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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump on Portland: "It's like the movies you see for the kids, I guess not only the kids, adults also, where you have these bombed out cities and these bombed out people. It's like, worse than that."

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 11h

One of the coolest stripes I've seen on a cat

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 5h

If I sleep funny it’s because I’m also the bed.

Strata the torbie cat curled up between Riley’s legs on a black and red plaid blanket, disco nap time

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @brachinus.bsky.social · 3h

what?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump: "Just before the election an answer was changed by Kamala. She gave a horrible death defying--- election defying answer. And they took the answer out & replaced it with another answer that she gave 5 minutes later having to do with a different subject but at least it wasn't election defying"

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Dr. KFA 🏳️‍⚧️ @kfadams.bsky.social · 5h

Seems excessive to post this twice in 24 hours, but uh…. Hi from Portland? Where we have no stores?

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @brachinus.bsky.social · 5h

ah yes bc that’s totally realistic

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Johnson on nuking the filibuster: "Is it wise? A lot of people would tell you it's not. I mean, on the Republican side, I would be deeply concerned if the Democrats had a bare majority in the Senate right now of Marxist ideology taking over the Democrat Party...turning us into a communist country"

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 6h

"we took the freedom of speech away..."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 5h

lil sticker design for ECN this year, trying to retain design consistency with last year's stickers but also needed to add little gumboots and a tiny oatmilk latte

sticker design for a bug professionals conference, featuring an iconic beetle of the PNW (a rain beetle, Pleocomidae) in front of a generically Portland-like backdrop. I know that's not a perfect Mt Hood but at least I didn't just draw Mt Rainier like I always do

photo of last year's sticker, an Eleodes in front of a generically Sonoran desert landscape (for the same conference but in Phoenix)

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wormbuxx @wormbuxx.bsky.social · 1d

Now I’m falling asleep and she’s calling a cob

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 6h

AAAAUGH! The lithops is doing a thing! I was not informed that lithops did things! I thought they just sat there and occasionally sprouted pups like a normal succulent!

A lithops plant in a small terracotta pot, producing a green flower bud thingy.

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @brachinus.bsky.social · 6h

haha yeah

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Dr. Canuck, MD @drcanuckmd.medsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem is in Portland so dear frog guy please don’t dress up as a dog next time.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12h

Three SCOTUS cases saw movement this week targeting LGBTQ+ people: A conversation therapy case, a shadow-docket case on trans passports, and a sports ban that will determine equal protection for trans people.

Writer S. Baum details all of them in our latest.

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Three Supreme Court Cases Targeting LGBTQ+ People See Movement This Week

From sports to passports, these cases may determine the vitality of trans rights in the U.S. for generations to come.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Pritzker: "I think it's important to recognize that the Trump administration does not seem to respect any laws in the United States. They just do what they want to do and they'll keep doing it unless someone stops them. Here in Illinois we're stopping them."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 11h

CNN: The judge presiding over the prosecution of Jim Comey has agreed to Comey’s request to schedule a near term trial. Comey asked for a Jan 12 trial date. The judge went with Jan 5. Comey is counting on the gov’t not being ready for trial. A good bet.

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @brachinus.bsky.social · 6h

charlie who?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a far left extremist who inscribed the words, 'hey fascist, catch' -- meaning catch the bullet -- onto the bullet shelf itself."

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 7h

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

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Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 11h

Getting my shocked face out of the drawer where I keep it — don't know why I even bother to put away these days.

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MAGA Author Of Anti-Porn Bill Linked To Porn Account - Joe.My.God.

The Detroit Metro Times reports: A Republican state lawmaker leading a campaign to ban pornography in Michigan appears to have had an account on a pornographic hook-up website that promised users they...

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Pete Hegseth practices day drinking the right way.

by Ezra Klein

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Dr. Emily Arndt 🏳️‍⚧️ @brachinus.bsky.social · 9h

Beeeeg waffle iron

NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 9h

"additional capacity, and a new idea."

our CEO Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells joined Ideastream's Sound of Ideas this AM to talk about our latest combined sewer "surge tunnel" project that could make overflows at Edgewater Beach a thing of the past.

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Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District says proposal would fix combined-sewer overflow at Edgewater

We'll talk with the CEO of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District about a new multi-million dollar project that aims to keep sewage off Edgewater Beach after heavy rains.

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