Historic South Philly churches designed by Frank Furness slated for very different futures inquirer.com/real-estate/fu…

Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG on.ft.com/402zbjD

Philadelphians take to social media to gripe about the DC 33 strike and the resulting ‘Parker piles’ inquirer.com/news/philadelp…

Philadelphia’s trash strike has attracted notably little national media, but a has received lot of social media attention: inquirer.com/politics/phila…

Mayor Cherelle Parker wants striking city workers to see the big picture of what she’s done for them. So far, it isn’t working. inquirer.com/politics/phila…

You can thank me later for saving you from sending people audio messages of you in the bathroom businessinsider.com/iphone-apple-t…

Breaking news: An imposter using AI to pose as Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted three foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress, according to a State Department cable. wapo.st/4eyR4fO

New: State Rep. Chris Rabb is officially running in PA03 for retiring Rep. Dwight Evans seat, promising an “unapologetically progressive” campaign: inquirer.com/politics/phila…

Comcast and 76ers ownership purchase two swathes of East Market to redevelop inquirer.com/real-estate/ea…

Beautiful story beautifully told: “...I guess I would be deemed a junkman. But junk in an antique kind of way.” inquirer.com/arts/inq2/stai…

Jake Blumgart I hope so cause no one wants a person who talks or writes that way walks among us

This is more like it. But Philly’s Market East still needs a city and community-led plan.inquirer.com/real-estate/ea…

“The campaign decided it would ignore the Post’s editorial board, but took seriously the paper’s beat reporters, who command the respect of many New York political professionals.” semafor.com/article/06/29/…

New: SecDef Hegseth did not inform the White House before he authorized a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine last week, 5 sources tell Natasha Bertrand & me, setting off a scramble inside the administration to understand why the halt was implemented. cnn.com/2025/07/08/pol…