Attended the #NoKings rally in Chambersburg, PA while visiting my mom. They estimated 800 out in the square! It was Gordie’s first protest but it won’t be his last! @maddow.bsky.social

the entire difference between kyle rittenhouse and alex pretti is that kyle rittenhouse was there to shoot people the cops wanted to shoot and alex pretti was there to protect people the cops wanted to shoot

Just the last few seconds of the crowd singing the theme from Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood together. It was a beautiful experience! #NoKingsPittsburgh #NoKings @50501movement.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com

Some of my favorite signs #NoKingsPittsburgh #NoKings @50501movement.bsky.social

Great turnout for the #NoKingsPittsburgh rally today! Fantastic speeches by @summerlee.bsky.social , @deluzio.house.gov , and @innamo.bsky.social among many others! #NoKings @50501movement.bsky.social

So happy Kristi decided to show up today at #NoKingsPittsburgh #NoKings

Gordie back from his spa day and extra floofy! For some reason, his new Halloween bandana is giving me French fashionista. #DogsofBS

As a Pittsburgher raised with a disdain for all things Philly-related I am intrigued by this theory. I catch myself saying “Go Birds” all the time now. I always thought it was IASIP but maybe it is just being too online!

Happy to report that Gordie has finally calmed down enough that he can coexist with his uncle Misha (my mom’s cat). It only took 6 years of sporadic visits! @bunsenbernerbmd.bsky.social @darthbluesky.bsky.social

CROSBY, STILLS, AND NASH ARE ALL AMERICA NEEDS BUT IF YOU INSIST ON YOUNG YOU GET TARIFFED. UNLESS NEIL YOUNG BECOMES OUR CHERISHED 51ST STATE.

ALL FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS THAT DO NOT FEATURE A STEVIE NICKS LEAD VOCAL ARE NOW TARIFFED AT 250%

It was Gordie’s 6th birthday today! No internet (bad storms yesterday) meant there was no way to work and all day we focused on this guy! Walked with his buddies Big Phil and Leonard, played with new toys, went to the park, and finally ice cream at Graeter’s. #DogsofBlueSky @darthbluesky.bsky.com

The people who claim they are being discriminated against because they are so very Christian are doing this

Any fellow Pitt alumni, students, faculty etc. who would like to sign this open letter calling on Pitt to “Defend intellectual freedom, scientific discovery, and community safety at the University of Pittsburgh”? #H2P #Pitt #PittBS actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...

Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me

On Saturdays in Pittsburgh, we stand up and fight back! #standupforscience #50501movement @standupforscience.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

If we had a functioning judicial system Trump and his lackeys would be going to prison. If we had a functioning congress, he would be impeached and removed. Unfortunately we have neither.

Agreed and another overlap is that they all involve standing up to a big bully

Former Congressman Conor Lamb and State Rep. Lindsay Powell sat in for Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick after they declined to schedule a town hall. Participants voiced their concerns and continually noted Fetterman and McCormick's agenda and loyalty to President Trump...

On the discounting of women's academic performance in college, see Natasha Quadlin's work: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

An astronomy professor colleague of mine once relayed trying to explain to his students why it was important that they actually write their class reports themselves. “The point is not to teach ME about neutron stars,” he said.

“When you eliminate DEI, when you roll back trans care, when you tell people they’re only where they are because of programs, not their worth, that’s an attack on civil rights. And I won’t stand for it...It’s happening right here, in cities like Pittsburgh....it should be about resistance." YES

describing struggling people who need help as "playing video games all day"—all while giving $38 billion in gov contracts to elon musk to *literally* play video games all day—is vile on every possible level. failed state behavior

Today I took about 10x as long saying goodbye to this guy (who I will miss for 3 days) than I did when my daughters each moved to Europe #dogsofbluesky

Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.

Bullying normal people who have never said a word to you just because they use preferred pronouns is low. There’s no other way to say it: you are a bully. Leave people alone and let them be themselves. They aren’t bothering you. They just exist—happily, until you came along

What we're seeing at #handsoff protests nationwide today and what we saw at the ballot box on Tuesday are not unrelated. The public is furious. It will not be silenced. And those who side with Trump and Musk—or refuse to fight back—will be swept out of office.

More from #handsoff Pittsburgh. Estimated crowd size was 6000

Great speech @conorlambpa.bsky.social ! #handsoff Pittsburgh

#handsoff Pittsburgh

Despicable! We are most definitely the baddies

See you soon #handsoff Pittsburgh! Bring your galoshes and slickers - it’s gonna be soggy!

Up against the richest man in the world spending more than anyone's ever spent in a judicial race, Susan Crawford never wavered. Never cowered. Kept fighting. A lesson, there.

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

Listen. I believe ardently in criticizing our leaders for their failures and inaction but if you refuse to acknowledge their efforts when they do make them and if you refuse to recognize a step in the right direction, you don’t really want change. You just want to complain.

Take that, nerd! We don't want to fund your woke Marxist research on "relieving stress and anxiety in adolescents." Children are the future and the future should feel bad.

Efforts to erase trans people will not be successsful. Today is a day for visibility of this community that's under fierce attack. #TransDayOfVisibility

Our great country is at a turning point. The way I see it, we've got two choices. We can stick with the same old wimpy politics of catering to the corruption and corporate power—all while hardworking people get more and more pissed about being ripped off... (1/2)

Thank you so much for sharing! We ARE fighting for our souls! And we have to show up for those people who are unable to participate due to residency status, disability, fear of retribution, etc.

We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now

#TeslaTakedown about to begin!

Wish Trump supporters would grow up and realize that the pleasure they get from seeing their enemies suffer is fleeting and that in the end it won’t make them happy. This post inspired by spending an afternoon with the in-laws.

Every veteran who served wrote this country a blank check. In return, we make a sacred promise that our government will take care of them when they come home. The VA Secretary is saying the planned firing of 80,000 VA workers won’t hurt veteran care—he's full of crap. This is a betrayal.

Great turnout at the #TeslaTakedown in Wexford, PA today! I didn’t get any good pictures but there were at least 50 people I think - it’s catching on! Tons of honks of support too.

Small but fierce group of protestors on this cold, snowy day in Wexford, PA for the #TeslaTakedown. Lots of honks of support today! Tesla Funds Fascism! Fire Elon! @susankayequinn.bsky.social

I keep thinking about how the misrepresentation of the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit convinced Americans that it was too easy to sue corporations — a laughable idea if you think about it for 10 seconds. It's the same with trans kids: The scandal is that care is too hard to get, not too easy.

Okay #Booksky please chime in… My husband was asking me for a short list of some current writers who use styles that really draw you in and create a good flow. This is so he can improve his own writing. Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social , Geraldine Brooks, Chris Whitaker.. who should I add?

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

What Trump is doing to trans people is absolutely breaking my heart. I don’t understand why people think they have a say in the personal decisions that people make in their own lives. Obviously the cruelty is the point of this administration.

in celebration of Tom Holland and Zendaya’s engagement, please enjoy this moment from 2017 when she turned into a literal 😍 emoji and we all knew it was for keeps