2026, according to people familiar with the Guard’s orders.
edition.cnn.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
today in DC i saw National Guard troops picking up litter and standing around aimlessly 🫡
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10.29.2008
The Philadelphia Phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball
The Philadelphia Phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
10.29.2008
The Philadelphia Phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball
The Philadelphia Phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball
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it's cool to see that this game's starting pitcher is still hanging in there
October 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
it's cool to see that this game's starting pitcher is still hanging in there
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While we’re on the subject of Ronald Reagan.
October 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
While we’re on the subject of Ronald Reagan.