Tao Neuendorffer
@taonf.bsky.social
🚋 on the T 😷 in Pittsburgh 🎤Songs and stories of computer science💾 We are none of us alone🎵 People of all colors and genders keep making tech history🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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The Last Word: Patrick Stewart on Picard's Evolution, Going Bald, Helping Veterans
Legendary actor Patrick Stewart on reviving 'A Christmas Carol,' going bald at 19, and Captain Picard’s evolution.
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“You will never achieve success by ensuring against failure”
Before I make an entrance onstage every night, I say out loud but quietly, “I don’t give a fuck!” And I go work
And it works! It takes away anxiety and stress and worry, and all of those stupid wasteful things that don’t help you at all
Before I make an entrance onstage every night, I say out loud but quietly, “I don’t give a fuck!” And I go work
And it works! It takes away anxiety and stress and worry, and all of those stupid wasteful things that don’t help you at all
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September 24, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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Pittsburgh artists! Our Executive Director is in Philly Monday to be on a panel at FringeArts about touring your show: getting it to other fringes, Edinburgh, and figuring out what comes after the first run. It's free and hybrid,.
Monday, Nov 2, 6–8 PM.
RSVP at phillyfringe.org/workshops
Monday, Nov 2, 6–8 PM.
RSVP at phillyfringe.org/workshops
November 2, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Pittsburgh artists! Our Executive Director is in Philly Monday to be on a panel at FringeArts about touring your show: getting it to other fringes, Edinburgh, and figuring out what comes after the first run. It's free and hybrid,.
Monday, Nov 2, 6–8 PM.
RSVP at phillyfringe.org/workshops
Monday, Nov 2, 6–8 PM.
RSVP at phillyfringe.org/workshops
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A massive wave of energy sweeps across UCLA! Thousands of students are marching together straight to the polls to make their voices heard in the 2026 midterms. The future belongs to those who show up and vote! 🗳️🇺🇸
🎥 Californian.Nation
🎥 Californian.Nation
November 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
A massive wave of energy sweeps across UCLA! Thousands of students are marching together straight to the polls to make their voices heard in the 2026 midterms. The future belongs to those who show up and vote! 🗳️🇺🇸
🎥 Californian.Nation
🎥 Californian.Nation
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I've been publishing books for young readers for 23 years. In the past three years, there's been a huge change. The discourse is fraught. Now I am regularly accused of being a "groomer" a "pornographer" and a "pedophile." For writing kids books. It's horrible. And nonsensical. And not okay.
November 2, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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At a time when so many of us are watching our hard work get stolen and repurposed by "Ai" we are also faced with threats in our community. Please watch the Emmy award winning documentary The Librarians. And call your reps to push against these federal book banning bills: HR 7661, 2616, and 8705.
November 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
At a time when so many of us are watching our hard work get stolen and repurposed by "Ai" we are also faced with threats in our community. Please watch the Emmy award winning documentary The Librarians. And call your reps to push against these federal book banning bills: HR 7661, 2616, and 8705.
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Higher education control is a major MAGA priority, Steve Bannon emphasized in a new interview with a Boston Globe reporter.
October 29, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Higher education control is a major MAGA priority, Steve Bannon emphasized in a new interview with a Boston Globe reporter.
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Read America's Compact & send it to university leaders, urging they endorse it and put their students and faculty FIRST: tr.ee/xFSPHF
#Science #HigherEd #College #University #Politics #STEM
#Science #HigherEd #College #University #Politics #STEM
Demand your school's leadership publicly endorse America's Compact for Higher Education — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Email your school's president urgently asking them to publicly endorse America's Compact for Higher Education
tr.ee
October 29, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Read America's Compact & send it to university leaders, urging they endorse it and put their students and faculty FIRST: tr.ee/xFSPHF
#Science #HigherEd #College #University #Politics #STEM
#Science #HigherEd #College #University #Politics #STEM
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How do we win midterms to save science in America?
ONE VOTER.
ONE PHONE-CALL.
ONE CONVERSATION AT A TIME.
Let’s get to work: tr.ee/dPU7oy
#Midterms #Science #Democracy
ONE VOTER.
ONE PHONE-CALL.
ONE CONVERSATION AT A TIME.
Let’s get to work: tr.ee/dPU7oy
#Midterms #Science #Democracy
October 29, 2026 at 7:02 PM
How do we win midterms to save science in America?
