Media “professional.” Storyteller, writer, strategist. Former reporter, @PhillyInquirer, @starledger, @ConMonitorNews. Novelist!
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This is just to say: today is my last day at the @PhillyInquirer. Next week I'm starting a new career in media strategy/comms. I'm excited, but it's still sinking in! I've spent 20 years in newspapers, almost 14 of those here at my hometown paper. I'm so lucky. I'm so grateful.
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Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
plenty of reasons why this isn't working out but what about how hypothetical wife also needs to come from a “well-respected family” and a top-tier school. No bootstrappers need apply I guess
nytimes.com/2026/08/18/well/…
Reminder that as is often the case, no physical or factual evidence ever connected the WM3 to these still-unsolved murders.
I walked off of death row exactly 15 years ago this morning. Thank you. It wouldn’t have happened without you.
One of the biggest lessons I learned is that there will be times when every piece of available evidence tells you that something is impossible. That the door is closed, and the odds are against you. You can’t see a way forward. But not being able to see a way through is not the same thing as there being no way through. We have a habit of treating our present circumstances as if they were permanent, when life is constantly changing. Sometimes the only thing required of you is to stay on your feet long enough for something you cannot yet see to become possible.
You don’t need to know how the story ends. You only need to deal with what is directly in front of you and refuse to surrender your will to circumstances. Take the next step. Then take another. There will be times when continuing seems irrational, when nothing appears to be working and there is no evidence that it ever will. Keep going anyway. An impossible situation only becomes a final one when YOU decide there are no more moves to make.
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Glorification? There was zero glory in my addiction. It was truly the most excruciatingly humiliating and degrading experience you could possibly imagine. I wanted to commit suicide almost daliy, but didn’t have the courage for even that. Instead I’d reach for the pipe or the bottle. The cowards way out. The guilt. The shame. The hurt. The absolute misery of it. Yet here I am. And I am not alone. There are millions upon millions of us. We don’t all agree on politics or people or who we root for on Sunday. But we all have the shared experience of walking through that fire and surviving. I chose to live. That’s not a joke.
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Amazing….Mike D doing "So What’cha Want" with his sons' band 🔥
Mike D performed Beastie Boys songs for the first time in years, joining his sons’ band Very Nice Person for a surprise set at the Ojai Valley Women’s Club.
consequence.net/2026/04/mike…
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F1 before introducing minimum weight rules for drivers is scary crazy to read about.
This is an incredibly candid and honest piece from Valtteri Bottas about his highs & lows.
Everyone should take time out of their day to read the whole thing. It’s so well done.
It was a struggle for me to get here, but I am the happiest I have ever been. I wanted to share my story — the whole story. @PlayersTribune
theplayerstribune.com/valtte…
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A milestone moment for @DorianePin 🖤🩶 Getting behind the wheel of an F1 car for the first time 😤
ALT Doriane Pin in her Mercedes F1 race suit standing in front of the Mercedes W12 at Silverstone
ALT Doriane Pin in her Mercedes F1 race suit sat on the wheel of the Mercedes W12 at Silverstone
Can’t wait to see which race it’ll be this season when a Formula 1 driver pulls his boyfriend out of the grandstands and kisses him at the finish line!!
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the first F1 story of the season was “leclerc got married and his dog was there” the second story is “Aston Martin built a car that will kill the driver if they try to complete a full race.” Perfect sport, no notes
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Prince Andrew's Arrest
Never in a million years did I fathom this when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjou…
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blocked a guy who said he didn't like salt on cookies. i'm sick of playing around on this stupid ass website
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THE OLYMPICS OF BIATHLON MESS CONTINUES
INDIVIDUAL GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WOMAN WHO WAS CONVICTED OF STEALING HER TEAMMATE'S CREDIT CARDS IN OCTOBER
Best Olympics in years just 3 days in
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze then, unprompted, uses post-race interview to reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he hopes that "committing social suicide might show how much I love her"
vg.no/sport/i/vr5g1j/laegrei…
