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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

you know I honestly wasn't thinking about it before but now I'm suddenly very tempted to put my arm in that hole

A slip of paper taped to a vertical wooden surface that reads "Please DO NOT stick your arm in this hole!!!" Beneath the paper is a hole

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

riding a bike in the 2nd Ave chute is illegal and dangerous, and no one be doing it

norman rockwell's "freedom of speech" painting

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'm making a cross stitch for my sister in law's birthday (she's not on here, don't tell her) and I thought it might be neat to document the process and see how long it takes. This is day 1. made some initial progress while watching Enemy of the State. Hopefully the design becomes obvious soon?

Black cross stitch fabric in a hoop. There are a few stitches with a light colored thread. The subject of the cross stitch isn't apparent, but the threads on there are roughly laid out in the shape of...I dunno, maybe the parts of maryland west of the Chesapeake bay? The subject isn't maryland.

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

U2's The Edge applying for a university ID in 1993:

a still from the U2 video for "Numb" where the edge sits in the middle of the screen, looking straight ahead, and feet are touching his face

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

once again it is time to look at Dusty

A black-and-brown cat sitting on a grey/brown tweed couch

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

tell me the prince doc was on one of those drives

“This is a first for us,” wrote Sean Berney, Netflix’s head of film acquisitions, in an email on June 25. “Unfortunately, someone stole a good amount of drives from our office desks this past week. We’ve been working through this with out security teams to no luck. Our piracy teams are on high alert with the breach and will monitor.”

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Looks like I can't dm you -- any chance you could try dm'ing me or follow back to see if that works? Or share an email address?

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

EXTREME long shot: does anyone here know the Pittsburgh person who owns a Nissan Figaro???

A mint-green Nissan Figaro, a small 1991 two-door sedan made in a 60s throwback style.

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The east end boy and west end park

Picture of the Pittsburgh skyline from the West end overlook

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I think about this a lot with regards to concert ticket pricing for DIY musicians

screenshot of text that reads as follows: MacKaye didn’t fall short on the idea of a low cover charge after Minor Threat came to a close. Forming Fugazi in 1987, he set the ground rules whereby they only played at all-ages shows and always stuck to a $5 cover charge. Their logic being, $5 was affordable to most and meant the person working the door didn’t have to make change.

Screenshot of the Inflation Calculator from usinflationcalculator.com. It reads: The U.S. Inflation Calculator measures the dollar's purchasing power over time. Inflation Calculator: If in 1987 (enter year) I purchased an item for $5.00 then in 2026 (enter year) that same item would cost: $14.75. Cumulative rate of inflation: 195.0%

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I've got a fun show coming up! Playing bass with Chariot Fade at Spirit on July 28, opening for @pearlandtheoysters.bsky.social! On @stonesthrow.bsky.social, RIYL Brian Wilson, Ginger Root, fun poppy synthy music! www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5rR...

a show flyer that reads:
Pearl & The Oysters, Monkey Mind US + CA Tour
With Special Guests Chariot Fade
Tuesday July 28
Spirit Lodge, 21+

the flyer design is a reddish-orange cartoon animated in a retro video-game style with a man pushing flat hand truck carrying music equipment. The singer is riding on the hand truck, too.

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

impressive sky over Pittsburgh the past few nights

Industrial infrastructure poking above a row of green trees. Above it all, a pink sky

The corner of a grey and white warehouse with a pink and blue sky above

Rooves of houses and an old warehouse that give way to a lightly pink and blue sky

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

"We was beat up by a bible salesman and banished from Woolworth's. I don't know, Everett, was it the one branch or all of 'em?"

a still from o brother, where art thou? with john turturro, tim blake nelson, and george clooney in frame

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm playing solo ambient music at Baum Baum Club on June 27th. Arrangements is designed for you to bring your own creative practice (drawing, writing, sewing, reading, whatever) and hang out while Evan and I take turns soundtracking the event. Please do come and say hello! It would mean a lot.

A concert flyer that reads:
Arrangements
Baum Baum Club
5746 Baum Boulevard, Floor 3
$10, June 27th, Noon to 4 PM
Ross Reilly, Evan Richards.
The flyer's text is at an angle, and it contains a twice-repeated black-and-white picture of a potted plant in front of a brick wall.

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

pool pass design this year is a little underwhelming, sorry to say. I asked the dude selling them at the pool what it was and he just said it was "not as fun as it used to be"

a hand holding an orange-ish blimp(?)-shaped metal tag that's stamped "2026 Citiparks Pools"

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

BREAKING: The Riverbottom Nightmare Band has withdrawn from the Freedom 250 Celebration

The Riverbottom Nightmare Band from Emmitt Other's Jug Band Christmas

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The Wailers and Sister Hazel are playing Wexford

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

cat has adopted the golden ratio position

a brown and black long-haired cat curled up asleep with the golden ratio curve superimposed on top of her. her name is dusty and she is the good cat.

