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Aubrey Whelan
@aubreywhelan.bsky.social
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Reporter covering public health, addiction, hospital workforces, and other health stuff for @inquirer.com. Pronouns: she/her. South Philly forever.

Contact me on Signal: aubreywhelan.73

https://www.inquirer.com/author/whelan_aubrey
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me when jhoan duran comes to the mound
August 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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local news forever
push notification from the Philadelphia Inquirer noting that the new pope went to Villanova University
May 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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YouTube screenshot reading “my longest go birds ever”
April 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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not to get ahead of myself but
text screenshot saying “cycle tonite” over and over
April 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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That Sosa catch gets an exclamation point in my book
The home team side of my scorebook for the Braves-Phillies game, showing Sosa robbing Ozuna of a home run
April 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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me half an hour ago: yet again the philadelphia phillies are conspiring to ruin my life

me rn:
Caravaggio’s “The Incredulity of St Thomas”
March 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Watching Long Bright River and nodding sagely
a screenshot from “Long Bright River” showing a police sergeant saying “Let’s be gentle this time, folks” a screenshot from “Long Bright River” showing a police sergeant saying “Last thing we need is the Inquirer on our ass”
March 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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also, please enjoy this photo of my friends, who set up a meat smoker on South Broad, offering Saquon Barkley a rib
Saquon Barkley being offered a plate of ribs A man in a green jacket holding a rack of ribs
February 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Good morning and Go Birds from the only city in the world, Philadelphia. I’m covering the Super Bowl parade for @inquirer.com today! I’ll be around Broad and Tasker/Mifflin — folks are already turning out, please come say hi!
Eagles fans gathering on Broad Street for the Super Bowl parade
February 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The cuts target "indirect costs," which cover operating expenses for research, like building maintenance and administrative staff. Here is a particularly timely metaphor for how they function alongside direct research dollars, courtesy of a Temple psychology prof www.inquirer.com/health/natio...
February 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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it’s important to celebrate with one’s taxidermy
February 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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South Philadelphia is unimaginably lit (here’s me and @drandypool.bsky.social)
February 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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to wit: an entry from my little comic journal about our nola trip last winter (feat. @drandypool.bsky.social)
January 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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I have survived the snowy march to McCuskers, where the vibe, as one patron put it, “is like watching the game in my living room.” (A very raucous living room.)
January 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Second-quarter update: SouthHouse is lit. Updates from the actual game are here: www.inquirer.com/eagles/live/...
A packed sports bar in South Philadelphia
January 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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we also have a newspaper box record holder!
January 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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(this intrusive thought has been rattling around my head since watching it for the first time the other night and realizing robocop without his helmet is clearly the model for Handsome Squidward)
December 26, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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Okay it’s Christmas mode now. Tree is lit, @drandypool.bsky.social made a boatload of stock and I have a ham in the oven. Merry happy from blessed and beautiful South Philadelphia
a lovely Christmas tree a proud man with his stock
December 24, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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it is my birthday and a hell of a day for breaking news but imo the best december 9 news cycle is still the stylish but illegal ikea monkey
December 9, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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we also have Cigarette Crab, the pinnacle of the form imo
November 26, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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I am the exact opposite of the target audience for these influencers (we painted the entire house in very bold blues and greens the second we moved in lol). But the deeper questions raised here about authenticity and copyright and Amazon's empire of knockoffs are fascinating.
That the company ultimately profiting from the sale is one of the largest retailers in the world makes the whole enterprise a bit off-putting — an empire built on fast, largely low-quality products that look great in photos but come from faceless companies that manufacture mountains of crap, much of which will eventually end up in a landfill. These are not vintage Jean Royère wool armchairs (which sold for $460,000 at auction, according to Christie’s); they are $800 decent-looking dupes that give the impression of luxury. If the argument is that Sheil is duplicating Gifford’s existence, there’s something to be said about the fact that the items both of them promote are also imitations of someone else’s work.
November 26, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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Update: the unionizing physicians appear to include Dr. Gritty
November 21, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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Walt Whitman honey I’m so sorry they did this to you
November 19, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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my father and i are having a productive discussion about the philadelphia eagles
November 15, 2024 at 4:01 AM
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I have been courtesy towed THREE TIMES, an absolutely brain-melting experience that fills me with rage each time I think about it (often).

One bright spot: my coworker Bill Bender’s dogged reporting on this horrid practice (and this all-timer of a lede) t.co/6fKmkwSKxS
November 13, 2024 at 9:12 PM