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Community | design | inclusion. sometimes watercolor artist. I dig great towns, cool connected spaces, walkability, and outdoor festivals in sunshine. Pittsburgh.
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hey pittsburgh—if you're not already involved, i suggest joining up with Frontline Dignity. they're an organization that's working to monitor ICE activity in and around pgh. we're hearing that there's been credible reports of ICE increasing activity here over the next 2 weeks...here's how to report!
February 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
hey pittsburgh—if you're not already involved, i suggest joining up with Frontline Dignity. they're an organization that's working to monitor ICE activity in and around pgh. we're hearing that there's been credible reports of ICE increasing activity here over the next 2 weeks...here's how to report!
This is disgusting from the dump leading our government. Members of Congress, stay strong!
The President of the United States has already called for my arrest and hanging, and has sent the Justice Department after me and other members of Congress for stating the law. [1/2]
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This is disgusting from the dump leading our government. Members of Congress, stay strong!
I have been trying for an hour at the service desk to get my reserved Avis rental. Even their online system owns their ineptitude. They’re not even trying. Avis sucks.
January 14, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I have been trying for an hour at the service desk to get my reserved Avis rental. Even their online system owns their ineptitude. They’re not even trying. Avis sucks.
Hey did you know that to vote someone out you must vote someone else in?
Like, a blank vote doesn’t do anything
Is this really new information?
Like, a blank vote doesn’t do anything
Is this really new information?
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Hey did you know that to vote someone out you must vote someone else in?
Like, a blank vote doesn’t do anything
Is this really new information?
Like, a blank vote doesn’t do anything
Is this really new information?
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Traveling back down to Washington today.
Even though Republican Speaker Mike Johnson isn’t having votes in Washington, I'm showing up and ready to work with anyone to end this shutdown, get federal workers paid and back on the job, and stop healthcare costs from spiraling out of control.
Even though Republican Speaker Mike Johnson isn’t having votes in Washington, I'm showing up and ready to work with anyone to end this shutdown, get federal workers paid and back on the job, and stop healthcare costs from spiraling out of control.
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Traveling back down to Washington today.
Even though Republican Speaker Mike Johnson isn’t having votes in Washington, I'm showing up and ready to work with anyone to end this shutdown, get federal workers paid and back on the job, and stop healthcare costs from spiraling out of control.
Even though Republican Speaker Mike Johnson isn’t having votes in Washington, I'm showing up and ready to work with anyone to end this shutdown, get federal workers paid and back on the job, and stop healthcare costs from spiraling out of control.
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Colin with a point by point refutation of strip district business owners
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Transit Talk: YOMPA (Yes On My Penn Avenue) - Pittsburgh City Paper | News, Dining, Music, Best Of, Arts, Film
The lawsuit halting work on the Penn Ave. bike lane extension seems based on misconceptions.
www.pghcitypaper.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Colin with a point by point refutation of strip district business owners
www.pghcitypaper.com/columns/tran...
www.pghcitypaper.com/columns/tran...
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A little ditty I wrote
September 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A little ditty I wrote
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July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“Feels like 102” in Pittsburgh but with enough hydration and sunscreen, it felt lovely in a kayak on the water
June 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“Feels like 102” in Pittsburgh but with enough hydration and sunscreen, it felt lovely in a kayak on the water
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Your friendly reminder that we are all essentially on the same fucking grid. There aren’t any magical fairies flapping their wings to power AI, mine bitcoin, or save the coupons for 10% off your next pets.com order.
June 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Your friendly reminder that we are all essentially on the same fucking grid. There aren’t any magical fairies flapping their wings to power AI, mine bitcoin, or save the coupons for 10% off your next pets.com order.
June 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Parked facing the wrong way on a 1-way road AND in front of a no parking or stopping sign. You wanna drive, don’t be dumb
June 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Parked facing the wrong way on a 1-way road AND in front of a no parking or stopping sign. You wanna drive, don’t be dumb
This is me, every time
Plan To Straighten Out Entire Life During Weeklong Vacation Yields Mixed Results
MANCHESTER, NH–Returning to work after seven days off, Derek Olson, 31, confessed Monday that his plan to use his weeklong vacation to straighten out his life yielded mixed results.
theonion.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is me, every time
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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
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Pittsburgh could lose 35% of public transit service if state doesn't come through with hundreds of millions in funding. Local employers like Duolingo, Giant Eagle, and AHN spoke at a hearing about how transit is essential to them and advocated for funding www.axios.com/local/pittsb...
Pittsburgh fights looming transit cuts
Pittsburgh may slash 41 bus routes, raise fares and halt airport service if the state doesn't fund transit.
www.axios.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Pittsburgh could lose 35% of public transit service if state doesn't come through with hundreds of millions in funding. Local employers like Duolingo, Giant Eagle, and AHN spoke at a hearing about how transit is essential to them and advocated for funding www.axios.com/local/pittsb...
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I reported on economics full-time in 2020. It taught me there are no incentives to have a baby in the US. Women in the US have to pay for pre-natal, medical and child care, earn less, do most of the parenting and chores, get promoted less, and are now at 27% higher risk of maternal mortality.
April 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I reported on economics full-time in 2020. It taught me there are no incentives to have a baby in the US. Women in the US have to pay for pre-natal, medical and child care, earn less, do most of the parenting and chores, get promoted less, and are now at 27% higher risk of maternal mortality.
My 12 year old just found out that college assigns homework on weekends, and he is devastated
April 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
My 12 year old just found out that college assigns homework on weekends, and he is devastated
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Every so often, it just comes back to me in full force. The political and economic order that allowed this man to come to power is obviously no longer tenable. The leaders who let it happen obviously have to be replaced. This is an epoch defining failure and we have to turn the page completely.
April 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Every so often, it just comes back to me in full force. The political and economic order that allowed this man to come to power is obviously no longer tenable. The leaders who let it happen obviously have to be replaced. This is an epoch defining failure and we have to turn the page completely.
Happy fish fry Friday, Pittsburgh
March 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Happy fish fry Friday, Pittsburgh
ULI Pittsburgh’s Women’s Leadership Initiative is hosting a conversation about the history and development at Hazelwood Green, with an illustrious panel sharing how it’s all coming together
March 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ULI Pittsburgh’s Women’s Leadership Initiative is hosting a conversation about the history and development at Hazelwood Green, with an illustrious panel sharing how it’s all coming together
Weak language is acceptance and normalization of nonsensical policy. Define such efforts specifically - OR - report clearly that funding is blocked for purposes the feds have failed to define: “… investigates whether the money was used for diversity efforts” @wsj.com
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Trump Administration Plans to Freeze Family-Planning Grants — The Wall Street Journal
Tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other groups would be cut off while the administration examines their DEI efforts
apple.news
March 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Weak language is acceptance and normalization of nonsensical policy. Define such efforts specifically - OR - report clearly that funding is blocked for purposes the feds have failed to define: “… investigates whether the money was used for diversity efforts” @wsj.com
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Well, I think they’ve neutralized this concern. Everyone knows our military secrets, straight from Hegseth
March 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Well, I think they’ve neutralized this concern. Everyone knows our military secrets, straight from Hegseth
Despite increasing costs in providing an integral service, PRT has not seen an increase in the state share of its budget in more than a decade. Transit is crucial to our economy and our environment in Allegheny County. #FundTransit
March 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Despite increasing costs in providing an integral service, PRT has not seen an increase in the state share of its budget in more than a decade. Transit is crucial to our economy and our environment in Allegheny County. #FundTransit