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Made a video on @techcrunch.com ‘s coverage of @skylight.social ✨

Shoutout to all the new users on Skylight who are actively helping us make this thing better! @reedharmeyer.bsky.social and I appreciate you all! 🥹

Thanks to @sarahp.bsky.social for covering this growth and the Open Social Web!

‘The white man’s coming back’: Eight held over links to resurgent violent skinhead group Eight men linked to a violent racist skinhead group are in jail in the U.S. South on felony conspiracy charges or awaiting extradition for hate crimes against Jewish and LGBTQ+ targets, Raw Story has ...

NEW: 8 men linked to Vinlanders Social Club, a notorious violent racist skinhead group, have been detained for hate crimes.

Police in Charlotte, NC seized 3 members' phones last October after they brought knives and brass knuckles to a pro-Palestine protest. 1/4
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

THE COTTAGE

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

And this can show up in various relationship types not just romantic. Co-regulation. I’ve witnessed it. I’ve felt it. And I welcome it.

CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.

Arguably worse

Sorry, what did you say? I’m too busy watching gay hockey players.

Hockey Players Blast ‘Heated Rivalry’ For Unrealistic Depiction Of Anal Sex TORONTO—Accusing the HBO drama of egregiously misrepresenting their experiences off the ice, the National Hockey League Players’ Association blasted Heated Rivalry Friday for what it described as incr...

Hockey Players Blast ‘Heated Rivalry’ For Unrealistic Depiction Of Anal Sex

What do these corporations all have in common?

-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Google
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile

They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's $400M ballroom.

Been there. Feel better!

Podcast: Steel City Sparkle with Leia Way LeStat In this episode of Pride Matters, we sit down with Pittsburgh drag royalty, Leia Way LeStat, whose journey from seminary to crowned queen is as fabulous as it is inspiring. From her early days in t…

We sat down with Pittsburgh drag royalty, Leia Way LeStat, to talk drag pageants, queer family, the art of performance, and how a softball charity event changed her life forever. qburgh.com/podcast-leia...

New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada

New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal

Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from CanadaA New Zealand woman who is being held at a US immigration centre with...

#pgh #streetart Everything is so Fucking Expensive!

I’m so confused. What’s “first responder network?”

Northerners: We should just let the South secede

The South:

Perfect bird design 10/10 peak A+ no notes #birds 🗺️

Sex on the Beach walks into a bar, and the bartender says “hey you know we got a drink named after you?” and sex on the beach says “Really? You’ve got a drink called Painful and Gross?”

Pittsburgh Food Security Resources – a List - Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents UPDATED as of 10/23/2025 - We've added two dozen listings. This is an ongoing list of food resources to support neighbors, including those who might be affected by the cruel cut to the SNAP (food…

Pittsburgh Food Security Resources – a List - Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents www.pghlesbian.com/2025/10/pitt...

I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time

vital phone numbers for when you witness seemingly unlawful/unexpected/unwarranted raids- this hotline is always open but responds immediately to photos & videos of active detainings.
helpful things to do as a witness:
FILM
SPEAK TO DETAINEE (name, family, needs)

Homesick for someplace that no longer exists

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(Updated Version)

Yeah prose sucks. I think they had a lawsuit too but I could be thinking of another brand? I use curlsmith, it’s my fave

your life is not a sacrifice on the altar of fascism and authoritarianism ... please get off of your knees

Talking is my religion and silence is a sin