malena
@seachanger.bsky.social
“there’s nothing new under the sun but there are new suns”
-Octavia Butler
# 1 St. John’s bridge fan acct
Alaska->PDX
-Octavia Butler
# 1 St. John’s bridge fan acct
Alaska->PDX
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malena
@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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cool job alert
depave is hiring a new Outreach Manager in Portland! this is the position that leads our (accessible and inclusive) depaving events, aka captain prybar
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
jobs & internships — Depave
www.depave.org
February 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM
cool job alert
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cool job alert
depave is hiring a new Outreach Manager in Portland! this is the position that leads our (accessible and inclusive) depaving events, aka captain prybar
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
jobs & internships — Depave
www.depave.org
February 18, 2026 at 8:54 PM
cool job alert
doesn't engage with any of the substantive critiques of AI, instead, invents over-simplified critiques in order to act vastly intellectually superior to hypothetical critics, AI dude substack number 890009877733433443
I want to believe that AI can't replace human philosophers, theorists, or historians.
But this scholarly paper about AI's distinctive threat to democracy is very good, and an AI wrote it with only minimal prompting ...
writing.yaschamounk.com/p/the-humani...
But this scholarly paper about AI's distinctive threat to democracy is very good, and an AI wrote it with only minimal prompting ...
writing.yaschamounk.com/p/the-humani...
The Humanities Are About to Be Automated
AI can now write convincing academic papers. There’s no more room for denial.
writing.yaschamounk.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:42 PM
doesn't engage with any of the substantive critiques of AI, instead, invents over-simplified critiques in order to act vastly intellectually superior to hypothetical critics, AI dude substack number 890009877733433443
if we learn anything from the Epstein emails I sure hope we can learn that elites will always have back channels where they explicitly plot against anyone who challenges their power and dumb ideas
February 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
if we learn anything from the Epstein emails I sure hope we can learn that elites will always have back channels where they explicitly plot against anyone who challenges their power and dumb ideas
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Instead of "the left isn't paying enough attention to these machine gods" they're claiming to build, perhaps we should write an article about how effective altruists brand themselves "left", ask who is writing these articles, and trace their cults and sources of funding.
February 18, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Instead of "the left isn't paying enough attention to these machine gods" they're claiming to build, perhaps we should write an article about how effective altruists brand themselves "left", ask who is writing these articles, and trace their cults and sources of funding.
this author compares Obama, Sanders, and Mamdani's popular organizing structures, arguing we need an Obama-sized, Mamdani-style organizing system scaled to the nation. they argue AOC may be the only one who can lead and organize this in a way that can also defeat the right's upcoming coup attempts
A Coup is Coming. Only the Socialist Left Can Stop It.
MAGA is clear about its intentions to attempt another coup, and the centrist forces at the heart of the Democratic Party have proven that they will be unable to resist it. We need a movement led by…
convergencemag.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:26 PM
this author compares Obama, Sanders, and Mamdani's popular organizing structures, arguing we need an Obama-sized, Mamdani-style organizing system scaled to the nation. they argue AOC may be the only one who can lead and organize this in a way that can also defeat the right's upcoming coup attempts
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When Mel King ran for mayor in 1983, he did so under the so-called "Rainbow Coalition" — a campaign that aimed to unite voters across demographics. Jackson would use the concept when he ran for president the following year.
Tracing the legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson through the work of Boston's Mel King
Michael Curry, a member of the NAACP national board of directors and head of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, joined WBUR's Morning Edition to reflect on Jackson's legacy and it's...
www.wbur.org
February 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
When Mel King ran for mayor in 1983, he did so under the so-called "Rainbow Coalition" — a campaign that aimed to unite voters across demographics. Jackson would use the concept when he ran for president the following year.
this is a key point. i went down the rabbit hole of mastodon and the fediverse after musk bought twitter, which gave me a practical education in anti-corporate tech discourse. the left has atrophied this critical muscle, it's time to really develop a radical and humanist tech vision & policy
If the left critique of LLMs is their political economy, not that they universally "don't work," then we can demonstrate that by proposing an alternative.
We've created pro-democracy anti-propertarian alternatives to commercial software 1000 times before.
We need to get real about state funding.
We've created pro-democracy anti-propertarian alternatives to commercial software 1000 times before.
We need to get real about state funding.
February 18, 2026 at 4:55 PM
this is a key point. i went down the rabbit hole of mastodon and the fediverse after musk bought twitter, which gave me a practical education in anti-corporate tech discourse. the left has atrophied this critical muscle, it's time to really develop a radical and humanist tech vision & policy
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If the left critique of LLMs is their political economy, not that they universally "don't work," then we can demonstrate that by proposing an alternative.
We've created pro-democracy anti-propertarian alternatives to commercial software 1000 times before.
We need to get real about state funding.
We've created pro-democracy anti-propertarian alternatives to commercial software 1000 times before.
We need to get real about state funding.
February 18, 2026 at 4:28 PM
If the left critique of LLMs is their political economy, not that they universally "don't work," then we can demonstrate that by proposing an alternative.
We've created pro-democracy anti-propertarian alternatives to commercial software 1000 times before.
We need to get real about state funding.
