But trust me when I say that working for a nonprofit media outlet doesn't insulate a place from economic reality. Working for the Blocks in some ways DID, albeit at a price.
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And whatever happens, it most assuredly won't be as bad as if the PG had been bought up by Alden Capital, who The New York Times reported was a chief rival to the nonprofit Venetoulis Institute.
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Newsroom cuts would be no surprise -- said this here two months ago, but if the Block family's claims about losses of between $10-$20 million a year were anywhere close to true, "the PG simply can't remain as it is."
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My colleague @marucajulia.bsky.social has an update on the pending PG sale, and there may be a gray cloud attached to the silver lining: PG's union says "representatives of the new ownership confirmed that steep staffing cuts to the Post-Gazette are incoming" ...
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Wildfires used to die down and even stop at night with cooler temperatures and lower humidity. But a study says climate change is making burning weather more around the clock in North America because night is becoming warmer and drier.
I feel like if you'd done this a year or two ago, Trump supporters would have denounced it as an offensive mockery of both MAGA and Christianity. And yet ...
Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...
NEWS: The state Supreme Court has narrowly upheld a lower-court decision that keeps Al Buchtan on the ballot for his GOP primary challenge to Camera Bartolotta in state Senate District 46. Ruling was 4-3, with Brobson, Dougherty, and Mundy voting no.
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In this case, it appears the "guilty" party was an advisor to the campaign, which frankly might be worth a conversation on the candidate's part! But while I am no fan of AI, there can be lots of artificiality in this process already!
It's easy to chortle at the candidate who gets caught out using AI ... and I reserve the right to do so myself. But to be fair: well-heeled candidates have campaign teams that can draft survey responses on the candidate's behalf. Just because it's human doesn't mean it is more genuine.
I'm not chasing the story, but this is the second or third time in the past month or so that I've heard a spate of "a P-G sales announcement is coming soon!" rumors, followed by days of silence.
I still think it's possible/likely.
People are dunking on the headline but the article is pretty clearly tongue-in-cheek: the reporter interviewed people at different Waffle Houses asking if they had observed teleportation
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Buchtan testified in exhaustive/exhausting detail about his home life for three hours last week. Today he told my colleague @tomlriese.bsky.social that he was glad he won, but likened th legal fight to those Trump has endured: "I really know how President Trump feels -- and felt."
A Commonwealth Court Judge says Al Buchtan, who is challenging state Sen. Camera Bartolotta in a SPIRITED 46th District race, can stay on the ballot. But he has to identify himself as a resident of Greene County on the ballot, rather than Washington.
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I have to say these astronauts seem like they'd be fun to hang out with even in Earth gravity. They're like, "Heyyyyyyyyyy Jennnnnnnyyy it's your crew!"
"They have fixed the toilet, and the crew will soon prepare to boldly go where nobody has gone before."
-- Direct quote from the Artemis II livestream i have playing in the background of my computer.
That was great to watch. Thank you NASA.
I'm not a lawyer and will never try a case before SCOTUS, but even *I* know you better be ready for a question from Gorsuch about how something affects Native Americans.
Great news, everyone. Will Parker has withstood a challenge to the petitions he filed for his challenge of Summer Lee in the 12th Congressional District. He's on the ballot! (Date of the order and this post notwithstanding, this is real.)
Somewhere out there, in a quiet sunlit corner of the city, Ed Gainey opens up this page from the Tribune-Review's website, sips from a glass of fruit juice, sees a pigeon take flight outside the window, and smiles.
Conversely if you SUPPORT the administration's immigration policy, how do you feel about this? On the one hand, even if there aren't lines, you are showing resolve in the face of Dems not voting for DHS funding. On the other hand, these agents aren't out busting anyone today...
If you oppose the administration's immigration policy, how do you feel about this? On the one hand, there are fears of habituating people to the deployment of ICE in non-immigration contexts. ("Could polling places be next?") On the other hand, these agents aren't out busting anyone today...
A traveler just sent me some phone footage of the scene at Pittsburgh International Airport this morning. ICE officers are now visible ... and just standing around, seemingly with nothing to do. There are no lines to speak of.
Now that's just crazy talk.
"There has been no explanation from police of how Webber was able to drive a vehicle or fire a gun."
I will say this was an unusual case. In most residency challenges, the candidate points to a fixed address and the question is whether he'd really lived there. This time, Akkary made a strong (to me) argument that he always meant to live in PA ... but didn't really have a fixed address.
But Wojcik ruled that to meet residency requirement, "Candidate must have intended for the hotel to be his permanent PA residence, as opposed to a mere
abode where he stayed for a short sojourn." And even if he returned after each multi-day stay, he was still a guest for all intents and purposes.
Akkary ran afoul of a requirement that state legislators must be PA residents for 4 years before election day. In court last week, Akkary said he'd lived in a Cranberry hotel, paid for by a cosmetic surgery practice where he worked, for much of that time as he negotiated a divorce and move from WV.
Will have a story about this in a bit, but yes, Commonwealth Court Judge Michel Wojcik ruled that Republican Ehab Akkary, who sought to challenge Dem state Rep. Arvind Venkat in the North Hills this fall, is ineligible to serve. If the ruling stands, Venkat has a clear path to re-election...
Sounds like you feel like he failed to do that in 2022. Am I reading that correctly? And what would evidence be that he was listening closely enough to them going forward?
