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Steve Portigal

@steveportigal.bsky.social

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Superb user research consultant; author of Doorbells, Danger and Dead Batteries & Interviewing Users (http://portigal.com/books), Host Dollars To Donuts podcast

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 9d

And now some personal news! My book Occupied Minds is for sale on Amazon!

I hope you’ll check it out. It’s only $2.99!

www.amazon.com/Occupied-Min...

A book cover depicting a nighttime scene with a man in green field under a blue sky with a mysterious light swirl. The cover reads Occupied Minds and Steve Portigal.

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 1h

the fiyah-doo-doo-doooo song that I remember well because we all used to talk about it

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 1h

Please enjoy a mime

Howard Jones - New song 1983

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 4h

I haven't investigated at all but I kinda imagined they were already part of it and just their appearance got more noteworthy once the Blue Angels were taken off the program.

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 5h

Starring John Ratzenberger probably

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 5h

Can’t wait for all the toadying “design leaders” to start ball-gargling about this on LinkedIn.

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 5h

a man is feeding a monkey a piece of ice cream through a glass door .

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 5h

a man in a green shirt is laughing while sitting in a row of chairs .

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 6h

#DementiaDon

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 6h

(if they don't get the joke I'm probably blocked)

a woman sits at a desk with an apple laptop and the word blocked on the table

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 6h

a person is holding a newspaper that says dockers klaws on sale

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 7h

The president has #dementia

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 7h

a man in a suit and tie is laying on a couch with the words steak sauce written on the bottom

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 7h

#Resist #StrategicNonCompliance

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 8h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 7h

RWNJ buzzword bingo. #Dementia

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 7h

“Forget Amazon and Whole Foods. Forget Facebook,” Young said on the Neil Young Archives website. “Buy local. Buy direct. Bezos supports this government. It does not support you or me.”

Neil Young Archives

NYA contains the complete archives of Neil Young. The site is designed for a chronological exploration of artist output including music, books, films, & videos. Music is streamed in high-res with Xstr...

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 10h

Want to spread the word on #NoKings October 18?
How about chalking the streets and sidewalks.
Easy.
Cheap.
Fun.
Legal in most jurisdictions (check local graffiti laws).
@ezralevin.bsky.social @leahgreenberg.bsky.social
@ashdashlee.Bsky.social
#WhatsThePlan

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WeeBitSarcastic @weebitsarcastic.bsky.social · 14h

I'm ready.

Just ordered. Available on Amazon.

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you!!!

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

But that’s no excuse for not showing up.

Show up to a protest on the 18th. It’s a way to stand up and be counted for the proposition that what these people are doing to your country is not right, not acceptable.

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 10h

That should be fun!!!

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 10h

Otherwise he was a shoo-in

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 10h

I would like to reiterate that everyone - even those of us who don't usually protest - should go to a No Kings March on Saturday, October 18th. Find one near you at this link. You do not have to register to participate.

www.nokings.org

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 13h

can't wait to be out there with these folks

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 13h

Streisand Effect never disappoints

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 13h

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"

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