on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Lions Club water fountain Cosmos, MN

Things could be worse [threatening]

Since 2005, CBS 3 Philadelphia has been airing Harry Kalas' rendition of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas on Dec. 24. Here's the story of how it all came together — and why his version still resonates today. "It was like he was reading to his grandkids" www.inquirer.com/phillies/har...

Of course it’s called Ogmore. Of course it is.

Pop Tarts taste best when they’re frozen

Excited to go home for the holidays and use the phrase. "No, that's AI" six thousand times.

I was today years old when I discovered Olivia Newton-John's father took Rudolf Hess into custody during World War II.

I am unstoppable unless there’s a minor inconvenience.

I know cricket is beloved, but I’ve read this post four times through, and I still can’t make it the whole way through without laughing.

What a horrifying weekend of news. Too much.

The canceled TV show you’ll never stop thinking about.

What’s important to consider, while watching the Eagles, is that life is nothing but a slow march toward eternal darkness.

We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.

Breaking News: Robert A.M. Stern, a New York architect whose crowning creation was hailed as a rebirth of prewar luxury, is dead at 86.

Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and starred in the landmark movie “The Harder They Come,” has died at 81. https://to.pbs.org/4ptgRug

A treasure trove of rare and historic American music is now available online for free. 5,000 songs from private collectors have already been preserved and uploaded, and "thousands more are in the pipeline". laist.com/news/arts-an... #MusicSky

I don’t even *like* cats, but…

Apple Tree, I https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28554

THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE HUMANITIES IN SCHOOL

#Art #EricRavilious

Composition by Alberto Magnelli, 1948 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137774

What time is Game 8 tonight

“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.”

If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE

May my Phillies never play in a World Series like this one

Every single play is epic … I’ve never seen anything like this.

It’s kinda nuts how after a 162-game season we are tied in the last inning of the last game of the World Series. Baseball rules.

An Air Canada flight right now

Max Scherzer will be the 4th pitcher to start multiple World Series winner-take-all Game 7s, joining: Bob Gibson (3) Lew Burdette Don Larsen

A Philly great

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR supportjamaica.gov.jm

Umberto Boccioni, The City Rises, 1910 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135557

For sure not opening the door for her

Men in the City by Fernand Léger, 1919 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137821

Worst Philadelphia sports week of your life SO FAR

[at Orange Julius in the mall, whispering to myself] well I'm an officer of THIS court, anyway

Oh no I stayed up late enough to start seeing posts about Keir Starmer

2025 NL East Champs #RingTheBell

"PARKOUR!" I scream as I fall down ten flights of stairs

FINAL: Phillies 10 - Brewers 8 Game of the year?

TOO SOON

If it sounds like someone fell off a ladder, someone fell off a ladder.

If you're having a rough day, remember that in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee's paper for the World Wide Web was rejected and he was relegated to the poster session.

Ring the 🔔 for Hall of Famer Dick Allen!

“let’s hang out,” she threatened