Allen Warren

Writer based in Pittsburgh | Formerly @WTAE | Incoming @CarnegieMellon grad student | onward to the things unknown

[Allen Warren @_AllenWarren_]

I just wrote my first note on Substack! I'm trying out blogging more about politics here:
https://t.co/EsluulTE0x

[Allen Warren @_AllenWarren_]

America needs fun names for congressional districts like Canada has for federal ridings. Who wouldn’t want to represent someplace called Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount or Nanaimo-Ladysmith?

[Allen Warren @_AllenWarren_]

More on the Duolingo Chinese update: you can now see a score for your learning progress, which was something I complained about being missing from this course in my blog post this week

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Of course, a couple days after I publish this blog post, they update the course:

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I met Duo the owl earlier this month, and he told me you need to do your Chinese lesson.

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And if you're curious about learning Mandarin Chinese on Duolingo, I recently finished the course! I wrote about it here: https://t.co/7j3ty5JUZl

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Wrote this after visiting some Civil War sites last month

#poetry #poetrytwitter #harpersferry #antietam

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Is it /good/ we spent four years building 12 housing units in Pittsburgh? Is this a rate of building we're /proud/ of?

https://t.co/pFXxl0NpfU

[Rachel Janfaza @racheljanfaza]

I said it before and I’ll say it again. There really are two gen zs.

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The Nintendo Music app just published the soundtrack from the OG Legend of Zelda. Check out the Famicom’s version of the title track — the Famicom had additional audio voices, meaning that version of the song is a fuller version of the one North American fans are used to

[Pittsburgh Regional Transit @PGHtransit]

PRT is in crisis, and we need your support to stand up for the future of transit in Allegheny County.

The decisions made in Harrisburg over the next few months will have a lasting impact on the service our riders, communities, and businesses rely on.

Watch this important message from CEO Katharine Kelleman to learn what’s happening, how we got here, and what you can do to preserve public transit. 🎥👇

📌 Stay informed and take action — visit https://t.co/iUPcSB8d3V for updates, resources, and ways to make your voice heard.

[Ryan Deto @RyanDeto]

NEW: If state transit funding isn't increased, Pittsburgh Regional Transit says it will be forced to:
▪️Raise fares 25 cents up to $3
▪️Cancel bus network redesign
▪️Cut Silver Line light-rail
▪️Eliminate 40 bus routes
▪️No bus to PIT airport
▪️19 munis lose service altogether

[Allen Warren @_AllenWarren_]

I’m literally on a PRT bus route right now (36 Banksville) that would face elimination

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Yinz, write your state legislators. This is scary

https://t.co/xg3Msschpg

[Clare Malone @ClareMalone]

538 closing is a very sad end to a place that was always misunderstood by the companies that owned it. There are lots of smart people there who should be snapped up. Reach out!

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Loved @PhippsNews's orchid and bonsai exhibit

(Also inspired by Donna Haraway's "Symbiogenesis, Sympoiesis, and Art Science Activisms")

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I got a lot of flashbacks to my own time in the newsroom while watching Tim Fehlbaum's "September 5," which came out at the end of last year. https://t.co/JrzCodXLm5

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Wrote this three Mondays ago 🐚🛟⚓ #poetry

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I've been reading Karen Barad's theories of quantum physics and keep seeing headlines on how humans' conception of time may be made up. Also I've been staring at my cuckoo clock too long

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First new poem of the year 🦆