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The Steelers did not win that game. The Falcons lost it. That said, the defense looked nasty, and if the offense can tighten up, we can be a very good team this season. A positive start to the McCarthy era. 1-0 let’s go! 🏈

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@rscottjones yes, once. we went several years ago. a solemn place.

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Making Time & Space to Remember \"The : inscho.org

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@jake4480 yeah i saw that! those guys are prolific! crazy they might have multiple records on my year-end list lol

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@dariaphoebe.com i’m here for a small venue tour tho :)

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@dariaphoebe.com the venues (near as i can make out) look too small for a 2026 tour. The TLA in philly, Stone Pony in NJ, etc.

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The Good Samaritan: inscho.org

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@hotdogsladies actually my fav Elliott Smith song tbh

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In heaven there is no beer because we drank it all here. Oktoberfest at Teutonia Mannerchor.

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@santelli.bsky.social man, that dodgers series was a crusher.

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@patrickrhone I was in that spot last year with my son. Your site will be there for you when you return.

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It’s manifest destiny. The secret has broken containment and Taylor Ham is migrating west, out of New Jersey. Here is where you can get it in Pittsburgh.

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Just heard the news that Yayoi Kusama has died at the age of 97. Her Infinity Rooms at the Mattress Factory were instrumental in luring me to Pittsburgh, and ultimately working at the Mattress Factory for a number of years in the aughts.

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Rest in power, Queen. 🔴

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@carnage4life.bsky.social This happened to our product team last week. Feels like we are living in the upside down.

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Adult Swim at the Amusement Park \"A\"A : inscho.org

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I continue to assert that the only acceptable use of whammy bar in rock was by Modest Mouse on Lonesome Crowded West.

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Time is Getting Faster: inscho.org

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I know nothing about golf, but I know enough about violence toward women to understand that it’s one of the worst things a person can do. I know a lot about the retail industry and think this is the right move by Dick’s Sporting Goods. It’s a great example of a company acting based on its values.

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Brian Merchant chronicles the growing backlash to big tech and explores rationale for a movement that’s beginning to take hold:

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What’s happening, after all, is pretty simple: Tech companies have encroached into Americans’ personal lives and public spaces, with both development projects and surveillance products, and people find the tradeoffs unacceptable. It’s really not complicated.

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Some Housekeeping: inscho.org

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History has told us that the good guys are never the ones destroying books.

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Political ads for the mid-terms have started running in heavy rotation here in Pennsylvania. Nearly all of them mention data centers and AI as a negative attack on the opponent. I’m very interested to see how this sentiment against big tech plays out at the ballot box in some of these local races.

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linkedin is the armpit of the internet

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@manton I’m noticing this too. My team builds an internal iOS app for frontline employees in a retail setting. They want to get into the app, do what they need to do, and then continue serving customers. Ever since iOS 26 we’ve been getting feedback that our app feels slower and my hypothesis is that some of the liquid glass animations are contributing to this sentiment.

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Never gets old.

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Watched: Spider-Man: Brand New Day 🍿

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This was OK I guess. Not really sure what I was expecting having not seen the previous episodes. The visual effects were impressive, but I just couldn’t get immersed in the story. Maybe I’m just not a superhero movie guy.

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It’s Bandcamp Friday! These are great days to pick up new music because Bandcamp waives their revenue share and passes all the funds directly to the artists and labels. I always try to pick up a few records on Bandcamp Fridays. Here is today’s haul.

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Hoping as a Coping Mechanism by MOULD. This is a fantastic...

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Welp Pirates, it was fun while it lasted. It appears the downward, spiraling slide out of playoff contention is unquestionably underway unless they can find some way to get on heater ASAP. ⚾️

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A new VHS rental shop is coming to Pittsburgh. Lost Lizard, opening this month in Lawrenceville and specializing in B-movies, cult classics and slasher flicks, says it wants to provide analog activity in the age of algorithms:

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There are no apps to download or QR codes to scan in the 600-square-foot space, just knob-and-tube TVs to watch, 8-bit video game consoles to play, popcorn to eat and gory box art to ogle.

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Sign me up for that monthly membership.

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Watched: Phantasm 🍿

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The past few months we’ve been attending the Steel City Horror Show, which takes place on the final Sunday at Pittsburgh’s Harris Theater. The concept is cool – a surprise horror flick on the big screen each month with some interesting pre-show facilitated conversation and jump scares...

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We had a fantastic anniversary dinner at Legend’s Eatery last night. It’s been one of our favorite spots over the years and has remained consistently delicious each time we’ve dined there. Highly recommended if you like homemade pasta and that sort of thing. A gem of Pittsburgh’s North Side.

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@jake4480 yeah, that Doctorow interview I linked to in the post is really great if you have the time to watch it. Jon Stewart is whatever but Doctorow is excellent.

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The Sky is Not Falling: inscho.org

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It was a morning like this, sixteen years ago today. The sky was the brightest of blues. The air was noticably crisp for July in Pennsylvania. And I remember thinking how amazing the clouds looked that day, hovering still and brilliantly bright in the sky.

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You left us that day to fly with angels in those...

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Matt Press in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

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If anyone in this business ever asks you to dress up as a giant pierogi and participate in a race at a major league ballpark, by God you do it.

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A very entertaining account of what it’s like to don the pierogi costume at PNC Park.

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@jasonkoebler.bsky.social we are approaching the singularity with respect to AI accounts/companies selling our aversion to AI back to us without attribution. i saw a mass market tv ad from meta this weekend claiming to ‘bet on people’ instead of AI. it’s maddening.

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@chrismuellerpgh.bsky.social Yep

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@askekammer the cyclops and circes scenes were amazing!

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@jake4480 nice. Gonna check some of these out.

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@askekammer thank you!

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@werd.io Welcome! You got some terrific weather. Enjoy your time here!

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@rtw these all sound awesome. Thank you!

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@rebeld where’d u get it? I want one!

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@inscho.org Yes they can!

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Bryan Reynolds! 2 run homer to end it. Awesome game.

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#LetsGoBucs

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@jake4480 @wendigo depends how I’m feeling, but mayo mostly these days

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@cory as u should.

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@jake4480 lol what does that even mean

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@intrepidhero thank you 🙏

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@jerzone thank you! 🙏

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@patrickrhone love this. i framed my first rejection letter for a college internship and have it hanging on the wall of my home office. it’s been a conversation point with my kids as they’ve grown up to acknowledge that rejection is a part of life. It’s how you deal with it that matters.

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