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Unserious conspiracy theories and wellness influencers aren't going to stop Black women from dying during pregnancy. We need serious policies and real solutions.

if we actually had regulators there would no longer be a Tesla car company

Let's celebrate Mother's Day by standing up for all the moms being detained by ICE at Moshannon! Join the bus to Moshannon / donate items / or donate money to cover the cost of the bus for others! Click on "Get Tickets" to for tickets & donations.

I was walking my voting district with flyers about the primary, talking to vote-by-mail voters today. Had some great conversations, and admired the flowers.

Squirrel Hill is Mr. Rogers' neighborhood.

INBOX: Rep. Summer Lee calls for closure of Moshannon detention facility after reports of hunger strike following abuse and retaliation Info on the strike here:

This is a very good article, worth reading. The consequences of being able to completely insulate yourself from the world are bad.

"The process could take years to play out." Music to my ears... My @governor.pa.gov Josh Shapiro is a ROCKSTAR!! PA DEP bars DHS/ICE from occupying the properties in Berks AND Schuylkill Counties until it complies with state environmental laws. www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...

I've organized conferences and know how hard it is to get people to respond to follow-ups, so I get wanting to get all necessary info via the registration/speaker application form But conference organizers should strongly reconsider asking for accessibility info as part of registration.

It's just 4 weeks to the Pennsylvania primary election! Ballots are going in the mail in Allegheny County! Lawn signs and flowers are in bloom!

If you see this, post something orange from your gallery

It was a beautiful sunny Monday rush hour on the Greenfield bridge for our @pittsburghoverpass.bsky.social crew! Lots of cars honked their support. RESIST! IMPEACH!

Ann Leckie has a new Imperial Radch book coming out on May 12th! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-l...

Want to hop on the bus this Friday and make some noise? It's the NFL Draft Edition of Fridays With(out) Fetterman! Noon, Friday, April 24th Moorhead Federal Building, 1000 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

MAY DAY RALLY AND MARCH! Friday, May 1st, 5:30PM at the United Steelworkers Building, 60 Blvd of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Workers Over Billionaires! Immigrants Over ICE!

Pink tree peonies in a light breeze — sound on for birdies.

Big abortion win in PA today - the ban on Medicaid funding is unconstitutional! AND there's a fundamental right to abortion! We won! (Though this Commonwealth Court opinion can be appealed - we'll see what our AG does.)

🚨 MAJOR BREAKING NEWS🚨 The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania strikes down a law restricting Medicaid from funding abortion, and in doing so recognizes a "reproductive autonomy" as a fundamental right in the state constitution. www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

Residents worry the noise will get worse if @AlleghenyHealth approves EQT’s air quality permit request to install a tri-ethylene glycol dehydrator at the site, adding a higher level of pollution to an already high-level pollutant-producing site. triblive.com/local/v...

Like I said. Kobo has been over there keeping on keeping on this whole time. If you don't know about them, it's a great time to learn!

Tomorrow I will be singing with my choir, The Heritage Gospel Chorale of Pittsburgh, under the direction of my dear friend, and mentor, founder Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones at Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church at 4 pm until 5 pm. I would love to see you there!

Attention UPMC: maybe next time be brave and do the right thing. Reinstate gender affirming care now!

I recently dipped my toes into the science fiction and fantasy book discourse on Facebook, and I find I have things to say about the "Golden Age" of science fiction. By which I do not mean being twelve. Stick that in your back pocket, though, as it's really useful for understanding some people.

Hey folks! I'm selling my tiny house, it's all prepped and ready for someone new to love it as much as I did. If you're interested, please reach out, I'll leave DMs open for a while! Happy to answer any questions, and I've got a more detailed sales flyer I can share upon request.

mRNA technology may be THE most underrated and unfairly scrutinized (fuck you COVID antivax crew) medical breakthrough in my lifetime. Like... The things this is already showing it can do in the last 5-7 years is incredible.

