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Today's featured Twitter user is @bikeambassadors. Brought to us by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, they promote "accessible, safe and fun" biking in and around Philadelphia. Whether your pedals pump gas or turn wheels, they want you to be safe and smart on the roads of Philly. That means playing nice.

Today's featured Twitter user is @Drew. Known in meatspace as Drew Olanoff, he is a Philly blogger engaged in his own fight against cancer. He was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in May 2009. In an effort to put the disease in its place, he started the #blamedrewscancer hashtag on Twitter, which has since gone viral and turned into a powerful movement.

Today is Blog Action Day, an annual event that unites the world's bloggers—that's you, you and even you—in posting about the same issue on the same day. Blog Action Day is designed to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion. This year's topic? Climate change.

Today's featured Twitter user is @TattedTheBook.Tatted was put together by Philadelphia photographer Marianne Bernstein and explores Philly's tattoo culture. You can pre-order your copy here. While we're pretty sure there aren't any tattoos of the Phillyist logo in there, we're always proud to see homegrown artists turning their talents toward their fellow Philadelphians.

Today's featured Twitter user is @bikeambassadors. Brought to us by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, the same people behind the BikePHL blog, they work to make biking around the city "accessible, safe, and fun." We're pretty sure they also work on that occasionally high degree of tension between drivers and cyclists. Follow them to stay current on the latest local biking news.

Today's featured Twitter user is @bitsandwatts. They're a unique, local outfit that essentially aggregates upcoming concert information for the Philly metro area and provides easy access to a few song samples from each artist. They use their Twitter account to keep in touch with users, supplement the event listings on their site, and discuss music with other Twitter users. Although it's part Upcoming.org, part MySpace Music, and part Hype Machine, Bits & Watts is more powerful than the sum of those and similar services. They rock an in-line music player, on-click, same-page listening, and a linear, easy-to-follow listing style that makes it easy to see who's coming and when, and find out if you're interested. From there you can buy tickets, map the venue, and access artist websites. We're always excited to see homegrown projects like Bits & Watts take off, so check them out!

Today's featured Twitter user is @FreeLibrary, who keeps the Twitterverse connected to Philadelphia's recently-endangered Free Library system. State budget crises have put the libraries in the cross-hairs of cost-cutting efforts, potentially cutting off those most in need of their services. We're grateful to them for all they do and if you have a story about how they have affected your life, email them at stories@freelibrary.org.

Instead of running our normal Asshole of the Week column today, we're taking a break from enumerating things that go wrong in the world. This week, we're going to tell you about the Awesomest Most Awesometastical Thing of the Week.

Today's featured Twitter user is @krisis. His real name is Peter, and today he is celebrating the 9th birthday of his blog, Crushing Krisis, "the longest running blog in Philadelphia." That's quite a feat in a blog-crazy city like Philadelphia. He is counting down his top 9 posts from his 9th year here and mentioning each one over at his Twitter account. Congratulations Peter, and keep those posts coming!

Today's featured Twitter user is @southphillykids. They have only been around for about a week, but they seem active and have great intentions. As their name suggests, they plan to keep South Philly and Passyunk Square families in the know about great opportunities for their kids to have some homegrown fun. They're serious, too—they even have a Facebook group about it.

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Today's featured Twitter user is @philaTA. The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia. They were on hand yesterday at a rally in Media, PA regarding the budget woes that have led Pennsylvania lawmakers to cut all state funding for arts and culture. Follow them to stay current on the ongoing push to restore funding to PA's arts communities.

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Today's featured Twitter user is @JUVLAW75, the Juvenile Law Center. According to their web site, the Juvenile Law Center advocates for the "rights and well-being of children in jeopardy." Based in Center City, they use their Twitter account to keep their followers posted on both local and national legal developments relevant to the rights and safety of children.

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Today's featured Twitter user is @RedCrossPhilly. The Red Cross of Philadelphia is a part of the Southeastern Pennsylvania chapter of the Red Cross. They use their Twitter account to keep their followers informed about how they are trying to accomplish their mission in Philadelphia. It seems to consist primarily of assisting victims of house fires. Actually, their updates seem ripe for a mashup with Google Maps as a way to plot fire locations in Philadelphia.

We're going to start featuring a Pennsylvania- or Philadelphia-based entity with each Twitterist post, giving you a chance to meet homegrown organizations that are reaching out to their audience, market, or constituents via Twitter. Think of it as a way to showcase the ways that our community participates in the broader social conversation. Our first featured user is @ReliableEnergy. Pennsylvanians for Reliable Energy is an advocacy group that aims to ease the burden of energy costs in the state through modernization, efficiency, and renewable energy. They use their Twitter account to keep their followers in the know regarding policy changes and relevant news, like the $40 million in stimulus money our state will get for energy improvements.

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Twitter is in the news recently, as we mentioned in today's Whiz, playing a part on the international stage. Meanwhile, we're keeping it local, trying to find interesting users and their tweets.

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