Elise__Mae
@elisemae.bsky.social
cities ≠ overgrown strip malls | #Pittsburgh #PGH #transit
she/her | #climate #visionzero #completestreets #parkingreform
maybe try some actual campaign finance reform(?) #getmoneyout
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ ally n'at | 🌎 e pluribus unum #devoutmusician #USPS fam
she/her | #climate #visionzero #completestreets #parkingreform
maybe try some actual campaign finance reform(?) #getmoneyout
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ ally n'at | 🌎 e pluribus unum #devoutmusician #USPS fam
Hey @mbta.com … you are aware that other transit systems clean their stations, yes? Even the walls and ceilings?
Just checking.
#Boston #transit #mbtaredline
Just checking.
#Boston #transit #mbtaredline
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hey @mbta.com … you are aware that other transit systems clean their stations, yes? Even the walls and ceilings?
Just checking.
#Boston #transit #mbtaredline
Just checking.
#Boston #transit #mbtaredline
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everything I know about the Nuzzi/RFK Jr affair I have learned against my will
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
everything I know about the Nuzzi/RFK Jr affair I have learned against my will
Target management is mandating that staff be nicer to shoppers(?) This kind of window dressing won't shift the boycott.
I stopped shopping there in January 2025, after being a regular customer for 20+ years. I won't return until/unless Target stops caving on their formerly inclusive policies.
1/
I stopped shopping there in January 2025, after being a regular customer for 20+ years. I won't return until/unless Target stops caving on their formerly inclusive policies.
1/
Target has a new '10-4 policy.' Here's what that means
https://triblive.com/business/target-has-a-new-10-4-policy-heres-what-that-means/
https://triblive.com/business/target-has-a-new-10-4-policy-heres-what-that-means/
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Target management is mandating that staff be nicer to shoppers(?) This kind of window dressing won't shift the boycott.
I stopped shopping there in January 2025, after being a regular customer for 20+ years. I won't return until/unless Target stops caving on their formerly inclusive policies.
1/
I stopped shopping there in January 2025, after being a regular customer for 20+ years. I won't return until/unless Target stops caving on their formerly inclusive policies.
1/
He's #1
Another interesting historical fact from @pbump: 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁.
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
He's #1
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Lol, lmao even
“We are the future! Get over it! We might destroy humanity, we are so powerful! Also we need more money right away!”
“We are the future! Get over it! We might destroy humanity, we are so powerful! Also we need more money right away!”
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Lol, lmao even
“We are the future! Get over it! We might destroy humanity, we are so powerful! Also we need more money right away!”
“We are the future! Get over it! We might destroy humanity, we are so powerful! Also we need more money right away!”
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The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
Let’s get right on that.
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Let’s get right on that.
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Look, I think everyone has counted Cuomo out too soon.
He’s a shoe-in for Staten Island borough president.
He’s a shoe-in for Staten Island borough president.
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Look, I think everyone has counted Cuomo out too soon.
He’s a shoe-in for Staten Island borough president.
He’s a shoe-in for Staten Island borough president.
Speaker Johnson, I fixed your talking point:
"What happened last night in our largest swing state is a clear win for bodily autonomy and election integrity. PA's vote to retain its judges should be a wake-up call to me -- and to all of my vacationing GOP House colleagues."
#PA #election #judges
"What happened last night in our largest swing state is a clear win for bodily autonomy and election integrity. PA's vote to retain its judges should be a wake-up call to me -- and to all of my vacationing GOP House colleagues."
#PA #election #judges
Mike Johnson: "What happened last night is blue states and blue cities voted blue. We all saw that coming. And no one should read too much into last night's election results."
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
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Hi, I'm God and I have called the NYC race for Zohran Mamdani. Hey corporate assholes, go fuck yourselves.
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Hi, I'm God and I have called the NYC race for Zohran Mamdani. Hey corporate assholes, go fuck yourselves.
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AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
#AlleghenyCounty #elections #PGH ... a possibly unpopular opinion:
The shortage of poll workers might not exist if shifts weren't FIFTEEN HOURS long (6 am - 9 pm). Perhaps try an early + a late shift, 8 hrs each, w/ 1 hour of volunteer overlap early afternoon?
Signed,
3x volunteer, #Dormont 8th
The shortage of poll workers might not exist if shifts weren't FIFTEEN HOURS long (6 am - 9 pm). Perhaps try an early + a late shift, 8 hrs each, w/ 1 hour of volunteer overlap early afternoon?
Signed,
3x volunteer, #Dormont 8th
a clock that has the hands on the numbers 1 and 12
Alt: dizzying clock that shows the infinite nature of time
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
#AlleghenyCounty #elections #PGH ... a possibly unpopular opinion:
The shortage of poll workers might not exist if shifts weren't FIFTEEN HOURS long (6 am - 9 pm). Perhaps try an early + a late shift, 8 hrs each, w/ 1 hour of volunteer overlap early afternoon?
Signed,
3x volunteer, #Dormont 8th
The shortage of poll workers might not exist if shifts weren't FIFTEEN HOURS long (6 am - 9 pm). Perhaps try an early + a late shift, 8 hrs each, w/ 1 hour of volunteer overlap early afternoon?
Signed,
3x volunteer, #Dormont 8th
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You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
Nobody hates dogs more than the orange menace; I'd wager he also detests cats. Unfortunately for too many US pet folk, he also doesn't give a f#$k about most humans, either ... and it shows.
I'm a pro petsitter w/ (mostly) privileged clients. But I will be giving to this #PGH #pet #pantry, STAT.
I'm a pro petsitter w/ (mostly) privileged clients. But I will be giving to this #PGH #pet #pantry, STAT.
