Good analysis in the piece linked below.

I have been taking surfing lessons. Still in the beginner kook trenches, but celebrating my last time on a foam board 😎 Graduating to a hard top next session. It’s fun to learn new things! Even if you look like a goober at the beginning. 🏄🏽‍♀️

Damn, one of the best bookshops in NYC is closing 😢 www.bluestockings.com

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

As Americans struggle to make ends meet… www.forbes.com/sites/martin...

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

Credulous media will cost us the Republic

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Lede: “Pennsylvania’s power grid is faltering more than ever.” …as we rush toward data centers and all things AI. triblive.com/local/valley...

News dump day.

I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.

dropping in with your regular reminder that “mental illness causes gun violence” is an proven NRA talking point & if you pick up this thread, you are doing the NRA’s work for them by moving the conversation away from the real problem: guns.

Hard to pull myself together.

TIL there used to be a game show on local PBS affiliates about Pennsylvania History: “The Pennsylvania Game” gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/The_Pen...

Had to stop by this sign outside the Moshannon Valley Detention Center. The GEO Group donated $1M+ to Trump’s campaign. Now they’re profiting off of locking up kids using our taxpayer dollars. The corruption is clear. Thank you to the local residents, clergy, & advocates for standing against this.

How news media writes headlines as democracy slips away: “Trump Praises Texas Voting Reforms”

Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats

I’m ready for another Sex in the City reboot. I think it’s time.

Perfect illustration of America’s overspending on military/cops that don’t actually do anything as opposed to funding a modern rail network to bring people to/take people from Union Station.

People will forget how to swallow and ingest food without asking a computer or a billionaire by 2032.

Watch all the vacant Ride Aids become Dollar Generals

Happy 8-1-1 “Call Before You Dig” Day to all who celebrate.

Pittsburgh “AI Avenue” Pennsylvania is chasing this AI/data center trend so we can have more of this….?

Yesterday’s ICE raids at Emiliano’s is just another example of how the Trump admin is terrorizing our communities and ripping families apart. This violence and cruelty has no place in Western Pennsylvania or anywhere in this country.

We’re just passively accepting these absurd data center visions like we did for the cracker plant, hydrogen hubs, and hyper loop.

"Now, pulling far ahead of both Cuomo and current Mayor Eric Adams in polls heading into the general election, Mamdani is polling better than any candidate among Black voters." Read the latest from @asha-rrs.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...

Are we so devoid of critical thinking that we think this is a good idea: “[T]he energy used by the proposed data center could power about 150,000 homes.” All upside for a hedge fund. Minimal jobs, drain on local resources, strain on the grid.

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lol okay… destiny for lobbyist and energy executives. JFC journalism is failing to meet the moment.

It's funny to think that my preference for urban living in areas with dense, mixed-used, walkable neighborhoods, multi-family housing, small businesses, and diversity probably stems from Sesame Street. Like an early education in Jane Jacob's urbanist theories.

Too much "we're cooked" & not enough "we're not gonna take this shit"

the free press is completely unhinged. this is about the NYT initially omitting from its story about starvation in Gaza that one of the profiled children has a pre-existing medical condition. what is the "damage" what was done by that omission, exactly?

WQED is where steelworkers learned algebra after their shifts, where kids met Mister Rogers, & today, where they meet Daniel Tiger. After Trump’s cuts to public broadcasting, they’re forced to lay off workers & will lose $1.8M a year. This admin wants to keep people uninformed. PA deserves better.

The Allegheny County Library Association has placed its first book vending machine at the Allegheny County Jail for families visiting the facility. 📚📖 Read more at www.alleghenycounty.us/Government/C....

Every week, I see at least one headline that’s exactly this tweet.

Extortion and corruption all over the place. I think Sarah Schulman noted that there is no downside for opposing a dictator too early.

A subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a motion by Rep. Summer Lee of Pittsburgh to issue a subpoena for files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

heck yeah @repsummerlee.bsky.social

The Trib Editorial Board said “Let’s take an overtly racist act, but soften it with a Socratic headline”

Folks are responding negatively to Speaker Johnson adjourning the House until September. Drastic. Unprecedented. An abandonment of responsibility. Meanwhile, the PA General Assembly does the same thing each year without the need for a criminal cover up.

In re: the “both sides” crowd… “The idea that all bias is some deviation from an unbiased center is itself a bias that prevents pundits, journalists, politicians, and plenty of others from recognizing some of the ugliest and most impactful prejudices and assumptions of our times.” -Rebecca Solnit.

There’s a very noticeable lack of solidarity from other news organizations to tell readers, viewers, and/or listeners that this is wrong.

TikTok is great for political essays, comments, or quick thoughts. Real people, no editors (other than the algorithm), and fresh takes. Often funny and/or entertaining too. Newspapers and cable news websites publish boring/uncreative/out of touch pieces form think tanks, trade groups, or pundits.

Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable.

One of Pennsylvania’s infinite peculiarities: these train tracks that cross a 4 lane highway in Lewiston. No gates or anything.

Rich people spending their new tax cut proceeds to oppose a mayoral candidate who thinks people should be able ride the bus for free.

Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. We’re calling out the injustice of an economy where Black women earn 66 cents on the dollar compared to white men. We fight to end the wage gap and make it easier to join a union because women get equal pay with a union contract.