Sta7ic

Sta7ic

@sta7ic.bsky.social

Pitt fan and Mechanical Engineer.

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Sunsets in the summer/fall where the wife, daughter, and dog are playing in the backyard fill me with a "I wouldn't trade this for anything" feeling.

Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social

I am 100% in favor of people who don't want kids not having kids, but watching your kids play on the beach on a day where all your responsibilities are asleep is a peak human experience of a type you will struggle to get elsewhere.

As a fellow Jesuit high school graduate, send his ass to JUG.

Kirsten Bladh@kerstanley.bsky.social

Over 2,000 alumni from Vivek’s all-boys catholic high school in Cincinnati have signed and circulated a petition demanding that he pull the ad and issue a public apology for “ignoring the moral responsibilities” of his Jesuit education. I think he’s pretty cooked.

It's part of why things are getting bad, but the amount of free truly incredible and interesting content available on YouTube is incredible. A random YouTuber made hours long documentaries on Apollo 13, Challenger, and Columbia and they are INCREDIBLE. youtube.com/@andyranimat...

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

The bad part for any Pitt non-followers of Alex is he already did this in article form to the best degree possible (my god next year will be the 20th anniversary) www.sbnation.com/a/2007-colle...

sbnation.comThe biggest rivalry upset ever, 10 years later | 2007: The inside story of the greatest season in college football historyPitt's Dave Wannstedt, WVU's Owen Schmitt, and others relive maybe the most brutal (or delightful, depending on your side) rivalry shocker ever.
Alex Kirshner@alexkirshner.com

If you become my 8,000th hardworking IG follower (with strong values and good taste in social content) and demonstrate screenshot proof, I will make a video about your rival CFB team's most embarrassing loss of the 21st century

This is well worth a read, but if you're caring about Pitt: Pitt, specifically, had more buying power than more than 12 ACC foes despite finishing just 13-20 last year. Pitt was able to land four high-major starters, a couple productive mid-major prospects and top-40 freshman.

Everybody was rooting for him, and I've stated before that I wish it was working because he seems like a good guy. Recent interviews with him give me the vibe of him knowing its over (with fans at least) and being sore about it. ACC Media Days he just gave all these excuses of why he hasn't won

Chris @thunderpittroad.bsky.social

Doesn’t matter when we yell at the TV screen this season there’s only one name we need to recall

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Q: Can you name a time when you voted against Trump and it changed the outcome? SUSAN COLLINS: At one point, I had organized people to vote against Sec. Hegseth. At the very last minute one of our Republicans changed his mind. Otherwise he would've been defeated. Q: So it didn't change the outcome

danny@dabbs346.bsky.social

YIKES #mesen #mepolitics

All white and all blue are Pitt's best looking uniforms

Gumball@pghgumball.bsky.social

Pitt is rocking the all-white look against BC on Saturday... Pitt is 0-1 with the White Helmet (2023 Loss @ Wake Forest in the early-slide) and 0-3 with White Pants (2024 @ SMU, 2025 @ WVU) ---- I personally hate the all-white look, but hey maybe it'll clash well against BC's Red/Yellow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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doing some research for my newsletter this week, which will focus on the ridiculousness of Jeremiah Smith, and came across this "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take" 𝖶̶𝖺̶𝗒̶𝗇̶𝖾̶ 𝖦̶𝗋̶𝖾̶𝗍̶𝗓̶𝗄̶𝗒̶ Pat Narduzzi

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Forgotten from yesterday: On Pitt's 1st drive, UNC DB Kaleb Cost hurt his leg after he crashed into a photographer outside the end zone and threw his helmet into the stands. You certainly feel bad for Cost, but shouldn't it be a penalty to throw your helmet into the stands?

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James Franklin losing a heartbreaker at home, flying to California and blowing a game as a huge favorite a week later every year is a great bit.

Update: It's more full than it had been nowhere close to being full.

Sta7ic@sta7ic.bsky.social

I've mostly had the feeling through the first four games that the tarping to improve atmosphere has largely been a failure. Forced people to pay more and (in my case at least) worse seats/experience. Maybe this will be the first real opportunity to evaluate it.

I size equipment for Oil and Gas that is heavily dependent on the weather. The max temps for the Middle East they give me keep going up and up. 50 years hottest they asked for was 115 F. They now ask for 135 F with regularity. They know exactly what's happening.

ETX Gov@etxgov.myatproto.social

When I found out the oil companies knew and had predicted this outcome incredibly accurately was eye opening for me. Went from "we should generally take care of the environment whether this is man made warming or not" to "we've got to do everything we can and they must pay".

How about doctors, shitty JD? The number of Residents learning at Pittsburgh hospitals for example have plummeted because they can't get into the country due to the new H1 requirements.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance on H-1B recipients: "It's one thing if you were to bring in a person like Elon Musk. I think 99% of American citizens look at somebody like Elon Musk and say, 'if that person wants to come in and build something great in the US, we support that.' But if you're bringing in an accountant... "

This means he's lost the coin toss 77 times (he's had 146 games at Pitt) . He's legitimately 11.5% more likely to lose a coin toss than the statistical likelihood of a coin toss. Amazing. #Pitt

Chris Peak@pantherlair.bsky.social

Pitt has won the coin toss 69 times with Pat Narduzzi as head coach and has deferred on 60 of those. Of those 60, the opponent has scored a touchdown 13 times. When Pitt defers and the opponent scores a TD, the Panthers are 4-9. Friday night at VT was the most recent win.

Genuine question: has there been any marketing campaign for this car? I don't remember seeing a single tv commercial for it, and there's one video on youtube from when it launched and that's it.

ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com

turns out GM was right, Americans piss and moan that there aren’t any cheap EVs but they will not buy them if you make one www.motortrend.com/news/2027-ch...

also, the US is just not pushing EVs at all. Elsewhere in the world, full electric vehicles are up 62% year over year. 2/3s of every car sold in china right now is electric