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I've been following media coverage of immigration in detail over the last six weeks. There hasn't been a day during that period that the British people weren't told that asylum seekers are a drain on society or a danger to women and children
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I've been following media coverage of immigration in detail over the last six weeks. There hasn't been a day during that period that the British people weren't told that asylum seekers are a drain on society or a danger to women and children
Ah, I have some amazing Tiptree award t-shirts that she created. She was very much appreciated by the Wiscon community and I always thought she was pretty cool when I encountered her there.
Sad to hear that Freddie Baer died earlier this week, of cancer.
I didn’t know her, but she was part of the #WisCon community, and she used to create art for the Tiptree Award (now the Otherwise Award); for example, see (www.lulu.com/shop/freddie...).
I didn’t know her, but she was part of the #WisCon community, and she used to create art for the Tiptree Award (now the Otherwise Award); for example, see (www.lulu.com/shop/freddie...).
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Ah, I have some amazing Tiptree award t-shirts that she created. She was very much appreciated by the Wiscon community and I always thought she was pretty cool when I encountered her there.
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Thursday, November 20th, is the Trans Day of Remembrance.
ACT UP PGH is having a Marching Vigil and Gathering
www.instagram.com/p/DRCf09WEaKX/
#TDOV
ACT UP PGH is having a Marching Vigil and Gathering
www.instagram.com/p/DRCf09WEaKX/
#TDOV
November 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Thursday, November 20th, is the Trans Day of Remembrance.
ACT UP PGH is having a Marching Vigil and Gathering
www.instagram.com/p/DRCf09WEaKX/
#TDOV
ACT UP PGH is having a Marching Vigil and Gathering
www.instagram.com/p/DRCf09WEaKX/
#TDOV
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Sala Udin, a Pittsburgh Public School board member, was among thousands of residents — most of whom were Black — who were forced from their neighborhood so the new arena could be built. The project also forced out scores of businesses.
'Frightening time': Speakers lament how Civic Arena, Penn Plaza construction displaced whole neighborhoods
Sala Udin said he was about 7 years old in 1950 when rumors began circulating that his family would be forced to move from their home on the corner of Fullerton and Epiphany streets in Pittsburgh&rsqu...
triblive.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Sala Udin, a Pittsburgh Public School board member, was among thousands of residents — most of whom were Black — who were forced from their neighborhood so the new arena could be built. The project also forced out scores of businesses.
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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Today I bought some Harry & David pears & an amaryllis at Trader Joe’s for my mom, only to get home and discover that today she had also stopped at Trader Joe’s and bought Harry & David pears & an amaryllis for me.
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Today I bought some Harry & David pears & an amaryllis at Trader Joe’s for my mom, only to get home and discover that today she had also stopped at Trader Joe’s and bought Harry & David pears & an amaryllis for me.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
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Are you yearning for hope? Do you need some friends in the resistance? It's time to pre-order your copy of "We Will Rise Again," a glorious anthology of speculative fiction and essays about political protest and resistance. Coming 12/3! Perfect the holidays! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Are you yearning for hope? Do you need some friends in the resistance? It's time to pre-order your copy of "We Will Rise Again," a glorious anthology of speculative fiction and essays about political protest and resistance. Coming 12/3! Perfect the holidays! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
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notable but not surprising that Fetterman chose Fox & Friends as the place to promote his new book
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
notable but not surprising that Fetterman chose Fox & Friends as the place to promote his new book
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This Veterans Day, I’m thinking of the millions of Americans who have served in uniform — and how our government is failing them right now.
Words aren’t enough, we need actions. Fund the VA. Fund mental healthcare. And end endless wars.
Words aren’t enough, we need actions. Fund the VA. Fund mental healthcare. And end endless wars.
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This Veterans Day, I’m thinking of the millions of Americans who have served in uniform — and how our government is failing them right now.
Words aren’t enough, we need actions. Fund the VA. Fund mental healthcare. And end endless wars.
Words aren’t enough, we need actions. Fund the VA. Fund mental healthcare. And end endless wars.
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This is my Chinese cave gecko. It caves less than the Democrats.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This is my Chinese cave gecko. It caves less than the Democrats.
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‘“[Mamdani] promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible,” said the Dutch environmentalist and former government adviser Alexander Verbeek’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
‘“[Mamdani] promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible,” said the Dutch environmentalist and former government adviser Alexander Verbeek’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Whyyyyyy are so many people like this? “Oh look, a horrible bigot with a long track record of being absolutely awful, said one thing that was like a normal human thing to say, so now I’d like to give them as much power as they want!”
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Whyyyyyy are so many people like this? “Oh look, a horrible bigot with a long track record of being absolutely awful, said one thing that was like a normal human thing to say, so now I’d like to give them as much power as they want!”