ONE VOTER.
ONE PHONE-CALL.
ONE CONVERSATION AT A TIME.
Let’s get to work: tr.ee/dPU7oy
#Midterms #Science #Democracy
ONE VOTER.
ONE PHONE-CALL.
ONE CONVERSATION AT A TIME.
Let’s get to work: tr.ee/dPU7oy
#Midterms #Science #Democracy
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I made a video about Castlevania’s horror movie origins!
You can also find it here:
❤️ youtube.com/shorts/fZZWL... ❤️
You can also find it here:
❤️ youtube.com/shorts/fZZWL... ❤️
November 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I made a video about Castlevania’s horror movie origins!
You can also find it here:
❤️ youtube.com/shorts/fZZWL... ❤️
You can also find it here:
❤️ youtube.com/shorts/fZZWL... ❤️
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How does the brain, which uses ~20% of the body’s energy, make and ration its power? Today the @simonsfoundation.org launches SCOBE: $80M, 10 years, 26 investigators, including the Allen Institute’s Anton Arkhipov.
https://bit.ly/4sFtEwu
https://bit.ly/4sFtEwu
November 2, 2026 at 8:14 PM
How does the brain, which uses ~20% of the body’s energy, make and ration its power? Today the @simonsfoundation.org launches SCOBE: $80M, 10 years, 26 investigators, including the Allen Institute’s Anton Arkhipov.
https://bit.ly/4sFtEwu
https://bit.ly/4sFtEwu
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our friends at the @medlabboulder.bsky.social have a Sunset Talk tomorrow on campus, CASE building room W250, 5-6pm
November 2, 2026 at 7:56 PM
our friends at the @medlabboulder.bsky.social have a Sunset Talk tomorrow on campus, CASE building room W250, 5-6pm
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Tomorrow is Election Day and we need to make sure every eligible voter knows who to call if there's any issues at the polls. Share this post and save the number to your phone now.
November 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Tomorrow is Election Day and we need to make sure every eligible voter knows who to call if there's any issues at the polls. Share this post and save the number to your phone now.
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Don’t ghost us at the polls. Your vote is your disembodied voice!
Rattle those chains and make yourself heard!
#NYCLaborVotes
Rattle those chains and make yourself heard!
#NYCLaborVotes
October 31, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Don’t ghost us at the polls. Your vote is your disembodied voice!
Rattle those chains and make yourself heard!
#NYCLaborVotes
Rattle those chains and make yourself heard!
#NYCLaborVotes
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There was a LOT of Muppet stuff at this year's New York Comic Con! Read our recap of all the panels, merch, cosplay, and special guests from NYCC!
www.toughpigs.com/tp-at-nycc-2...
www.toughpigs.com/tp-at-nycc-2...
Henson Happenings at NYCC – 2026 - ToughPigs
It’s our annual roundup of all the Muppet-related cosplay, merchandise, and news coming out of New York Comic Con!
www.toughpigs.com
November 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
There was a LOT of Muppet stuff at this year's New York Comic Con! Read our recap of all the panels, merch, cosplay, and special guests from NYCC!
www.toughpigs.com/tp-at-nycc-2...
www.toughpigs.com/tp-at-nycc-2...
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Neon salesman’s sample case, 1935. V via @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social www.tumblr.com/whitedogblog...
November 2, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Neon salesman’s sample case, 1935. V via @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social www.tumblr.com/whitedogblog...
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ICE agents apparently searched for themselves in the leaked database, thereby revealing their identities
November 1, 2026 at 2:46 AM
ICE agents apparently searched for themselves in the leaked database, thereby revealing their identities
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some people may read this chart and say "ah see women need to catch the wave"
but I look at it and think how AI is sold as killing off women's work.
but I look at it and think how AI is sold as killing off women's work.
Occupations more exposed to AI saw the widest gap between men's and women’s employment growth.
Men’s employment in jobs most exposed to AI grew by close to 24%. Meanwhile, women’s employment growth remained nearly flat.
Men’s employment in jobs most exposed to AI grew by close to 24%. Meanwhile, women’s employment growth remained nearly flat.
November 1, 2026 at 10:51 AM
some people may read this chart and say "ah see women need to catch the wave"
but I look at it and think how AI is sold as killing off women's work.
but I look at it and think how AI is sold as killing off women's work.
