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Donate to Save Bantha Tea Bar!, organized by Kyla Parker In 2013, best friends Jack Ball and Brett Boye decided to turn the small plumber’s office at 5002 Pen… Kyla Parker needs your support for Save Bantha Tea Bar!

Attn Pittsburgh folks:

Regional grid operator’s ‘auction’ will result in higher electricity bills for Pa. customers The auction, meant to ensure sufficient power supply in the future, closed at a record price for the second year in a row.

PJM Interconnection's final auction price hit a record high for the second year in a row, closing at nearly $330 per megawatt-day — a 22% increase over the $270 per megawatt-day from last year’s auction. That means bills will likely rise between 1.5% and 5% for most ratepayers.

i really truly wish any of the epstein furore was caused by a genuine concern for cruelty for teenage girls, for exploited kids. it would be a different country if it was, of course, but the discourse is sometimes jarring

Executive orders are not laws!! Or even regulations that have gone through a rule-making process!! Please stop treating them like they are!

People are in motion and you can join them.

A book titled "The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex" by Melissa Febos on a lavender desk mat.

The cover of a book titled "Pittsburgh in 50 Maps" by Stentor Danielson with a detailed map of Pittsburgh depicted on it. The map is in a golden color on a dark background.

Excellent library pickup day. Got the new @melissafebos.bsky.social & attended @chefstentor.bsky.social's talk on Pittsburgh in 50 maps

Icona iconawrites Every generation should read The Lord of the Rings and learn that men are allowed to show affection, that power corrupts, and that happiness does not come from being a ruler but from baking potatoes and snoozing in an armchair by the fire in your cosy Hobbit hole.

It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.

Advertising HRT with the guy from Men’s Warehouse saying “you’re gonna like the way you look, I guarantee it.”

Reject Transgender Liberalism | Jules Gill-Peterson In the wake of the most recent Supreme Court term, it’s clear the trans movement must change legal and political course—but what might that look like?

Jules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cover of NOT POUNDED BY THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF SOMEONE ELSE’S DOUBT IN MY PLACE ON THE AUSTIM SPECTRUM BECAUSE DENYING SOMEONE’S PERSONAL JOURNEY AND IDENTITY LIKE THAT IS INCREDIBLY RUDE SO NO THANKS featuring a man in a suit on the right and next to him is a very skeptical looking question mark

cover of THIS LESBIAN AMPERSAND GETS ME OFF featuring ladybuck giving thumbs up on the left and on the right is a giant yellow ampersand lookin good they are in the wilderness

cover of POUNDED IN THE BUTT BY THE UNEXPECTED POWER OF RAW SINCERITY handsome buckaroo with no shirt on the left next to him is a sentient heart symbol in gold with a smile

cover of THE SENTIENT LESBIAN EM DASH—MY FAVORITE PUNCTUATION MARK—GETS ME OFF there is a ladybuck on the right she is standing between buildings in grassy yard next to her is a big blue em dash

I just imagine telling my boss I have been "unfairly shamed" into fulfilling my duties, & I'm only showing up because clients have "weaponized" my absenteeism when I'd rather spend more time at home & less on the "mundane tasks" of being a therapist. Shit or get off the pot, man.

YouTube video by Garbage Garbage - There's No Future In Optimism (Official Music Video)

The music video for the new Garbage single is kind of giving Born in Flames vibes

If you were out in the streets yesterday, terrific. Keep going! There's a lot to do. Do it with other people.

Right there with ya. It's miserable!

"Stand up and force UPMC to do the right thing.” Mayor Ed Gainey joined 200 people at a rainy Thursday rally at UPMC headquarters. Advocacy groups and citizens protested the health care provider's concession to Trump, rolling back gender-affirming care for youth. buff.ly/BSuqXd3

The matching Mr. Rogers socks! 🤗🤍

We watched Call Jane, about the Jane Collective

Why does he look like one of Greer Lankton's dolls

things to love in this moment in time You should praise the mutilated world. (Adam Zagajewski)

"I love basically being a kind raccoon with a master’s degree at work. Love being feral and trying to convince other people to stop ignoring their true natures."

YES a kind raccoon with a master's degree is my new favorite way of telling people I'm a therapist

It seems safer to intellectualize than to risk the failure, rejection, confrontation, loss, mistakes, & blame that may come as a result of taking action. But the choice to avoid having to make a decision is still a decision, one that carries its own risks. So, we might as well just do the thing!

"That was the name of the drug they gave him: 'placebo.' I think it's made by Puh-fizer." - RFK Jr. probably

I just love a cute kiddo bento 💕

A calico cat seated on a light sage-green embossed carpeted floor in front of a light green & cream-colored decorative fireplace. Next to the fireplace is a light gray wingback chair in front of a window with sheer off-white curtains & a floor lamp.

A calico cat stands on a light sage-green textured carpet. The cat is standing in a slightly hunched position with its tail curled upward. Its fur is predominantly white, with patches of orange, brown, & black. The cat's ears are pointed, & its eyes are looking slightly to the viewer's right.

There are few things I love more than a friendly cat in a rural library. Meet Molly, resident feline of the local library near my office.

Finally scored Ethel Cain tickets. Can't wait to hit the club* with 500 other depressed/traumatized queers in Appalachia.

*sway & sob

The Soul Asylum record, "Clam Dip & Other Delights" on a white table

I remember when Soul Asylum spoofed this

Also most of your therapists. My employer decided to switch all of our W2 counselors to 1099s last year, and I just got so incredibly screwed.

These are 2 of my go-to recipes when I have a ton of cabbage to use:

Pickled Red Cabbage - t.ly/LUIJJ

Quick & Easy Pickled Cabbage - t.ly/qYaHs

I also love czerwoną kapustą (Polish braised sweet & sour cabbage) - t.ly/oqWId

Me, to my 10-year-old nephew: "Man, I hope your mom doesn't find out how much sugar I gave you today."
Nephew, with fists full of Nerds gummy clusters: "Well, we just won't tell her, and then, she won't know."

We are in cahoots.