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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · Jul 8

My hope and optimism come from experience, not naivety. If you think I’ve lived a life surrounded by people who believed in me, you are greatly mistaken. I refuse to give up, & I suggest you do the same.

Be resilient. Survive. Persevere. No matter what this world throws at you, don’t be defeated.

Picture of me wearing a purple shirt among roses while smiling with the words:

“Hope and optimism are not products of an unchallenged life. They aren’t empty dreams. They are born out of adversity. They’re the results of pushing and fighting, despite the world telling you you’d fail, despite it telling you that you’re worthless. And time and time again, proving the world wrong.”

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 13h

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 12h

A recent study has found “a gap between corporations' plans to invest in environmental actions and sustainability and the actual development of transition plans.”

Not surprising, but, the truth still matters, even when it confirms what we already suspected.

New report reveals how major corporations are misleading public: 'Now under growing scrutiny' — The Cool Down

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 1d

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mosshenry.bsky.social @mosshenry.bsky.social · 12h

I applaud MIT. This is a time for courage. Here's a song for the moment. Please pass it on.
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No Bottom 2.0

YouTube video by Mosshenry

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 12h

It’s not too late. I think MIT is just the first.

Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

It doesn’t. It’s just what people call Portland for short. It’s like NOLA for New Orleans or Philly for Philadelphia. It also distinguishes us from the other Portland (Portland, Maine). You say PDX, and people know which city you’re talking about.

Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

‘Emergency’ Naked Bike Ride announces starting point

The ride is set for Sunday, October 12, beginning at 3:00 p.m.

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of 📺

i’ll start… 🖤

I’ve shared this one before. I’ll stop when enough people have heard of it!

a cartoon fox with a gnome on its head

Alt: Fox giving David the Gnome a ride on its head.

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

I was asked by a friend today how are things in PDX, and I shared this clip with her. For a comedy show, @thedailyshow.com’s coverage of Portland has been pretty spot on, even down to the naked unicyclists with handlebar mustaches.

Yes, expect them at our emergency naked bike ride this Sunday.

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

It’s bad when every sentence you utter has to be corrected.

Thank you @oregonian.com for taking the time to fact check instead of just blindly repeating falsehoods, if only others would follow your example.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

“There is no terrorism happening here,” the council member told CNN.

Portland council member makes CNN anchor laugh with snarky response to Kristi Noem claims

“There is no terrorism happening here,” the council member told CNN.

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 2d

Dr. Amy Dhunjibhoy Engineer was born 110 years ago today - she was the head of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Queen Mary's Hospital for 23 years, expanding the availability of women's care, particularly to the poor community. She passed away in 1989.

#WomenInSTEM #MedSky ⚕️

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 1d

YES: A Wyoming librarian fired for refusing to pull LGBTQ books just won a $700,000 settlement for violation of her First Amendment rights. 👏 Let this be a warning to every censor-happy official in the country.

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 2d

The world’s longest rainbow path. The 600 metre “Long Walk to Equality” by artist Travis Myers at Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Island … the location of Canada’s first Pride in 1971.

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, @mit.edu, for taking the lead.

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling — Reuters

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the Portland way.

LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations Valerie Biden Owens (Chair of the Biden Institute), Claire DeMatteis (attorney), Charlotte King (founder of Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice), and Charlotte Miller-Lacy (founder of I Am My Sister’s Keeper & MSK Community Center).

Thank you for serving your community.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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Brian Crecente @crecente.bsky.social · 2d

And an inflatable green frog shall lead them.

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: 9th Circuit denies Trump admin request for en banc rehearing in case over legal services for children in deportation proceedings. 9 (of 29) judges join a Bumatay/VanDyke dissent. Fight over whether suit belongs at Court of Claims. Doc:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

PaloAltoLegalCA9101025

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that ICE violated a consent decree by arresting people without warrants or probable cause in Illinois and 5 other states. The court extended the decree until Feb 2, 2026. No one is above the law.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 3d

Several firms have sought to fill a void in the absence of federal data, and most estimates indicate a loosening labor market.

Here’s How Bad Jobs Data Appears As Federal Data Blackout Continues

Several firms have sought to fill a void in the absence of federal data, and most estimates indicate a loosening labor market.

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Brett Zimmerman @b-zimm.bsky.social · 1d

We want to know the root cause of homelessness so we can “solve” it. It’s the confluence of wealth inequality, housing commodification, inflated healthcare costs, no child or elder care, the list goes on.

But the root cause is us. It is the level to which we will tolerate our neighbors’ suffering.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 2d

Today is World Homeless Day, and after years reporting on this crisis, I'll just say: homelessness is neither inevitable nor intractable. It's the result of choices—political, economic, moral—that can be unmade.

And this: how we treat the unhoused is a bellwether for the violence we will tolerate.

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