Ladle
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These communities are a return to "basal patriarchy" and can be very grim places for young men.
Guess how they maintain a 4:1 female to male ratio?
Other than a few chosen ones, the young guys are "encouraged" to hit the road at 18.
Lauren Self@laurenlself
Visited a self-sustained, off-grid polygamist community in southern Utah. They blasted into the sandstone rock formations to build cave-like homes for the 35 families and hundreds of children who live there.
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@PhillyInquirer Silicone putty earplugs block out literally everything, they're not that expensive.
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My neighbors treat the sidewalk like their personal patio. Am I rude for wanting quiet after 10 p.m.? ebx.sh/XtHMCJ
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@pat_in_thehat Also set this goal for myself, but I've been stagnant for about a year, I got to about 26/100. The annoying ones will be the historic houses only open to tours one or two days a week certain times of the year.
Best of luck!
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Going to every museum in Philadelphia: The Rodin Museum. The courtyard is free to hangout in. Indoor museum is really cool admission by donation. One lady got the "gates of Hell" and proclaimed it demonic and forced her friend to leave.
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@Robkearney1981 Marseilles has some of that too, haven't been to Naples yet.
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Naples is surreal.
One of the last major bastions of authentic "Old World" culture and atmosphere left in Europe.
A city that's really alive, not just a museum.
Baudrillard Forever@GroovySciFi
A scene of Neapolitan life. In the picture it looks serene, but I heard fruitmongers barking over the traffic, car horns blaring. A hawker calls ehii capo to me. But still the kids playing soccer in this little space between the church and the street.
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@potatoslav Damn, he wasn't lying. The bilingual dictionary has no translation, just a description.
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my kid was blowing raspberries last night at dinner and i turned to my German friend and asked “what’s the word for that in German?” and he replied “we have no word for that. it is too silly.”
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@Wronglebowsk @mr_saltz It's a shame most of the people I know that can afford CC are some of the least frequent users of SEPTA & get away with mostly walking plus the occasional Uber. One mediocre experience and they bail.
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@mr_saltz Nothing easier than living in Center City. I get access to both subways, short walk to Chinatown, Gayborhood, Rittenhouse. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
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I never go because I'm broke/busy/lazy/living in South Philly but Center City really is a vibe
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@JohnnyWalsh__ I love me some Philly, don't get me wrong. But if you think SEPTA is as good as the T, you are mistaken.
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It took 4 years to build the Broad Street line from Olney to City Hall
MBTA@MBTA
Beginning June 6, Symphony station on the Green Line E Branch will close for nearly 3 years as we complete safety, accessibility upgrades. Trains will bypass Symphony so we can modernize it with 4 new elevators, raised platforms, & improved wayfinding. ℹ️mbta.com/news/2026-05-0…
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@wrathofgnon A North African medina would give you a pretty close approximation.
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Still dreaming of visiting a living town based on the layout of ancient Pompeii. Majority of buildings one or two stories, with taller towers scattered throughout, a higher density than any modern capital and taverns and eateries on every corner.
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@tinndfishmonger There's usually a couple of copies wrapped in plastic strewn across the sidewalk in front of the Land Title Building at 100 S Broad St that some tenant never picks up. I've indulged myself a few times.
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Does anyone know where I can acquire a paper copy of the Wall Street Journal in Philadelphia tomorrow morning
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@CavDante28 @brentos93 @hellspatisserie The AC beach is one of the few free ones in that area is positively brimming with people in the summer, plus it has train access from Philly. It just happens to attracts a different crowd than those places.
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@brentos93 @hellspatisserie Most people go to the beaches in the surrounding towns (e.g. Ventnor, Margate, Brigantine), rather than AC proper.
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My friend, Atlantic City, died. It fucking died
Casino Reports@casino_reports
It's official: As of just a few minutes ago, there are legal table games in New York City. Rapper Nas made the first dice roll at Resorts World NYC, which beat the other two forthcoming NYC casinos to market — perhaps by several years.
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@Thrivin096 @Colin_d_m Could compromise and do something like SEPTA's Market East station to get natural light plus a building on top, or build an 'E' shaped building with glass bottoms to the unenclosed courtyards between each appendage of the building.
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@Colin_d_m Eh I think it’s kinda a waste and it’s better to have a destination right on top of the tracks!
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Is it Paris? Is it Vienna?
No, it is...MINNEAPOLIS (as envisioned by the Civic Planing Commission of 1917).
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I effing hate the emergence of black nitrile gloves in the culinary world. Worse than the neck tattoos. You're not cleaning a carburetor, you're not killing the president of Paraguay. It's a salad, clean hands are fine.
LasVegasFill@LasVegasFill
The most famous salad in Las Vegas is Golden Steer's tableside Caesar featuring dressing made from scratch! $21 per person with a 2 order minimum. 📍308 W Sahara
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@TheOmniZaddy How much Cantonese is still spoken in the streets these days?
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And all the true ball knowers submit to Guangzhou Supremacy
Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼@Noahpinion
All the cool "visit China" influencers talk about Chongqing and Chengdu. All the paid shills talk about Shenzhen. All the guys who partied really hard in 2018 but haven't been back since the pandemic talk about Shanghai.
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@kkumatani @Neko89094003 Out of curiosity, where in American were you? It varies a bit by region
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@Neko89094003 私がドイツに居た時は、皆さん表現がド直球で基本的には怖かったです
ドイツからアメリカに来た時は、アメリカ人って本音言わないんだと思うぐらいのギャップがありました
正直がモットーというのは理解は出来るですが、典型的なドイツ人、特にエリートの人は怖いです
Sammamish, WA 🇺🇸 日本語
ドイツに住んでいる外国人に聞きたい。ドイツ人のことどう思う？
私から行きます→
なんで自分はダイレクトに言うくせに、言われると泣くんだ？
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@brezina I also describe non walkable areas as feeling claustrophobic to me, sounds counterintuitive to most people I guess, but you're so cut off from everything, little islands of public space between which you have strap yourself into a vehicle that you can't move around in.
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I have only ever lived in these shaded areas. Including the otherwise rural center of Pennsylvania that has a large university and dense downtown supporting a good transit system.
No wonder I feel so claustrophobic in most of America where I can’t walk, bike or take a bus/train.
Amazing Maps@amazingmap
U.S. metro areas where more than 5% of people use public transit to commute
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