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Dan Packel

@packel.bsky.social
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Now: Business of Law editor. Past: food writer, Ph.D. candidate, bike courier, cheesemonger. Always: Philadelphian

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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 20h
Kid living up to all the hype!
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 21h
Bohmer 4ever t-shirt on excitable 48-year old
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 21h
My god
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In retrospect, a strong move to opt for the ballet tonight
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
1 through 9 please!
Philadelphia Inquirer snapshot indicating Alec Bohm and other losers are likely to be on their way out after this dreadful season ends.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh, the Phillies are cooked? Whatever, I just saw Neil Young play Powderfinger
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Philadelphia really at its finest tonight in Love Park with the Jaleel Shaw Trio for Coltrane 100
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you’re seething with negativity about the Phillies, hell yeah I’m gonna heart that shit.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Great night to figure out where the stress gauge on my running watch lives.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Spent a decent amount of time in this place over the years. The youngs on the other hand... "These younger generations are too smart to drink their life away.” www.inquirer.com/food/restaur...
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Adding a bus would be traumatic and problematic to all of us. We do not want air pollution, noise pollution, trash nor the crime associated with public transportation on our block.” How embarrassing to live on a major thoroughfare and whine about this. www.chestnuthilllocal.com/stories/sept...
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SEPTA extends route in Mt. Airy, cuts in Roxborough - The Chestnut Hill Local
SEPTA rolled out phase one of its new bus network on Sunday and Monday, adding two new routes and six extensions while discontinuing seven other routes.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Like Ryan, ashamed to say that I'm almost certain the first time I first heard Jolene was when the White Stripes played it at the 9:30 Club in 2002.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Kruk: What the hell is in Istanbul that you’re so damn interested in seeing
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’m blaming one person alone, and you all know who it is, for the fact that Netflix Canada isn’t showing the Field of Dreams game.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Minding my business on the Broad-Erie platform recently with daughter (10) on the way to the Phillies, and old head looked me right in the eyes and gave me a half smile while puffing on a dutchie. Thanks @dpearsonphl.bsky.social for calling this shit out. www.inquirer.com/opinion/adam...
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Despite good intentions from the city, Philly’s streets remain deadlier than those in New York and Chicago | Shackamaxon
Plus: The mayor loses two key staffers, smoking on SEPTA is ubiquitous, and the Sixers welcome the King.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Shockingly, this ticket didn’t cash. But Ratboys called it out, and maybe there was a quota
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It's not just Magnetbox and Sorny for the 2026-27 Sixers!
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Can Schwarber play SS?
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
If it’s not this, what the fuck is it?
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I’m like an indie rock fan, but for cyclospora. Discovered it in my intestines two years before all of you Johnny-come-latelies
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Like I told myself when the Phillies got eliminated last year, at least we won’t know who would’ve gone to the White House
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
If Khia’s My Neck, My Back isn’t on this @wxpnfm.bsky.social Philly 250 countdown, I’m not renewing my membership next year
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
My one byline at The Classical many years ago was an Aqueduct story (thanks @davidjroth.bsky.social), so I can assume this is 100% my shit even before reading. defector.com/a-final-day-...
defector.com
A Final Day At Aqueduct, New York's Forlorn And Forgotten Racetrack | Defector
Late in the morning of June 13, as most New York City sports fans were mapping out their plans for watching Game 5 of the NBA Finals, I was on the A train headed away from the Brooklyn neighborhood I’...
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Old head on this bus just absolutely blasting Headhunters through the iPhone speakers
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
We interrupt this heartfelt remembrance of Tug McGraw for this obligatory gambling plug
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Proud of pup for rejecting the treat from the dude in the Children’s Health Defense shirt
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Ive done a lot of reaching out for comment on court rulings in my career and have never gotten anythjng like the kicker in this one www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
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Trump administration can install its own slavery exhibits at President’s House, Third Circuit rules
The three-judge panel unanimously agreed to toss out an injunction that ordered the National Park Service to restore interpretive panels telling the story of nine people enslaved at the site.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
22nd Ward, looking good!
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Kids in the mosh pit is the emblematic West Philly Porchfest moment
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Miles Davis Nefertiti on CD!
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Real tussle between Miles and Sonny for my eardrums today.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Tirico just twisting the knife now
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This is a good (and sad) one: The Heath Brothers Jamie Branch Doc Watson Merle Haggard Justin Townes Earle McCoy Tyner Soundgarden Biz Markie A Tribe Called Quest (w Phife) White Stripes (no way Jack and Meg will play together again right?)
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
You wouldn’t believe the wild celebrations in there today following yesterday’s resounding victory.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I just discovered Jim E. Brown this week (thanks @stevenhyden.bsky.social) , and wow am I excited for his next single “American Baseball Star Aaron Nola is Really Quite Shit”
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
It happened again! (They weeee kind enoigh to send me home with tuna salad and cream cheese) www.inquirer.com/food/restaur...
inquirer.com
‘Nothing seemed real’: Inside the explosion that rocked New York Bagels
New York Bagels, which opened in Overbrook Park in 1964, was rocked by an explosion in March. Owner Rayyan Kayyali says he's lucky to be alive.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The decision whether to leave the house with a big ol’ zit or a star on your face is the true generational test.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Love me some Bongo Cam
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Any guesses how much money the tooth fairy brought Arthur Embiid last night?
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I can’t believe it
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Thinking about David Allen Coe driving the rig into the gig at the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Heartworn Highways this AM
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Force Majeure (2014)
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
We did it fam
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Saying "Fuck you" to Record Store Day and instead ordering a couple of releases from a local indie label I've been meaning to snag.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Not a hockey guy, but @cohenesque.bsky.social was talking me through the reporting a few weeks ago when I ran into him at Union Transfer. Eager to read this.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
First Kalshi sports betting commercial out on the wild. Dear god #phillies
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Jason Cohen @cohenesque.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Heard the first "Go Phils!" of the year at Rosali. More of that.
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
So let me get this Phillies promotional schedule straight. Opening Day started at 4:15 pm, but "Opening Night" started at 4:05?
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Can’t beat opening day
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Dan Packel @packel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
No better illustration of the generation gap in the workplace than the conversation I just had with a Zoomer about why to avoid "shrinkage" in her copy.
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