I went to school with Gov. Corbett's kids. They were good, decent people. What that should tell you is the man's not a monster. He was wrong on gay marriage, but right on passing bikes @ 4'. He's not always right, but he's generally not malicious. I'm happy he's speaking out on this.

Same goes with alt text, motherfuckers!

@humanbean.net, does this help at all?

I had a buddy who worked for Triangle back in the day.an was 100% insane. Rick Sebak talked about the bike messengers in his documentary, "Downtown Pittsburgh" from 2005.

Adult Boschtent, "MY JOHNSON!" Edition.

THE takeaway: "When the show premiered, there were 12 paramedic units in all of North America. In the next three years, 46 states enacted laws that allowed paramedics to practice emergency medicine. Within 10 years, more than half of all Americans were within 10 minutes of a paramedic ... unit."

anything to make the lesson NOT "listen to women"

"...officers deployed a conductive energy weapon..." I'm happy they got him, but I hate all the fucking newspeak cops use now. They tased him. Goddamn euphemistic bullshit. globalnews.ca/news/1196100...

just found out that a certain “labor reporter” with a decades-long history of violently harassing women and queer people in the labor movement (myself included) is lurking around on here. If you care about workers and Mike Elk follows you, do us all a favor and block him.

Never question @repsummerlee.bsky.social & her character judgement.

re-posting for Pittsburghers:

Hey, fellas, before you write that white hot take about how rape is such a tricky thing and, I mean, who can really say what happened and, you know, maybe we should not be too judgmental, I'd like to remind you that instead you can simply shut the fuck up.

Adult Boschtent, Dangerous Symphony Edition

This was the last convo I had about Platner, thankfully it was with a reasonable human being, wherein I had to explain that he was not The One. I'm beyond the point where I believe they all need to go. Just a great big govt reboot. Binheads, everywhere!

Now. I’ve got a family which needs to move across a few states in time to enroll their kids, one of whom is trans and needs to be not in their current state as a result. Help: Venmo Linda-Tirado-3 Chime $Linda-tirado-3 PayPal bootstrapindustries@gmail They’re going to family so $2k covers it. ❤️

Does anyone have handy the venn diagram of people who call Mamdani antisemitic & those who call Platner antisemitic? For research purposes.

The sea calls to him. She yearns for rocks & stones. Pocketfuls upon pocketfuls of rocks & stones.

The Princess Bride quotes are just flying fast & furious this morning here on Bluesky!

Adult Boschtent, Floaty Edition

I’m ready to answer the call.

From top to bottom; the cap of Liberty, the shield of America, & the fasces of power. Per Wikipedia: "Louis Dreka designed the actual seal, first used in 1885 per here. Vectorized from a version in stained glass. Original: Maksim Vector: Ipankonin"

Everyone watches women’s sports. Everyone should be more like @flavorflav.bsky.social

That anyone is at all surprised is disappointing. Also, while we're all losing our collective shit about things we knew were gonna happen (Platner is a monster & Trump is fucking with the World Cup), 🚨Lonnie Bunch's tenure with the Smithsonian, & all that entails, hangs in the balance!🚨

Oh hey! Lookie who un-blocked me! Aww. Isn't that just as sweet as shit?

Adult Boschtent, Butt Stuff Edition.

Is anyone else getting an inordinate number of randos as followers out of the blue in the last two weeks? Stg, I'm on #6, at least. One even claimed to be a 4-star general, & wouldn't stop pushing me to go chat with him off-platform! Fuck-a-doodle-do!

While everyone else is shitting themselves about the fucking World Cup, Trump is getting ready to gut the Smithsonian.

Latest comic: Future historians baffled by Slop-henge

I'm gonna be pedantic, as is my right as a citizen of the USA. While this was the 250th *celebration* of American "Independence," it wasn't the 250th "anniversary." That's next year.

Happy 5th Adult Boschtent!

This is the Fox News graphic from 6/2023, in case anyone has friends or family who refuses to believe that PURPLE = BAD.

@davischalson567.bsky.social Hey! Hello everyone! This dude's a creep who's into randomly following almost exclusively female-faced accounts, & when you ask him to unfollow you, BECAUSE HE'S A RANDOM STRANGER ON THE INTERNET, he'll answer your DM, but somehow can't figure out how to unfollow.

Happy Independence Day

After a lot of thinking, I've decided to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the death of founding father John Adams. He's always been my favorite, warts & all. Defense attorney, abolitionist, & early feminist. Raise a glass today to the memory of John Adams!

That third panel: "...we have been declared schismatic a second time." HELLO! You are now batting .500. Please, just stop already. Know when you are beaten. I hope Leo walks away & never looks back. I hope when he is asked what he thinks about them in the future, he answers, "I don't." (he won't)

Hey! I just visited the one on the left in May! That's the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Those windows at the back wall are a view of the stacks of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Oakland on the University of Pittsburgh campus. 10/10 Highly recommend.

That person's face is saying a LOT.

Now with important alt text.

Seeing that it's gonna be Spain v Portugal soon, I'm reminded of early in the pandemic when the family zebra finch population exploded from the original 2 to 12! My son casually walked past the cage one day, glanced in, & greeted our flock of Hapsbirds.

Adult Boschtent, Dicks Out for Independence Day Edition!

We put a lot of stock in rich people, especially actors. Have you ever considered what an actor is? Their job is to pretend to be someone they are not. To lie on command. And to do it to the exacting standards of a director. They lie for a living.

Photos are not showing up for me today. Portends a bleak state of Bluesky on the horizon, methinks.

@gregoryaight.bsky.social For when you come back.

Because god forbid the Dems focus on calling Republicans the fascists they are, they have to waste fucking time, money, & energy bitching about where WE want the nation to be! www.npr.org/2026/07/02/n...

Tomorrow!! I love this album!

If anyone hears the pejorative, "Woke Pope," anytime soon, show them this. Then explain that this is the most Big-C Conservative thing I've ever seen ANY pope do. The man assembled the Dicastry, said, "I AM *THE POPE*," & proceeded to excommunicate a bunch of 60-year scofflaws! Go off, Bob!

Adult Boschtent, Tumbling Down Edition!

Again, I must SCREAM FROM THE ROOFTOP: THIS IS WHERE NAZIS ALWAYS START! ALWAYS!

There are chuds going out of their mind on X over the Jackass at Pride video, and my good men, what fucking show were you watching?