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Jason Miller @euthydemus.bsky.social · 34m

Ooh yeah, i got +10 after adding just a bit of creatine and lose that 10 during breaks. 💪

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1h

Just today, here's a story from the @chicago.suntimes.com -- not only are ICE/feds masking themselves constantly (and some local cops too, I've seen it), now they're driving around without license plates. More "laws for thee, whatever I wanna do for me" in action chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 1d

Protect the Portland frog at all costs 💪

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Json Momoa @jotatx.bsky.social · 1d

I highly recommend this book, is a terrific summary account on how the US uses the Swift system and the dollarization of the global economy is used as a weapon unilaterally the US.
which is why tools like Braz. PIX and other digital payments systems reduce their monitoring and control.

Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 1d

6/ The bigger story is that the US now faces a world where weaponized interdependence is proliferating. It is unclear how it will respond. The failure to develop a strategy will only amplify the risk of miscalculation and undermine our national security.
www.amazon.com/Underground-...

Underground Empire

Underground Empire [Farrell, Henry] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Underground Empire

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 1d

Fleabag season 3 writes itself

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 1d

This headline is hard to beat.

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Jason Miller @euthydemus.bsky.social · 1d

Did Portland ever collect the fine for blocking a bike lane without a permit last time They were here and engaging in unlawful behavior? www.opb.org/article/2020...

Portland sends federal government $528,000 fine over courthouse fence

A letter dated Aug. 3, 2020, states the fence surrounding the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in downtown Portland, Oregon, was erected without proper permits and that fines will continue daily un...

www.opb.org

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans have had 15 years to come up with an Obamacare replacement plan. They still haven’t

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

Show of hands if you’re a Portlander dog-tired from dealing with the fables spun by this Trump disciple

Kristi Noem calls Oregon leaders liars, says feds will ‘double down’ in Portland

The remarks came two days after Noem made an appearance Tuesday at South Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, the site of protests since June.

www.oregonlive.com

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Jason Miller @euthydemus.bsky.social · 1d

Hey does anybody know what ever became of the fines charged last time the feds were making a mess of our town? www.opb.org/article/2020...

Portland sends federal government $528,000 fine over courthouse fence

A letter dated Aug. 3, 2020, states the fence surrounding the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in downtown Portland, Oregon, was erected without proper permits and that fines will continue daily un...

www.opb.org

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2d

"Heavily drink warm bourbon from mason jars while swathed in an L.L. Bean Hudson Bay blanket and start a small bonfire using J. Crew catalogs as kindling. Sacrifice your favorite plaid scarf to the hungry flames to ensure more Instagram followers."

Fall DIY Projects That Help Numb the Pain of Existence

Crochet a drink warmer for your pumpkin spice latte because even inanimate objects deserve the attention to detail you so desperately crave and sel...

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 2d

Actually girlfriend of of one of founders of antifa: Hedy Lamarr who literally had to flee the Nazis and created the tech behind WiFi. Also the image that inspired Snow White. Look it all up. 👇🏾

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 2d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Natalie Portman with a shaved head in the film V for Vendetta, which is a movie not real life, gazes at the masked anarchist revolutionary V, who again, is not real life but based on a comic book character.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

This is quite good.

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 2d

Me: comic-book villains are not very believable

*2024 happens*

Me: okay, fine. But no one believes that a hero will dress up as an animal like a bat or a spider or a, I dunno, a frog, and face down the bad guys.

*2025 happens*

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Jason Miller @euthydemus.bsky.social · 2d

Scenes from #warravagedportland yesterday. 🍁😱🍁

A tree-lined suburban boulevard with autumnal colors showing.

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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 3d

The fact that everyone totally ignores C3PO when he says stuff like this makes a lot more sense if you think of him as a ChatGPT type computer who just says plausible sounding sentences without any real analysis behind them.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 3d

Former USAID official here.

The current Administration has done zero impact analysis to estimate the effects of its obliteration of USAID on deaths around the world.

It just keeps saying "no one has died" as a mesmeric incantation.

The facts, below. 🧵

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 3d

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Jason Miller @euthydemus.bsky.social · 3d

And never ever ever spend your own money (because you can just borrow against it).

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 4d

I feel this in my bones.

Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 5d

“We would like your feedback”

I seriously doubt it.

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Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · 5d

Folks we are watching the adjudication of some of the most important constitutional issues of federalism, executive discretion, and judicial review since the 19th c

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Judge issues new broader order barring any National Guard from relocating to Oregon

Judge asked federal government lawyer: 'Do you believe this is an appropriate way to deal with a judge’s order that you disagree with?'

www.oregonlive.com

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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 5d

I miss not needing to think about what POTUS is doing.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6d

A judge on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to halt its mobilization of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to protect the ICE building in Portland and its officers amid nightly protests.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Jason Miller @euthydemus.bsky.social · 6d

I thought he graduated from Duke, not School of the Americas. (#joke, but ☠️😬)

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 7d

"First, videos that suck are the future. If I could make a video that sucks this much in one hour, imagine how hard I could make something suck in two hours, or even three."

I Used AI to Make a Video That Sucks

I used AI to make a video that sucks. It is bad. It is boring. But I made it in under an hour. And now it is my entire personality. To some, my AI-...

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