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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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What does this mean we should do? Everything.
We just have to do everything we can to protect people, pressure the other 2 branches of govt, and build society and community differently - and not rely on santa court daddy to sort everything out for us. It hasn't so far and it will continue not to.
We just have to do everything we can to protect people, pressure the other 2 branches of govt, and build society and community differently - and not rely on santa court daddy to sort everything out for us. It hasn't so far and it will continue not to.
February 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
What does this mean we should do? Everything.
We just have to do everything we can to protect people, pressure the other 2 branches of govt, and build society and community differently - and not rely on santa court daddy to sort everything out for us. It hasn't so far and it will continue not to.
We just have to do everything we can to protect people, pressure the other 2 branches of govt, and build society and community differently - and not rely on santa court daddy to sort everything out for us. It hasn't so far and it will continue not to.
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Legal attempts to claw back at abuses are important. They do slow things down, help some people, force a formal record.
It will never ever be enough. Individual humans cannot litigate out from under an $85 bil avalanche.
We all know this but gently cultivate our judicial branch fantasies anyway
It will never ever be enough. Individual humans cannot litigate out from under an $85 bil avalanche.
We all know this but gently cultivate our judicial branch fantasies anyway
February 15, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Legal attempts to claw back at abuses are important. They do slow things down, help some people, force a formal record.
It will never ever be enough. Individual humans cannot litigate out from under an $85 bil avalanche.
We all know this but gently cultivate our judicial branch fantasies anyway
It will never ever be enough. Individual humans cannot litigate out from under an $85 bil avalanche.
We all know this but gently cultivate our judicial branch fantasies anyway
there is also just this question at play: do i want to live in a world where humans think critically and create their own reality, or do i want to live in a world where massive resource guzzling super computers owned and controlled by fascists squat in the margins and run everything in our society
it might be that if you lose the ability to produce coherent narratives with your mind because you outsource that kind of thinking to datacenters, that you will also forfeit the ability to think critically about other people’s narratives, or the robot narratives populating the “content” you consume
February 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
there is also just this question at play: do i want to live in a world where humans think critically and create their own reality, or do i want to live in a world where massive resource guzzling super computers owned and controlled by fascists squat in the margins and run everything in our society
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Their "more efficient" process than having writers write:
• AI identifies possible stories
• Reporters do further reporting and produce notes
• Another person uses AI to generate a story from the notes, then rewrites/"tweaks"
• Another person fact-checks/edits
• Reporter reviews
• AI identifies possible stories
• Reporters do further reporting and produce notes
• Another person uses AI to generate a story from the notes, then rewrites/"tweaks"
• Another person fact-checks/edits
• Reporter reviews
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Their "more efficient" process than having writers write:
• AI identifies possible stories
• Reporters do further reporting and produce notes
• Another person uses AI to generate a story from the notes, then rewrites/"tweaks"
• Another person fact-checks/edits
• Reporter reviews
• AI identifies possible stories
• Reporters do further reporting and produce notes
• Another person uses AI to generate a story from the notes, then rewrites/"tweaks"
• Another person fact-checks/edits
• Reporter reviews
we are also using AI to stay in denial about the reality of covid brain fog and how it doesn’t necessarily ever go away
I am not using AI to write anything for work. no emails, memos, reports. that way, when I write something, you know who I actually am
February 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
we are also using AI to stay in denial about the reality of covid brain fog and how it doesn’t necessarily ever go away
I am not using AI to write anything for work. no emails, memos, reports. that way, when I write something, you know who I actually am
February 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I am not using AI to write anything for work. no emails, memos, reports. that way, when I write something, you know who I actually am
if I were a mayor or councilor of a US city I would be focused entirely on my transit & protected micromobility networks. no one is coming to save us but we have some lanes to work in (and set aside for buses and bikes)
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
if I were a mayor or councilor of a US city I would be focused entirely on my transit & protected micromobility networks. no one is coming to save us but we have some lanes to work in (and set aside for buses and bikes)
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“The Trump administration “is telling American manufacturers, ‘You guys go build gasoline cars again,’” he said. “The Chinese government is telling its manufacturers, ‘You go build the advanced vehicles that are going take over the world.’”
February 16, 2026 at 12:32 PM
“The Trump administration “is telling American manufacturers, ‘You guys go build gasoline cars again,’” he said. “The Chinese government is telling its manufacturers, ‘You go build the advanced vehicles that are going take over the world.’”
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“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:28 PM
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
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“Even if a new administration came in and was inclined to regulate greenhouse gasses, it would take years to reissue and defend the endangerment finding,” Professor Carlson said. “And in the meantime, they would have no authority to write any new greenhouse gas regulations.”
February 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
“Even if a new administration came in and was inclined to regulate greenhouse gasses, it would take years to reissue and defend the endangerment finding,” Professor Carlson said. “And in the meantime, they would have no authority to write any new greenhouse gas regulations.”
Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19
February 16, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19
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I believe in psychic powers and in fact will practice them tonight
Spouse said she saw a video of a woman who claims to have psychic powers who said it would happen tomorrow. Now, I don't believe in psychic powers, but I'm rooting for this lady.
February 15, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I believe in psychic powers and in fact will practice them tonight
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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