Propaganda during WWI and WWII in fact

He’s back!! :)

the more I think about it the more I think Brazil winning alpine skiing gold is appropriate revenge for this

Just noting this because I have cited the trends a lot recently: Tracking data from Civiqs now shows a plurality of the public favors abolishing ICE, with 47% in support and 46% opposed. Independents are net +5 on abolish, up from -40 a year ago substack.com/profile/4791...

As we dismantled in-house capacity, we dramatically ramped up the requirements/paperwork for executing basically any project (RFPs for consultants because that's been outsourced, EIS's, lawsuits). And the result is... car crashes like this, which don't make the front page but undermine confidence.

A book I highly recommend on electronic slot machines—which fully convinced me they should be illegal for how they systematically mislead our brains—is Natasha Dow Schüll‘s ADDICTION BY DESIGN Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous It will immiserate so many

That's weird, she just told me that she didn't even race today.

TAX THE RICH LFG

Pitt Volleyball got in on the cheesy Valentines IG trend — these were the best ones.

Gotta brush up on my East Asian geography www.maptap.gg February 14 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 88🎉 99🎯 Final score: 961

MLV seems to have 3 tiers of attendance: Tier 3 - Big southern-half-of-U.S. cities where pro volleyball can’t break through Tier 2 - Smaller midwestern cities with occasional decent crowds Tier 1 - Crazy Nebraskans larryhamelsallvolleyball.substack.com/p/mlv-corner...

She fucking killed an entire family while speeding in her Mercedes SUV and they’re not going to even take her license away??

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A non-trivial part of this is Terry Gannon being a good straight man I think. 95 percent of pxp guys are afraid of looking like they don't know ball so they don't ask for an explanation when the audience needs one.

@chrismuellerpgh.bsky.social That Vietnam vet caller was an all-timer, start to finish

Wow, I'm impressed. Bloomberg has the best article on the Sepulveda Line I've seen. No errors, very detailed, pushed back on nimby talking points, centered voices like Matute, Schneider, and Raman, and even mentions an EIFD! Full marks.

Already, immigrants’ rights activists in Pittsburgh say that they are seeing a major intensification of ICE efforts in the region. “We would probably get maybe like 10 to 15 calls a week, and we got like 10 to 15 calls in a day,” says Casa San Jose Executive Director Monica Ruiz.

Per @wired.com reporting, ICE is expanding its office footprint in Pittsburgh with a lease at 2000 Commerce Dr. It's an office park owned by JLL with 21k sq ft listed available on the company's site.

So Pitt is playing an intrasquad match March 25 at the Fieldhouse. Also Penn State/Ohio State follows it at the Fieldhouse (for some reason).

The Authority has spoken.

Shout-out to El Paso city council member Chris Canales, who seemingly spent all night in Reddit threads to provide clarity (as much as he could) on this whole mess. This one dude is doing better public communication than the entire Trump administration.

A few thoughts -- OK a bunch really -- based on this KDKA story on Kevin Acklin's frustration that efforts to "save the Post-Gazette" are being stymied by the seeming disinterest of its owners, the Block family... www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...

Shoutout to Mackey for asking Ben about this today. Here is Ben’s response:

couldn't have asked for a better game. the last couple ends were shaky but the coreys played so well to the finish USA's first silver in curling first USA woman curling medalist loved every minute of it mens/womens starts tomorrow

Pitt Volleyball seemingly posted this and took it down, BUT: She's listed at 6'3½ and turns 19 years old just before the 2026 season. Heilig will bring some much-needed depth at middle alongside Kentucky transfer Jordyn Dailey. #PittBS

Per Ari Meyer, Pitt is looking to drop track and field. It was only a matter of time before Pitt started to cut non-revenue sports.

I keep seeing this rumor about PIT wanting Isaac Paredes and I just cannot see this being a good fit. PNC is *the worst* park for righty homers, and him there means just a ton of flyouts to LF baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...

Had a chat with Neil deMause about how salary cap and revenue-sharing talk intersects with stadiums, expansion, and "baseball" revenues

Six former Pitt women’s basketball players are suing the school and coach Tory Verdi, alleging that he created a “hostile, discriminatory, and retaliatory environment." Verdi allegedly told one foreign-born player to “go back home because ICE is coming.” www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

the following drone shot that NBC has for the downhill skiing feels like a paradigm shift in covering the sport. it really changes and lets people see just how fast they're going and how much these guys are just on the razor's edge of complete disaster at all time

I don’t plan to see Wuthering Heights (sorry: “Wuthering Heights”), but I commend their constant ads for getting the Kate Bush song stuck in my head.

The Pirates have a decent lineup now, especially once Konnor Griffin slides into SS. They'll certainly hit more than last year's average of 0.6 HRs per home game. But Triolo aside, this will be a pretty awful defensive setup. www.fangraphs.com/roster-resou...

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Cory and Korey will be curling for gold!!!

gutsy choice to play the soft tap for two. The draw for one would have kept them in charge as well. Up two with two to play is immense. Even if Italy gets two, USA uses their power play for a likely simple shot for the win

🚨🥌🚨CURLING ALERT🚨🥌🚨 CORY AND KOREY HAVE MADE THE SEMIFINALS ... AND THEY'RE STARTING NOW! Italy won 7-6 in the knockout round. Both teams have won world championships in the last 3 years. Win and they play for gold, lose and they play for bronze!

Pittsburgh Regional Transit's "bus line redesign" is dead. Long live the "bus line refresh."

Real chance the Pirates pitching is even better than it was a year ago. Offense, while not great, will be significantly better. They might, however, be the worst defensive team in baseball. That is going to be interesting. Right now I could see 84-86 wins.

Signing Marcell Ozuna means that McCutchen's career is over and and Ryan O'Hearn is going to have to play some LF? The 2026 lineup is wildly more interesting than the 2025 lineup was, just sort of confusing to see how the pieces actually fit together.

Terrace Street, between UPMC hospitals and Pitt's "Pete," has proved deadly for too many pedestrians. The City of Pittsburgh, Pitt and UPMC are now listening to neighbors and students, and taking measures to make it safer www.publicsource.org/oakland-terr...

Hey, look at that! Sunny!

I stand with our most toxic Olympic twinks

“We’ll update you on her status later on.” Uhhh how about telling people that Lindsay Vonn DIDN’T DIE?! That would be nice, at least.

Just had a Super Bowl halftime where the singer: 1) boasts about the poor place he’s from; 2) boosts the value of agriculture; 3) celebrates small town life; 4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and 5) promotes marriage. And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.

Welp, guess Rams-Seahawks really was the decider

NCAA Volleyball fans getting PTSD from “Golden” playing on the Olympic spots

Seahawks defense: “Say, Drake…”

Steubenville, Ohio is closer to the Steelers’ stadium than the Golden Gate Bridge is to Levi’s Stadium.

I never noticed this either.