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Kate Dailey

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Managing Editor, Features at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
please I wish, just trying to attract the attention of our most prominent Philadelphian!
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hi @joshuajfriedman.com I have no BlueSky juice but am breaking news here, lol. Will try to get better at it.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
attn: @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Big news from Peter Dobrin and Sue Snyder and the @inquirer.com : William Penn Foundation offers to fund Academy of Natural Science for a year. Drexel did not say whether the had declined the offer. www.inquirer.com/arts/drexel-...
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William Penn Foundation offers funding to keep Academy of Natural Sciences museum open
A Drexel spokesperson did not say whether the school had declined the offer, but said, “No proposal has been presented that would provide a permanent, sustainable path forward" for the museum.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The @inquirer.com has pared with Eric The Puzzler for a new weekly word game - Pillars! It technically launches tomorrow but here's early access to what I'm being told will be the latest craze sweeping the city: www.inquirer.com/games/pillar...
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Pillars - August 1, 2026
Play Pillars, a free weekly word game from The Philadelphia Inquirer — the perfect puzzle to test your Philly knowledge.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Also never forget: www.inquirer.com/life/interne...
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Does the internet have a Philly accent? Why too much time online can make you ‘culturally Philadelphian.’
Perhaps certain online corners have a special Philly pull.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Inquirer Sports Bron-O-Meter with the needle all the way to the right, indicating "It's On!"
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David Gambacorta @dgambacorta.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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.
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FanDuel sent a personal message from Phillies star Bryce Harper to a customer with a gambling addiction
Terry Thompson lost $1.5 million on bets he placed with FanDuel. The company gave him VIP treatment — including a personalized video message from the Phillies' All-Star first baseman.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I appreciate how the use of the "1" in place of the "I" suggests there is a second HOAGIE plate somewhere in our region.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Stephanie I have slowly been amassing Very Philly License plates with the intent of sharing them with you!
Tesla with PA plate that reads EV JAWN
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We are back with DAY 2 of our countdown of Philly's most iconic dishes. Did your favorite show up yet? (My favorite, the Schmitter, was #73, but that's fine, I'm over it). www.inquirer.com/food/inq2/76...
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From Stock’s pound cake to Herr’s chips: Day 2 of our countdown
The Inquirer’s food team ranked the 76 most iconic Philadelphia dishes — the flavors, traditions, and restaurant creations that have shaped the city’s culinary scene.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The first drop includes my personal favorite, the Schmitter, which is not in fact named for Mike Schmitt.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
America got it's start in Philadelphia (fight me), so for the 250th we're celebrating everything that makes this city great. This week, we are counting down the 76 most iconic Philly dishes: www.inquirer.com/food/inq2/76...
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The food that gives Philadelphia its flavor
The Inquirer’s food team ranked the 76 most iconic Philadelphia dishes — the flavors, traditions, and restaurant creations that have shaped the city’s culinary scene.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Every profile or interview I heard with @jkbjournalist.bsky.social was about her work, her reporting, her theories. I'd read very little about her life, her philosophy, and the toll this reporting took on her personally. Nark did a wonderful job bringing those themes to the front.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Not only is this story beautifully told, it's also full of Philly touchstones like @jaketapper.bsky.social, Dave Davies, The Daily News/People Paper and the Phillies losing.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Please enjoy this deep dive on one of Philly's greatest citizens, Julie K. Brown. www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...
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The woman who took down Jeffrey Epstein was forged in Philly
“Philly is in my bones. I would not be where I am right now if not for Philadelphia.”
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Have you or a loved one been afflicted by a "weird egg virus"? ebx.sh/uwaJTq
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Chaos reigned at Easter egg hunts across Pennsylvania this year, ‘like some kind of weird egg virus’
Local businesses across the state apologized on Facebook after their family events spiraled out of control.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In which we investigate the mystery of that $1000 bus ride between Wilmington and #Philly. www.inquirer.com/life/america...
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American Airlines will sell you a $1,000 bus ride. It just hopes you don’t buy it.
The trip from Wilmington to Philadelphia shows up like a flight, costs 50 times more than Greyhound, and is apparently priced to scare you off.
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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Reposting this feature article we wrote about the legendary Harlow, an icon of Trans Joy and a testament to the importance of community and allyship for all queer people: share.inquirer.com/kPwMRH
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Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
On Trans Day of Visibility, please revisit this amazing profile of Rachel Harlow by @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social - a reminder that you can be trans, be bold, be loved, grow old, and still be the best dressed lady at the Acme. www.inquirer.com/life/a/harlo...
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Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I was about to send you this skeet and then I saw who wrote it.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I grew up calling Kids Corner and was DELIGHTED when my son called in to talk to Kathy this year. But had changing childhood, Yoto Minis, Miss Rachel, et al impacted the magic of Kids Corner? Abigail Covington investigated, and stumbled onto the end of an era. www.inquirer.com/life/wxpn-ki...
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Kathy O’Connell signs off
After nearly 40 years on “Kids Corner,” Kathy O’Connell is leaving the show that made generations of Philly kids feel heard.
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
There's a delightful story in today's Inquirer where they visit the remote Poconos HQ of HIGHLIGHTS Magazine, still going strong after 80 years.
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Highlights Magazine has reached millions of kids over 80 years — straight from the Poconos
In a time when many kids are glued to screens, Highlights thrives.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I still take the R5.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
ICYMI: A #Philly fairy tale (complete with happy ending) to start your week off right.
