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olympic gold medalist in dani'ing
@daniskitchen.bsky.social
pittsburgher posting adventures in cooking & gardening, travel, books, local/national politics, etc. she/her

if we are professional colleagues and you think you recognize me, no you don't
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going to make a thread of my favorite photos I took in 2025, starting with this, the best photo I took on safari in nagarahole (karnataka india) in december. I can't decide whether I like it better in color or b&w
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ok, I think we all need a dose of adorableness today like a NEWBORN GIRAFFE www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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SPREAD THE WORD!

Ozanam, Inc. and the National Council of Negro Women is hosting a Coat Giveaway TOMORROW from 5-7 P.M. on the upper floor of the Ammon Recreation Center (2217 Bedford Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219).

Coats of all sizes will be given away!
February 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
saturday
Remember when you used to take a nap, get up, have a snack and JUST PLAY?! When is the last time you did that? 🤨
February 10, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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annnd here's some info for a training happening tomorrow about rapid response to ICE activity
February 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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The very fact that you exist makes everything a bit more magic

Wonderful (AKA The Celery Poem) by Harry Baker
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
my haul from @versobooks.bsky.social 's recent big sale arrived today 😁💙📚👀
February 6, 2026 at 6:44 PM
hey yinz be careful it's slippy aht there
February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
"we will stand with the stranger today"

there's still good people in this country

there are in fact more of us than there are of them

all you fascists bound to lose
Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property
February 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.

A thread.
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
"if you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing"
- malcolm x
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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A bakery called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Kneads
February 3, 2026 at 12:44 AM
rode my bike to work for the first time in what feels like a lifetime and it felt GREAT even if the roads are still a mess and the bike lanes completely buried under snowbanks
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
the river, she froze
February 3, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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do you all have a moment to discuss the Good News of seitan
February 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
when evaluating the longevity of leftovers "well they were still good *last* night" can only get you so far
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
pittsburgh frens if you have been going a little stir crazy may I recommend you get outside for a bit this afternoon it is 30° the sun is shining and it feels really good
February 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
tired of having to call a place, wait on hold, then argue with someone to cancel literally anything it is 2026 this should be possible with one click on a website
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
look I have told yinz over and over again that groundhogs are not our friends, but did anybody listen to me?! 😤
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Happy worst month of the year to all those who observe
February 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM
one of these people is going to fall in and then multiple divers will have to risk their own lives trying to save them

not just dangerous but really fucking careless with other people's lives
‘A little scary’ and a lot dangerous: People reminded to stay off frozen rivers
It is highly dangerous and widely discouraged to walk on frozen rivers. But that hasn’t stopped some people from doing it anyway. Videos and news footage from this weekend have shown people walk...
triblive.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:13 PM
absolutely hilarious to me that anytime you buy tickets to a show at manchester craftsmen's guild you get your etickets from an email account with the username "estoner"
January 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Someone should invent a cool bakery that makes really good pastries that doesn't open until after noon for all of us who sleep in on Saturdays and get sad that all the cool bakeries around here seem to sell out of their shit by the time we wake up.
January 31, 2026 at 6:47 PM
pittsburgh vibes check
January 31, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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How the fuck you owe somebody some degrees?

#reaganomics
January 31, 2026 at 12:03 PM