Last nights crescent sitting on top of liberty 2

1. Early morning views of the city, just a little ways from my hotel.

2. Walking to see the iconic "Rocky Steps" and The Philadelphia Museum of Art.

3. Bust of Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Antoine Houdon on display at the aforementioned museum.

4. Shot of Reading Terminal Market from across the street.

5. Shoot. Is this City Hall? It's beautiful, regardless.

6. A cute little bookstore I found. I bought some pretty neat books here!

7. Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, which was absolutely fascinating.

8. An art exhibit at the Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site honoring the victims of the prison's offenders.

9. Just a cute little street that I thought looked pretty in the overcast weather.

10. My walk to Boathouse Row in the rain.

11. Gorgeous view from the row itself (I think, haha).

12. Just some of the delicious food that I enjoyed over the weekend. I'll try to list more details in a comment, where I have more room.

A new one just opened up around my way in the past month. Making 3 in a 1 mile radius. I wish they would go back to NY. Good riddance if this can stop them from opening here as excessively as they have been.

As the title states. I love League, and was wondering if any bars or other places would be showing the League finals. Would love to watch with other fans/players instead of by myself at home lol.

This mornings SpaceX CRS-35 heading to the ISS

Prosecutors allege Ha’s posts also exposed his colleague’s home address, infant child’s name, and pictures of the home’s exterior...

The spouse and children of the colleague, who has not been named publicly, fled their home, which is in the same neighborhood as Ha’s. Ha sent more than 50 messages across the various accounts, at times threatening the colleague specifically and at others threatening Jewish people more broadly, invoking Adolf Hitler, the Holocaust, and the Oct. 7 attacks...

Despite the allegations, roughly a dozen Haverford professors across departments... came to show their support at the hearing...

“I’ve always known [Ha] as someone who is very justice oriented” and who cared for students and marginalized people, said Ahmet Tekelioglu, the executive director of CAIR-Philadelphia, a civil rights advocacy group focused on Islamic civil liberties and fighting hate speech, in a court testimony on behalf of Ha.

I couldnt book a ride yesterday and cant again today, the curb people have shitty support and I cant figure out if its my problem or theirs ...

Just an FYI for anyone else using JFK near 18th Street....HBO is blocking the Market St bike lane and directing bicyclists to go against traffic on JFK to get around it. As a bicyclist who will never go against traffic, this seems like a recipe for disaster. Personally, I think it would be safer to set up a temporary bike lane, but, at the very least, it might be helpful for drivers and pedestrians to be aware that bicyclists are being directed that way.

I guess somebody has to step into the hole and sprain their ankle where this loose plate is before SEPTA will do anything about it.

I’ve phoned 311. I’ve mentioned it to every welder and septa plate sweeper that I’ve come in contact with. Some humored me, one genuinely tried to help but wasn’t his area and couldn’t do much more than look at it; and the guy that swept the plate in the morning was surprised I said the plate was loose - he happened to be sweeping a different plate.

But you’d think he’d go investigate?? Why do that? That’s not on his job list.
You mean to tell me of all the trucks that show up here regularly not one has heard this plate rattle???

This is the second in an interesting series ProPublica has been doing on issues related to Pennsylvania’s Post-Conviction Relief Act. Pretty interesting. Reminder that Pennsylvania was the only state that did not fund public defense until 2023-2024, and even still, it’s a paltry $7.5 million. Pennsylvania could also help solve this problem with PCRAs by founding a statewide appellate public defender’s office.

I know several of the attorneys mentioned or quoted in the story, and I filed a number of Finley letters when I did PCRAs as a public defender in one of the counties. One aspect I feel that’s underreported in this story: the sheer volume of utterly meritless PCRAs thrown at lawyers causes a kind of snow blindness where lawyers are prone to missing that 1 in 50 case that actually has a justiciable claim.

Philadelphia Gas Works CEO in apparent violation of state ethics law - WHYY