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a boy named stew
@carysmiller.bsky.social
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Family man, environmental health professional (air quality) - field inspector/data scientist, musician, optimist, and lifelong learner in Pittsburgh, the gateway to the midwest. My statements are mine alone. Yinz/yall.
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If you want to dance and have fun and support an important cause, this is the event for you. Tonight! at Spirit Hall in Lawrenceville! Featuring May Day Marching Band and lots more…
Flyer with a cartoon drawing of a slice of watermelon holding a Palestinian flag and a potato holding an Irish flag high-fiving below a heart. Text reads: “Benefit Against Imperialism from Ireland to Palestine. An anti-imperialist organizing & benefit show raising funds for Medical Aid for Palestine and legal support for pro-Palestine activists. Featuring: The Jig-offs, May Day Marching Band, Hard Luck Hounds, Vida Chai, The Quaking Aspens, tattooing, art, and more! 27th March. Organizing Fair starts at 7pm, Music from 8-12. At Spirit Hall, 242 51st St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201. Organized by the PGH DSA. Visit our site http://www.pghdsa.org/benefit “
March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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“…he appeared to offer two major distractions…” YES this is how you write about so much that guy does. Thanks @hcrichardson.bsky.social

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-2...
That Trump is feeling the pressure from voters showed this week when he appeared to offer two major distractions: a pledge to consider using money from savings found by the “Department of Government Efficiency” could provide rebates to taxpayers-although so far it hasn’t shown any
February 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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This will be a fun show. They don’t make em like this much anymore. Starts at 6:30 sharp, masks strongly encouraged. …By The Deed fresh Pgh political hardcore and May Day Marching Band well-ripened pgh political brass blasting, more bands and distros and other fun stuff.
Flyer for a Benefit For Palestine show at Spirit Music Hall 242 51st Street, Pittsburgh, PA on Friday January 31st, 2025. Doors at 6, show 6:30 sharp. $15-20 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds, all ages! Bands listed are …by the deed, Fight On Sight, Bad Bet, Uprising, May Day Marching Band. Also: PMA Tattoos, Tarot with Killian, Bang cuts by Scissorwitch. Tabling: Auto Body Shop, The Big Idea, Nihil Distro, Stormbringer Press, City Deer Distro, Raizon PGH, Food Not Bombs, Not On Our Dime.
January 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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I was looking at my kids’ placemat this morning and thought I found a lil mistake. Turns out Michigan really does have this little hitch on the borderline. Huh.
Simple map of the border between the states of Michigan (top) and Indiana (bottom left) and Ohio (bottom right). Each state has a black line border and is filled in with a solid color.
January 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits:
Black and white photo of the early 80’s punk band The Minutemen. The three band members, all young white men dressed casually and smiling, are standing belly up to a billiards table in a wood-paneled rec room. Two of them are holding pool cues, and there are several balls scattered on the table.
December 24, 2024 at 5:08 AM
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Duquesne Light really cramping my style over here. Third time the power has gone out in the last 24 hours. I swear I’m not overloading the grid with all my Xmas lights, I SWEAR!
Middle-aged man sitting on interior staircase, lit by nearby window. He is wearing grey jeans, black and white band t-shirt and a red sequin Santa hat. His expression is frustrated.
December 1, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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Diggin Christmas shiz out of the basement and doing my best Clark Griswold impression
Photo of a smiling middle-aged man in front of basement shelves loaded with bins and bags. He is wearing a black and white band t-shirt, a big gray sweater, glasses, and a red sequin Santa cap.
December 1, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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Should be decolonial “theory”…. If he was interested in the theory he would not write this tell. Instead, Noah is doing here exactly what Tucker Carlson is doing when he takes some rando’s tweet (probably out of context, like Ms. Tlaib’s) as a strawman that then he can righteously rage against.
Screenshot says: “I have never seen a satisfactory answer to these questions. Not have I seen a satisfactory”
December 1, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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I like this energy!
Two banners hanging from a light pole with a stone building and autumn leaves in the background. The banner on the left says “The People’s University”. The banner on the right says “Cleveland Public Library. Established 1869.”
November 30, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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Post a non religious picture you think of as holy
Crisp and deep black and white photo of musician Kim Deal of The Breeders playing a dark Stratocaster guitar in a dark room. She has shoulder length brown hair and is wearing a white t-shirt. Her head is tilted toward the ceiling, her eyes are closed in relaxed ecstasy, she is holding a cigarette gently between her teeth and a thin cloud of smoke hangs in the air like the mystery of where music comes from.
November 22, 2024 at 1:54 AM
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Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or AiC.
Album cover is a head-on photo of a scary scorpion on a white background with the band name Rocket From The Crypt and the album title Scream Dracula Scream in black and black outline lettering.
November 20, 2024 at 4:24 AM
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Is this furniture store TRYING to troll JD Vance?
Photo of a close-up billboard with trees in background. Billboard is an image of a cream-colored couch on a black background, and across the top it reads “She said go sleep on the sofa. Good.” It’s for a furniture store called Perlora with multiple locations in Pittsburgh, PA.
September 25, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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My activist street brass band is having a fundraiser show to help pay travel costs to Cambridge Mass for HONK! Fest. Show is during/after First Friday at 5120 Penn Ave in Bloomfield-Garfield. Dancing and food and drinks and brass-blasting, you know how we do!
Flyer with three geese flying against a purple background. Text says: “HONK! Fundraiser help ur fav activist street band get to Boston to meet & play with other activist street bands. Friday Sept 6, 5120 Penn Ave, May Day Marching Band, DJ Charge, The Finality Complex. Doors 6pm/music 7pm.
September 6, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.
Meme of a blurry photo of a cat’s face, the cat looks distressed and is crying out. Text above the photo reads: “My FBI Agent watching me listen to Take Me Home, Country Roads for the 3,427th time”
August 31, 2024 at 3:57 AM
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My rickshaw is here
Black and white photo of Nichelle Nichols dressed as Lt. Uhura from Star Trek standing astride a bicycle with small wheels and a basket in front. Her body is in profile, but her face is turned toward the camera and she has a big smile. There is a large white truck parked in the background.
August 27, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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Drop the most powerful picture in your gallery with zero explanation.
Photo by Eve Arnold: A training school for Black sit-ins. They are harassed but taught not to hit back when harassed by Whites, Virginia, USA, 1960
July 6, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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Rachel Ann Bovier! Is! Back!
Billboard with a photo of a white woman with dark hair, a dark necklace, and a black dress with white collar. Text says “Rachel Ann Bovier Pittsburgh’s Poetess, Hello My Lovelies, Have A Great Day! 412-921-3694”
June 20, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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Repost with a banger photo of you
Man smiling and playing a saxophone, walking down a residential street. He is wearing glasses, an orange camoflage hat backwards, and a shimmering blue jacket. There are other people in the background, some also in various costumes.
April 29, 2024 at 3:22 AM
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I’m finally going to make a costume for this year’s Pittsburgh Polish Hill May Day Parade. Bout damn time.
An image of multiple mirrored disco balls hanging in front of a sunset at a beach. Text over the image says: “The theme for this year’s May Day parade is Luminous Orbs, Dawning, and Fusion. May 4th!”
April 16, 2024 at 4:12 PM