When I read this I initially thought it was about the White House ballroom plan

73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare -Universal healthcare (But get your mom flowers, too)

and where's the massive spike in detainee deaths in the mainstream media? Popular info is a reputable source. There should be more outrage about this.

This includes an interactive map. You can zoom in to get county-level data. Bottom line: Drive an EV if you can. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This makes some good points plus the replies contain a few good discussions.

Okay, so I didn't see this in the American press. Was I asleep more than usual?

Truly remarkable how angry the national political press was at Biden for going to visit his family's graves some weekends in Delaware vs. how Trump going off to his Citizen Kane-like castle in Florida every weekend is of no concern to them.

Is Trump on Bkuesky? How did i miss that?

I look, you look, he looks; we look, ye look, they look.

You’re right, our data and the right to surveil us should belong only to billionaires and their companies, who can them treat that data as a product and sell it to literally anyone else in the world including China.

This is good news. But it can leave the impression that the only criteria for owning an EV is cost. You just can't understand how good these cars are unless you drive one for a while. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/u...

ICE expands its work in Pittsburgh. share.google/vqjX8Flquu1t...

I could not have said this better.

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I’ve interviewed the folks at the SETI Institute (an actual scientific organization that grew out of a NASA project that actively searches for signs of life in the universe using the Allen Telescope Array) and this is pretty much the consensus. The universe is fucking huge y’all.

Nobody asked for AI. But here we are, trading a little more climate change for something that results in a net human loss in every area it touches. www.alleghenyfront.org/josh-shapiro...

NFL draft shenanigans.

I don’t fear death the way I used to I fear Losing more people while alive

11/ Get me OFF the fossil rollercoaster - consumers the world over Those govts that are stalling the transition because they are in grip of oil & gas interests and incumbent automakers who want to stall the EV revolution…. You are on notice. Your consumers and citizens want something better.

have we considered the possibility that the alcoholic with crusade nostalgia just really does wanna die like a crusader, most likely shitting himself to death?

I do a lot of mediocre drawing.

Sublime

i have heard a number of terrific young scholars doing truly wonderful scholarship at #oah2026. however, i dream of a day when established scholars embarking on public scholarship stop using “public history” without understanding the true scope of what the practice entails. one day, surely…

Theology is fine and interesting but it isn’t asking the same questions as the academic study of religion

It was only a matter of time before they assumed that they were God…

Trump broke the Commandents, so Vance had to commit the Deadly Sins. Trump compared himself to Jesus, so Vance had to claim that he was better at theology than the pope. This is one sad weird heretical Oedipal thing.

Sad, and scary. Small, liberal arts colleges and universities have been under threat for a long time. My career at one began in 1990s, and we faced retrenchment many times. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

2 items: 1. This is 👀 2. Pittsburgh also has a Winbiddie Street.

All I did was go to a tango practica and JD VANCE IS SCHOOLING YHE POPE IN THEOLOGY.

Remember when Trump threatened to wipe out a whole civilization? And then backed out of that and talked about forming a deal with Iran? And then dropped that and went to a UFC fight as negotiations fell apart? And then unveiled a triumphal arch and a photo of himself as Jesus? That was this week.

more than suspects that the joke is at nobody’s expense but his own

it is very important to remember that the confederates were both traitors and big stupid losers who got their asses kicked

Carrick. Brownville Road - Carrick High Rise. Caller said that her boyfriend is stuck in the elevator with another woman. She is deeply concerned that it was intentional and they might in there repopulating the elevator. Caller wants PD to intervene.

Fineview. Hazelton Street. Caller said that they found a tire by their car. Caller wants PD to look at it and pick it up. Police say that they aren’t going. This is the most interesting thing since 7am.

It turns out that breaching the wall between church and state means that some branches of Christianity are officially elevated over others. Who could have known? When in the last 500 years could such a lesson possibly have been learned?

President takes bold gamble to reverse slump in EV sales. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/b...

someday people will say that if an infinite number of monkeys banged on an infinite number of typewriters they would accidentally type a trump speech

So, look, @radleybalko.bsky.social an April's Fool gag has to be at least a little believable.

I really thought this was an April Fools Day joke. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is very good. The article provides the deeper context of the right wing war on public education. I think that stretches back to at least the early 1960s, when the Supreme Court ended prayer in public schools.

No Kings, McCandless, PA (Near Pgh).

Elon Musk says his new haircut shows where he stands. As he chose a fascist haircut made popular by the Nazis, he may, for once, be telling the truth.

I don't know, I think giving the president of the United States a participation trophy is kind of cute.

Le Figaro, why are you carrying water for President Cheato?

Always, and true for almost every other Republican too.

The United States's most glamorous, government-funded dementia ward:

Oh great Moloch, we cast this golden idol at your feet! Check out this video, "METROPOLIS moloch!" share.google/StAz9TOAvVkW...

51/ "75% of the world lives in fossil fuel importing countries. Every $10 oil price rise adds $160bn/year to the global import bill. The single biggest fix: EVs replacing imported oil in transport could save importers $600bn/year." Read @ember-energy.org report: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...