Goooood morning Philadelphia, Philadelphia City Council is back in session, so let's dive right in. For those of you who are new here, I am the author of City Hall Roll Call, a free weekly newsletter covering the ins and outs of Council. You can subscribe here: broadandmarket.substack.com

Here are the write-in votes from the Nov. 2025 general election in Philly. Newcomers include Zohran Mamdani, Six-Seven and VJ Edgecombe. Old standards Gritty, Poop, Jeffrey Epstein, Harambe and a resurgent Deez Nutz across all categories. www.brianphickey.com/here-are-the...

For everyone who contributed to my cover songs playlist -- WXPN kicked off their listener generated 885 greatest cover songs playlist this morning. You can listen and follow along here: xpn.org/wxpn-playlis...

Good morning Council Watchers, we are underway at this week's Philly City Council Stated Meeting. Council is making the weekly sunshine act motion.

Don't forget to grab your tickets for RAD's Political Quizzo Fundraiser, hosted by special guest @broadandmarket.gobirds.online, at Star|Bolt on Wednesday December 3rd at 6:30 pm. Support RAD, have fun, and test your knowledge of local and national politics! www.riverwardsdems.org/rad_quizzo_2...

Eagles sports radio is gonna make the red wedding look like a romantic comedy

Was 21-0. And then we started running the coward's offense. Inexcusable. Fire people.

Seen at a bar in New Orleans last night by my (Philly) nephew. I hope he bought this dude a drink. #Phillies #Pirates #P00P

Alright, City Council business underway. Comms from Mayor - Mayor is sending over bill to allow treasurer to contract payroll banking with citizens, procurement to enter into K with PEA, 14-602 - R2A amendments,

Goooood morning Philadelphia. Philadelphia City Council live skeet is back this week. Council President Johnson has gaveled us into session and Father Foley, guest of CM Driscoll, has delivered the invocation.

For every rainbow crosswalk destroyed by the likes of Abbott and DeSantis, Philadelphia should put in 2 new ones.

Just a reminder that @denadriscoll.bsky.social and I got matching eagles buddy tattoos and the @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social won the Super Bowl, so we went and got matching @phillies.com tattoos during spring training to ensure a Phillies World Series.

Dreams and Nightmares came on at Oscar’s. Dodgers are cooked.

The entirety of the Gotham FC walked by me in Rittenhouse. I nearly fainted.

Absolutely stoked to be a part of this awesome event, the State of Young Philadelphia 2025. Free to attend, registration required. luma.com/w7x0apq8

No live skeeting today as I am somehow back on a plane again. Newsletter will be out by Monday.

Cars ruin cities.

Channeling my inner @jobforphilly.bsky.social - “Why can’t us?” Ljubljana, Slovenia is a pedestrian paradise. It limits car traffic through its city center for most hours of the day. They instead have different evs that roam around offering free rides to those who need a lift.

insane story www.inquirer.com/crime/stephe...

Also, no live tweet of council today because I just got to kotor. Newsletter will be out sometime tomorrow once I catch the rebroadcast.

Just landed in Dubrovnik and we taxied past a Jet 2 Holidays plane and it felt like seeing a celebrity on the street.

Unpopular opinion: I think what "Phillies Karen" did was bad But I don't think it's natural or healthy to have so many people focusing so many time and energy on the small-scale actions of one regular person who we will never encounter.

Me explaining how Dak Prescott spit first.

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Ready to be an absolute menace to the city of Miluakee. #ringthebell

I love o’hare. We landed in what I can only assume is Indiana and have been road tripping it for like 30 minutes to the terminal.

You know what? Go ahead and bury me in a pet semetary. Let's roll the dice.

The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...

Cool do Jr next.

The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today. The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Great time to be a drywall repairman in north Texas.

At some random dive bar in the middle of nowhere Florida and the tv screensaver is just drone shots of Philly.

Who needs a Labubu when you have a Lou-bubu.

The Bluetooth symbol we see on our phones is a bind rune representing the initials of King Harald Bluetooth, after whom the technology was named. He connected the tribes of Denmark, so they named the technology which connects devices after him.

No. I like this. It's sick. it's disgusting. We live in a depraved world. This meets the moment.

Take down the home plate net.

Happening sooooon! Stream at WHYY.org or tune in on 90.9 on your FM dial.

Tomorrow at noon! Tune in to hear me yap about SEPTA.

This Administration will literally spend our money on anything except helping people in need.

Holy hell, Harrison Bader’s forearms are huge. Popeye-esque.

My career actually peaked in high school. I worked at the Franklin Institute. On Sundays, I was responsible for doing weekly “device check” in the morning. Basically I had to play with every exhibit in the museum to make sure it worked. 1/

After an easy Friday solve to lull me into a false sense of competency, will today’s NY Times Saturday Crossword bring me back down to earth? Stay tuned.

The storm broke the heat so I am absolutely basking in this in sweatpant and pet cuddling weather.

Great news for all of the insufferable fans out there

You know what they say, damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Rode the subway with hundreds and hundreds of people to and from the Phillies game tonight and only caught one fair jumper.

Probably one of the worst attempted memes in history.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Finally added a Phanatic to my tattoo lineup today, and the boys thanked me with a double digit shut out. #ringthebell