Amanda Nelson (AmandasMildTakes) of the excellent "Trump's Ls for the Week" videos wrote up a good explainer about ICE and how it might be changed by legislation.

It looks like the PG strikers are having thoughts about saving Pittsburgh journalism too. actionnetwork.org/forms/pledgi...

Decided to repurpose an old sketch for a new message from our giant pal: Protect Your Neighbors and Abolish ICE. Link in the next post to download and share a high-res version of the artwork, use it however you want. Maybe we’ll do t-shirts or something and donate the proceeds? #abolishice

Vigil in Squirrel Hill for Renee Nicole Good. The crowd is singing "Migration is Movement; Movement is Human." We must remember that Good is not the first person to be killed by ICE. We are holding nearly 60,000 people in detention, in awful conditions, usually without access to health care.

We just passed a bill in the House to restore the ACA tax credits for 3 years & ensure millions can keep their health insurance. Republicans could have avoided a govt shutdown months ago by voting for this. We need Medicare for All & to fix our broken system so no one is forced to ration care.

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE UNIVERSE PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Squirrel Hill neighborhood in Pittsburgh has a vigil for Renee Nicole Good tonight. At this point we’re singing “Migration is movement; movement is human.”

The Blocks' statement said they "will exit with [our] dignity intact." Wanna bet, you weirdos? I have time today.

“She should have complied with ICE!” Ask a Black person if that matters. Philando Castile was shot doing exactly what officers told him to. Oscar Grant was face down and officers shot him in the back. Breonna Taylor was sleeping.

The @eff.org has been monitoring and challenging technology that violates privacy - some tips and a lot of information in this recent article: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

404 Media is absolutely crushing it in their reporting on the technology infrastructure behind ICE, and all the companies making it happen.

I had to get it out of my system. My open letter to the Block family in light of today's news they are shutting down the storied Post-Gazette. I am just so very angry. open.substack.com/pub/breathin...

I honestly don’t think there’s a single figure in American history who has fundamentally shifted the way I understand the world I live in more radically than Fred Hampton. once you know the story you can’t un-know it and you see it repeated everywhere

Does anyone know where I can buy Chinga La Migra merch that will actually support immigrants' rights/anti-DHS causes???

Keep in touch, Yinz. Follow us at @stacypgh.bsky.social, @colinbwilliams.com, @awaltz.bsky.social, @marsjohnson.bsky.social, @alitrachta.bsky.social We will miss you. 💔

BRAVA, Ginny. She speaks for all of us. Read the whole piece. "Don’t for one day for the rest of your time in Pittsburgh believe that we will see you in a restaurant or on the streets and not call out to you. To shame you. To remind you of what you destroyed."

Emergency Action - ICE OUT OF PITTSBURGH Wednesday, January 7th at 7pm, City County Building Our Demands: - O'Connor Administration uphold no cooperation with ICE - No ICE in our Courtrooms - No ICE in Pittsburgh

#ActionAlert Emergency Action. ICE out of Pittsburgh. City County Building tonight January 7th at 7pm

Emergency Action - ICE OUT OF PITTSBURGH Wednesday, January 7th at 7pm, City County Building Our Demands: - O'Connor Administration uphold no cooperation with ICE - No ICE in our Courtrooms - No ICE in Pittsburgh

Post-Gazette, when you can’t even get Alito and this Supreme Court on your side, it’s over. Give us our health insurance back and just hand that CBA back at the same time. 🫳🎤

Oh my god STOP PUTTING AI IN EVERYTHING it is bad for us, it is bad for the world, it is also just BAD AT THE JOB YOU GIVE IT jesus fucking christ

"When asked whether some of the show’s success had to do with setting it in Pittsburgh, as opposed to, say, a more obvious metropolis like Philadelphia, Wyle said, 'I think this is the perfect place to tell this story from.' He added, joking: 'Screw Philly.'”

Everyone should be submitting this to Apple and Google.

