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Calculated Shard: 76 (from laksa012)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa076.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://danielguss.substack.com/p/the-best-philadelphia-karen-memes\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://danielguss.substack.com/p/the-best-philadelphia-karen-memes\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/danielguss.substack.com\/p\/the-best-philadelphia-karen-memes","crawl_time":1774517056,"first_indexed_time":1758378927,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,substack!danielguss,\/p\/the-best-philadelphia-karen-memes s443","src_root_hash":"14862242593741677076","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"“The Best Philadelphia Karen Memes” by Daniel Guss","meta_descriptions":["My default setting is that social media is a malignancy that cannot be trusted, has no cure and will never go away. But it does have its moments."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"My default setting is that social media is a malignancy that cannot be trusted, has no cure and will never go away.  But this weekend reminds us that it does have its moments.\nAt a Major League Baseball game in Miami over the weekend,\nHarrison Bader\nof the visiting Philadelphia Phillies crushed a home run which landed in a section of the bleachers that had more empty seats than occupied.\nAs has been customary for generations, a local scramble for the home run ball ensued as it landed.  A dad who was in attendance with his family to celebrate his young son’s birthday was a dozen seats away down one of the empty aisles.  He ran over and snagged it.\nA woman seated closer to where the ball landed had a meltdown after the dad proudly walked back to his family and dropped the ball in his son’s mitt, initiated physical contact with the man and demanded that he give the ball to her.\nSorry, but that’s not how it goes at baseball games… or in life.\nThe video:\nThe recoiling dad ultimately gave the oddly enraged woman the ball and waved for her to go away.  She was incessantly booed, and was recorded making physical contact and arguing with other spectators in the area, including holding up the ball and\ngiving the middle finger to some of them\n.\nBut in an era when issues with overwhelming support are referred to as “70–30 issues” (or even higher at 80-20 etc), social media did its thing, overwhelmingly against the woman, suddenly infamous as a “Philadelphia Karen.”\nSome of the best memes and comments riffed on legendary social meme phenomena:\nWith Halloween around the bend, Philadelphia Karen even inspired some AI costume concepts.\nand, of course, the political…\nTuned-in social media personnel from the teams quickly caught on to what was taking place, resulting in the boy not only getting a gift bag from them during the game, he and his family later got to meet Bader, the player who hit the home run, and even got an autographed bat from him.\nWhich enabled a little more social media social justice:\nI don’t know what this woman normally does on Monday mornings, but this might be a good day to call-in sick.\n(Daniel Guss, MBA, won the LA Press Club’s\n“Online Journalist of the Year”\nand\n“Best Activism Journalism”\nawards in June ‘23. In June ‘24, he won its\n“Best Commentary, Non-Political”\naward. He has contributed to the Daily Mail, CityWatchLA, KFI AM-640, iHeartMedia, 790-KABC, Cumulus Media, KCRW 89.9 FM, KRLA 870 AM, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Magazine, Movieline Magazine, Emmy Magazine, Los Angeles Business Journal, Pasadena Star-News, Los Angeles Downtown News and the Los Angeles Times in its sports, opinion, entertainment and Sunday Magazine sections among other publishers.)","attrs_markdown":"[![Daniel Guss](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!A1Is!,w_40,h_40,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4402d5fb-3622-4544-9469-8d6592eda8b8_609x609.png)](https:\/\/danielguss.substack.com\/)\n\n# [Daniel Guss](https:\/\/danielguss.substack.com\/)\nSubscribe\n\nSign in\n\n# “The Best ‘Philadelphia Karen’ Memes” by Daniel Guss\n[![daniel.guss's avatar](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!VuUM!,w_36,h_36,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9400965-741a-4e93-b40e-56e4c32996ee_611x609.jpeg)](https:\/\/substack.com\/@danielguss)\n\n[daniel.guss](https:\/\/substack.com\/@danielguss)\n\nSep 08, 2025\n\n6\n\nShare\n\nMy default setting is that social media is a malignancy that cannot be trusted, has no cure and will never go away. But this weekend reminds us that it does have its moments.\n\nAt a Major League Baseball game in Miami over the weekend, **Harrison Bader** of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies crushed a home run which landed in a section of the bleachers that had more empty seats than occupied.\n***\nThanks for reading DanielGuss.Substack.com. Subscribe for free and share with friends.\n***\nAs has been customary for generations, a local scramble for the home run ball ensued as it landed. A dad who was in attendance with his family to celebrate his young son’s birthday was a dozen seats away down one of the empty aisles. He ran over and snagged it.\n\nA woman seated closer to where the ball landed had a meltdown after the dad proudly walked back to his family and dropped the ball in his son’s mitt, initiated physical contact with the man and demanded that he give the ball to her.