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“there’s nothing new under the sun but there are new suns”
-Octavia Butler
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Alaska->PDX
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# 1 St. John’s bridge fan acct
Alaska->PDX
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@seachanger.bsky.social
· Dec 24
“From Doom Loop to Green Loop: how a new focus on green infrastructure and just transition is making Portland a national climate resiliency leader”
- cool newspapers someday maybe
- cool newspapers someday maybe
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I said this on @santitajackson.bsky.social's show this morning. They are PROUD of deporting millions of people. That's why the leadership of the Democratic Party will never defund ICE.
Note that Hillary says "without killing American citizens" - that's because she doesn't value immigrants lives.
Note that Hillary says "without killing American citizens" - that's because she doesn't value immigrants lives.
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I said this on @santitajackson.bsky.social's show this morning. They are PROUD of deporting millions of people. That's why the leadership of the Democratic Party will never defund ICE.
Note that Hillary says "without killing American citizens" - that's because she doesn't value immigrants lives.
Note that Hillary says "without killing American citizens" - that's because she doesn't value immigrants lives.
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"We built a death ray, but we never turned it on. It's unconscionable that he turned on the death ray we helped build."
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 15, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"We built a death ray, but we never turned it on. It's unconscionable that he turned on the death ray we helped build."
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It was my great honour to interview the one and only Francesca Albanese yesterday. Watch here, and find out why Trump and Rubio are so determined to stop her vital work:
zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
Israel's Tech Boom & the Economy of Genocide
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur, joins Naomi to discuss calls for her removal and her latest report documenting the 'corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project.’
zeteo.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It was my great honour to interview the one and only Francesca Albanese yesterday. Watch here, and find out why Trump and Rubio are so determined to stop her vital work:
zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
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The opening line here is 🤌
"You're a fucking moron, but that's not what I'm here to talk about"
"You're a fucking moron, but that's not what I'm here to talk about"
The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
February 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
The opening line here is 🤌
"You're a fucking moron, but that's not what I'm here to talk about"
"You're a fucking moron, but that's not what I'm here to talk about"
fractal secret police
Homan on Minnesota: "There will be a small force, a security force, that will respond when our agents are out and get surrounded by agitators. They will remain for a short period of time to make sure the coordination, the agreements we have with local and state law enforcement stay in place."
February 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM
fractal secret police
we need a national uproar explicitly demanding his resignation yesterday
I want people on the street screaming it
I want people on the street screaming it
A simple ? from Wajahat Ali pushes Hakeem Jeffries into a crashout:
"Why not lead and abolish ICE? What you're telling us is you want our taxpayer dollars to pay for a lawless masked armed agency to continue terrorizing our cities."
Jeffries: "I don't understand anything you just said to me."
"Why not lead and abolish ICE? What you're telling us is you want our taxpayer dollars to pay for a lawless masked armed agency to continue terrorizing our cities."
Jeffries: "I don't understand anything you just said to me."
February 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
we need a national uproar explicitly demanding his resignation yesterday
I want people on the street screaming it
I want people on the street screaming it
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In sum, yes, this is where I was going
Girls and women put up with all kinds of shit that is vaguely socially unacceptable now and what we are seeing is a *reaction* to the gain of making that stuff socially unacceptable
bsky.app/profile/bigb...
Girls and women put up with all kinds of shit that is vaguely socially unacceptable now and what we are seeing is a *reaction* to the gain of making that stuff socially unacceptable
bsky.app/profile/bigb...
Perhaps because the whole culture was, de facto, a manosphere
August 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In sum, yes, this is where I was going
Girls and women put up with all kinds of shit that is vaguely socially unacceptable now and what we are seeing is a *reaction* to the gain of making that stuff socially unacceptable
bsky.app/profile/bigb...
Girls and women put up with all kinds of shit that is vaguely socially unacceptable now and what we are seeing is a *reaction* to the gain of making that stuff socially unacceptable
bsky.app/profile/bigb...
