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Colin Williams

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Pittsburgh 🤘🏻 Nazis bad, metal good Once and future City Paper editor 🖤 colinbwilliams.com Tips colin@pghcitypaper.com or Signal @wimbles.70

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James Santelli @santelli.bsky.social · 14m
juxtaposition on @wesa.fm
WESA headline that reads: "Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record $3B to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus" next to "Pittsburgh Controller urges caution, slowed funding for housing and anti-violence programs in 2027"
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 3h
If you spell Pittsburgh without an H in your press release, I am likely not going to respond/attend.
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 4h
Ken Griffin just donated $3 billion to CMU. His past largesse to Dems included the largest single contribution to Rahm Emanuel's mayoral bid. He was also a big DeSantis guy.
A graph showing that Ken Griffin has donated 100% to Republicans since 2010.
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 16h
America dot gov
Has there ever been an interruption of the peaceful transfer of power between U.S. Presidents?
I'll look up official records on presidential transitions and whether any transfer of power was interrupted.

Yes, in one documented sense: the joint session of Congress that counts electoral votes was interrupted on January 6, 2021, then resumed the same day.
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 16h
I can't stop listening to this insane PEB record after seeing them in Berlin the weekend before last. FFO Death Grips, Dälek, The Knife:
edelfaulrecordings.bandcamp.com
PYRN, by PΞB
from the album IAMCHAINSAW
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 19h
INBOX: A bipartisan 115-88 Pa. House has voted to open primaries in the commonwealth to independent voters, in part citing a disproportionate number of I-registered veterans. Polls show 75% of Pennsylvanians support the move.
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 20h
Student journalists are eating the MSM's lunch and are doing it largely unpaid.
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 23h
Pitt just started a $3 billion fundraising campaign while telling Dietrich School people they cut 23 staff and might be combining departments, cutting courses, and raising the minimum class size. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
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kyle @kylebutoverhere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every day I pick up my phone to see if any of my friends have made funny little jokes online and instead I have to read about how stupid the worst people in the world are all day long
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 29/09/2026
Guys...
A Pentecostal Temple Church Pittsburgh sign reading You can't enter heaven unless Jesus enters you lmao
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Pittsburgh City Paper @pghcitypaper.com · 29/09/2026
In some ways, there are silver linings to what's happening with public transportation in the Steel City...
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Transit Talk: Pittsburgh is not Berlin
In some ways, that's a bummer, but there are silver linings to what's happening in the Steel City.
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Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i don't think cis guys realize how much power they can shift in a conversation just by casually telling their friends
"that's fucked up, man" when someone says something
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 28/09/2026
INBOX: Allegheny County's board of health has unanimously passed the revised paid 12-week parental leave bill. The bill now heads to county council for a final vote.
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 28/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Joe Biden: C'mon, Man!
Alt: Joe Biden: C'mon, Man!
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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ireland's artist basic income returned €1.39 for every €1 spent. They made it permanent. South Korea just announced plans to follow. Now Scotland too.
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 26/09/2026
Just saw this news. Bummer. Without more blogs like this to replace NH, Revolver, whatever else, I worry kids are just gonna belly up to the algorithm trough.
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 25/09/2026
Please support the Evanses, a wonderful family who deserved less than none of this.
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 25/09/2026
Can we not?
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 25/09/2026
I have many frustrations with These Times, but the supreme tastelessness of it all is fairly high on the list
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 25/09/2026
I just saw one of these yesterday. The wheels look ridiculously large for how small the cars are.
triblive.com
Golden Tesla ‘cybercabs’ appear in Pittsburgh
Tesla’s robotaxis — golden coupes dubbed “cybercabs” — have emerged on Pittsburgh-area roadways in recent weeks, though they can’t yet be hailed for service. The dr...
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 25/09/2026
Ahem
rattle.com
On Rereading Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus in the Age of Generative AI by Maryann Corbett - Rattle: Poetry
Simple enough: the man wants what he wants.
