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Allison Beck
@allisonmp5.bsky.social
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on today's episode of south florida side quests: "hey can you go check on that kid?" >> calling 911 bc she was hit by a car in front of me
August 31, 2025 at 1:53 AM
notes from day 0 in south florida: my neighbor is growing a pineapple, saw a lizard, ocean water is already warm??
May 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Reposted by Allison Beck
Next week is the 40th anniversary of the MOVE bombing, one of the most painful events in Philadelphia history. With
@allisonmp5.bsky.social, I wrote about two children killed in the bombing and lingering questions about the handling of their remains. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
The long, tragic journey of the MOVE bombing’s youngest victims
Depositions in legal cases shed new light on the way Philly and Penn treated bones pulled from the rubble 40 years ago.
www.inquirer.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
somewhere inside my head there is an essay about how gen z really is hungry for social interaction + we just need to learn how to facilitate it

(this post sponsored by me packing 30 friends into my apartment and feeding them soup + cake and watching them talk and goof around for hours)
January 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Reposted by Allison Beck
Oh happy day!! @propublica.org just launched a new tool that lets you look up the demographics of private schools across the country and see how they compare to the public schools nearby.
Private School Demographics — ProPublica
Look up the demographics of private schools across the country and see how they compare to the public schools nearby.
projects.propublica.org
January 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
it feels illegal that i can just order 50 pounds of raw carrots on doordash.
January 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
three days until I'm officially a j-school grad? what?
December 16, 2024 at 2:15 AM
My latest, for @tulogancenter.bsky.social + @inquirer.com with @aubreywhelan.bsky.social:

Yvonne Orr believed she had laid her baby sister to rest. Last month, Penn announced that they had found more of her bones.

The family wants answers.
share.inquirer.com/Zz307X
MOVE members call on Penn to return remains of a 12-year-old bombing victim
For years, it was believed that the bodies of the victims had been laid to rest.
share.inquirer.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:05 PM