Rachel Foor
@rachelfoor.bsky.social
I write about crime and criminal proceedings in Central PA | Fan of horror novels, DC Comics and books in general | I'm just here for a good time
Block family taking their ball and going home
In other words, rather than accept a union, the current owners closed a newspaper that’s almost as old as the US.
The Post Gazette was killed today because the Blocks, after fighting the longest strike in US history at 1,133 days, were irrevocably told by the Supreme Court today that they lost. So they're closing a newspaper that first published in 1786 because they're mad.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Block family taking their ball and going home
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listen
if i put something down somewhere
and i do not look, unobstructedly and directly, at it and make deliberate note of its location
it's fucking gone
not even the memory OF a memory of that item's location remains
the entire category of thing that that object was in
NEVER existed
if i put something down somewhere
and i do not look, unobstructedly and directly, at it and make deliberate note of its location
it's fucking gone
not even the memory OF a memory of that item's location remains
the entire category of thing that that object was in
NEVER existed
December 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
listen
if i put something down somewhere
and i do not look, unobstructedly and directly, at it and make deliberate note of its location
it's fucking gone
not even the memory OF a memory of that item's location remains
the entire category of thing that that object was in
NEVER existed
if i put something down somewhere
and i do not look, unobstructedly and directly, at it and make deliberate note of its location
it's fucking gone
not even the memory OF a memory of that item's location remains
the entire category of thing that that object was in
NEVER existed
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I lent my dad my copy of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones over the weekend and it's been so hard to not borderline harass him 10 times a day for progress updates and his thoughts so far 🙃
December 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I lent my dad my copy of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones over the weekend and it's been so hard to not borderline harass him 10 times a day for progress updates and his thoughts so far 🙃
Overheard our managing editor tell a page designer "thankfully the 102-year-old man is 72 inches long" and it struck me how little that sentence would make sense outside a newsroom
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Overheard our managing editor tell a page designer "thankfully the 102-year-old man is 72 inches long" and it struck me how little that sentence would make sense outside a newsroom
I've managed to commandeer a desk in the main courtroom that just happens to be next to the chief public defender and now people have started asking me questions that I am 100% not qualified to answer
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I've managed to commandeer a desk in the main courtroom that just happens to be next to the chief public defender and now people have started asking me questions that I am 100% not qualified to answer
I want to be on a jury so badly but I don't think any attorney would ever pick me
Teaching about the jury today and reading “Why Jury Duty Matters” again.
It is a book that should be at the center of civic and democracy debates. Perhaps today more than when it was written, it offers a path forward. #Books
It is a book that should be at the center of civic and democracy debates. Perhaps today more than when it was written, it offers a path forward. #Books
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I want to be on a jury so badly but I don't think any attorney would ever pick me
I miss living out in the sticks because today is one of those days where I feel like I'd find a game trail and wander until I found a nice log to sit on to just contemplate
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I miss living out in the sticks because today is one of those days where I feel like I'd find a game trail and wander until I found a nice log to sit on to just contemplate
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The Alaska Native villages of Kipnuk & Kwigillingok face a long road to recovery after Typhoon Halong. 90% of the buildings in Kipnuk were destroyed. Families are living in shelters. The Gov estimated it will take 18 months 2 rebuild. Donate 2 rebuilding efforts
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October 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Alaska Native villages of Kipnuk & Kwigillingok face a long road to recovery after Typhoon Halong. 90% of the buildings in Kipnuk were destroyed. Families are living in shelters. The Gov estimated it will take 18 months 2 rebuild. Donate 2 rebuilding efforts
I'm hoping for a live action Masque of the Red Death
We are $38 trillion in debt, millions are about to go hungry, and he's busy building himself a gilded ballroom.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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U.S. hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic
This rapid debt accumulation is the fastest outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the debt having reached $37 trillion in August.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm hoping for a live action Masque of the Red Death
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People say "I'll see you in Hell," but then when you get there they act like they don't even know you.
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
People say "I'll see you in Hell," but then when you get there they act like they don't even know you.
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Court shenanigans are the best because people have a hard time believing stuff like this actually happens
BIG news out of the US District Court today as Judge Sara Ellis demands Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino stand beside a sign of a cartoon clown holding its hand 🤡🫳 yea high to prove he's allowed to ride the Tilt-a-Whirl.
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Court shenanigans are the best because people have a hard time believing stuff like this actually happens
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
In court today, a very belligerent woman kept yelling at everyone, asking if they were Italian. 🤌🏼🤌🏼
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In court today, a very belligerent woman kept yelling at everyone, asking if they were Italian. 🤌🏼🤌🏼
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Every imagined threat about socialism is modeled after real things that happened under capitalism
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Every imagined threat about socialism is modeled after real things that happened under capitalism
We gotta do something about mental health because this guy showed up to court in a tin foil hat and, when asked by the judge if we was sure he wanted to represent himself, he held up a picture of Jesus and said we all might recognize his representation
October 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We gotta do something about mental health because this guy showed up to court in a tin foil hat and, when asked by the judge if we was sure he wanted to represent himself, he held up a picture of Jesus and said we all might recognize his representation
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As our strike approaches three years, we still need your support to keep fighting for union journalism in Pittsburgh. You can support striking workers who are struggling to pay their bills while facing the most lawless union-busting operation in the country by ordering one of our newshound shirts!
Strike Solidarity t-shirt order form
Design by Jen Kundrach We’re so excited to get these to you wherever you are. Please fill out the custom form here to let us know which size shirt you want. We have been handing these out wit…
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October 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
As our strike approaches three years, we still need your support to keep fighting for union journalism in Pittsburgh. You can support striking workers who are struggling to pay their bills while facing the most lawless union-busting operation in the country by ordering one of our newshound shirts!
Outside court yesterday and heard a woman on the phone ask if a no-contact order from a judge carried the same weight as a PFA and if she'd get arrested talking to this guy and now I know why lawyers drive such nice cars
October 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Outside court yesterday and heard a woman on the phone ask if a no-contact order from a judge carried the same weight as a PFA and if she'd get arrested talking to this guy and now I know why lawyers drive such nice cars
Waiting on Luigi Mangione's perp walk outside the Altoona Police Department with my fellow local news outlets, as well as regional and national news networks.
December 9, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Waiting on Luigi Mangione's perp walk outside the Altoona Police Department with my fellow local news outlets, as well as regional and national news networks.
In 2025, I would love it if Punisher fans would retake their logo because Frank Castle would never and it's driving me crazy
November 21, 2024 at 8:53 PM
In 2025, I would love it if Punisher fans would retake their logo because Frank Castle would never and it's driving me crazy
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Working way too much in order for my cat to have a catio one day
November 18, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Working way too much in order for my cat to have a catio one day