Jon Moss
@mossjon7.bsky.social
Jersey guy now working as a reporter in Upstate NY. Formerly an adopted Pittsburgher. Figuring out this Blue Sky thing.
The Block family is closing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which was founded in 1786 and is the newspaper of record for Pennsylvania's second-largest city.
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Post-Gazette to publish final edition and cease operations on May 3
The owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced Wednesday that the newspaper will cease publication Sunday, May 3.
Over the past 20 years, Block Communications...
www.post-gazette.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The Block family is closing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which was founded in 1786 and is the newspaper of record for Pennsylvania's second-largest city.
www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2...
www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Christine Donohue retains her seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, keeping court’s Democratic majority.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Christine Donohue retains her seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, keeping court’s Democratic majority.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race.
A meaningful fast to all who observe Yom Kippur today
גמר חתימה טובה
גמר חתימה טובה
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A meaningful fast to all who observe Yom Kippur today
גמר חתימה טובה
גמר חתימה טובה
The Way We Live Now: 11-11-01; Lost and Found (Published 2001)
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September 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“Our food, especially, is the food of memory. And so it's through the food that you connect with others and you connect with who you are and where you come from. You know, it's a time portal. It can transport you immediately to your past and to a memory.”
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Russ & Daughters in NYC celebrates '100 years of appetizing' and family
At Russ & Daughters, it takes three months to learn how to slice salmon. NPR's Scott Simon visits the 100 year-old appetizing store to try his hand at the fine art and talk about their new cookbook.
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September 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“Our food, especially, is the food of memory. And so it's through the food that you connect with others and you connect with who you are and where you come from. You know, it's a time portal. It can transport you immediately to your past and to a memory.”
www.npr.org/2025/09/06/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/06/n...
Are the Mets good again?
August 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Are the Mets good again?
"There were 44 people onboard. ... Two had a conversation across a dog inside of a pair of overalls. We’d overhear conversations in four other languages: Italian, Mandarin, Spanish and Tagalog. Four men wore work boots, and one rested on his hard-hat."
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The Hell’s Kitchen room that monitors every subway train in New York
Under threat from the Trump administration, the MTA’s high-tech nerve centre is focused on keeping the city moving
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May 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"There were 44 people onboard. ... Two had a conversation across a dog inside of a pair of overalls. We’d overhear conversations in four other languages: Italian, Mandarin, Spanish and Tagalog. Four men wore work boots, and one rested on his hard-hat."
www.ft.com/content/c4b3...
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The Shot Heard Round The World - Schoolhouse Rock
YouTube video by Eldon Brown
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April 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Two hours of video footage showing prison guards fatally beating a handcuffed inmate, Robert Brooks, is almost certain to play a central role in the prosecution of the guards.
It was only recovered, a top official said, “on a lark.”
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/02...
It was only recovered, a top official said, “on a lark.”
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Key video of corrections officers beating Robert Brooks to death recovered ‘on a lark’
Top prison officials, like many, didn't know body cameras had recall function. DA Fitzpatrick says without video, the killing may have remained hidden.
www.syracuse.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Two hours of video footage showing prison guards fatally beating a handcuffed inmate, Robert Brooks, is almost certain to play a central role in the prosecution of the guards.
It was only recovered, a top official said, “on a lark.”
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/02...
It was only recovered, a top official said, “on a lark.”
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/02...