@reneegovanucci.bsky.social
Jazz, cats, baseball
With election day upon us, I turn to the wonderful works of protest art created by Greg Schooley five years ago. The pandemic we face now is no longer COVID, but fascism. Let this serve as a reminder that the message is the same. VOTE smart, not cult!
03.11.2025 21:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
18.10.2025 20:22 — 👍 33646 🔁 6598 💬 355 📌 248
officialjackwhite "Jack White is a washed up, has-been loser posting drivel on social media because he clearly has ample time on his hands due to his stalled career," wrote Cheung. "It's apparent he's been masquerading as a real artist, because he fails to appreciate, and quite frankly disrespects, the splendor and significance of the Oval Office inside of The People's House."--White House Communications Director Steven Cheung Listen, I'm an artist and not a politician so I'm in no need to give my answer or opinion on anything if I'm not inspired or compelled, but how funny that it wasn't me calling out trump's blatant fascist manipulation of government, his gestapo ICE tactics, his racist remarks about Latinos, Native Americans, etc. his ridiculous "wall" construction, his attacks on the disabled his attempted coup and mob insurrection and destruction of the sacred halls of congress, his disparaging sexist and pedophilic remarks about women, his obvious attempts at distraction about being a close personal friend of Jeffrey Epstein and his inclusion in the Epstein files, his ignorance of the dying children in Sudan, Gaza, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his lack of empathy for military veterans and those struggling with poverty, his attempts to dismantle healthcare, his obvious wimpy and pathetic kowtowing to the dictators Putin and Kim Jong Un, his nazi like rallies, his attempts to sell merchandise and products like Goya beans through the office of the President, his fake "gunshot to the ear" that he showed no medical records or photographs of his constant, constant lying to the American people, etc. etc. No, it wasn't me calling out any of that, it was the fucking DECOR OF THE OVAL OFFICE remarks I made that got them to respond with insults. How petty and pathetic and thin skinned could this administration get? Masquerading as a real artist? Thank you for giving me my tombstone engraving! Well here's my opinion, trump is masquerading as a human being.
officialjackwhite He's masquerading as a christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy. He's been masquerading as a businessman for decades as nothing he's involved in has prospered except by using other people's money to find loophole after loophole and grift after grift. His staff of professional liar toadies like Steven Cheung and Karoline Leavitt have been covering up and masking his fascism as patriotism and "ample time on at golf than helping ANYONE in the country. Improve. Anything. There progress with him, only smoke and mirrors and tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. So maga folk, enjoy your concrete paving over of the rose garden, your 200 million dollar ballroom in the White House, and your gaudy ass gold spray painted trinkets from Home Depot, cause he ain't spending any money agenda. on helping YOU unless you fit into his white supremascist country club rich idiot. No intelligent person can defend this low life fascist. This bankrupter of casinos. This failed seller of trump steaks, trump vodka, trump water, etc. This man and his goon squad have failed upwards for decades and have fleeced the American people over and over. This professional golf cheat, this grifter who has hundreds of thousands of deaths from his inaction of the pandemic on his hands, this man that the majority of the country somehow were fooled into supporting and voting into office (through the flawed electoral college) and their love of reality television stars. Being insulted by the actual White House that this particular conman leads is a badge of honor to me, because anyone who trump supports and likes is a villain who gives nothing to their fellow man, only takes what can benefit themselves. And no I'm not a Democrat either, I'm a human being raised in Detroit, I'm an artist who's owned his own businesses like his own upholstery shop and recording label since he was 21 years old who has enough street sense to know when a 3 card monte dealer is a cheap grifter and a thief.
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
Carnegie Mellon students in a biomedical engineering course got real-world experience designing pulse oximeters for cats at the local nonprofit Frankie's Friends.
The students explored time and cost-efficient monitoring device alternatives by 3D-printing prototypes.
@cmuengineering.bsky.social
My favorite story from the day (well, yesterday). apnews.com/article/cat-...
25.07.2025 23:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A beautiful night in the neighborhood! 🤩
Presented by Duquesne Light Company.
the people who make this country unsafe aren’t immigrants. the people who make this country unsafe are cops.
07.06.2025 05:26 — 👍 3027 🔁 602 💬 38 📌 17
This is the contrast we should consistently make-
Trump pardoning white collar felons who pay him off, even as he arrests and deports hardworking immigrants without any criminal background.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-pard...
Due to construction in the fine arts building at @cmu.edu the percussion studio was moved near my office in the School of Music. Now my days are filled with me thinking I’m hearing the first four seconds of John Williams’ Olympics fanfare.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=MCqU...
Listening to sound frequencies can help the body heal itself and reduce stress, the number one contributing factor to any disease.
Director of Music Entrepreneurship Monique Mead explains that sound healing uses sound vibration to induce a deep state of relaxation.
There was a one person Free Palestine protest at the entrance to the Liberty Tunnel this morning. That person was on the sidewalk.
15.05.2025 15:20 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Congratulations to the Class of 2025! 🎓✨
During the 127th Commencement ceremony, a class of 6,741 Carnegie Mellon graduates emerged, ready to solve complex challenges and drive transformative change.
We cannot wait to witness what you accomplish.
#TartanProud
One more set for now, but lots more to come today. I just have so much fun creating these, it's difficult to know when to stop. I know that some of them may not be to scale as well, but I'm still really happy with how they turned out.
May the Force Be With You!
I try to incorporate the two elements the best that I can, placing characters in scenes that they seem to belong in. The one of Luke at Phantom Fright Nights is definitely one of my favorites, as is the Razor Crest (RIP) in the sinkhole.
04.05.2025 12:19 — 👍 30 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
Happy May the Fourth everyone. I'm a HUGE Star Wars fan, and every year I do a mashup of #Pittsburgh and Star Wars images. I'll be sharing some throughout the day, but these are a mix of some of my old and new favorites.
#MayTheFourthBeWithYou
President Trump fired three Democratic appointees to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting yesterday, and now they're suing to invalidate the terminations. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
29.04.2025 13:31 — 👍 1383 🔁 411 💬 26 📌 21
“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.”
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
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In the upcoming installment of The Soul Pod, Dormont movershaker Amy Constantine Kline tells stories about the storied Hollywood Theater and more. Stay tuned.
Check out earlier episodes on Chamber Music Pittsburgh, Byron Nash/guitarist and Madame Dolores: soulshowmike.org/soulpod
New — I spoke to the school principal of Sackets Harbor, NY, where ICE handcuffed and disappeared a mother and 3 kids (including a 3rd grader). It’s also the town Trump Border Czar Tom Homan calls home.
Cook tells me about how the small town is taking on enormous power to bring the students home:
Just cruel. No one in the military can support this or him.
www.npr.org/2025/03/07/n...
The part that gets me is:
This term will not apply to your award as long as this preliminary injunction remains in effect.
Does that mean if the injunction expires that the NEA can then claw back your funding!?! Chaos and cruelty.
We know this administration is all about the cruelty. The censoring of artistic expression is an affront! The NEA requiring “certification” language is an affront. This applies to the entirety of an organization’s programming - not just the program seeking funding.
www.arts.gov/grants/legal...
Veteran TV musicians bringing 'Late Night Stories' to Pittsburgh on Feb. 15 for 1-night show triblive.com/aande/movies...
03.02.2025 17:22 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
