Jon Walker
@jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social
Former Journalist. Now government regulator. Author: After Legalization: Understanding the Future of Marijuana Policy.
The future is a robot boot brutally making fun of a human face forever
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The future is a robot boot brutally making fun of a human face forever
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well maybe it destroyed journalism, and education, and massively fueled global fascism and various genocides, and caused an epidemic of loneliness and collapsing birthrates, but at least companies could sell targeted ads
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
well maybe it destroyed journalism, and education, and massively fueled global fascism and various genocides, and caused an epidemic of loneliness and collapsing birthrates, but at least companies could sell targeted ads
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Man, gotta love some Wall Street guy who decides It’s Time To Care About Poverty and uses vibe math to recalculate the poverty line, as… $136,500
Extreme “it’s one banana, Michael” energy
Extreme “it’s one banana, Michael” energy
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Man, gotta love some Wall Street guy who decides It’s Time To Care About Poverty and uses vibe math to recalculate the poverty line, as… $136,500
Extreme “it’s one banana, Michael” energy
Extreme “it’s one banana, Michael” energy
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Portland resumes charging towing fees for illegally parked and lived-in RVs
Portland resumes charging towing fees for illegally parked and lived-in RVs
Towing rules for illegally parked and lived-in RVs will be back in effect starting Monday in Portland.
www.kptv.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Portland resumes charging towing fees for illegally parked and lived-in RVs
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People keep saying Twitter made him stupid but maybe he was just built stupid? This is such ignorant comment that it normally would come from someone under 20. To have lived through the Obama years and say this means you probably were predisposed to having brain mush.
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
People keep saying Twitter made him stupid but maybe he was just built stupid? This is such ignorant comment that it normally would come from someone under 20. To have lived through the Obama years and say this means you probably were predisposed to having brain mush.
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i cannot imagine being so addicted to failure that you will not allow your enemies to deliver an unconditional surrender
The more important thing is that Mamdani is not the type of politician that Liz Cheney would want to campaign for. It was bad that Harris campaigned with her, it is even worse that she was someone Liz Cheney wanted to campaign for
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
i cannot imagine being so addicted to failure that you will not allow your enemies to deliver an unconditional surrender
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One fascinating and yet expected thing is that none of the big foreign accounts pretending to be American are left of center, or even anti-Trump. Not a single one. Says something about the economics and geopolitics of political grifting
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
One fascinating and yet expected thing is that none of the big foreign accounts pretending to be American are left of center, or even anti-Trump. Not a single one. Says something about the economics and geopolitics of political grifting
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“Culver City becomes first California city to allow six-story apartment buildings with just one staircase, a move to ease housing construction and affordability. Single staircases reclaim 7% of space for actual homes while creating wider units with better light—and fitting on smaller urban parcels.”
One California city’s idea to tackle the housing crisis: Take the stairs
Culver City becomes first California city to allow six-story apartment buildings with just one staircase, a bold move to ease housing construction and affordability.
www.latimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“Culver City becomes first California city to allow six-story apartment buildings with just one staircase, a move to ease housing construction and affordability. Single staircases reclaim 7% of space for actual homes while creating wider units with better light—and fitting on smaller urban parcels.”
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Cities moving away from streeteries is one of the stupidest policy trends of late. Harms qualify of life, the feasibility of restaurants, and reduces city revenue. All to make a very small handful of drivers happier (a group that will never be happy).
DC is enforcing a “crackdown” on streeteries—outdoor seating for cafes—charging the cafes huge amounts of money to keep the facilities in place, and forcing them to use seating that doesn’t work in the winter. It’s a huge self-own, likely to end up hurting businesses, reducing street vibrancy.
Exclusive: Le Dip streetery to come down as D.C. crackdown reshapes outdoor dining
It's over for many D.C. streeteries, as the city starts to charge what you might call "road rent" and other fees.
www.axios.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Cities moving away from streeteries is one of the stupidest policy trends of late. Harms qualify of life, the feasibility of restaurants, and reduces city revenue. All to make a very small handful of drivers happier (a group that will never be happy).
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the economic success of the U.S. is significantly built on the land grant universities and in particular their excellent agricultural science tradition.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
the economic success of the U.S. is significantly built on the land grant universities and in particular their excellent agricultural science tradition.
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
19 powerful men and a magician for some reason.
Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
19 powerful men and a magician for some reason.
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Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
Socialists complaining about a different flavor of slightly farther left socialists being unfair and abusive because those socialist are pretending anyone who disagrees with their strategy doesn't actually care about people is really something to watch unfold here in #Portland.
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Socialists complaining about a different flavor of slightly farther left socialists being unfair and abusive because those socialist are pretending anyone who disagrees with their strategy doesn't actually care about people is really something to watch unfold here in #Portland.
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The two greatest advantages this country's liberals have are:
1) a reasonably independent criminal justice system with jury trials makes political prosecutions difficult
2) on the other hand, authoritarianism is illegal
We can throw the book at them. They will struggle to do the same to us.
1) a reasonably independent criminal justice system with jury trials makes political prosecutions difficult
2) on the other hand, authoritarianism is illegal
We can throw the book at them. They will struggle to do the same to us.
The only way we crawl out of this with a shred of respect, both for ourselves and from others, is to impose extremely harsh punishments on every member of this administration and many Republican members of congress (easy to do because they are all so corrupt).
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The two greatest advantages this country's liberals have are:
1) a reasonably independent criminal justice system with jury trials makes political prosecutions difficult
2) on the other hand, authoritarianism is illegal
We can throw the book at them. They will struggle to do the same to us.
1) a reasonably independent criminal justice system with jury trials makes political prosecutions difficult
2) on the other hand, authoritarianism is illegal
We can throw the book at them. They will struggle to do the same to us.
Well I'm glad so many people on tiktok who claimed to care deeply about foreign policy and involvement in foreign wars got lots of follower cred by claiming Kamala Harris was bad.
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Well I'm glad so many people on tiktok who claimed to care deeply about foreign policy and involvement in foreign wars got lots of follower cred by claiming Kamala Harris was bad.
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"Guys, seriously, get your own lawyer if you need it. Elon’s great, but you need to watch your own back.”
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind
What really happened when he logged out of Washington.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Guys, seriously, get your own lawyer if you need it. Elon’s great, but you need to watch your own back.”
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Another significant expansion of Waymo's service area. We will certainly see if the statistical evidence of their relative safety keeps mounting!
Waymo gets California DMV's approval to test robotaxis in more areas
The California DMV has approved Waymo’s request to conduct driverless testing and to deploy its robotaxis in more locations in the state.
www.engadget.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Another significant expansion of Waymo's service area. We will certainly see if the statistical evidence of their relative safety keeps mounting!
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1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
One big problem in America is we build lots of 0-1 bedroom units in cities for weird regulatory reasons but we really should be building way more 3+bedroom units. Good for families and most young people are mentally/financial better off with roommates.
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One big problem in America is we build lots of 0-1 bedroom units in cities for weird regulatory reasons but we really should be building way more 3+bedroom units. Good for families and most young people are mentally/financial better off with roommates.
Wild how basically "president and mayor of NYC take photo together" ended up a big news story this week according to the media than "President calls for death of member of Congress"
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Wild how basically "president and mayor of NYC take photo together" ended up a big news story this week according to the media than "President calls for death of member of Congress"
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Nobody asked but (and for entertainment purposes only!) I'm going to post my completely uneducated hypothesis on this: I think the rental registration money was simply deposited in the wrong account.
Based on what little we have to go by, here's why I think that: 🧵1/
Based on what little we have to go by, here's why I think that: 🧵1/
Portland sitting on $21M that could have paid for rent aid, other services, review reveals
The tranche of dollars could have gone to emergency rent assistance, eviction defense or other housing aid, according to documents reviewed by The Oregonian/OregonLive.
www.oregonlive.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Nobody asked but (and for entertainment purposes only!) I'm going to post my completely uneducated hypothesis on this: I think the rental registration money was simply deposited in the wrong account.
Based on what little we have to go by, here's why I think that: 🧵1/
Based on what little we have to go by, here's why I think that: 🧵1/
So many states' rights.
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
So many states' rights.
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something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
Me and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene share a very important position in common.
I don't believe she should be in Congress and now neither does she.
So I'm definitely not going to criticize her for now adopting a position I have long held.
I don't believe she should be in Congress and now neither does she.
So I'm definitely not going to criticize her for now adopting a position I have long held.
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Me and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene share a very important position in common.
I don't believe she should be in Congress and now neither does she.
So I'm definitely not going to criticize her for now adopting a position I have long held.
I don't believe she should be in Congress and now neither does she.
So I'm definitely not going to criticize her for now adopting a position I have long held.