Joseph N DiStefano
phillyjoed.bsky.social
Joseph N DiStefano
@phillyjoed.bsky.social
JoeD@Inquirer.com
I write about money and people
mostly for the Philadelphia Inquirer
https://www.inquirer.com/author/distefano_joseph_n/
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I think if you check a little further you’ll find that increase merely tracks the average age of people in this country
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
yeah!
November 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Depends on when you measure. Home prices used to rise 1%-2% faster than other prices, but they're lumpy -- years of increase, periods of decline. Lately homes rose lots faster. Which usually means we're due for a slump
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Shapiro administration says Pa.gov crash is Microsoft's fault, not state government's www.techradar.com/pro/live/mic...
Pa.gov
October 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Shapiro administration says this is due to Microsoft outage, not anything state gov't has done: www.techradar.com/pro/live/mic...
Microsoft down? Services recovering after major outage hits Azure, 365 and more - even Minecraft and Xbox affected
A major Microsoft outage hit users across the world
www.techradar.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It’s interesting to note these two companies have been buying and selling local water utilities since the 1880s and still supply less than 5% of the USA combined
October 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Heavy duty extension cord
October 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Awful
October 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM