Elise__Mae
@elisemae.bsky.social
📍 #PGH transplant via NYC metro, MA and NH | #transit #BRT
#completestreets #walkability n'at | putting the "ex" in exurban
🎹 chronic musician 📬 USPS fam 🌎 heathen 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ ally | she/her
#completestreets #walkability n'at | putting the "ex" in exurban
🎹 chronic musician 📬 USPS fam 🌎 heathen 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ ally | she/her
Question: why does the #Pittsburgh #snow #response dashboard indicate that far fewer plowed streets in total than it did last night? When the "ALL" option is selected, is it only indicating streets plowed on the current calendar day? Seems like it.
pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...
pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...
ArcGIS Dashboards
ArcGIS Dashboards
pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Question: why does the #Pittsburgh #snow #response dashboard indicate that far fewer plowed streets in total than it did last night? When the "ALL" option is selected, is it only indicating streets plowed on the current calendar day? Seems like it.
pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...
pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...
" ... agents just walked away. No effort to help the victim (or) preserve the crime scene. Because (to them), this is not a crime scene, (but) a battlefield. They killed an enemy of the state in the middle of the battlefield. Nothing to investigate."
democracyamericana.com/posts/fccbc0...
#MSP
democracyamericana.com/posts/fccbc0...
#MSP
The People Struggle Against Tyranny
Another execution of an American citizen. A regime that has no strategy but to lash out. The struggle against Trumpist authoritarianism is only going to get bloodier.
democracyamericana.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 AM
" ... agents just walked away. No effort to help the victim (or) preserve the crime scene. Because (to them), this is not a crime scene, (but) a battlefield. They killed an enemy of the state in the middle of the battlefield. Nothing to investigate."
democracyamericana.com/posts/fccbc0...
#MSP
democracyamericana.com/posts/fccbc0...
#MSP
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50,000 Minnesotans marched in below zero weather because we know that we all do better when we all do better. The fascists have already lost, they just don’t realize it yet. ✊ #VetsAgainstTrump #AbolishICE #Minneapolis
January 24, 2026 at 12:10 AM
50,000 Minnesotans marched in below zero weather because we know that we all do better when we all do better. The fascists have already lost, they just don’t realize it yet. ✊ #VetsAgainstTrump #AbolishICE #Minneapolis
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Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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“Help! I’m afraid that if I oppose ICE, I’ll be branded as anti-law enforcement!”
That isn’t a problem, bucko. That isn’t a real thing. ICE is not law enforcement. Illegal immigration is a misdemeanor. You’re the equivalent of having a death squad enforce parking rules.
That isn’t a problem, bucko. That isn’t a real thing. ICE is not law enforcement. Illegal immigration is a misdemeanor. You’re the equivalent of having a death squad enforce parking rules.
January 21, 2026 at 8:47 PM
“Help! I’m afraid that if I oppose ICE, I’ll be branded as anti-law enforcement!”
That isn’t a problem, bucko. That isn’t a real thing. ICE is not law enforcement. Illegal immigration is a misdemeanor. You’re the equivalent of having a death squad enforce parking rules.
That isn’t a problem, bucko. That isn’t a real thing. ICE is not law enforcement. Illegal immigration is a misdemeanor. You’re the equivalent of having a death squad enforce parking rules.
The incoming snow reminds me of the huge 2008 New England ice storm. Everything shut down for a week. Dozens of electrical line pros from Canada arrived to help us.
Given our extremely poor manners as a neighbor, we'd likely be 100% on our own if it happened again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa01...
Given our extremely poor manners as a neighbor, we'd likely be 100% on our own if it happened again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa01...
Monday marks 15 years since one of the worst ice storms in New Hampshire
YouTube video by WMUR-TV
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:44 AM
The incoming snow reminds me of the huge 2008 New England ice storm. Everything shut down for a week. Dozens of electrical line pros from Canada arrived to help us.
Given our extremely poor manners as a neighbor, we'd likely be 100% on our own if it happened again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa01...
Given our extremely poor manners as a neighbor, we'd likely be 100% on our own if it happened again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa01...
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The question media should be asking: if Minneapolis only needs 600 police officers to perform all general law enforcement activities in the city, why did Trump send 3,000 federal agents to execute a statutorily and constitutionally *much* smaller task?
Answer? He wanted a *war*.
Answer? He wanted a *war*.
January 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The question media should be asking: if Minneapolis only needs 600 police officers to perform all general law enforcement activities in the city, why did Trump send 3,000 federal agents to execute a statutorily and constitutionally *much* smaller task?
Answer? He wanted a *war*.
Answer? He wanted a *war*.
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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People want to have their basic needs met.
They want to be paid a living wage.
They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives.
They do not want Venezuela.
They do not want Greenland.
They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
They want to be paid a living wage.
They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives.
They do not want Venezuela.
They do not want Greenland.
They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
People want to have their basic needs met.
They want to be paid a living wage.
They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives.
They do not want Venezuela.
They do not want Greenland.
They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
They want to be paid a living wage.
They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives.
They do not want Venezuela.
They do not want Greenland.
They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
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Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
www.fightforthefuture.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
God made us number one because he loves us the best
Well he should go bless someone else for a while
Give us a rest
Yeah, and everyone can see
We've eaten all that we can eat
- Ben Folds, "All U Can Eat"
Well he should go bless someone else for a while
Give us a rest
Yeah, and everyone can see
We've eaten all that we can eat
- Ben Folds, "All U Can Eat"
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 21, 2026 at 7:05 AM
God made us number one because he loves us the best
Well he should go bless someone else for a while
Give us a rest
Yeah, and everyone can see
We've eaten all that we can eat
- Ben Folds, "All U Can Eat"
Well he should go bless someone else for a while
Give us a rest
Yeah, and everyone can see
We've eaten all that we can eat
- Ben Folds, "All U Can Eat"
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Donald Trump should have to do a cognitive test in order to unlock his phone
January 21, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Donald Trump should have to do a cognitive test in order to unlock his phone
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JD Vance says fewer undocumented immigrants means Americans can finally afford homes.
So which is it?
They “don’t work” and “live on welfare” — or they’re somehow buying up all the houses?
Pick a lie.
So which is it?
They “don’t work” and “live on welfare” — or they’re somehow buying up all the houses?
Pick a lie.
January 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
JD Vance says fewer undocumented immigrants means Americans can finally afford homes.
So which is it?
They “don’t work” and “live on welfare” — or they’re somehow buying up all the houses?
Pick a lie.
So which is it?
They “don’t work” and “live on welfare” — or they’re somehow buying up all the houses?
Pick a lie.
" ... that moment when you discover your first alt-weekly. For a certain type of person, it's that moment where you're like, 'Oh, this is where my people have been.'"
Witnessing this process years ago w/ The Boston Phoenix doesn't make it any easier.
Thanks, @wesa.fm.
www.wesa.fm/arts-culture...
Witnessing this process years ago w/ The Boston Phoenix doesn't make it any easier.
Thanks, @wesa.fm.
www.wesa.fm/arts-culture...
Shuttered City Paper chronicled Pittsburgh’s underground the alt-weekly way until its very last day
An interview with three former City Paper journalists about its 34-year run.
www.wesa.fm
January 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
" ... that moment when you discover your first alt-weekly. For a certain type of person, it's that moment where you're like, 'Oh, this is where my people have been.'"
Witnessing this process years ago w/ The Boston Phoenix doesn't make it any easier.
Thanks, @wesa.fm.
www.wesa.fm/arts-culture...
Witnessing this process years ago w/ The Boston Phoenix doesn't make it any easier.
Thanks, @wesa.fm.
www.wesa.fm/arts-culture...
"The King of Peace. You will now see Peace in ways never seen before. Also, people are saying that the King of Peace trumps the Prince of Peace by a lot."
January 16, 2026 at 5:20 AM
"The King of Peace. You will now see Peace in ways never seen before. Also, people are saying that the King of Peace trumps the Prince of Peace by a lot."
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From a real estate platform known for wrangling data and selling properties as almost a sideline. Sorta laughable, then, that this particular platform is spotlighting half-baked AI like this. Not any more digestible than the original prose, and not really summarized, but ... but ... BULLETED LISTS!
January 16, 2026 at 2:24 AM
From a real estate platform known for wrangling data and selling properties as almost a sideline. Sorta laughable, then, that this particular platform is spotlighting half-baked AI like this. Not any more digestible than the original prose, and not really summarized, but ... but ... BULLETED LISTS!
@hcrichardson.bsky.social : "I identified this week as the week that the US government formally embraced fascism ... Quite frankly, I never wanted to live through historic times."
youtube.com/shorts/4iCiU...
youtube.com/shorts/4iCiU...
The Week the US Formally Embraced Fascism
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social : "I identified this week as the week that the US government formally embraced fascism ... Quite frankly, I never wanted to live through historic times."
youtube.com/shorts/4iCiU...
youtube.com/shorts/4iCiU...
Today's #ICEOutForGood event in the #Pittsburgh's #SouthSideFlats neighborhood.
@indivisible.org @swpaindivid.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @swpaindivid.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Today's #ICEOutForGood event in the #Pittsburgh's #SouthSideFlats neighborhood.
@indivisible.org @swpaindivid.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @swpaindivid.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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More of this language,please:
Rep. Swalwell: “You better believe that accountability is coming. Immunity is going to be stripped. And to Kristi Noem, Tom ‘Cashbag’ Homan, Greg Bovino—your asses are going to be in these witness chairs.”
This is how you demand accountability. Dems must be unyielding
Rep. Swalwell: “You better believe that accountability is coming. Immunity is going to be stripped. And to Kristi Noem, Tom ‘Cashbag’ Homan, Greg Bovino—your asses are going to be in these witness chairs.”
This is how you demand accountability. Dems must be unyielding
January 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
More of this language,please:
Rep. Swalwell: “You better believe that accountability is coming. Immunity is going to be stripped. And to Kristi Noem, Tom ‘Cashbag’ Homan, Greg Bovino—your asses are going to be in these witness chairs.”
This is how you demand accountability. Dems must be unyielding
Rep. Swalwell: “You better believe that accountability is coming. Immunity is going to be stripped. And to Kristi Noem, Tom ‘Cashbag’ Homan, Greg Bovino—your asses are going to be in these witness chairs.”
This is how you demand accountability. Dems must be unyielding
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WITNESS: "I just can't let this narrative of self-defense go any further. That’s absolutely not what it was… ICE agents didn’t let anyone help her for 15 minutes, then medics couldn’t get through with their ambulance.”
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 AM
WITNESS: "I just can't let this narrative of self-defense go any further. That’s absolutely not what it was… ICE agents didn’t let anyone help her for 15 minutes, then medics couldn’t get through with their ambulance.”
"You’re taking your ball and going home because the highest court in the land ruled against you. You don’t get to blame the union when court after court said the same thing ... you aren’t worthy of our city, our paper, or our history."
#PGH #PGHPostGazette #PGHCityPaper #newspaper
#PGH #PGHPostGazette #PGHCityPaper #newspaper
I had to get it out of my system. My open letter to the Block family in light of today's news they are shutting down the storied Post-Gazette. I am just so very angry.
open.substack.com/pub/breathin...
open.substack.com/pub/breathin...
An open letter to the Block family
[inhale]
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM
"You’re taking your ball and going home because the highest court in the land ruled against you. You don’t get to blame the union when court after court said the same thing ... you aren’t worthy of our city, our paper, or our history."
#PGH #PGHPostGazette #PGHCityPaper #newspaper
#PGH #PGHPostGazette #PGHCityPaper #newspaper
I would've been slow to move back to the Post-Gazette because I boycotted it 100% during the strike. But the @pghcitypaper.com's demise is just a gut punch. Having witnessed the 2013 death of the Boston Phoenix, an absolute institution Boston's metro for decades, this brutality is far too familiar.
The closing of the CP and the PG aren't just like, a bummer, or like a regular fuck-the-Blocks moment. It's a drastic reduction in citizens' ability to stay informed and hold our local government accountable, which in today's political environment will have consequences that make my head spin.
January 8, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I would've been slow to move back to the Post-Gazette because I boycotted it 100% during the strike. But the @pghcitypaper.com's demise is just a gut punch. Having witnessed the 2013 death of the Boston Phoenix, an absolute institution Boston's metro for decades, this brutality is far too familiar.