Bob Gradeck

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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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Richard Simmons’ death during the ongoing demolition of Century III Mall makes me feel as if there’s nothing left from my childhood. shoppingisafeeling.net/post/1578479...

When Richard Simmons Danced for Us On October 8,...shoppingisafeeling.net On October 8, 1994, fitness guru Richard Simmons arrived at Century III Mall in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, determined to entertain. Dressed in a hot pink tank top adorned with music notes, his signature short-shorts, and gleaming white tennis shoes, he embodied his larger-than-life persona that had been seen on infomercials and VHS workout tapes throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Apparently part of an event sponsored by B-94 FM, Simmons danced for a crowd of hundreds in the mall’s central court, in the days when Century III was still a desired destination. (Photograph: C3Nostalgia)

Who else living in Pennsylvania makes it a point to bring a few bottles of liquor back home in their luggage when going out of state?

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🔥 SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim. Dir: Billy Wilder 8:00p ET (5:00p PT) A struggling screenwriter is drawn into the dark world of a faded silent film star. 1h 50m | Drama

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In this episode of the Tech Policy Press podcast, I'm joined by University of Pittsburgh researcher Elise Silva and Northeastern professor John Wihbey about how artificial intelligence may affect how we come to understand the world around us, and what that could mean for democracy.

AI and Epistemic Risk: A Coming Crisis? | TechPolicy.Presswww.techpolicy.press A conversation with Elise Silva and John Wihbey about how artificial intelligence is changing the information ecosystem and what it means for democracy.

Taking the Amtrak across Pennsylvania and it’s a missed opportunity to not have a pretzel stand at Lancaster and a Mallo Cup kiosk in Altoona

Are there any jokes left?

Feels like being a kid again excitedly waiting at the top of the steps on Christmas morning before you were allowed to go downstairs and find toys or a lump of coal in your stocking

Sometimes I wonder about the kind of car Grimace would drive if he even drives a car.

Of the five security desks at the Pittsburgh airport, three are devoted to people with a willingness to pay extra to not wait (breeze, tsa pre-check and first class). It says a lot about what our society values. It took me an hour to make it through.

Eclipse was well worth the drive to Erie County, PA

Tiny mailbox

Social media is exhausting. Didn’t realize how much until I cut way back on following and scrolling. How do you all do this?

50,000 student loan borrowers could get a $10k reduction in their balance for $500 million.

NEW: Billionaire Republican donors, including hedge-fund founder John Paulson and oil-and-gas magnate Harold Hamm, were working behind the scenes to put together Trump's $450+ million bond before the NY appellate division stepped in, per Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...

Four years ago, nobody could buy a bottle of liquor in Pennsylvania

Today was fix the bad door lock in the wall oven day, which required me to take apart the wiring, remove the whole oven from the cabinet, and put it all back together. Please clap.

Ishtar got a bad rap

Just completed the Pittsburgh double Fish FryDay challenge - lunch + dinner 🍞🐟🍞!

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We’ve got several paid summer internships open right now in software engineering, data analytics / data science, as well as in outreach, marketing, and finance! It’s a very digital-humanities/academic-friendly place to be: www.ithaka.org/careers/

Careers - ITHAKAwww.ithaka.org ITHAKA is committed to building and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We invite you to learn more about our mission, our values, and the benefits of working at ITHAKA.

I wish someone loved me the way Carnegie Mellon students love Squirrel Hill…

So, who else went to an estate sale this morning? Ideas for what to do with this other than build a shrine are welcome.

‘Tis the season 🍞🐟🍞

Personal Pittsburgh fish fry challenge: 2 in one day. At least once.

School starts in less than an hour.

The Pittsburgh 🐟Fish Fry Map🐟team is seeking a grouper volunteers to update the 2024 listings. Without help, the enterprise flounders. On Monday night, attend virtual school to learn how to update the listings (it’s easy). Do it for the halibut. www.meetup.com/pgh-code-for...

Fish Fry Map Update-a-Thon!, Mon, Feb 12, 2024, 6:00 PM | Meetupwww.meetup.com It's a fishy time of year again! 🐟 Join our annual volunteer event (this year on Zoom) to help update our locally famous fish fry map, a searchable, filterable map to help

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Just realizing that Pittsburgh fish fry season starts Wednesday and I still don’t have my game plan in place. I feel like an amateur. 🍞🐟🍞

I can’t imagine what it’s like having to teach such privileged students… or deal with their parents nymag.com/intelligence...

Inventing the Perfect College Applicantnymag.com For $120,000 a year, Christopher Rim promises to turn any student into Ivy bait.

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Hey folks if you’d like to help the girls and buy Girl Scout cookies here are links! R could use a boost: E: DigitalCookie.GirlScouts.org/scout/emilia... R: DigitalCookie.GirlScouts.org/scout/rosie4...

Why do I even internet anymore, anyways?

Do you know library workers interested in working with civic data? The application for the 1st Civic Switchboard workshop designed to help build a community of practice in public and academic libraries is now open civic-switchboard.github.io/application/ #library #civicdata - travel $ is available

Applications Open for Civic Switchboard Institute in Pittsburgh!civic-switchboard.github.io Apply now!