\n\nSorry, but that’s not how it goes at baseball games… or in life.\n\nThe video:\n\n[nbcsphilly](https:\/\/instagram.com\/nbcsphilly)\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!-VO_!,w_640,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F__ss-rehost__IG-meta-DOPsU9Ok0Vh.jpg)](https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DOPsU9Ok0Vh)\n\nA post shared by [@nbcsphilly](https:\/\/instagram.com\/nbcsphilly)\n\nThe recoiling dad ultimately gave the oddly enraged woman the ball and waved for her to go away. She was incessantly booed, and was recorded making physical contact and arguing with other spectators in the area, including holding up the ball and [giving the middle finger to some of them](https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/baseball\/video-phillies-karen-flipping-off-crowd\/715712).\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!KJ4J!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bb6115d-537c-4efa-bb28-a433ace9cfba_621x679.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!KJ4J!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bb6115d-537c-4efa-bb28-a433ace9cfba_621x679.jpeg)\n\nBut in an era when issues with overwhelming support are referred to as “70–30 issues” (or even higher at 80-20 etc), social media did its thing, overwhelmingly against the woman, suddenly infamous as a “Philadelphia Karen.”\n\nSome of the best memes and comments riffed on legendary social meme phenomena:\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!l094!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8c144b-dddd-4d21-b67d-67d74df20419_738x738.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!l094!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8c144b-dddd-4d21-b67d-67d74df20419_738x738.jpeg)\n***\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!5Z_H!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8befcd32-5eeb-4c78-9fe7-ab372888081a_738x1048.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!5Z_H!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8befcd32-5eeb-4c78-9fe7-ab372888081a_738x1048.jpeg)\n***\n***\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!sL_n!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F63b06a5f-8343-4839-896a-d62b7cfbd437_363x544.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!sL_n!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F63b06a5f-8343-4839-896a-d62b7cfbd437_363x544.jpeg)\n***\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!_YDb!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbe51498-4eba-4152-ba8e-f5b9f775d714_738x596.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!_YDb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbe51498-4eba-4152-ba8e-f5b9f775d714_738x596.jpeg)\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!TgWt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F055bc1c8-6e92-4569-baff-4b8a9a7dce92_905x1207.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!TgWt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F055bc1c8-6e92-4569-baff-4b8a9a7dce92_905x1207.jpeg)\n***\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!9uMo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F61153e81-0ba9-4a49-819a-df909046fb9d_960x1164.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!9uMo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F61153e81-0ba9-4a49-819a-df909046fb9d_960x1164.jpeg)\n***\nWith Halloween around the bend, Philadelphia Karen even inspired some AI costume concepts.\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!NSxC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b543add-c6ae-4a79-8f38-0fa8d2be4f1c_738x738.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!NSxC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b543add-c6ae-4a79-8f38-0fa8d2be4f1c_738x738.jpeg)\n***\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!tna4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe392e3c-b6c3-4980-9572-0e6004646c36_738x954.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!tna4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe392e3c-b6c3-4980-9572-0e6004646c36_738x954.jpeg)\n***\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qZBh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd91e491d-5374-46e7-98c6-224717015445_960x1595.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qZBh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd91e491d-5374-46e7-98c6-224717015445_960x1595.jpeg)\n***\nand, of course, the political…\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!YqJU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0461d13f-f6a1-420a-8a26-34f6c5246f6f_738x909.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!YqJU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0461d13f-f6a1-420a-8a26-34f6c5246f6f_738x909.jpeg)\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!UTQX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08942e0c-26cc-4336-841e-968787d0dab0_738x554.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!UTQX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08942e0c-26cc-4336-841e-968787d0dab0_738x554.jpeg)\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!OcVW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57d218ba-26e5-45db-b2c6-cf8817db7a16_738x900.