In Defense of a Little Loneliness: my essay on #maleloneliness for @outsidemag.bsky.social www.outsideonline.com/culture/essa...

In defense of a little loneliness: a post-divorce essay about solitude, Dick Proenneke, and nature, I wrote for @outsidemag.bsky.social www.outsideonline.com/culture/essa...

A Pennsylvania man earned VIP status at FanDuel by wagering large sums on sports bets. He developed a ruinous gambling addiction. The company rewarded him with enviable perks — champagne, Super Bowl tickets and, we found, a personal video from Phillies star Bryce Harper.

In defense of a little loneliness: a post-divorce essay about solitude, Dick Proenneke, and nature, I wrote for @outsidemag.bsky.social www.outsideonline.com/culture/essa...

I wrote about Rachel Entrekin, who beat every man and woman in a brutal 250 mile race across Arizona Why are so many women beating men in ultras? Top-end speed is not the be all, end all in the multi-day-running endurance scene.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

When you've seen a job that you've applied to at least twice in two years relisted *again*

This is not a secret.

Recent advances in AI enable researchers to mine social media for large-scale, real-world data on prescription drugs. Their latest analysis looked at 410,198 Reddit posts on GLP-1 drugs.

Was it her birthday?

"If you give the rich tax breaks, they'll lower prices for everyone else." No, they won't. Want proof? Every single MLB team owner is in the richest 0.1% and receives hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax breaks every year. And it now costs an average $225 to attend a game.

@jkbjournalist.bsky.social receives @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social special citation for her work on the Jeffrey Epstein case my @inquirer.com update www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

The Pulitzer Board ignored Julie K. Brown’s crucial reporting for a decade. Then @jasonnark.bsky.social profiled her Philly roots, and the next month she received a special citation. Coincidence?

I can't believe someone wrote a book about the Sixers called "Tanking to the Top."

How writers can use #AI without losing their soul, via @narrativemag.bsky.social ively www.narrativelyacademy.com/p/free-works...

A difficult childhood in Bucks County and years at the Philly Daily News helped @miamiherald.com reporter @jkbjournalist.bsky.social expose #Epstein and connect with victims. My profile of Brown for the @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...

@jkbjournalist.bsky.social , the woman who took down Jeffrey Epstein was forged in Philly. My profile for the Philadelphia Inquirer. www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...

Three takeaways from @jasonnark.bsky.social’s excellent profile of @jkbjournalist.bsky.social: 1. All news is local news, even an international conspiracy. 2. Julie is a boss and we owe her a debt for her reporting. 3. Philadelphia remains the center of the universe. share.inquirer.com/cTVEY6

Do you know any adults who have recently converted to Catholicism? Send me an email at [email protected]

@ergot.bsky.social I am sending you a story.

Wind turbines are terrible for bats share.inquirer.com/wckLIt

Take a moment to look away from the horrors and read a delightful story about a woman who's devoted her life to helping rehab injured/sick bats. By @jasonnark.bsky.social for @inquirer.com. share.inquirer.com/tqq9Iq [gift link] #bats 🦇 #conservation #GreenSky

Polyamory www.inquirer.com/life/life-pa...

There is no tradition in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania like the Farm Show Butter Sculpture. www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl... via @inquirer.com @jasonnark.bsky.social

A Scranton neighborhood group put a “hometown hero” banner of Joe Bide, who was born there. Controversy ensued, of course. My story for the Inquirer www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

From @jasonnark.bsky.social: Behind the scenes at world-renowned Martin Guitars. (via @inquirer.com)

All of Philly's Michelin-starred restaurants get their caviar from one guy: A dude named Gary, an ex-night club owner who delivers thousands of dollars of fish eggs like the milkman. “It’s about the way you make them feel," he said. "Chefs like when you hold their hand." 🖊️ for @inquirer.com

Have you read fiction where an animal is the main character, but not necessarily anthropomorphized like Animal Farm or even Watership Down? Is Jaws written from the shark's perspective?

Today is Survivors of Suicide Loss day, for everyone left behind. I processed the death of my beast friend mostly by writing a lot. It wasn’t always healthy. This piece for The Alpinist took about 8 years. #suicide #SuicidePrevention alpinist.com/features/wha...

I’m really hating how Christmas is man-spreading its fat, veiny thighs into Thanksgiving.

Men, for real, just get a dog. Take it for walks. Go to parks, breweries, etc. Life will find a way.

Last night I was at a bar in NYC and “What a fool Believes” came on. Five Black women walked in and lost their minds: hand’s up, hips moving, in utter joy. I felt joy. When it was over I asked them if Michael McDonald was the most soulful white dude. “Oh, he’s the one.”

“A cabin is like a dream, a simple place where you can become the best version of yourself. You might whittle a walking stick by the fire or cook bacon on a skillet while your new buddy, a red fox, waits for scraps.” @jasonnark.bsky.social’s difficult journey to Dick Proenneke’s Alaskan home:

Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...

The New York Times called Delco ‘rural America.’ But it did get a key part of ‘Task’ right. My opinions for the @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/entertainmen...

Michael Days, a pillar of Philadelphia journalism who championed young Black journalists and was beloved among reporters who worked for him at the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer, died suddenly on Saturday at the age of 72 in Trenton.

Samuel Douglass, a Vermont Republican legislator who faced bipartisan condemnation after participating in a long-running group chat that routinely used racist and antisemitic language, said on Friday that he would resign. He was one of a dozen young Republicans who had participated in the texts.

I took great pics of my ex-wife. I bet she's using them on dating apps.

I signed up for the @nytimes.com again just to read this and say that Delaware County is not rural America. Not even close. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...

My favorite @marcmaron.bsky.social was with an Onion editor who had been suicidal. I can't remember his name, but it was profound.

Marc Maron, the comedian, actor and former podcaster, discussed his decision to bring “WTF” to a close after 16 years and interviewing its final guest, Barack Obama. “It’s hard to find a way through, in terms of hope,” Maron told us in an interview. “So, I went to the hope guy.” nyti.ms/4n3ieOG

Legitimately surprised www.inquirer.com/phillies/rob...

In 2016, @wnep.bsky.social did a piece on @dunkindonutscoffee.bsky.social arson in Pa. coal country that went viral. Folks laughed that locals were upset about a chain store. One local doesn’t want to be remembered as a joke. My @inquirer.com story. www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

If people see me wandering in one of Philly’s squares, this is what I hope they see after I pass them. “Well that guy doesn’t golf.”

As something of an olive branch to the Right, Disney will release Song of the South from the vault on Jefferson Davis' birthday.

That we would prefer to do something later than now.

There's no translation for "Go Birds" for the Phillies. Sorry.