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mattdiersen.bsky.social
Dad. Architect. Pittsburgh Ward 10 Precinct 11 Democratic Committee Member - Male. I guess in that order at this point.
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With war spreading through the world, Trump’s plan to use the US Army exclusively against American protesters is looking savvier by the day.

submitted 10 hours ago • 24 comments

This is disgusting. If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?

submitted 17 hours ago • 317 comments

Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.

submitted 17 hours ago • 276 comments

there was one vote, it was for trump, and he is king of america now and you will obey

submitted 17 hours ago • 85 comments

People who live in Pittsburgh suburbs in Butler and Washington Counties ought to be voicing their displeasure that their sheriffs are actively pursuing the ability to collaborate with ICE. Assuming those people are displeased by that...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

WTAF @nytimes.com ?

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Allegheny County is right there with extensive info on the day that North Park Pool CLOSES in 2025 but not a word of info on when it OPENS can be found on their website or in the media beyond, “June.” Which it is. And it’s not open.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Listening to NPR report record profits for Dollar General just now, and realizing that by this time next year probably 50% of the soon-to-close Rite Aids in Pittsburgh will be Dollar Generals makes me sad...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

This graph might be more meaningful in explaining “youth” trends if the youngest group didn’t range all the way up to age 44 in 2024…

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

“Trans dignity is a losing issue for Democrats, Palestine freedom is a losing issue, the dignity of the homeless and immigrants is a losing issue.” I do not fucking care! Fight for it anyway or give up. What else are we fighting for if not?

submitted 14 days ago • 77 comments

If your news site has a paywall, just say it has a paywall. Why are these sites all trying to gaslight us with their, "Tut, tut! You've reached your free article limit," when we've never visited the site before in our lives.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump‘s deranged Memorial Day screed against federal judges raises two serious questions: When exactly was former president Biden diagnosed with cancer? And why has he not held a solo press conference to address it?

submitted 17 days ago • 25 comments

Are leaf blowers the single stupidest, most wasteful invention of the 20th century? Like, I'm going to fire up this tiny, polluting two-stroke engine, instantly annoying anyone within a 2 block radius, to do a job barely more efficiently than I could with a rake or broom.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Hey @npr.org Just thought I'd let you know that I am turning off the radio each time your wall to wall book tour coverage of the breaking story "Joe Biden was old: Who KNEW?" comes up. There are so many relevant, untold, and current stories that you could be devoting airtime to right now...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments