José Manuel Cortez
notjose.bsky.social
José Manuel Cortez
@notjose.bsky.social
latinx studies & rhetoric @ University of Oregon.

Also: snowboarding, mycology, mountain bikes.
caught a show in #portland last night. not a warzone. 🙄
October 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
glaciers, man. go see em while they’re still around. #cascades
August 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
got skunked looking for morels w/ my bro, but we had a most excellent hike in burned area
May 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I’ve got a rare genetic disease, and there’s a treatment! Hell yea! The catch is the cost: average annual drug cost estimated to be $454,000-$584,000 🥲🥲🥲
April 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
🌝
April 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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ChatGPT ass presidency
Incredible. The Trump administration calculated "tariff rates" by taking the US trade deficit with the respective country and dividing it by the country's exports to the US. And then the tariff rate of the US is often just set by cutting that made-up "tariff rate" in half.
April 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It is simply not possible to comply with anti-DEI mandates *and* be a good teacher.
March 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
kind of feels like musk is just ripping the copper piping out of the walls of the fed govt to sell it for drug money
February 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
was feeling really subversive or whatever today, so i drank out of a water fountain on campus. not the flex i thought it was going to be
February 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I grew up north of Spokane, WA in Colbert, just one county over from Kootenai County. I can confirm this is how they have been behaving for years.

www.kxly.com/news/multipl...
Multiple Democrats forcibly removed from Kootenai County Republican Central Committee town hall
KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho -- A Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC) town hall did not go as planned Saturday.
www.kxly.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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February 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
chinga tu maga, basically
February 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Today’s push to ensure belonging threatens this delicate balance, potentially returning us to an era when social relationships determined access."

Not sure if this article, published Jan 28, intended to coincide with the fascist coup, but, um, . . . what?

www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The Classroom Is Not Your Living Room
The vogue for “belonging” misses the point of education.
www.chronicle.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Whats happening to trans people in the US is unacceptable. Im raising a trans child who now would rather suffer through being misgendered than disclose their identity to their new BB coach. Trans people are entitled to exist with dignity and respect. Not accepting anything less.
February 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Now more than ever.
February 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Fellow Oregonians. Now would be a good time to call Rep Cliff Bentz (OR-02) and find out if he's cool with this Treasury bullshit.
February 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
If you ski in #oregon, you should know that Hoodoo Ski Area owner Chuck Shepard is a Jan 6 denier and fascist sympathizer. Read about it on his blog on Hoodoo’s site. No fascists in Oregon. Boycott Hoodoo.

skihoodoo.com/explore/chuck/
Chuck's Page - Hoodoo Ski Area
skihoodoo.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
you guys, i reached a major life milestone: i made it to google maps street view
February 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
the trump administration will be remembered for the magnitude of its evil
Trump Administration Revokes Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S.
The decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status signals that President Trump will continue to dismantle a program that aims to protect migrants from potentially dangerous countries.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
to all the folks saying “elon made that nazi salute because he’s autistic”: if autism made him a nazi then republicans should be pro-vaccine. but they aren’t, so
January 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Top 4 anti-bucket list things I checked off this year:

✅ bike crash induced tooth implant
✅ 2 inches of ice accumulation in PNW ice storm
✅ Extreme summer temps for oregon
✅ sidelined outback cause we jumped a 10 foot sand dune 🤘🏼🥲
December 23, 2024 at 2:35 AM