Pennsylvania: top energy producer. Also Pennsylvania: <3% renewable energy. Meanwhile, Texas uses 32% renewable energy and Florida uses 10%. Here in PA, we’re paying more for outdated energy. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkuAYadV/ #CleanEnergy #Solar #Pennsylvania #ElectricBills #Environment

Just a little reminder that security experts routinely say that biometrics are actually do very poorly as a security measure. Not just for technical reasons, either. Imagine a password that you can't change after being informed it was compromised in a hack on a company that forgot to encrypt shit.

I bought a plant at the Phipps May Market in 2017. It was in a 6-inch pot, and labeled "tree peony" -- no further description. For the first few years, it just seemed to have herbaceous stems, and single flowers, but then the woody branches made an appearance, with serious flowers!

Signal already has a setting that blocks message content from displaying in push notifications; the case highlights why such a feature might be important for some users to turn on. www.404media.co/fbi-extracts...

‘Tis the season when my photo roll is all tree peony flowers, all the time.

Alright, I'm going in.

My colleague @marucajulia.bsky.social has an update on the pending PG sale, and there may be a gray cloud attached to the silver lining: PG's union says "representatives of the new ownership confirmed that steep staffing cuts to the Post-Gazette are incoming" ... www.wesa.fm/economy-busi...

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.

AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) seeks a Public Safety Communications Specialist – Communications Department to be based in Pittsburgh, PA; Albany, NY or Washington, DC. Details at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?id=30567 #1u #UnionStrong @afscme.bsky.social

This flowerbed is so steep that it's hard to keep it watered in the summer. A series of different perennials have died out, but the iris flourish!

FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO PITTSBURGH: COMMUNITY STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORTING OUR REFUGEE + IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS Learn about efforts to support immigrant & refugee communities in Minnesota, followed by local info. APRIL 20th, 5-7 PM Cathedral of Learning Rm 2017, or Zoom pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Well, that sucks.

haven't watched The Pitt but love the idea of it so much I went to a Pittsburgh emergency room this week just for fun and there were indeed many delightful personalities I'd love to follow week-to-week

The Post-Gazette will survive. But it won't thrive in Pittsburgh without robust local coverage and good-faith bargaining with the workers who fought so hard for their rights, the PG, and their neighbors. Will you join me in signing this pledge to support the new PG ***under those conditions?***

Heat pump orders up 2x in a month. Solar panel inquiries up 250%. EV leases up 85%. The Iran crisis has made energy security feel personal. I understand why: I have solar panels, a heat pump & EV on a flexible tariff. When gas prices spike, my bills barely move. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The Welsh guitarist's fingerstyle playing drones with a haunted quality, but her flurry of bends, slides and chord clusters rip open the firmament. n.pr/3QJ7OJo

I hadn’t really clocked the camera angle stuff, but it’s true— it makes it feel very real and immediate. It’s a great show, and frankly it’s much better than the previews make it look. I hate the dramatic music they throw over everything, turning what’s quietly intense in the show into schlock

So at the risk of maybe overreading this and making an educated guess, I think I can guess what specifically Wyden is talking about. I think it's about use of AI (LLMs) by FBI to surveil American communications without a warrant

Just saw this show at the New Hazlett Theatre and it's _terrific_! There aren't any more tickets available, alas. I highly recommend subscribing to the CSA (Community Supported Art) series. It's full of cool surprises!

PA friends, please remind all your new voters that PA’s closed primary system means that they MUST HAVE A PARTY AFFILIATION to vote for candidates in the May election. In Pittsburgh, Democratic primaries are frequently where we actually choose our representatives. Don’t miss out!

Findings from the Tech Transparency Project claim that Google and Apple’s app stores not only host harmful apps that can undress images of women, but encourage users to find them.

Still crazy to me that these are different Pittsburgh people 🤨

I don't see it posted online yet, but my latest for Pittsburgh Magazine about Harry Houdini's final years and how Pittsburgh played a role is one of my favorite stories ever. Like, this man? Wow. Wowowow. He just absolutely refused to let "religious" scammers take advantage of people. I love him.

For everyone here under 50, I’m gonna give you a new vocabulary word. Stagflation.