“People like Smith bring light and energy to their community and make the world a better place. I fear federal prison could extinguish that spark forever.”

Powerful piece by Maura Ewing in The Philadelphia Inquirer today. Free Ant.

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if his game day socks aren’t a photo of your parents cutting the cake on their wedding day… is he really your man? #gobirds

my sister told me to show this to you

Philadelphians are yelling GO BIRDS instead of “present” at jury duty roll call rn

ordered a vintage book and this little card that stands up like an easel came with the packaging and i am gonna cry. sweetheart union forever

Another bus of asylum seekers has arrived in Philly from Texas. The third drop off of its kind in 10 days. Another bus is coming around 7am for a total of about 80 people, the highest number of new arrivals to date. Unclear how many will stay in Philly

during eagles v cowboys, my boyfriend suddenly turned and chanted at me EAGLES WIN EVERY GAME. DALLAS KILLED JFK. something to think about.

We talk a lot about the militarization of police and not enough about the militarization of sales bros.

anyone else unsettled by the breast cancer awareness party trolley, or just me

Police killed at least 881 people through September 30, 2022. Police killed more people over the past 9 months than at any other point in the past decade. There have only been 10 days this year where police did not kill someone. mappingpoliceviolence.us

Each new one of these high profile independent unions should make existing unions take a real hard look in the mirror and ask why these workers went independent. inthesetimes.com/article/indepe…

Florida SRO was 'dry firing' handgun in his office when gun fired Monday afternoon. Bullet went through the office wall, across the school hallway at shoulder level, through a classroom wall, and lodged in a bookcase.

Students were inside the classroom when the shot was fired.

This apparently started because the kid said he wasn't feeling well and didn't want to play kickball. It ended with a school cop pepper spraying him, pulling him to the ground by his hair, and arresting him. Kid's now facing multiple charges.

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Sooooo some of our VICE offices are off today in order to observe Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, even though the company hasn't budged on recognizing Indigenous Peoples' Day. I guess management thinks it's important to pay respect to the empire, but not the people it colonized 🤔

the lede to this story belongs in a museum theverge.com/c/23311333/tsa…

Omaha police straight up giving away surplus body armor to a thinly veiled Nazi compound

THREAD: The VICE holiday calendar was recently updated and, to our membership's dismay, management unilaterally removed Indigenous Peoples' Day for 2022, even after 3+ years of recognizing it. 🤔

Today the City announced an updated design for FDR Park. Despite public outcry, this design still calls for a substantial portion of the Meadows to be razed. I cannot, and will not, defend the destruction of a public space so beloved by my constituents. 1/🌱

(📷 gridphilly)