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 25/09/2026
OCTOBER BASEBALL IN CLEVELAND BABYYYYYY
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
War powers resolution fails. 49-50. All three of these vulnerable GOPers vote NO: Dan Sullivan Roger Marshall Jon Husted John Cornyn and Mitch McConnell both voted no, too. And John Fetterman.
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Pittsburgh City Paper @pghcitypaper.com · 24/09/2026
Deesha Philyaw, author of the acclaimed short story collection "The Secret Lives of Church Ladies", follows the wife of a megachurch pastor in her novel The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman:
pghcitypaper.com
Deesha Philyaw returns to church ladies with The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman
Deesha Philyaw, author of the acclaimed short story collection The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, follows the wife of a megachurch pastor in her novel The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman.
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 24/09/2026
I know this doesn't matter in the scheme of things, but it drives me NUTS how many people think you can toss plastic bags and shrink wrap into the recycling.
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
LOL - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKELATEN IN GROCEY STORE "LOL IF YOUR USING TWITTER IN 2026, IF I WANTED TO BEYELLED AT BY A BOT I WOULD MOVE ITEMS TO THE BAGGING AREA WITHOUT SCANNING THEM " DONT KNOW IF YOU SAW IT LATELY BUT ITS SOMEHOW EVEN WORSE THAN IT WAS IN 2025, AND THAT WAS WORSE THEN 2024, AND THAT WAS WORSE THEN 2023, ETC, BY THE TIME THE SHIT GOT SOLD TO ELLON IT WAS ALREADY ALMOST DEAD, THE LAST HANDFUL OF HUMAN USERS WANDERING IN ALGORITHM HELL WHILE BOTS RESPONT TO THEM IN GPT SPEAK, THE AGING SNARKY COMMENTERS REFUSING TO MOVE TO BSKY OR THREADS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ONE NOTCH DUMMER THEN THEM ARE STILL ON TWITTER AND THEY HAVE TO DUNK THEM BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AND NO WAY TO PROVE THERE SELF WORTH, AND THE PEPE NAZI'S FEEL EMBOLDENED TO START NEW SLURS AND SMACK THEM SELF IN THE FACE WITH OBJECTS TO INCREASE THEIR JAW LINE, BUT EVEN THEY DONT LIKE IT BECAUSE "THE LIBS" ARE NO LONGER THERE TO GET MAD AT THEM, AN APP FOR NO ONE WITH A SOUL, OWNED BY DEVIL, STILL FULL OF YOUR DEAD FRIENDS POSTS FROM YEARS PAST, AN ENTIRE ERA OF YOUR LIFE ONLINE NOW ONLY EVIDENCED BY OLD WORDS CARVED INTO THE CLIFFS OF HELL,,,,, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW IM JUST A SKELETIN - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 24/09/2026
Sucks to suck!
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Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) @gasp-pgh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Knowing who is fouling our air is half the battle. That's why GASP files monthly public records request to Allegheny Co. Health Dept to bring you those details. Are one of these offenders in YOUR neighborhood? Find out for yourself: www.gasp-pgh.org/allegheny-co...
gasp-pgh.org
Allegheny County’s Latest Air Quality Violations, What They Did & How Much They Were Fined
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department periodically updates its website to include documents related to air quality enforcement actions. As part of our watchdog work, GASP monitors this...
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 24/09/2026
INBOX: Per the Pa. Dept. of Health, the commonwealth now has 835 cases across 39 counties (43 new cases in the past three days). Conversely, the state has administered over 5,000 MMR vaccines at pop-up clinics since April.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
Once again, the man is an open white supremacist who is promoting a global movement in support of the ideology and he’s already denied resources to millions of people in service of it.
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Chris Peak @pantherlair.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New nickname alert: Pitt freshman receiver Demetrice McCray goes by "Meat Shop." Adjust your conversations accordingly.
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Pittsburgh City Paper @pghcitypaper.com · 23/09/2026
TLC Libations and Windy Bridges have joined forces for a cooperative, Black-owned tasting room and bar in Downtown Pittsburgh...
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Black Brewhouse is sharing drinks, customers, costs, and ambitions
TLC Libations and Windy Bridges have joined forces for a cooperative, Black-owned tasting room and bar in Downtown Pittsburgh.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
All of this, from @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/we-di...
