an exciting life update: I apparently understand French now

you can tell it's a losing strategy because it's never deployed by the DNC against republican voters they're trying to convince. those voters get diner listening tours instead.

a headshot of character actor Barry Pepper next to text that reads "Barry Pepper - Lucky Ned Pepper"

starring barry pepper as ned pepper

At least "Denver changes the team name to boncos" is still closer to today

Here is what the union Post Gazette WORKERS have to say: newsguild.org/post-gazette...

Screen cap of text from an email. The text reads as follows: Big news, yinz! Both local media outlets once owned and nearly ended by Block Communications Inc. have something to celebrate today. Nearly all the former staff of Pittsburgh City Paper met back in the office this morning, just as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced new nonprofit ownership under The Baltimore Banner.

Screen cap of text from an email. The text reads as follows: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is recognized as one of the nation's oldest newspapers. Its legacy dates back nearly 240 years, and the last 99 were under the stewardship of the Block family. Employees had endured a three-year work strike, the dissolution of multiple unions, and long stretches with few raises and minimal hiring — and that was before BCI told staff on Jan. 7 the paper would cease operations May 3. The Baltimore Banner is a nonprofit news outlet owned by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism. They say the PG will retain its name, core leadership, and two print publication days. According to a release, the newsroom will likely “start smaller” than the Banner’s current 95 staffers. The PG newsroom currently stands around 100.

looks like the Post-Gazette is staying open AND no longer owned by the Blocks! Per @citycastpgh.bsky.social:

sincerely seeking the objective answer to a subjective question: what's the correct number of watches to own?

i think he was going for "taunting, and slightly unhinged" but it just comes off as "dick tracy villain". the most "Part Time!" line read I've heard in the last 17 years

watched the last mission: impossible last night and got stopped in my tracks by this uh interesting line read choice

shoutout to the internet archive specifically for preserving the best site ever: character actor Joe Pantaliano's homepage joeypants.com. The site autoplayed an audio file where Joe greets you and then unnervingly laughs at unexpected intervals as you browse the site

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"When my wife's beloved Kindle DX was bricked by obsolescence through no fault of her own, it gave me a frisson of excitement and anticipation to take on Darth Bezos and break open the Kindle so she could once again read her favorite books"

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"our midterm message is corruption; specifically, that we don't plan to do anything about it."

I predict big jim's won't get a star, but they will be favorably reviewed

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the house dems calling a press release "statement on trump's threat to kill a whole civilization" and including the phrase "gas prices are too high" is something even the world's most unskilled shitposter would recognize as being too beyond parody and stupid to even bother posting

[grimly, depressed by the world]: 👋

I think this is the greatest photograph I've ever seen.

if you're still there, just return them and buy new ones. "Are these supposed to have Icee all over them? No? I knew I should've asked before buying, but still probably better than taking them all the way home to realize it and come back..."

it's still funny as a comment, but there's something about imagining someone writing a tweet with the date as if it were a diary entry they were making that sends me

just so long as "the people who use it" "cherish it"

I had completely lost track of the calendar, thank you for your service 🫡

is "don't walk anywhere, you should probably drive" one of the safety tips? because

in case you were wondering how wildly useless and offensive it is to focus your road safety campaign on pedestrian behavior, one of the pedestrian deaths in 2023 was a car that flipped over onto the sidewalk and landed on someone walking

Hania Rani hunched over a prophet 08 synthesizer, twisting knobs

Hania Rani singing, adjusting effect levels by twisting knobs

Don't know if @nataliarudiak.bsky.social is still on here,but if so, thank you for introducing me to Hania Rani. Great Big Ears set #1, excited for set #2 tomorrow

Didn't know another pittsburgher was down here! Hope you're having fun!

A brown and black haired cat sitting on a couch looking up at the photographer. The photographer is brushing the cat's head with a green brush, and the cat's eyes look strained from it's head being pulled back by the brush

for comparison, here was yesterday's photo

A brown and black long haired cat in the center of the photo frame walking straight at the photographer. To the right of the frame is a sofa, and behind the cat is a door. The photographer must have stooped down to be on the cat's eye level, and was able to catch the cat looking straight ahead

pet sitter went all out for Dusty's update photo today

Every morning I wake up memento'ed to the fact that I'm constitutionally unable to handle coffee anymore. "Coffee? Sounds great. The larger the better." Two hours later my heart is racing, I'm sweating profusely, and I'm wondering why this is happening to me

I know the argument can be made against a lot of people in that screencap, but calling rahm fucking emmanuel of all people "the next generation"???

I mean, that I could go a lifetime without being back here. I just never want it to be so outwardly apparent