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Janet Lunde

@janetlunde.bsky.social
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Local politics nerd. Anti-fascist. Black lives matter. Trans rights are human rights. She/her. Account prone to cat & flower pix! Pittsburgh

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James Santelli @santelli.bsky.social · 9h
It's heartening to have a governor who has called, on multiple occasions, to abolish the death penalty.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 9h
NEW 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
ACHD HOSTING INFO SESSION ON US STEEL'S HOT STRIP MILL PROJECT
October 15th, 5:00 to 7:00 P.M
CARNEGIE ONE LIBRARY IN BRADDOCK. NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 9h
Morning wiggle.
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Together 4 Trans Youth @t4-ty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you or your child were discriminated against because of UPMC’s decision to end gender affirming care, please reach out to the City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations. If you’d like support in making this connection or support while you go through the process, reach out tog4ty@gmail.com
CITY OF PITTSBURGH
CoMMIsSIOn ON HUMAN RELATIONS
CITY-COUNTY BUILDING
PRESS RELEASE
September 29, 2026
Executive Committee
Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations
Public Statement on the Settlement Between the Department of Justice and
UPMC Regarding Gender-Affirming Care
The Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations condemns the settlement between the
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). While the continued anonymity and privacy of the children and families who have utilized gender-affirming services at UPM facilities is paramount, a ten-year moratorium on gender-affirming care services for those age 19 and younger is a devastating blow to the community.
Pittsburghers should not have to leave their hometown medical hub to seek care.
Inequities in health care are already a guarantee for vulnerable populations; utilizing identity to restrict access to clinical intervention is not only discriminatory, but life-threatening. Statistics on the impact to youth in the LGBTQIA+ community are readily available and clearly show the risk of removing access to these services. If the safety of children was truly at the heart of this matter, giving families the right to choose what care is right for them would be at the forefront.
It is a violation of Pittsburgh's City Code to, "Refuse, withhold from, or deny to any person elective medical care which would normally be provided to a person, but for that person's real or perceived gender identity or gender expression." If you feel your rights have been violated, we urge you to contact our office.
The City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations is the official civil rights enforcement and investigative body for the City of Pittsburgh. If you have any questions,
please
contact
us at (412)
255-2600
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Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis @lgaustindavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yesterday I was proud to stand with our law enforcement, advocates and Administration officials to announce that the Track-Kit system – giving victims of sexual assault the ability to track and monitor the progress of their rape kit as it moves through processing —
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now 7 months old, with a combined weight of about 16 pounds, Parker and Ilya still fit on the top level of the cat tree. For some value of "fit".
Ilya and Parker's heads a the front of the platform. He's a dark tabby with white markings. She's white with grey splotches on her head. In this photo, her dark eyes are gazing directly into your soul.Looking down from above at the cat tree level. The white cat and tabby are stretched out side by side, with various paws and tails hanging over the side of the platform. Ilya is licking the back of Parker's head.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Started 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
Vivid orange dahlia flowers. The petals each curl, creating a perfectly symmetrical whorl of scallop shapes.A small statue of a dragon that is attacking and eating tiny garden gnomes.A hot pink cleome flower.A handmade lawn sign that reads NO WAR, NO ICE, NO SAVE ACT, NO TRUMP.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Costco boxes are the best.
7-month-old fluffy tabby cat with white markings sitting in a large cardboard box. He's looking at the camera with a very serious expression. A white cat is sniffing one side of the box.
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Jason Weill @weill.org · 30/09/2026
As an alumnus of the “Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science”, I was momentarily bummed about the association with a billionaire hedge fund businessman, but then I remembered who Carnegie and Mellon were.
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Allegheny County Treasurer's Office @actreasurer.alleghenycountytreasurer.us · 28/09/2026
There are four chances to interact with us this week! We can't wait to see you soon.
outreach calendar sept 27 - oct 3
9/28: Aging Well Together Health Fair - PCHS 
622 N Homewood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA  15208
10 AM - 2 PM
9/28: Rep. Jen Mazzocco's District Satellite Office
650 Washington Road Suite 102
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
10 AM - 2 PM 
9/29: Shaler Township Satellite Office
300 Wetzel Rd, Glenshaw,
Pennsylvania 15116
10 AM - 2 PM
10/1: Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh Airport Annual Fall Festival
9600 University Blvd, Coraopolis, PA 15108
4 PM- 7:30 PM
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 30/09/2026
From 2014 @caitlinflanagan.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... Very well written - as a non-US person these things are so bizarre to read about
theatlantic.com
The Dark Power of Fraternities
A yearlong investigation of Greek houses reveals their endemic, lurid, and sometimes tragic problems—and a sophisticated system for shifting the blame.
