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The British History Podcast @thebhp.bsky.social · 20h

If your crazy uncle starts ranting about how Portland is burning, send him to this handy website.

Is Portland Burning?

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

isportlandburning.com

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NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 15h

Please think how we can separate from these crazies without violence. Please think about how we may not have the choice of remaining in a political union with people who literally call us terrorists, who open state that they want us gone. Please do not continue thinking this is business as usual.

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed. Not sure if there is evidence that poorly trained LEOs are more brutal but I do worry about that.

Still you are absolutely correct.

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, that or 5 year old footage.

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 1d

It's not brains they lack. It's character and courage. Yay Gov. Stitt! I hope he isn't harmed by Trump for speaking the simple truth.

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NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 1d

Resurgent labour party snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 1d

An off ramp or are we doomed to jog towards violent civil war? Why do we all think we have no choice but to remain in a union with people who only want to harm us.

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 1d

You guys need to stop covering this like it's some how within a range of normal. It. Is. Not.

Please start doing some deep dives into exit paths. What does Texas v White say about how states can leave the union (spoiler it says a successful revolution OR consent of the states). Could we legislate

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NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely her.

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 3d

Read Texas v White. It mentions that states could secede with a "successful" revolt or "the consent of the states." I don't want to be tethered to people who want to hurt me. Let's have a divorce, and try to do it nonviolently.

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 3d

@aoc.bsky.social Texas v White says states can secede via a "successful" revolt or the "consent of the states." I believe that last line is critically important. I'm sick of being tethered to people who only want harm for me and mine. I want a divorce because this is becoming terribly dangerous.

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 3d

Taxation without representation.

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 3d

We have to break up. Not civil war. We need to talk to our legislators and get them to realise this is not business as usual. Legislate a nonviolent exit path.

We are a free people and we should not be tethered to those who only want to see us harmed.

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NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 3d

Why not let the electorate have what they voted for?

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · 3d

We are a free people and we should be able to sever (without violence) the bonds that keep us tethered to others who seek to harm us.

Texas v. White clearly says states can only leave the union with successful revolution (violence) or "the consent of the states (nonviolent).

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · Aug 3

Wondering if Ghislaine is going to get a pardon or The Jeffrey Special? Minimum security makes both options easier. #ghislainesuicidewatch

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · Aug 3

Cue the theme from Rocky.

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · Jul 23

At the light rail stop across from the University of Washington Medical Center. Yeah, we're screwing ourselves.

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NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · Jul 18

Hello? Hello! I'm fairly positive I am in the wrong Universe. I need to speak to the manager, please. I asked for a mildly interesting Universe but this one is clearly ALL F'd up. I'm definitely going to need an immediate transfer to anyplace more functional and my money back.

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NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · Jul 13

Use it or lose it, l guess. #NoSmoothies

NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · May 9

#ChicagoProud.

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NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · Apr 25

Two Sound Transit security officers talking to tourists about the relative merits of the Chihuly Gardens at Seattle Center vs the Tacoma Museum of Glass. #PeakSeattle

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Apr 24

shoutout to every credulous pundit who said that this piece was hysterical

Opinion | Trump Is on the Wrong Side of History by Design

The genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people.

www.nytimes.com

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NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · Apr 24

That's very much like the Seattle Mariners repeating that they are committed to winning championships.

Do they know it takes more than words?

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NotoriuousKBJ.bsky.social @notoriuouskbj.bsky.social · Apr 22

Haven't hit this in a while. Wordle 1,403 2/6*

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