Peggy Jordan
@babayagabroad.bsky.social
Retired musician/copywriter who bikes PGH and still wants to know: What’s so funny about peace, love, and understanding?
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in a country where virtue and knowledge prevail.”
~Attributed to Samuel Adams.
Image: Samuel Adams portrait by John Singleton Copley. Public domain.
~Attributed to Samuel Adams.
Image: Samuel Adams portrait by John Singleton Copley. Public domain.
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in a country where virtue and knowledge prevail.”
~Attributed to Samuel Adams.
Image: Samuel Adams portrait by John Singleton Copley. Public domain.
~Attributed to Samuel Adams.
Image: Samuel Adams portrait by John Singleton Copley. Public domain.
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"Where are the Black photographers?" Deborah Willis on how she turned that question into an artistic mission.
'Reflections in Black' celebrates history of Black photography with expanded issue
"Where are the Black photographers?" Deborah Willis on how she turned that question into an artistic mission.
n.pr
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"Where are the Black photographers?" Deborah Willis on how she turned that question into an artistic mission.
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As someone paying off student loan debt myself, I'm sick and tired of Republicans proposing education policies that fall short and don't meet the moment
Other countries have developed solutions like free public college. We're the wealthiest nation in the world––why haven't we?
Other countries have developed solutions like free public college. We're the wealthiest nation in the world––why haven't we?
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
As someone paying off student loan debt myself, I'm sick and tired of Republicans proposing education policies that fall short and don't meet the moment
Other countries have developed solutions like free public college. We're the wealthiest nation in the world––why haven't we?
Other countries have developed solutions like free public college. We're the wealthiest nation in the world––why haven't we?
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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I still can't believe these goddamn fools are trying to get into a patriotism dick measuring contest with a guy who was a combat pilot and an astronaut and space flight commander.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I still can't believe these goddamn fools are trying to get into a patriotism dick measuring contest with a guy who was a combat pilot and an astronaut and space flight commander.
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This THREAD.
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This THREAD.
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Forgot to promote this yesterday. Bypass the Bypass!
Transit Talk: Bypass the Bypass with a bigger bike trail
Relics of our car-centric past could be converted into pedestrian-friendly parkland.
www.pghcitypaper.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Forgot to promote this yesterday. Bypass the Bypass!
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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Funny how vehemently autocrats hate bike lanes, even outside the US.
@davidzipper.bsky.social on Europe's turn against urbanism (i.e. the rise of Motorists for Themselves, a Czech party, and Meloni's allies rallying against "useless bike lanes"):
"it's not just North America that's facing a real backlash right now; it feels like it's happening in Europe too."
"it's not just North America that's facing a real backlash right now; it feels like it's happening in Europe too."
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Funny how vehemently autocrats hate bike lanes, even outside the US.
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American public opinion is largely generated by foreigners who make money by lying to Americans over unregulated social media. Out of respect to those entrepreneurial foreigners, we will continue to treat their commodified fictions as one side of a reasoned American debate.
-The Editorial Board
-The Editorial Board
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
American public opinion is largely generated by foreigners who make money by lying to Americans over unregulated social media. Out of respect to those entrepreneurial foreigners, we will continue to treat their commodified fictions as one side of a reasoned American debate.
-The Editorial Board
-The Editorial Board
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Really interesting article. What is the purpose of the T? Is it to get folks from Mt. Lebanon downtown? Or is to serve everyday Pittsburghers like in Allentown? And how do you balance transit need versus efficiency?
www.publicsource.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Really interesting article. What is the purpose of the T? Is it to get folks from Mt. Lebanon downtown? Or is to serve everyday Pittsburghers like in Allentown? And how do you balance transit need versus efficiency?
Right?
People from poor countries in remote parts of the world shouldn't be in America picking strawberries. They should be back at home, running MAGA Twitter accounts.
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Right?
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If this is how Mark Kelly is treated, imagine how impossible it is for junior officers to question anything that’s happening. This is why they needed to hear the message in the first place.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If this is how Mark Kelly is treated, imagine how impossible it is for junior officers to question anything that’s happening. This is why they needed to hear the message in the first place.
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At the corner of Federal Street Extension and Perrysville Avenue on the North Side, a diverse group of volunteers cultivate a space for friendship and passersby who simply “want to take a break halfway up that huge fricking hill.” buff.ly/NZVYurP
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Important if you use gmail...
How to turn off Gmail's ability to read your emails to train its bots: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Important if you use gmail...
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
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Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Honest, caring, thought-provoking article ❤️
My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway. www.wired.com/story/the-cl...
The Climate Impact of Owning a Dog
My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Honest, caring, thought-provoking article ❤️
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Good morning! The MILLION POSTCARD PROTEST will be held @ the beginning of December. Send homemade postcards to DC three days in a row to send a big message in big PILES of mail. Read this 🧵 for full details, and please REPOST. 🩵🩵🩵
Dec 2: To GOP Senate
Dec 3: To KLeav
Dec 4: To Mike Johnson
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Good morning! The MILLION POSTCARD PROTEST will be held @ the beginning of December. Send homemade postcards to DC three days in a row to send a big message in big PILES of mail. Read this 🧵 for full details, and please REPOST. 🩵🩵🩵
Dec 2: To GOP Senate
Dec 3: To KLeav
Dec 4: To Mike Johnson
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November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You're invited to a Postcard Party!!
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I guess “TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO EXECUTE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WHITE HOUSE SAYS” is the new "I am not a crook."
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I guess “TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO EXECUTE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WHITE HOUSE SAYS” is the new "I am not a crook."
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.