Liz Felix
@lizfelix.bsky.social
Pittsburgh. Program Director at 91.3 WYEP. Music, native plants/birds/nature stuff. Secretly Italian. My views don’t represent my employer’s views, as I’m a human being with my own thoughts n’at. No fascism.
She/her
She/her
This is going to be the “Not Like Us” of 2025
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This is going to be the “Not Like Us” of 2025
You’d think if he wanted to quickly refute this he could provide at least one example of a person/animal/art form/experience that he cares about to prove his humanity, but… nope.
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You’d think if he wanted to quickly refute this he could provide at least one example of a person/animal/art form/experience that he cares about to prove his humanity, but… nope.
Yeesh, RayBan… what normal person has ever said “find me a nearby practice field”?
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Yeesh, RayBan… what normal person has ever said “find me a nearby practice field”?
I asked our daycare if a lot of kids dress up for Halloween and they told me they are not allowed to say the name of the holiday but if our family has a tradition of dressing up, our kid could come in costume. Huh? I have like five mins of brain power left today and I can’t use it on this statement
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I asked our daycare if a lot of kids dress up for Halloween and they told me they are not allowed to say the name of the holiday but if our family has a tradition of dressing up, our kid could come in costume. Huh? I have like five mins of brain power left today and I can’t use it on this statement
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Wife asks Siri “can skunks climb?”
Siri says “Ghosts like to climb up and down stairs at night. Most ghosts can’t or won’t hurt you.”
Siri says “Ghosts like to climb up and down stairs at night. Most ghosts can’t or won’t hurt you.”
October 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Wife asks Siri “can skunks climb?”
Siri says “Ghosts like to climb up and down stairs at night. Most ghosts can’t or won’t hurt you.”
Siri says “Ghosts like to climb up and down stairs at night. Most ghosts can’t or won’t hurt you.”
Don’t know if yinz are seeing what’s going on in Chicago, but @wbez.org is documenting it with a map of ICE activity submitted by regular people. We need to expose what’s happening and create receipts. They can’t keep their masks on forever. interactive.wbez.org/uploader/en/
Submit your photo of ICE in Chicago | WBEZ
Help us track where ICE agents are being deployed in Chicago. If you see federal action, submit your photos — which will be vetted by our journalists for inclusion in a map.
interactive.wbez.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Don’t know if yinz are seeing what’s going on in Chicago, but @wbez.org is documenting it with a map of ICE activity submitted by regular people. We need to expose what’s happening and create receipts. They can’t keep their masks on forever. interactive.wbez.org/uploader/en/
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"Selling Out Is Bad" is a valuable concept and despite all the baggage and bullshit and elitism it could contain it's actually really good to reinforce the ideal that having integrity when it matters, especially when it hurts, is what good/cool people do. Should be adapted instead of jettisoned.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"Selling Out Is Bad" is a valuable concept and despite all the baggage and bullshit and elitism it could contain it's actually really good to reinforce the ideal that having integrity when it matters, especially when it hurts, is what good/cool people do. Should be adapted instead of jettisoned.
There’s about an hour left to listen and relive the glory days
Listening to the home stretch of WYEP's Best of the Century So Far countdown is making me feel alive (and once again grumpy about how the year 2000 was last century)
September 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
There’s about an hour left to listen and relive the glory days
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from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’
September 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’
PSA if you’re in PA and want the new COVID vax: it’s still easy to get. CVS had some button to click when you make your appt to say that you’re “eligible” (the reasons are like… physical inactivity and a bunch of stuff that could be any American) and that’s it. No further questions asked.
September 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
PSA if you’re in PA and want the new COVID vax: it’s still easy to get. CVS had some button to click when you make your appt to say that you’re “eligible” (the reasons are like… physical inactivity and a bunch of stuff that could be any American) and that’s it. No further questions asked.
Every time I log on to Bluesky I see 20 things that I find so disturbing that I say I’m not going to read them, but then of course I read them.
This… I am actually not reading. Just… no. Absolutely not.
This… I am actually not reading. Just… no. Absolutely not.
New documentary reveals how Elton John turned his kneecaps into jewelry
New Documentary Reveals How Elton John Turned His Kneecaps Into Jewelry
Last week, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues hit theaters and featured Elton John. The legendary singer and pianist also stars in a new documentary from the World Gold Council trade association called ...
www.stereogum.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Every time I log on to Bluesky I see 20 things that I find so disturbing that I say I’m not going to read them, but then of course I read them.
This… I am actually not reading. Just… no. Absolutely not.
This… I am actually not reading. Just… no. Absolutely not.
