I made a front-facing video to tell you that thanks to Commonwealth Press we raised $5,300 for Casa San Jose with the ABOLISH ICE shirts! And I'm looking for more screenprinters to get involved so we can print more shirts and raise more money. Learn more below: alternatehistories.com/blogs/news/g...

Pirates HOF'er Bill Mazeroski has died at the age of 89. He was inducted into the HOF in 2001, and I was in Pittsburgh that year on a family visit. My wife and I went to a couple of Pirates games that summer, and they had mowed his nickname into the outfield. Here's a picture of that. #RIPMaz

For Pirates Roundtable: Pirates lose a legend.

Pretty sure these aren’t C-clamps for #woodworking

I look forward to the establishment of a Wiesenthal Center-like organization dedicated to identifying and hunting former DHS agents so that they may be held accountable.

“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.” These are words I often live by. My son recently started experimenting with #linocut printing and made me this for Xmas. I framed it and hung it on my shop wall with some other maker art. #maker #printmaking #woodworking #framing

First project off the new table saw. I made this simple walnut end grain cutting board as a gift for my Mom’s neighbor who goes above and beyond helping her. Walnut from Mars Lumber, Finish is Total Boat Wood Honey. #maker #woodworking #cuttingboard #wood #endgraincuttingboard

Happy New Year! #pretzels #happynewyear #bakingismaking

I made a couple of these walnut catch all trays for my kids. My daughter will use is for jewelry including a couple of pieces from Studebaker Metals. Finish is Total Boat Wood Honey. #maker #woodworking #cncrouter

Was going through my father’s record collection, and I came across this Incredible album cover

Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

I haven't forgotten this evil shit from UPMC, and just finished the application to switch health care providers in 2026.

my God, she's gonna chop off Paul Sheldons other foot, isn't she

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

Attn. Pittsburgh-area peeps who are fans of the First Amendment...

Reminder - don't talk to reporters from the Post Gazette and don't share stories from them. This is Pittsburgh for god's sake - don't cross picket lines!

I also wish ill on JK Rowling.

For what it’s worth, I do not, under any circumstances, wish JK Rowling well.

I am naturally skeptical of morning people.

A pedestrian created a whole website to shame a Tesla driver for running a stop sign and other alleged bad behavior in San Francisco: www.michaelcohensf.com/home

Coffee Table Inception. So my kids ordered a custom jigsaw puzzle from Puzzle You of our dog for my wife’s birthday back in March. I took the opportunity to get one of the coffee table I finally made late last year. #maker #pghmaker #diy #jigsawpuzzles #wood #woodworking #coffee #table

TIL

Happy Birthday to Stevie Wonder, the 75-year old genius.

Got some “help” with an oil change today #dog #dogsky #cockapoo

The latest "Gar's Tips & Tools" is out! garstipsandtools.com/p/gars-tips-...

Look what came in the mail today. Beautiful. Thanks @d--s.bsky.social

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

The #bass is done. HT to New Perspectives Music for the plans & guidance. Since I don’t play, my daughter is the tester & says it plays well. I’ll revisit the setup in a couple of weeks. Now I have to make another for my son. #maker #pghmaker #diy #luthier #bassguitar #wood #woodworking #cncrouter

Just had to do one of those “select your year of birth on this wheel thingy” things and I just

I took a workshop @ The Society for Contemporary Craft w/ instructors Glen Gardner & Maria Camera-Smith today. The copper one was practice for the sterling silver one. The facility & instructors were top notch. #maker #pghmaker #diy #jewellery #cuff #copper #silver #silversmith #coppersmith #forging

In light of folks still pretending like AI can create art...literally, seriously sit down and try to even imagine a computer program ever creating anything even 1/1000th as good as this. You cannot.

I glued the bubinga fingerboard to the #bass neck this afternoon. The hard maple neck is reinforced with 2 carbon fiber rods and a truss rod. Inlays and side markers are Total Boat #epoxy Now on to the body. #maker #pghmaker #diy #wood #woodworking #bassguitar #luthier #empireofdust

On to the fingerboard for the #Bass project. Made from a piece of Bubinga I’ve had for many years with Total Boat epoxy inlays, I’m installing the frets here using my drill press and an eBay fret press caul. #maker #pghmaker #diy #luthier #bassguitar #wood #woodworking #cnc #empireofdust

I’ve been working on the final pieces of the #bassguitar project. The curly maple neck gets a fair amount of handwork off the #cncrouter. It’s just about ready for finish. Shout out to New Perspectives Music for the plans. #maker #pghmaker #diy #wood #woodworking #luthier #bass #cnc #empireofdust

Oh neat, March 28 is national "Smash Your Amazon Echo Devices With A Hammer" day.

This app really needs an edit buffoon

Hey! I’m doing a giveaway! I’m still fairly new to this platform, but please swipe over to see the rules and such! . . . #blacksmith #bladesmith #giveaway #ironage #ironageknife #vikingknife #reuse #recycle #fileknife #forge #handforged #pittsburgh #pennsylvania

Finished testing toolpaths on the New Perspectives #Bass kit. Only broke two 0.024” carbide endmills dialing in the feeds. Next I’ll process the hardwood for the body that will come out of the slab. #maker #pghmaker #diy #luthier #cncrouter #wood #woodworking #luthier #bassguitar #empireofdust

More testing for the New Perspectives Music #bass kit. I got the toolpaths working to cut the neck on the diagonal on my Inventables 1000mm #xcarve. Test finger board next, then do it all again in good #wood. #maker #pghmaker #diy #woodworking #luthier #cncrouter #bassguitar #gizmosity #empireofdust

Testing toolpaths and feeds & speeds on scrap construction lumber before committing to good material. This bass is based on a design made available by Tim Sway at New Persectives Music #maker #pghmaker #diy #cnc #cncrouter #xcarve #wood #woodworking #luthier #bass #bassguitar #empireofdust

Twenty-five years ago today, the last "Peanuts" strip ran in newspapers. I'm taking this occasion to re-up my long piece on Charles Schulz and Bill Watterson in the LA Review of Books, still my favorite essay I've ever published. lareviewofbooks.org/article/sell...

A quick resistance task: 1. Google Gulf of Mexico 2. “Gulf of America" is the top 3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it 4. Select "Send Feedback" 5. Click on "Gulf Of America" 6. Select "Inaccurate content" 7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"

Although I don’t play, I always wanted to make a guitar. Both kids have guitars, so Bass it is. #maker #pghmaker #diy #luthier #bass #guitar #wood #woodworking #cnc #cncrouter #empireofdust

I think Jimmy Diresta once talked about the potential of an empty bench on the Making it podcast with Bob Clagett and David Picciuto. This bench hasn’t been this clear since I moved to my current shop. New projects incoming. #maker #pghmaker #woodworking #luthier #bassguitar #cncrouter

Hey @bsky.app we need a way to remove ourselves from lists. Too many sketchy accounts flooding in

45 gallons of scraps and offcuts from the last few projects. Going to wait for a little better weather to burn this. Of course I kept too many pieces better than these that’ll go in the next batch. . . . . . #maker #pghmaker #wood #scrap #offcuts #woodworking #woodworker #shopcleanup #empireofdust

I finally ran a 220 volt circuit to my air compressor. I also put in dedicated air lines using a kit from Northern Tool & couldn’t resist some home automation. A #matter compatible #smartplug from TP link controls the solenoid valve #maker #pghmaker #diy #homeautomation #homekit #siri #compressedair