Retired television news director. Pittsburgh is my home. New Jersey is my birthplace.https://bsky.app/profile/jimparsons.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jimparsons.bsky.social/post/3m3atyyvtbk2wBig Tech is not a friend to Democracy. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/technology/meta-removes-ice-facebook-page.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare15 Oct 2025 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:ochvk2ukwpyqipef54vfysvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3atyyvtbk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jimparsons.bsky.social/post/3linc4p2bok2vAllegheny County will kick in $224,000 for refugee settlement services after federal funds are cut off20 Feb 2025 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:ochvk2ukwpyqipef54vfysvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3linc4p2bok2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jimparsons.bsky.social/post/3ldllsylot22gFamous last words. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Dec 2024 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:ochvk2ukwpyqipef54vfysvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldllsylot22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jimparsons.bsky.social/post/3lbgqg22ax222Mediaite got the police report on Pete Hegseth’s sexual assault case. Soon we’ll be reading the leaked House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz. Nothing more important now than #investigativejournalism https://www.mediaite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-20-24-Mediaite.pdf21 Nov 2024 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:ochvk2ukwpyqipef54vfysvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbgqg22ax222https://bsky.app/profile/jimparsons.bsky.social/post/3lbbicg3ja22yhttps://balleralert.com/profiles/blogs/aclu-takes-legal-action-against-ice/ Yep. My regular donations to Harris/Walz now go to #ACLU #DoNotObeyInAdvance19 Nov 2024 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:ochvk2ukwpyqipef54vfysvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbbicg3ja22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jimparsons.bsky.social/post/3lbb3g6egxk22https://www.axios.com/2024/11/18/trump-gaetz-confirmation-senate I am confident that at least one hard-working Capitol Hill reporter will get her/his/their hands on the Gaetz Report and fucking publish it.18 Nov 2024 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:ochvk2ukwpyqipef54vfysvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbb3g6egxk22https://bsky.app/profile/jimparsons.bsky.social/post/3lb5xmna4hc2v#dogsofbluesky Oliver loves to hike to vistas where he can look out at BlueSky.17 Nov 2024 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:ochvk2ukwpyqipef54vfysvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb5xmna4hc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jimparsons.bsky.social/post/3lays7ng5fk26A good friend died of cancer this morning. He helped a lot of people get sober over the years. That’s the right way to leave this life - with a trail of good works and loving friends and family behind.15 Nov 2024 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:ochvk2ukwpyqipef54vfysvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lays7ng5fk26https://bsky.app/profile/jimparsons.bsky.social/post/3laqxuwagee2jSo I guess we’re introducing ourselves? I’m a retired television journalist now enjoying grandkids, the outdoors, reading and volunteer work. Oh and goodbye, Twitter.12 Nov 2024 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:ochvk2ukwpyqipef54vfysvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3laqxuwagee2j