It's amazing how this is applicable to so many things.
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oh hey everyone, I've been offline for five days while my in-laws visited. I sure hope nothing squarely at the intersection of balloons, surveillance technology, geopolitics, and high-end aircraft happened on my beat while I was away.
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A little sunshine to kick off this dreary day, and a bit of a unique perspective. The railing on the West End Bridge, complete with little ice pillars, perfectly frames #Pittsburgh as the sun emerges from behind a building. I love how the city looks like a miniature set.
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I've found that 99 times out of 100, the thing "no one is talking about" is all over my feed, with half of the talk about how no one is talking about it.
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"do people write fanfiction of the bible?" yes its called neon genesis evangelion
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Mel Brooks and Miss Piggy on the set of The Muppet Movie, 1978.
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Izzy the Kelpie, Tasmania 😍
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we give our cat progressively larger boxes to lounge in, so that he has the illusion that he's really successful at his cat tasks and is upwardly mobile as a result. this big guy is living the dream and moving on up to a lifestyle his cat parents couldn't even imagine!
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The house stands at the meeting-place of two rivers.
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Me: I'm feeling really Sapphic
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Me: ............... and if
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hands.......... [swan, or possibly an extinct species of gourd]
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flat fishtopher friday
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This is a good thread, up and down.
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Every bad technological idea is first rolled out on poor people, refugees, prisoners, kids, mental patients and other people who can't push back. 39/
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When Netflix did it to the studios, that was "progress," but when *you* do it to Netflix, that's *theft*. 48/
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Sometimes a little luck can go a long way. The clouds cleared just in time from behind #Pittsburgh this morning to allow for the shot that I hoped for, an image of the moon and PPG Place from a spot I've never captured it from before. Made for a really fun view to capture.
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stop having parasocial relationships with celebrities. start having parasocial relationships with your friends' cats
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Some really dark stuff in the official Punxsutawney Phil FAQ: He is an immortal because he sips the "elixir of life" every summer, but his "wife" Phyllis "doesn’t receive the Elixir of Life so she will not live forever like Phil." groundhog.org/phil-faq
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Two people have noted that any court-appointed or public defender would do this. I'm glad to hear it but if you wanna be #3 or higher it would be awesome if you also had examples, citations, and/or links.
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Wow, he really got the jump on me but... I am also retiring from football... again... unless that is some of you don't want me to
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“Road is too steep to start the installation” is a brand new sentence
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In ‘sentences that would make your nan’s head explode’: I can’t update my car because I live on a hill
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the stage in between when a suburb gets a mass-market casual dining establishment and an artisanal brewery with a bicycle parking lot is known as the Cheesecake Refractory Period
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real conversation i just witnessed whie ringing up two guys and their new puppy a dog collar
guy 1: look at us breaking gender norms, we bought her a blue collar
guy 2: everyday we break gender norms were literally married mike
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Judy Garland turning the tables on photographers at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, 1939
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this pretty trans woman just came into the coffee shop and ordered a mocha, as I was making it the chocolate syrup wouldnt squirt out and i was just pumping the syrup over and over and her friend said “having performance anxiety?” And my soul left my body
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My mom: “They don’t grease the polls in Pittsburgh (where I currently am), go climb one!!” GO BIRDS!!!! #ItsAPhillyThing #NFCChamps #SuperbowlBound #WhileExcitedIWontBeDoingThis🤣
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Still have a bunch of foggy images from a few weeks ago in #Pittsburgh to share, including this one along the North Shore. I kinda like how the riverwalk disappears into the fog as it leads you into the scene while the Ft. Duquesne Bridge frames the city. Eerie but fun view.
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Happy Saturday from Frick Park & our beaver friend Castor!
Have a GREAT day #Pittsburgh!
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Elderly woman with a cane & huge backpack so helped her across a busy street while she cheerfully informed me her pooch had died & she wanted to get to his favourite park to chuck out 500 tennis balls for the other dogs in his memory & I was like humans are crazy in the best way
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What was one impactful moment that you shared with a stranger that you never saw ever again?
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Pretty cool scene in #Pittsburgh this morning, as a huge 22º halo was visible behind the city from the North Shore. I took advantage of a puddle in the water steps to capture its reflection as well, making it encircle half of downtown. Always love finding views like this.
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[extremely Train song]
hey, soul sister
watch that great clown mister
with the circus show
you should go
pagliacci cures all ails, y’know
hey, soul sister
you don’t want to miss it, he’s in town for one show
tonight
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Snowflake is enjoying a snowy day! ❄️
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didn't want to gatekeep this scrunchy picture of Chloe enjoying some aggressive chin scratches
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Always a normal one in Pittsburgh
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While researching for our exclusive on President Jimmy Carter returning classified documents, we came upon a 1984 AP article about how a 13-year-old girl ended up with Carter's classified documents and brought them to her Pittsburgh school's show and tell apnews.com/article/politi
It's ok to be you :)
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Y’all realize that the National Archives has had flat staffing levels for like 30 years right? Every presidential administration becomes excessively more difficult for records management than the last but there aren’t enough resources to handle it
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