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@jakeythesnakey.bsky.social

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“We should all emulate the virtues of the rattle snake: strong communication and good follow through” PDX 13 month year evangelist Lobbyist Gym I work in politics, my views/posts are my own and do not reflect my employer’s Building Code/Housing/HVAC nerd

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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · Aug 18

The end-all-be-all take on Abundance: 1/n

An Abundance movement quickly formed around the book that seemed more interested in backing the moderate establishment wing in intra-Democratic party fights than they were in the book itself. (i.e. Ritchie Torres, Matt Yglesias, etc.)

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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 4h

Come by Quarter World tonight if you want as ass kicking (at air hockey)

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 5h

Shout out to Raul, hope you’re well my guy.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 5h

Op Eds written and submitted, arguing about it on Nextdoor, friends and family voter guide distributed, parks board engaged. Hell yeah I’m voting yes!

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pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 6h

DON'T PRINT LIES IN THE VOTERS PAMPHLET

#1. Our parks cost more because criminals who are caught engaging in graffiti vandalism are released with little punishment. Lacking harsh penalties, these released criminals simply go back to what they did before and continue to vandalize our parks and spray paint our entire city.
#2. Our Parks cost more because Multnomah County handed out over 25,000 free tents to homeless. The free-tents-for-all idea only attracted more homeless to come to Portland from other states in order to get their free tents and camp in our parks. Now we are all overwhelmed
#3. Our parks cost more because politicians refuse to enforce trespassing laws. This has made our parks a great place for homeless encampments because trespassers know it is hard for their camps to be moved.
#4. Our parks cost more because local governments (at taxpayer expense) hand out free drug paraphernalia to addicts. This makes Portland a top destination for drug addicts from other states to move here.
#5. Our parks cost more because police cannot keep our parks safe from crime and destruction because liberal politicians defunded our police.

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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 5h

We owe the standards community so much

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 11h

The response I got to this was a madness rune for me, but not nearly as bad as reading the Nextdoor discussion of if Portland should continue to fund our parks dept or not.

Vote for the parks levy y’all! The city is in a precarious place right now and we can’t afford to lose our biggest asset!

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 2d

So, should Dems have spiked COVID relief and stimulus in 2020 until after the election when they took a trifecta?

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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 16h

Dudes will be like “oh you believe in dressing up as frogs and holding dance parties? That pales in comparison to my strategy, bitching on social media”

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 1d

fleabag from the show fleabag looking horrified and offended (because she shags a hot priest)

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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

Total vindication of my mom over my little brother

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

A tad cringe maybe but I’ve thanked a bunch of TSA workers in the airport this week and every one of them has given a heartfelt response to it and said they appreciated that.

TSA is usually my enemy but they are workers also, and they’re not being paid rn

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

“Don’t ask the girl you have a crush on to do a creative project with you and your handsome, charismatic friend” was a lesson it took a few projects to learn

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

Empire of Japan ass congressional map (laudatory)

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

Just imagine it - all months perfectly symmetrical. June 3rd is the same day of the week every year, forever.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

See that’s the obvious correct answer here

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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

Like I thought this logic was obvious and that asking people if they would have supported spiking covid relief would be an easy thought experiment to show that allowing healthcare to be ripped away from millions for an iota of potential electoral gain was… perhaps not well thought out.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

Very well put

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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

Same logic tho? Inflict harm for potential political gain.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

Idk you seem very happy to negotiate suffering and death and mete it out.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 1d

Quote tweets and replies to this are fucking deranged. This site is built on people who don’t understand that they are living in a fantasy world but they’re definitely living in a fantasy world.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 2d

So, should Dems have spiked COVID relief and stimulus in 2020 until after the election when they took a trifecta?

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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

The never ending search for who it is acceptable to harm

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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 2d

I understand the logic but this is not in any way distinct from saying that the Dems should throw a marginalized group under the bus to win. “We gotta accept/cause some suffering because the ends justify the means.” All predicated on the idea that America can even learn from the touching the stove.

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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

Hard to draw any conclusion except that there is actually big constituency for a dem who would throw trans or black or disabled Americans under the bus if they could spin it as pragmatic electoralism

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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

It has been a grim 18 hours in my mentions.

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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

Based purely on ‘vibes in the room’ from that hearing, there is gunna be national guard on the ground in Portland by Monday.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

I think the idea that republicans being totally intransigent is priced in is being underrated. ie the assumption is that republicans won’t play ball and won’t take the win, so it’s fully about narrative crafting and who ‘owns’ the price increases