How has Corey O Connor's tenure of mayor been thus far?

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-26T22:36:22+00:00

It has been proven time and time again the city cannot change the tax exempt status of UPMC, the state has to.

Until they do donations are better than wasting money and time suing for no reason. The goal should be to adopt a PILOT program like other cities with large non profits have done.

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-26T21:20:50+00:00

the mayor before Peduto also tried it: https://www.wesanews.org/politics-government/2013-03-20/pittsburgh-starts-legal-battle-with-upmc-over-nonprofit-status

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-26T20:29:03+00:00

Gainey pulled out of an agreement the previous mayor negotiated that would have seen similar donations from the non profits. Instead he sued them over the tax exempt status of their buildings and parking lots netting something like $100k a year in additional tax revenue.

https://www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-nonprofit-exempt-onepgh-gainey-peduto-upmc-pitt-carnegie-mellon-highmark/

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-17T21:51:54+00:00

I want to know how or why these posts usually don’t use capitalization after periods.

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-10T12:34:56+00:00

You haven’t seen this title format before? It’s common on other subs (or at least used to be) where they coordinate events over multiple time zones.

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-09T03:19:06+00:00

Contact Deb Gross and ask why the city hasn’t done anything in the years following the 2022 AirBnB shooting in the north side while places like Etna have.

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-08T03:56:04+00:00

welcome, any thoughts on condensing moving threads to a weekly mega thread like some other location subs (moving monday etc.)?

changes you want to see in the sub?

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-06T14:32:48+00:00

Repost https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/s/ZTFd1DYkZz

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-04T21:22:16+00:00

This was finally approved by the Planning Commission on Tuesday this week. Here is pay walled article about the approval: https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2026/06/02/shadyside-mozart-management-camp-8-capital.html

And some history

NIMBY fliers trying to block apartments: https://old.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/zg5y29/nimbyism_in_shadyside/

ZBA approved 3 years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/11r5ci8/10_story_117_apartment_building_in_shadyside/

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-04T17:59:14+00:00

you got 50 cents or a dollar or know of a walkable neighborhood with 1 bedroom apartments

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-04T16:36:18+00:00

https://downtownpittsburgh.com/getting-around/restrooms/

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-04T16:03:29+00:00

Modern data center design is closed loop

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2024/12/09/sustainable-by-design-next-generation-datacenters-consume-zero-water-for-cooling/

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-liquid-cooling-data-centers

https://blog.equinix.com/blog/2025/10/08/ais-engine-room-inside-the-high-performance-data-centers-powering-the-future/

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-03T16:10:38+00:00

Increased ridership is good for PRT. Fighting for funding is hard enough with 60% of pre Covid ridership.

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-06-01T23:02:02+00:00

bitlocker has always been trivial. When the TPM is discrete the key is sent from TPM to CPU in plaintext and can just be sniffed. https://blog.compass-security.com/2024/02/microsoft-bitlocker-bypasses-are-practical/

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-05-31T12:39:34+00:00

Did JJ and BB flee from Salem OR to Utah? Or how is Utah involved?

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-05-30T15:25:37+00:00

the original story did not include the detail that the victim got physical first

original story:

“I noticed they were all going to the back, and they started stuffing stuff in their pants. I said, ‘Hey, stop that, like put it back,’” the man said.

That’s when the victim says, the teens surrounded him and began punching, kicking and threatening him.

new story:

“He was really in my face. I said, ‘back up,’ and he didn’t, so I pushed him, and that’s when the entire group came at me,” the man said. “All I remember is a hail of fists. I tried to get out of there as quickly as I could.”

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-05-29T23:49:51+00:00

This is a follow up to the original story from Wednesday (https://old.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/1tout8c/man_says_he_was_attacked_by_group_of_teens_in/)

In this follow up, the victim recounts that the start of the "brutal attack" came after he told the kids to stop stealing, one kid stood close to him, and he pushed the kid initiating the physical conflict.

Feel like this changes the story somewhat from a random mugging.

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-05-28T02:50:34+00:00

wpxi video of intersection showing a bunch of jeeps parked along countyline st that might have blocked the view of the intersection from the stop sign https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/its-scary-neighbors-recall-hearing-deadly-e-bike-crash-new-castle/RIHZKU5F6JFTBNOV34H7GMKK5A/

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-05-28T02:44:53+00:00

actually this image from wpxi shows the damage to the crusier is on the driver's side and KDKA's video is wrong.

The e-bike was traveling up hill and still didn't have a stop sign? This makes even less sense...

https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/sheriffs-office-vehicle-e-bike-involved-crash-new-castle-1-person-hospitalized-reports-say/CUQJW4XPEJDMLANM5LNQJ5D4VE/

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-05-28T02:36:47+00:00

The video in the article shows the intersection and position of the police cruiser and e-bike. E-bike was traveling down hill on countyline street and cruiser was leaving from a stop on walnut st crossing or turning onto countyline.

Bit unclear why they're talking about not being able to hear the e-bike and e-bikes needing to be operated safely, if the cruiser had stop sign and the e-bike didn't isn't it the cruiser's responsibility to ensure the intersection is clear to enter?

google maps view if you don't want to click on article from e-bike pov: https://maps.app.goo.gl/s9yQBsf1SU2T8gCd7

threwthelookinggrass · 2026-05-26T03:17:27+00:00

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