Lauren Raab

Three banners, two black with white text and one red with white text, that read POST-GAZETTE STRIKERS WILL WIN hang from a yellow bridge with the Pittsburgh skyline in the background.

Tomorrow, our unfair labor practice strike against @post-gazette.com marks it's third full year. Three years of fighting the most lawless union-busting campaign can be tiring, but we're never going to quit fighting.

Last night, we were uplifted to see a new sign adorning the Pittsburgh skyline...

Not Like That (w/ Lyrics) YouTube video by Bug Hunter

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I just deactivated my Twitter account. Easy choice. Haven't used it in almost a year

It's that time again

Ooh, look what just landed at the top of my to-read list

People should be demanding links! I agree!
Here's one: www.kiplinger.com/investing/st...

Wild, right? On so many levels!

I miss you, btw. Hope you're doing well

People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change

Those kids are the best. And if they're going to complain and argue and try to annoy each other to death in the back seat, let's at least argue about something silly.

If you've got weird takes we can argue about during the next car ride, please share.

TIL: Driving my chaotic young niece and nephew all the way across town in chaotic pre-Thanksgiving L.A. traffic turns me into a gremlin who lobs conversational grenades at my passengers. Stuff like, "Well, technically, Kelly Clarkson *is* from the '80s"

Two business cards from people who buy "junk cars"

I wonder how many of these can be left on my car before I start feeling insulted

A green salamander sits on top of a pipe that is over a camp fire. In a circle around it has the name of the union and at the bottom Est. 1903. Below the roundel is a banner that says Energy Conservation Specialists.

The International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers build infrastructure vital for living and working comfortably inside, as well for industrial projects like power plants. Their distinct logo has the salamander, who in ancient myths was a fireproof creature.