Sandy Hingston
@shingston.bsky.social
Emeritus editor at large for @PhillyMag, happily (mostly) retired. Lover of gardening, grandkids, and sports except for ice hockey.
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Sandy Hingston
@shingston.bsky.social
· Jul 1
Make America Kind Again
From political name-calling to social media meltdowns, public life feels more hostile than ever. But quiet acts of kindness suggest a growing civility, one small moment at a time.
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I wrote about holding onto hope: www.phillymag.com/news/2025/07...
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🔥 Trump has thrown everything he has at us. Insulted us, divided us, threatened us, targeted us, & yet he hasn’t even come close to breaking us.
He has revealed the worst in America, but in the process, has also awakened the best.
America will rise.
-Carlos Alvarez-Aranyos, No Kings Co-Founder 👑
He has revealed the worst in America, but in the process, has also awakened the best.
America will rise.
-Carlos Alvarez-Aranyos, No Kings Co-Founder 👑
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
🔥 Trump has thrown everything he has at us. Insulted us, divided us, threatened us, targeted us, & yet he hasn’t even come close to breaking us.
He has revealed the worst in America, but in the process, has also awakened the best.
America will rise.
-Carlos Alvarez-Aranyos, No Kings Co-Founder 👑
He has revealed the worst in America, but in the process, has also awakened the best.
America will rise.
-Carlos Alvarez-Aranyos, No Kings Co-Founder 👑
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I have been thinking about this line today, on the value of editors, from the late great John Bennet, for no reason in particular.
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I have been thinking about this line today, on the value of editors, from the late great John Bennet, for no reason in particular.
Today I planted tulip bulbs with the grandgirls, and as we covered each one up, we said, "See you in the springtime!"
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Today I planted tulip bulbs with the grandgirls, and as we covered each one up, we said, "See you in the springtime!"
Gee, how could you tell the grandgirls were here?
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Gee, how could you tell the grandgirls were here?
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Hmmm…
What can I make with this…
What can I make with this…
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Hmmm…
What can I make with this…
What can I make with this…
Thank God I'm retired so I can watch this f'ing World Series game right to the bitter end.
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Thank God I'm retired so I can watch this f'ing World Series game right to the bitter end.
So all the Phillies ex-relief pitchers really came through in the playoffs? Great, great.
October 21, 2025 at 5:52 AM
So all the Phillies ex-relief pitchers really came through in the playoffs? Great, great.
Was walking in the woods with the grandgirls today, and I pointed out a woodchuck, and one yelled, "It's a capybara!"
October 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Was walking in the woods with the grandgirls today, and I pointed out a woodchuck, and one yelled, "It's a capybara!"
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“There’s no way I’m bending the knee I have left for a king in America.”
Damn. Just … damn.
Damn. Just … damn.
Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
October 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“There’s no way I’m bending the knee I have left for a king in America.”
Damn. Just … damn.
Damn. Just … damn.
Soaking up the last rays ...
October 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Soaking up the last rays ...
Made my son a monk's habit for the Renaissance Faire ...
October 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Made my son a monk's habit for the Renaissance Faire ...
Starting to feel ALMOST comfortable ... @phillies.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Starting to feel ALMOST comfortable ... @phillies.com
I bought the grandkids little white pumpkins as a special Halloween treat and they painted them orange. 🤷
October 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I bought the grandkids little white pumpkins as a special Halloween treat and they painted them orange. 🤷
It's fall, y'all!
October 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's fall, y'all!
A solitary cricket got into my basement somehow and it's chirping INCREDIBLY loudly and no matter how often I tell him the potential mates are outside and not in here he doesn't listen.
October 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
A solitary cricket got into my basement somehow and it's chirping INCREDIBLY loudly and no matter how often I tell him the potential mates are outside and not in here he doesn't listen.
That was a great football game.
September 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
That was a great football game.
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I think that since the overwhelming majority of mass shooters are cisgender men, we should take their guns first.
September 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I think that since the overwhelming majority of mass shooters are cisgender men, we should take their guns first.
One of my dad's favorite jokes was a young lady asking her date, "Do you enjoy Kipling?" and he says "I don't know -- I've never kippled" and I think of it every time the @phillies.bsky.social put Kerkering in.
September 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
One of my dad's favorite jokes was a young lady asking her date, "Do you enjoy Kipling?" and he says "I don't know -- I've never kippled" and I think of it every time the @phillies.bsky.social put Kerkering in.
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James Mollison, from the series Owls Looking at Owls
August 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
James Mollison, from the series Owls Looking at Owls
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The September issue of @phillymag.com is by far my favorite issue that we've done since I took over, and a lot of that is because of this killer cover. Story's online this Friday.
August 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The September issue of @phillymag.com is by far my favorite issue that we've done since I took over, and a lot of that is because of this killer cover. Story's online this Friday.
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My cat is able to find so many keyboard shortcuts that I have never found again
August 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My cat is able to find so many keyboard shortcuts that I have never found again
Well, hello, neighbor!
August 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Well, hello, neighbor!