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I'm so cute and good 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
February 15, 2026 at 8:08 AM
I'm so cute and good 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Breaking: The CDC reports SARS-CoV-2 levels *quadrupled* in Minnesota in the past week.
Using harmonized wastewater estimates, we project 1 in 12 people in Minnesota are actively infectious. This is equivalent to a 59% chance of exposure in a room of 10 people....
Using harmonized wastewater estimates, we project 1 in 12 people in Minnesota are actively infectious. This is equivalent to a 59% chance of exposure in a room of 10 people....
February 14, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Breaking: The CDC reports SARS-CoV-2 levels *quadrupled* in Minnesota in the past week.
Using harmonized wastewater estimates, we project 1 in 12 people in Minnesota are actively infectious. This is equivalent to a 59% chance of exposure in a room of 10 people....
Using harmonized wastewater estimates, we project 1 in 12 people in Minnesota are actively infectious. This is equivalent to a 59% chance of exposure in a room of 10 people....
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I recently visited Maria in the Tacoma detention center. She is a loving mom, pays her taxes, and has no criminal history -- not even a parking ticket. She deserves to come home to her two children and her husband, who is recovering from surgery. I will not stop fighting until she is home.
Oregon woman headed to buy socks for teen son. She’s now stuck in ICE detention
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici has pushed ICE to release Maria Trinidad Loya Medina so she can care for her seriously ill husband and their two children. Medina has lived in the U.S. for more than 20 year...
www.oregonlive.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:04 AM
I recently visited Maria in the Tacoma detention center. She is a loving mom, pays her taxes, and has no criminal history -- not even a parking ticket. She deserves to come home to her two children and her husband, who is recovering from surgery. I will not stop fighting until she is home.
for some people Portland is doomed or even dead but for me she’s alive, very alive
February 15, 2026 at 1:34 AM
for some people Portland is doomed or even dead but for me she’s alive, very alive
fun visit to giant space hamster games on Greeley where i learned all of Portland’s game store owners and staff spend a week on the Oregon coast every year playing games 24 hrs a day
February 15, 2026 at 12:12 AM
fun visit to giant space hamster games on Greeley where i learned all of Portland’s game store owners and staff spend a week on the Oregon coast every year playing games 24 hrs a day
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Portlanders: There's still time to voice your opinion about Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) use in your city.
Public comments on PPB's review of its ALPR policy are due TODAY.
What would you like to see that is not here in this policy?
www.portland.gov/police/direc...
Public comments on PPB's review of its ALPR policy are due TODAY.
What would you like to see that is not here in this policy?
www.portland.gov/police/direc...
February 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Portlanders: There's still time to voice your opinion about Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) use in your city.
Public comments on PPB's review of its ALPR policy are due TODAY.
What would you like to see that is not here in this policy?
www.portland.gov/police/direc...
Public comments on PPB's review of its ALPR policy are due TODAY.
What would you like to see that is not here in this policy?
www.portland.gov/police/direc...
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I think people here can critique the phrase "this is not who we are" and still celebrate people like that New Jersey guy with the flag in the video but maybe I'm just overestimating everyone's capacity to understand different contexts
February 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I think people here can critique the phrase "this is not who we are" and still celebrate people like that New Jersey guy with the flag in the video but maybe I'm just overestimating everyone's capacity to understand different contexts
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It's not an easy thing to get excited about ("Politicians should make more money!") but it's a major issue basically everywhere. Ever wonder why so many state legislators happen to own car dealerships? It's because only wealthy people can access one of the main entry points into US elected office.
my very close friend (and a kickass pro union negotiator) has been asked to run for jeff golden’s OR state senate seat but she’s a single mom and doesn’t think she can afford the pay cut
I am ready to give her 20% of my own paycheck
I am ready to give her 20% of my own paycheck
February 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
It's not an easy thing to get excited about ("Politicians should make more money!") but it's a major issue basically everywhere. Ever wonder why so many state legislators happen to own car dealerships? It's because only wealthy people can access one of the main entry points into US elected office.
