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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m holding on for one more week! 🥶

Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Pittsburghers refusing to turn their furnaces on yet even though it went down to 40 last night. It’s me. I’m Pittsburghers.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pittsburgh’s own Jim Lokay out there in DC just killing it

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sweater weatherrrrr! You get a sweater! And you get a sweater!

Oprah Winfrey pointing to her studio audience while wearing a red pantsuit

Oprah Winfrey shouting joyously with her arms in the air in front of her studio audience while wearing a red pantsuit.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Gonna have to move some appointments around

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History out here keeping it yinzer in the Hall of Botany 🖤💛

A museum placard with the header reading “Jaggerbush”

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Read the whole article for more of his shameful behavior over the years and then marvel that he keeps getting reelected. Wild even for Butler and Lawrence counties. Note his fellow legislators still aren’t calling for his resignation, just for an apology. Madness. He should resign.

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Rich Lord @richelord.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Everything's so expensive! But you don't want to eat at home every ... darned ... night. Well, @publicsource.org today launches our $15ish Pittsburgh Meal Map. Check it out. www.publicsource.org/mealmap/

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Meal Map

Pittsburgh's Public Source mapped restaurants around the Pittsburgh region where you can get a full meal for around $15. Search by name, dish or neighborhood.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Looking forward to John explaining to us that we are too stupid to understand why he is doing this and also how this is indicative of him being a rational Democrat.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This system was built to resolve tech/network issues we encountered in 2019 while using Xbox Ones in a hospital setting. We can't wait to hear how the patients enjoy these units. It has been a long road, but hopefully this is the first day of a new Make Room for Kids! Group hug! 💛🖤

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today, after six years of work, Make Room for Kids at Mario Lemieux Foundation along with Microsoft delivered to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh the first six units of a brand new customized gaming platform! Each unit houses over 40 titles from LEGO to Minecraft and Bluey and lots more.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t swear often, but when I do, it’s usually to say, “motherfucker, what are you doing?“ to other drivers in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The PLCB board really thinks we are an achingly stupid populace.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Apologies. Not Colorado. Oregon. Carry on.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here are the links. Please do tell me if I’m being silly in thinking this is bonkers www.wweek.com/news/2026/04... pge.post-gazette.com/.pf/showstor...

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Pittsburgh’s new hire to run the Housing Authority left her last position in Colorado due to an ethics investigation that is still ongoing yet the HACP board is out there telling the local media that her hiring is a “slam dunk.” I no longer understand anything about anything.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

2026 versus 2021. “Every time.” Make it make sense.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There’s a new Breathing Space in your inboxes, loves. It’s a fun one. 💛🖤

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Right???? My mind is truly blown.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This Gainey investigation is going to get so so messy now that the affidavit is public, but already I can’t tell you how BATSHIT BONKERS BANANAS INSANE this part is. I legitimately can’t wrap my head around this level of municipal stupidity.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Also loved Willie Stargell’s note to Chuck Tanner, written on a bat, and Roberto’s locker from Three Rivers Stadium. 🖤💛

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Pirates gave me a little private tour of their Legacy Hall at PNC Park yesterday and it’s so so good. This here really blew me away. They have a salvaged decorative spandrel from Forbes Field! (PAC=Pittsburgh Athletic Company)

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My quarterly reminder to you that my book is good and funny and I have all the best words. You should read it.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The most insane thing about Pitcairn cooperating with ICE is that have you seen Pitcairn lately? You'd think they'd want people moving in; instead, they're convinced "illegals" are in their community "murdering Americans." Pitcairn will become even more dilapidated now. www.wtae.com/article/penn...

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Pitcairn council meeting erupts over police agreement with ICE

A heated Pitcairn council meeting revealed divisions among residents and officials over a police agreement with ICE, which was made without public input or a council vote.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Quick jaunt to Point Pleasant, WV and back today. What an experience! Everyone should go at least once.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

First part is from the side view so nearly impossible to be for certain. When he turns toward the ref he is saying “that’s a fucking…” but I can’t read his last word Before the flag gets thrown

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Recently the city of Pittsburgh has published a series of Insta posts about their “Welcoming Week” and every single one is awash in bigoted comments from locals screaming about immigrants and assimilation. This truly excellent piece is relevant. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/o...

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Opinion | Watching Bigots Erupt (Gift Article)

This is what I see when I look at the picture Bo French hates.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Psst. It should always be closed to vehicular traffic.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is who John Fetterman sided with tonight. Gisele, blink twice and I will be there in 30 minutes, girl.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This can’t be interpreted as anything other than him actively trying to help the GOP win elections. He got elected by promising to do the exact opposite. He was never Pittsburgh’s son. He was always a cosplaying interloper who lied for votes. That will be his legacy.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Me, texting my 19-yo daughter: “send me a pic from the game!” My daughter:

A katydid or grasshopper type bug resting on a hand in front of a backdrop of a blurry pnc park baseball field lit up at night.

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Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

brutal www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

One morning in June, three paralyzed military veterans in wheelchairs from rural Pennsylvania arrived at the office of Sen. John Fetterman for a long-awaited meeting to discuss legislation that would improve their care.
Fetterman's staff greeted them with bad news:
The Pennsylvania Democrat had to cancel. He'd told his staff he may have eaten something bad and wasn't feeling well, according to people familiar with the matter.
Less than an hour after his staffers met with the veterans in his place, Fetterman walked into his office, showing no signs of illness. He had an appointment he didn't want to miss, he told staff: an interview on Fox News to discuss Israel and the war in Iran.

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’m officially too old to understand [checks notes] words

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Mostly deaf, currently missing one hearing aid that’s out for repair, and I page my phone that I left somewhere in the house

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John Travolta Confused: What Huh

ALT: John Travolta Confused: What Huh

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 01/09/2026

COMMENTARY: @theatlantic.com gets to the bottom of the tragic death of a Pennsylvania baby linked to measles. RFK Jr. calls the cause of death "fabricated," but MMR vaccination rates nationwide are down for no good reason as people are getting sicker. #TheFinal5

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The science shows that having a purpose and staying social can actually prevent dementia even in people who have markers of Alzheimer’s in their brains. It’s wonderful that people who love their work increasingly choose to keep longer holds on their purpose. 🖤💛 www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...

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He’s been teaching at CCAC for 60 years. For that, he’s now a Guinness World Record holder

Francis Maxin keeps a paper record of every student he’s ever taught in a gray filing cabinet in his office. Maxin has taught at the Community College...

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