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!OcVW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57d218ba-26e5-45db-b2c6-cf8817db7a16_738x900.jpeg)\n\nTuned-in social media personnel from the teams quickly caught on to what was taking place, resulting in the boy not only getting a gift bag from them during the game, he and his family later got to meet Bader, the player who hit the home run, and even got an autographed bat from him.\n\nWhich enabled a little more social media social justice:\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!LIzP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb63ed99c-abc9-40cc-ae68-7304c2386be1_738x971.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!LIzP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb63ed99c-abc9-40cc-ae68-7304c2386be1_738x971.jpeg)\n\nI don’t know what this woman normally does on Monday mornings, but this might be a good day to call-in sick.\n***\n(Daniel Guss, MBA, won the LA Press Club’s ***“Online Journalist of the Year”*** and ***“Best Activism Journalism”*** awards in June ‘23. In June ‘24, he won its ***“Best Commentary, Non-Political”*** award. He has contributed to the Daily Mail, CityWatchLA, KFI AM-640, iHeartMedia, 790-KABC, Cumulus Media, KCRW 89.9 FM, KRLA 870 AM, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Magazine, Movieline Magazine, Emmy Magazine, Los Angeles Business Journal, Pasadena Star-News, Los Angeles Downtown News and the Los Angeles Times in its sports, opinion, entertainment and Sunday Magazine sections among other publishers.)\n\nThanks for reading DanielGuss.Substack.com! Subscribe for free and share with friends.\n\n6\n\nShare\n\nPrevious\n\nNext\n\nTop\n\nLatest\n\nNo posts\n### Ready for more?\n\n© 2026 Daniel Guss · [Privacy](https:\/\/substack.com\/privacy) ∙ [Terms](https:\/\/substack.com\/tos) ∙ [Collection notice](https:\/\/substack.com\/ccpa#personal-data-collected)\n\n[Start your Substack](https:\/\/substack.com\/signup?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_content=footer)\n\n[Get the app](https:\/\/substack.com\/app\/app-store-redirect?utm_campaign=app-marketing&utm_content=web-footer-button)\n\n[Substack](https:\/\/substack.com\/) is the home for great culture\n\nThis site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please [turn on JavaScript](https:\/\/enable-javascript.com\/) or unblock scripts","attrs_readable_markdown":"My default setting is that social media is a malignancy that cannot be trusted, has no cure and will never go away. But this weekend reminds us that it does have its moments.\n\nAt a Major League Baseball game in Miami over the weekend, **Harrison Bader** of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies crushed a home run which landed in a section of the bleachers that had more empty seats than occupied.\n\nAs has been customary for generations, a local scramble for the home run ball ensued as it landed. A dad who was in attendance with his family to celebrate his young son’s birthday was a dozen seats away down one of the empty aisles. He ran over and snagged it.\n\nA woman seated closer to where the ball landed had a meltdown after the dad proudly walked back to his family and dropped the ball in his son’s mitt, initiated physical contact with the man and demanded that he give the ball to her.\n\nSorry, but that’s not how it goes at baseball games… or in life.\n\nThe video:\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!-VO_!,w_640,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F__ss-rehost__IG-meta-DOPsU9Ok0Vh.jpg)](https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DOPsU9Ok0Vh)\n\nThe recoiling dad ultimately gave the oddly enraged woman the ball and waved for her to go away. She was incessantly booed, and was recorded making physical contact and arguing with other spectators in the area, including holding up the ball and [giving the middle finger to some of them](https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/baseball\/video-phillies-karen-flipping-off-crowd\/715712).\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!KJ4J!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bb6115d-537c-4efa-bb28-a433ace9cfba_621x679.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!KJ4J!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bb6115d-537c-4efa-bb28-a433ace9cfba_621x679.jpeg)\n\nBut in an era when issues with overwhelming support are referred to as “70–30 issues” (or even higher at 80-20 etc), social media did its thing, overwhelmingly against the woman, suddenly infamous as a “Philadelphia Karen.”\n\nSome of the best memes and comments riffed on legendary social meme phenomena:\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!l094!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8c144b-dddd-4d21-b67d-67d74df20419_738x738.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!l094!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8c144b-dddd-4d21-b67d-67d74df20419_738x738.jpeg)\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!5Z_H!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8befcd32-5eeb-4c78-9fe7-ab372888081a_738x1048.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!5Z_H!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8befcd32-5eeb-4c78-9fe7-ab372888081a_738x1048.jpeg)\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!sL_n!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F63b06a5f-8343-4839-896a-d62b7cfbd437_363x544.