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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 20h

A huge loss and another textbook example of how censorship works under tyrants

Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 20h

Right after Rolling Stone cut their politics coverage. Both have been doing important politics reporting and hit an audience that isn't necessarily there for the politics. Teen Vogue had more breakthrough stories the past ten years than prestigious politics magazines

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 22h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 22h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 3d

Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard.

There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 5d

This includes playoff games, which I was pleasantly surprised by.

Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 5d

If you don't mind watching games after they air, League Pass is actually a really good value. You can't watch ESPN games or whatever live, but you can watch it after. Everything that isn't primetime you can watch live

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 7d

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”

Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.

Common sense.

Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 7d

Earlier today in Gresham, Oregon (a suburb just outside of Portland), a US citizen was detained by ICE after taking photos of their unmarked vehicles. US Gestapo smashed the persons car windows before detaining them. They have since been released.

Federal agent in front of the person they detainees car with the window smashed

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 8d

She's a Republican who used 'national socialist' instead of Nazi or fascist.

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 8d

Someone needs to get this lady some popcorn

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onion person @junlper.beer · 8d

might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 8d

I literally can't think of a time I have seen PPB do "normal" enforcement. They never pull people over for speeding and driving without plates, let alone jaywalking and drinking in public. This type of arbitrary enforcement should be considered discrimination

Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 8d

Portland police: on, no. Like, jaywalking and drinking in public. The totally normal enforcement that we do every day.

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 8d

"Officers told protesters they were issuing warnings Saturday but would subsequently start enforcing city code."

Oh that sounds good. So, gassing people, attacking them, kidnapping them, violating sound ordinance? Codes like that?

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 10d

Huge factor in the new Portland city council, too, where 1/3 of the council are dsa

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 10d

Counterpoint: I have zero interest in living in space for longer than like a month

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 10d

Lunacy. tech.yahoo.com/science/arti...

Jeff Bezos Says He Doesn't Understand Why Anybody Alive Now Would Be 'Discouraged'—Because Soon, 'Millions Of People Will Be Living In Space'

Jeff Bezos says the future is so bright, he "doesn't see how anybody can be discouraged who is alive right now." Speaking at Italian Tech Week 2025 earlier this month with Ferrari and Stellantis chair...

tech.yahoo.com

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 11d

Saw a redditor use the phrase that came straight from hell: "part of the ezra Klein extended universe". So, yeah, 🤮

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 11d

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

A Losing “Argument”

The buzzy new publication devoted to “libbing out” reprises the mistakes of the longstanding alliance between neoliberalism and Beltway journalism.

www.thenation.com

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 11d

"The Argument is launching with $4 million in venture-capital funding at a $20 million valuation... backers include Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz; former Enron trader John Arnold; a Pritzker family heir; a Niskanen Center board member; and Stripe cofounder Patrick Collison."

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 11d

Is their necromancer in poor health? Always assumed Stephen Miller but thinking it might actually be "former golf course manager" Dan Scavino.

Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you. Looking into the county jail. Deaths are up this year after being down in 2024. Probably not a coincidence? But I'm gonna read more into this.

Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 11d

Are there any good articles on this from 20-21? I moved here after that and have heard that people were disappeared but have never really seen reporting on it

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 12d

Of all the housing charts not made by MMI, this one is my favourite. It shows how, despite rhetoric, housing shortages aren't a global phenomenon, but they do seem to be an Anglo-American one.

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 12d

When David Brooks is your youngest balding white guy, it's probably time to rethink the segment

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Tom Bombadillo @michaelperkins.bsky.social · 12d

On one shoulder: maybe we let our racism and toxic ideology cloud our judgment? On the other: maybe we haven't gone far enough?

At least they're covering both sides.

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