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Civil War Naval historian examining Confederate ironclad construction and the Federal Blockade off Charleston Harbor. Philly sports fan, PhD, Associate Professor at a community college. Also: metal, foodways, cooking, SAFC, and Sri Lanka Cricket
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The state has been captured and is being stripped for parts, folks. www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/b...

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The National Weather Service is THE ONLY source of weather data in the US. Every weather app, local broadcaster, and weather forecast map is based on NWS data from NOAA. This is a ridiculously stupid own goal for the US that will disrupt all kinds of social and economic activity, and endanger lives.

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Emmanuel “Manno” Bernoon, a former slave, opened one of the first restaurants in Rhode Island with his wife in the 1700s — and America may owe its love for oysters to their efforts

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Our current foster: Lola, a seven/eight month long-hair tabby. She is getting along better with our two cats the past week, one small bit of joy amongst everything else going on.

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Nothing hazardous was detected during testing at Jenkintown schools, but they will be closed Thursday for a cleaning out of an "abundance of caution," Police Chief Thomas Scott said.

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Hell of a final line: "Billionaires... just don't care." www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

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Billions of dollars at stake for farmers hit by Trump funding freeze, pause on foreign aid tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/19/b... @tennesseelookout.com

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This is really interesting www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-d...

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Probationary employees are receiving termination notices today at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Notices have already started going out, per agency source.

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A shelter-in-place was still active for a one-mile radius and nearby schools were closed Tuesday after a 4-alarm industrial fire ripped through an aerospace parts supplier in Montgomery County on Monday night. We'll be sharing live updates all day. Follow along ⬇️

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Good lord that's terrifying

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It’s remarkable how quickly the Trump team has sabotaged all the things that actually made the U.S. influential on the global stage. Free trade economics, strong diplomatic networks and alliances, the soft power of democratic culture and values, the hard power of a competent military …

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Tennessee: where you will hear tornado sirens and see snow flakes in a 24 hour period because it's February.

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Gotta love tornado sirens.

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Wishing I was in Philly for the parade today.

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That's not good.

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🧵 Trump’s USAID funding freeze abruptly halted critical global health research, abandoning participants mid-trial. A gross ethical violation. @bachynski.bsky.social & I explain what happened and why it matters @bmj.com . ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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In regional news, one of the warehouses at Jack Daniels partially collapsed. www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...

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It’s time

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Go Birds!

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Probably one of the best experiences of my life was getting to watch SB 52 with my best friends in downtown Philly and then celebrating on Broad Street after the win.

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This is amazing.

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Manic laughter, shrieking heard absolutely everywhere in Philly right now

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Wow. What a half. The job isn't done though. The Eagles can't let up in the Second Half, especially given how the Rams game ended in the Divisional round.

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Well done Coop!

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Go Birds! Let's go!

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Lots of special animals and pets buried in the PDSA London animal cemetery. But my first visit is always to Able Seacat Simon. Only feline recipient of the animal Victoria Cross. "During the Yangtse Incident, his behavour was of the highest order." Thread below. #navalHistory

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Passing on a note from a colleague: People with federal student loans should download their files IMMEDIATELY. These files are currently on the studentaid.gov website, which may get deleted if Trump follows through with his EO to shut down DOE

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Good morning! How do you like your chocolate? As a drink or as a solid? And what did the Mayans had?

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Sunderland?!

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A moment of Zen amidst all the chaos: our new foster cat, Lilly, a five-month kitten. She has trouble with her vision and hearing, but she is a happy kitten. We are glad to be caring for her right now.

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Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Private employees downloading personnel data on every federal employee and tax and social security data on every American onto private unsecured servers. Needless to say, completely illegal and subject to major prison sentences.

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BREAKING: Philadelphia Police reported that there was a possible plane crash shortly after 6 p.m. at Roosevelt Mall. This is a developing story.

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Reports of a small plane crash in NE Philly at Cottman and the Roosevelt Blvd, one of the busiest intersections in NE Philly (there's also a small airport nearby). Current Livestream up at kyw news: www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...

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Re-up from very early this morning, thread on the anniversary of the Confederate ironclad attack against the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron off Charleston Harbor, January 31, 1863.

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