Pittsburgh Based Pet Food Pantry Seeks Donations, Will Offer Emergency Resources to Neighbors Losing SNAP Benefits - Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents bit.ly/4oiGoWU
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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NEW: Court filings reveal that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking the chance of voters being disenfranchised.
Trump’s Voter Citizenship Database Is ‘Flawed’ and Could Lead to Disenfranchisement, Election Administrator Warns
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
NEW: Court filings reveal that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking the chance of voters being disenfranchised.
This Shutdown Is About To Get SO Much Worse
YouTube video by Leeja Miller
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Very proud of the California-dwelling, largely Montreal-raised dual national/world citizen Rufus Wainwright. There was no better choice on the planet for the honor of this singular assignment -- particularly this year.
#RufusWainwright #worldseries #OCanada #bilingual #francophone #anglophone
#RufusWainwright #worldseries #OCanada #bilingual #francophone #anglophone
Rufus Wainwright sings O Canada in English and French at World Series — and changes lyrics to “only *us* command.”
That’s some #Montréal spirit, là!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYA4...
That’s some #Montréal spirit, là!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYA4...
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: O CANADA: MLB WORLD SERIES 2O25 GAME 5: TORONTO BLUE JAYS VS. LOS ANGELES DODGERS
YouTube video by SPORTS VIDEO CHANNEL
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Very proud of the California-dwelling, largely Montreal-raised dual national/world citizen Rufus Wainwright. There was no better choice on the planet for the honor of this singular assignment -- particularly this year.
#RufusWainwright #worldseries #OCanada #bilingual #francophone #anglophone
#RufusWainwright #worldseries #OCanada #bilingual #francophone #anglophone
Hey GOP! Please stop flip-flopping for just a second: Do you support vote-by-mail, or not?
Your voters sure seem to.
It's also served our armed forces well for decades and is the most constitutionally protected form of communication we've got.
#votebymail #USPS
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
Your voters sure seem to.
It's also served our armed forces well for decades and is the most constitutionally protected form of communication we've got.
#votebymail #USPS
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
Republican voters drive increase in mail ballot requests in Pennsylvania
The uptick could be a sign that this year’s judicial retention races are stirring interest in the 2025 election.
www.wesa.fm
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Hey GOP! Please stop flip-flopping for just a second: Do you support vote-by-mail, or not?
Your voters sure seem to.
It's also served our armed forces well for decades and is the most constitutionally protected form of communication we've got.
#votebymail #USPS
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
Your voters sure seem to.
It's also served our armed forces well for decades and is the most constitutionally protected form of communication we've got.
#votebymail #USPS
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
Turning Point USA sent me a fundraising mailing today, complete with a heartfelt little note from Erika Kirk. I appreciate their supporting the USPS and all -- but wow, are they ever barking up the wrong tree.
I'm sure they "did their research," though.
I'm sure they "did their research," though.
The drama between the conservative movement and TPUSA following Charlie Kirk's murder is not dying down. www.thebulwark.com/p/civil-war-...
The Civil War Over Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Has Gotten Even Uglier
Right-wing personalities are feuding over the decision to invite Tucker Carlson to TPUSA’s annual confab.
www.thebulwark.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Turning Point USA sent me a fundraising mailing today, complete with a heartfelt little note from Erika Kirk. I appreciate their supporting the USPS and all -- but wow, are they ever barking up the wrong tree.
I'm sure they "did their research," though.
I'm sure they "did their research," though.
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Trump on sending troops into American cities: “If I want to enact a certain act, I’m allowed to do it…And I’d be allowed to do whatever I want…And the courts wouldn’t get involved. Nobody would get involved. And I can send the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.”
October 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Trump on sending troops into American cities: “If I want to enact a certain act, I’m allowed to do it…And I’d be allowed to do whatever I want…And the courts wouldn’t get involved. Nobody would get involved. And I can send the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.”
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Man there are a lot of elected officials in this country who will go along with literally any idiotic idea instead of just building trains
@nerd4cities.bsky.social off topic...But can you address this nonsense from our brilliant Florida Governor (anything but buses or trains I guess) ~ Rob from Tampa
www.cltampa.com/news/to-cut-...
www.cltampa.com/news/to-cut-...
To cut I-4 traffic, DeSantis wants to test flying car rideshares in Polk County
A two-seat hybrid eVTOL aircraft on display at the Paris Air Show. France - June 22, 2017 Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Transportation Secretary Jared
www.cltampa.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Man there are a lot of elected officials in this country who will go along with literally any idiotic idea instead of just building trains
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Is it time to bring back the charge of "Taxation Without Representation," perhaps?
October 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Is it time to bring back the charge of "Taxation Without Representation," perhaps?
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Women are being erased at the Pentagon. Women are being erased from history. And now a woman has been erased from the desecrated White House.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Women are being erased at the Pentagon. Women are being erased from history. And now a woman has been erased from the desecrated White House.
Centering transit as a top-level issue in a US city's mayoral campaign? That alone is revolutionary -- and long overdue.
"The backbone of NYC's economy ... We have the slowest buses in America and more bus riders than any other US city."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe11...
"The backbone of NYC's economy ... We have the slowest buses in America and more bus riders than any other US city."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe11...
We Found The Policy That Zohran & Trump Voters Agree On
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Centering transit as a top-level issue in a US city's mayoral campaign? That alone is revolutionary -- and long overdue.
"The backbone of NYC's economy ... We have the slowest buses in America and more bus riders than any other US city."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe11...
"The backbone of NYC's economy ... We have the slowest buses in America and more bus riders than any other US city."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe11...