I think I want this, but with an asterisk at the end…

My firstborn was IN THE AIR, on his first flight without me, on Monday when the Delta plane crashed. After a wonderful week at Disney with the marching band, he’s now safely back home and I can breatheeeeeee.

I do just have to say that all the people who said they can’t see color seem pretty mad about the all-Black halftime show. How could they tell it was all Black??

Someone arguing to dismantle the Dept of Education:

There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.

Stop calling it “DEI.” It’s now a buzzword devoid of meaning to many. Call it what it is. “So, including older people in the workforce is a bad thing?” Or, “Having people of different races share an office space is a negative?” Don’t let them push hate without making them acknowledge it.

Journalists: When you ask the question this way, you are accepting the premise. The premise is that non-white men and women (including white women) are not qualified to do the job. Please don’t accept the premise. Frame the question in a way that challenges it. Thank you

Hegseth talking about hiring the best and the brightest actually makes me laugh out loud. Dude doesn’t even like like he could order an MTO at Sheetz on the little touchscreen.

The president is speaking right now, and is saying horrific, false, and truly damaging things on live television. And they will beleive every word.

Why does Tulsi look so much like Cruella de Ville?

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 📉

And there is the reason the dems lost the election. Their marketing is abysmal. They couldn’t sell ice in the desert. The message should be: got healthcare? Thank a Dem!

A local guy here in Pa said to me that he “doesn’t like Obamacare but really likes the insurance he gets through Pennie” and it was really fun to tell him Pennie is just what we call our Obamacare here in PA. Dude didn’t even KNOW it was Obamacare he liked.

Guys I have had 666 followers here for awhile and it’s creeping me out. Can someone follow or unfollow me? We don’t need any more bad luck right now.

It is a neverending heartache knowing that some who purport to love my kids are celebrating a president who is harming their wellbeing and diminishing their futures. I don’t know how you let it go. I don’t think it’s possible, when loved ones sell your kids out over the illusion of cheaper eggs.

An airport is a great place to dissociate today ✈️

After watching the Hegseth interviews today, I find myself searching for old episodes of Maury Povich and Jerry Springer. Made me feel nostalgic 🥹

Me, singing “Part of Your World.” 6: “Mom, everyone is over Ariel now.” “Really? Why? I’ve loved her since I was your age.” “Because of WICKED.”

Whipped up this starter pack of Pittsburgh journos last night. By all means suggest additions and use as is helpful go.bsky.app/P559uGc

I really want to make it work over here, but the same post that gets 2,000 likes and lots of engagement on Threads is invisible here. Any tips?

I prefer even years, but I feel like 2025 gets a pass because 20 is even and 25 feels like a quarter, which fits neatly into a dollar (or a century🤪). It’s not totally rogue — not like a 2007 or 1993 type of situation.

I’m so excited to watch the first Musk/Trump meltdown. This is the best Christmas present.

Santa was here 🎅🏾❤️

Some love for Bellevue, PA from @megstesprit.bsky.social: “It’s not easy to lean on neighbors (or strangers), but I've learned over our decade in this little town that people are willing to look out for each other, if you open up your heart and let them.” www.businessinsider.com/child-kid-ru...

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Hiding in my butler’s pantry with a Christmas mug full of Diet Coke, while Mariah blares her classic holiday banger and my kids fight over building the Lego poinsettia set — a core holiday memory.

For a decade, we’ve received a Christmas card from Philadelphia for the previous owners. We’ve attempted to use social media to tell them, without success. I’ve become attached to the two boys I’ve watched grow up at the other end of our state. Honestly, when it stops, I’ll be a little bit sad.

My 13yo changed our family Monopoly rules. If you land in jail, you can just pay to get out at any time. “Just like the real world,” he said. “Rich people just buy their way out.”

Guess I squeezed that one in under the wire.

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Commenter on the news: “This is the last place you would ever think of a mass shooting happening.” Oh really? Because I think about them happening pretty much anywhere at this point.

Every time there is another school shooting, all I want to do is drive immediately to our schools and bring my babies home. My heart is broken for the families in Madison today. 10 years since Sandy Hook, just this week. What has changed? Very little.

Really wish western PA could stop ending up on the national news so often.

shhh let him think this so he pushes congress to abolish the EC

Modern parenting is a trip.

One of the kids asked what Assad looked like. Siri let us down though.

Before you post the yearly “What should I get the teachers?” The answer is money. It’s not a mug or socks or a candle or wine. It’s money.

My 11yo, smashing Christmas bulbs with a hammer to make some elf mischief for his baby sister to find tomorrow: “Wow, this is really fun—like being bad but we are allowed. This is great!” And THIS is why I actually love the silly elves 🥰 It’s a month of prank wars!

I remember trying to take three toddlers, then four young kids, to museums and leaving near tears and sweaty with exhaustion. Today was a leisurely, pleasant day. Lots of things are hard about big kids, but lots of things are so.much.easier.

What it’s like having four kids.

I am happy to have mine raised to cover social services. We live in a society, after all.

Ugh I want to go downstairs and get Thanksgiving leftovers so badly, but the cat just finally snuggled up on me. If I make him move, he will be so affronted he will sleep on my son for three days as punishment. Guess I’ll starve.

Took a stab at recreating the joy of this sleepless photo. I’m 41 and my twin brothers will be 38 in a few weeks. Not sure we’ve gotten any easier for my mom to deal with, though.

Tomorrow is just a day we need to get through to see Wicked on Friday.

Pretty crazy someone can be charged federally with interfering in an election and those charges get dropped because they win an election.

This is a typical street sign in Pittsburgh to indicate that a street is not passable by car. If I go left, it’s a street. If I turn right, there’s a dead end and a set of stairs. Many houses have addresses that are actually for a road that is just steps🙃 They are called orphan houses.

Anyone else’s kids have walking pneumonia right now? Feels like half our town.

I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.

Our cat: “Oh good, you’ve all gathered to pet me.”