So many great splash pads. I know there are serious staffing and maintenance issues, but the free public pools are AMAZING, never take them for granted. Sister City park is really sweet, too.

It is performative at this point. They grease the poles, local news covers it, fans climb the poles anyway, local news covers it. The circle of life goes on.

I saw a hydrologist give a talk about this when I was in college. Blew my mind.

Well, but she's from Upper Darby so I wouldn't expect any less from her.

The Free Library has a chess club at Parkway Central. I have no idea if it meets your needs but it is a thing that exists.

https://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/event/114949

From what I've heard about the newsroom, that doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility.

It's unconscionable how much he makes. Marty Moss-Coane (who was making like $120-130k) confronted him about it at a staff party and he was like (paraphrasing) "I earn it because of how hard I work." Talk about tone deaf. As if everyone else at the station isn't working hard. The only other public radio exec making that much is in NYC, where the budget is 3x that of WHYY, although I think that's still bonkers. I won't give more than the bare minimum until their executive compensation returns to earth.

I would say it's actually hugely important and should be called out. Accidental deaths by firearms, especially of children, is a big deal. 22 million children live in a household with guns, many unsecured and loaded, and at least 1,300 children die annually when they get their hands on them. 36x more children die this way than in school shootings, it absolutely deserves our attention.