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This is why it is important to keep speaking up about the science of vaccines and the need to make sure children are protected from preventable infectious diseases. Not all of it falls on deaf ears. Most parents are not anti-vaccine, those who are just louder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Florida vaccine mandate rollback falters after Trump criticism
Surgeon general Joseph Ladapo retreats on his plans after the US president says: ‘You have vaccines that work’
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This is why it is important to keep speaking up about the science of vaccines and the need to make sure children are protected from preventable infectious diseases. Not all of it falls on deaf ears. Most parents are not anti-vaccine, those who are just louder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jays are really something
September 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Jays are really something
Going down a rabbit hole of horrific Midwest Fine Dining that these people are apparently into
This is what was served to people that paid to have thanksgiving dinner with Trump and Elon last night at Mar-a-Lago 🤣
September 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Going down a rabbit hole of horrific Midwest Fine Dining that these people are apparently into
Where do you even buy thousand island dressing anymore
September 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Where do you even buy thousand island dressing anymore
They’re eating iceberg lettuce with thousand island dressing on it
Look obviously it sucks, everything he does sucks, but Trump's dedication to 1987 Wedding Food is one of his only sincerely held beliefs. I am putting a bounty on a photo of the fucked up pasta primavera they're serving. You know there's shredded carrot in that thing.
I really resent my tax dollars being spent on this
September 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
They’re eating iceberg lettuce with thousand island dressing on it
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About this Florida vaccine story:
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
September 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
About this Florida vaccine story:
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
As Jenny Lewis once said, “I don’t give a rat’s ass about football” but I would vote for this
If I win the Powerball, my Presidential campaign starts tomorrow and my platform is:
Nationalized healthcare, incl
Free vaccines
Scientific research $$$$
Every kid gets fed every day
High speed rail everywhere
The day after the Super Bowl is a national holiday.
Hope I can count on your vote!
Nationalized healthcare, incl
Free vaccines
Scientific research $$$$
Every kid gets fed every day
High speed rail everywhere
The day after the Super Bowl is a national holiday.
Hope I can count on your vote!
September 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
As Jenny Lewis once said, “I don’t give a rat’s ass about football” but I would vote for this
And it sure ain’t going to the employees/actual caretakers
The median cost of putting one child through daycare for 5 years in the U.S. is $43,000. That masks much higher costs in many large cities. It’s nearly $150,000 (almost $30,000 for one year) in Arlington, VA. This is for one kid www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
From $24,000 to $147,000: How Much Daycare Costs Across America
For working parents, the first five years of a child’s life are often the most financially draining. Explore this interactive map to see how costs vary across the U.S.
www.wsj.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
And it sure ain’t going to the employees/actual caretakers
Turns out I’m spending the last two weeks of my summer vacation cleaning up monarch poop
August 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Turns out I’m spending the last two weeks of my summer vacation cleaning up monarch poop
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From gold stars to red dogs to turquoise fountains, the design of Pittsburgh’s annual pool passes are eagerly anticipated each summer. They’re staples of key rings, found on children’s lanyards and backpacks, and indicate the start of the city's pool season. We looked into what’s behind the designs.
Everything you ever wanted to know about Pittsburgh's city pool tags
From gold stars to red dogs to turquoise fountains, the design of Pittsburgh’s annual pool passes are eagerly anticipated each summer.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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It’s time to call these cuts what they are: stealing. They’re stealing things from us that we can’t easily (or ever, in the case of station closures) get back.
I'm closely interviewed for this Nieman Lab report that discusses how rural areas will be affected by loss of funding for local NPR reporting. We must not underestimate the importance of equal access to information - we're about to witness a seismic ideological shift in American sense of "place."
With Cuts to Federal Funding, How Will Public Media in the U.S. Survive? - Nieman Reports
With cuts to federal funding, how will public media in the U.S. survive? Gabe Bullard writes, "The closure of the CPB will hurt NPR and PBS, but the most immediate and devastating blow will be to the ...
niemanreports.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It’s time to call these cuts what they are: stealing. They’re stealing things from us that we can’t easily (or ever, in the case of station closures) get back.
Does this lion look like JD Vance
August 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Does this lion look like JD Vance
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Big things cooking in Carnegie
August 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Big things cooking in Carnegie
Ok this is fantastic
I like to think the Steven Tyler song was “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.”
“Let It Be” def an AI choice.
I like to think the Steven Tyler song was “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.”
“Let It Be” def an AI choice.
None of this happened, none of these pictures are real, AI slop like this makes the world dumber and worse and the companies peddling it 24/7 are destroying civilization.
August 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Ok this is fantastic
I like to think the Steven Tyler song was “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.”
“Let It Be” def an AI choice.
I like to think the Steven Tyler song was “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.”
“Let It Be” def an AI choice.