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TheHound007 @hound007.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Although I've never heard of this person I thought, “I’m always the best-dressed woman at the Acme,” she says., is the most South Philly thing ever I've come across this year.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Goes without saying (but I’ll say anyway) she looked absolutely regal. Jewels, opera coat, lions‘ mane of golden hair, perfect nails.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Fantastic old-school feature-writing chops here
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
She is warm and funny with crystal clear, perfectly-timed anecdotes about her glamorous Philly life. And the way people responded to her! Since then, I've felt real pressure to ensure our article captures even a little of what it’s like to be with Rachel. Did we? www.inquirer.com/life/a/harlo...
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Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
And of course, there is the woman, the myth, the icon herself, Rachel Billebault. I got to know Rachel first through @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social's vivid and detailed writing, and then through many phone calls, but it wasn't until we met in person that I fully appreciated her aura and energy.
Rachel in 1988 at the opening of her club Harlow's in the Bourse.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Throughout the editing process, I would often come across an detail and think "This is wild. But is it true? How could I even fact check this?" And then there would be a Daily News clipping from 1972 that said exactly that.
A vintage newspaper clipping: "A soft-spoken little man cornered owner Stanley (Bo) Rosenbleeth in Harlow's the other night and asked her for a "Harlow pin". This is a little piece of jewelry made by Jonathan Stampler for Harlow, hostess at the Bank st. discotheque. 
Rosenbleeth told the man he gives the pins only to "special customers and friends." 
"I'm a friend of Harlow's," the man said. 
"Oh yeah? What's your name?"
"Truman Capote," said the man.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
As they say in the article, Harlow was a star "at a time when Philadelphia had enough daily and weekly newspapers to support over a dozen full-time columnists, documenting the movements and drama of the city’s celebrity circuit." Do you love vintage #philly history? You'll love this story.
An archive photo of Harlow's club at Bank and Chestnut street in the 1970s.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Most of the story, they told me, was in plain sight all along. It lived in the pages of our paper - deep in the archives, where the woman known simply as Harlow was covered incessantly in the 1970s.
Headlines and glamorous photos from Philadelphia papers in the 1970s. "For Harlow, Life is a Cheerful Drag". "Harlow 'couldn't be happier' at Sex Change",
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
@tomandlorenzo.bsky.social first told me about Harlow five years ago, in sort of a "wouldn't it be cool to track her down" way, but she remained elusive. When I reconnected with them this year to see if we could revisit the idea, they were already deep into working with Rachel on her memoirs.
Harlow in a velvet and chiffon Oscar de la Renta dress with a large flower around her neck.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Philadelphia and the world, may I have your attention? @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social's massive, detailed, fascinating profile of the Philly icon that is Harlow published this morning in the @inquirer.com's brand-new weekend edition: www.inquirer.com/life/a/harlo...
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Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Excited and honored to join this cohort of journalists!
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Some personal news! I am in the Epstein emails (sort of)!!! In February 2019, Epstein emailed a column that I wrote about him, Trump and Trump's pal Robert Kraft to his "journalist" friend Michael Wolff. Why would he do this? I have no earthly idea. Should I be flattered?
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Lots of detail and context about what in the heck is going on at the art museum right now: www.inquirer.com/arts/philade...
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Philadelphia Art Museum chief Sasha Suda was ousted after investigation by law firm, sources say
While the substance of the investigation is unknown, Suda's lawyer has called it a "sham investigation" used as a pretext for her "unlawful termination."
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
💙💙💙
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
It's science: www.inquirer.com/life/interne...
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Does the internet have a Philly accent? Why too much time online can make you ‘culturally Philadelphian.’
Perhaps certain online corners have a special Philly pull.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
(For the record, I did not edit this piece.)
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
One of the perils of the new media landscape is bosses thinking "The only way to Save Media is to double down on content I personally like and want to do anyway" but I am built different and know that readers yearn for in-depth media criticism about local magazines from @zoegberg.bsky.social.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Peter Dobrin today: www.inquirer.com/arts/sasha-s...
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Philadelphia Art Museum chief exec Sasha Suda has been dismissed
While the reasons for Suda’s dismissal were not immediately clear, several events in the past months have pointed to internal dissent at the museum.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Peter Dobrin yesterday: www.inquirer.com/arts/philade...
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The Philadelphia Art Museum rebrand surprised locals and board members. Is it as bad as some say?
A beer hall? Soccer team? The Art Museum's new logo and name are drawing fire. But the real test will be whether or not the redesign brings in crowds and raises money.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
It’s not your imagination. @zoegberg.bsky.social on why it seems like everyone On Here is rooting for the Phils tonight. www.inquirer.com/life/interne...
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Does the internet have a Philly accent? Why too much time online can make you ‘culturally Philadelphian.’
Perhaps certain online corners have a special Philly pull.
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Inga Saffron @ingasaffron.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Not only is Calder Gardens like nothing else on the Parkway - it’s like nothing else anywhere. This is a great building, as my review explains. To celebrate, a gift link: share.inquirer.com/1K33B0
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Calder Gardens is a luminous, magical spirit cave that subverts the Parkway’s monumentality
The project offers Philadelphia a new way to think about the flawed Parkway.
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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 15/09/2025
I honestly don’t have enough luminous, magical spirit caves in my life.
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Times are tough; find some rum hams. www.inquirer.com/entertainmen...
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Find all the rum hams hidden around the city in our ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ game
To celebrate Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s twentieth birthday, we’ve hidden twenty rum hams over the city. Can you find them all?
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