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natalia rudiak
@nataliarudiak.bsky.social
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+ Radical pragmatist
+ Earnest xennial
+ Climate worker
+ Opinions solely my own
+ Local politics everywhere [Pittsburgh City Councilor fer 8 yrs]

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nataliarudiak.bsky.social
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?

[does this count lol]
Meme. Comment: "checking your email after one day of PTO." Image: from the sketch show "I think you should leave" - Tim Robinson in character, in the driver's seat of a car saying, "I don't know what any of this shit is, and I'm scared." I think this counts? Lol
August 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Me, Xennial-splaining Interpol and The Postal Service to my Gen Z work husband:
Text that says: See, back in my day we respected government institutions enough to name our bands after them
July 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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ICYMI. Scab paper, but some pretty wild Fetterman quotes about the Big Ugly Bill:

www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...
Mr. Fetterman — who has admittedly missed several votes and hearings this year and gained a reputation for frustrating progressives and criticizing his party — told reporters Monday between votes on amendments that he just wanted to “go home.” “I've already missed our entire trip to the beach,” he said of a family vacation. “I’m going to vote no. There’s no drama … I don't think it's really helpful to put people here till some ungodly hour.” He added that the only interesting votes would be “on the margin,” by Republican senators such as Maine’s Susan Collins and others who have expressed concerns about the bill’s cuts to Medicaid or its estimated piling of almost $3.3 trillion to the national debt over the next several years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Mr. Fetterman argued that he didn’t think Americans were “really going to be paying attention” to the dozens of amendments from Democrats doomed to fail under the Republican majority. “I don’t really think there’s a lot of dignity in it,” he told reporters.
July 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
nataliarudiak.bsky.social
wut.

(giselle / john fetterman content)
An Instagram photo of a colorful book cover. Written by Giselle Barreto fetterman. The book is titled "radical tenderness, the value of vulnerability in an often unkind world" The description reads, "Today feels like the perfect day to share a little labor of love and tears. There are definitely not enough books about crying so Putnam Books said that I needed to add one to that literary genre. This is a book of my heart: filled with Reflections on strength and Leadership for modern and cruel times, and how tenderness and vulnerability are the superpowers we need to make it through. Radical tenderness is on sale July 8th and is available for pre-order now if you'd like to learn more please check out the link in my bio."
May 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Write-in Amanda Neatrour on the ballot for City Council on 5/20! District 2 includes Banksville, Duquesne Heights, Mount Washington & all West End neighborhoods, including Chartiers City, Crafton Heights, East Carnegie, Elliott, Esplen, Fairywood, Oakwood, Ridgemont, West End Village, and Westwood.
May 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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I am voting for @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for anything he runs for ever again.
Screenshot of an Instagram post of "I think you should leave" with Tim Robinson's face, and Malcolm Kenyatta liking the post.
March 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Damn, @deluzio.house.gov
An email subject header from Congressman Chris Deluzio and the subject is "I need you Natalia"
March 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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I've stopped screaming internally, apologies to the neighbors. I need on my door: "Screaming into the infinite American void."
Annie Karni Feb. 2, 2025, 8:31 p.m. ET31 minutes ago Annie Karni Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the former minority leader, said on 60 Minutes on Sunday night that the tariffs President Trump ordered to be imposed on Mexico, Canada and China were a mistake. “It will drive the cost of everything up,” he said. “In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?”
February 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Canceling my Amazon Prime account was long past due.
Your Prime benefits will end on February 8, 2025   Hello Natalia Rudiak, We’re confirming that you’ve opted to end your Prime membership. You’ll continue to have access to your benefits until your membership period ends on February 8, 2025. After this period, you can reactivate your membership at any time.
January 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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This is how much of an ancient crone I am. When I call John Fetterman's DC office, the number is still saved in my phone as Senator Pat Toomey.
A screenshot of mobile phone call with the contact appearing as Senator Pat Toomey
January 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Ground up, from the roots, with help from the Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which Trump wants to dismantle. Culture is king.

"What happens after Utah’s coal-fired power plants close?Department of Energy grants are helping eastern Utah plan for the energy transition."

www.hcn.org/issues/what-...
Several years ago, Jade Powell uttered the word “transition” to a county commissioner at a local government meeting in the heart of Utah’s coalfields. The commissioner jumped out of his chair, grabbed Powell and shook him. “He was jokeful,” Powell said. “But you could tell he did not like that word.” Fast forward to last summer, in another meeting, and that same commissioner, now out of office, offhandedly used the phrase himself. Powell stopped him mid-sentence and asked, “Did you just say what I think you said?” The commissioner laughed. “I count that as one of our biggest wins,” Powell told High Country News.
January 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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This article about Sherrod Brown's last speech on the Senate floor made me tear up. We are the canaries now.

From Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, December.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
On Tuesday, he gave his final speech on the Senate floor. Occasionally choking up, Brown had stood at a desk that had once belonged to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New York — something he discovered on his first day in the chamber, when he saw Kennedy’s signature in a drawer. As Brown invariably does, he wore a bright white lapel pin given to him decades ago by a steelworker in Lorain. It depicts a caged canary. “At the turn of the last century, coal miners took the canary down into the mines with them to warn them of poisonous gasses,” he said. “The mine worker in those days knew he didn’t have a union strong enough or a government that cared enough to look out for him. He was on his own. Over the last century and a half, we have done so much to change that. And all of those fights required going up against powerful special interests.” That day, 40 or so of his Senate colleagues who had gathered to hear Brown’s remarks wore identical pins in his honor.
January 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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My former colleague & now friend Amanda Neatrour is running for City Council District 2, and I am proud to endorse her. She's dedicated her life to making people & places better, and it is a gift to our neighborhoods that she is running - check out scenes from her kickoff:

amandaforpgh.com
A window sign in a blue, white and yellow color scheme that says, "Amanda Neatrour, Pittsburgh City Council, AmandaforPGH.com" A multi-racial crowd of people sitting in chairs in a community center, with the candidate standing in the back wearing a navy blue suit. Amanda Neatrour addresses an audience with a microphone and US flag behind her. She is a Black woman wearing a navy blue suit and yellow shirt, with window signs around her.
January 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Does this count yet.

Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist.
A rendering of Luigi Mangione in Catholic Saint style wearing green robes with the text above saying, "St Luigi."
December 15, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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Name a tv show you’re positive no one remembers but you.
The text "SPACED" at the top of a poster of 6 people standing and staring at the camera, 3 men and 3 women all dressed differently from military gear to casual clothes.
November 20, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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I think the Iraq War protests broke me. I went to a half dozen across 3 cities including NYC and DC. Packed streets for as long as the eye could see for miles. Largest global protests on any one day. Ever.

And the war commenced.

I was young but it was then I knew we lived in a broken country.
All photos are some variation of an arial view of thousands of people marching along urban streets holding signs.
November 18, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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Omg this ginger beer I am drinking from Aldi, this one singular bottle, contains 96% of the daily recommended sugar intake.

FORTY EIGHT GRAMS added sugars. NINETY SIX PERCENT DV.

How.
Green bottle label showing 96% added sugars - 48g total.
November 8, 2024 at 11:15 PM
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I'm sorry. And I know what you mean.
A picture of Dorothy from wizard of Oz with the text, "I think I'll miss science the most."
November 8, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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Things like this keep bubbling up in my brain and my cynicism starts eating me alive.
November 8, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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I just posted this on my X/Twitter account which I haven't used since Elon took over:
To liberals & Leftists including public officials, scientists, NGOs, etc. who naively continue to use Xitter after the fascist takeover, supporting the merchant of chaos, Elon Musk: STOP FEEDING THE MACHINE THAT WANTS TO KILL US. GET OFF X. NOW. THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO PLAY.
November 6, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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Polish and Ukrainian Americans for Harris/Walz!
A stack of signs that say, "Ukrainian Americans for Harris/Walz" and also a sign that says, "Let's Win This." A stack of blue signs that say "Polish Americans for Harris Walz" A crowd of people sitting looking forward to the former ambassador to Ukraine, listening to the importance of supporting VP Harris re: the Ukraine-Russia war
October 27, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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Look at this odd polling question I just got.
"Hypothetically, if the Republican Presidential nominee was Mitt Romney against Kamala Harris, for whom would you vote?" The choices are Kamala Harris (Democratic), Mitt Romney (Republican), or undecided.
October 22, 2024 at 12:48 AM
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Exactly.

I mean, hello:

(And the "she didn't have a primary" language is straight from MAGA.)
Jill Stein sitting around a table with Mike Flynn, Vladimir Putin, and other Russian officials
October 16, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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Check out this conversation I had on the 'gram with a mediocre millennial white dude. I CANNOT.

I dropped all my lefty MAGA "friends," but occasionally a stranger will find their way beyond my defenses.

(I'm sorry I'm too triggered to do alt-text, if someone else wants to take one for the team.)
October 16, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana or Pearl Jam or The Breeders.
Massive attack - mezzanine. A black and white photo of the head of an intense beetle.
October 15, 2024 at 2:18 AM