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Ghostbusters I is a story about university austerity measures as much as it is about paranormal science.
November 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Ghostbusters I is a story about university austerity measures as much as it is about paranormal science.
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Shout out specifically to this kid who crossed my social media this morning on Facebook, who insisted upon being the Edmund Fitzgerald and his mom being the Gales of November.
November 1, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Shout out specifically to this kid who crossed my social media this morning on Facebook, who insisted upon being the Edmund Fitzgerald and his mom being the Gales of November.
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This is so critically important.Department admin can’t be automated unless you want nothing to get done ever.Has anyone met an experienced admin?Half of what they do is remembering who wrote what line of the deep magic that makes the place run& being able to call in their favor at the right time
People keep thinking they can automate the type of admin work often done by women...
bc they think their institution is a machine and not a brain. They think it can be recreated as a set of tasks executed w/ rules, and that we can skip the parts relying on relationships, memory, and judgment.
bc they think their institution is a machine and not a brain. They think it can be recreated as a set of tasks executed w/ rules, and that we can skip the parts relying on relationships, memory, and judgment.
“Universities must stop falling in love with every new piece of software … that the tech industry pitches as essential. Administrators spend on software as if it is a durable investment, when all of the evidence shows that it … makes bloat worse.”
globecollegetown.substack.com/p/higher-ed-...
globecollegetown.substack.com/p/higher-ed-...
November 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
This is so critically important.Department admin can’t be automated unless you want nothing to get done ever.Has anyone met an experienced admin?Half of what they do is remembering who wrote what line of the deep magic that makes the place run& being able to call in their favor at the right time
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when artists said this in 2022 they were laughing at us, so 🤷♀️
(but realtalk, I'm glad more people are waking up to it now)
(but realtalk, I'm glad more people are waking up to it now)
November 1, 2026 at 12:39 PM
when artists said this in 2022 they were laughing at us, so 🤷♀️
(but realtalk, I'm glad more people are waking up to it now)
(but realtalk, I'm glad more people are waking up to it now)
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LGR Thrifts returns! Now with 100% more SPHERE
youtu.be/ikgQn8yBlUw
Browsing some of the usual thrift stores in my area (and some different new shops as well) and seeing what kinds of retro tech and random old oddities we can find. Also chipmunks. Let's go thrifting in Episode 52!
youtu.be/ikgQn8yBlUw
Browsing some of the usual thrift stores in my area (and some different new shops as well) and seeing what kinds of retro tech and random old oddities we can find. Also chipmunks. Let's go thrifting in Episode 52!
LGR Thrifts [Ep.52] It's Spherical!
YouTube video by LGR
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November 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
LGR Thrifts returns! Now with 100% more SPHERE
youtu.be/ikgQn8yBlUw
Browsing some of the usual thrift stores in my area (and some different new shops as well) and seeing what kinds of retro tech and random old oddities we can find. Also chipmunks. Let's go thrifting in Episode 52!
youtu.be/ikgQn8yBlUw
Browsing some of the usual thrift stores in my area (and some different new shops as well) and seeing what kinds of retro tech and random old oddities we can find. Also chipmunks. Let's go thrifting in Episode 52!
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You can read more about her at www.infinite-women.com/women/toni-s...
November 2, 2026 at 7:36 PM
You can read more about her at www.infinite-women.com/women/toni-s...
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The 2026 midterms are on track to set a record for modern early voting! Over 54 million Americans have already voted early—surpassing 46 million early votes in 2022. If you've already cast your ballot, help 3 friends make their plan to vote today. Or, join our phone bank today: bit.ly/hellovoter.
November 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The 2026 midterms are on track to set a record for modern early voting! Over 54 million Americans have already voted early—surpassing 46 million early votes in 2022. If you've already cast your ballot, help 3 friends make their plan to vote today. Or, join our phone bank today: bit.ly/hellovoter.
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Meet us at Fred Rogers Studio (where the show was filmed!) at WQED in Oakland on November 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for November's Creative Hive: www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/events/creat...
Creative Hive November 2026
Creative Hive August 2026
www.pittsburghartscouncil.org
November 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Meet us at Fred Rogers Studio (where the show was filmed!) at WQED in Oakland on November 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for November's Creative Hive: www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/events/creat...