Janet Lunde
@janetlunde.bsky.social
Local politics nerd. Anti-fascist. Black lives matter. Trans rights are human rights. She/her.
Account prone to cat & flower pix!
Pittsburgh
Account prone to cat & flower pix!
Pittsburgh
Live in Pennsylvania? Hate Fetterman?
This is your periodic reminder that if you're registered as an Independent, you can't vote against Fetterman in a primary. Get yourself more progressive candidates! Register as a Democrat and drag the party left!
This is your periodic reminder that if you're registered as an Independent, you can't vote against Fetterman in a primary. Get yourself more progressive candidates! Register as a Democrat and drag the party left!
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November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Live in Pennsylvania? Hate Fetterman?
This is your periodic reminder that if you're registered as an Independent, you can't vote against Fetterman in a primary. Get yourself more progressive candidates! Register as a Democrat and drag the party left!
This is your periodic reminder that if you're registered as an Independent, you can't vote against Fetterman in a primary. Get yourself more progressive candidates! Register as a Democrat and drag the party left!
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This so much!
Parents (usually mothers) in car-centric areas are forced to chauffeur their kids around. It also means they emphasize predictable, scheduled activities (like sports leagues) that cost money.
Youth mobility gives kids freedom, saves money, and reduces the unpaid-labor burden on women
Parents (usually mothers) in car-centric areas are forced to chauffeur their kids around. It also means they emphasize predictable, scheduled activities (like sports leagues) that cost money.
Youth mobility gives kids freedom, saves money, and reduces the unpaid-labor burden on women
Just preaching my message of "wanting to do less more often" we all have our reasons.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This so much!
Parents (usually mothers) in car-centric areas are forced to chauffeur their kids around. It also means they emphasize predictable, scheduled activities (like sports leagues) that cost money.
Youth mobility gives kids freedom, saves money, and reduces the unpaid-labor burden on women
Parents (usually mothers) in car-centric areas are forced to chauffeur their kids around. It also means they emphasize predictable, scheduled activities (like sports leagues) that cost money.
Youth mobility gives kids freedom, saves money, and reduces the unpaid-labor burden on women
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Join Phat Man Dee and Carlos Peña on Friday November 14, from 7 to 9 pm at Antonio’s Pizzeria located at 758 Brookline Blvd!
Delicious menu, vegan friendly offerings!
Sultry vocal jazz and melty cheese, who could ask for more?
#jazz #PittsburghJazz #Pizza #PhatJazz #Vegan #PicklePizza #Brookline
Delicious menu, vegan friendly offerings!
Sultry vocal jazz and melty cheese, who could ask for more?
#jazz #PittsburghJazz #Pizza #PhatJazz #Vegan #PicklePizza #Brookline
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Join Phat Man Dee and Carlos Peña on Friday November 14, from 7 to 9 pm at Antonio’s Pizzeria located at 758 Brookline Blvd!
Delicious menu, vegan friendly offerings!
Sultry vocal jazz and melty cheese, who could ask for more?
#jazz #PittsburghJazz #Pizza #PhatJazz #Vegan #PicklePizza #Brookline
Delicious menu, vegan friendly offerings!
Sultry vocal jazz and melty cheese, who could ask for more?
#jazz #PittsburghJazz #Pizza #PhatJazz #Vegan #PicklePizza #Brookline
The ginko tree is a living fossil, unchanged in 200 million years. Unlike other deciduous trees, its leaves all drop within one day. We get a night below freezing, and the next morning at dawn the leaves start dropping. The tree goes from full to bare branches very quickly.
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The ginko tree is a living fossil, unchanged in 200 million years. Unlike other deciduous trees, its leaves all drop within one day. We get a night below freezing, and the next morning at dawn the leaves start dropping. The tree goes from full to bare branches very quickly.
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Gonna get the number of everyone who has these for future scamming opportunities.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Gonna get the number of everyone who has these for future scamming opportunities.
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THE SOCK IS TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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"[B]rooding but not particularly thoughtful. Fetterman offers generalized contempt instead of pointed arguments ... A preoccupation with tough-guy masculinity ... Not especially long, but it starts to feel interminable."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/books/review/unfettered-john-fetterman.html
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/books/review/unfettered-john-fetterman.html
John Fetterman’s Memoir Is Unlike Any Politician’s Book You’ve Read
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"[B]rooding but not particularly thoughtful. Fetterman offers generalized contempt instead of pointed arguments ... A preoccupation with tough-guy masculinity ... Not especially long, but it starts to feel interminable."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/books/review/unfettered-john-fetterman.html
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/books/review/unfettered-john-fetterman.html
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Third Circuit Court of Appeals rules for striking Pittsburgh journalists
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/10/t...
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/10/t...
Third Circuit Court of Appeals rules for striking Pittsburgh journalists - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday morning ruled for the journalists of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh in the federal case behind their more than three-year strike at the…
www.unionprogress.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Third Circuit Court of Appeals rules for striking Pittsburgh journalists
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/10/t...
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/10/t...
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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That's the end of Milky Way Season 2025 for this guy.
Earlier tonight somewhere in California.
2x sky shots and a couple foregrounds merged.
Rough ending, but a glorious season. By far my best.
2026 we're planning the early season much tighter.
