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John P Dougherty (JD)
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CS Pf @Haverford College, Rotary, ♿ a11y, dad*5, hubby*2 (sequentially), "Mr. Beth", 🎸 🎶 🎥 & Philly Sports (hey, I took both photos!)
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@inquirer.com c'mon
From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Android app, education, University of Delaware points and Trump president to the permanent post with a shot of a woman sitting in a blue dress and chair, but her head completely cut off at the top and her feet as well at the bottom.
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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If I had a dollar for every AI hallucination so far ...

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Screenshot where it is noted that Kevin Jones is an accounting and information systems professor, followed by an AIO review that there is no current bikini tech Professor named Kevin Jones, this is all underneath a link to Kevin Jones, the former NFL running back and now present Professor of Virginia Tech.
November 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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GOP thinking ahead, as you'll have more money for medical bills, ... or worse.
Wall Street Journal article entitled Senate Committee to challenge Auto safety mandates that hurt affordability: Republicans question value of automatic breaking, rear seat reminders. There's a picture of a person in a driver's seat with another caption, Some Senate Republicans say newer Auto technologies can needlessly drive up vehicle prices. Emily elkinen Bloomberg News by Sharon terlap November 25th 2025 2:10 p.m. et
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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This game is crazy, betting markets can't keep up.
A graph of the probability of winning that shows the Eagles most of the game winning at the beginning, lately the cowboys were going to win, but now Eagles are a 52 -48% chance of winning over the cowboys.
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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What perfect album came out the year. You turned 16?
Cover of Jackson Browne's album The pretender with him in the center center in a t-shirt and tan slacks walking on a busy City street.
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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From the cover of Jackson browns The pretender, an image on the city, a busy City street with Jackson Browne in a t-shirt and tan slacks walking in the center.
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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I think this shows prices for consumers rose during Biden's final year, but more sharply this year during Trump's first year of the second term, I don't understand your point.
1 year FRED CPI chart shows that CPI increases for the last 2 years, but most sharply in 2025. Yes, Trump inaugurated in January 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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From NYTimes: Democrats scale back shutdown demands, but GOP digs in. After weeks of stalemate, Senate Democrats said they were willing to reopen the government in exchange for a one year extension of health care subsidies. Republicans ruled it out.
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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From my neighborhood in #DelCo
Gravestone under a tree that Reed "did his own research"
October 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Defund programs for health, science, and the vulnerable, ... 😡
New York Times headline, Coast Guard buys two private jets for Noem costing. $172 million. Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top of the line Gulf Stream jets for the Secretary and other topic officials.
October 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Havertown, #DelCo, Pennsylvania
Image of protesters on either side of a road at the foreground the blue shirts read, "feed the hungry, welcome to stranger, love thy neighbor", sign across the road reads "no f** King way"
October 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Yet actual innocent people remain in prison, or are targeted by federal authorities for lawful protest, or ...
New York Times headline: Santos is released after Trump commutes his 7-year sentence. George Santos' lawyer said the disgraced former congressman was freed from a prison on Friday. He served less than 3 months of his fraud conviction. Below is a photo of Santos between two men.
October 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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New York Times headline, US stakes taxpayer money on big Argentina bet. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent multi-billion dollar bailout of a serial defaulter raises the specter of losses for the United States.
October 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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"Not my King"
From 13 stripes brewery in South Carolina, known as "Not my King." It's a blue beer can with an American Eagle.
October 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Ready, fire, ... aim?
Headline from New York Times, Trump administration is bringing back scores of CDC. Experts fired in error. Friday's layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to disease outbreaks and running an influential journal. Official said the mistaken dismissals were being rescinded.
October 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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🎼 It's the most wonderful time of the Year. 🎶
From the Philadelphia Inquirer, a list of teams with games this week that includes Sixers for basketball, Flyers for hockey, Union for soccer and Eagles for football, the Phillies have the bye week off with playoffs beginning next week. Yes, five pro sports teams are active right now in Philly.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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We have nothing but Bluesky at Haverford College today.
Photo of me in my summer hat with Founder's Hall at Haverford College in the background and some nice trees under a vibrant blue sky.
September 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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"Release the hounds!"

The Fall 2025 term begins at Haverford College.

That makes it 57th grade for me.
Me in my summer hat and blue shirt standing on founders green as I head to the porch for a faculty breakfast reception for coffee and donuts, now starting 57th grade.
September 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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"Not My King"
Can of beer from The brewery 13 stripes called "Not my King."
August 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Epitome of false balance
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_b...
New York Times headline from today that reads, "Violent crime is down. Talking about it is tough for right and left."
August 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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How the US stacks up against global voting by mail trends share.google/LA4dtti5lIMk...
I'll list up all the countries that do have in- country postal voting for all voters that includes Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, Plus 22 more countries that allow postal voting for some voters.
August 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Also from genAI
Output from AI to the question "will water freeze at 25° F?" And the answer is "No, water will not typically freeze to 25° F, 32° F is the freezing point..."
August 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Now almost 13% ...
Screen capture of stock performance for Toyota motor corporation, up 12.87%, just before noon on July 23rd 2025.
July 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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A graphic from The New York Times shows that out of 356 drugs approved between 2010-2019, only two were privately funded, the remaining were all funded by the NIH for about $187 billion. The first words after the graphic from the article, which are highlighted, read "The logic is baffling."
June 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Literally bothsidesism, also known as false balance since the one side follows the judge's order and the other side does not follow the same order -- The second side is wrong and should not be equated to the first.

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From the article that states the one side on following the judge's order and then the White House spokesperson explaining why they are not following the judge's order.
June 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM