Kim Lyons
@kimly.bsky.social
Journalist in Pennsylvania
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truly this policy was one of the best things about working at The Verge, more outlets should refuse to allow unnamed spokespersons - for any entity- to comment “on the record”
Everyone underestimates how entertaining I find these interactions
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
truly this policy was one of the best things about working at The Verge, more outlets should refuse to allow unnamed spokespersons - for any entity- to comment “on the record”
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The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
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Being a nonprofit newsroom means that no one owns us or tells us what to publish — and it also means that we count on the support of our community to bring you high quality journalism without paywalls. Now your donation can go up to 12x as far.
All gifts to the Pittsburgh's Public Source nonprofit newsroom are now matched
Public Source delivers fact-checked local journalism in the Pittsburgh area. Reader support makes our work possible, and all gifts are currently matched.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Being a nonprofit newsroom means that no one owns us or tells us what to publish — and it also means that we count on the support of our community to bring you high quality journalism without paywalls. Now your donation can go up to 12x as far.
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All of the Pittsburgh journalists who stayed on strike for three years are heroes. Salute.
As the striking journalists return to the newsroom, both sides expect it’ll be a rocky reunion. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...
What newsroom organizers learned from the years-long strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The importance of coordination, how digital news consumption patterns limit the effectiveness of public shame, and more.
www.niemanlab.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
All of the Pittsburgh journalists who stayed on strike for three years are heroes. Salute.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Yeah, whiny baby states.
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Yeah, whiny baby states.
oh my god YES
"Each of my parking spots is precisely three inches longer and two inches narrower than the average parking spot. The designers say it is to save money and be economically friendly, but I know the truth: my only goal is to fuck you up."
I Am a Trader Joe’s Parking Lot and I Am Here to Destroy You
My game begins at once: a team of crack architects and city planners conspire to bring me to your city. People rejoice, and so do I, for the game i...
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
oh my god YES
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A lot of emotion in the @pghguild.com newsroom this weekend as we make, edit and publish what looks to be the last Sunday strike paper. It's full of champions and winners, doers and helpers. And I'm talking about its journalists: www.unionprogress.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A lot of emotion in the @pghguild.com newsroom this weekend as we make, edit and publish what looks to be the last Sunday strike paper. It's full of champions and winners, doers and helpers. And I'm talking about its journalists: www.unionprogress.com
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Trump accuses Democratic veterans in Congress, including @deluzio.house.gov and @houlahan.house.gov of Pennsylvania of sedition ‘punishable by death'
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Trump accuses Democratic vets in Congress of sedition ‘punishable by death,’ including two lawmakers from Pa.
President Donald Trump said U.S. Reps. Chrissy Houlahan and Chris Deluzio and others were seditious and should be punished "by death" after they urged members of the military to refuse illegal orders.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Trump accuses Democratic veterans in Congress, including @deluzio.house.gov and @houlahan.house.gov of Pennsylvania of sedition ‘punishable by death'
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always read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
Selling Your House For Firewood
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Selling Your House For Firewood
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November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
always read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
Selling Your House For Firewood
www.hamiltonnolan.com?utm_source=n...
Selling Your House For Firewood
www.hamiltonnolan.com?utm_source=n...
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"The Barnes and Noble in York—where Fetterman was born and raised—had sold zero copies. The Barnes and Noble in Philadelphia had sold two copies. An independent store in Pittsburgh and an independent store in Philadelphia each told me they weren’t stocking Unfettered" defector.com/john-fetterm...
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"The Barnes and Noble in York—where Fetterman was born and raised—had sold zero copies. The Barnes and Noble in Philadelphia had sold two copies. An independent store in Pittsburgh and an independent store in Philadelphia each told me they weren’t stocking Unfettered" defector.com/john-fetterm...
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I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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just be glad they didn’t write a book together I guess
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
just be glad they didn’t write a book together I guess
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to be fair, he was bamboozled
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
to be fair, he was bamboozled
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well everyone I feel we have all learned today how important editors are. I will not be explaining this further
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
well everyone I feel we have all learned today how important editors are. I will not be explaining this further
try to explain it all to a non journalist spouse you can’t do it without sounding like a complete lunatic
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
try to explain it all to a non journalist spouse you can’t do it without sounding like a complete lunatic
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GAWKER! thou shouldst be living at this hour
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
GAWKER! thou shouldst be living at this hour
also since when is childcare filed under "goodies"
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
also since when is childcare filed under "goodies"
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"So like, you'd go home from work and you're a totally separate guy."
"But I live here. It's the Vatican."
"Right, but... OK, like, you wouldn't REMEMBER."
"OK."
"You'd just be some guy named Leo."
"Actually, my birth name is Robert."
"I feel like you are trying not to get it."
"But I live here. It's the Vatican."
"Right, but... OK, like, you wouldn't REMEMBER."
"OK."
"You'd just be some guy named Leo."
"Actually, my birth name is Robert."
"I feel like you are trying not to get it."
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"So like, you'd go home from work and you're a totally separate guy."
"But I live here. It's the Vatican."
"Right, but... OK, like, you wouldn't REMEMBER."
"OK."
"You'd just be some guy named Leo."
"Actually, my birth name is Robert."
"I feel like you are trying not to get it."
"But I live here. It's the Vatican."
"Right, but... OK, like, you wouldn't REMEMBER."
"OK."
"You'd just be some guy named Leo."
"Actually, my birth name is Robert."
"I feel like you are trying not to get it."
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PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau
The restructuring includes the elimination of 34 positions, following another round of cuts made in September.
current.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
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There is a plane circling College Gameday with a banner that reads “Set Pittsburgh free. Sell the team Bob”
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
There is a plane circling College Gameday with a banner that reads “Set Pittsburgh free. Sell the team Bob”