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Bart King
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“Arguably one of Oregon’s top 73 Barts.” -Barts Weekly🧃 Writer: Choose Your Own Adventure, Disney-Hyperion, Oregon State University Press, McSweeney’s, etc. https://bartking.net/ 🦔 🐢 🐞
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · Aug 29
Inside of you are two tacos.
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 13h
Is Portland burning? isportlandburning.com
Is Portland Burning?
No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 13h
PSA: I’m now hiding AI commands in my posts to enhance their functionality. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 23h
Yeah, nice try, mate.
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 23h
My appreciation for Cory Doctorow is renewed. 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...
A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech
www.nytimes.com
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 1d
I’m taking a “warrior ethos” to my vaccination by getting the flu shot at the same time. 💪
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 1d
“In preparation for my big event today, I’m stretching out and drinking lots of electrolytes.”

“Are you running a 5K?“

“No, I’m getting my Covid vaccination.“
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 1d
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image:
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 2d
“So what’s going on with that smitten ICE officer?”

“Well, his eyes were full of longing, but I could tell he was afraid of what the other ICE officers would think. They’re a tad polarizing.”
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 2d
As a public-facing figure, I got rid of my crow’s feet today after a short procedure.

(The witchy-woman assures me the ancient curse is now lifted.)
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 2d
This profile of former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland closes with her asking: "What do you choose to read? What do you choose to think about? What do you choose to know?"

What do you choose to know, America?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 2d
"We asked 50 legal experts about the presidency—but it wasn't easy, as we had to chase after them in the airport as the experts fled the country in terror." 🎁 link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...
‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency
www.nytimes.com
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 2d
"Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working. It is part of an overhaul that could result in hundreds of thousands of older and disabled people losing benefits,”

How could Joe Biden do this to us?!?
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Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans
Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 3d
I was today years old when I learned the song “Ice, Ice Baby“ contains the line “Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly.”
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 3d
SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM PORTLAND TO THE WHITE HOUSE
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 3d
FUTURE HISTORIAN: To combat the President of the United States, American freedom fighters formed a crucial alliance.

STUDENT: Were they antifa?

PROFESSOR: No, mayors.
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 3d
“This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law.”
— U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 3d
ME (viewing painting): I’m very attuned to hues.

HUGH: what
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 3d
👏👏👏👏🌈💚🌼!

Brilliant, Gigi!
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 3d
ICE Agent: I spotted the antifa leader disguised as an octogenarian. The suspect pretended to need a walker, but his eye contact and body language were suspect. So my colleagues and I charged and neutralized the antifa scum in a glorious victory for our leader! www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest
An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.
www.oregonlive.com
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 4d
Legally, Trump is “simply untethered to the facts.” 😄 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 4d
Well, at least now we know what “government by personality disorder“ is like.
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 4d
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 4d
If just *one* masked security officer was brave enough to kiss the frog, peace would descend on Portland's magical kingdom.
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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 4d
"Dude, isn't your cobbling teacher like, hella old?"

"Yeah, he's a real Me-shoes-elah."
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Reviving craftsmanship, Colorado teacher starts high school cobbling class
A teacher in Douglas County is reviving a lost art. Matt Paisley believes ThunderRidge High School is the only one in the country to offer a cobbling class.
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