Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/10/2026I went to Geneva a few weeks ago and spoke on a panel about the nature of time for a Geneva Watch Days event. While I was there, on a lark, I entered a competition to most precisely calibrate a Swiss watch. And today I found out that I won! 😃 www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6hUTB... 38610060564
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20hI’ve known many other defense secretaries, starting with Cap Weinberger, who served as defense secretary under Reagan. I can say without fear of contradiction that Pete Hegseth is the stupidest and least qualified of them all. He is a danger to the entire world. He must be impeached. 14551591478
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialJanet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Started walking my precinct with GOTV letters today -- Allegheny County mail-in ballots are arriving now! I admired my neighbor's plants, lawn signs, and garden-gnome-attacking dragons. For the Ballot Question, check this explainer: www.lwvpgh.org/ballot 262
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialJanet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 20hNEW DATE SET: ACHD will hold a public info meeting Q&A regarding the air permit for U.S. Steel's proposed hot strip mill project at the Edgar Thomson Plant. It will provide the public with info about the project & the air permitting process as well as allow the public to ask questions. with AltText 011
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 44767131836
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Well that is a public service announcement. 000
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialJanet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Allegheny County general election has a ballot question. Here's an explainer. www.lwvpgh.org/ballotlwvpgh.orgRead background on the ballot question for voters in Allegheny County in the 2026 General Election - League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh 153
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI 952518671
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Covered in this thread: 1. The underlying science behind the link 2. Antihistamines as COVID prevention practical advice 3. Prophylactic antihistamines to make you not feel like shit after a COVID vaccine practical advice 4. Antihistamines during an active COVID infection to prevent long COVID 223468
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialTribLive @triblive.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Taxpayers have funded nearly $1.5M in pro-Trump ads. Criticism is mounting, including from the GOPtriblive.comTaxpayers have funded nearly $1.5M in pro-Trump ads. Criticism is mounting, including from the GOPThe White House has spent days fiercely defending three taxpayer-funded advertisements that glorify President Donald Trump and are nearing at least $1.5 million in public spending, calling them public service announcements like those used in past administrations. “Don’t let the Fake News get away with their lies about our epic 021
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hey fellow Pennsylvanians - if we flip just three PA senate seats from R to D this midterm, we could get the senate to pass the recreational marijuana bill that the PA house already approved. How’s that for motivation to vote on 11/3? 🙂 There’s still time to register too! 152
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026BTW a lot of that Morning Edition story about Pittsburgh yesterday was provided by this independent local news organization. They do excellent work. Help them out! 010
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oh, I was totally wrong about this - it’s Allegheny County, not the City of Pittsburgh. I can contact my representatives! 011
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Go Pittsburgh! Fingers crossed for this. one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5977... (I live about one block outside the city limits, so I can’t provide direct pressure on this.)one.npr.org🔊 Listen Now: Pittsburgh could pass one of the most generous parental leave policies in the U.S.Morning Edition on NPR One | 3:44 020
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets. 132497831
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialDerf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today is the 40th anniversary of Cleveland's epic Balloonfest debacle. Second only to Ten Cent Beer Night in the great list of Cleveland WTFs. Cheers to all who celebrate.youtube.comThe Doomed Cleveland Balloonfest of '86YouTube video by The Atlantic 2023682
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialSarah @sarahisathome.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This reason for the improved position by the CDC on the COVID vaccine should be an inspiration for lots of legislation. Being pesky can pay off! 0189
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026DOGE was a coup; DOGE was a coup; DOGE was a coup. None of these people were appointed by the Congress to do any of these acts; it was a criminal coup. 327870
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I want chainsaw classes! one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5979...one.npr.org🔊 Listen Now: After Hurricane Helene, this community was inspired to learn how to use power toolsWeekend Edition Sunday on NPR One | 3:16 000
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Had to look for the original article so here’s the link. (Free to read but requires a login.) www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comOpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and CensusOpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises. 010
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026October 17, check www.nokings.org for an event near you!nokings.orgNo KingsFor more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo... 000
