Jen Kinney
@jkjenkinney.bsky.social
writer reporter etc.
curating what are you doing, a philly events newsletter --> https://www.whatareyoudoing.today/
curating what are you doing, a philly events newsletter --> https://www.whatareyoudoing.today/
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Jen Kinney
@jkjenkinney.bsky.social
· Jun 4
Seven Days At The Bin Store | Defector
This spring, a new business opened on the main drag of my West Philadelphia neighborhood, provoking both excitement and trepidation. “I saw it just the other day and feared it,” one friend texted. “Li...
https://defector.com/seven-days-at-the-bin-store?giftLink=79332f06e3a1ffcd6b3d4ea1510f7e4a#coral_thread#coral_thread
I got completely obsessed with my local bin store and @defector.com let me write about it: penis garlands, nose beards, whippits and all.
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A W. Philly apartment building was destroyed in a suspected arson right after its tenants were evicted and the building sold to shell company. What is this, the ‘70s? Great reporting by Ryan Briggs and William Bender. www.inquirer.com/news/phil-pu...
Landlord Phil Pulley transferred ownership of West Philly apartments days before suspected arson, records show
Property records show the notorious landlord signed a deed transfer two days before the June 2025 fire. The new owners are now demolishing the building.
www.inquirer.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A W. Philly apartment building was destroyed in a suspected arson right after its tenants were evicted and the building sold to shell company. What is this, the ‘70s? Great reporting by Ryan Briggs and William Bender. www.inquirer.com/news/phil-pu...
oh thanks @defector.com , i love to generate outsized page views and/or new registrations. finding this in the (shockingly readable) annual report was a nice little surprise :)
defector.com/defector-ann...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
oh thanks @defector.com , i love to generate outsized page views and/or new registrations. finding this in the (shockingly readable) annual report was a nice little surprise :)
defector.com/defector-ann...
defector.com/defector-ann...
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work on the creative project that pays me money and that i am under contract for and that people like????? no thanks, im busy thinking about my creative project that im kind of bad at and somehow costs me money and that nobody asked for
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
work on the creative project that pays me money and that i am under contract for and that people like????? no thanks, im busy thinking about my creative project that im kind of bad at and somehow costs me money and that nobody asked for
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This is Bad (source: network.fintechtakes.com/library/3d38...)
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is Bad (source: network.fintechtakes.com/library/3d38...)
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I loved this story about how one bin store in West Philly launched this massive conversation about the future of the neighborhood. Great reporting from @jkjenkinney.bsky.social in her @phillymag.com debut:
How One Store Became Ground Zero For West Philly’s Gentrification War
Businesses are shuttering along Baltimore Avenue, leaving residents to ask — what do we really want this street to be?
www.phillymag.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I loved this story about how one bin store in West Philly launched this massive conversation about the future of the neighborhood. Great reporting from @jkjenkinney.bsky.social in her @phillymag.com debut:
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NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.
It’s oligarchs all the way down.
My first for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
It’s oligarchs all the way down.
My first for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
October 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.
It’s oligarchs all the way down.
My first for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
It’s oligarchs all the way down.
My first for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
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So much tear gas that people who aren't even protesting are getting sick when they leave their homes to run errands: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions
Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.
www.motherjones.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
So much tear gas that people who aren't even protesting are getting sick when they leave their homes to run errands: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
please listen to sophie kazis's maddening investigation into the BBC axing a doc about Israel's systematic attacks on Gaza's hospitals. a rare chance to see behind the scenes as these decisions are made, influenced by fear of pro-Israel lobbyists and critics.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Film the BBC Wouldn’t Air
Podcast Episode · Question Everything · 10/02/2025 · 45m
podcasts.apple.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
please listen to sophie kazis's maddening investigation into the BBC axing a doc about Israel's systematic attacks on Gaza's hospitals. a rare chance to see behind the scenes as these decisions are made, influenced by fear of pro-Israel lobbyists and critics.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
i can't explain it, but to me, the unending proliferation of new reese's manifestations — many of which are just mash-ups of their own products or brand collabs — is a recession indicator.
