Janet Lunde

Some people ritually repost that Tom Holland umbrella lip sync video whenever they see it.
I ritually repost this Tom Hollander essay on his typical day.

That is kind of magnificently petty.

Air quality map of Pittsburgh showing values above 100.

Sigh. Not a good day for breathing.

Ok, big reveal: Allegheny, Montco, Chester, Delco, Cumberland, Dauphin, Northampton, Lancaster, Erie, Centre, & Montour counties are the only counties in PA where Kamala Harris improved on Hilary Clinton's net vote totals

RESULT: Democrats have defended a state Senate seat in Rhode Island by a margin of 82% to 16%. So that's a victory by 66 percentage points.

Harris had carried this district by 11 percentage points in November. This is the 2nd biggest overperformance for Democrats so far this year.

Trump EPA proposes revoking pollution limits based in part on document authored by 5 climate contrarians | CNN If successful, the repeal could strip away the federal government’s most powerful way to control the country’s planet-warming pollution and fight climate change.

The communities hit by pollutants and worsened fires, floods, and storms know how real climate change.

But the Trump admin is once again denying it. Repealing this finding would weaken the fight against the crisis.

All to help Trump’s corporate polluter friends. www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/c...

mRNA vaccines are probably the greatest scientific development of the past century. They are eradicating diseases that used to be unstoppable. And these ignorant ass mother fuckers are just ending programs that save countless lives. They will be responsible for the deaths of millions in the future.

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

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The old steps to my front porch. The surface of the steps is fine, but the retaining wall along the side is crumbling away. It was built of concrete block and then faced with some concrete. The blocks kind of dissolved.

After demolishing the testing wall and steps.There was plenty of heavy clay under the steps.

The new steps and new iron railing. That retaining wall is poured concrete with rebar.

It has been a journey!

a close up of a green hulk 's face with the words `` smash '' above him . Alt: The Green Hulk 's face with the word SMASH.

"but he's an goofy grampa painting landscapes!"

Who Is Diane Turnshek, Pittsburgh's Dark Sky Advocate? When was the last time you really saw the stars at night in Pittsburgh? Diane Turnshek is trying to change that — one light at a time.

Pittsburgh will get to see more stars, thanks to work by Diane Turnshek.

www.pittsburghmagazine.com/profile-dian...

Cover of the graphic novel THE STONESHORE REGISTER, featuring a stone giant crouching above a small town at night, and a young woman standing in a small boat.

Beloved Turkish cartoonist MK Perker and I have a new book out this week, and this one is special--it's set here in the Pacific Northwest. THE STONESHORE REGISTER is about a declining fishing village on the Washington coast that has secrets--and a newcomer who is determined to solve its mysteries.

I was once in a situation where my boss recommended that I Work to Rule, but I just couldn’t do it

the fake hire, the campfire background, and other stories to cringe over It’s Mortification Week at Ask a Manager and all week long we’ll be revisiting ways we’ve mortified ourselves at work. Here are 13 mortifying stories to kick off today. 1. The fake hire When in colleg...

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Have you seen the last one here?

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Allegheny County residents can share thoughts on new climate action plan Allegheny County wants residents to say what should be included in a plan to address climate change locally.

WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Allegheny County Residents Can Share Thoughts On New Climate Action Plan www.wesa.fm/environment-...

All Together Now! music festival benefits Pittsburgh’s growing immigrant community All Together Now! debuts Aug. 7-10 as Pittsburgh’s newest multi-band, multi-venue music festival. It benefits the city's immigrant community.

#Pittsburgh, all this weekend

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Kids in Pennsylvania Are Breathing (Much) Easier After a Coal Plant Shuttered - Inside Climate News Pediatric asthma ER visits dropped 40 percent after a coal processing plant near Pittsburgh closed down, researchers found.

Pediatric asthma ER visits dropped 40 percent after a coal processing plant near Pittsburgh closed down, researchers found. insideclimatenews.org/news/0508202...
#CleanAir #ClimateAction

Andrew Carnegie: Respected Genius or Selfish Industrialist? | Pittsburgh Magazine While wrestling with the complicated legacy of Andrew Carnegie, you may find that he contained multitudes.

Please don’t think I’m a Carnegie fan-girl. I’ve spent a great deal of my graduate work unpacking his shortcomings and lies. I’ve taught these things to my students. I also wrote this …

www.pittsburghmagazine.com/andrew-carne...

Years ago, on a hardware project.

Big Boss from out of town walked in at 9am, saw empty cubicles, and threw a fit.

5 of the 10 people on the project were in the hardware lab. Most people worked 9:30 until well into the evening.

We were ordered to work 50 hr/week -- so we cut back to that. 🤷‍♂️

I moved here in 2014. I have no idea how anyone got anywhere before GPS.

Amy Sherald’s Trans Lady Liberty Painting Graces New Yorker Cover The artist withdrew her exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery over concerns that the artwork would be censored.

🎵 She's beauty and she's grace/she's Miss United States 🎵

How many times did you proofread that before clicking submit?

When I lived in Portland, I _did_ have to water practically every damn day in the summer, but I had NO POISON IVY, DEER, or GROUNDHOGS!

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

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It's fascinating how many American are completely unaware of the death toll in Afghanistan and Iraq. For some value of "fascinating".

Pittsburgh Sept. 3, I'll be doing two programs:
1. Cooper-Siegel Community Library (Fox Chapel): Luther & Maudelena Johnson, their contributions to Black arts in Pittsburgh.
and
2. East Liberty Historical Society: East Liberty Stockyards. 🗃️
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After taking your history class, I told my boardgame group that if they wanted a 20 minute rant about Andrew Carnegie, I’d be happy to provide one. They demurred.

Imagine being one of the normal people left working in our government, and sitting in meetings where this sort of thing is announced.