How dare I point a camera at Parker! This will not stand! AltText: White kitten with grey splotches on her head and a grey tail is laying on a bed. She jumps up into a threatening pose, then leaps away. It is very dramatic.

this very evil thing appears to have not happened in large part because one guy just refused to do it for as long as he could hold out until he couldn't hang in there anymore and quit his job, at which point the Do More Evil Machine had gotten bored and moved on to other ways of doing evil

this example is an EXCELLENT insight into two things: 1. why the opinion "we should run government like a business" should be treated similarly to the opinion "we should kill and eat more human infants" 2. how even a single node of friction in a system can halt a more powerful person's evil plan

Hi I'm posting a 54-page PDF to the only app where when I post a 54-page PDF people sometimes read it everyone should read the ENTIRE whistleblower statement about DOGE attempting to falsely "kill off" 2.7 people through the SSA Death Master File. www.washingtonpost.com/documents/be...

I had not idea how entertaining pillows were until these kittens entered my life. Now I'm wondering if Shane's interior decorator had kittens?

Parker isn't sure that she approves of thunderstorms.

This will be my garden gear MegaThread! This is a collection of all the clothes, tools, bits and bobs, and garden helpers I’ve collected over the last decade. It will be a VERY LONG thread and I’ll have to populate it over time. If you don’t want to see this thread click “Hide Post for Me”

My beloved gardening pocket scissors. You can put them in a pocket without them poking a hole, so you can have them on hand for snipping twine while you're staking plants. The curved blade with serrations make them strong enough to cut through a wiry stem, or a small woody one.

Journalists, please stop using the regime’s words for things. It’s not the “Anti-Weaponization” fund, it’s a slush fund. Call things what they are, not what he calls them.

Happy Pride! www.tiktok.com/@trevohnnthe...

This is why I take the lane, without apology.

Going to be tabling. Come, listen to music, and have fun! upstreampgh.org/turn-it-upst...

Today is the annual Great Sharpening of the Big Pencil in Minneapolis!

I do not have photographic evidence, but reportedly there was a breakthrough today! The 12-year-old cat grabbed one of the kittens, gave her ears a thorough cleaning, and released her without violence on either side. (She did seem a bit stunned.)

Almost a decade ago, I was very Special Interested in mushrooms and developed an organizing training framework based on mycelium. The core teaching was, people think the above-ground part (the mushroom) is the body of the organism, but that isn't the case. So too with movement. (cont)

Ilya is a multitasker. AltText: Tabby kitten alternates between attacking a catnip toy and batting at ping pong balls.

Things I’ve learned (so far) about having cancer, an evolving list: 1. More people can rock a bald head than think they can 2. Being told to eat more when you have no appetite/no sense of taste is some fucking cruel irony 3. “I have to outlive that shitstain in the WH“ is a surprisingly common goal

I wanted something big enough on the right to balance the Itoh peony and baptisia, and planted a Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Longwood Blue’ shrub. I knew it would be too big unless I pruned it back hard every February — and I did! For awhile, but not the past 2 years.

When you put in new plants on hot, sunny days, it’s good to give them a little shade at first. Just one of the ways that @barb4pgh.bsky.social supports her district! 🤣 (City Council isn’t on the ballot this year.)

The film we made last year for the 48 Hour Film Project, "+1", has been selected for the Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival! pghindie.com

Oops! All Zombies! Right now, everything zombie-related on my website is 30% off; cards, posters, books & more! Discount is applied automatically and the sale lasts through Monday, June 8th at 11:59pm EST. This sale won't stay dead! #pittsburgh #zombies #zombie alternatehistories.com/collections/...

As a native Pittsburgher, I think the city as a whole should disavow Bari Weiss. No smiley cookies for you, lady.

Reposting some of my favorite old artwork to wish a happy birthday to the true king of Pittbsurgh, Rick Sebak!

In case nobody has posted this btw. Jpg is cruddy but alt text has the text

"Why yes, we do have kittens. However did you guess that?!"

