Twitter verifies Reading's Steak-umm after months-long campaign for legitimacy
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/twitter-verifies-steak-umm-reading-quaker-maid-20180115.html [www.philly.com]
2018-01-16 02:53
tags:
business
food
philly
social
After months of absurdist humor, bizarre memes and a demanding hashtag, Steak-umm finally saw the fruits of its labor Monday: Twitter verification.
In case there’s not enough weird beef humor in your life, you can now get 100% verified weird beef humor.
https://twitter.com/steak_umm/status/951505372682080256
the entire “Steak-Umm bless” motto started as a way to wish trolls well after they had decided to harass a frozen meat product on twitter. we figured if that’s what their life had come to they must be in need of a beefy blessing
News leak: SEPTA's urine-repellent spray not a success
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/septa-stations-smell-pee-repelling-spray-20170829.html [www.philly.com]
2017-08-29 20:45
tags:
chemistry
hoipolloi
philly
urban
The situation remains fluid
Philly and suburbs brace for 'attack of the small cells'
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/comcast/philly-and-suburbs-brace-for-attack-of-the-small-cells-20170601.html [www.philly.com]
2017-06-02 14:37
tags:
networking
philly
policy
tech
urban
Lancaster officials take pride in the city’s quaint downtown of brick buildings, narrow sidewalks, and old-time street lights — a big draw for weekend tourists. So it came as a surprise last May when California-based Mobilitie LLC came to town certified as a utility, giving it quick access to the city’s rights-of-way.
Change comes to the Bourse, Philly's last chapel of chintz
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Change-comes-Bourse-Phillys-last-chapel-of-chintz.html [www.philly.com]
2017-02-05 13:27
tags:
architecture
food
hoipolloi
urban
I don’t visit the kitschy food court inside the historic Bourse building on Independence Mall for the food. I’ve eaten there just once: on my sixth-grade trip to the Liberty Bell more than a quarter century ago.
These guys are Philadelphia's professional blight busters
http://www.philly.com/philly/living/These-guys-are-Philadelphias-professional-Blightbusters.html [www.philly.com]
2016-12-16 01:29
tags:
business
policy
urban
Operating under the more-corporate-sounding Scioli Turco Inc., they have mastered the ins and outs of an obscure state law called Act 135 that enables nonprofits to take control of blighted properties, fix them up, and sell them.
1880: Philly surgeon and soldier duel with pistols over fashion statement
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/1880-Philly-surgeon-and-soldier-duel-with-pistols-over-fashion-statement.html [www.philly.com]
2016-12-05 00:45
tags:
article
history
hoipolloi
White, a University of Pennsylvania medical school graduate, felt the drab clinical ensemble befitted the duties of a military preacher, and not the practice of a surgeon.
Adams, also a Penn alumnus but on the business school side, said the regular surgeon’s attire was good enough for White to wear. The military uniform, he added, was too harsh for a doctor.
Only one way to settle a dispute like this.
15 local cheeses
http://www.philly.com/philly/food/20161103_Craig_LaBan_favorite_cheeses.html [www.philly.com]
2016-11-03 17:39
tags:
food
philly