David
@davidmackenzie.bsky.social
Woke piece of shit posting into the void
Amazon could be part of the solution here—it certainly has enough money—but instead chooses to minimize liability. Per usual.
Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages
Amazon data centers might be adding to a public health crisis in Morrow County, Oregon.
www.theverge.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Amazon could be part of the solution here—it certainly has enough money—but instead chooses to minimize liability. Per usual.
So embarrassing to wear a raid jacket belonging to a female agent. Imagine the cooties!
This feels like maga on maga leaking. You don’t leak to Miranda Devine at the ny post unless you consider her to be a legit journalist, If you consider her to be legit then…..
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
So embarrassing to wear a raid jacket belonging to a female agent. Imagine the cooties!
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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You know it's the holiday season in Portland when the nose is lit on the White Stag sign.
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
You know it's the holiday season in Portland when the nose is lit on the White Stag sign.
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Cool, so can we refer to everyone this way? Like the president is a biological male who identifies as a man? Assuming that’s even accurate — has anyone asked him?
1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
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This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
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BBC Now Calling Trans Women 'Biological Males Who Identify As Women'
These stories come in the aftermath of allegations that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Cool, so can we refer to everyone this way? Like the president is a biological male who identifies as a man? Assuming that’s even accurate — has anyone asked him?
Sounds like anticompetitive behavior to me!
ChatGPT and Copilot are being booted out of WhatsApp
ChatGPT and Copilot are being booted out of WhatsApp
Meta is kicking out the competition.
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Sounds like anticompetitive behavior to me!
He’s missing the obvious Tublican
He’s an idiot. A dangerous idiot at the head of a dangerous movement—but nonetheless an idiot.
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
He’s missing the obvious Tublican
I grew up on generic. Kraft-brand macaroni and cheese was a treat we only got when it went on sale. So, yeah, it does suck that Walmart made the dinner cheaper by switching to generics.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I grew up on generic. Kraft-brand macaroni and cheese was a treat we only got when it went on sale. So, yeah, it does suck that Walmart made the dinner cheaper by switching to generics.
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and district attorneys of the state’s three-largest counties say they will start investigating and prosecuting federal immigration enforcement agents if they don’t stop using excessive force on Oregonians.
Oregon attorney general, district attorneys warn feds to stop using excessive force • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon's attorney general and three district attorneys said they'll investigate and prosecute federal agents if they use excessive force.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and district attorneys of the state’s three-largest counties say they will start investigating and prosecuting federal immigration enforcement agents if they don’t stop using excessive force on Oregonians.
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The way Bluesky works is that everyone is from the country they say they are but all the accounts are operated by versatile actor Jeffrey Combs
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The way Bluesky works is that everyone is from the country they say they are but all the accounts are operated by versatile actor Jeffrey Combs
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"The importer, Rad Power Bikes Inc., of Seattle, Washington has refused to agree to an acceptable recall. Given its financial situation, Rad Power Bikes has indicated to CPSC that it is unable to offer replacement batteries or refunds to all consumers."
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"The importer, Rad Power Bikes Inc., of Seattle, Washington has refused to agree to an acceptable recall. Given its financial situation, Rad Power Bikes has indicated to CPSC that it is unable to offer replacement batteries or refunds to all consumers."
I feel personally attacked
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I feel personally attacked
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Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
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We talk of refusing unlawful orders, but really that's a very high bar. It's only for orders that are manifestly unlawful, something *obviously* illegal on the face of it. And the core example of that is refusing an order to wantonly murder noncombatants, which is exactly what they are doing.
Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We talk of refusing unlawful orders, but really that's a very high bar. It's only for orders that are manifestly unlawful, something *obviously* illegal on the face of it. And the core example of that is refusing an order to wantonly murder noncombatants, which is exactly what they are doing.
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Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
It’s incredible that they have this level of paranoia about China and then support a president actively undermining our efforts to counter it.
HINSON: As a mom, I think about watching a baby monitor. That's a very intimate moment with your baby and to think the Chinese could be spying on your morning routine
BARTIROMO: Why are they spying on moms?
HINSON: They just want to know what Americans are up to to undermine our way of life
BARTIROMO: Why are they spying on moms?
HINSON: They just want to know what Americans are up to to undermine our way of life
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It’s incredible that they have this level of paranoia about China and then support a president actively undermining our efforts to counter it.
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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Well, "very good news" was an understatement www.oregonlive.com/realestate/2...
1803 Fund acquires Portland grain silos in $70 million investment for Black community
The Phil Knight-backed organization expects to generate hundreds of jobs and nearly $700 million in economic impact through redevelopment of historic Albina properties.
www.oregonlive.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Well, "very good news" was an understatement www.oregonlive.com/realestate/2...
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Oregon’s largest transit agency, the Portland metro area’s TriMet system, announced on Wednesday that 26 administrative employees were laid off. The agency said it eliminated 68 positions in total, and half of these roles were already vacant.
TriMet announces layoffs and service cuts to address $300M shortfall
The Portland-area transit agency said rising costs, declining ridership and uncertain funding are to blame for the budget gap.
www.opb.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Oregon’s largest transit agency, the Portland metro area’s TriMet system, announced on Wednesday that 26 administrative employees were laid off. The agency said it eliminated 68 positions in total, and half of these roles were already vacant.
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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NEW: Class-action lawsuit filed today challenges the Trump administration's anti-trans bathroom ban for federal employees.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Class certification motion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Class certification motion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
NEW: Class-action lawsuit filed today challenges the Trump administration's anti-trans bathroom ban for federal employees.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Class certification motion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Class certification motion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...