We've created pro-democracy anti-propertarian alternatives to commercial software 1000 times before.
We need to get real about state funding.
love to see this backlash against AI on bluesky and I'm also wondering about how to amplify it and grow it irl
February 18, 2026 at 3:54 PM
love to see this backlash against AI on bluesky and I'm also wondering about how to amplify it and grow it irl
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Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
February 18, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
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Ma championne
This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆
February 18, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Ma championne
depave is hiring a new Outreach Manager in Portland! this is the position that leads our (accessible and inclusive) depaving events, aka captain prybar
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
jobs & internships — Depave
www.depave.org
February 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
depave is hiring a new Outreach Manager in Portland! this is the position that leads our (accessible and inclusive) depaving events, aka captain prybar
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
www.depave.org/jobs-interns...
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I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
“we need a campaign that both can win the Democratic primary and lead an organized, mobilized popular movement into confrontation with the forces of authoritarianism”
As usual, wonderful writing by @hangryeyes.bsky.social. One quibble: I'd replace "only" with "best." Both elders and experience have taught me that what may look like the only way to fulfill an objective is rarely the only way—especially when considering matters as complex as a presidential race.
February 18, 2026 at 6:24 AM
“we need a campaign that both can win the Democratic primary and lead an organized, mobilized popular movement into confrontation with the forces of authoritarianism”
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, unlike many others, showed up for the family of Vincent Chin and the Asian American community.
February 18, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Rev. Jesse Jackson, unlike many others, showed up for the family of Vincent Chin and the Asian American community.
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With alt text, so everyone can be able to read it
February 18, 2026 at 5:16 AM
With alt text, so everyone can be able to read it
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Some Alaska winter on film.
📸Rolleicord III 🎞️Cinestill 400D
📸 Olympus XA 🎞️ 40 year old expired TMAX 400
📸Rolleicord III 🎞️Cinestill 400D
📸 Olympus XA 🎞️ 40 year old expired TMAX 400
February 18, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Some Alaska winter on film.
📸Rolleicord III 🎞️Cinestill 400D
📸 Olympus XA 🎞️ 40 year old expired TMAX 400
📸Rolleicord III 🎞️Cinestill 400D
📸 Olympus XA 🎞️ 40 year old expired TMAX 400
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Which form of organizing is more effective: one based more on momentum or on structure?
As @chactivist.bsky.social shows in this carefully crafted piece on UAW's Stand Up 2.0, it depends.
Click through for a summary of outcomes; read through for an analysis that organizers will truly appreciate.
As @chactivist.bsky.social shows in this carefully crafted piece on UAW's Stand Up 2.0, it depends.
Click through for a summary of outcomes; read through for an analysis that organizers will truly appreciate.
If the labor movement hopes to survive, we have to organize the private sector at scale. I was one of the central architects of the UAW’s Stand Up Strike and our national auto organizing push. I shared some of what I learned in this new @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social piece 🧵
jacobin.com/2026/02/uaw-...
jacobin.com/2026/02/uaw-...
Learning From the UAW’s National Organizing Push
If the labor movement hopes to survive, it must find ways to organize in the private sector at scale. The UAW’s national push to organize higher ed, and its recent union drives at Volkswagen and Merce...
jacobin.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Which form of organizing is more effective: one based more on momentum or on structure?
As @chactivist.bsky.social shows in this carefully crafted piece on UAW's Stand Up 2.0, it depends.
Click through for a summary of outcomes; read through for an analysis that organizers will truly appreciate.
As @chactivist.bsky.social shows in this carefully crafted piece on UAW's Stand Up 2.0, it depends.
Click through for a summary of outcomes; read through for an analysis that organizers will truly appreciate.
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MAJOR: Twin Cities Tenants joins five labor unions, together repping 25,900 members, to launch a rent strike drive, vowing to withhold rent March 1 if @governorwalz.mn.gov fails to deliver an eviction moratorium and rent relief. If launched, this would be the largest US rent strike in 100+ years.
February 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
MAJOR: Twin Cities Tenants joins five labor unions, together repping 25,900 members, to launch a rent strike drive, vowing to withhold rent March 1 if @governorwalz.mn.gov fails to deliver an eviction moratorium and rent relief. If launched, this would be the largest US rent strike in 100+ years.
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Celebrating the Lunar New Year at Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland.
Today, Milo, a 21-year-old mini horse, was on site to celebrate the year of the fire horse.
Today, Milo, a 21-year-old mini horse, was on site to celebrate the year of the fire horse.
February 17, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Celebrating the Lunar New Year at Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland.
Today, Milo, a 21-year-old mini horse, was on site to celebrate the year of the fire horse.
Today, Milo, a 21-year-old mini horse, was on site to celebrate the year of the fire horse.
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is helping a group of protesters and journalists strengthen their case against the Department of Homeland Security.
Portland Protesters and Journalists are Suing Trump and the DHS. Oregon’s Attorney General Just Stepped in to Help.
Earlier this month, plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) got a win after a judge issued a temporary restraining order against federal agents. That law...
www.portlandmercury.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is helping a group of protesters and journalists strengthen their case against the Department of Homeland Security.
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Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says reut.rs/4rpxDfl
Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say
Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...
reut.rs
February 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says reut.rs/4rpxDfl