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Steve Portigal

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Superb user research consultant; author of Doorbells, Danger and Dead Batteries & Interviewing Users (http://portigal.com/books), Host Dollars To Donuts podcast

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 7d

And now some personal news! My book Occupied Minds is for sale on Amazon!

I hope you’ll check it out. It’s only $2.99!

www.amazon.com/Occupied-Min...

A book cover depicting a nighttime scene with a man in green field under a blue sky with a mysterious light swirl. The cover reads Occupied Minds and Steve Portigal.

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 50m

For some people winning a Kraft Dinner prize is a game changer youtu.be/8TnWIICkBeE?...

Kids In The Hall - Fattening Up Our Tapeworms (correct sync)

YouTube video by MrCrapmatic

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Jeffries to Lawler: "You're a complete and total embarrassment. You're embarrassing yourself and your district right now. And you're going down to defeat next year."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Jeffries: "Mike Johnson and this group continue to cover up for the pedophiles. That's crazy."

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 2h

Ooh with a de-coiled section #classic

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 3h

Also bsky.app/profile/owil...

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 2d

Kat Abughazaleh is taking on ICE—and running for Congress www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Kat Abughazaleh is taking on ICE—and running for Congress

Kat Abughazaleh has a clear goal: Get into Congress, do some good, “get some fascists out,” and then go back home to hang out with her cat. And the road to next year’s Democratic primary election for ...

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 3h

Corded???????!!!!!!!!??????!!!!!

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 3h

Okay news to me so thank you!

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 3h

Mandami in NYC?

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 5h

Now: Hundreds assembling in the Chicago Loop for a march and rally to demand the National Guard leave town. Folks chanting "Donald Trump you racist clown! You're not welcome in this town!"

A photo of a large group of protesters gathering in downtown Chicago near Michigan Ave. Skyscrapers are behind the crowd in the background.

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 4h

Joan Kennedy is dead but that fuckface is still alive.

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 5h

The president has severe cognitive impairment as seen in people with dementia

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 5h

resist.bot/petitions/PC... if you want to email

Free Emily Wilder

Text SIGN PCJGFQ to 50409 to send this to your officials.

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 5h

TIL corncobbed though I still don’t know what it means. Probably don’t want to either I bet.

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 5h

@wheelyweb.bsky.social I know you are looking at the MSM specifically but here is some movement on calling out how addled he is. Mayor of Chicago said the same thing in a press conference today. I love it.

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Defector @defector.com · 7h

Bill Burr keeps cycling through excuses for doing the Riyadh Comedy Festival: defector.com/bill-burr-ke...

Bill Burr Keeps Cycling Through Excuses For Doing The Riyadh Comedy Festival | Defector

By default, Bill Burr exists in a state of his ass being chapped, but clearly it’s been feeling more chapped than usual. The comedian has continued to address his decision to perform at the Riyadh…

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 7h

I sent around a pre-read

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 7h

The guy barely can manage the power of speech himself.

a cartoon of donald duck is sitting in a chair with his arms crossed

ALT: a cartoon of donald duck is sitting in a chair with his arms crossed

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 7h

“We already knew that”

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 7h

Nice!!’n

California adds a new official statewide holiday

California is the third U.S. state to designate Diwali as an official statewide holiday.

www.sfgate.com

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 7h

I wish they had announced this so I could have gone for one last viewing

26-foot-tall Bay Area freeway icon removed after 50 years

The statue of Junipero Serra was made of concrete and steel.

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 8h

Google Cloud laid off all their designers and researchers last week, but they are here at Embarcadero Plaza, giving away free ice cream scoops to anyone that shows up.

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 9h

I'm terrified the next image is going to be a RHCP homage

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 10h

What an absolute entitled dick this guy is

Bill Burr Slams Riyadh Comedy Festival Backlash as ‘Bulls—‘ and Roasts Critics: ‘I Don’t Give a F— What These Phony F—ing People Are Saying’

Bill Burr says he does not care if performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival ruins his career and continues to defend performing in Saudi Arabia.

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 10h

with alt-text: a group of people walking on the street at a protest, the center of the frame is a sign reading Portland isn't a War Zone It's a bookstore w/a city around it. The sign is being held by a woman in a sleeveless top wearing a black face mask and large black framed eyeglasses.

ljoeckel.bsky.social @ljoeckel.bsky.social · 1d

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Michele Tepper @michelet.bsky.social · 11h

TIL that in Spanish-speaking countries, Wednesday Addams’s first name is Merlina

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