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You fucking people will let anyone off the hook for their violent hateful beliefs and all they have to do is say shiny words you like
You’re all a bunch of Nazi tattoo forgiving, Jewish space lasers forgetting gullible marks getting played for fools
As a Jew I suggest you all go fuck yourselves.
You’re all a bunch of Nazi tattoo forgiving, Jewish space lasers forgetting gullible marks getting played for fools
As a Jew I suggest you all go fuck yourselves.
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
You fucking people will let anyone off the hook for their violent hateful beliefs and all they have to do is say shiny words you like
You’re all a bunch of Nazi tattoo forgiving, Jewish space lasers forgetting gullible marks getting played for fools
As a Jew I suggest you all go fuck yourselves.
You’re all a bunch of Nazi tattoo forgiving, Jewish space lasers forgetting gullible marks getting played for fools
As a Jew I suggest you all go fuck yourselves.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Stories from: Christopher Barzak, Jedediah Berry, Richard Bowes, Paul Di Filippo, Jeffrey Ford, Gregory Maguire, Lucius Shepard, Delia Sherman, Catherynne M. Valente, Marly Youmans, Greer Gilman, Lavie Tidhar, David Prill, Gavin Grant, Peter S. Beagle
On sale for $2.99 in Canada and the US. For the whole month.
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Salon Fantastique
<div><b>Expand your vision of what a fantasy story can be with tales by Peter S. Beagle, Lucius Shepard, Catherynne M. Valente, Paul Di Filippo, and others.</b><br><br><b>Winner of the World Fantasy A
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November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Stories from: Christopher Barzak, Jedediah Berry, Richard Bowes, Paul Di Filippo, Jeffrey Ford, Gregory Maguire, Lucius Shepard, Delia Sherman, Catherynne M. Valente, Marly Youmans, Greer Gilman, Lavie Tidhar, David Prill, Gavin Grant, Peter S. Beagle
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‘"It's painful when someone comes in and we have to say, 'I just don't have anything for you today,' " says the pantry's client advocate, Juliet Smith. "We've never had to do that before. Never."’
At one food pantry in Boston, the spike in demand means there's now a two-week wait for some to receive food, stressing needy families as well as pantry staff.
As millions of Americans struggle with SNAP lapses, food banks are swamped with demand
At one food pantry in Boston, the spike in demand means there's now a two-week wait for some to receive food, stressing needy families as well as pantry staff.
n.pr
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
‘"It's painful when someone comes in and we have to say, 'I just don't have anything for you today,' " says the pantry's client advocate, Juliet Smith. "We've never had to do that before. Never."’
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The foliage and late flowers are a joy.
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The foliage and late flowers are a joy.
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The Summit is a day of workshops, panels, visiting community group tables, sharing lunch, and meeting people from across Pittsburgh who are involved in making the world a better place in so many ways. I've learned a lot at previous Summits, and highly recommend it!
Save the Date! The 28th Annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit will be Saturday, Feb 21st, 2026, 9AM-5PM
Building Community for Lasting Democracy & Racial Equality
Plan to attend--or are you interested in volunteering? Presenting a workshop? Tabling? Find out how at prjs.org!
Building Community for Lasting Democracy & Racial Equality
Plan to attend--or are you interested in volunteering? Presenting a workshop? Tabling? Find out how at prjs.org!
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Summit is a day of workshops, panels, visiting community group tables, sharing lunch, and meeting people from across Pittsburgh who are involved in making the world a better place in so many ways. I've learned a lot at previous Summits, and highly recommend it!
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On the Kuranda Scenic Railway in Australia and we just left a station called Freshwater. Totally have the #Westworld Sweetwater arrival theme playing in my head.
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
On the Kuranda Scenic Railway in Australia and we just left a station called Freshwater. Totally have the #Westworld Sweetwater arrival theme playing in my head.
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New York Magazine: The 25 Young(ish) New Democrats to Watch
One is Pittsburgh’s own, the wonderful US Rep. Summer Lee!
nymag.com/intelligence...
One is Pittsburgh’s own, the wonderful US Rep. Summer Lee!
nymag.com/intelligence...
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New York Magazine: The 25 Young(ish) New Democrats to Watch
One is Pittsburgh’s own, the wonderful US Rep. Summer Lee!
nymag.com/intelligence...
One is Pittsburgh’s own, the wonderful US Rep. Summer Lee!
nymag.com/intelligence...
More detail on how the Colorado ballot presented the free lunch funding issue.
Here is how it looked on the ballot. It wasn't 7 paragraphs long, but it was still the longest item on the ballot
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
More detail on how the Colorado ballot presented the free lunch funding issue.