“The truth always lies somewhere in the middle” has to be one of my least favorite phrases. Sometimes, one side is actually truthful and one side is actually malicious and lying!

While you're posting your MLK Day quotes and urging peace, don't forget his quotes about the true barriers to obtaining that peace.

From this scanner traffic, you might imagine it was an enormous crowd in Pittsburgh blocking the ICE office. You would be wrong. According to police, when they got there, seven (7) protesters were blocking the driveway. So, you know, now you have that information moving forward.

Put the Nobel Peace Prize on the blockchain. by Andrew Yang

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.

Next year we’ll be at the 10 year anniversary of the Amazon 2nd HQ circus. Public officials looked goofy as hell thinking Amazon was serious and persuadable. Even more so in retrospect.

We’ve all seen the awful NSFW content coming from Grok. It doesn’t belong anywhere near our military systems. This is exactly why working people need and demand AI safety guardrails. https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-president-grok-debacle-proves-we-need-ai-guardrails

They’re calling it the most divorced anyone has ever been

Sucks that you voted for this @deluzio.house.gov. Tough talk on the stump, but basically turn into Lamb/Fetterman when it’s time to vote.

BREAKING: Dan Ceisler, the new sheriff of Pennsylvania's Bucks County, just announced he has terminated his county's 287(g) contract with ICE. Ceisler defeated GOP sheriff who'd joined the ICE program in November, & ran on quitting it; we reported then:

Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made

Never been happier to live a Meta free life.

In Pittsburgh “ICE out” protest, locals decry “unchecked violence, abuse” by ICE and Border Patrol after Minneapolis and Portland shootings. buff.ly/ePkQylo

A somber protest march against ICE in the South Side in Pittsburgh heads toward the DHS offices

Well well well, looks like we got ourselves a bit of a #heatedrivalry between County Judge Hidalgo and Allegheny County Executive Innamorato! We're talking @houstontexans at @steelers on Monday night, winner take all. Loser has to wear the other team's merch. Who's gonna win? To be continued...

No I said don’t tread on *me*. You can get treaded on.

Google now, basically

Extremely disappointing from NPR. SMDH.

The Blocks are and have been disrespectful to their readers, subscribers, and their staff. They took a public asset entrusted to them and torched it.

Here's how to maximize your PTO days in 2026. Ten PTO days can be stretched into 40 days of longer breaks this year by scheduling vacations around federal holidays @triblive.bsky.social

BREAKING: Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws, including the first U.S. ban on pill abortions.

Polls show that 70% of Americans oppose the war in Venezuela. But at this CBS News staff meeting, that number feels much smaller.

Nothing says "strong" like complaining off the record to a Beltway reporter

I set up a GoFundMe for former @pghcitypaper.com staff. This will be used to help us submit last year's stories for awards, defray loss of income and insurance, and support laid-off single moms with childcare. Chip in if you'd like:

Cilantro tastes great in hot soup. It was 40° and a cold moist day in Arvin CA where workers were harvesting it on this day. #WeFeedYou

Bari Weiss and her benefactors vastly overestimate the remaining percentage of Americans who want their racism watered down. There's no market for the diluted stuff any more when people can get it undiluted directly from the source.

lol

Mamdani takes the opportunity in his inaugural to criticize Clinton's 1996 State of the Union pledge that 'the era of big government is over'

Fuck

Finally switched from Audible to Libro.fm.

Wishing all of our friends a very happy holiday season full of peace, love & happiness! Gracias Ignacio Gomez for this wonderful piece of art. #WeFeedYou Deseándole a todos nuestros amigos unas felices fiestas llenas de amor, paz y felicidad! Gracias Ignacio Gómez por está increíble pieza de arte.

A lot of bluster about financial discipline from the Block org who openly admits it doesn’t know how to keep the paper itself financially stable but-for the family’s inheritance.

BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5

lol at Bari not knowing about the distribution process for foreign markets and not asking and no one volunteering the information.

I found it. The Bari Weiss/CBS News town hall promo for feminism does indeed use a 1964 photo of Beatles fans.

What is the point of having a sprawling national security state if they can’t find out who did a mass shooting in broad daylight five days ago?

News: An amendment to enshrine abortion access into Pennsylvania's state constitution has passed the Democratic-controlled state House 102-101. It goes to the GOP-controlled state Senate, who are unlikely to take it up.

We finally got the 218 signatures needed to force a vote on extending the ACA subsidies while we work to fix our broken healthcare system. Speaker Johnson must call a vote immediately so that folks won't have to worry whether they can afford to go to the doctor when they're sick come January.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

I am SO DAMN PROUD of these professors. I went to Penn State and these professors so desperately need this union and I'm excite that they're getting their election.

Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y

Surely Pro Housing Pittsburgh will fight tooth and nail to ensure the Housing Opportunity Fund is fully funded.

So good