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!sL_n!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F63b06a5f-8343-4839-896a-d62b7cfbd437_363x544.jpeg)\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!_YDb!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbe51498-4eba-4152-ba8e-f5b9f775d714_738x596.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!_YDb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbe51498-4eba-4152-ba8e-f5b9f775d714_738x596.jpeg)\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!TgWt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F055bc1c8-6e92-4569-baff-4b8a9a7dce92_905x1207.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!TgWt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F055bc1c8-6e92-4569-baff-4b8a9a7dce92_905x1207.jpeg)\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!9uMo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F61153e81-0ba9-4a49-819a-df909046fb9d_960x1164.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!9uMo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F61153e81-0ba9-4a49-819a-df909046fb9d_960x1164.jpeg)\n\nWith Halloween around the bend, Philadelphia Karen even inspired some AI costume concepts.\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!NSxC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b543add-c6ae-4a79-8f38-0fa8d2be4f1c_738x738.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!NSxC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b543add-c6ae-4a79-8f38-0fa8d2be4f1c_738x738.jpeg)\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!tna4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe392e3c-b6c3-4980-9572-0e6004646c36_738x954.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!tna4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe392e3c-b6c3-4980-9572-0e6004646c36_738x954.jpeg)\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qZBh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd91e491d-5374-46e7-98c6-224717015445_960x1595.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!qZBh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd91e491d-5374-46e7-98c6-224717015445_960x1595.jpeg)\n\nand, of course, the 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social media personnel from the teams quickly caught on to what was taking place, resulting in the boy not only getting a gift bag from them during the game, he and his family later got to meet Bader, the player who hit the home run, and even got an autographed bat from him.\n\nWhich enabled a little more social media social justice:\n\n[![](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!LIzP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb63ed99c-abc9-40cc-ae68-7304c2386be1_738x971.jpeg)](https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!LIzP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb63ed99c-abc9-40cc-ae68-7304c2386be1_738x971.jpeg)\n\nI don’t know what this woman normally does on Monday mornings, but this might be a good day to call-in sick.\n\n(Daniel Guss, MBA, won the LA Press Club’s ***“Online Journalist of the Year”*** and ***“Best 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In June ‘24, he won its ***“Best Commentary, Non-Political”*** award. He has contributed to the Daily Mail, CityWatchLA, KFI AM-640, iHeartMedia, 790-KABC, Cumulus Media, KCRW 89.9 FM, KRLA 870 AM, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Magazine, Movieline Magazine, Emmy Magazine, Los Angeles Business Journal, Pasadena Star-News, Los Angeles Downtown News and the Los Angeles Times in its sports, opinion, entertainment and Sunday Magazine sections among other publishers.)","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	My default setting is that social media is a malignancy that cannot be trusted, has no cure and will never go away. But this weekend reminds us that it does have its moments. At a Major League Baseball game in Miami over the weekend, Harrison Bader of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies crushed a home run which landed in a section of the bleachers that had more empty seats than occupied. As has been customary for generations, a local scramble for the home run ball ensued as it landed. A dad who was in attendance with his family to celebrate his young son’s birthday was a dozen seats away down one of the empty aisles. He ran over and snagged it. A woman seated closer to where the ball landed had a meltdown after the dad proudly walked back to his family and dropped the ball in his son’s mitt, initiated physical contact with the man and demanded that he give the ball to her. Sorry, but that’s not how it goes at baseball games… or in life. The video: The recoiling dad ultimately gave the oddly enraged woman the ball and waved for her to go away. She was incessantly booed, and was recorded making physical contact and arguing with other spectators in the area, including holding up the ball and giving the middle finger to some of them . But in an era when issues with overwhelming support are referred to as “70–30 issues” (or even higher at 80-20 etc), social media did its thing, overwhelmingly against the woman, suddenly infamous as a “Philadelphia Karen.” Some of the best memes and comments riffed on legendary social meme phenomena: With Halloween around the bend, Philadelphia Karen even inspired some AI costume concepts. and, of course, the political… Tuned-in social