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Alex Halpern

@halpernalex.bsky.social

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Expert generalist. Oregonian. Act locally.

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · Dec 1

All the best school board members are here

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Dec 1

And where reputable journalists and thinkers go, so do elected officials.

I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.

Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)

Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · Nov 30

Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 10m

So I guess I’m saying…start saving for round 2

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 11m

You guys essentially bankrolled my first campaign

Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 1h

But Alex you don’t even live in Portland anymore, you live in the suburbs.

Shut up just shut up.

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 1h

If I’m being totally honest I’m not in Portland right now, I’m in Salem for the day, so for all I know the city burned down this morning after I left.

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 1h

Antifa never heard of her

Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2h

The trees are changing, it’s lovely

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2h

That is exactly what they are doing

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2h

Please don’t call me though, I am a millennial and I will let it go to voicemail.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2h

Portland is ... right there. It's a real place. People live in it. People can go look at it. You could call someone there right now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2h

Tell you what, this all really sucks man.

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2h

There are two stores with windows like right down the street from me smh

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2h

We don’t have stores Kevin, we have socialized barter depots.

Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2h

Our zoo is GREAT

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2h

a man with a mustache is making a funny face and says `` what did you say ? ''

ALT: a man with a mustache is making a funny face and says `` what did you say ? ''

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2h

It’s really easy to joke about because things are so normal and nice here, but they really are planning on coming in and destroying it for no reason. They don’t know, or if they know they don’t care, and wow is it awful.

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2h

I will say that the more scary and bizarre their rhetoric gets it feels so weird to like, take the kids to soccer practice. Everything is normal here! Portland is especially lovely right now!

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2h

SIX eggs for ONE ipa?

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2h

I’m afraid this is true. We don’t even have stores anymore.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 19h

a group of people in a car with the words judaism son written on the bottom

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 20h

Hey man if you are a guest at my house and you try to clean a dish you will be eating that dish

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 23h

It was always like -

Protestor 1: This war is bad, we should not do wars.

Protestor 2: Drum circles can solve this.

Undercover FBI Agent: I agree! Let’s blow up a federal building!

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 23h

It’s like when Feds would go undercover in anti-war groups in 2003 and wear brand new phish shirts but probably less subtle

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 1d

Law enforcement historically loves announcing their undercover operations ahead of time

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Under- cover Operations to Infil- trate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 1d

Is Portland burning? No.

But is Portland ablaze with the colors of Autumn? You bet your ass it is.

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2d

Same experience in San Francisco, but add Slim Dusty and Hank Sr to that list (assuming Johnny Cash is implied as non-genre conforming)

Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2d

See BS!

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2d

CBS News now it’s like See BS News I think I’ve got something here

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