Here's a good article that covers the second #Pennsylvanian in detail. The schedule changes for all trains. Also, the new trains will be using Amfleet Is with less leg room. The Business Class cars on the new trains are different too. Check out the details: www.trains.com/pro/passenge...

PennDOT, Amtrak announce second Pennsylvanian to start Nov. 18 - Trains

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Pennsylvania and Amtrak officials today (Tuesday, Oct. 6) announced a Nov. 18 start date for a second daily frequency of the New York-Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian, after 46 years with just one round trip. The state-supported service will offer morning and afternoon departures from each endpoint. While the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has long [...]Read More...

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Job alert: @runforsomething.net is hiring a senior director of communications & marketing. This is a super important job; help us find the best person for the role. workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

it'll be hard for media outlets to undersell a Blue Wave -- even folks who don't follow one bit of politics would recognize Democrats winning Senate seats in Kansas and Texas as a WILD swing

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 8h ago

NEW: Cook Political Report shifts forecasts It's still quite striking to see the words: "Kansas" and "Toss-up"

What a journey in this thread.

Levi Weaver, but for baseball@threetwoeephus.bsky.social · 2d ago

Now we wait

Oh NO it's time for me to stare longingly at @thewaroncars.bsky.social bookshop yet again

The War on Cars Bookshop

The War on Cars presents a list of books by authors featured on the podcast, host favoritesand other titles related to the show. Plus, books for kids! Check out our book, "Life After Cars: Freeing Our...

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Bookshop.org@bookshop.org · 14h ago

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

INBOX: The 26 bipartisan lawmakers making up the Pa. House Transportation Committee have unanimously passed a bill that would establish a statewide regulatory framework for e-scooters. Prime sponsor is Pa. Rep. Emily Kinkead (D-Allegheny). Bill would let municipalities decide on Spin, Lime, etc.

It’s too late for this year but I want to do a whistle stop tour of baseball stadiums along this route. Pittsburgh (Pirates), Altoona (Curve), Harrisburg (Senators), Lancaster (Barnstormers), and Philly (Phillies)

The new schedule may not be in the press release, but it's on Amtrak's website! Eastbound trips: Departs PIT 7:10 AM > Arrives NYC 4:43 PM Departs PIT 1:00 PM > Arrives NYC 10:25 PM Westbound trips: Departs NYC 5:50 AM > Arrives PIT 3:14 PM Departs NYC 12:25 PM > Arrives PIT 9:54 PM

TribLive@triblive.bsky.social · 10h ago

Amtrak announces date for 2nd route from Pittsburgh to New York

If you live/work/stop in Oakland, take the opportunity to get your voting done on Wednesday or Thursday!

County Exec. Innamorato@ace-innamorato.bsky.social · 13h ago

Over the counter voting will be offered at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall Auditorium this Wednesday (10/7) and Thursday (10/8) from 9 am to 4 pm. Voters may register, apply for, receive, vote, and return their mail-in and absentee ballots. https://www.alleghenycounty.us/Government/Elections

if this means I keep getting the KEN PAXTON TAKES DOWN MISSING CHILDREN POSTERS ads on my CFB broadcasts I'm good with it

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 13h ago

Wrote about this yesterday - by a quirk of how expensive campaigning in Texas is, Ken Paxton and his soon-to-be-ex-wife were all your TV no matter what part of the country you live in lol www.chron.com/culture/arti...

No one goes to Pittsburgh anymore. It's too crowded.

Pittsburgh has it all this weekend — except cheap hotel rooms

Pittsburgh is the place to be this weekend. Hotel prices are soaring as a slew of home games, concerts and events are taking over the Steel City —...

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!!!!! Not Ruth, not Mantle, not Gehrig, DiMaggio, Winfield, Bernie Williams, A-Rod, Stanton or Judge… Ben Rice is the *first*?! That's wild, to me

Sarah Langs@slangsonsports.bsky.social · yesterday

Ben Rice is the first player in Yankees history with multiple multi-homer games in a single postseason 8th player overall to do so in a single postseason

The Satellite Election Office at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall Auditorium will be open on Wednesday (10/7) and Thursday (10/8), from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Learn more about Satellite Election Offices at www.alleghenycounty.us/Government/E....

The first official RPI of the 2026 NCAA Volleyball season is out, with your Pitt Panthers rated #1 in the country.