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Ed Costello @edcos39.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart (Gift Article)
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The tail tips tapping crack me up. Ivan, the grey cat is 12 years old. Parker, the white and grey fluffy cat is 7 months old, and is one of 2 kittens that rudely invaded Ivan's home 5 months ago. Ivan is _mostly_ OK with this.
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erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In Allegheny County (around Pittsburgh) you can complete and submit a ballot early at several satellite elections offices, starting 10/07. Great option if you aren’t sure you can get to your polling place on Tuesday 11/3. www.alleghenycounty.us/Government/E...
alleghenycounty.us
Ballot Return Sites
Allegheny County Elections Division will host ballot return sites throughout the county in advance of the upcoming General Election on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. 2025 General Election Deadlines Last d...
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erinkpgh.bsky.social @erinkpgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey 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!
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Allegheny County general election has a ballot question. Here's an explainer. www.lwvpgh.org/ballot
lwvpgh.org
Read background on the ballot question for voters in Allegheny County in the 2026 General Election - League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026
"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMY
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Announcing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101
“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh...
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I recall using a feature in Bluesky that let you "detach" a quote post that someone had done using your post. This screenshot is from an old blog post about it. I'm not seeing that option any more. Am I just missing it, or was that feature removed?
A screenshot of a quote post. The “Detach quote” menu item is highlighted. An arrow shows the post after the quote was detached, showing now “Content not available.”
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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One tangible reward of becoming an Unrepentant Vibe-Killer For Unsafe Men is that your social circle will rapidly contain fewer Unsafe Men.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You know the joke about how orange cats share 1 brain cell, and you can tell when it's your cat's turn with it? I think Ilya, despite being a tabby, may be in the rotation.
Dark tabby cat with white markings. He's sitting on the top level of a cat tree, staring into the distance, vacantly.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I remember a really frustrating conversation with a generally decent cishet white guy about a news story where a woman was roofied. he went off about wishing he could beat that guy up to avenge her, and I was like "how about start with calling out your friends' sexist tweets?" and he was like 😳
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Pittsburgh Overpass Project crew on the Greenfield bridge had two banners today: VOTE OUT CORRUPTION, and 8647. You can find a bridge crew to join, or donate to buy supplies here: www.pittsburghoverpassproject.com
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Pittsburgh Overpass Project crew on the Greenfield bridge had two banners today: VOTE OUT CORRUPTION, and 8647. Ilya helped with the flags. You can find a bridge crew to join, or donate to buy supplies here: www.pittsburghoverpassproject.com
Flagpoles leaning against a couch with the fabric pooling on the floor. the flags are Pride, Trans, and ABOLISH ICE. A dark tabby kitten with white markings is peering out of the fabric. He looks very serious and eager to help.4 of the crew standing on the sidewalk of the bridge, holding flags.The banners are oriented to be read by the rush hour traffic on the parkway below the bridge. This photo has been flipped to make it readable from this angle. The big banner reads VOTE OUT CORRUPTION.
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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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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NO 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 5 early voting sites & 13 ballot return sites in Allegheny County: tinyurl.com/3epses28
NO KINGS! Pittsburgh Says: VOTE EARLY!
Join us to rally and march: Saturday, October 17, 2026, 12:00. City-County Building, 414 Grant St, Downtown Pittsburgh.
Sponsored by Indivisible Pittsburgh, TransYOUniting, Common Defense, Indivisible Grassroots Pittsburgh, Casa San José, Common Cause, CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Workers), Indivisible Regent Square, Progress PA, Steel City Stonewall Democrats, LWV (League of Women Voters).
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pittsburgh's Bloomfield Starbucks was a center of union organizing -- so the company fired them all and shut it down.
pittsburghprogress.com
Bloomfield Starbucks closure sparks union baristas' anger, mixed with sorrow and affection
The American ritual playing out on the wide sidewalk in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood Saturday morning seemed familiar in many ways. There were the group chants about union strength and stickin...
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ilya loves (1) helping to make the bed, and (2) wiggling. At 7 months old and 8.6 pounds, is he still a kitten? He still plays hard.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is one of those moments to consider right now what you are telling your son(s) about what it means to be a good man. Because in addition to the seven who did it, there were 57 men in that group chat who stood by and did NOTHING. NOTHING. My god.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If 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.
