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Texting @denadriscoll.bsky.social like an obsessed girlfriend bc she said we could get a drink tonight
September 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Texting @denadriscoll.bsky.social like an obsessed girlfriend bc she said we could get a drink tonight
Has the second tower fallen yet?
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Has the second tower fallen yet?
My dead cat arrived back home in the form of ashes at 9:23pm. What a dickhead.
September 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
My dead cat arrived back home in the form of ashes at 9:23pm. What a dickhead.
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I spent 48 hours in Philadelphia and I’m more committed than ever to NARROW STREETS
September 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I spent 48 hours in Philadelphia and I’m more committed than ever to NARROW STREETS
Our kids shouldn’t have had to worry about how to get to school today. t.co/1BS8nXuABn
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dena-ferrara-driscoll-6302889_crowded-septa-buses-skipped-stops-with-cuts-activity-7365799862765789184-wtLm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAGkaYQB2Q...
t.co
August 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our kids shouldn’t have had to worry about how to get to school today. t.co/1BS8nXuABn
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Auditions for the starring role in the reboot of “Johnny Goodtimes” will take place next week out front of The Bards.
August 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Auditions for the starring role in the reboot of “Johnny Goodtimes” will take place next week out front of The Bards.
Here is the all the free cigarettes I got from the camel brand reps in the early aughts. All the cheap drugs easily bought there. All the beer out of the dirty tap lines.
“Our last day is this Friday, so tell everybody to come in when they still can.” www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2025...
McGlinchey's Is Closing Forever
The legendarily smoky Philadelphia dive bar's last day is Friday.
www.phillymag.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Here is the all the free cigarettes I got from the camel brand reps in the early aughts. All the cheap drugs easily bought there. All the beer out of the dirty tap lines.
Center City we are back.
August 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Center City we are back.
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
August 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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“The Seine riverbanks are no longer high-speed roads but instead pedestrian-friendly areas with parks, walkways and cultural spaces. Close to 130,000 trees have been planted on Paris’s streets since 2020 to help create new green spaces…” #Paris
Seine swimming pool opening gives Paris mayor another jewel in her green crown
Making the famed river swimmable is one of the final big projects Anne Hidalgo will inaugurate before she leaves office next year.
www.politico.eu
August 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“The Seine riverbanks are no longer high-speed roads but instead pedestrian-friendly areas with parks, walkways and cultural spaces. Close to 130,000 trees have been planted on Paris’s streets since 2020 to help create new green spaces…” #Paris
I love knowing I’ll be back in Philadelphia in four hours. I need her in my veins.
August 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I love knowing I’ll be back in Philadelphia in four hours. I need her in my veins.
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Found out the other day that the (probable) site of Hitler’s suicide bunker is kept as a parking lot so nothing good can be built on it and it’s now the only parking lot I actively support.
August 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Found out the other day that the (probable) site of Hitler’s suicide bunker is kept as a parking lot so nothing good can be built on it and it’s now the only parking lot I actively support.
First Day at new job.
August 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
First Day at new job.
There has always been a camera in my hands.
July 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
There has always been a camera in my hands.
My last day at the Public Interest Law Center. 😭
July 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My last day at the Public Interest Law Center. 😭
Benevolent dictators.
The U.S. Department of Education is releasing more than $5 billion in delayed funding to public schools nationwide this week, officials said.
Philly schools will receive $25 million after Trump administration releases $5 billion in frozen funding
The Philadelphia School District's funds are earmarked for instruction for English learners and other programs. Federal officials had feared a "leftwing agenda."
www.inquirer.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Benevolent dictators.
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kid; “ dad, who is worse. Ben Simmons, or adolf hitler?”
I paused
I paused
July 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
kid; “ dad, who is worse. Ben Simmons, or adolf hitler?”
I paused
I paused
What the actual fuck.
U.S. Treasury Department is now accepting Venmo and PayPal payments from those who want to donate money to reduce the nation's $36.7 trillion debt — NYP
July 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What the actual fuck.
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French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
Macron said in a post on X that he will formalize the decision at the United Nations General Assembly in September.
buff.ly
July 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
The Olympics and World Cup should not be held in the United States. It’s unsafe.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports, citing an executive order issued by President Trump.
US Olympic and Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women’s sports
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports.
bit.ly
July 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The Olympics and World Cup should not be held in the United States. It’s unsafe.
People with such privilege that they have never had to hear the wails of their mother after she was hit by a car.
July 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
People with such privilege that they have never had to hear the wails of their mother after she was hit by a car.
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"...the risk of being murdered underground is... orders of magnitude less than the risk of dying from a traffic accident elsewhere in the US. Cars are deadly, and any transportation policy that encourages their use over public transportation is pretty much by definition anti-safety."
New York City’s Subway Is Actually Safer Than Your Car
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has a point about assaults underground, but his policies aren’t improving anything.
www.bloomberg.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"...the risk of being murdered underground is... orders of magnitude less than the risk of dying from a traffic accident elsewhere in the US. Cars are deadly, and any transportation policy that encourages their use over public transportation is pretty much by definition anti-safety."
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Someone on a scooter got wrecked by a car at 15th and Snyder. Didn’t see the rider and don’t see it in the news yet, but it looked really bad.
July 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Someone on a scooter got wrecked by a car at 15th and Snyder. Didn’t see the rider and don’t see it in the news yet, but it looked really bad.
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FYI: The reason you have to pay for school supplies is because GOP-dominated states have defunded public schools. Your taxes are going to pay for tax cuts to the wealthy, while your local school has to beg for supplies.
July 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
FYI: The reason you have to pay for school supplies is because GOP-dominated states have defunded public schools. Your taxes are going to pay for tax cuts to the wealthy, while your local school has to beg for supplies.
lol at Ginny and Georgia having a mayoral debate. Mayoral candidate speaks of “walkable streets” as a forefront issue.
July 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
lol at Ginny and Georgia having a mayoral debate. Mayoral candidate speaks of “walkable streets” as a forefront issue.