Janet Lunde
@janetlunde.bsky.social
Local politics nerd. Anti-fascist. Black lives matter. Trans rights are human rights. She/her.
Account prone to cat & flower pix!
Pittsburgh
Account prone to cat & flower pix!
Pittsburgh
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I wonder how many people are gonna catastrophically fuck up thanksgiving by using chatgpt for their recipes
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wonder how many people are gonna catastrophically fuck up thanksgiving by using chatgpt for their recipes
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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The average price of a new car purchased in the U.S. is $49,766, but we can trim that down to a mere $49,566 if we're willing to kill some kids
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The average price of a new car purchased in the U.S. is $49,766, but we can trim that down to a mere $49,566 if we're willing to kill some kids
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
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Are you in the military? Are you concerned that the chain is command is fucking up and giving illegal orders? Call the GI Rights Hotline 1-877-447-4487
girightshotline.org
girightshotline.org
GI Rights Hotline: Military Discharges and Military Counseling
Are you in the military or thinking about joining? Are you unsure of where to get reliable answers? Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487. Call for yourself or someone you care about Free and c...
girightshotline.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Are you in the military? Are you concerned that the chain is command is fucking up and giving illegal orders? Call the GI Rights Hotline 1-877-447-4487
girightshotline.org
girightshotline.org
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imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
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When planning your annual giving, please consider donating to the Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit. You can support the Summit's work to strengthen community, amplify equity, and create lasting change across our city!
And plan to attend the Summit on February 21st!
prjs.org/donate/
And plan to attend the Summit on February 21st!
prjs.org/donate/
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When planning your annual giving, please consider donating to the Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit. You can support the Summit's work to strengthen community, amplify equity, and create lasting change across our city!
And plan to attend the Summit on February 21st!
prjs.org/donate/
And plan to attend the Summit on February 21st!
prjs.org/donate/
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I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
The Antisemitism Post (tm)
Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
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Take it from a climate activist, when Trump says “hoax”, it is actually a reality he does not want to deal with..
www.nbcsandiego.com/video/news/n...
www.nbcsandiego.com/video/news/n...
Trump dismisses calls to release Epstein files as ‘hoax': ‘Don't talk about it too much'
President Donald Trump said Monday that he would support releasing files in the case of Jeffrey Epstein, accusing Democrats of orchestrating a “hoax” to distract the public from Republican wins.
www.nbcsandiego.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Take it from a climate activist, when Trump says “hoax”, it is actually a reality he does not want to deal with..
www.nbcsandiego.com/video/news/n...
www.nbcsandiego.com/video/news/n...
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Here is my peace plan for Ukraine/Russia.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here is my peace plan for Ukraine/Russia.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
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Trans youth and their families in Pennsylvania saw a significant legal victory on Friday, just not the one many in Pittsburgh had been hoping for.
Federal Court Protects Trans Youth Records at Childrens Philly But UPMC Families Still Waiting
Trans youth and their families in Pennsylvania saw a significant legal victory on Friday, just not the one many in Pittsburgh had been hoping for. On Friday, a federal court in Philadelphia quashed a sweeping subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice that sought to obtain sensitive medical records of transgender minors receiving care at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
qburgh.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Trans youth and their families in Pennsylvania saw a significant legal victory on Friday, just not the one many in Pittsburgh had been hoping for.
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Photos on the day our 3+ year strike ended.
@publicsource.org @stephstrasburg.bsky.social
Here's Steve Mellon, a veteran photojournalist and writer at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, waving to the crowd outside of the Post-Gazette before walking in to retake his job after three years on strike.
@publicsource.org @stephstrasburg.bsky.social
Here's Steve Mellon, a veteran photojournalist and writer at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, waving to the crowd outside of the Post-Gazette before walking in to retake his job after three years on strike.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Photos on the day our 3+ year strike ended.
@publicsource.org @stephstrasburg.bsky.social
Here's Steve Mellon, a veteran photojournalist and writer at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, waving to the crowd outside of the Post-Gazette before walking in to retake his job after three years on strike.
@publicsource.org @stephstrasburg.bsky.social
Here's Steve Mellon, a veteran photojournalist and writer at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, waving to the crowd outside of the Post-Gazette before walking in to retake his job after three years on strike.
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
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It's Map Time!
Here is a map of Allegheny County showing which Court of Common Pleas candidate won in each municipality or, for Pittsburgh, each city ward.
Here is a map of Allegheny County showing which Court of Common Pleas candidate won in each municipality or, for Pittsburgh, each city ward.
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's Map Time!
Here is a map of Allegheny County showing which Court of Common Pleas candidate won in each municipality or, for Pittsburgh, each city ward.
Here is a map of Allegheny County showing which Court of Common Pleas candidate won in each municipality or, for Pittsburgh, each city ward.
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A judge has permanently blocked Trump's destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Really good news for libraries (and those like me, who love them! www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s libraries
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
www.ala.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A judge has permanently blocked Trump's destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Really good news for libraries (and those like me, who love them! www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
Spent some time with the Pittsburgh Overpass Project (POP) above 376 at rush hour.
I was struck by how many people were coming over this bridge on bikes -- there more bike commuters than I realized!
@pittsburghoverpass.bsky.social
I was struck by how many people were coming over this bridge on bikes -- there more bike commuters than I realized!
@pittsburghoverpass.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Spent some time with the Pittsburgh Overpass Project (POP) above 376 at rush hour.
I was struck by how many people were coming over this bridge on bikes -- there more bike commuters than I realized!
@pittsburghoverpass.bsky.social
I was struck by how many people were coming over this bridge on bikes -- there more bike commuters than I realized!
@pittsburghoverpass.bsky.social
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No, YOU'RE crying about XKCD
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
No, YOU'RE crying about XKCD
Ah, the pleasures of the “Thursday Murder Club” books.
This is from the latest. Retired union leader Ron, speaking to his little grandson.
This is from the latest. Retired union leader Ron, speaking to his little grandson.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ah, the pleasures of the “Thursday Murder Club” books.
This is from the latest. Retired union leader Ron, speaking to his little grandson.
This is from the latest. Retired union leader Ron, speaking to his little grandson.
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So ok I joined the Navy in 1998 and maybe things have changed since then but I got approximately 5 minutes of training on what constitutes an illegal order and as someone involved in a weapons system *I did not have access to intel on who I was firing on until afterwards*.
We talk of refusing unlawful orders, but really that's a very high bar. It's only for orders that are manifestly unlawful, something *obviously* illegal on the face of it. And the core example of that is refusing an order to wantonly murder noncombatants, which is exactly what they are doing.
Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
So ok I joined the Navy in 1998 and maybe things have changed since then but I got approximately 5 minutes of training on what constitutes an illegal order and as someone involved in a weapons system *I did not have access to intel on who I was firing on until afterwards*.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Our @pghguild.com strikers are heading back to work today. But for the last 1,1133 they continued to do journalism:
- 4,017 stories
- 17,780 photographs, graphics and illustrations
- more than $1 million donated
Thank you for sticking with us!
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/23/d...
- 4,017 stories
- 17,780 photographs, graphics and illustrations
- more than $1 million donated
Thank you for sticking with us!
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/23/d...
Dog gone: The PUP says thank you and bids you a heartfelt goodbye - Pittsburgh Union Progress
Publications assess themselves by all kinds of metrics — number of page views, time readers spent on pages, advertising revenue, social media followers. Here at the Pittsburgh Union Progress, we’ve co...
www.unionprogress.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Our @pghguild.com strikers are heading back to work today. But for the last 1,1133 they continued to do journalism:
- 4,017 stories
- 17,780 photographs, graphics and illustrations
- more than $1 million donated
Thank you for sticking with us!
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/23/d...
- 4,017 stories
- 17,780 photographs, graphics and illustrations
- more than $1 million donated
Thank you for sticking with us!
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/23/d...
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Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
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The first thing I'd do is park my car in JR's spot.
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The first thing I'd do is park my car in JR's spot.
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Semiotics fascinates me. In under a year, ICE has done to the neck-gaiter pulled up over the mouth and nose what MAGA has done to the red baseball cap. I see that, I am crossing the street and walking the other way.
We are governed by signs and signifiers.
We are governed by signs and signifiers.
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Semiotics fascinates me. In under a year, ICE has done to the neck-gaiter pulled up over the mouth and nose what MAGA has done to the red baseball cap. I see that, I am crossing the street and walking the other way.
We are governed by signs and signifiers.
We are governed by signs and signifiers.