media personnel from the teams quickly caught on to what was taking place, resulting in the boy not only getting a gift bag from them during the game, he and his family later got to meet Bader, the player who hit the home run, and even got an autographed bat from him. Which enabled a little more social media social justice: I don’t know what this woman normally does on Monday mornings, but this might be a good day to call-in sick. (Daniel Guss, MBA, won the LA Press Club’s “Online Journalist of the Year” and “Best Activism Journalism” awards in June ‘23. In June ‘24, he won its “Best Commentary, Non-Political” award. He has contributed to the Daily Mail, CityWatchLA, KFI AM-640, iHeartMedia, 790-KABC, Cumulus Media, KCRW 89.9 FM, KRLA 870 AM, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Magazine, Movieline Magazine, Emmy Magazine, Los Angeles Business Journal, Pasadena Star-News, Los Angeles Downtown News and the Los Angeles Times in its sports, opinion, entertainment and Sunday Magazine sections among other publishers.)
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At a Major League Baseball game in Miami over the weekend, Harrison Bader of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies crushed a home run which landed in a section of the bleachers that had more empty seats than occupied. * Thanks for reading DanielGuss.Substack.com. Subscribe for free and share with friends. * As has been customary for generations, a local scramble for the home run ball ensued as it landed. A dad who was in attendance with his family to celebrate his young son’s birthday was a dozen seats away down one of the empty aisles. He ran over and snagged it. A woman seated closer to where the ball landed had a meltdown after the dad proudly walked back to his family and dropped the ball in his son’s mitt, initiated physical contact with the man and demanded that he give the ball to her. Sorry, but that’s not how it goes at baseball games… or in life. The video: [nbcsphilly](https://instagram.com/nbcsphilly) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-VO_!,w_640,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F__ss-rehost__IG-meta-DOPsU9Ok0Vh.jpg)](https://instagram.com/p/DOPsU9Ok0Vh) A post shared by [@nbcsphilly](https://instagram.com/nbcsphilly) The recoiling dad ultimately gave the oddly enraged woman the ball and waved for her to go away. She was incessantly booed, and was recorded making physical contact and arguing with other spectators in the area, including holding up the ball and [giving the middle finger to some of them](https://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/video-phillies-karen-flipping-off-crowd/715712). [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KJ4J!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bb6115d-537c-4efa-bb28-a433ace9cfba_621x679.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KJ4J!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bb6115d-537c-4efa-bb28-a433ace9cfba_621x679.jpeg) But in an era when issues with overwhelming support are referred to as “70–30 issues” (or even higher at 80-20 etc), social media did its thing, overwhelmingly against the woman, suddenly infamous as a “Philadelphia Karen.” Some of the best memes and comments riffed on legendary social meme phenomena: [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l094!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8c144b-dddd-4d21-b67d-67d74df20419_738x738.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l094!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8c144b-dddd-4d21-b67d-67d74df20419_738x738.jpeg) * [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5Z_H!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8befcd32-5eeb-4c78-9fe7-ab372888081a_738x1048.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5Z_H!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8befcd32-5eeb-4c78-9fe7-ab372888081a_738x1048.jpeg) * * [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sL_n!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F63b06a5f-8343-4839-896a-d62b7cfbd437_363x544.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sL_n!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F63b06a5f-8343-4839-896a-d62b7cfbd437_363x544.jpeg) * [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_YDb!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbe51498-4eba-4152-ba8e-f5b9f775d714_738x596.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_YDb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbe51498-4eba-4152-ba8e-f5b9f775d714_738x596.jpeg) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TgWt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F055bc1c8-6e92-4569-baff-4b8a9a7dce92_905x1207.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TgWt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F055bc1c8-6e92-4569-baff-4b8a9a7dce92_905x1207.jpeg) * [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uMo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F61153e81-0ba9-4a49-819a-df909046fb9d_960x1164.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uMo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F61153e81-0ba9-4a49-819a-df909046fb9d_960x1164.jpeg) * With Halloween around the bend, Philadelphia Karen even inspired some AI costume concepts. [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSxC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b543add-c6ae-4a79-8f38-0fa8d2be4f1c_738x738.