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We Can End the Garbage Deluge
Two signs that Philly's leaders are ready to make use of two solutions to the trash crisis
May 5
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White Picket Fence: Digging Deeper with Timothy J. Lombardo
The latest edition of the Inquirer's "A More Perfect Union" is a good place to start exploring how racism shaped Philly's suburbs. Historian Timothy J. Lombardo helps us take a deeper dive.
Apr 29
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Everything Matters
Everything Everywhere All at Once and the "crisis of meaning"
May 11
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Recovering Intimacy
On dating apps, the death of intimacy, and the possibility of resuscitation - lessons from Walker Percy, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and Caroline Polachek
Apr 22
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Cackle Forever After
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Is Comedy Dead?
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February 28, 2022
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Air Raids and Applebee's
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March 10, 2022
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The Substance of Shadows
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April 18, 2022
Bag Count - 3. Running Bag Count - 49 // Plus: reflections on community and rhetoric, apropos of an interview with Glitter-founder Morgan Berman
Apr 19
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April 13, 2022
Bag Count - 72 (!!). Cleanup MC - Temwa Wright. Music Rec - Banned Books.
Apr 13
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Cleaning Cobbs Creek Park
Richard Guffanti, a retired Philadelphia School District science teacher, has been hard at work keeping his community's greenspace clean
Apr 5
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The Aspirations of the Spirit
An encounter at a bookstore, a false (?) dichotomy, an assassination attempt, and some personal news
Mar 29
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What a week
The gang declares a no fly zone, council sets a special election, a bribery trial begins // PLUS: a new album by Bel
Mar 25
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Snowflakes and Superpredators
Uncharitable labels that signal an intractable chasm // a declaration of ignorance and a humble foot forward
Mar 24
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March 18, 2022
Bag Count - 2. Cleanup MC - Lisa. Running Bag Count - 46.
Mar 18
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The Substance of Shadows
On The Batman (caution: cryptic spoilers)
Mar 17
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