This app sucks. I miss (old) Twitter.

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While working the election polls yesterday, I had to turn away a handful of voters who were not registered Democrats or Republicans. They didn't realize they couldn't vote in the primaries. (There were no ballot questions in the borough where I was stationed.)

Working the election polls today in McKees Rocks and we've had a grand total of four voters come through so far in our first hour Gonna be a longggggg day

Still undecided on who deserves your vote for Pittsburgh Mayor? During a time when federal arts & culture funding is being stripped, @pghartscouncil.bsky.social invited mayoral candidates to address the importance of supporting the arts at a local level www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/blog/pittsbu...

Religion is so weird. 💨

Every day is a new nightmare these days.

Quit smoking 15 years ago today. God, I could use a fucking cigarette.

Anyone know anything about The Pennsylvania Independent? Never heard of them until this week, and seeing mixed reviews online of their legitimacy

"In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word 'gay,' including ... an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb." apnews.com/article/dei-...

Please don't let this mayor's race end with Tony Moreno.

I only ate half of my delicious burrito this evening, so I could save it to avoid spending money tomorrow. Please clap.

Say what you want about alternative medicine, but yesterday afternoon, my acupuncturist did gua sha on my neck and I crashed at 8PM and slept through the night after months and months of insomnia.

Greatest love story ever told? John Turturro on Severance is just pure beauty.

Is there anything worse than dental pain? (Well, besides our entire country right now, of course.) But my god, I had a filling come out earlier this week and I haven't been in this much physical pain in so long. Take care of yr teeth, people!

The world feels more uncertain than ever. Harmful ideologies, once whispered in the shadows, are now openly expressed and legitimized through legislation. But, as our CEO Patrick Fisher shares, the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council's commitment remains unwavering.

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

With a bilingual website, print magazine, and a brand new podcast, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council grantee María Manautou-Matos is championing the region's Latine community

Who else hasn't had the energy to put away their Christmas tree yet?

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 📉

This isn't a press conference. This is a hate speech.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

So seriously, what is our equivalent of storming the capitol?

Serious props to Marisa here who had this before anyone else I think.

it’s real. holy moly www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Blasting the Les Mis original Broadway soundtrack when I'm stressed is one of my favorite forms of self care.

My office had a DiSC Style training today, and it was the most interesting and helpful employment-related training session I've ever had. Highly recommend for folks wanting to improve internal communications and conflict resolution.

I want to see all media call out racism and transphobia when it occurs. I want to see all politicians be vocal about protecting the people they serve most at risk. I want to have the courage to speak up and protect the people I love even when I am scared and depressed and feeling hopeless like today

Took a needle felting class tonight at Workshop PGH and enjoyed it so much, I ordered supplies online as soon as I got home so I could keep trying it out. My first attempt looks a little silly, but I love him :)

I used to work on the floor below this business when it had a spot Downtown and the entire office building reeked of weed lol www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...

Watching Behind the Curve, about folks who believe the Earth is flat. If there is a God, which I don't believe there is, he is definitely trolling all of us.

On the train back to Pittsburgh during the holidays, the stranger sitting beside me asked me for a pen — the only time she spoke — bc she wanted to give her number to a cute guy she spotted a few cars up. "It's hard out there," was the last thing she said to me before going to find him.

Just started watching the Lisa Frank documentary and ... holy shit, the sound of Velcro opening on a Trapper Keeper is incredibly satisfying. Did I just find my ideal ASMR??

2025, please be kind.

Thank God for edibles.

On my first-ever Amtrak out of Union Station after a lifelong fear of trains and it's had to stop three times so far for power failures. At least better than falling off a cliff?

I have no idea why this story isn't bylined, because someone did a terrific job on it. www.unionprogress.com/2024/12/19/b...

Can't sleep. Fantasizing about People Indian's Gajar Halwa and Gulab Jamun

I'm treating my cat for cancer which consists of Prednisone once a day, Chemo pills every other day, B12 shots once a month, insanely expensive vet visits every 3 months, and a nightly appetite stimulant that causes her to wake me up in the middle of the night crunchin' her dry food. WORTH IT.

Hate your job? I got you.

I'm one of the million nonprofit communication admins asking you to consider donating to the organization that pays them to create all the graphics, emails, and posts you'll see today (We also do good shit to help lots of amazing local artists!) www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/donate

Arts advocates in Pittsburgh and elsewhere are already sounding the alarm about legislation recently approved by the U.S. House of Representatives. www.wesa.fm/arts-sports-...

Movie rec: Strawberry Mansion on Prime. Beautiful surreal 2021 mind fuck. Slow moving but perfect for mellow sci fi lovers, dreamers, closet romantics.

Work with me! Getting a ton of interest in this position, but we aren't reviewing applications until January so still plenty of time to consider applying

Bechdel is a total treasure. She wrote this nearly thirty years ago.

The real trap here is that the Republicans have made defending civil rights seem like a frivolous thing and a whole lot of liberals are falling in line. Even if it was a culture war, so what? This would be a war worth fighting. What are we even doing here, people? Get it together.

Do you think it's possible for someone who voted for Trump to be a good person who made a mistake? Because I honestly don't. I believe that there are people who voted for Trump who might have some good qualities, but if you voted against protecting human rights, you are not a good person.

Suffering from relentless cramps from an IUD I got inserted last week to try to help my extreme cramps.