melinda @melwedde.bsky.social imagining a better future
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Dustin Black @engineerdustin.bsky.social bikes | books | art | city building
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Caitlin - Bring in the Dancing Lobsters @caitwritessome.bsky.social Writer // Prequel meme lover // Frustrated Pittsburgh sports fan
skateintraffic @skateintraffic.bsky.social trying to understand how this is all put together so we can craft a just and flourishing society when capitalism falls 🏴
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Chris @tck-1138.bsky.social He gave his life for tourism.
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Chris Belasco @someclevername.bsky.social Data Officer in the sheets, Steelworker in the streets
Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social I study moths so YOU don't have to. Lepidopterist at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A. All opinions are my own.
Gumball @pghgumball.bsky.social PGH Melee TO | Male Wire Frame main | Fight Pitt Head TO | he/him | Pitt Class of 2019 | Hometown: West Chester, PA | Ranked #2 PGH Smash 64 Remix | PFP: Alternative
Andrew S @asweigart.bsky.social Lot Blue 7H
Remy Porter @remyporter.bsky.social A harmless addition to your daily breakfast. Editor @ TheDailyWtf.com. I have a hayseed clenched in my teeth and am wearing overalls, because I'm very technically a farmer now.
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Jim @rangyoldsleddog.bsky.social 
Anne Opossum @oopspossum.bsky.social Wildland-urban interface trash animal.
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Geoff Hutchison @geoffhutchison.net Chemist, Scientist, Husband, Dad, Runner, Teacher. I develop Avogadro + OpenBabel to find new materials for energy applications @Pitt_Chemistry he/him
JosABanks @thejoshbanks.bsky.social Assemble your crew and commence the festivities
3 social media accounts for one person
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Uncle Pitt @thewillardyears.bsky.social Co-Founder of the multiple award winning Hailgate and Mayor of PittBS.
Jane Pitt @janepitt.bsky.social audio visual artist 
Brandon S., aka BrandTran @brandtran.bsky.social I grew up on transit, bike, & work w/ ADAS transport. Everyone deserves good mobility options! Posts are my own & don't speak for my employer.
DC/PHL, now in PGH 🏳️🌈 all year long
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Venuri Siriwardane @venuri.bsky.social Journalist covering public health in PGH. Get your news from trustworthy BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled, immigrant, working class or otherwise marginalized journalists.
Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social LGBTQ Blogger, Advocate, Social Worker, Gen X, Cat Folx.
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Jody DiPerna @jodydiperna.bsky.social Lovechild of the Rust Belt & Appalachia.
Reprobate reader. Rogue writer.
Blow up the Data Centers.
This is a no AI Zone.
Dejan Kovacevic @dejankovacevic.bsky.social Columnist covering #Steelers #Penguins and #Pirates, creator of the pioneering media site/app DK Pittsburgh Sports, father of two awesome children!
Chris Halicke @chrishalicke.bsky.social Steelers beat writer for @dkpittsburghsports.com | PFWA | BBWAA | Last name rhymes with Alec | I was in a metal band once | X/IG: chrishalicke
Chris Potter @cpotterpgh.bsky.social Two potholes in a hoodie, politics/government editor for WESA-FM. Too young to die, too old to pray.
Amy Whipple @amywhipple.bsky.social part-time writer, part-time writing instructor, full-time awesome // 🏳️🌈 // she/her // amywhipple.com (all views my own) (and potentially my dog’s)
JonDelano @jondelano.bsky.social Political analyst & journalist, KDKA-TV (CBS Pittsburgh) for 30 years; CMU Heinz College adjunct professor for 25 years; congressional staffer for 14 years; and even a practicing attorney! Retired sort of, mostly I just like people with strong views!
Katie Blackley @katieblackley.bsky.social Journalist at WESA doing all things digital, and covering Pittsburgh history and culture.
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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social Journalist. Pittsburgh.
Steve Mellon @stevemellon412.bsky.social Journalist currently on strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, now writing for the striker-produced Pittsburgh Union Progress.
Tom Riese @tomlriese.bsky.social Harrisburg reporter for @wesa.fm, Pittsburgh. write to: triese@wesa.fm
Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social All views expressed are my own. #bylines NYT, WSJ, Washington Post, The Atlantic, Scary Mommy, Thrillist, PublicSource, City Cast Pgh, Pgh City Paper, and more.
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kiley koscinski @kileykoscinski.bsky.social a matryoshka doll brought to life by a benevolent witch. 📻 micslinger, journalist covering health and science in pittsburgh. @wesa.fm (@npr.org) she/her. kkoscinski@wesa.fm
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Quinn Glabicki @quinnglabicki.bsky.social Photojournalist, Reporter
Climate @nytimes
Based in New York
Rich Lord @richelord.bsky.social Longtime Pittsburgh journo. Managing editor at Pittsburgh's Public Source. Author of American Nightmare: Predatory Lending and the Foreclosure of the American Dream. Part of a 2018 Pulitzer-winning team. Gardener, cyclist, husband, dad.