Budget reconcilliation bill has $70 billion for the opaque archipelligo of private prisons. Want to find someone in this dark warren? That can take 6 months. Want the other side to be able to hide or disappear people? Well, call your U.S. Senators and tell them to vote NO on reconcilliation.

There was some delay in getting my shoes tied for my workout this morning. AltText: Tabby kitten attacking shoe laces on a pair of sneakers.

I didn't save the cultivar name for this monarda plant, but it's blooming its head off!

I know that summer has arrived when I get my first email to start working on the Kennedy Lawrence Dinner planning! This will be my 5th time volunteering to put together an event program. I've done 2 each for the KLD fundraiser, and 2 for the Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit.

every time I say this, someone didn't know: you can get the NYRB, the New Yorker, the LRB, Paris Review, The Spectator (weirdly not New Statesman), The Week, both French & Italian Vogue & New Scientist among many many other magazines FREE via the Libby app from your local library?

The SAVE America Act, a far-reaching Republican election overhaul that President Trump said should be his congressional allies' top priority, has failed in the Senate. n.pr/4xbaBfl

New: John Fetterman’s Senior Advisor, Cole Brown, is leaving the senator’s office. Two weeks ago, Chief of Staff Cabelle St. John also resigned.

Oh, that’s why random bookmarks are showing up in my ebook. <pushes kitten away from biting top right corner of phone>

The Summit Planning Committee got together to reflect on last February's event, and look forward to planning next year's. If you'd like to be part of planning an annual Racial Justice Conference, join us at the Volunteer Cookout & Potluck to learn more! tinyurl.com/PRJScookout

June is Pride month rainbows everywhere. A visiting alien might be forgiven for thinking that being queer was something universally celebrated and rejoiced in by all, with no stigma or negative consequences even a possibility. They might mistake our world for Fairyland. We do not live in Fairyland.

Today I learned that Allegheny county has Pooches in the Pool events lol www.alleghenycounty.us/Parks-and-Ev...

Dudes like to stretch out in a comfy recliner.

Sound on for a kitten chirp and purring. AltText: Tabby kitten wiggling around on my lap and headbutting the camera. I’m rocking sock monkey PJs.

Ready to roll? We've compiled the complete guide to Pittsburgh Pride 2026: event schedules, stage lineups, vendor directory, festival maps, and everything you need to plan your weekend.

#ICYMI:

GDP keeps growing. People keep saying it feels like a recession. Both are true. Sentiment doesn't care about the size of the pie. It cares which way your slice is moving. The year-over-year change in labor's share of income tracks the national mood. The vibecession, charted.

I am always under surveillance.

In which I marvel that Fetterman doesn't understand why everyone is angry at him despite having once tweeted this. A literal broken promise. Plus: a 1995 poem from a CMU prof entitled "Pittsburgh Gray," what's new in my life, Pgh rainbow merch and more! breathingspace.substack.com/p/coming-out...

I found the right direction for treating my Lyme disease thanks to Reddit* so this has me especially furious. I think this is shameful, near unforgivable. To take a broad knowledge sharing platform (I'm referring to the internet generally now) and to manipulate it for personal gain.

The House just passed an Iran War Powers Resolution to rein in Trump’s unchecked power. This is a win for the American people who don’t want to be in another endless war.

Your body is like a skills games parlor for viruses. Every time a virus presses the button to use one of your cells to replicate, it gets hundreds to thousands of new chances to hit the evolutionary jackpot.

did you know young women are actually outpacing men in education, starting salary, home ownership, horsepower, necromancy, credit card debt, Bushidō, viscosity, corn, resistance to malicious Fog,,

It’s very lovely on the porch, but the kittens aren’t allowed outside.

The comic FML is terrific, and this is great news!

🚨 BREAKING: The House just passed a War Powers Resolution to halt U.S. military action against Iran. The vote was 215–208, with four Republicans joining Democrats. This does not automatically end the war today. The resolution still goes to the Senate, and Trump is expected to fight it.