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:: LAST CALL to share your experiences :: The City’s State of Mobility & Safety Perception Survey closes this week (Aug. 7) -- Take the survey now for a chance to win a gift card! https://bikepgh.org/2026/05/19/take-the-citys-state-of-mobility-safety-perception-survey/
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"PennDOT's 2023 deal w/ Norfolk Southern, which operates tracks between Pittsburgh + Harrisburg, upgrades tracks + stations along the route. Those upgrades are nearly complete + will allow freight trains to more easily pass passngr trains, increasing reliability." 🛤️ 🎉 www.axios.com/local/pittsb...
More daily trains for Pittsburgh riders
A second Pennsylvanian trip aims to improve travel and reliability.
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On today’s npr.org “Up First,” reporter Ryan Lucas began his sentences with a curt “Well, look…” during his brief chat w/ the anchor…FOUR TIMES. I appreciate the thorough coverage and sure, the DOJ is grim AF. But he sounded like an angry divorced dad arguing w/ his ex about custody scheduling.
Grumpy Pomeranian Dog with Angry Expression
ALT: Grumpy Pomeranian Dog with Angry Expression
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With the midterms just over 90 days away, the Republican Party is focused today on Anthony Fauci and 2020-21.
a bad thing is running a phd program with brilliant international students who must reckon with a volatile xenophobic saboteur government in fresh ways every day, no thank you, 0/10
Every PA county -- rural, urban, and in between -- depends on transit. But this budget once again ignores PA's acute need for sustainable transit funding. The string of over-deadline budgets, now extended to six years, only adds insult to injury.
@fox29philly.bsky.social · last mo.Gov. Shapiro has signed a finalized $50.8B budget into law. The bipartisan package leaves out his highest-profile priorities, including marijuana legalization, a wage hike, and mass transit funds.
GREAT NEWS: A judge just voided President Trump's settlement with the IRS granting him immunity from audits and referred a Trump lawyer and DOJ officials who signed off on the settlement to state bar authorities to determine if their actions violated legal ethics rules.
I wrote about the Supreme Court's latest disgusting anti-trans ruling. I wrote about it because I refuse to act like taking away constitutional rights and allowing legal discrimination is okay just because it's happening to people who don't poll well in a diner in Ohio. In @thenation.com
The Supreme Court’s Anti-Trans Ruling Goes Well Beyond Sports
The ruling is about whether trans people have the same rights as everybody else—and the Court said they don’t.
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Though he's likely never going to pay up, he's now an adjudicated sexual abuser and can't seem to dislodge that finding, despite much effort. A rare win in the fight against the weaponized misogyny that is central to his very core. Thank you @ejeancarroll.bsky.social! www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/p...
Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million after Supreme Court denies his appeal of sexual abuse verdict | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court Monday declined to take up an appeal from President Donald Trump over a $5 million verdict and finding that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, a decision that means the ...
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Please keep a good thought for the good people of Ouray County and the rest of SW Colorado's San Juan Mountains today. The last I heard from my friend who lives in Ridgway (near Ouray), she and her five dogs were ready to evacuate at any second last night. www.montrosepress.com/free_access/...
Fire pushes evacuations in Ouray County, closes part of Hwy 550
Evacuations have been ordered for parts of Ouray County because of a fast-moving fire that broke out Saturday, June 27, and as of 9:30 p.m., U.S. 550 was closed between
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Thanks to the @aclu.org for promoting this opportunity for public comment on preserving our best practices regarding voting procedures. Please add your comment via PCFederalRegister@usps.gov. Deadline is July 2.
Full statement of Scott Pelley after he's fired from CBS 60 Minutes, detailing the sort of corruption of journalism Bari Weiss has brought to CBS News:
I'm fine with this response to Budget Goebbels Stephen Miller. Pearl clutchers should go live inside a cave and write an essay about civility.
Tech oligarchs have spent 3 years screaming that their plan is to win the race to AGI, which they define as the point when machines replace the vast majority of human economic activity. They just figured out that we could hear them. Bit late, Jensen Huang. www.channelnewsasia.com/business/ceo...
'Lazy' narrative to connect AI to job cuts, says Nvidia boss Jensen Huang
"If you don't engage the technology of your time, you'll just simply be left behind," Mr Huang told CNA's Victoria Jen in a wide-ranging interview.
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Sen. Dave McCormick: "President Trump's regime-- uhm, his administration"
I adore my PGH neighborhood of Brookline's scramble crossing (Pioneer + Brookline Blvd). The only cue that it exists, though, is audio from the pedestrian crossing lights mentions "ALL crossings." It's a measure of safety against PGH lefts + right-on-reds. Thanks, @pghcitypaper.com! bit.ly/4f5XB44
Transit Talk: Pittsburgh’s all-way crossings enhance safety but scramble some people’s brains
Pedestrian crosswalk scrambles are known by other fun monikers including Barnes Dance and pedestrian jubilee.
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As a pedestrian and transit rider, there's a huge overlap in safety issues for all vulnerable road users. I live half a block from the ghost bike at Brookline Blvd. and Pioneer Ave. in honor of cyclist Austin Fike, killed by a drunk driver in 2019. RIP Austin. www.pghcitypaper.com/news-2/infra...
The annual Ride of Silence is an expression of grief and hope for Pittsburgh cyclists
Riders paused by cyclists' memorials on Stanton Avenue and Rosedale Street, respectively, and they observed moments of silence and laid flowers on the “ghost bikes” placed in the late cyclists’ names.
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One way to think of this is that WE ALL FAILED miserably to hang Jan6 on Trump in 2024. Trump has given us a 2nd chance to do that, made all the easier bc 1) This is fucking corrupt as hell 2) GOP is already underwater 3) Voters already recognize Trump is corrupt. Here's our chance for a redo.
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 3mo agoLook, a lot of people are making themselves helpless or attempting the usual cope--beating up Dems. But this SHOULD BE an INSANELY EASY way to hang Trump's corruption on every single GOPer. Feeling frustrated? Think of some way to do that, whether calling your OWN reps, going to town hall.
Wow! Justice, finally, for 800-Kars-4-Kids? My take as a former K-12 music educator: none of the "performers" actually play their instruments and the lead vocal is heavily auto-tuned (if not 100% manufactured). Legions of real kid musicians would have auditioned and sounded great! bit.ly/3RlfWQP
How a Disgruntled Man and His 2001 Volvo Got the Kars4Kids Jingle Banned
Bruce Puterbaugh’s 2001 Volvo was worth $250. The legal precedent he set by nuking the world's most annoying radio ads? Priceless.
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Privileged to vote today for @repjess.com and @repsummerlee.bsky.social at Pittsburgh Ward 19, District 35. I didn’t do polling place work this time round, but I will be back! Many thanks to the folks at the Seton Center in Brookline for their good work today!
The US Postal Service is in danger, despite being one of the oldest -- and most beloved -- parts of the US government. @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social is standing up against the threat. Please join me in standing with them + our Post Office. actionnetwork.org/forms/speak-... #USPS #USPostalService
The Postal Service Is In Danger. Will You Speak Out?
The Postmaster General has sounded the alarm. The Postal Service will run out of cash by February 2027 - less than a year from now without urgent action. Warning that, potentially, "everything is on t...
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I want a daily news publication that we — literally you, me, and the workers — own together. That's why I'm going to "Your Community Covered: A Cooperative Pittsburgh News Town Hall" w/ @pghguild.com, May 13 in Homestead. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/coope...
PAPER Town Hall #2: The Co-Op Quest Comes to Homestead
What if you felt pride and ownership of your local news? What if when you read about the world around you, you knew that reporting was coming from people freed of the harsh limits of corporate media n...
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GET UP GET DOWN PITTSBURGH IS A UNION TOWN 📰 ♥️
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh@pghguild.com · 4mo agoWhile we're eager to hear how our interviews for our jobs have landed, we're also not sitting on our hands. The Post-Gazette WILL be a union paper for a union town. Can you jump on this petition for robust local news coverage & some good ol' good-faith bargaining? actionnetwork.org/forms/pledge...
This heathen has no dog in the fight, but: it's great to see a strong resurgence of the Christian Left!
George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social · 4mo agoPope Leo turned the question around like the boss he is.
This is what “ keep men out of women’s sports” should mean. Disgusting.
"Brad Naedele lives in Indiana Township ... when he lived in Dormont, he was a frequent rider. 'I’ve always thought they should've expanded (the T) ... '" Anyone on BSky know Brad? Ask him to talk w/ his state senator, Sen. Pittman, who leads PA Senate's efforts to hobble transit. bit.ly/3QZj9VS
All Aboard: NFL Draft draws thousands onto Pittsburgh’s T
David Covington blasted Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train” from a handheld speaker as he descended the stairs Friday to the Gateway T station in Downtown Pittsburgh. It was an apt song ch...
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Very interesting how real estate sites use “walkable” as a descriptor for denser, mixed-use neighborhoods, but “car-dependent” for more sprawled-out areas. That word choice makes me think of drug addiction pretty much every time … #walkability #cardependence #urbanism #transit #communities #pedbike