my very close friend (and a kickass pro union negotiator) has been asked to run for jeff golden’s OR state senate seat but she’s a single mom and doesn’t think she can afford the pay cut
I am ready to give her 20% of my own paycheck
I am ready to give her 20% of my own paycheck
February 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
my very close friend (and a kickass pro union negotiator) has been asked to run for jeff golden’s OR state senate seat but she’s a single mom and doesn’t think she can afford the pay cut
I am ready to give her 20% of my own paycheck
I am ready to give her 20% of my own paycheck
maybe more of us can start to think critically about all the guys whose primary contribution during massive humanitarian crises is to micromanage other peoples terminology. these are the same people who legit couldn’t handle people saying black lives matter or refer to Israel’s genocide by its name
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
maybe more of us can start to think critically about all the guys whose primary contribution during massive humanitarian crises is to micromanage other peoples terminology. these are the same people who legit couldn’t handle people saying black lives matter or refer to Israel’s genocide by its name
if council wants to spend it, they should do the work it takes to make climate resilience & just transition a clear priority across PDX agencies. cut the green tape and let’s get to work. PCEF could & should power a municipal climate revolution
The tension around this debate isn't just what to fund, it's about who has the power. Should the PCEF committee have 100% control of how "their" $$ is spent? Or should city councilors be able to dictate? (Council technically has final say, but politics is politics.)
February 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
if council wants to spend it, they should do the work it takes to make climate resilience & just transition a clear priority across PDX agencies. cut the green tape and let’s get to work. PCEF could & should power a municipal climate revolution
Meanwhile in cops Vs PCEF hearing yesterday, the judge said the city using PCEF for off topic stuff helps the cops case: we’ve set a precedent for repurposing a voter designated fund
that is BAD. Council wants to spend PCEF they should reshape the bureaucracy to do the work PCEF was created to fund
that is BAD. Council wants to spend PCEF they should reshape the bureaucracy to do the work PCEF was created to fund
"PCEF isn't your money. It's our money. We built the fund. We will never let it go." - Alan Hipolito, a very well-respected climate justice advocate delivered testimony that basically told councilors to get their frickin' hands off the PCEF $$ and do what the committee recommended.
February 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Meanwhile in cops Vs PCEF hearing yesterday, the judge said the city using PCEF for off topic stuff helps the cops case: we’ve set a precedent for repurposing a voter designated fund
that is BAD. Council wants to spend PCEF they should reshape the bureaucracy to do the work PCEF was created to fund
that is BAD. Council wants to spend PCEF they should reshape the bureaucracy to do the work PCEF was created to fund
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Much of my youth revolved around the website ZineLibrary. It went down around Occupy in a massive loss for a movement whose ideas and knowledge mostly doesn't circulate online but in person.
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
ZineLibrary
zinelibrary.org
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Much of my youth revolved around the website ZineLibrary. It went down around Occupy in a massive loss for a movement whose ideas and knowledge mostly doesn't circulate online but in person.
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
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None of this would happen if Congress did their job.
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
None of this would happen if Congress did their job.
😩
The legal argument is complicated and I’m not going to be able to describe it in detail here. What I will say is that recent city decisions to change the scope of PCEF as initially adopted may be relevant here. At least, it’s made PCEF seem like a viable source of funding for all kinds of programs.
February 14, 2026 at 5:16 AM
😩
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Oral arguments are beginning for the challenge against the initiative petition to divert 25% of Portland Clean Energy Fund income to public safety/police hiring. Challengers argue the petition, which is supported by the Portland Police Association, violates the state constitution.
February 13, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Oral arguments are beginning for the challenge against the initiative petition to divert 25% of Portland Clean Energy Fund income to public safety/police hiring. Challengers argue the petition, which is supported by the Portland Police Association, violates the state constitution.
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We found the cure to male loneliness, and it's getting in a cargo bike with the homies
Life tip: Get yourself this friend group #bunchfam #cargobike
Also: Pump your tires before you do this!
Also: Pump your tires before you do this!
February 13, 2026 at 11:52 PM
We found the cure to male loneliness, and it's getting in a cargo bike with the homies
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.