Tom Beck

former journalist | sometimes still a contributor to @wxpnfm

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

I’m very curious how much these visa issues are related to a certain new president’s immigration laws.

[Jamey Baskow @JameyBaskow]

Andrei Kuzmenko and Jakob Pelletier are still having Visa issues

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

@StephenJ_Caruso “Urban straphangers,” nice.

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

@spoontheband spoooooooooooon

[jenny lewis @jennylewis]

greatest american band of the last 30 years?
?

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

@KhariBiskut Well he *just* ended his campaign last week give him a break

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

Get ready to hear the words "weird" and "plainspoken" a lot during the media's everyday political discourse.

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

@StephenJ_Caruso “Rebuilt 95” sounds like they literally rebuilt the whole interstate from Maine to Florida lol

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

@the_tisburys I’m not sure I agree with the premise that there *is* a best Spoon album.

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

@JGitto Make sure to visit @passyunkavenue while you’re in London!

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

Me, whispering to the rest of Twitter: *Psssst. Nobody reply*

[Stu Bykofsky @StuBykofsky]

Apple wants to sell me more space on the cloud because I am near limit. Anyone know how to DELETE from the cloud to open space?

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

@KhariBiskut Ry Castellanos? Who dat

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

This is a missed opportunity to reuse the Amtrak flippy board thing from 30th Street Station, but at least it's a good reminder for visiting Temple Health after you've eaten too many Herr's Chips, Chick-Fil-A and Hatfield meats.

[Crossing Broad @CrossingBroad]

Phillies Fans Are Mad At the New Out-Of-Town Scoreboard

https://t.co/Ny7v5u7Sga

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

Not sure whether to laugh or cry at this one, but Councilmember Jones' office faceplanted an attempt to add security cameras to a Wissahickon trailhead in Roxborough by purchasing cameras that are incompatible with @PhillyPolice's software. https://t.co/nLdDaZvpI1

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

Jeffrey Lurie doesn’t understand when to use semicolons. Disappointing.

[Zach Berman @ZBerm]

Jeffrey Lurie in a statement from the team: "Jason was an incredible football player; a future Hall of Famer who would have been successful anywhere. But has there ever been a more perfect marriage between a player, a city, and a team?"

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

Just got a promotional email from @47 Brand with the tag “Built to Last,” which I can’t help but feel is a thinly veiled shot at @Nike at @Fanatics. Bravo. (cc: @FanaticsSucks)

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

The Democratic City Committee removed 14 of its committee members in NW Philly last month. Their removal revealed a disconnect between those CMs, who feel its their job to serve their neighbors, and the DCC, which thinks their job to serve the party. https://t.co/Sa8HyKow45

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

If it’s included in the upcoming budget, it should avoid the death spiral of service cuts and fare increases SEPTA had feared.

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

Looks like Governor @JoshShapiroPA listened to all the ruckus about the need for transit funding. He is calling for $282.8 million extra in increased funding to transit agencies in PA, a big chunk of which would likely go to SEPTA.

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

Just when transparency and integrity matter most, @SInow passes off merely asking AdVon if it used AI as a serious "investigation." It also "strongly condemns" the fake bylines in the very last paragraph of its statement and credits an anonymous "spokesperson" in the process.

[Sports Illustrated @SInow]

Today, an article was published alleging that Sports Illustrated published AI-generated articles. According to our initial investigation, this is not accurate.

The articles in question were product reviews and were licensed content from an external, third-party company, AdVon Commerce. A number of AdVon’s e-commerce articles ran on certain Arena websites. We continually monitor our partners and were in the midst of a review when these allegations were raised.

AdVon has assured us that all of the articles in question were written and edited by humans. According to AdVon, their writers, editors, and researchers create and curate content and follow a policy that involves using both counter-plagiarism and counter-AI software on all content. However, we have learned that AdVon had writers use a pen or pseudo name in certain articles to protect author privacy – actions we strongly condemn – and we are removing the content while our internal investigation continues and have since ended the partnership.

- Spokesperson for The Arena Group

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

@NKKariuki Ok “Nicholas Kariuki.” If that is your real name.

[Tom Beck @ImTomBeck]

A new civic group in Germantown and Mt. Airy that was approved by the city over the summer has left a lot of neighbors in both communities questioning its legitimacy. Here's the story in the most recent issue of the Local: https://t.co/4RbwZ9m3Zl