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dani's adventures in fuck it we ball
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pittsburgher posting adventures in cooking & gardening, travel, books, local/national politics, etc. she/her

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going to make a thread of my favorite photos I took in 2025, starting with this, the best photo I took on safari in nagarahole (karnataka india) in december. I can't decide whether I like it better in color or b&w
good morning pittsburgh, if you have $12 and an hour or two to spare this weekend I cannot recommend the black photojournalism exhibit at carnegie museum of art strongly enough. a powerful & inspiring reminder that americans have beaten back fascism before and we can again. exhibit closes monday!
January 16, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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We don't lack empathy, we just implement and communicate it more directly and unambiguously, which neurotypicals find off-putting.

If anything, the autistic people in my life have always been orders of magnitude more compassionate and kind than the hostile, close-minded NTs I grew up with.
No, autistics do not “lack empathy”: “Where researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly.” By Ludmila Pradlova.

**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People
For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
love to spend $20 on an uber to get to work because the bus flew by when google said it was still 3 minutes out
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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“ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do” played over video of ICE engaging in acts of violence should be the wall to wall DNC media strategy right now
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.

“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
so NFL draft preparations are apparently ongoing without any collaboration with/input from prt or transit plans for the massive influx of people beyond *checks notes* water taxis

pittsburgh about to fall flat on its face in front of everyone, an absolute embarrassment

draft's in 3 months ¯\_ʘ‿ʘ_/¯
January 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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i will never get over this rebecca tiffany quote: the goal of yimbyism is a world where "every trans eighteen-year-old who is stuck living with unsupportive family [is] able to afford an apartment in a vibrant urban space with transit on a minimum wage job."

www.liberalcurrents.com/feminism-wit...
January 11, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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the Allegheny

you know, the one that runs through New Orleans
January 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
oh man this is one of those "rain turns to snow as temperatures rapidly plunge" type things that means the roads and sidewalk are going to be a sheet of ice hidden by snow tomorrow morning, huh
January 14, 2026 at 10:22 PM
right after the election somebody organized an "everybody get together under the Bloomfield bridge and scream" event and I feel like I could really use one of those right about now
January 14, 2026 at 8:58 PM
it's a good day for Bird TV™
January 14, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Driven by AI, Homer City, PA will see the construction of the country's largest gas plant, nearly doubling the pollution of the huge coal plant it replaces, the equivalent of putting millions of cars on the road. Power prices in PJM projected to rise 30-60% by 2030 capitalandmain.com/will-an-old-...
Will an Old Pennsylvania Coal Town Get a Reboot From AI?
Homer City embraces the prospect of jobs but worries the profits and power from a new gas plant will flow to faraway tech companies.
capitalandmain.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
imagine being such a loser that you'd have to practice saying the same word out loud over and over again
Trump: "One of the reasons they're doing these fake riots-- I mean they're just terrible. It's so fake. 'Shame! Shame! Shame!' You see the woman. It's all practiced. They take hotel rooms and they all practice together. It's a whole scam. We're finding out who's funding all this stuff too."
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
it is january 13 in pittsburgh, and a balmy 43° outside and I am once again asking
January 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
had a much deeper appreciation of witcher s2 & s3 this watch-thru. very looking forward to s4 tho anxious how it's going to be without henry cavill
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I think if you are the only customer in a coffee-serving institution you should get to control the music volume
January 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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The whole point of “cops need more training” policies is not to actually address the issues of police abuse and brutality, but to give politicians an out for giving cops more funding to go after which part of society they despise the most.
January 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I forgot to make hummus this weekend so now I am woefully undersupplied in workday healthy snacks for the week 😢
January 12, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I've said this before but it is absolutely outrageous that jurors don't get paid at least minimum wage. the right to a jury of your peers is ensconced in the constitution and this means the jury needs to be diverse wrt socioeconomic status! nobody working an hourly job can afford a day off for this
was prepared to do jury duty but in pittsburgh they pay $9/day and they give you coupons for lunch at local restaurants. absolutely fuck this class warfare ass shit. pulling my cptsd card for being on the witness stand when i was 8 years old and my dad killed my grandparents shortly after. fuck this
January 12, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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When I come to the office midwinter, the sun is just coming up and this view to the southeast over Minneapolis gives me a little hope that the light returns, spring will come.

Tough times in this city, under attack from our government, so maybe you need this view too.
January 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
hello yes I'm here to apply for the secretary position in your organized gang of wine moms? no I'm not a mom but I do have exquisite taste in wine and am extremely proficient in the microsoft office suite
And so began the Wine Mom Revolution.
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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All proceeds go to the loved ones of Renee Nicole Good
January 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
already not a fan of aslin but announcing you're having a competition between your taprooms of who can sell the most beer during dry january is pretty tacky. a january competition? fine. a january competition specifically couched in terms of dry january and described as "anti-NA"? gross.
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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#ActionAlert Emergency Action. ICE out of Pittsburgh. City County Building tonight January 7th at 7pm
January 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
going to make a thread of my favorite photos I took in 2025, starting with this, the best photo I took on safari in nagarahole (karnataka india) in december. I can't decide whether I like it better in color or b&w
January 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM