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Softail

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Gay Scooter Trash, Recovering Geek. Splitting time between San Francisco and Port Angeles and riding in California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia mostly but not only #elbowsup

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Softail @black-softail.net · 10h

haven't we seen this movie? these people should read Sir Walter Scott

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Softail @black-softail.net · 10h

wizard frog is the tank man of Portland and I am so ready for it

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Softail @black-softail.net · 12h

traditional values, kids will die like they did when I was a kid. very pro life

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TJ ( 忍者 )🇺🇦🇨🇦🇯🇵🇬🇧🇲🇽🇵🇭 @roguevha-mkii.altgov.info · 14h

Hmmm can there be compromise for those who want us subjugated and or dead?please say no

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Softail @black-softail.net · 1d

and yet somehow if we do win we've got to get together to pick up the pieces and get it right next time

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 1d

i don’t really understand why this made me start bawling i just really love seeing people try to help each other in creative ways and that this shit is necessary

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Softail @black-softail.net · 2d

and have an exit strategy...

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Softail @black-softail.net · 2d

the only way to win is not to play :-/

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Softail @black-softail.net · 4d

yet another way they emulate the Russians

Softail @black-softail.net · 4d

Just got yet another beg from a"progressive PAC" That has almost 50% administrative expenses. I hate to say this but do your own research on these or just give directly to candidates. www.opensecrets.org is your friend

OpenSecrets

OpenSecrets is the nation's premier research and government transparency group tracking money in politics and its effect on elections and policy.

www.opensecrets.org

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Doctor Memory @blank.org · 5d

Stipulating in advance that I probably agree with everyone’s critiques of Newson:

This is the way. Make it clear in advance that compliance has a price too.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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Softail @black-softail.net · 6d

but then again I barely have social skills and have no political skills so YMMV

I do have computer skills and as far as I can tell Elmo is barking mad

Softail @black-softail.net · 6d

yes although human cussedness may save us there but part of the problem is that it's first world problems, so performance is a viable option. in the course they're on things are going to get seriously worse for even larger numbers of people, which tends to focus the mind.

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Softail @black-softail.net · 6d

the old media were basically a water monopoly empire. it maintained the fiction that there was a single "public" that wanted basically the same things. he's not going to replicate that unless he controls the water. he might, things are grim but it seems like a doomed enterprise to me

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Softail @black-softail.net · 6d

because Conservipedia worked so well. Bring back the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 7d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Softail @black-softail.net · 7d

I really miss my helmet cam :-( but I couldn't mount it on my new helmet but the sound is considerably better

Softail @black-softail.net · 7d

looking west from Tioga Pass

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Softail @black-softail.net · 7d

I needed some wind in my face
Mono Lake from US395

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10d

For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.

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Softail @black-softail.net · 11d

www.schneier.com/blog/archive...

Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism - Schneier on Security

Today’s world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app like Signal or WhatsApp, which passwords to store on your smar...

www.schneier.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12d

An investigation establishes that the fossil fuels industry is bankrolling the anti-trans movement. No surprises there. Their forte has long been funding political movements while taking care never to leave a fingerprint.

Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement

An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

heated.world

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Softail @black-softail.net · 13d

Infiniti Jest

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Softail @black-softail.net · 13d

at least his escalator worked

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