Meh. As someone again commuting to work Downtown by bus, it's already a pain in the ass to for drivers cross the rivers many days. It *is* a great vibe when a bridge is closed for games or events, but I'm fine with the way it is now. www.publicsource.org/roberto-clem...

“Despite the honour of this medal, our experience also revealed serious gaps in our municipal and provincial systems that left our family unprotected before, during and after a violent dog attack,” Trisha Munroe said. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Starting in the pandemic, we shifted almost all of our grocery shopping to Target. On average, we spent $800/mo. for five years. Probably had a "RedCard" for a decade. Stopped shopping there in February. Last week, Target deemed my RedCard inactive. They're absolutely flailing. #Bye

This is great. youtu.be/2Mqa4zfJdx4?...

What a wonderful tribute. Give Kyle's story a watch, then read her family's summary: www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

When I was growing up, I was well aware that actress Theresa Saldana advocated for anti-stalking laws. What I didn't know was that she publicly embraced the hero who saved her from her stalker. For our newsletter, I wrote about the day their lives intersected. www.carnegiehero.org/1982-salesma...

One hour to go. Busy day in Avalon, Pa. (Allegheny County). This poll worker is trying to avoid eating (more) leftover Halloween candy from a fellow worker. #ElectionDay

"where's the manhunt for our reason the future rests in hands of fools" Another great song by Jesse. youtu.be/idfY5Md6wkg?...

Damn. I wanted Max to tell Schneider to sit his ass down and let him take Ohtani on.

Reading a grad student's oral history project and this is the opening line. Kinda brilliant lol

Current earworm. #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hq4...

This has been frustrating for the community, but at least it's a fresh start. Doesn't help that the owners involved in the development rights sold the team four years ago & Fenway Sports Group ignores the 'Burgh. Local politicos should have applied more pressure. triblive.com/local/pengui...

I love it. Jags has endured so long that I gave up my grudges against him for the way his Pens career ended *and* the fake out when we thought he was coming back. Just a totally unique dude and physical freak. Now, just waive the HOF waiting period and induct him. www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

I binged this podcast. It's really well-done and is a bit different from the standard sports-story series, especially from ESPN. The series did an excellent job of telling the full life of a man, Martin Manley, you've almost certainly never known about. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR5L...

Damn! Great cover.

A criminal case against the former police chief in Marion, Kan., who pushed for the raid is going to trial. www.ksn.com/news/state-r...

I'm enjoying the "Question Everything" podcast by @brihreed.bsky.social. This episode - the first of two about the raid on the Marion County Record in Kansas - is enlightening and enraging. Big credit to editor-publisher Eric Meyer for fighting back. www.kcrw.com/shows/questi...

Doing the Penguins 6.6K Run & Family Walk w/ my boys. (One is excited after enjoying the Kids Marathon last spring, but he's bummed about waking early on Sunday!) I used to do the Beard-A-Thon fundraiser, but, uh, we don't see the playoffs in this parts anymore. mariolemieux.org/registration...

This Goodreads review of "Prescription for Pain" contains some of the loveliest things I've ever read about me and my work. I'm floored. 🥹🥹

Hell yeah. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPDz...

Reason #42,387 why kids rule: Me: "After The Beatles broke up, Paul started a band that included his wife. It was called Wings." 8-year-old: "Did they sing about food?" Kid's got Wing Stop on the brain.

This is a beautiful - and sad - profile about Robert Munsch. *Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities:

I sometimes feel guilty about taking out too many books and not taking/making enough time to read them. But I'm all about community support for libraries - we have a great system in Allegheny County - and I'm happy to do whatever helps keep libraries funded for everybody to use.

So, "Happy Gilmore 2" actually was fun. Bad Bunny and John Daly are scene-stealers.

When I was a kid, I couldn't wait to be an adult because I imagined that adulthood would be a time when no one would interrupt me when I was trying to read. If I could go back in time, I would tell that little girl she has never been more wrong about anything in her life.

Sharing in case this is helpful to you.

I've taken summer classes in the Cathedral of Learning and I'm pretty sure some of those classrooms are saunas already, just not authentic Finnish ones

“I thought he was going to be very honest and cared,” Anthony Broadwater, 64, said during a series of interviews. “This guy,” he thought, “is really going to help me.” *Gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...

After the flooded North Fork New River knocked her house from its foundation during Hurricane Helene last fall, Eddie Hunnell saved Leslie Worth from drowning. #goodSamaritan #hero www.wcnc.com/article/news...

The video of this rescue went viral last year. What wasn't apparent initially was that one of the rescuers, Michael Coy, entered the car on the passenger side and helped the driver remove his seat belt before the intensifying conditions inside forced Coy to get out #hero www.fox9.com/news/good-sa...

Kennis Steven Goodman rescued a 74-year-old man from man stabbing him with a knife inside a Columbia, South Carolina, pharmacy in January. #goodSamaritan #hero scnow.com/news/local/a...

"...if a longer meeting is necessary, a longer meeting should be held. If more chairs are needed in the audience, break out more chairs. If people want to participate, that is what should happen..." Public comment is - well, it should be - a huge part of public service. triblive.com/opinion/edit...

I talked myself out of a couple of answers that I would have gotten right, but, wow, this going to be a gigantic boost for propaganda and misinformation. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Whoa, I never knew how the high bar was for becoming a guide. I've only gone to Gettysburg once - 18 years ago - for a weekend. I need to go back sometime and see more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=za-w...

At some point as you grow older, you have to accept that you are who you have become. Your choices brought you to this point in life. Nurture, and other people's influence on you, only goes so far. You can choose to be bitter or better. You can choose to understand, empathize, & forgive slights..

Seventeen more people, ranging in age from 13 to 57 at the times of the rescues, are being recognized for their life-risking heroism. Five of the heroes sacrificed their lives. The heroes are from CA, GA, ID, LA, MN, MO, NJ, NY, NS, ON, SC & WA. #goodSamaritan www.carnegiehero.org/heroes/lates...

This is the kind of insight that only artificial intelligence can provide.

Stadium subsidies

"He is taking care of the tickets," team spokesman Peter John-Baptiste told the media outlet. How about for others' safety - as well as his own - he stops driving in excess of 90 m.p.h.? www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

There is a maximum amount of time each day you're supposed to focus on the world's problems instead of your own, after which you have a legitimate need for therapy on your thought processes being self-destructive. At some point you have to stop scrubbing your hands you are bleeding into the sink.

My pet's name with a .gif. (His last name, although "Good Trouble" would be a good pet name.)

Do we know anyone who lives near Karnes County, Texas, and would be willing to go to the county clerk's office in Karnes City, fill out a form and pay $10 in cash for precinct-level election results? Because that's what they've told us needs to happen.

New sticker for yinz. #Vote #EspeciallyInLocalElections

Damn. I got home safe. I hope others in the region heeded the warnings. Stay safe this evening.

A shower head company ran an A/B test to see whether consumers will pay the additional price for a product that's made in the USA. Spoiler alert: No.

As an introvert, working father of two young kids whose career is talking to strangers, I was thrilled to have an hour to myself to read a book on a plane at the end of my vacation last week. No earbuds, either! I sometimes wish some people in some settings were friendlier, but this is just weird.

Anyone wondering about declining birthdates should recognize that millions of Americans struggle with the harsh reality that they’ll never parent as well as the two cartoon dogs in Bluey.

I think a lot abt how marginalized people are expected to be perfect just to be treated w/ basic dignity, just to access legal protection. But democracy can’t mean rights for the respectable few. It has to mean fair and just treatment even for those seen as least deserving. That’s the real test.

From KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon student learns his visa was revoked with no explanation