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bobgradeck.bsky.social
Guy in Pittsburgh, fluent in dad jokes, recovering Zamboni driver, manages a civic data project at Pitt. Once finished third in the Pennsylvania Farm Show butter sculpture contest. I brake for estate sales.
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At least I fixed my shower today.

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Liberation from a secure retirement, liberation from employment, liberation from stable prices, liberation from certainty, and liberation from competent leadership.

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Good thing I loaded up on foreign liquor over the past two weeks. Gonna need it.

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Pretty sure that Democrats would provide most of the votes to stop this…

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Dog licenses are among my favorite datasets from Allegheny County in Pennsylvania. We have a Sidney Pawsby. data.wprdc.org/dataset/alle...

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The great Alan Malach takes apart the core arguments in Applebaum’s Atlantic article Stuck. (Alan is making a second/third career on takedowns of Atlantic housing-related pieces 🙂) Its a two-part argument. This is the first part. 1/2

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Important @urbaninstitute.bsky.social study illustrates fallacy of just "build more housing" & "filtering" as providing solution for *low-income* renters. 🧵 First, in *most* cities -- & especially "strong-market" cities" there are not enough rental units affordable for low-income renters. 1/4

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This article from the Bucco Ball blog accurately describes how I also feel about this new Pirates season. Just kind of numb to it all. Play ball I guess. buccoball.wordpress.com/2025/03/26/2...

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Trying to do my best to get out in front of the tariff threats is getting expensive

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I don’t know where to put it now that I bought a few extra bottles of tequila to get out ahead of the tariffs

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I hate it here

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Tomorrow

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I’d like to have a word with my fellow Americans of Ukrainian ancestry that voted for Trump. Actually a few words.

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Personal favorite movie of mine ⬇️

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Casting a net for a grouper volunteers to help update the Pittsburgh Fish Fry Map this Saturday afternoon. Come to fulfill your civic obligation, meet people, or just for the halibut.

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Standing up to the authoritarian wave requires more than cheerleading for democracy; it demands making democratic societies more participatory, responsive, and adaptable at all levels, from local to national, in response to the societal shifts driven by the Internet over the past 15 years.

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