Mic Pain
@micpain.bsky.social
Uvula, Swerve For The Girl, and happy landscape photos. Punk lifer. Data Governance/Analysis by day. Formally, a Poli-Sci trained nerd. Brutally anti-fascist. The revolution will be sound-tracked. PDX is home.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
The dumbest thing I've read today:
Carlos E. Perez on X: "Everyone says LLMs can't do true reasoning—they just pattern-match and hallucinate code. So why did our system just solve abstract reasoning puzzles... t.co/08SyX0wYEI%22 / X share.google/8kVsWVA6FY5e...
Carlos E. Perez on X: "Everyone says LLMs can't do true reasoning—they just pattern-match and hallucinate code. So why did our system just solve abstract reasoning puzzles... t.co/08SyX0wYEI%22 / X share.google/8kVsWVA6FY5e...
https://t.co/08SyX0wYEI"
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The dumbest thing I've read today:
Carlos E. Perez on X: "Everyone says LLMs can't do true reasoning—they just pattern-match and hallucinate code. So why did our system just solve abstract reasoning puzzles... t.co/08SyX0wYEI%22 / X share.google/8kVsWVA6FY5e...
Carlos E. Perez on X: "Everyone says LLMs can't do true reasoning—they just pattern-match and hallucinate code. So why did our system just solve abstract reasoning puzzles... t.co/08SyX0wYEI%22 / X share.google/8kVsWVA6FY5e...
Elections alone, especially with the current Dem leadership, will not solve this problem.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Elections alone, especially with the current Dem leadership, will not solve this problem.
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Venezuela is Trump's Palestine, a way to leverage xenophobia and overblown threats to justify military action for the purpose of preserving power and hating investigations into corruption.
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Venezuela is Trump's Palestine, a way to leverage xenophobia and overblown threats to justify military action for the purpose of preserving power and hating investigations into corruption.
I can confidently say that I speak for a majority of Oregonians when I say Chris Dudley was a monumental disappointment as a basketball player and there's no reason to believe his basketball skills wouldn't directly translate to the governorship. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Chris Dudley mulls entering Oregon governor’s race
Back into the game? Former NBA basketball player Chris Dudley mulls entering governor’s race
www.opb.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I can confidently say that I speak for a majority of Oregonians when I say Chris Dudley was a monumental disappointment as a basketball player and there's no reason to believe his basketball skills wouldn't directly translate to the governorship. www.opb.org/article/2025...
I just bought an awesome matched pair of vintage microphones from a cool dude in Germany for $100 USD.
Shipping was steep, but definitely worth it.
Just got an email from UPS. Before they deliver them they want a $30 import fee.
But at least health insurance is going to be more expensive.
Shipping was steep, but definitely worth it.
Just got an email from UPS. Before they deliver them they want a $30 import fee.
But at least health insurance is going to be more expensive.
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I just bought an awesome matched pair of vintage microphones from a cool dude in Germany for $100 USD.
Shipping was steep, but definitely worth it.
Just got an email from UPS. Before they deliver them they want a $30 import fee.
But at least health insurance is going to be more expensive.
Shipping was steep, but definitely worth it.
Just got an email from UPS. Before they deliver them they want a $30 import fee.
But at least health insurance is going to be more expensive.
A 50-year mortgage is our system admitting that common people will never own property.
Pick. Do you want to pay rent to a landlord or a bank?
Crazy break-even for appreciation to overcome no equity and essentially interest-only payments = the bank holds your DP interest-free until you sell.
Pick. Do you want to pay rent to a landlord or a bank?
Crazy break-even for appreciation to overcome no equity and essentially interest-only payments = the bank holds your DP interest-free until you sell.
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A 50-year mortgage is our system admitting that common people will never own property.
Pick. Do you want to pay rent to a landlord or a bank?
Crazy break-even for appreciation to overcome no equity and essentially interest-only payments = the bank holds your DP interest-free until you sell.
Pick. Do you want to pay rent to a landlord or a bank?
Crazy break-even for appreciation to overcome no equity and essentially interest-only payments = the bank holds your DP interest-free until you sell.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Let me see if I've got this straight.
MAGA controls the executive branch, the judicial branch, and both houses of the legislative branch.
Nevertheless, they are still so weak that they are at the mercy of the Dems to run the government.
Interesting strategy admitting such flaccid impotentance.
MAGA controls the executive branch, the judicial branch, and both houses of the legislative branch.
Nevertheless, they are still so weak that they are at the mercy of the Dems to run the government.
Interesting strategy admitting such flaccid impotentance.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Let me see if I've got this straight.
MAGA controls the executive branch, the judicial branch, and both houses of the legislative branch.
Nevertheless, they are still so weak that they are at the mercy of the Dems to run the government.
Interesting strategy admitting such flaccid impotentance.
MAGA controls the executive branch, the judicial branch, and both houses of the legislative branch.
Nevertheless, they are still so weak that they are at the mercy of the Dems to run the government.
Interesting strategy admitting such flaccid impotentance.
Just in: Zohran Mamdani caught addressing a campaign official with the phrase, "later skater." Exhaustive investigation has revealed that not only was that official not a "skater," Mamdani had been apprised of that fact prior to his baseless mischaracterization of said official.
October 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Just in: Zohran Mamdani caught addressing a campaign official with the phrase, "later skater." Exhaustive investigation has revealed that not only was that official not a "skater," Mamdani had been apprised of that fact prior to his baseless mischaracterization of said official.
So...
The Cleveland Browns made Mike McDaniel look like a rookie.
Did I get that right?
#MiamiDolphins #NFL #ClevelandBrowns
The Cleveland Browns made Mike McDaniel look like a rookie.
Did I get that right?
#MiamiDolphins #NFL #ClevelandBrowns
October 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
So...
The Cleveland Browns made Mike McDaniel look like a rookie.
Did I get that right?
#MiamiDolphins #NFL #ClevelandBrowns
The Cleveland Browns made Mike McDaniel look like a rookie.
Did I get that right?
#MiamiDolphins #NFL #ClevelandBrowns
We're out here today for the love of flag and our neighbors all across this country.
October 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We're out here today for the love of flag and our neighbors all across this country.
That pick was caused by an RB running routes on 3rd & long.
Tua put the ball where it needed to be to keep Achane from getting killed, but Achane flattened the route and didn't attack the ball.
Ultimately, the pick is on McDaniel for getting them to 3rd & long to begin with.
#MiamiDolphins
Tua put the ball where it needed to be to keep Achane from getting killed, but Achane flattened the route and didn't attack the ball.
Ultimately, the pick is on McDaniel for getting them to 3rd & long to begin with.
#MiamiDolphins
October 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
That pick was caused by an RB running routes on 3rd & long.
Tua put the ball where it needed to be to keep Achane from getting killed, but Achane flattened the route and didn't attack the ball.
Ultimately, the pick is on McDaniel for getting them to 3rd & long to begin with.
#MiamiDolphins
Tua put the ball where it needed to be to keep Achane from getting killed, but Achane flattened the route and didn't attack the ball.
Ultimately, the pick is on McDaniel for getting them to 3rd & long to begin with.
#MiamiDolphins
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Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.
SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records
The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.
www.beltway.news
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.
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“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”
October 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, Oregon.
October 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, Oregon.
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He knows it. They know it. They've always known it. Amongst themselves, they joke about it. They tell stories about it. They swap advice on how to deal with it.
But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.
But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
October 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
He knows it. They know it. They've always known it. Amongst themselves, they joke about it. They tell stories about it. They swap advice on how to deal with it.
But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.
But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.
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MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
October 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.