Pundits and others telling people "don't be silent at work or in your neighborhood" are like health influencers who say just go buy fresh vegetables! Just as many live in food deserts, many also live in communities where it's dangerous to speak out. The advice should be: do what you safely can do.

Lee Greenwood is our Swan Lake

During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake

Today we’re celebrating Winnie the southern tamandua’s 8th birthday! 💛 Join us in wishing Winnie a gentle and love-filled birthday.

If you can squander $600k you don't care what time it is.

Now this is an America I recognize.

Snow shoveling skill rated 11/10 🤯🏆🥇👏👏

I love all the videos of Pittsburghers skiing around our hills. My neighbor went by on his cross country skis while we were shoveling.

This cardinal says that snowing for 20 straight hours is bullshit.

Same, altho I should root more strongly for the Rams since I'm from CA. Ho hum.

for anyone whomst may experience bus incidents in the future, I recommend "pics or it didn't happen" to establish enough credibility to be picked up by international media

enjoy

5 p.m.: 9" in Highland Park so far. This is @witty-or-not.bsky.social's pic, but when he comes in from shoveling, pretty sure his fingers gonna be too cold to type/post for a while. My hero! 🥶

Milwaukee uses the Uecker

Vermont checking in.

Ahem. If you're not measuring by flamingo, are you even getting snow?

The rest of the world: Using the metric system. The City of Pittsburgh:

And, not for nuthin', they're not wearing masks, they're wearing smiles.

WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart during player intros today. Time for the men to follow her lead.

Re: militant 2Aers

Mt Lebo party poops

A real life Hanna-Barbera cartoon 😂

This is Greensburg in the next county over from Pittsburgh. Serious snow, GREAT sign 💙.

SNOW DUCKS WIN THE DAY!!

bolt hits bovino i think i'm going to have to start believing

2026 is shaping up to be a busy year for all things U2, with strong rumours of new music and new projects. The band is also celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, formed in Sept. 1976. You can find us on social media under ‘U2Songs’ or ‘U2SongsCom’ for all of our updates.

They timed it for the green light! (@wandergal.bsky.social This is the hill I usually take to/from Vicky's 🥴😄)

2 p.m. update: Wider shot this time to show the unusual dimpling effect on both sides each step (embiggen to see them far right). Haven't seen THAT before.

show your lock screen Same as it always was and will be 😎🎤😉

FYI, Pittsburgh: Iggle is closing all stores at 4 pm today.

The others waiting to get on 🦭🦭

America should have spent this weekend dunking on the Steelers hiring Mike McCarthy but instead we’re watching lawless idiots defend an obvious murder while the mad king hosts movie screenings for billionaires

MY statement won't take you as long to parse thru: "Disband ICE, charge the murderers of Renee and Alex, then start the impeachments."

Baby. goats. 😍 Her Alt text in the Reply: "A conversation between me, a confused mother goat, and two day-old baby goats. There is adorable tiny bleating. Biggun the livestock guardian dog also makes a brief appearance."

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Noon update: Maybe a couple more inches, still dry and (I, who have not been outside, assume) not sticking.

cc: my dog people -

10 a.m. update: Only another inch or in town, still very dry snow - only laying on (tree branches), not sticking to (rhododendron leaves), surfaces. #Pittsburgh

This is not CGI - Katherine Hepburn is, for a short bit, actually dragging (sorry PetA, it was a different era) this cheetah who is rolling around to avoid going up the steps

Heads up, #Pittsburgh:

Sunday Stroll in the Snow. Today in Chicago.

What do you call a singing computer? A Dell.

Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act

And include Alt text, please. That means you, too, @triblive.bsky.social.

Tree swallows, NYC — Allan D. Cruickshank, 1942 archive.org/details/bird...

What a good time for a lovely, smart, funny movie. A welcome brain cleanse because *gestures really REALLY broadly*.

7 a.m. update - 3" in #Pittsburgh. As predicted, it's a very dry, fluffy snow, not sticking to branches or wires, which is a good thing.

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Stark beauty

the snow ratio explainer is neat. (h/t KDKA Weather Team)