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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 17h

There's an AI-generated advertisement on broadcast TV on the channel I'm watching. It features a talking dog. The voices are also AI generated. I cannot possible explain how off-putting it is

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 18h

Facebook's targeted advertising knows me so well. I'm always selling fire engines

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 18h

In today's episode of "Murder, She Wrote," Jessica Fletcher is taking computer classes at the Serious Cybernetics Corporation. Share and enjoy. www.imdb.com/title/tt0653543 #H2G2 #DouglasAdams

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 18h

"The pope will gradually resume his duties," the Vatican has announced. I have this vision of him with a list of chores he has to do every day: "Your holiness, it's your turn to empty the litter box."

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

WHY DOES EVERY LLM-GENERATED FLYER LOOK LIKE THIS

A crappy LLM-generated flyer for a "Paint and Sip"

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

It's the oldies show rated "not the worst" by Consumer Reports! Join me for your favorites from the '50s, '60s and '70s, along with a few newies and news, sports and weather. Radio 9 from 12 to 3 p.m. today on WRCT 88.3FM www.wrct.org and Tube City Online […] [Original post on union.place]

Cover of February 1960 Consumer Reports: "How to improve Radio and TV Programs"

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

"Wheel of Fortune," last puzzle: JUST THE _ _ _ TS The lady didn't get it. She wasn't a "Dragnet" fan, I guess.

Harry Morgan and Jack Webb in "Dragnet: 1967"

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Finally, some news I can use. But is it actually the world's largest pumpkin or only the world's largest pumpkin that's in Pittsburgh?

Pittsburgh
Where you can see the world’s largest pumpkin in Pittsburgh this weekend

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Well, at least Katie Zacharia can return to her bustling law practice in China.

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

From 12 noon to 3 p.m. this Saturday on the show, I'll be taking your suggestions on what should be done with the Wabash Tunnel in #Pittsburgh World's longest bowling alley? A Primanti Brothers with a 3,300-foot bar? New home of the Log Jammer?

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

"He can't do that to our pledges." "Yeah. Only we can do that to our pledges." #USpol

Trying to save her job, Kimberly Guilfoyle claimed the incriminating texts were AI-generated. Trump was annoyed at how brazen the accusations appeared to be, people who spoke with him said, and he was troubled that Guilfoyle was making money off his presidency.

Otter (Tim Matheson) and Boon (Peter Riegert) are outraged by the sight of an officer abusing their pledge.

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

I did something Monday I haven't done for a long time — I drew my #cartoon with a dip-pen and a brush. I've been using felt-tip pens for years, but I think I need to go back to the dip-pen, because I've got much better linework with it.

Illustration of Mike Tomlin in front of a computer displaying his Minecraft city. Also visible are an ink pen, a brush and a bottle of ink.

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

ChatGPT is generating fake New Yorker cartoons with the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists. Per Nieman Lab: www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chatgpt-i…

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

I sat in the pumpkin patch all day today and Columbus never showed up. I guess he landed in the Bahamas again by mistake.

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

I've been out for years to family and friends, but National Coming Out Day seemed as good of a time as any to drop this. Helen Boyd, Dylan Scholinski and I wish you a happy National Coming Out Day. Check out the podcast if you like […] [Original post on union.place]

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

A weekend without the oldies would be un-bearable! Right now until 3 pm on WRCT 88.3FM www.wrct.org and Tube City Online Radio - McKeesport www.tubecityonline.com/radio Requests: 412-385-7450 or @ me here! #oldies #radio #pittsburgh

A human-size teddy bear wears a shirt that says "WRCT 88.3 FM"

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

You know this one is spam because this greedy fuck wouldn't give anything to anyone, except maybe a case of the clap #Musk #spamEmail

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I have to admit, capitalism's insistence right now on sucking all of the beauty out of the world is a teensy bit of a downer

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Also, let's be clear what happened: Jessica Hahn, a church secretary, told church officials that Jim Bakker and another pastor raped her. When they did nothing, her lawyers prepared a lawsuit. The church paid her $279,000 to silence her. That was when all hell […] [Original post on union.place]

