@jarnold12.bsky.social
Used to be a journalist. Used to be young. Still care.
“They drink the sand because they can’t tell the difference” has never felt more relevant.
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January 10, 2026 at 7:16 AM
“They drink the sand because they can’t tell the difference” has never felt more relevant.
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Album a day: Fly Me Courageous by Drivin N Cryin. First band I ever fell in love with after hearing them for the first time opening for another band at a concert. One of the few albums from the early 1990s I still listen to.
Álbum a day: Fear Fun by Father John Misty. Love me a lyricist. “I’m writing a novel because no one has ever done it before.”
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January 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Album a day: Fly Me Courageous by Drivin N Cryin. First band I ever fell in love with after hearing them for the first time opening for another band at a concert. One of the few albums from the early 1990s I still listen to.
Álbum a day: Fear Fun by Father John Misty. Love me a lyricist. “I’m writing a novel because no one has ever done it before.”
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January 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Álbum a day: Fear Fun by Father John Misty. Love me a lyricist. “I’m writing a novel because no one has ever done it before.”
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Album a day: The Reminder by Feist. I probably bought it because of the Sesame Street performance of “1234.” Totally worth it.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Album a day: The Reminder by Feist. I probably bought it because of the Sesame Street performance of “1234.” Totally worth it.
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I’ll admit it. Football commentary is more fun if Josh Allen doesn’t make the Super Bowl.
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I’ll admit it. Football commentary is more fun if Josh Allen doesn’t make the Super Bowl.
Álbum a day: “Swagger” by Flogging Molly. Bought after seeing incredible performance just a few years ago. High energy and fun. Especially like “The Worst Day Since Yesterday.”
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January 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Álbum a day: “Swagger” by Flogging Molly. Bought after seeing incredible performance just a few years ago. High energy and fun. Especially like “The Worst Day Since Yesterday.”
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You are not accounting for its caffeine content higher than most sodas. Sweet, sweet caffeine.
Now to discuss a less controversial topic:
Dr. Pepper is the grossest soft drink ever invented.
Dr. Pepper is the grossest soft drink ever invented.
a monster is holding a can of dr pepper in its mouth
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January 2, 2026 at 8:25 PM
You are not accounting for its caffeine content higher than most sodas. Sweet, sweet caffeine.
When I hear about the toxicity of social media, I know that some part of that reflects who I choose to put in my feed.
WeRateDogs never fails to make me feel better.
WeRateDogs never fails to make me feel better.
January 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
When I hear about the toxicity of social media, I know that some part of that reflects who I choose to put in my feed.
WeRateDogs never fails to make me feel better.
WeRateDogs never fails to make me feel better.
Álbum a day: “Potato Hole” by Booker T. I probably bought it sometime after hearing “Green Onions,” not realizing it was done decades later backed by all stars and award winning. A fun bunch of instrumentals but nothing that grabs me.
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Potato Hole
YouTube video by Booker T - Topic
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January 2, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Álbum a day: “Potato Hole” by Booker T. I probably bought it sometime after hearing “Green Onions,” not realizing it was done decades later backed by all stars and award winning. A fun bunch of instrumentals but nothing that grabs me.
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So, the frog stopped the National Guard from coming to Portland, along with astute lawsuits by Oregon. Only part of what's happening, but hard to understate how fundamentally the Portland Frog changed perceptions and helped morale. Humor, imagination, courage, savvy.
December 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So, the frog stopped the National Guard from coming to Portland, along with astute lawsuits by Oregon. Only part of what's happening, but hard to understate how fundamentally the Portland Frog changed perceptions and helped morale. Humor, imagination, courage, savvy.
I’m ignoring everyone’s book recommendations because I can’t handle that many more choices.
December 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I’m ignoring everyone’s book recommendations because I can’t handle that many more choices.
You have to reckon with T-shirt scarcity. You can only get a few hundred washes out of a favorite T before it disintegrates. Every wear must be carefully chosen for maximum enjoyment.
