Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Devin Higgins

@devinjhiggins.bsky.social

130 followers 100 following 610 posts

Have snark, will travel. Ex-Journalist, Boston kid, PNW nomad, Nikon shutterbug, writer of fiction, movie junkie, anime kaiju, music nut, sports goober, video game dork, political hack, wannabe Michelin chef, world-renowned character assassin

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · Jan 3

I needed this reminder this morning, because even though it's 2025, it still applies.
Bullshit is indeed everywhere. A LOT.
From high-minded pundits to those who think toxic, passive-aggressive manipulation is the way to a healthy relationship.
If you smell something.
SAY something.

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair, I've been to Chicago and never came across any eatery with crystal meth, cocaine, adderall and/or botox on the menu.

thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning, Resisters💙

2 4

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 2d

ICE and MAGA are getting a firsthand education on what one of my sister's co-workers declared, "We'll fuck you up Chicago-style!"

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 2d

This is amazing.

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 4d

One of the biggest lessons I learned in journalism school: News is never supposed to be about the journalist.
Why I got out: EVERYONE in the media, regardless of network, made it entirely about them because integrity and ethics don't pay for mansions and yachts.

Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 4d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 5d

Wilbur...take this job and shove it.

a horse is standing in a stable and looking out the window .

ALT: a horse is standing in a stable and looking out the window .

media.tenor.com

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 6d

WHAT?!

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 6d

28 hours into #GhostofYotei and it hasn't disappointed at all.
Visually just as good as Tsushima and I love the updated mechanics.
Gonna have to do back-to-back playthrough at some point.

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 6d

300 years may have passed, but the law remains the same in Yotei as it did on Tsushima.
The foxes must be petted.

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 7d

@johnfugelsang.bsky.social Went into the center of the 'war zone' here in Portland to get your book before the Evangelical God Squad try burning Powell's Books to the ground...
...and they don't have it.
Might want to let your people know. Seems a bit odd.

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 7d

I've long said the 1976 classic, 'Network' should be rebranded as a horror movie, given the state of the media in 2025.
This utter bullshit confirms the inmates are running the fucking asylum, as Weiss is another provacateur opportunist who capitalized on chaos to get rich and famous.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

www.mediaite.com

1 3

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 11d

In case you're still confused on this issue:

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 11d

Looking for the violent?

Look for the guns

17 46

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 12d

Remember kids, that the local media here in Portland is owned by Sinclair, Nextar, Tegna, Gray, Advance Local and Carpenter.
They all sold their integrity and ethics years ago for access to Trump and his bullshit.
They're not in the 'fact' business anymore. It's all propaganda, all the time.

Forbes @forbes.com · 13d

President Donald Trump ordered a crackdown on alleged “organized political violence,” claiming “riots” targeted ICE agents.

Trump Orders Troops To Portland—Authorizes ‘Full Force’

President Donald Trump ordered a crackdown on alleged “organized political violence,” claiming “riots” targeted ICE agents.

www.forbes.com

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 13d

Button up and hunker down.
He failed in L.A., D.C. and Chicago.
He'll fail here in Portland, as that's what failures do.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 13d

The same guy telling you Portland is war-ravaged, told you Mexico was going to pay for the wall and people were eating your pets in Ohio.

2 1 3

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 13d

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 14d

Cool. Can they provide a list of the billionaire land barons and hedge funds who bought up most of the available farmland for their personal 'ranch'?

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 15d

Was this years old when I found this out.
Autism was officially 'discovered' in 1943 after being considered a symptom of schizophrenia for decades.
Tylenol wasn't made available for kids until 1955.
'Adult' Tylenol came out in 1960.

In other news, RFK Jr. and Trump are fucking imbecilic grifters.

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 18d

It's no 'Aerosmith ROCKS' banner...but it'll do. @titusnation.bsky.social

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 18d

What to tell them, what to tell them....?

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 18d

Oh boy, even I can hear that mental projection of your mother saying, "Aww...that's cute..."
Step away from the cliff, madam.

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 19d

Okay...you know we've completely lost the plot if people are being attacked and killed at a fuckin' PHISH concert.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

One Dead, Two Injured in Stabbing Outside Phish Concert: 'We Are Deeply Saddened By This'

One person was killed and two more were injured in a stabbing outside of Phish's show at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia.

www.rollingstone.com

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 19d

@titusnation.bsky.social - Awesome to see your new show and meet you in person! I mentioned my family came over on the Mayflower in 1620.
That ancestor was Stephen Hopkins, who's great(x3)-grandson helped start a line that's lasted 300 years, but it was all downhill from there.

Stephen Hopkins (pilgrim) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 21d

In other news, when did you get these printed and why did I not know they existed until now?!

a man in a deadpool costume is giving a thumbs up and saying `` what ! ''

ALT: a man in a deadpool costume is giving a thumbs up and saying `` what ! ''

media.tenor.com

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 21d

I've long said that if pushed to choose, Americans would rather see the First Amendment go before the Second Amendment.
This is playing out in real time.
America's decided someone should be able to shoot you for whatever reason...including saying out loud that MAYBE they shouldn't own a fucking gun.

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 21d

We have a similar-designed building here in Oregon and it's a photographic hot spot, for sure.

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 22d

Pittock Mansion in the background?

Devin Higgins @devinjhiggins.bsky.social · 22d

Whenever a couple announces they've been 'trying for a baby' and are now pregnant, there's a part of me just itching to respond with 'congrats on your determined uptick in having sex until copulation was achieved.'

1 1