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Cris PGH

@cris-pgh.bsky.social
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Lifelong Pittsburgher, policy, tech, food, kindness, living that Liberal Arts life. I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you.

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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 8h
No, I won’t stop posting this poem whenever starlings are mentioned.
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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I keep thinking today about how people are like vast nets - their networked knowledge, their cultural references, their experiences, so dense and extraordinary it would take each of us our own lifetime to understand their lifetime, and how lovely that is.
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Exactly my reaction!
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy birthday!
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why aren’t Robber Baron U shirts a thing?
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Michael Bazzett @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Humberto Ak'abal, from IF TODAY WERE TOMORROW (seems a fitting poem for a Sunday morning...) #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
DAWN

Dawn
is a little animal
that comes in noiselessly.

It’s so tiny
it slips under the door.
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Mister Rogers Bot @misterrogersbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Real strength has to do with helping others.
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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seekarete.bsky.social @seekarete.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fun fact: Pitt's freshmen were 3 when Dark Knight Rises was filmed.
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Bane's Stadium Entrance in Batman
ALT: Bane's Stadium Entrance in Batman
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This week a lead author submitted our work, after a solo AI “clean up”. So many carefully crafted nuances, just gone.
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I learned it as “stowed my finger” - and also had no idea that was only a regional term!
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Jeni’s stung, but Primantis is a gut punch.
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
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Rick City @rickcity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Most of us don't want to optimize every minute of every day, remove confusion from every interaction, get rid of all social interaction, or eliminate thinking entirely. I can see the appeal of all those things, but we're not robots. An "optimized" life filled with AI sounds dull and soulless.
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s like you’re required to subject yourself to painful small talk before you can learn about the interesting thing. Faux socializing/networking with all of the irksomeness and none of the benefits that make it necessary irl. Just tell me cool stuff. Please. End rant.
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nothing makes me feel more poorly suited for this time in history than how strong and negative my gut reaction is to the banal chatter of (almost) every podcast.
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
For the rich have always been gothic in the collective imagination. We know their actions outside of the wall as dark and monstrous, why should they themselves be any less repellent and shadowed in its shield of secrecy? - Dr. M. Benn
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Happy birthday and congratulations on triumphing over the nagging task.
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I was also a kid obsessed with this movie. Watched twice daily while recovering from chicken pox and often thereafter.
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Jake Casella Brookins @casella.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"prehensile tale" is the new "gripping story" btw
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That catgirl with The Posts @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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St. Simeon the Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
ME: Shhh, be very quiet, I’m training my horse to think. THEM: What horse? I don’t see a horse. ME: He hasn’t learned to think yet, so he doesn’t exist. THEM: What. ME: That’s logic: He doesn’t think, therefore, he ain’t. THEM: Oh no. ME: What? THEM: You put Descartes before the horse
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Mike Schuster @mcs212.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Roman Insect Gladiators in the TMNT logo design
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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!
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CaffieneKitty @caffienekitty.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The sci-fi short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” written in 1950 by Ray Bradbury, takes place on August 4th 2026. Aka today. It is a good read, but a real kick in the teeth and a rough go emotionally. It’s available as a pdf online here: www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_...
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
feeeeestbeeeeest
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Chris Briem (www.briem.com) @chrisbriem.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It’s Pittsburgh of the 20th Century Nostalgia Day outside.
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I honor the traditions of my #pittsburgh lineage when, after getting very dirty and sweaty doing yard work in the sun, I shower in the basement not the bathroom upstairs.
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
She’s here! Today is the start of this Couch to 5k for reading I’ve put together! Come and join us :-D open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com
let's do a 'couch to 5k' for reading
we're going to work ourselves back to good 'reading fitness' over the next eight weeks. come and join us.
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FrJoshTX @frjoshtx.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
“We find rest in those whom we love.” -St. Bernard of Clairvaux
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STEVE-il Dead Rise @snark.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Your reminder that Joshua Chamberlain thought it was a moral imperative to fight the Confederacy but he didn't have any background as an Army officer, so he was like, "Hmm, I should study Casey's Infantry Tactics and Duparcq's Elements of Military Art and History", and that's how he beat Longstreet.
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ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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St. Simeon the Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Literature is asking, “Where’s Waldo?” Psychology is asking, “How is Waldo?” Philosophy is asking, “Why is Waldo?”
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Kurbs @kkurbs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Please Use AI
PLEASE USE AI
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Be sure to use Al when making your next, I don't know, meal plan, for example. Definitely do not call your friend who loves to cook and ask her for her favorite recipes or tips or ways to save time making meals, because you will end
up talking for longer than you had hoped, hearing, perhaps, about her father's cancer diagnosis or how lonely she's been or even what she's planted in her spring garden and then lost with the early frost.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I prefer to save talking till I know what I’m talking about.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Thys hath been shared recentlye by several folks on thys syte
A quotation -- Author Kurt Vonnegut on telling his wife he's going out to buy an envelope: "Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And, see some great looking babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And, and ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don’t know. The moral of the story is, is we’re here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don’t realize, or they don’t care, is we’re dancing animals.”
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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I think this is especially masterful because the tech bros all worship the Lord of the Rings and name a lot of their evil things after characters/objects from it, without ever having read a word from any of the books or understood a damn thing from it. Woke Pope strikes again
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 20/05/2026
"Some of those who work forces are the same who burn crosses."
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Falcon-winged, falcon-mad, like an unfalling arrow, like an unforgotten thought.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 15/05/2026
Good news, everyone www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/h...
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Engaging with arts and culture can slow biological aging as much as exercise, study suggests | CNN
When it comes to slowing down our biological aging, engaging with arts and culture is as beneficial as physical activity, a new study suggests.
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
WFH in 1770*
A man wearing a crown sits outside (at night) at a desk watching the stars with a telescope. On the desk is a globe, a compass, and a book. This detail is from a larger image printed in 1770 (VD18 10030565).
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Hello friends - I’m joining the Walk for a Healthy Community in May - with donations going to support the SMM food bank in Wilkinsburg. We serve 300+ food insecure families in our neighborhood each month. Thank you for helping if you can! secure.walkforahealthycommunity.org/p2p/fundrais...
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Support St. Mary Magdalene Team
Help us make a difference one step at a time The Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community is more than just a walk; it's a powerful movement uniting individuals and organizations in the shared pursuit of a brighter future. As part of Highmark's Bright Blue Futures initiative, this annual fundraising event directly supports vital health and human service nonprofits working to improve equitable access to care, enhance quality of life, and foster economic resilience within our communities. One hundred percent of your fundraising goes directly to the cause. Highmark proudly underwrites all event costs, ensuring every dollar raised through your participation benefits the chosen nonprofit organization working tirelessly to achieve its mission. By supporting us, you'll not only improve your own health and well-being, but you'll also empower these dedicated organizations to continue their vital work.  Thank you!
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max power 🌌 @sneptech.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
cartoon guy poking with a stick meme

c'mon moral arc of the universe

bend
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Melissa Sickmund @sickmund.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Perfect.
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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I think about this all the time.
@depthsofwiki

The "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since it was created in July of 2003. At present, 0% of the phrases in the original article (seen below) remain.
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rust belt roadtrip @gmoult.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
when ade bethune was just 23, she worked with a pro-union priest south of pittsburgh and unemployed steelworkers to design a church for the catholic proletariat during the depression
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Cris PGH @cris-pgh.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Prices up… Food assistance funding down. .. This would be a great time to donate a little to folks helping to make sure our neighbors have enough to get by. ❤️
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