Dressing myself this morning and grabbing toward a t-shirt and my brain said "no, not that one, that's a SPECIAL OCCASION t-shirt" and then I sat my brain down and had a short little discussion about the fundamental everyday nature of t-shirts
December 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
You have to reckon with T-shirt scarcity. You can only get a few hundred washes out of a favorite T before it disintegrates. Every wear must be carefully chosen for maximum enjoyment.
Doesn’t work with my brain. I like to read a lot, but mostly fiction novels. I’m unable to listen to audiobooks. I like to listen to interesting podcasts when I’m doing mundane tasks such as driving or making dinner. I never read essays or nonfiction. I have no interest in video podcasts.
I'd unironically be happy with this. I far prefer reading to listening to people talk, and the "reading the script out" stage of making my own pod is a slog and the only bit that feels like work.
Prediction for next step: folks start just publishing their transcripts, and we reinvent prose essays.
December 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Doesn’t work with my brain. I like to read a lot, but mostly fiction novels. I’m unable to listen to audiobooks. I like to listen to interesting podcasts when I’m doing mundane tasks such as driving or making dinner. I never read essays or nonfiction. I have no interest in video podcasts.
It takes an interesting understanding of Christianity to think Christ would welcome killing on a day supposedly dedicated to peace. Gloating about it is just next level.
December 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It takes an interesting understanding of Christianity to think Christ would welcome killing on a day supposedly dedicated to peace. Gloating about it is just next level.
When reading a book series that has added preludes, do you prefer to read the books in the order written or chronologically?
I’m thinking of revisiting the Foundation series I first read 40 years ago
I’m thinking of revisiting the Foundation series I first read 40 years ago
December 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
When reading a book series that has added preludes, do you prefer to read the books in the order written or chronologically?
I’m thinking of revisiting the Foundation series I first read 40 years ago
I’m thinking of revisiting the Foundation series I first read 40 years ago
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If you keep discovering new music, you don’t die.
December 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If you keep discovering new music, you don’t die.
I’m so old I remember when pencils could be a Christmas gift. And I never used my set of 28 NFL team pencils because then I wouldn’t have them anymore, and I had no hope of ever replacing them.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I’m so old I remember when pencils could be a Christmas gift. And I never used my set of 28 NFL team pencils because then I wouldn’t have them anymore, and I had no hope of ever replacing them.
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just bananas no agenda love portland
December 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
just bananas no agenda love portland
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Working on a piece of fiction that basically reimagines part of the Oregon coast and cackling because I can call stuff Desolation Cove and Lonely Highway and Deadman's Hell... because the whole coast is like the Devil's Hole in the Ground, Disillusionment Point, Murderdeath Pothole, Cape Impalement.
December 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Working on a piece of fiction that basically reimagines part of the Oregon coast and cackling because I can call stuff Desolation Cove and Lonely Highway and Deadman's Hell... because the whole coast is like the Devil's Hole in the Ground, Disillusionment Point, Murderdeath Pothole, Cape Impalement.
The world needs more of this.
Thread of comical/worrying dog crossbreeds:
December 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The world needs more of this.
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OSBA's Stacy Michaelson and Adrienne Anderson joined a distinguished panel of education advocates discussing the upcoming legislative session at the Oregon School Law Conference.
#OSLC2025 #oregon #education #legislation #publicschools
#OSLC2025 #oregon #education #legislation #publicschools
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
OSBA's Stacy Michaelson and Adrienne Anderson joined a distinguished panel of education advocates discussing the upcoming legislative session at the Oregon School Law Conference.
#OSLC2025 #oregon #education #legislation #publicschools
#OSLC2025 #oregon #education #legislation #publicschools
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The Oregon Department of Education is taking input on District Equity Committee rules. It has an online survey and will have an engagement session Dec. 17.
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#oregon #education #studentsuccess #schoolboards #equity #publicschools
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#oregon #education #studentsuccess #schoolboards #equity #publicschools
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Oregon Department of Education is taking input on District Equity Committee rules. It has an online survey and will have an engagement session Dec. 17.
Read more: www.osba.org/ode-is-takin...
#oregon #education #studentsuccess #schoolboards #equity #publicschools
Read more: www.osba.org/ode-is-takin...
#oregon #education #studentsuccess #schoolboards #equity #publicschools
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November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979