@ginny.bsky.social
Author (Nothing. Everything. 2023), historian, columnist, essayist, founder of Make Room for Kids at Mario Lemieux Foundation and pghremains.com
Whew. The Steelers headlines sure are something to behold this morning π¬
01.12.2025 16:16 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 2 π 1Their faces are 100 percent a copy-paste situation
30.11.2025 13:23 β π 15 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Pittsburgh, Iβll be on KDKA radio for a bit starting at 7:20 tonight to chat about this yearβs Yinzer Gift Guide and other topics.
28.11.2025 23:31 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Driving in Pittsburgh is basically a whole lot of yelling βJUST GOβ at other drivers
28.11.2025 21:26 β π 68 π 5 π¬ 7 π 2
This yearβs trees in the Hall of Architecture at the Carnegie are all themed around Jules Verneβs Around the World in Eighty Days and theyβre wonderful. Not an ad. Go see them!
28.11.2025 17:24 β π 21 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Iβm ready. Dining chairs. Folding chairs. Benches. If it fits, you sits. Happy Thanksgiving, Pittsburgh!
27.11.2025 18:34 β π 29 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
This yearβs winter lantern festival at the Pittsburgh Zoo is once again a delight to journey through. Not an ad!
26.11.2025 00:22 β π 24 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1Riverhounds out there doing Pittsburgh things πͺπΌππ€π
22.11.2025 20:03 β π 29 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Oooh. Will there be bug work in that exhibit today? My autistic teen daughter is a bug nerd and we have a membership
21.11.2025 12:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In this video I discuss one of the most prolific and potent myths the antiβvaccine movement promotes: autism. This is in light of the recent CDC website changes, which is now controlled by RFK
21.11.2025 02:35 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Weβve reached that time of year when solar lights in Pittsburgh are fighting for their lives. Just do your best, babes.
21.11.2025 00:43 β π 23 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Beautiful. I wish all the handwritten stuff I have to decipher as a historian was this easy to read.
20.11.2025 18:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0If you see those little red spellcheck underlines indicating I took a screenshot rather than downloading the actual image from my image editing software because I am lazy and also I am old ... no you didn't. Be cool.
18.11.2025 12:48 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This year's Yinzer Holiday Gift Guide (now in year 17, I believe) is a fun read and is full of dozens of local goodies such as these. Get in on the shopping fun, Pittsburgh! Nothing is an ad! I have extremely good taste! breathingspace.substack.com/p/2025-yinze...
18.11.2025 12:43 β π 23 π 6 π¬ 1 π 1
Dearest Pittsburgh, itβs the most wonderful time of the year! Dig into my 2025 Yinzer Holiday Gift Guide for dozens of local items for everyone on your gift list. Nothing is an ad. Share far and wide! π€π
breathingspace.substack.com/p/2025-yinze...
When you check in to see how the Steelers game is going and you see a hockey score
10.11.2025 02:15 β π 20 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Erin Koper running on a βPittsburgh is a violent hellholeβ platform, losing her city council race by 49 points in a district Trump lost by 33 points and then immediately declaring she is selling her house and leaving Pittsburgh has got me cackling in some kind of way this morning. Girl, bye.
08.11.2025 12:24 β π 71 π 8 π¬ 9 π 1This year's Yinzer Gift Guide is now fully out of control. I've got like 60 amazing locally made items on it so far and I've got a bunch more to add because our local makers have been so busy this year creating little drops of beauty and whimsy. Pittsburgh, you're doing great, sweetie. Keep it up.
06.11.2025 13:28 β π 26 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This year's Yinzer Holiday Gift Guide will publish at the end of next week and it is AWESOME. I still need some affordable locally made stocking stuffers to toss on the list. Hit me with some of your best Pittsburgh-made goodies that are affordable and small. Keychains? Lip balms? Whatever!
04.11.2025 13:47 β π 11 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
What in the AI hell is this "Pittsburgh skyline ornament" being sold on Etsy by a Carlisle, PA-based shop? Is the Pittsburgh skyline in the room with us right now? Straight to jail.
03.11.2025 00:56 β π 20 π 0 π¬ 4 π 1
I already had a vast shortage of respect for Kim Kardashian, but her claiming the moon landing was faked has erased it all. Only the most willfully ignorant sectors of society adopt this disrespectful conspiracy theory. She can rot. Please read my column: www.pittsburghmagazine.com/anti-science...
31.10.2025 15:59 β π 30 π 5 π¬ 3 π 1
My latest Breathing Space is here and we have GOT to talk about the Pittsburgh Walk of Fame fiasco!
breathingspace.substack.com/p/pardon-me-...
Me handing my autistic teen Tylenol for her pain: βHere. Take your autism. Itβs extra strength.β
Her: *dies laughing*
#momjokes
Amazing! I must know if itβs a descendant??
13.10.2025 15:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Had a fantastic time teaching the Great Fire of 1845 to a capacity crowd at South Park Township Public Library this week! (Photos courtesy the library)
10.10.2025 17:17 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
How is Pittsburgh going to create a whole Walk of Fame and not include Gene Kelly in the first class?
09.10.2025 20:53 β π 21 π 4 π¬ 1 π 1Yinz guysβ
08.10.2025 18:20 β π 25 π 5 π¬ 3 π 0
In 2005, when Walmart wanted to open a store in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, residents rallied to keep it out. But Walmart found its way back to Monroeville 20 years later. Instead of building a new store, though, the retailer bought an operating mall with 120 tenants for $34 million.
07.10.2025 01:40 β π 72 π 18 π¬ 9 π 12Not for nothing, but Iβm on a 71B bus that just FLEW through Downtown Pittsburgh thanks to these bus lanes β at 5 PM on a Friday
More busways! MORE!! FASTER!! π¨
An extremely Pittsburgh post: Today I learned that Zachary Quintoβs great-grandfather was none other than P.J. McArdle. π€―
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