j0e
@joeconniff.bsky.social
Pittsburgh Filmmaker. Proud Soy Boy.
“Michael B. Jordan” suggests the existence of a “Michael A. Jordan”
I think this is what Sinners is about
I think this is what Sinners is about
May 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“Michael B. Jordan” suggests the existence of a “Michael A. Jordan”
I think this is what Sinners is about
I think this is what Sinners is about
Hearing the new pope is not a cat
May 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hearing the new pope is not a cat
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1/ Think cuts to Medicaid won't affect you because you have fancy private insurance? Here's my Q&A with an expert who explained how even those with high incomes could suffer under the cuts that Congress is considering. www.publicsource.org/medicaid-cut... 🧵
Pitt researcher: Cutting Medicaid would reduce health care
Marian Jarlenski researches health equity at Pitt. She says you can’t slash Medicaid without hurting the health care access of people with disabilities, low-income workers, children, pregnant people.
www.publicsource.org
March 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
1/ Think cuts to Medicaid won't affect you because you have fancy private insurance? Here's my Q&A with an expert who explained how even those with high incomes could suffer under the cuts that Congress is considering. www.publicsource.org/medicaid-cut... 🧵
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Gender-affirming care had been a literal lifesaver for Salem. With their family’s full support, Salem was scheduled for top surgery on March 24...until UPMC decided to “obey in advance”
Under pressure from Trump, UPMC canceled a trans patient’s scheduled top surgery
The nonprofit healthcare giant capitulated after federal threats to withdraw Medicaid and Medicare funding, but local advocacy groups are planning to protest the decision.
www.pghcitypaper.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Gender-affirming care had been a literal lifesaver for Salem. With their family’s full support, Salem was scheduled for top surgery on March 24...until UPMC decided to “obey in advance”
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Men - You can help combat the male loneliness epidemic by calling another man "big dawg."
March 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Men - You can help combat the male loneliness epidemic by calling another man "big dawg."
“Not since Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel fresco has the world valued an artistic medium such as this.”
-Me (dying eggs)
-Me (dying eggs)
March 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“Not since Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel fresco has the world valued an artistic medium such as this.”
-Me (dying eggs)
-Me (dying eggs)
Started filming on my first short film in over 6 years this past weekend! Feeling good about it. Let’s go.
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Started filming on my first short film in over 6 years this past weekend! Feeling good about it. Let’s go.
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Our News Editor, @colinbwilliams.com isn’t the only one whose calls were ignored by John Fetterman and his disappearing staff. How about you?
Will the real John Fetterman please stand up?
They say a good man is hard to find. But why is it so hard to find/call/email a politically ambiguous senator like John Fetterman (D-Pa.)?
www.pghcitypaper.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Our News Editor, @colinbwilliams.com isn’t the only one whose calls were ignored by John Fetterman and his disappearing staff. How about you?
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Lotería! To share with you the list of my 30 favorite films of 2024 in a unique way, here is my 8th annual lotería card with drawings representing each of the stories I loved most last year. The thread below also includes the individual images. Thank you always to @conorholt.bsky.social!
March 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Lotería! To share with you the list of my 30 favorite films of 2024 in a unique way, here is my 8th annual lotería card with drawings representing each of the stories I loved most last year. The thread below also includes the individual images. Thank you always to @conorholt.bsky.social!
Filmmaking is all about one thing and that’s taking a really great idea and forcing a bunch of people to get up way too early in the morning for it.
February 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Filmmaking is all about one thing and that’s taking a really great idea and forcing a bunch of people to get up way too early in the morning for it.
Today is February. With a capital F.
February 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Today is February. With a capital F.
A remake of Oceans 12 where it’s the exact same movie but they are just trying to steal a dozen eggs
February 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
A remake of Oceans 12 where it’s the exact same movie but they are just trying to steal a dozen eggs
They have never once announced the passing of a Punxsutawney Phil. Is this groundhog a god? Should we be writing little songs about him??
February 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
They have never once announced the passing of a Punxsutawney Phil. Is this groundhog a god? Should we be writing little songs about him??
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I went to the store to get a cucumber and they were all the same price but one was much bigger so of course I got that one. When I took it up to the cashier he said Dang and swung it like a baseball bat a few times. Now that's what I call Going to the Store.
January 30, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I went to the store to get a cucumber and they were all the same price but one was much bigger so of course I got that one. When I took it up to the cashier he said Dang and swung it like a baseball bat a few times. Now that's what I call Going to the Store.
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Hey Yinzers! Know of any UPMC or AHN nurses or hospital workers who'd like to talk with me about their work conditions and overall job satisfaction? I'm doing a story that will reflect on last year's union victories — and what could come next. DM me or email venuri@publicsource.org.
January 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hey Yinzers! Know of any UPMC or AHN nurses or hospital workers who'd like to talk with me about their work conditions and overall job satisfaction? I'm doing a story that will reflect on last year's union victories — and what could come next. DM me or email venuri@publicsource.org.
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1/ Advocates have long criticized jails and prisons for treating addiction differently to other diseases. I reported last year that our county jail was dosing people with MOUD at 3 a.m. They've since stopped doing that, but problems remain. 🧵 www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...
Allegheny County Jail’s addiction meds program evolves
After a rough start, the jail’s program for those with opioid use disorder has changed, including a new dashboard for public oversight.
www.publicsource.org
January 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
1/ Advocates have long criticized jails and prisons for treating addiction differently to other diseases. I reported last year that our county jail was dosing people with MOUD at 3 a.m. They've since stopped doing that, but problems remain. 🧵 www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...
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the @nobordersbooks.bsky.social crew is looking forward to A LOT of books in 2025. this list is just a small sample: bookshop.org/lists/most-a...
any books brought through our Bookshop page gives us a small commission which goes toward us finding a permanent storefront!
any books brought through our Bookshop page gives us a small commission which goes toward us finding a permanent storefront!
January 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
the @nobordersbooks.bsky.social crew is looking forward to A LOT of books in 2025. this list is just a small sample: bookshop.org/lists/most-a...
any books brought through our Bookshop page gives us a small commission which goes toward us finding a permanent storefront!
any books brought through our Bookshop page gives us a small commission which goes toward us finding a permanent storefront!
Staring out the window and mustering the courage to send an email.
January 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Staring out the window and mustering the courage to send an email.
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I absolutely LOVE nature… long-distance.
January 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I absolutely LOVE nature… long-distance.
Hey folks, you don’t need to tell the barista you’re waiting for someone. It’s ok. You can sit alone temporarily. This isn’t a diner. You’re not that sad squonk in a Denny’s.
January 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hey folks, you don’t need to tell the barista you’re waiting for someone. It’s ok. You can sit alone temporarily. This isn’t a diner. You’re not that sad squonk in a Denny’s.
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The two phases of social media:
1. I wish more people used this site.
2. Oh no.
1. I wish more people used this site.
2. Oh no.
January 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The two phases of social media:
1. I wish more people used this site.
2. Oh no.
1. I wish more people used this site.
2. Oh no.
Happy New Year! Or as I like to call it: The original planned obsolescence.
January 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Happy New Year! Or as I like to call it: The original planned obsolescence.
Nosferatu? More like Yesferatu am I right fellas?
December 27, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Nosferatu? More like Yesferatu am I right fellas?