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natalia rudiak

@nataliarudiak.bsky.social

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+ Radical pragmatist + Earnest xennial + Climate worker + Opinions solely my own + Local politics everywhere [Pittsburgh City Councilor fer 8 yrs] she / her personal account 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 🇵🇱⚡

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Oct 29

Hey all, I consider myself an attentive Blueskyer but I'm having a hard time keeping up with all the new Pittsburgh follows, feel free to like and engage with my posts so I'm aware of your existence for a follow back ☺️

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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · Aug 3

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Aug 4

OH HEY FREN

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Aug 4

Going through my annual Paul Simon 'Graceland' phase.

These days are horrifying, but they are also the days of miracle and wonder.

Never forget that.

Don't cry, baby,
don't cry x

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Paul Simon - The Boy In The Bubble (from The African Concert, 1987)

YouTube video by PaulSimonVEVO

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Aug 4

I have 4000 screenshots on my phone. There's bound to be photos of people known by the masses in there.

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DesertSkiesSue @desertprogressive.bsky.social · Aug 3

The sheer scale of the project — a giant ballroom attached to the East Wing — worries preservationists. “It could do some harm to the property over all,” said a professor at George Washington University. “There aren’t any checks and balances here, unfortunately.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

Experts Raise Concerns Over Trump’s White House Ballroom Renovation Plans

www.nytimes.com

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Aug 3

No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?

[does this count lol]

Meme. Comment: "checking your email after one day of PTO." Image: from the sketch show "I think you should leave" - Tim Robinson in character, in the driver's seat of a car saying, "I don't know what any of this shit is, and I'm scared."

I think this counts? Lol

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Aug 3

Can you imagine how cool the YM magazine podcast would have been

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · Aug 3

This interview is so clear & quietly devastating. Public media as we understand it is over.

This is not about the end of NPR & PBS. They might be able to find ways to continue to make programs. Instead of content, this is about the capacity to broadcast at all - antennae, transmitters, licenses. 🧵

Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · Aug 1

Column: The Corporation for Public Broadcast is ‘winding down.’ What does that mean for public radio and TV?

I talk with media studies professor and public media expert Josh Shepperd for an explainer. In short, it's dire

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Column: The Corporation for Public Broadcast is ‘winding down.’ What does that mean for public radio and TV?

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced it is “wind-down” operations. What does this mean for public radio and TV?

www.chicagotribune.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Aug 2

“The only thing I can say is human rights don’t exist there,” Reyes Barrios told HuffPost on Tuesday. There were “beatings all the time,” he said. “If you didn’t eat, they would hit you. If you took a shower when it wasn’t time, they would beat you. If you spoke roughly to them, they would beat you.”

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Aug 3

I just realized this didn't age well which is TOTALLY AWESOME.

natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Aug 3

Hahahaha good point. Hydration really needs to override my hoarding instincts.

a man with a mustache is smiling and looking at the camera .

Alt: Gif of that Black guy with a mustache smiling, looking at the camera, and pointing to his head, looking clever.

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Aug 3

I sometimes feel bad drinking purse water in case I'll get in some apocalyptic scenario where I'll need to conserve water or, like, I'll just be more thirsty later and so I delay.

Seriously what is wrong with me lmao

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Aug 3

I'm out of town now but at home I also occasionally drink crystal light like an 80s aerobic mom lol

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Aug 3

Yes! It does help! Ty 🙏🏻

natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Aug 2

I am so dehydrated literally all of the time. Send water intake encouragement plz.

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JAVL @javl.bsky.social · Jul 15

I do NOT blame people for not coming here, but man - our tourism industry is never going to recover

Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · Jul 15

NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.

“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"

Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’

Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

www.theguardian.com

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Jul 15

Me, Xennial-splaining Interpol and The Postal Service to my Gen Z work husband:

Text that says: See, back in my day we respected government institutions enough to name our bands after them

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Jul 2

ICYMI. Scab paper, but some pretty wild Fetterman quotes about the Big Ugly Bill:

www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...

Mr. Fetterman — who has admittedly missed several votes and hearings this year and gained a reputation for frustrating progressives and criticizing his party — told reporters Monday between votes on amendments that he just wanted to “go home.”
“I've already missed our entire trip to the beach,” he said of a family vacation. “I’m going to vote no. There’s no drama … I don't think it's really helpful to put people here till some ungodly hour.”
He added that the only interesting votes would be “on the margin,” by Republican senators such as Maine’s Susan Collins and others who have expressed concerns about the bill’s cuts to Medicaid or its estimated piling of almost $3.3 trillion to the national debt over the next several years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Mr. Fetterman argued that he didn’t think Americans were “really going to be paying attention” to the dozens of amendments from Democrats doomed to fail under the Republican majority. “I don’t really think there’s a lot of dignity in it,” he told reporters.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · Jul 2

Dachau in July 1933... reported in the New York Times

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · Jul 2

i don’t think there’s anything wrong with this coming from columnists or commenters or protestors but it has been a known problem for years that when you describe the most extreme republican policies to the average voter, they just flat don’t believe you

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Jul 1

I know that Medicare/ Medicaid is Democrats’ native language & what they’re happiest speaking but I’d love for SOME prominent person to try the line “they increased the debt limit by $5 trillion in order to triple size of ICE & make its detention center bigger than the whole federal prison system.”

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Jul 1

Murkowski is killing me today.

"Republican Lisa Murkowski Urges House Not to Vote on Bill She Just Approved."

From Newsweek:

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Republican Senator tells House not to vote on bill she just voted for

Sen. Lisa Murkowski backs Trump's megabill but urges House to return it for fixes, citing Medicaid cuts and tax impacts on Alaska.

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Jul 1

This just came across my desk:

"Florida and Texas accounted for more private jet flights and emissions than the entire European Union."

God.

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Private jets emitted more climate pollution than all flights departing Heathrow Airport in 2023 - International Council on Clean Transportation

A groundbreaking new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates that private jets produced up to 19.5 million tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2023, a 25%...

theicct.org

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Photocat24 @photocat24.bsky.social · Jul 1

The bastards passed the bill. How is bluesky not exploding with this news?

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Jun 11

My work here is done

Politico @politico.com · Jun 11

President Trump is leveraging his role as commander-in-chief in a much clearer and more urgent way than during his first term — whether that’s showing off the military in a parade or using it to quell protests.

From Los Angeles to Washington, Trump leans in as commander in chief

On one coast, military forces are arriving by the thousands to defend federal buildings and agents. On the other, they’re readying a celebration of American military might.

www.politico.com

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natalia rudiak @nataliarudiak.bsky.social · Jun 11

"In a new ad campaign launched jointly by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the NRDC Action Fund, union electricians are urging OH Senators to protect clean energy tax credits. "

I'm stunned at how this video has almost 400,000 views.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV5O...

Jobs on the Rise

YouTube video by NRDC Action Fund

www.youtube.com

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