The Alliance of Magicians red text black banner a group of magicians in front of a building. From Arrested Development.

I attended a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game and left not feeling any dread, despair, or anxiety. What is this feeling?

Every so often, one of the most infamously abusive men in the American labor movement gets one of his shitty blog posts picked up and the whisper network gets called back into service. Do not engage with Payday Report.

Pittsburgh’s Liberty Bridge

Bucs are back baby.

Pittsburgh’s Liberty Bridge

162-0 here we come

tremendous news! life sentences are death sentences by another name, nobody should die in prison

New Bernie Sanders AI Safety Bill Would Halt Data Center Construction The US senator said on Tuesday that a moratorium would give lawmakers time to "ensure that AI is safe." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce a similar bill in the House in the weeks ahead.

NEW: i took a look at legislation @sanders.senate.gov is intro'ing today to impose a data center moratorium “until legislation is enacted that safeguards the public from the dangers of AI"

it's a major line in the sand for progressives looking to tie data center opposition w AI safety

Remember the bit "millennials get the big screen out to make important purchases?" I did that this morning with the Pirates ballpark pass. ⚾️

Skinner in the first panel: " is it the owners who are wrong for wanting too much" Skinner in the second panel: "no it's the players"

"I’m all for players’ rights but wonder if we’ve gone too far."

same energy

Google data center water estimates go public, residents in Roanoke and Botetourt react A proposed Google data center campus in Botetourt County could use between 2 million and 8 million gallons of drinking water per day, according to an executed agreement between the developer and the W...

one google data center in virginia

two million gallons of water per day

information only released under court order & risk of contempt

Dear union stewards. Don’t you fucking dare. Don’t do it.

They look like people who would read that piece and positively share it on Reddit…

It's hard for me to think of two more unlikable sports teams than the 2026 US men's hockey and curling teams. Just two groups of 100% losers.

@moarhops.bsky.social

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

We at the @postguild.bsky.social are raising money for the hundreds of journalists the Post just laid off. This goes to the people who are hurting, not the Post. Or if you'd rather, go subscribe to an independent journalist. Support is hugely appreciated.

www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

The Washington-Baltimore News Guild strongly condemns the layoffs announced today at The Washington Post. These cuts represent yet another blow to a newsroom that has already been pushed to its limits and a disservice to the readers who rely on The Post for rigorous, independent journalism.

Fuck scabs. Yesterday, today, and forever, fuck scabs.

"Call them." "I sent them an email." "It's better to call them." "I also texted them." "Just call them!" "I'll send them another email!"

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I didn’t say racist grandma mayor

I liked Pittsburgh better when it wasn’t run by a Baby Boy mayor who will sell the municipal naming rights to any corporation looking to dodge taxes.

See, they’re so Smart™️ they’ve already thought of streaming that podcast straight to Facebook so that the Blocks see it and only slash their pay 3% instead of 8%! Can’t believe I didn’t side with them.

They have budgeted the top 25 restaurants to eat leather at though, they probably even have a big profile on frozen mozzarella sticks in the hopper, so that’s intriguing.

NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES POSTED PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS ENFORCING AN ORDER OF THE NATONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

You truly love to see it, folks. #FuckScabs

Some days you read something so bootlickingly hilarious that you actually laugh out loud at the thought of their raw tongues. Today is one of those days.

Their corporate plan is self-funded, they set the rates. There's another group that's on the plan under different rates but they wouldn't even consider that here. They'd rather shut the place down and ignore the courts than give <100 people more affordable health insurance. 🤷‍♂️

It doesn't get talked about much but we offered at least three separate times, most recently in August 2025, that we'd accept the BCI corporate health insurance plan as long as costs were capped at the court-ordered 2017 CBA rates. They never bothered countering our offers, they just said "no".

Fuck scabs. Yesterday, today, and forever, fuck scabs.

Shoutout to a yinzer neighbor, whom I’ve never met, stopping in the middle of the street to tell my dog and I, “Big fire over there, lotta black smoke.” “Oh damn, where?” “Over there.”