Colin (one L) Williams
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Some people have bad hobbies
Oh my god, the guy who left his girlfriend on a mountain to die had done the same thing to a different girlfriend on THE SAME MOUNTAIN.
Austrian Man Found Guilty in Girlfriend’s Death on Mountain Hike
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Some people have bad hobbies
I want to live in Alysa Liu's America
February 20, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I want to live in Alysa Liu's America
Poetry is a balm for short attention spans.
February 20, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Poetry is a balm for short attention spans.
Finding that I feel way less frustrated if I take an improvised back way to and from work rather than sitting in parkway traffic. Plus, great way to track city development projects!
February 19, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Finding that I feel way less frustrated if I take an improvised back way to and from work rather than sitting in parkway traffic. Plus, great way to track city development projects!
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the only place this should happen is academic conferences
in america, if you go over your 3 minute allotment to speak, men with guns come to take you away.
February 19, 2026 at 6:14 PM
the only place this should happen is academic conferences
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You best believe I’ll repost a Fred Rogers mention.
“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” made its national TV debut on this date in 1968.
February 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
You best believe I’ll repost a Fred Rogers mention.
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One could argue that the death of well-written sitcoms and dramas, and the rise of reality TV, brought us to this point.
And ultimately, that all came down to TV that was cheap to produce but high on returns.
We literally lost more carefully thought-out plot lines and cultural models.
And ultimately, that all came down to TV that was cheap to produce but high on returns.
We literally lost more carefully thought-out plot lines and cultural models.
at the hope of not sounding like a 'well akshuley' meme.
A lot of us do, or did when we where in the game. Our media models, mostly in young adult dramas, almost always had a "well listen dumbass' episode to set the point. These days, it's all "Real Housewives Survivor: Jersey Shore"
A lot of us do, or did when we where in the game. Our media models, mostly in young adult dramas, almost always had a "well listen dumbass' episode to set the point. These days, it's all "Real Housewives Survivor: Jersey Shore"
February 19, 2026 at 3:50 PM
One could argue that the death of well-written sitcoms and dramas, and the rise of reality TV, brought us to this point.
And ultimately, that all came down to TV that was cheap to produce but high on returns.
We literally lost more carefully thought-out plot lines and cultural models.
And ultimately, that all came down to TV that was cheap to produce but high on returns.
We literally lost more carefully thought-out plot lines and cultural models.
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And you RAD-knowers out there will know: Sales tax exemptions for big business hurt Allegheny County even more, as we're supposed to get an extra 1% on purchases made here.
New: Pennsylvania lawmakers approved a sales tax exemption for data centers in 2021. Its exact cost is unknown, but new estimates released by the Shapiro administration this month say it will have cost the commonwealth $2 billion by 2031. W/ @katehuangpu.bsky.social
PA data center tax break expected to cost $2B
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration estimates the annual cost of the tax break will rise by hundreds of millions of dollars in the coming years.
www.spotlightpa.org
February 19, 2026 at 2:14 PM
And you RAD-knowers out there will know: Sales tax exemptions for big business hurt Allegheny County even more, as we're supposed to get an extra 1% on purchases made here.
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think that "epistemic pessimism" is a major and untheorized political ideology issue. many of us subscribe to largely implicit notion of US electorate and media as being beyond redemption
February 19, 2026 at 1:47 PM
think that "epistemic pessimism" is a major and untheorized political ideology issue. many of us subscribe to largely implicit notion of US electorate and media as being beyond redemption
Whatever else you can say about These Uncertain Times, journalism feels dangerous and sexy again!
February 18, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Whatever else you can say about These Uncertain Times, journalism feels dangerous and sexy again!
I am once again asking for local electeds to leave X dot com and come here instead
@coreyoconnorpa.bsky.social , since Wilson is still only on Twitter.
February 18, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I am once again asking for local electeds to leave X dot com and come here instead
Wilkinsburg community members, organized with Frontline Dignity and other orgs, showed up at local schools with the quickness this afternoon after rumors of ICE raids. Leaders say they're planning more efforts around schools + bus stops and will host a public meeting on preparedness soon.
February 18, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Wilkinsburg community members, organized with Frontline Dignity and other orgs, showed up at local schools with the quickness this afternoon after rumors of ICE raids. Leaders say they're planning more efforts around schools + bus stops and will host a public meeting on preparedness soon.
