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Janet Lunde

@janetlunde.bsky.social

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Local politics nerd. Anti-fascist. Black lives matter. Trans rights are human rights. She/her. Account prone to cat & flower pix! Pittsburgh

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 2d

PITTSBURGH SAYS NO KINGS!

Saturday, October 18th, 12:30PM
City-County Building, 414 Grant St

More info: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

PITTSBURGH SAYS NO KINGS! Indivisible Pittsburgh. October 18th, 12:30PM. City-County Building, 414 Grant St
Partners include Coalition of Labor Union Workers (CLUW), Casa San Jose, Pittsburghers for Progress, Indivisible Regent Square, SEIU, Indivisible Black Neighborhoods United, Stand Up for Science, League of Women Voters, B-PEP, Steel City Stonewall Democrats, 1Hood Power, ACLU Pennsylvania.

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 6h

Goodnight from condor 49 green 🪶

In Flight California condor with two green tags on their wings and the number 49

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 6h

I do love Mimi Pond.

Cover of the book "Do Admit". It's has blue washes, and portraits of the 6 Mitford sisters.

A half page from the book, showing Mimi as a child in San Diego, California in 1968. She's a thin girl with glasses, and she is not happy. In the first panel, she's thinking "Why am I not hacking about the estate?" In the second: "I'm getting the hell out of here."

Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 6h

I picked up Mimi Pond's "Do Admit: the Mitford Sisters and Me" today, and it is SO GOOD.

One of my core beliefs is that the good life includes having a comic book store within walking or biking distance. Let's hear it for the Phantom of the Attic on Craig St!

Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me – Drawn & Quarterly

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 6h

A new report of crime data shows that ICE impersonation cases have reached record highs in 2025—more than the number of such cases in the last 4 Presidential admins COMBINED.

Democratic Governors need to order their State police to arrest alleged ICE fascists who conceal their identities. Period.

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 6h

I was also surprised to not see a scarf!

Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 8h

It’s was a glorious Blue Sky Day.

The Dippy statue in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood.

Me in a blue shirt and reflective blue sunglasses.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 8h

THAT'S RIGHT

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 9h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 9h

Trump sent federal mercenaries into Portland in 2020 to put down BLM protests, and Portland did NOT back down. They also were not conventional.

Remember the Wall of Moms? And then the Dads with leaf-blowers, blowing the tear gas back towards the creeps?

A tweet from July 21st, 2020, that says PDX DADS, ASSEMBLE! Come stand up for your town, your neighbors, your kids. Look for the other orange shirts, use the buddy system. And remember, safety first.
It has an image of a leaf blower, and says to mask up.

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Jon Webb @jonawebb.bsky.social · 11h

You are aware that when all major news organizations refuse to sign the Hegseth censorship agreement, universities refuse to sign the academic freedom restriction agreement, airports refuse to play the Noem video, MTG starts speaking out about the Epstein files, something is happening—right?

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 9h

Protester in frog costume facing masked ICE cowards in Portland.

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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 13h

I was proud to join state & local leaders at the ribbon-cutting of PIT's new terminal.

This project will connect us, employ us, and strengthen Pittsburgh as a leader in innovation & industry. I'm grateful to the workers who made this happen and continue to keep our airport up and running.

Congresswoman Summer Lee stands at a podium and speaks at the ribbon-cutting of PIT's new terminal. She is wearing a brown blazer and is smiling at a crowd.

Congresswoman Summer Lee poses with state and local leaders at PIT's new terminal. The ribbon is yellow and says PIT.

Congresswoman Summer Lee claps alongside state and local leaders at PIT's new terminal. The yellow ribbon has just been cut and the group is smiling.

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Dan Shaffer @dan-shaffer.bsky.social · 11h

If you support affordable housing and believe that inclusion should be mandatory, not voluntary, show up tomorrow morning to oppose Councilperson Strassburger's IZ amendment. It's nothing more than another attempt to let developers have their way at the cost of existing residents

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 10h

Have some drama!

Statue of Shakespeare in front of the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland Pittsburgh. The sun is low in the sky below the statue, and filtered through the twisted branches of a tree.

Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 10h

He is the best dodger.

Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 13h

OMIGOD, YES!

When I took a bite of an Impossible burger, I nearly spit it out. <shudder> I'll never knowingly order one. It's bad, because a "veggie burger" is often the only option on the menu.

I've been a vegetarian for 30 years. My taste buds have _changed_.

Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 13h

I joined the Pittsburgh Overpass Project (POP) on the Greenfield Bridge yesterday. If was fun meeting the other folks!

Here in PA it is critical to turn your ballot over and vote YES to retain the judges that are protecting our rights! Every judge on the ballot is a Democrat -- Yes for all of them.

The smaller sign faced the traffic crossing the bridge: PROTECT FREE SPEECH RESIST CENSORSHIP

It's a very tall bridge, so we had the sign with _big_ letters facing the rush hour traffic below: VOTE YES TO RETAIN OUR JUDGES

Woman in a wheelchair wearing a grey hoodie holding an American flag.

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Alex Rose @roseforacc.bsky.social · 1d

Endorsement alert! Thank you,
@stonewallpgh.bsky.social for your support and trust!

I am deeply honored to receive this endorsement. For years now I have seen the tireless work that the organization does to promote equality for the LGBTQ+ Community. I am proud to stand alongside them.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 13h

According to a new study
by Yale researchers
Covid-19 continues
to be driving a large number
of work absences,
which is an important reminder
that it is not the case
that people are “quiet quitting,”
rather it’s the case
that this virus just won’t quit.

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Catullus's 300,000th kiss @arielwrites.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve only just started reading #FMLComix, but I already have a feeling it will be one of my all-time favourites.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 13h

these people know how extreme they are

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Tanisha @tanishaevonne.bsky.social · 17h

In honor and remembrance of George Floyd and all victims of police brutality, Pittsburgh City Council has declared today, October 14th, to be George Floyd Day in the City of Pittsburgh.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!

But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

NO KINGS, y'all! October 18! Find a rally near you and GO!

nokings.org

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 17h

As if these groups weren’t trading and traveling. What an idiot.

Gee, do you suppose waves of pandemics from multiple diseases may have been more of a factor that “lack of curiosity”?

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Pennsylvania Democratic Party @padems.org · 18h

The back of your ballot matters just as much as the front! #ProtectPACourts by flipping your ballot over to vote YES to RETAIN Justices Donohue, Dougherty, Wecht, and Judges Dubow and Wojcik! #VotePA #PACourtsMatter

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Vote Dan Miller for Judge @votedanmiller.bsky.social · 21h

Had a lot of fun chalking it up on National Coming Out Day with @stonewallpgh.bsky.social @matthewrudzki.bsky.social @jaimehickton.bsky.social Amanda Green-Hawkins & Rep. Dan Frankel!

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