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSxC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b543add-c6ae-4a79-8f38-0fa8d2be4f1c_738x738.jpeg) * [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tna4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe392e3c-b6c3-4980-9572-0e6004646c36_738x954.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tna4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe392e3c-b6c3-4980-9572-0e6004646c36_738x954.jpeg) * [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qZBh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd91e491d-5374-46e7-98c6-224717015445_960x1595.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qZBh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd91e491d-5374-46e7-98c6-224717015445_960x1595.jpeg) * and, of course, the political… [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YqJU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0461d13f-f6a1-420a-8a26-34f6c5246f6f_738x909.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YqJU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0461d13f-f6a1-420a-8a26-34f6c5246f6f_738x909.jpeg) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UTQX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08942e0c-26cc-4336-841e-968787d0dab0_738x554.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UTQX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08942e0c-26cc-4336-841e-968787d0dab0_738x554.jpeg) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OcVW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57d218ba-26e5-45db-b2c6-cf8817db7a16_738x900.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OcVW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57d218ba-26e5-45db-b2c6-cf8817db7a16_738x900.jpeg) Tuned-in social media personnel from the teams quickly caught on to what was taking place, resulting in the boy not only getting a gift bag from them during the game, he and his family later got to meet Bader, the player who hit the home run, and even got an autographed bat from him. Which enabled a little more social media social justice: [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LIzP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb63ed99c-abc9-40cc-ae68-7304c2386be1_738x971.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LIzP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb63ed99c-abc9-40cc-ae68-7304c2386be1_738x971.jpeg) I don’t know what this woman normally does on Monday mornings, but this might be a good day to call-in sick. * (Daniel Guss, MBA, won the LA Press Club’s *“Online Journalist of the Year”* and *“Best Activism Journalism”* awards in June ‘23. In June ‘24, he won its *“Best Commentary, Non-Political”* award. He has contributed to the Daily Mail, CityWatchLA, KFI AM-640, iHeartMedia, 790-KABC, Cumulus Media, KCRW 89.9 FM, KRLA 870 AM, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Magazine, Movieline Magazine, Emmy Magazine, Los Angeles Business Journal, Pasadena Star-News, Los Angeles Downtown News and the Los Angeles Times in its sports, opinion, entertainment and Sunday Magazine sections among other publishers.) Thanks for reading DanielGuss.Substack.com! 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Readable Markdown	My default setting is that social media is a malignancy that cannot be trusted, has no cure and will never go away. But this weekend reminds us that it does have its moments. At a Major League Baseball game in Miami over the weekend, Harrison Bader of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies crushed a home run which landed in a section of the bleachers that had more empty seats than occupied. As has been customary for generations, a local scramble for the home run ball ensued as it landed. A dad who was in attendance with his family to celebrate his young son’s birthday was a dozen seats away down one of the empty aisles. He ran over and snagged it. A woman seated closer to where the ball landed had a meltdown after the dad proudly walked back to his family and dropped the ball in his son’s mitt, initiated physical contact with the man and demanded that he give the ball to her. Sorry, but that’s not how it goes at baseball games… or in life. The video: [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-VO_!,w_640,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F__ss-rehost__IG-meta-DOPsU9Ok0Vh.jpg)](https://instagram.com/p/DOPsU9Ok0Vh) The recoiling dad ultimately gave the oddly enraged woman the ball and waved for her to go away. She was incessantly booed, and was recorded making physical contact and arguing with other spectators in the area, including holding up the ball and [giving the middle finger to some of them](https://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/video-phillies-karen-flipping-off-crowd/715712). [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KJ4J!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bb6115d-537c-4efa-bb28-a433ace9cfba_621x679.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KJ4J!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bb6115d-537c-4efa-bb28-a433ace9cfba_621x679.jpeg) But in an era when issues with overwhelming support are referred to as “70–30 issues” (or even higher at 80-20 etc), social media did its thing, overwhelmingly against the woman, suddenly infamous as a “Philadelphia Karen.” Some of the best memes and comments riffed on legendary social meme phenomena: [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l094!