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This (about the 'new' Grammarly AI toolset) is absolutely terrifying, not because the tool is good, but because it is an easy, all-in-one, way to avoid thinking any thoughts or doing any work at all *and 3000 universities say its OK to use*.
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
Grammarly Revisited - Carleton College
A close look at Grammarly's new AI tools
www.carleton.edu
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This (about the 'new' Grammarly AI toolset) is absolutely terrifying, not because the tool is good, but because it is an easy, all-in-one, way to avoid thinking any thoughts or doing any work at all *and 3000 universities say its OK to use*.
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
Baby's first Trib byline:
Pitt Athletics announces block party complementing NFL Draft
The 2026 NFL Draft isn’t just for fans of the pro game anymore — Pitt Athletics has announced that a three-day block party will take place during the April festivities in Pittsburgh. &ldqu...
triblive.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Baby's first Trib byline:
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Mt. Washington. PJ McArdle Roadway. PD is shutting the whole road down from the tunnels to the top of Mt. Washington because of a land slide.
February 18, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Mt. Washington. PJ McArdle Roadway. PD is shutting the whole road down from the tunnels to the top of Mt. Washington because of a land slide.
It's 2031. AWP's keynote is a hologram of Ernest Hemingway, but your AI dead grandma wants you to stay home. Probably better with all the measles going around. Unfortunately the delivery robots took your burrito taxi job, so it's back to the mines. Next year, I guess
February 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM
It's 2031. AWP's keynote is a hologram of Ernest Hemingway, but your AI dead grandma wants you to stay home. Probably better with all the measles going around. Unfortunately the delivery robots took your burrito taxi job, so it's back to the mines. Next year, I guess
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Glad this idea has legs, although it's very interesting how different these discussions look when it's school districts or municipalities consolidating:
Police mergers prove beneficial for Western Pa.’s smaller communities
Police mergers, which have long provided staffing and financial relief for smaller departments, are emerging as a solution for forces of all sizes across the Alle-Kiski Valley. As equipment costs clim...
triblive.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Glad this idea has legs, although it's very interesting how different these discussions look when it's school districts or municipalities consolidating:
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Today is the first day of Ramadan, the first day of Adar, Lunar New Year and Mardi Gras.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
Ramadan Mubarak!
Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Laissez bon temps rouler!
Hodesh Adar tov!
Y'ALL
⭐
Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Laissez bon temps rouler!
Hodesh Adar tov!
Y'ALL
⭐
February 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Today is the first day of Ramadan, the first day of Adar, Lunar New Year and Mardi Gras.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
I'm officially at @triblive.bsky.social as of today!!! Let the coverage commence. cwilliams(at)triblive(dot)com or Signal (at)wimbles.70 with your tips.
February 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I'm officially at @triblive.bsky.social as of today!!! Let the coverage commence. cwilliams(at)triblive(dot)com or Signal (at)wimbles.70 with your tips.
If anyone does this to me I will haunt them so hard
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If anyone does this to me I will haunt them so hard
I'm a believer in students' innate creativity and intellectual potential and all, but I have grave concerns about their inability (or unwillingness) to read a 10-page essay during 20 minutes of classtime.
February 17, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I'm a believer in students' innate creativity and intellectual potential and all, but I have grave concerns about their inability (or unwillingness) to read a 10-page essay during 20 minutes of classtime.
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given the existence of skeleton and luge, i postulate the existence of two other, yet to be discovered, winter olympic sports
February 16, 2026 at 7:08 PM
given the existence of skeleton and luge, i postulate the existence of two other, yet to be discovered, winter olympic sports
Adding to this thread: I don't think anywhere else in the U.S. pronounces "museum" myoo-ZAY-um like here. Maybe German-derived?
Katherine LaNasa is in the ballpark at least, but I don't think they'll get the accent right without hiring more locals.
‘The Pitt’ tries a Pittsburgh accent, and locals have opinions
The Pittsburgh accent is one of those “if you know, you know” things. Lifelong denizens of the 412 can recognize it in others immediately, but outsiders can struggle to pick it out —...
triblive.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Adding to this thread: I don't think anywhere else in the U.S. pronounces "museum" myoo-ZAY-um like here. Maybe German-derived?