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 22/09/2026
It's clearer than ever nothing matters to the people in charge, so you have no excuse for not making weird art and being a little goofball.
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Candy @rockcandy87.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I love comments saying Pitt is a “woke” school in an attempt to somehow undermine the university. For the sake of nuance, the school has its issues but largely we wouldn’t be one of the top universities in the country if *gestures broadly* Also we cured polio so eat me
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 22/09/2026
Are any of these motherfuckers even slightly self-aware?
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 22/09/2026
Really need to find out which brain is responsible for humorously editing the lyrics to every song I hear
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 21/09/2026
Debating just rewriting/translating this novel in German since the American literary world clearly isn't interested.
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 21/09/2026
It's a New Bonobo Album kind of morning
bonobomusic.bandcamp.com
Cycles, by Bonobo
from the album Distance in Static
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 21/09/2026
Wow. Whirlwind week in Berlin and Leipzig. Lots to say about journalism's woes on both sides of the pond. Also, I do not recommend having cluster headaches while traveling abroad.
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taz @taz.de · 20/09/2026
Liken nicht vergessen 😉
Links oben: Über dem Comic steht: In letzter Zeit fällt es mir immer mehr auf, dass mein Gedächtnis nicht mehr so gut ist wie früher. Eine Comic-Figur mit Brille und kurzem Haar, steht vor einem geöffneten Kühlschrank. Ein Sprechblasentext lautet: Was wollte ich hier nochmal?
Rechts oben Text: Immer wieder versuche ich, mir Gregors Telefonnummer zu merken, aber scheiterte jedes Mal. Über ihrem Kopf ein Warnhinweis: Warnung. Nicht genügend Speicherplatz. Auf der Stirn der Person befindet sich ein schwarzer Ladebalken. Ein Sprechblasen-Text neben ihr zeigt: 0173… 0173…?!
Links unten: Zwei Figuren an einem Tisch. Oben steht: Ich denke oft daran, was ich machen würde, wenn ich festgenommen werde. Eine Figur in Uniform sagt: Ok, sie können einen Anruf machen. Die andere antwortet: „Gott sei dank!“. Auf dem Tisch liegt ein Telefonhörer. 
Rechts unten Text: Aber die einzige Nummer, die ich auswendig kenne, ist unsere Festnetznummer aus der Grundschulzeit.
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Tom Lisi @tommylisi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Rose, being the only Rose I could think of when we were naming my daughter, sealed the deal. In college she treated everyone with the same warmth and non-judgment while she discreetly did extaordinary work.
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QBurgh @qburgh.com · 19/09/2026
UPMC has struck a $950K deal with the DOJ that could keep gender-affirming care out of reach for young trans patients in Pittsburgh for a decade. The DOJ didn’t get the private patient records it fought for. But trans youth are still losing access to care.
qburgh.com
UPMC Strikes Deal With DOJ to Keep Gender-Affirming Care for Young Patients Shut Down
UPMC has reached a $950,000 settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice that will keep gender-affirming medical care unavailable to young transgender patients across the Pittsburgh health system. The Justice Department announced the agreement Friday, September 18, saying it resolves a federal investigation into UPMC’s provision and billing of gender-affirming healthcare. UPMC expressly denied wrongdoing or liability as part of the settlement.
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 19/09/2026
Awful news. Rose was such a kind person and a great journalist.
npr.org
Editor Rose Friedman, who helped shape NPR's cultural coverage, dies at 38
Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide.
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
People are talking shit but this is a good loadout for most races. Light weight, decent speed, and good maneuverability.
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Moog MILF @jenntaiga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Synthesizers
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kyle @kylebutoverhere.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Well, this rules
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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 16/09/2026
Watching a German debate between Mecklenburg-Vorpommern candidates, and they're fact-checking everything live with researchers at computers. That's how it's done.
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Gabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The person with the music written on their arse from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour
A bare bum with music written on it. Someone is pointing at it all 'look! Arse music!'
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