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Pitt Volleyball, Pittsburgh Pirates, urbanism, transit, the usual. God's away on business. FREE PITT VOLLEYBALL NEWSLETTER: https://bandwagoners-guide-to-pitt-volleyball.ghost.io/

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That's the worst news Crockett's gotten all night. She probably had to keep his margin under 20% there

04.03.2026 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit to study future ridership on light rail service The next step in rebuilding Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s ridership will be studying three specific aspects of the light rail system, the part of...

Can't wait for the results of this study. I'm sure Allentown would appreciate the service, and making the connection to Penn Station, aka Amtrak and the East Busway.

03.03.2026 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yeah Bloomfield!

03.03.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the most optimistic tenor I've seen yet for MLB players at LA28 -- I'm hopeful!

03.03.2026 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
03.03.2026 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today’s #TeamUSA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ lineup against the #SFGiants:
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SS Witt Jr.
1B Harper
RF Judge
DH Schwarber
3B Bregman
C Raleigh
LF Anthony
CF Buxton
2B Turang
P: Paul Skenes (SP)
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⏰ 3:05 PM ET / 1:05 PM MT
πŸ“Ί: MLB Network

03.03.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Yeaaaah it's "when, not if" for me in 2026. I'm on the Upway site way too often.

03.03.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's me. I'm 52 percent.

03.03.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Fidelity should disable Face ID on days like today. Make me work for it!

03.03.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of those days where whatever's happening in your retirement account is none of your business 😌

03.03.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

ahh yeah here he comes, big c.m. punk, chris mueller...

03.03.2026 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

At Pitt, Lyke's biggest sins were on the financially foolish side -- big building projects, unwillingness to accept/go in on NIL, Capel's contract extension -- but it appears she was willing to take an extra step up in shitty behavior to be an ACC AD once more.

03.03.2026 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A shortage of large passenger charter planes due to DHS paying 10x the usual rates to ferry kidnapped migrants is threatening NCAA Tournament travel plans

03.03.2026 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 781    πŸ” 308    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 16

noteworthy that Nithya Raman’s first Zohran-style campaign video is advocating for the development of more homes in L.A.

the left-YIMBY is here to stay.

03.03.2026 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fetterman β€˜baffled’ silver dollar pulled from behind his ear.

03.03.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Craig naIls it. I wrote on r.s.b 30 years ago that ”competitive balance” is code for β€œthe players make too much money.” Still true.

Cannot underline enough that the owners don’t care about competitive balance. It’s just the line that most effectively cons the rubes.

03.03.2026 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

STOP THE COUNT!!!!

02.03.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Three workers pose in front of a Starbucks store, holding their union vote certification

Three workers pose in front of a Starbucks store, holding their union vote certification

Did you know that Pittsburgh has one of the highest densities of union Starbucks stores in the country?

CONGRATULATIONS to baristas at the Banksville Plaza store - they just won the 21st union Starbucks in Pittsburgh! ✊πŸ”₯

02.03.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 253    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

really bummed that the new design takes my neighborhood from 2 buses w/ Oakland access to 0

It's already a ~1 mile walk for me to my bus stop -- after that, the remaining 1-2 MILES (not easy on foot due to inhospitable architecture) would take at least one transfer / ~50-80 min travel each way

02.03.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pittsburgh Water reports lowest-ever lead levels in city water supply Pittsburgh Water has released its 2025 report, highlighting a continued drop in lead levels detected in the city’s drinking water supply. “2025 was yet another year of Pittsburgh Water tur...

Some good news if you like clean drinking water:

02.03.2026 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I am cautiously optimistic about this new revision, haven't played with it a whole lot but seems much less disruptive than the previous redesign and many routes are going to get more frequent (& hopefully more reliable) service

this seems... good?

02.03.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

lol

02.03.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. TIL.

02.03.2026 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PRT’s second draft of bus route changes increases frequency on core routes Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s second proposed revision of its bus routes concentrates on boosting service frequency on its core routes but still...

"The agency plans to hold a series of more than 30 public meetings to get feedback on the new proposal by early summer, make more changes if necessary and then develop a plan to roll out changes throughout 2027."

02.03.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's a clip of Noah Wyle's speech from last night.

02.03.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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'The Traveler' If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

One of my favorites: www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-t...

02.03.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
He was more than a hero. He was a union man!” -Miles O'Brien on Star Trek

He was more than a hero. He was a union man!” -Miles O'Brien on Star Trek

awwww Noah Wyle, you’re a real one

02.03.2026 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

She’s a good egg, that’s for sure.

01.03.2026 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Konnor Griffin’s 3 home runs are the most by a teenager in a single MLB Spring Training in at least the last 20 years

01.03.2026 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

It puts a smile on my face that Kayla Lund is making an impact in the pros.

01.03.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1