Falwell: PTL transition won't be easy one
FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) - Moral
several interviews he gave Friday. payments totaled $115,000, and the
Majority Leader Jerry Falwell,
"I plan to keep it open as a encounter was with a 21-year-old
plan to
who has taken over the PTL
Christian outlet for the family of
church secretary from New York
ministry in the wake of the Jim
God... Hopefully I will bring a named Jessica Hahn.
Bakker sex scandal, says he re-
constituency that is not there now.
Ms. Hahn told the newspaper
alizes his fundamentalist approach
It is possible that we might, in she was emotionally troubled by
may clash
with the religious
fact, lose some."
the encounter, which she said she
organization's Pentecostal lean-
Bakker resigned as PTL's chair-
did not expect, and by the gossip
ings.
man Thursday after disclosing he
that followed. But she denied there
... I have no intention of
had been involved in a sexual
were any blackmail or extortion
making PTL a Baptist camp-
encounter seven years ago and was efforts.
ground or a Pentecostal camp-
being blackmailed. The Charlotte
"Jim Bakker is obviously trying
ground," Falwell said in one of Observer reported the blackmail to protect himself.... I know what the truth is....
I don't want Jim
Bakker to leave PTL," she told the newspaper.
In a 1984 interview, she said she had complained to PTL and met twice with its executive director, Richard Dortsch, in New York.
She signed a document recanting her allegations during the second meeting but said later she felt pressured to sign it.
In late 1984 or early 1985, Ms.
Falwell
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Hahn met with businessman Paul Roper of Anaheim, Calif. By early February, Roper had sent PTL officials the draft of a lawsuit detailing the woman's allegations and seeking millions of dollars in damages from PTL, Bakker and others, The Observer reported.
Falwell, pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church Lynchburg, Va., said Bakker is paying a high price for his trans-gression, but sin cannot be toler-ated.
"It
doesn't really matter whether someone seduced you or you raped someone," Falwell said.
"If you're a man of God, a leader of the flock, you yield, as far as I'm concerned, you're out of the ministry."
But the minister preached forgiveness for Bakker.
"Yes, what
Bakker dolls, Falwell said, "I
Jim Bakker did
would not and do not."
is wrong ... but
The change in direction at PTL,
no, I'm no more
Falwell said, "will not be easy, of
willing to con-
course. I am a fundamentalist and
sign him to the
I am a Calvinist.... I personally
scrap heap of
believe a ministry always reflects
human flesh
the personality of its leader."
than I would be
Falwell added that he wants to
willing to con- be realistic about the problems sign Richard
he'll have running Bakker's minis-
Nixon to that."
Bakker
Falwell
try.
The Observer reported that he
characterized himself as a preach-
sounded surprised to learn of a $10
er while describing Jim and
million debt to Kansas contractor
Tammy Bakker as spiritual enter-
Roe Messner, who is building a 21-
tainers as well as spiritual leaders
story hotel and other major pro-
in the Pentecostal faith, which jects at Heritage USA, PTL's embraces practices such as speak-
headquarters south of Charlotte.
ing in tongues and faith healing.
Falwell said he has been told
When asked whether ministers
PTL's financial situation is neither
should sell things such as Tammy critical nor comfortable.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Falwell prepares for newscast Friday from Lynchburg studio
The newspaper also reported that PTL officials have been seeking a loan to refinance existing long-term debt and raise cash.
Falwell said the loan would be for more than $50 million, and PTL documents say it would be backed with property at Heritage USA as collateral.
The entire 2,300-acre Heritage
USA complex, valued at about $160 million, includes a 500-room hotel, shopping mall, cafeteria, convention center, water park, offices, a school, a television studio and several real estate developments.
Falwell said it's too early to tell specifically what plans will be completed. Financial matters and orientation are on the agenda for the first board meeting at Heritage
USA Thursday.