Matthew Baldwin @mattrhys63.bsky.social A sports journalist from the U.K., currently living in Pittsburgh PA.
Ricky Sayer @rickyreports.bsky.social News Reporter at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh | Working to inform, build community | Alum: LEX 18 News @SyracuseU '21, CitrusTV News | Your friendly neighborhood 11 pm local CBS reporter
Michelle Wright @michellewright.bsky.social Morning news anchor for WTAE in Pittsburgh.
Lia Launtz @lial.bsky.social Lover of books, science, travel, dance and music. Adventurer. Based in PGH 💛🖤
Chris Hoffman @newsmanchris.bsky.social Emmy-winning storyteller for KDKA in Pittsburgh. Arlo and Ellis' dad! Total yinzer. Point Park University graduate. Tell me your story! chris.hoffman@cbs.com- L Lauren Linder @laurenlinder.bsky.social Emmy award-winning reporter for KDKA - #CBS News Pittsburgh. #IndianaUniversity #Journalism alumna. #News junkie. CT/NY native. #Hoosier fan. Formerly #Twitter verified.
Jenna Harner @jennaharner.bsky.social WPXI Sports covering all things Pittsburgh | Emmy-Award Winner |
Ithaca College Class of 2016 | probably tweeting about sports (especially hockey), puppies &/or food
Christopher Carter @cartercritiques.bsky.social Sports reporter covering Pitt athletics and the Pittsburgh Steelers for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Host of the Locked on #Steelers podcast and North Shore Drive podcast. Host on WPXI-TV. Graduate of Cheyney University, Pitt Law. 
Andrew Havranek @andrewhavranek.bsky.social Reporter in Pittsburgh
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• Love "Big Brother" and "Survivor"
Adis Juklo @ajuklowx.bsky.social Meteorologist @WPXI
Alexandra Wimley @awimley.bsky.social Pittsburgh Post-Gazette photojournalist
Rob Rossi @robrossi.bsky.social Senior Writer (NHL), The Athletic | PHWA | WVU alumni | National Aviary | Neurodivergent | Demisexual | FND | Game-time decision | 💚
Brooke Pryor @bepryor.bsky.social ESPN NFL reporter covering the Steelers and other things. Nap lover, Bojangles aficionado.
Alan Saunders @asaunderspgh.bsky.social Steelers beat writer for @PghSteelersNow, editor at @PghSportsNow, panelist @WPXIFinalWord.
Mike J. Asti @mikeasti11.bsky.social Multi-media sports journalist. Lover of pineapples. Same handle on X etc
Managing editor at WV Sports Now. National writer for Yardbarker, Heavy Sports. Host on LockedOn, Sirius XM. TribLIVE, WPXI, WVU alum. PFWA, FWAA. https://linktr.ee/mikeasti11
Jim Sheppard @jimsheppard.bsky.social Pittsburgh-based LGBTQ business owner and community advocate. Co-Creator of QBurgh. Husband and dog dad. (he/him)
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Susan Scott Peterson @susanscottpeterson.bsky.social Editor-producer at Pittsburgh's 90.5 WESA. Also freelance radio journalist, audio producer, oral historian. Into vegetables.
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Juliet Martinez @julietbmartinez.bsky.social Nerdy, neurospicy journalist, dog lover, mom of young adult kids. I❤️🐦⬛🌳⛰️
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Mars Johnson @marsjohnson.bsky.social Staff Photographer with Pittsburgh City Paper
Sinéad McDevitt @neadiegirl.bsky.social Freelance journalist, JRPG expert, fully time info-dumper.
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Tony Norman @tonynorman.bsky.social Writer & freelance journalist. Fan of Dostoevsky, Rohr, Baldwin, Girard, August Wilson, Kierkegaard, Dylan, sci-fi, vinyl, Pittsburgh sports teams when they’re winning, indie bookstores, the Desert Mothers and Fathers, prestige TV & my grandsons.
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Cristina Rouvalis @cristinarouvalis2.bsky.social MG co-author of Snoopers & Sneakers, out January 21, 2025, Orange Blossom Publishing, journalist and cat lover
Sarah Boden @sarahboden.bsky.social Investigative health reporter for @cidrap.bsky.social
Other bylines: NPR, Spotlight PA, KFF Health News, Science News, Slate, Medscape, BBC Health.
Formerly: WESA News, Iowa Public Radio, MPR
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Ron smiley @rsmiley.bsky.social Weather guy. Lives in Pittsburgh. Father of two amazing young women.
Noah Hiles @noahhiles.bsky.social Sports enterprise reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Andrew Destin @andrewdestin1.bsky.social Pirates & Penguins reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | From the Bay, living in PA 
Abby Schnable @abbyschnable.bsky.social Covering college sports for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mostly Pitt VB and Duquesne MBB | Formerly Loyola Chicago and Wisconsin Hoops | LUC 21 | aschnable@post-gazette.com | She/her/hers
Adriana E. Ramírez @aeramirez.bsky.social Writer, critic, columnist, poet.
Benjamin Kail @benkail.bsky.social Senior Political Reporter, Bangor Daily News | https://www.benjaminkail.com
Stephen Thompson @stephenthompson.bsky.social Covering Tennessee men's basketball for the Knoxville News Sentinel | Celtics fan, Pitt alum | he/him | be where your feet are
Jackie Palochko @jpalochko.bsky.social Now: News Director at WITF. Previously: Deputy Managing Editor of News for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Senior Content Editor at The Morning Call. Ithaca College grad. Scranton native. Bookworm. Yankees fan. Mom.
Hallie @hlauer.bsky.social Sometimes I report things
ChrisTogneri @christogneri.bsky.social Endlessly depressed Cal football fan. Oakland native, biz editor in Pittsburgh.
Keith Barnes @kbarnes-pg.bsky.social Award-winning sportswriter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
412 born and raised
Harvard University M.A. in Journalism
Point Park University B.A. in Journalism
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Adam Babetski @adambabetski.bsky.social Transportation and Allegheny County reporter @triblive.bsky.social | Penn State and Northwestern Medill alum
Jimmy Cloutier @jrcloutier.com Level 33 human | Investigative Data Reporter @post-gazette.com | Previously at @opensecrets.org, News21 | RPCV Armenia 🇦🇲 | Québécois + American
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Madaleine Rubin @madaleinerubin.bsky.social reporting fellow @nytimes.com
formerly @post-gazette.com
@medillschool.bsky.social
@sonomotoyama-pg.bsky.social @sonomotoyama-pg.bsky.social Features writer at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social Journalist
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Mia Hollie @mhollie.bsky.social Economic Development and Housing Reporter at Pittsburgh’s Public Source
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social Law Prof at Duquesne Kline Law (Civ Pro, Fed Courts) • Former Appellate Attorney • English PhD (Modernism) • Posts too infrequently to have a brand. • Overeducated, overtired, underwhelmed. • see also id. @ 🐘, 🧵 • he/him
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social The Marshall Project
Former director of Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism
MFA kid who accidentally became a journalist
Zack Furness @punkademic.bsky.social Professor | Noisemaker | Half-Steeler | Dad | Luddite | Books - One Less Car: Bicycling & the Politics of Automobility, Punkademics, The NFL: Critical & Cultural Perspectives | Views are mine alone | Pittsburgh, PA | https://linktr.ee/punkademic
Katrina Eames @katrinaeames.bsky.social Digital Organizer || Asian || Queer || Awesome || Pronouns: They/Them
Unfortunately, all of these opinions belong to me
David Rotenstein, Curator, Shrouded in Secrecy Archives @davidrotenstein.bsky.social Historian. Writer. Folklorist. | History is my hustle. Opinions here are my own.
Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social Professor, Scholar, Journalist * Culture and US civic life—past and present * English PhD * Books: "Untimely Democracy" & "Democracies in America" * Bylines: LARB, Public Source, Colorado Sun, Chronicle of Higher Education, &c. * www.gregorylaski.com
Daveed Asher @daveedasher.bsky.social Chicagoan in PGH. Member of the Jewish clergy (Cantor). Have lived on both coasts and in-between. Lover of music, theater, and travel. Flying with an open mind.
Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com Pittsburgh 🤘🏻 Nazis bad, metal good
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Tips colin@pghcitypaper.com or Signal @wimbles.70
Ali Trachta @alitrachta.bsky.social Executive Editor at @pghcitypaper.com, East End boomerang, Jane Pratt wannabe, VPR scholar, gaylor ally. she/her. ali@pghcitypaper.com
Tory Wegerski @producertory.bsky.social Investigative journalist & news producer for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. Professionally nebby. SAG-AFTRA steward. Unionize your newsroom. If I had opinions they'd be mine alone.
Steel Curtain Rising @steelcurtainrising.bsky.social Hard hitting analysis of Pittsburgh Steelers football since 2008.
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Mike McGregor @mikemcgregor.bsky.social Pittsburgh, Cars, Dogs, Racing, Rare Disease, Resist.
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