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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hi, folks. Writer, native Yinzer now in Pacific Time. Thinking of following me? I post on a wide array of topics. If your feed is all reposts from other sources, single topic content, lots of your OF/JFF grind, or just a constant flood of posts I will block, sorry. All the best, though!

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I went to college twice - once in the late 80s, and again in the 2010s to finish my BA (long story). The first had a dozen or so Greek organizations and one known specifically to be the least safe for women, so it was a known thing, an institution even then.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

everyone who's ever joined in an online pile on should read this.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Somebody Somewhere is too low. Downton Abbey is ranked way too high. And Wonderfalls is not anywhere on the list. (Though I guess with only 3 aired episodes it had its handicaps.)

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Tube Amps for Justice @curiousaudio.us · 24/09/2026

stockard channing was in practical magic with sandra bullock and I'm going to just go ahead and assume she sang 'look at me I'm sandra b' at her at least once

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Terrible choice for a House rep. Also, a reminder to NEVER use his sticker company.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The number of reels/TikToks et al that bleep out normal words is....astonishing. Sure, bleep out a curse word or put in an asterisk. But....dead? "Dead" doesn't need to be bleeped. Nor names of diseases. Is it the filters on social media platforms? Or is it sensitivity gone amok?

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I still remember when Miller was a C-level talent who popped up on TV sometimes (including....a kids show?) in Pittsburgh. The fact that he's had a 40ish year career since - and that it included SNL - is one of the great mysteries of the universe.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Lived in Pittsburgh in the 90s and 00s. Suit and tie wasn't unusual for downtown, but if you were beyond that, you'd absolutely get asked if yinz were going to a wedding or funeral all dressed up. I had neighbors and family who would wear their "good sweatpants" to fine dining spots....

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This dude would not be the first politician to forget that Pennsylvania exists beyond its southeastern corner. He might be the first to wear a blazer that looks like the couch from the set of The Golden Girls. And his hair is almost Traficant-ly.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Brett Favre: I was a QB for the Packers, and then revealed my true self to be a morally repugnant, misogynistic sack of shit! Aaron Rodgers: Hold my cheese curds!

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The stupidity, it BURNS. Hollywood is making a fucking HAWAII FIVE-O movie, so revisiting an existing premise isn't a foreign concept. The audience wants the original. A slight update for today's guests and audience, like the Sabrina episode? Sure. Otherwise, give us the original recipe Muppets!

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One generation, too. Parents both born in late 1930s, both lived without indoor plumbing for much of their childhoods. Dad lived with a relative in HS and also had no electricity, iirc.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

C'mon Disney/ABC, light the damn lights already! We know variety ain't cheap. Do 6-8 episodes a season. Make it happen. We want it!

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

As a lifelong East Coaster/Midwesterner I was shocked when I moved to the desert, saw a road runner.....and realized they were SO much smaller than a coyote. I feel cheated and misled by Looney Tunes! /s

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

the rare artist who could cover a song and make you wonder how the song had ever been otherwise youtu.be/YHbcwby7igA

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Harvest Moon

YouTube video by Cassandra Wilson - Topic

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

As a former bookseller, next year will mark 30 years of me being sick of hearing about HP. Books, films, and now the author's horrifying personal crusade. Please, someone make it stop and/or disappear.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I miss old style conservatives, the kind who would complain and shake their fists at the scourge of teen pregnancy.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Amazing band. I've all but sworn off air travel AND concerts, but I would have made my way to Chicago for this had I known about it. I love their whole catalog of music (but wish at least one or two early tracks had been on the playlist).

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A lack of acknowledging pain is the last stop on the highway before the death of empathy....woo hoo?

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm experiencing this issue as I write my novel....but also the reverse, at least with prose/language. As a journalist trained to be concise, I am struggling with the transition to "show, don't tell."

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Trying to decide which option is a more tolerable 💩 sandwich: (1) paying nearly $1K a year to have "concierge" care for a doctor who might see me twice a year (and is about as warm as a glacier) OR (2) Work with another health system an hour and a half away. Health care in 2026 sucks.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you’ve seen live: Alison Moyet Ben Folds Five Andrew Bird Tina Turner The Go-Go's Shawn Colvin Matthew Sweet Bettye LaVette The Cardigans Tori Amos (Alas, I've missed a number of favorite bands/musicians live - the woes of a US based British music fan...)

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Did someone at the WH *really* choose the original Hawaii Five-O music to play over this atrocity? (It begs for Yakety Sax.)

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

RIP Jaye P. Morgan. Feeling the lyrics of this one today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6YP...

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Jaye P. Morgan - It All Goes Round

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

By almost any measure Dolly embodied "the American Dream." Some people will come from nothing and make it big and consider the problem now solved. Others will remember that there are still others with nothing and use what they have to help.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm not a very religious person - at least not in the recognized organized religion/Christianity way - but Dolly Parton was someone who I always thought had some sort of connection to the Universe or the Divine (whatever that may be) in some way. The other, of course, was Fred Rogers.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'll remember my mom here, who was told for a decade her painful periods were "all in her head." She had severe fibroid tumors & when she had a hysterectomy it transformed her life. A decade, though, and probably even longer than that, lost to "it's all in the little lady's head."

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Oh, no. This place was a second home for many years. Great people and great food.

Announcement that Wishbone, a restaurant in Chicago's West Loop, is closing.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

G L O R I AAAA 💖

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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Connie Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalism professor, and author of “The Daughters of Erietown” and Substack newsletter, “Hopefully Yours.” Schultz profiles Joseph Pulitzer, the immigrant publisher who shaped the modern American newspaper. #WeAreAmerica250

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I'm HERE for the Prefab Sprout renaissance. Young artists performing their songs on stage AND a frickin' BOOK about the band. YES PLEASE

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Winnemac, partly because it sounds cool, partly because I lived on that street for a time.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Need to plan a writing retreat for a few days, where no one can disturb me or distract me. (Not that I'm not perfectly capable of getting distracted all on my own....)

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northernsky67 @northernsky67.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Heheh found my sixth form Art portfolio. Got me into Art School mind you @traceythorn.bsky.social

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Small tangent: the Mayor has a wee bit of a Pittsburgh accent here. It's rare to hear a strong "Yinzer" accent these days (outside of a Pittsburgh Dad video) but I can still pick up bits of it in the tone and phrasing of O'Connor's way of speaking.

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

There was a call for essays for a local book describing my hometown's various neighborhoods. The call indicated the editors wanted gritty, real, etc. After a long delay, my essay was rejected with a note that it was too gritty, too real....and too gay. (It mentioned the word gay maybe twice?)

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Exciting season! Not only the book mentioned in the quote below, but there's also an upcoming reissue of Meet Me In St. Louis by Sally Benson. Two of my favorite holiday movies. (Well, Meet Me isn't exactly a holiday movie, but I watch it every holiday season.) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Meet Me in St. Louis

Sally Benson’s charming slice-of-life story is back in print for a new generation of readers.Originally published as World War II raged overseas, Meet Me in St. Louis is Sally Benson’s semi-autobiogra...

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 25/06/2026

This is Vinnie. He just got a new splish splash pad and literally can't contain his excitement. Thinks this is going to be the best summer ever. 13/10 (FB: Claudia Carr)

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Am in total denial this was 40 years ago....that would make me.... *does math* *flings calculator into trashbin*

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Patrick @onequietcorner.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm in the midst of writing my debut novel, an MM romance at that, and I know and expect that it will be read by all of, oh, maybe 22 people. I don't expect my debut will be Ready For Prime Time, as the saying goes. But hopefully I'll grow and get better, get sharper. All out of the spotlight.

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