Mayor of Pittsburgh Corey O’Connor said in his inaugural address, “Public safety is not a statistic. It’s how you feel when walking down the street”. This is coded and intentional. Public safety isn’t dictated by your feelings. and policy shouldn’t be crafted by unfounded paranoia and fear.

January 6th is the modern day version of not punishing the confederacy.

Mon Valley residence are AGAIN waking up to stench today. H2S concentrations have *again* exceeded PA 24-hour average standard. Smell a rotten egg odor? Report it to the health dept (link to do that in our main bio) & via Smell PGH:

Agreed!

So just remember as brown and black people are being snatched up by ICE, that whiteness is not going to save you because authoritarians come after everyone eventually whether you bend the knee or not.

This is the worst flu season in 30 years. If you didn't get a flu shot in the fall, you can still get one! A good mask like an n95 provides great protection against catching influenza. www.scientificamerican.com/article/doct...

REBIRTHING CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, PART Il Tactical Training in the Art of Civil Disobedience Tuesday, January 13th, 6PM-9PM Community Forge, 1256 Franklin Ave, Wilkinsburg, PA 15221 Build your CD muscle! No experience necessary.

I have been retired for 1 year and 8 months, but I'm volunteering in various capacities, protesting and the like, in an attempt to save the world. I'm fine with that (well, I wish less saving was required.) But today, I wrote documentation. Surely that's crossing a line?

Recommended read.

Tired: GIFs. Wired: Using surrealist art to document the mind numbing horror of living through a fascist takeover.

Big: Wyoming supreme court just struck down abortion ban. And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare! Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:

In-box: Republican Committee of Allegheny County says in newsletter that "It is anticipated that Beaver County Sheriff Tony Guy will announce his candidacy soon" to challenge Democrat Chris Deluzio in the 17th Congressional District this year .

Join us for a day packed with community engagement, educational workshops, & networking with friends, family, & neighbors! 28th Annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit Saturday, Feb 21, 9am-5pm CCAC Allegheny Campus Building Community for Lasting Democracy and Racial Equity! More info: prjs.org

Happy Epiphany! It's the time when I traditionally post this manuscript image: There Was Only One Bed

Racial justice activists and community organizers have been talking about the detrimental impacts of overpolicing majority Black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh for decades. And those feelings are based in facts—it actually makes Black people less safe in Pittsburgh.

With RFK Jr again further reducing access to vaccines, your regular reminder that now would be a good time to restart wearing a high quality mask regularly again for an added layer of protection from airborne diseases.

Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/

It was a lovely day for the Pittsburgh Overpass Project on the Greenfield Bridge! We had a big banner facing the rush hour traffic below that read IMPEACH EPSTEIN. Five of us were waving flags, and passersby were honking and giving us thumbs up. www.pittsburghoverpassproject.com

The book HEATED RIVALRY was published in 2019. Watching the TV show in 2026, and Ilya explains his plan to get US citizenship, and you’re yelling, “No! You need Canadian citizenship! Get to a team in Canada and marry your man!”

One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

So is this where I tell you that cops have been doing this to Black activists for decades and you're only now realizing it is a problem because it happened to a young white woman or nah?

You can find the original cartoon that Robert used here: thecomicnews.com/edtoons/2015... It was from 2015 by Rob Rogers, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and was about the Afghanistan Quagmire.

From the surveillance dystopia to tech overlords, here's a 🧵 of stories where we saw our reporting lead to change, thanks to your support. First: A databroker that sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to the government shut down following months-long 404 Media reporting:

Anyone in the yinzer crew know the Rowhouse Cinema peeps? The Onion is looking for independent theaters to show their documentary (I'm assuming mockumentary) after their original distributor got cold feet.

It will be a balmy 40°F this Monday from 3:45 PM to 5:00 PM -- perfect weather to stand on the Greenfield Bridge above the 376 traffic slowing for the Squirrel Hill tunnel and send a message.