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Today's featured Twitter user is, well, us! Okay, it's not really us. Instead, it's all of the people who have included us in their Twitter lists. Right now, we're listed over 70 times, and we wanted use this space today to say thanks for all the listings. We're hoping to get around to making a few of our own sometime soon, so don't be surprised if you notice that we're returning the list-love.

This week, Phillyist saw the waters of a landmark fountain run red for a Showtime marketing stunt, the Phils pull ahead, and some serious nostalgia. They also got a chance to review an awesome tribute album, reminded folks to see the King, and appreciated their beautiful skyline.

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you.

Seattlest watches as a S.L.U.T. is born and Seattle Flickr users go nuts over a local art installation. A restaurant critic demands a Diner's Bill of Rights over a gnat next to her drink, and, in lieu of a Portlandist, Seattlest debates with itself over the identity of the Northwest's crown jewel. Seattlest also joins the guys from Fantagraphics for an ill-fated gun party in the woods.

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you.

Torontoist visits the site of a new Frank Gehry structure, stalks "the elusive Bahamas streetcar", and watches Tom Green get surgery.

LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow.

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment.

The 15th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival is nearly over, which means it's favorites time! Yes, the schedule for the Festival Favorites (which screen tomorrow) was recently finalized, as was the schedule for a new program called Reels on Wheels, and we thought a word or two was in order. (You can find the full schedule for both programs at the official festival website, here.)

Phillyist notes a fistfight between local pols that leaves one man down for the count. Jehovah's Witnesses get a Philly contributor out of bed, things get a little geeky with a film festival and geeky gets taken to a whole new galaxy when they talk with the Dragon Queen of the Dark Kingdom.

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you.

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you.

As Phillyist gets ready to close our laptops for the weekend, we thought we'd leave you with this photograph of Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich. Why? Well, keep reading. And hey, have a nice weekend!

After professing our love to our fellow -ist sites yesterday, we thought we'd lay low and just tell you about what they're writing. Crushes can live another day.

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets.

It looks like Junior Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is trying to pick a fight with Boston -- over the Catholic priest/molestation scandal. Brian McGrory, a Boston Globe columnist, had this to say this morning in response to a 2002 article wherein Santorum blames liberalism and Boston for priests wanting to diddle little kids:

So I asked a Santorum spokesman whether the senator still believed what he said about Boston. I mean, guilt might be our greatest natural resource, but do we really have to fall on our collective sword over wayward priests?"It's an open secret that you have Harvard University and MIT that tend to tilt to the left in terms of academic biases," said Robert Traynham, the Santorum aide. "I think that's what the senator was speaking to."

Dude. What? As if Pennsylvania doesn't have a reputation for being somewhat backwards as it is (Philadelphia excluded, of course) -- now we have a Senator representing our state saying (more) idiotic things and inviting Boston residents to hate on us? Luckily, it looks like Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino has invited Santorum to visit Boston and "see what it's all about." He even offered to send a welcome wagon. Mayor Menino and Bostonist, you can keep him.