Pitt’s remaining schedule: vs #65 @ #93 @ #5 vs #72 bye vs #36 @ #32 @ #89 Still plenty of winnable games, even with a backup quarterback #PittBS

Bill Connelly@espnbillc.bsky.social · 2d ago

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SP+ TOP 772, WEEK 6 * Georgia -154 Judson * Austin Peay -10.5 Middle Tennessee * Ferris State -6 Ball State * Texas-Rio Grande Valley -87 Rio Grande * Following an 83-0 loss to No. 497 RPI, WE HAVE A NEW NO. 772: Your Hilbert Hawks of Hamburg, N.Y.! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

This is the best compilation I've seen so far of candidates for the Pennsylvania House and Senate who are in the closest races. These aren't multi-million-dollar federal campaigns; your donation goes a long way for these folks!

I just gave to help create a Democratic trifecta!

Show your support with a contribution.

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Amanda Litman@amandalitman.bsky.social · 2d ago

While House & Senate candidates are raising record amounts of $$, basically everything else in the Democratic ecosystem is struggling for cash. Gov races, state leg races, infrastructure groups, voter reg, comms efforts -- all of it. Invest smarter in the final stretch.

Florida is about to beat Kentucky in 5. I have never made a joke.

James Santelli@santelli.bsky.social · 3w ago

which of course means the National Championship will end up being between, like, Wisconsin and Florida

Mason Miller hasn’t pitched in 4 days, so I guess if there were any time to try him for a six-out save…

Reddit commenters: Come live in Pittsburgh! It’s nice, you’ll like it, and we’ll be pals :) TikTok commenters: Don’t you DARE tell people Pittsburgh is good. We are FULL. If I have to see ONE MORE new building, I will SELF-IMMOLATE.

James Hell Brooks@kleinman.bsky.social · 2d ago

I think someone on Bluesky called Philadelphia the Most Reddit City and they were spot on

Just a weekend-long ad for full ABS. Players shouldn’t have to officiate the game.

Pitt is ranked. Michigan has 0 votes. What a world.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2d ago

bit.ly/4i1bEsy Missouri sends Florida plummeting and LSU rejoins the top 10. See where your team landed in The Associated Press Top 25.

Pitt Volleyball match thread at Syracuse It started with Izzy Masten getting a kill as libero, so we may be in for some nonsense today!

Aer Lingus also (smartly) shifted its Saturday outbound PIT-DUB flight to Friday to facilitate Pittsburghers making a quick trip for the game.

Sta7ic@sta7ic.bsky.social · 3d ago

Flights to Ireland booked. The Aer Lingus flights we picked at least were pretty reasonable.

BYU undefeated and ranked in the top ten, while Penn State has lost its last two and seems adrift. That’s just how the cookie crumbls

A new Morning Pitt? On the weekend? At night? When the starting quarterback is out for the season, you adjust on the fly. What is Pitt's next move now that Mason Heintschel will miss the rest of the season? 247sports.com/college/pitt...

The Morning Pitt: Mason Heintschel is out - what happens now?

Mason Heintschel is out for the season; what will the Pitt football team do now?

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getting ready for 90 carries per game

Chris Peak@pantherlair.bsky.social · 3d ago

Pitt left Blacksburg with a 5-0 record after last night's 35-33 win over Virginia Tech, but the Panthers lost their starting quarterback in the process. 247sports.com/college/pitt...

Pitt QB Mason Heintschel is set to miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL, per multiple reports.

I thought this was really nicely done, although also this particular '60s art look, if not this particular esoteric style, is near and dear to me because I feel like I saw it everywhere when I was a kid. Including at Dodger Stadium, apparently. lamaterial.com/p/dodger-sta...

The Mystery of Dodger Stadium’s Concrete Murals, Solved

Hidden in plain sight, Dodger Stadium’s concrete murals have puzzled fans for decades. Here is the true story of the midcentury artists who created them.

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It must really irritate Caitlin Clark to be put into headlines with her. It’s like if you said Steph Curry and Dalen Terry got eliminated from the Playoffs

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 4d ago

Fox News talks a lot about the WNBA, but it’s not because it likes to see talented female athletes putting the ball in the hoop. To Fox, women’s sports is good for 2 things: 1. To agitate for white grievance. 2. To foment anti-trans hate. (This is No. 1, but there’s a lot of No. 2 on Fox as well.)

Words cannot describe how it felt when that kick was missed. You could feel the air leave the stadium. No hyperbole. It was surreal