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8c144b-dddd-4d21-b67d-67d74df20419_738x738.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l094!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b8c144b-dddd-4d21-b67d-67d74df20419_738x738.jpeg) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5Z_H!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8befcd32-5eeb-4c78-9fe7-ab372888081a_738x1048.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5Z_H!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8befcd32-5eeb-4c78-9fe7-ab372888081a_738x1048.jpeg) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sL_n!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F63b06a5f-8343-4839-896a-d62b7cfbd437_363x544.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sL_n!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F63b06a5f-8343-4839-896a-d62b7cfbd437_363x544.jpeg) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_YDb!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbe51498-4eba-4152-ba8e-f5b9f775d714_738x596.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_YDb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbe51498-4eba-4152-ba8e-f5b9f775d714_738x596.jpeg) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TgWt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F055bc1c8-6e92-4569-baff-4b8a9a7dce92_905x1207.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TgWt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F055bc1c8-6e92-4569-baff-4b8a9a7dce92_905x1207.jpeg) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uMo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F61153e81-0ba9-4a49-819a-df909046fb9d_960x1164.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uMo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F61153e81-0ba9-4a49-819a-df909046fb9d_960x1164.jpeg) With Halloween around the bend, Philadelphia Karen even inspired some AI costume concepts. [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSxC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b543add-c6ae-4a79-8f38-0fa8d2be4f1c_738x738.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSxC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b543add-c6ae-4a79-8f38-0fa8d2be4f1c_738x738.jpeg) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tna4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe392e3c-b6c3-4980-9572-0e6004646c36_738x954.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tna4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe392e3c-b6c3-4980-9572-0e6004646c36_738x954.jpeg) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qZBh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd91e491d-5374-46e7-98c6-224717015445_960x1595.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qZBh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd91e491d-5374-46e7-98c6-224717015445_960x1595.jpeg) and, of course, the political… [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YqJU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0461d13f-f6a1-420a-8a26-34f6c5246f6f_738x909.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YqJU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0461d13f-f6a1-420a-8a26-34f6c5246f6f_738x909.jpeg) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UTQX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08942e0c-26cc-4336-841e-968787d0dab0_738x554.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UTQX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08942e0c-26cc-4336-841e-968787d0dab0_738x554.jpeg) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OcVW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57d218ba-26e5-45db-b2c6-cf8817db7a16_738x900.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OcVW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57d218ba-26e5-45db-b2c6-cf8817db7a16_738x900.jpeg) Tuned-in social media personnel from the teams quickly caught on to what was taking place, resulting in the boy not only getting a gift bag from them during the game, he and his family later got to meet Bader, the player who hit the home run, and even got an autographed bat from him. Which enabled a little more social media social justice: [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LIzP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb63ed99c-abc9-40cc-ae68-7304c2386be1_738x971.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LIzP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb63ed99c-abc9-40cc-ae68-7304c2386be1_738x971.jpeg) I don’t know what this woman normally does on Monday mornings, but this might be a good day to call-in sick. (Daniel Guss, MBA, won the LA Press Club’s *“Online Journalist of the Year”* and *“Best Activism Journalism”* awards in June ‘23. In June ‘24, he won its *“Best Commentary, Non-Political”* award. He has contributed to the Daily Mail, CityWatchLA, KFI AM-640, iHeartMedia, 790-KABC, Cumulus Media, KCRW 89.9 FM, KRLA 870 AM, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Magazine, Movieline Magazine, Emmy Magazine, Los Angeles Business Journal, Pasadena Star-News, Los Angeles Downtown News and the Los Angeles Times in its sports, opinion, entertainment and Sunday Magazine sections among other publishers.)
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