September 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
i can't explain it, but to me, the unending proliferation of new reese's manifestations — many of which are just mash-ups of their own products or brand collabs — is a recession indicator.
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Update: 1,040 rounds of nonlethal ammunition were fired by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) at anti-ICE protesters in DTLA on June 8th. 669 were 40 mm rubber bullets. They were pulling rounds from boxes as shown below. The dept documented causing only six injuries from the muntions.
September 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Update: 1,040 rounds of nonlethal ammunition were fired by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) at anti-ICE protesters in DTLA on June 8th. 669 were 40 mm rubber bullets. They were pulling rounds from boxes as shown below. The dept documented causing only six injuries from the muntions.
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If I were editing a column about Charlie Kirk’s political genius, I would tell the writer he needed to quote Kirk’s actual political beliefs. If the writer responded that doing so would weaken or distract from his argument, it’d be a pretty good sign that the column was not ready for prime time.
September 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If I were editing a column about Charlie Kirk’s political genius, I would tell the writer he needed to quote Kirk’s actual political beliefs. If the writer responded that doing so would weaken or distract from his argument, it’d be a pretty good sign that the column was not ready for prime time.
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My sense is that most Americans had not heard of Charlie Kirk until yesterday. The first and perhaps only thing they're going to hear about him from the most trusted and important voices in American politics is that he was a model and constructive participant in good-faith political discourse.
September 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My sense is that most Americans had not heard of Charlie Kirk until yesterday. The first and perhaps only thing they're going to hear about him from the most trusted and important voices in American politics is that he was a model and constructive participant in good-faith political discourse.
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New York magazine asked me to explore Roblox and report back on what the hell is going on in there. I found kids are bombarded with covert ads, casino-style manipulation, and nonstop enticements to spend their parents' money.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
The Brain-Rotting Dystopia of Roblox
What if the world’s most beloved video-game app is turning children into mindless hyperconsumers?
nymag.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New York magazine asked me to explore Roblox and report back on what the hell is going on in there. I found kids are bombarded with covert ads, casino-style manipulation, and nonstop enticements to spend their parents' money.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
still fuming about this
It’s mega-fucked that SEPTA has to be bailed out by a betting app: defector.com/its-mega-fuc...
It's Mega-Fucked That SEPTA Has To Be Bailed Out By A Betting App | Defector
Prior to Philadelphia’s Thursday home opener against the Dallas Cowboys, the Eagles’ stadium put out a travel advisory for attending fans. The home opener comes 11 days after SEPTA, the Philly metro…
defector.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
still fuming about this
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Keefe commissary prices —the nation’s leading provider of automated commissary management services— surge up to 88%.
Keefe Commissary Prices Surge Up to 88%. Prison Wages Remain Frozen.
Incarcerated people making 35 cents an hour face challenges budgeting for commissary items when prices increase 88%.
prisonjournalismproject.org
September 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Keefe commissary prices —the nation’s leading provider of automated commissary management services— surge up to 88%.
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This is a truly wild and upsetting ride about the perverse power dynamics that can emerge with surrogacy www.wired.com/story/the-ba...
The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?
When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.
www.wired.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This is a truly wild and upsetting ride about the perverse power dynamics that can emerge with surrogacy www.wired.com/story/the-ba...
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The tragedy of “stomp clap hey”:
The Tragedy Of “Stomp Clap Hey” | Defector
In 1971, the great rock critic Lester Bangs tried to imagine a time when the music of the recent past would seem alien. Projecting himself into the old age he would never reach, he pictured his…
defector.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The tragedy of “stomp clap hey”:
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The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war
With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most.
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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Partners With Undue Medical Debt to Erase at Least $5 Million in Medical Debt
It’s the final week of marketing and promotion for The Toxic Avenger, and the teams here at Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting have decided to do something a little different. Rather than spending the re...
bloody-disgusting.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most.
Learn more:
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