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Pittsburgh City Councilors gave some early indications Thursday about the kind of cuts and other changes they might be willing to make to next year’s city budget.
Pittsburgh City Council weighs budget cuts ahead of looming tax increase vote
Pittsburgh City Councilors gave some early indications Thursday about the kind of cuts and other changes they might be willing to make to next year’s city budget.
www.wesa.fm
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Pittsburgh City Councilors gave some early indications Thursday about the kind of cuts and other changes they might be willing to make to next year’s city budget.
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
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Brown has over 1,200 cameras and it wasn’t enough because cameras are a security blanket we’ve all been sold. They don’t prevent crimes and they barely solve crimes but in the meantime surveillance companies got rich and no one had to address the societal root causes of crime and violence.
Brown University has over 1,200 surveillance cameras. Why that wasn’t enough to capture video of the shooting suspect | CNN
CNN spoke to several security experts to better understand the growth of Brown’s surveillance system, why its cameras failed to capture the attack or suspect, and the concerns about privacy and academ...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Brown has over 1,200 cameras and it wasn’t enough because cameras are a security blanket we’ve all been sold. They don’t prevent crimes and they barely solve crimes but in the meantime surveillance companies got rich and no one had to address the societal root causes of crime and violence.
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The House passing an anti-trans medical bill yesterday and the Department of Health and Human Services announcing new rules for gender affirming care for youth means that a tough year for trans people ends on an even more difficult note.
December 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The House passing an anti-trans medical bill yesterday and the Department of Health and Human Services announcing new rules for gender affirming care for youth means that a tough year for trans people ends on an even more difficult note.
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Inbox: State Reps. Dan Miller (D., Allegheny) and Josh Siegal (D., Lehigh) have resigned, a spokesperson for House Speaker Joanna McClinton says. The special elections for their seats will be on Feb. 24. Candidates will be picked by local party members.
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Inbox: State Reps. Dan Miller (D., Allegheny) and Josh Siegal (D., Lehigh) have resigned, a spokesperson for House Speaker Joanna McClinton says. The special elections for their seats will be on Feb. 24. Candidates will be picked by local party members.
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Hey on a positive note, this Saturday Dec 20 is our last event of the year! From 12-4pm at the Studio we're hosting Hazel Grove Brewing with beer to drink or take home, Flowers for Ferals (with foraged wreaths & centerpieces to benefit feral cat rescues) and Green Ware Studio ceramics!
December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Hey on a positive note, this Saturday Dec 20 is our last event of the year! From 12-4pm at the Studio we're hosting Hazel Grove Brewing with beer to drink or take home, Flowers for Ferals (with foraged wreaths & centerpieces to benefit feral cat rescues) and Green Ware Studio ceramics!
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There’s a whole thing in Hanukah about how you’re supposed to “publicize the miracle” except that there are all sorts of exceptions in times of danger.
Because the times that the Jews have lived under have not always been safe.
May the souls of the murdered in Australia be for a blessing.
Because the times that the Jews have lived under have not always been safe.
May the souls of the murdered in Australia be for a blessing.
December 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There’s a whole thing in Hanukah about how you’re supposed to “publicize the miracle” except that there are all sorts of exceptions in times of danger.
Because the times that the Jews have lived under have not always been safe.
May the souls of the murdered in Australia be for a blessing.
Because the times that the Jews have lived under have not always been safe.
May the souls of the murdered in Australia be for a blessing.
We have a neighborhood Hanukkah event for the first night of the festival this evening. Making it a point to attend.
It could be worth while to see if there’s local to you, often they’re open to everyone! Safety through solidarity.
It could be worth while to see if there’s local to you, often they’re open to everyone! Safety through solidarity.
December 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We have a neighborhood Hanukkah event for the first night of the festival this evening. Making it a point to attend.
It could be worth while to see if there’s local to you, often they’re open to everyone! Safety through solidarity.
It could be worth while to see if there’s local to you, often they’re open to everyone! Safety through solidarity.
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If tomorrow they made being undocumented a felony, it wouldn’t justify any of this. Things that are harmless or even good can be criminalized.
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
If tomorrow they made being undocumented a felony, it wouldn’t justify any of this. Things that are harmless or even good can be criminalized.
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Cooperate with ICE? Several local police chiefs decided last month to ink agreements to aid the immigration crackdown. Then @quinnglabicki.bsky.social started making calls and learned civilian leaders were not on board www.publicsource.org/munhall-stow...