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

A reminder that when Jim Bakker's fraud and corruption were exposed by the local newspaper in 1987, he used what has become a familiar playbook on the evangelical right in the U.S.: He admitted no guilt and blamed the media and his "enemies" #JimBakker #PTL

Bakker: Personal Toll More Than We Can Bear
Transcript of Jim Bakker's statement
Thursday:
Thank you. As you know, for many years Tammy Faye and I and our ministries have been subjected to constant harassment and pressures by various groups and forces whose objective has been to undermine and to destroy us. I cannot deny that the personal toll that these pressures have exerted on me and my wife and family have been more than we can bear.
In fact, as our friends are all too well aware, my and Tammy's physical and emotional resources have been so overwhelmed that we are presently under full-time therapy at a treatment center in Cali-fornia. We want to express our gratitude for the support and encouragement we've received from so many of our friends and partners.
I have decided that for the good of my family, the church and of all of our related ministries that I should resign and step down immediately from PTL.
I have also today resigned from the Assemblies of God. I am not able to muster the resources needed to combat a new wave of attack that I have learned is about to be launched against us by The Charlotte Observer, which has attacked us incessantly for the past 12 years.
I am appalled at the baseness of this present campaign to defame and vilify me.
I categorically deny that I've ever sexually assaulted or harassed anyone.
I sorrowfully acknowledge that seven years ago, in an isolated incident, I was wickedly manipulated by treacherous former friends and then colleagues who victimized me with the aid of a female confed-erate.
They conspired to betray me into a sexual encounter at a time of great stress in my marital life. Vulnerable as I was at the time, I was set up as part of a scheme to co-opt me and obtain some advantage for themselves over me in connection with their hope for position in the ministry.
I have sought and gratefully received the loving forgiveness of our Savior who forgives us of our sins. I have told Tammy everything and Tammy, of course, has forgiven me, and our love for each other is greater and stronger than it has ever been.
Now, seven years later, this one-time mistake is seized upon by my enemies to humiliate and degrade me to gratify their envious and selfish motives.
They have falsified, distorted and exaggerated the facts so as to make the occurrence appear many times worse than it ever was. Anyone who knows Jim Bakker knows that I never physically assaulted anyone in my life.
In retrospect it was poor judgment to have succumbed to blackmail. But when extortionist overtures were made I was concerned to protect and spare the ministry and my family. Unfortunately, money was paid in order to avoid further suffering or hurt to anyone to appease these persons who were determined to destroy this ministry now, in hindsight, realize payment should have been resisted and we ought to have exposed the blackmailers to the penalties of the law. I'm truly sorry for all this that has happened in the past or any harm that may have occurred
I bear no malice to anyone. I forgive those who have borne false witness against me.
I cannot undo the past, but must now address the future. I have no doubt God has a redemptive plan for PTL and for Jim and Tammy. I fervently pray for the future of PTL and Heritage USA. It is my life to pre-serve, to protect those cherished values which it embodies.
I've asked my friend, Jerry Falwell, to help me in my crisis. The PTL Board of Directors has accepted my resignation, appointed Jerry Falwell as chairman of our board of directors requesting him to designate a new board of directors. He has done this and the old board has accordingly re-signed.
I asked the prayerful support of our friends and foes for the preservation and advancement of God's work and the future of PTL.
God bless you and goodbye.

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Hive mind: This is the view from our radio studio. I suspect railfans/train buffs would enjoy a webcam and scanner feed. Any recommendations on a weather-resistant webcam we could use? #railfan #trains #webcam #tech

Photo of a train stopped near a bike trail with several bikes passing

Photo of a freight train pulling empty coal cars

A green switch engine labeled for Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad

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Tim W RESISTS @tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Hey #UnionPlace family! I need your help. We've got about 230 active users. The cloud hosting bill for the instance is a bit over $500/mo. We're down to about $100/mo of income from people-who-are-not-me. That means I'm out of pocket $400+/mo to keep this going, and that's not super […]

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

@tim $6000/230=$26 per user. That seems like a small price to pay to use the server, and I'm not flush with cash. If I forgot to donate last year, I'll rectify that now. You shouldn't have to pay for this alone.

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

"I'm not a Brewster! I'm a son of a sea-cook!"

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

It's curious, but no one monkees around as much as we do! Right now on WRCT 88.3FM #Pittsburgh www.wrct.org and Tube City Online Radio - McKeesport www.tubecityonline.com/radio

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Why listen to my show? Because I'm a member of the Radio Hall of Fame ...* ! 12 to 3 pm Eastern US time today on WRCT 88.3FM Pittsburgh and Tube City Online Radio - McKeesport www.tubecityonline.com/radio Requests: 412-385-7450 or @ me here * — ... coffee cup […] [Original post on union.place]

A coffee mug labeled "RADIO HALL OF FAME"

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

So proud of my alma mater. 🙃 How does the old joke go? "We know what you are, we're just negotiating your price"

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

There's an ice cream truck in front of our building. I'm wondering if I can make it down 18 flights of stairs before the light changes

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

People who want to use Electric Bullshit Machines to plagiarize really low-quality content get testy when you point out their content is low-quality and plagiarized by an Electric Bullshit Machine.

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

CW: Grief, trauma, terrorism This was a tough one to record. Our co-hosts realized that all three of them have a personal connection to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks — Helen was living in New York City, Dylan was in Washington, and Jay was a reporter in Pennsylvania. What are some strong […]

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I am live (hoping you are the same) at the Mon Valley Arts Crawl in Downtown McKeesport! Come down and see us from 1 to 6 p.m. today. Live music, art demonstrations, food and a beer truck! Or listen on WRCT 88.3FM www.wrct.org and Tube City Online Radio - McKeesport www.tubecityonline.com

An illustration of a hand holding paint brushes and the words "Mon Valley Arts - MVA"

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

The Radio 9 Mobile Music Machine will be at the Mon Valley Arts Crawl in Downtown McKeesport today from 12 to 3 pm ... come down and see us or listen on WRCT 88.3 or tubecityonline.com/radio #pittsburgh #radio #oldies

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

DOGE said it was going to streamline the U.S. government, and you've got to admit: Eliminating the judicial and legislative branches and putting all decision-making authority into the hands of one senile old man in a shit-filled diaper sure is streamlined! 🫡 🇺🇸

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

In which I admit that I've never seen "Rocky Horror Picture Show." Although I saw it's going to be at the Hollywood in Dormont, Pa., again for midnight screenings in October: www.patreon.com/EngenderPod/posts/e… #trans #queer #podcast #RHPS

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Here is another video — also unlisted — with McCormick's views on immigration. He is a full-throated supporter of Trump Administration policies. Somehow this guy flies under the radar, but he's completely a creature of far-right tech-bros. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA12XtRAR3A

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Everyone talks about about how bad John Fetterman is, but don't sleep on the fact that Pennsylvania's other U.S. senator, Dave McCormick, is also terrible. Here are his views — it's an unlisted YouTube video — on the "bias" of NPR and PBS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQkU1ZX4mjo #PApolitics

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Elvis needs boats Elvis needs boats ElvisElvisElvisElvisElvis needs boats www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DcTY9i-fx8 #earworm

"Elvis Presley and several friends took a spin around McKellar Lake in his new boat Friday July 8, 1960."

Source: https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pictures/1960-july-8.html

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GhostOnTheHalfShell @ghostonthehalfshell.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

@jaythurbershow Not too many days ago court documents with records of what Microsoft and other tech executive say, fully acknowledge that the industry is destroying the information necessary for its existence. I would love to see human beings pass this veil of tears called AI, the heat death […]

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Well, it must be a day ending in Y. He LIED. If your kid or your partner did it, you'd say they LIED. You wouldn't say they made "multiple false and misleading claims." He's a LIAR #USpol #journalism

FACT FOCUS: Trump made multiple false and misleading claims in front of the UN General Assembly

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Do we know there's a "search engine for conservatives" now? Also, I'm glad they blurred out the offensive words "Hillary Clinton"

Some bearded ding-dong pitching a service called "Result Hunter"

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Happy Monday to everyone except the person who hit my car in the parking lot of the Buttermilk Hollow Shop 'n Save and busted the mirror.

Seven years of bad luck
The good things in your past

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Jay Thurber Show @jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

" .... and Then we'll fill the Potomac River (one of the Greatest Rivers) with SHARKS with FRICKING Laser Beams on their Heads! Thank you for your Attention to this Matter."

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