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

trump's been doing the arrested development bit where his simile of choice for Iran and gas is "like a rock" but unironically

Will Arnett as GOB from Arrested Development with a spokesperson holding a sign that says "Solid as a Rock". [spoiler alert] The joke was that they were trying to deflect from the fact that they build illegal houses in Iraq

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

thank you food employees but I think I can manage

A bathroom sign affixed to a paper towel dispenser that reads:
Food employees
Must wash your hands

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

didn't realize the original post didn't have alt text

a flyer for a concert series in allegheny county. the flyer lists the span of the concert series and the artists playing the two venues, divided by venue. flyer reads:
allegheny county summer concert series
june-sept '26

south park:
the heavy heavy, orleans, don mclean, summer of love, ruthie foster, the tamburitzans, reb beach, coltt winter lepley & the briar valley rangers, red wanting blue, pittsburgh symphony orchestra, the deanna witkowski trio, jimmie ross & the jaggerz, su terry with jazz de barro, mathias lattin & dylan triplett, river city brass, camille thurman with the darrell green quartet

hartwood acres:
arrested development, the fixx, the wood brothers, cyril neville, the lemon twigs, blasey plays the beatles, tito puente jr. and nestor torres, yacht rocket, melinda & the night sky, big bad voodoo daddy, buzz poets, pittsburgh symphony orchestra, pittsburgh opera, pittsburgh ballet theatre

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

why did our city have to be like this

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

an exciting life update: I apparently understand French now

a still from the Michael Jackson biopic that has the following words superimposed on it: Pitie! Michael, un biopic really really bad sur Michael Jackson

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

starring barry pepper as ned pepper

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

looks like the Post-Gazette is staying open AND no longer owned by the Blocks! Per @citycastpgh.bsky.social:

Screen cap of text from an email. The text reads as follows:
Big news, yinz! Both local media outlets once owned and nearly ended by Block Communications Inc. have something to celebrate today. Nearly all the former staff of Pittsburgh City Paper met back in the office this morning, just as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced new nonprofit ownership under The Baltimore Banner.

Screen cap of text from an email. The text reads as follows:
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is recognized as one of the nation's oldest newspapers. Its legacy dates back nearly 240 years, and the last 99 were under the stewardship of the Block family. Employees had endured a three-year work strike, the dissolution of multiple unions, and long stretches with few raises and minimal hiring — and that was before BCI told staff on Jan. 7 the paper would cease operations May 3. The Baltimore Banner is a nonprofit news outlet owned by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism. They say the PG will retain its name, core leadership, and two print publication days. According to a release, the newsroom will likely “start smaller” than the Banner’s current 95 staffers. The PG newsroom currently stands around 100.

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

watched the last mission: impossible last night and got stopped in my tracks by this uh interesting line read choice

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

in case you were wondering how wildly useless and offensive it is to focus your road safety campaign on pedestrian behavior, one of the pedestrian deaths in 2023 was a car that flipped over onto the sidewalk and landed on someone walking

screencap of local news showing a car overturned on the sidewalk with the chyron "police investigate rollover crash, east liberty, pittsburgh"

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Don't know if @nataliarudiak.bsky.social is still on here,but if so, thank you for introducing me to Hania Rani. Great Big Ears set #1, excited for set #2 tomorrow

Hania Rani hunched over a prophet 08 synthesizer, twisting knobs

Hania Rani singing, adjusting effect levels by twisting knobs

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

for comparison, here was yesterday's photo

A brown and black haired cat sitting on a couch looking up at the photographer. The photographer is brushing the cat's head with a green brush, and the cat's eyes look strained from it's head being pulled back by the brush

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

pet sitter went all out for Dusty's update photo today

A brown and black long haired cat in the center of the photo frame walking straight at the photographer. To the right of the frame is a sofa, and behind the cat is a door. The photographer must have stooped down to be on the cat's eye level, and was able to catch the cat looking straight ahead

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

and yet not revering poland enough has a difficult political history. it's a delicate balance with poland revery.

photo of a man in a t-shirt. the t-shirt is white with a picture of george w bush in the middle, and has red text beneath the photo that says "you forgot poland".

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

congrats to elliott smith on his uh latest posthumous release ::checks notes:: "nawip man who watches other people's lives"

a screenshot of tidal showing a single called "nawip man who watches other people's lives". It is credited to elliott smith but it is clearly a scam. at the bottom of the screenshot, more releases from elliott smith are listed (as a demonstration that we are talking about that elliott smith).

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

ready for the Oscars 😎

A screen shot with the header "2026 Academy Awards (Oscars)". Below that, it says "Your progress: 50/50 films watched"

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

as a person who is aging, this was a horror I didn't expect or want to see in the article about the guys who fucked up the last thing they touched with no remorse or awareness

Before joining DOGE, Fox was an associate at the Los Angeles-based private equity firm Nexus Capital. Now he is a co-founder of a company called Special, with Nate Cavanaugh, another DOGE member. Fox says the company is “buying businesses in senior care, adopting technology to pay the nurses and caregivers more, so that the aging population has enough nurses to meet the demand.” Before joining DOGE, he had no experience in government nor public grant administration, he says in the deposition.

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I am going to make it through this list if it kills me

A screen shot with the header "2026 Academy Awards (Oscars)". Below that, it says "Your progress: 45/50 films watch"

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I can see the family resemblance

prince andrew reclining in a car seat looking awful as he tries to evade cameras. it's the photo that was captured after his arrest.

prince philip kind of leaning back in a car seat and looking rough. he had just been released from the hospital, not his fault.

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