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Life sciences editor, former comms strategist and a local journo before that #NEPA #PGH.

Pittsburgh, PA
Joined September 2009
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A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore 🧵
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A “razor” is a rule of thumb that simplifies decision making. The most powerful razors I’ve found:
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SCRANTON — Having withstood nearly three decades of fiscal challenges including the brink of bankruptcy, Scranton should be granted a green light out of the state program for financially distressed municipalities, state and local officials testified… thetimes-tribune.com/news/of…
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One of the most insane moonsets I've ever captured. The crescent moon looked absolutely enormous as it set behind the Duquesne Incline in #Pittsburgh tonight. Just straight up otherworldly as it hovered above Mt. Washington. Definitely up there as a favorite.
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Students arrive for first day at new Wilkes-Barre Area High School
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Pennsylvania's highest court overturned Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.
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President Biden refers to President Putin as President Trump, then quickly corrects himself.
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The Keystone Sanitary Landfill will continue to expand for the next four decades, adding nearly 200 billion pounds of waste through 2060. thetimes-tribune.com/news/bu…
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Industrial evolution in #Scranton: adaptive reuse from buttons to Beatles to counseling. Scranton Counseling Center moves into historic former factory that churned out buttons over a century ago and in 1960s as Capitol Records pressed albums by The Beatles thetimes-tribune.com/news/sc…
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The South Side Chamber of Commerce has a new temporary home. It’s the law office of one of its members. @KDKA
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Catastrophic: A Zoom court hearing in Texas took a detour when an attorney showed up looking like a kitten. That's because of a Zoom filter that had been activated on the attorney's device. apne.ws/sJgmThu #odd
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Today at SpaceX is about practicing Starship engine starts. Ship is held down by massive pins while engines are fired. Two starts completed, about to try a third.
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Because this isn't a protest.
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Per people close to the White House, several official and unofficial aides are trying - without success - to get the president to issue a stronger statement. He simply won't do it. He's been furious at Pence for refusing to do something he doesn't have power to do and that's that
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I'm mindful of the history of this appointment, knowing this is the first time an American president has ever sent an openly LGBTQ cabinet appointee to the Senate for confirmation.
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Star Light, Star Bright
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I began my medical career at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis, and I've spent my life ever since working to research, treat, and combat infectious diseases. I'm honored to be called to lead the brilliant team at the CDC. We are ready to combat this virus with science and facts.
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Video from Joe Biden's childhood home in Scranton today. @timestribune @cnn @ABC @CBSNews @NBCNews #Election2020 #biden #scranton youtu.be/1E9GSmFn4mk via @YouTube
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BREAKING: Trump asks former Citizens United head David Bossie to be in charge of trying to overturn the election. When the country has spoken, a disgraceful way to go out. – at Edina, MN
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (@AP) _ Democrat Josh Shapiro has won a second term as Pennsylvania’s attorney general, the top-ranking law enforcement position in the state.
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