Munhall, Stowe police walk back ICE partnerships after quietly inking agreements
Public Source asked local officials about signed partnership agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Two municipalities later canceled the agreements.
www.publicsource.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Cooperate with ICE? Several local police chiefs decided last month to ink agreements to aid the immigration crackdown. Then @quinnglabicki.bsky.social started making calls and learned civilian leaders were not on board www.publicsource.org/munhall-stow...
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I’m running for the U.S. Senate so the people who built Colorado can take back control of our healthcare, our homes, and our futures.
Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us.
Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us.
Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I’m running for the U.S. Senate so the people who built Colorado can take back control of our healthcare, our homes, and our futures.
Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us.
Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us.
Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
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I saw this one today! These are so great.
![A paper sign stapled to a telephone pole. It reads
"fishtown fish facts
fallfish of semotilus corporalis
tis the season!
[picture of fish, it is a typical fish shape with grey scales and pink fins]
fallfish aren't fish they big minnow
fallish buile pebble nests calls redds can by 6ft by 3ft high
fallfish aren't minnow! fooled you, thye're carp!
fallfish has a crush on u :)
fooled you twice! ha HA! fallfish are INDEED minnow!
fallfish understand how hard SAD is. and remind you that you've loved and unique
take a moment
and realize the moment
you took has already passed
thank you
see you next time!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gueaihugw2tlfvvco3y53l7z/bafkreihczsuk2ph6d4miki3dwllv4x6v6o6aehmjo73kjqaznft5fu2jfu@jpeg)
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I saw this one today! These are so great.
What I’m always sayin’!
Dam removal is the solution.
December 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
What I’m always sayin’!
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"Santo Pollero", a new screenprint from Carlos Barberena is in the shop today! justseeds.org/product/sant...
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Santo Pollero", a new screenprint from Carlos Barberena is in the shop today! justseeds.org/product/sant...
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
That a neighborhood winter holiday parade can have fireworks as a mid-event spectacle will never not be ridiculous to me. Can’t help but love it
December 6, 2025 at 3:04 AM
That a neighborhood winter holiday parade can have fireworks as a mid-event spectacle will never not be ridiculous to me. Can’t help but love it
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"I went to support group meetings, including some in which I was the only one who showed up. ... This winter I’m launching Still Here, a peer-led support group for suicide attempt survivors and people who are actively struggling with suicidal thoughts." www.publicsource.org/suicide-atte...
I survived, learned that what I needed didn't exist — and set out to create it
Allegheny County lacks peer-led support groups for suicide attempt survivors. Jeremy Carter shares how his experience drove him to change that.
www.publicsource.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"I went to support group meetings, including some in which I was the only one who showed up. ... This winter I’m launching Still Here, a peer-led support group for suicide attempt survivors and people who are actively struggling with suicidal thoughts." www.publicsource.org/suicide-atte...
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This bird’s greed delights me
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This bird’s greed delights me
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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Means testing and sussing out freeloaders tends to cost just as much as if we'd just let it go, honor system style! So exasperating.
Relatedly, this infographic about wage theft radicalized me on sight: www.tcworkerscenter.org/2018/09/wage...
Relatedly, this infographic about wage theft radicalized me on sight: www.tcworkerscenter.org/2018/09/wage...
Wage Theft vs. Other Forms of Theft in the U.S. | Tompkins County Workers' Center
We have way too many people who come to us @ the Tompkins County Workers’ Center have been the victim of Wage Theft. This image graphically lays out the monetary costs, on a national level, of Wage Th...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Means testing and sussing out freeloaders tends to cost just as much as if we'd just let it go, honor system style! So exasperating.
Relatedly, this infographic about wage theft radicalized me on sight: www.tcworkerscenter.org/2018/09/wage...
Relatedly, this infographic about wage theft radicalized me on sight: www.tcworkerscenter.org/2018/09/wage...
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Unpopular opinion: Yes, it's bullshit that Ghislane Maxwell is getting better treatment in prison than everyone else because she praised Trump. But it's much bigger bullshit that incarcerated people are treated so horrifically that toilet paper is considered a privilege.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Unpopular opinion: Yes, it's bullshit that Ghislane Maxwell is getting better treatment in prison than everyone else because she praised Trump. But it's much bigger bullshit that incarcerated people are treated so horrifically that toilet paper is considered a privilege.