We're coming for your panoramas, galaxy.
Earlier tonight somewhere in California.
2x sky shots and a couple foregrounds merged.
Rough ending, but a glorious season. By far my best.
2026 we're planning the early season much tighter.
We're coming for your panoramas, galaxy.
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
That's the end of Milky Way Season 2025 for this guy.
Earlier tonight somewhere in California.
2x sky shots and a couple foregrounds merged.
Rough ending, but a glorious season. By far my best.
2026 we're planning the early season much tighter.
We're coming for your panoramas, galaxy.
Earlier tonight somewhere in California.
2x sky shots and a couple foregrounds merged.
Rough ending, but a glorious season. By far my best.
2026 we're planning the early season much tighter.
We're coming for your panoramas, galaxy.
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Leadership has to look different than it ever has before.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Leadership has to look different than it ever has before.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
This novella is so lovely!
Day 8 of #NovellaNovember was a re-listen of @nathanburgoine.bsky.social 's In Memoriam, read by @jwden.bsky.social.
This will not be the last 'Nathan Burgoine novella I talk about this month. He's another of my "auto-buy" authors and very much the reason I read romance now.
This will not be the last 'Nathan Burgoine novella I talk about this month. He's another of my "auto-buy" authors and very much the reason I read romance now.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This novella is so lovely!
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The @pittsburghoverpass.bsky.social is on the Greenfield Bridge every Monday at rush hour, and on other bridges around town on other days!
Join us!
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Join us!
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The @pittsburghoverpass.bsky.social is on the Greenfield Bridge every Monday at rush hour, and on other bridges around town on other days!
Join us!
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Join us!
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Update: this is no longer included in the final funding deal. I'm going to keep fighting to lower premiums and ensure Republicans can’t get away with a backdoor national abortion ban.
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Update: this is no longer included in the final funding deal. I'm going to keep fighting to lower premiums and ensure Republicans can’t get away with a backdoor national abortion ban.
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We congratulate our Union brothers & sisters & look forward to the Post-Gazette complying with the order so the strike can end and folks can get back to work.
Help the strikers finish this fight www.unionprogress.com/donate/
Help the strikers finish this fight www.unionprogress.com/donate/
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
We congratulate our Union brothers & sisters & look forward to the Post-Gazette complying with the order so the strike can end and folks can get back to work.
Help the strikers finish this fight www.unionprogress.com/donate/
Help the strikers finish this fight www.unionprogress.com/donate/
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As his party divides sharply over whether to end the government shutdown, Fetterman appears to be offering an olive branch to critics by stating a position on which they share common ground.
In an emotional excerpt from his new book, Sen. John Fetterman said he should have dropped out of his 2022 senatorial race while severely battling depression after his stroke.
John Fetterman said he ‘should have quit’ Senate bid in an excerpt from his new book
John Fetterman gave an emotional look into his struggle with depression in an excerpt of his new book Unfettered.
www.inquirer.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As his party divides sharply over whether to end the government shutdown, Fetterman appears to be offering an olive branch to critics by stating a position on which they share common ground.
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... And here's some sharp criticism of the deal from Deluzio's predecessor, a former Senate candidate who is ALSO mentioned as a potential Fetterman challenger in 2028.
Response to @fetterman.senate.gov saying Dems shouldn't wait for Trump to show up with a dozen roses (though that is such nonsense, it almost answers itself).
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
... And here's some sharp criticism of the deal from Deluzio's predecessor, a former Senate candidate who is ALSO mentioned as a potential Fetterman challenger in 2028.
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Western PA rep opposes shutdown deal. Deluzio's district includes Trumpy Beaver and suburban Pgh: He's a pro-labor Dem sometimes mentioned as a potential challenger for Fetterman seat.
Americans are already getting pounded by high healthcare costs. I'm not rolling the dice on my constituents’ healthcare on some pathetic promise from the Senate for a future vote that Mike Johnson won’t honor anyway. Nope.
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Western PA rep opposes shutdown deal. Deluzio's district includes Trumpy Beaver and suburban Pgh: He's a pro-labor Dem sometimes mentioned as a potential challenger for Fetterman seat.
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New sink hole lore just dropped.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
New sink hole lore just dropped.
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This is true in PA too. If you want to primary Fetterman (amd i know you do!), it's better to stay registered as a Democrat. I'm pissed too, but changing to an Independent is not helpful at this point.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
💯
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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Oh thank FUCK
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Oh thank FUCK
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
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Be a part of the 28th Annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit!
Join us February 21st to learn and connect, or contact us now to propose a workshop or panel.
This year's theme is Building Community for Lasting Democracy and Racial Equity.
Find out more: www.prjs.org
Join us February 21st to learn and connect, or contact us now to propose a workshop or panel.
This year's theme is Building Community for Lasting Democracy and Racial Equity.
Find out more: www.prjs.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Be a part of the 28th Annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit!
Join us February 21st to learn and connect, or contact us now to propose a workshop or panel.
This year's theme is Building Community for Lasting Democracy and Racial Equity.
Find out more: www.prjs.org
Join us February 21st to learn and connect, or contact us now to propose a workshop or panel.
This year's theme is Building Community for Lasting Democracy and Racial Equity.
Find out more: www.prjs.org