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Who’s ready for No Kings? We’re getting an early start on making signs! ✊💚 320120032875
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage. 698199425961
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh yeah now I remember why I stopped wearing mascara. The makeup remover gets in my eyes and they’re sticky for half a day. 010
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialJanet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 24/09/2026VIGIL + RALLY Children are being held at the Abraxas Child Detention Center. These actions are centered around one clear statewide demand: organizers are calling on Governor Josh Shapiro to close Abraxas. Sunday, September 27th, 2PM 22 St & Smallman, Pittsburghmobilize.usLove Thy Neighbor, Protect Every Child - Pittsburgh · PA Voice## Love Thy Neighbor, Protect Every Child On **Sunday, September 27**, Pittsburgh-area immigrant communities, faith leaders, families, organizers, and neighbors will gather in the Strip District for ... 025
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Great, a big meat company shipped 167,000 pounds of food without having it inspected. They may have made their own inspection stickers? www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-aler...fsis.usda.gov 000
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.social🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 121121845178
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialWESA @wesa.fm · 24/09/2026It all started with three strands of hair, shut for decades in a hand-edited version of the bible. But 15 years later, they’ve led to a new book that offers the best evidence yet that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings, a woman he enslaved.wesanews.orgHeinz History Center to host author of new book about Thomas Jefferson paternity caseLocks of hair are the key to a hidden past explored in the new book “History by a Hair." 031
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Oh hell no. (There’s a WSJ article at the end of this thread and a content warning about infant mortality in the first post.) 040
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialDr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026'History is a Human Craft'. In piece about ethics, our classrooms and AI, I suppose I've put up my barricades and drawn my lines. I suggest 8 'considerations' before we do any teaching with AI. This is part of a new @royalhistsoc.org short series on 'AI and History Teaching' in Transactions.blog.royalhistsoc.orgHistory is a human craft | Historical Transactions 611457
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hurting the president’s feelings isn’t a national security threat Thank you for your attention to this matter. 517219944567
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I was obsessed with the battle droids by the plane and I completely missed the third arm! 120
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialJed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026California license plate I saw a couple weeks ago: O BTHER 051
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialThe Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 23/09/2026Tobias is an absolute treasure and a brilliant writer. I have learned so much about writing from him, and he's a total mensch. This situation is fucked. Please please give if you can. 03624
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So Trump has decided he can label everything he wants as a national security necessity: his ballroom, his arch, his banning of journalists and a free press. Don't doubt that he will try to undermine or even stop midterm voting as a national security risk. Note: It's all a lie. 22441251268
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialJanet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NO KINGS! Pittsburgh Says: VOTE EARLY Rally & March Saturday, October 17th, noon City-County Building, 414 Grant St, Downtown Pittsburgh Event info: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... Info on voting early & ballot return sites: tinyurl.com/3epses28 086
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialKaren Lillis @bookstorememoir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Statement from 1Hood Media: @1hoodpower.bsky.social #Pittsburgh 0106
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialJohn in Western New York @johnwalczak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So ICE agents are getting fired before their probationary periods are up and are having to repay the $50,000 signing bonus. I love this for them. 767156702920
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026this article is so much longer than you'd expect en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachu... 132624
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with. 8443471336
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/ 92121422103
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 22/09/2026They even made DoorDash apologize. 11870791482
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Donald Trump is an idiot, and the mainstream press is covering up for him: presswatchers.org/2026/09/dona... NEW from me on Press Watch.presswatchers.orgDonald Trump is an idiot, and the mainstream press is covering up for him | Press WatchHe does incredibly stupid things and doesn’t understand basic concepts, for starters 1222780
erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026AI engines may have solved a difficult mathematics problem, but after using $6 - $20 million dollars in tokens it produced a 166-page proof that no humans can understand. www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...npr.orgAI solved one of math's hardest problems. Humanity learned nothing (so far)OpenAI beat humans to solving the Navier-Stokes problem, but mathematicians say the AI's solution isn't telling them much. 000
Reposted by @erinkpgh.bsky.socialAsinus Pervicax @knownagitator.lol · 22/09/2026uphold @rulesfollower.bsky.social thought 0485
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