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Nate Powell @natepowell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bloomington! Sunday, Oct. 4th, I’ll be doing a book-release signing for my new graphic novel DIANA, as well as new editions of COME AGAIN and FALL THROUGH— 2-4pm at Vintage Phoenix (114 E. 6th). Prints & original artwork for sale too. Please spread the word— thank you! 🖤👹🖤
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 27/09/2026
SUPER excited for this, after a year of chasing the angle, 30 minutes of waddling around up and down a parking garage, and over 6 hours of editing: A murder of crows flies towards the camera, in front of the full Moon, set to Blind Guardian's "Nightfall" and the sound of the crows themselves. 🪶 🐦‍⬛
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Tory Wegerski @producertory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
KDKA-TV had a great night at the Emmys in Philadelphia last night. I personally went two-for-two. I love my job.
Tory holding two Emmy statuettes
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We have to say it plainly: a lot of people—a lot of men—just don’t think that rape is very serious.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you're not growing goldenrod and verbena bonariensis, well you should.
Graceful plumes of bright goldenrod flowers, and silly tall stems of verbena bonariensis with little purple tufts of flowers at the end.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
inquirer.com
We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No snuggle for Parker today. Tragic rejection.
Adult grey cat curled up on the far side of the bed, with this back to the camera. 7-month-old white kitten laying on this side of the bed, alone, looking towards the grey cat.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As September ends, the sun is getting lower in the sky. You know what that means -- bigger sunbeams on the bed! Coming soon!!!
Grey cat laying on a bed that has a very narrow sunbeam on it. He's on his back stretching his front paws into the sun.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shameless flirting.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I walked through the convention center to a fundraiser, past people setting up booths for a high tech trade show. I spent 10 years going to one of more trade shows like that a year. Now I’m retired, and focused on trying to improve the world, instead of selling things.
Looking down into a section of Pittsburgh’s convention center. People are setting up displays for a robotics trade show.
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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When you're fast asleep on top of the cat tree and your sister decides to bug you.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Adventure Cat! Parker has been aspiring to this for awhile, and is finally big enough to scale the window. (Yes, the screen is sturdy, and yes we closed the window further.)
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:
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Alternate Histories @alternatehistories.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sunday from 12-3pm I'm joining my pals at BOOM concepts for STOOP GAMES! Join us for a family-friendly afternoon of fun, music, games, art and more. You can get a tour of the new Rotunda at 327 N Negley and I'll be playing music & bringing Make Your Own Monster worksheets (plus free stickers!)
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Pittsburgh's Public Source @publicsource.org · 26/09/2026
WE’RE BEHIND – CAN YOU HELP? There are just four days left in our 15th anniversary campaign, and we’re behind on our $15,000 goal. We still need to raise $8,880 by Sept. 30. Can you give $25 today to help us get there? buff.ly/nM9RMH0
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Andrew Plotkin @eblong.com · 25/09/2026
I've been quoting bits of John M. Ford, who died twenty years ago this morning. blog.zarfhome.com/2026/09/twen... “There's not the time to stand still in the corridor / waiting for life to make sense after all.”
blog.zarfhome.com
Twenty years without a Christmas card
I wasn't blogging in 2006, but I was a regular commenter on the Nielsen Haydens' blog Making Light in the year and on the morning that I read "Mike Ford is gone." I found the comment which I posted tw...
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Maria Montaño @themariamontano.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Posting for @pricelaborecon.bsky.social only. Everyone else don’t look at this beautiful flower I saw today.
Close-up of a vibrant pink flower, photographed with a very shallow depth of field. A small cluster of curled petals near the center is in focus, surrounded by soft layers of pink, magenta, and pale yellow petals that blur toward the edges against a dark background.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Neighborhood flowers in September.
A bee gathering pollen on on bright yellow goldenrod flowers -- solidago altissima.Bright metallic purple berries in clusters along the branches of a callicarpa dichotoma bush.A decorative grass that grows about 3 feet tall, covered in feathery flower spikes.A bank covered with a tangle of native plants. The ones currently blooming are brown-eyed Susan, purple asters, and goldenrod.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I am always under surveillance, even when taking the trash out.
It's dark outside, looking into the window of the house at two 7-month-old kittens. They are sitting in the window, staring out alertly.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fetterman's a jagoff.
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