Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.

extremely this

good, smart, and long overdue look at Common Crawl: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Did you know Oregon has the highest eviction levels in the state’s history now? 10 years after the a Renters’ State of Emergency was declared. I explore why in my latest installment of The Black Byline ⬇️ www.portlandmercury.com/opinion/2025...

Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.

Meanwhile

I need accounts like this to actually link to the story they’re citing. If I have the right link, this strikes me as an overstatement. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre" www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

time to find out what "baseball" is

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Kerivoula picta, the painted bat, looks like a figment of Halloween's imagination, but is real. Very sadly they're endangered, but the fact they exist is a pretty magical thing to think about today: www.batcon.org/bat/kerivoul...

"Jerry Chen" is a team of 30-50 writers working around the clock to farm engagement on a massive scale using the power of cringe. The ultimate aim of this group remains unclear to date, but its method are deeply unsettling.

Get you a candidate who hits the streets like this. Unheard of flex from a bygone era

NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.

I once rode in the back of a taxi with @catherinebracy.com on the way from Github's HQ (the old oval office one) to a Code for America Summit way back when I was a brigade captain in Portland. I was already awestruck by her then, great to see her continuing to do good impactful work. Read her book!

Y I K E S. For obvious reasons, this is a TERRIBLE idea. Facial recognition has high false positive rates for immigrants in particular!

Just donated to the Python foundation, consider doing so yourself to support some good people standing up for what's right in the wild world of software languages

“I think they are a profoundly antisocial technology that should be rejected in every way possible,” said Gilliard. “Their very existence is toxic to the social fabric.” @hypervisible.blacksky.app www.theverge.com/tech/807834/...

SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes. that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry. but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.

important reminder: food banks usually prefer money to direct food donations because they can buy at discounted rates check with your local food bank to be sure but now is the time to help out

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

NOAA hurricane hunters are working without pay tonight!

Dealing with a nightmare shoulder injury right now because of bad bike infra. There’s a bike boulevard in east Portland with a disused streetcar rail parallel to bike traffic. Caught it with my front tire while following a car. Clavicle fracture, AC separation. Now on 2nd surgery, might need a 3rd.

pure evil across the board

Yes, there is money there for taxing and doing good. But the real lesson of the Trump era is the degree to which radical wealth inequality confers toxic powers upon those at the top.

Nothing screams Marie Antoinette more than taking away SNAP & WIC before Thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall.

can't sleep. bed's haunted

A farm for food you say?

Oh my GOD.

Once again, one reason Trump says & does whatever he wants is bc every societal institution, including the media, has totally normalized & internalized the idea that the laws, the Constitution, & the international treaties we have signed & ratified simply don’t apply to this one guy. It’s maddening.

Happy Global AWS Outage Day to those who celebrate

Still the greatest endorsement of all time

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

Huge frog turnout in Portland as well, an homage to the inflatable protest frogs that have become mainstays at protests outside the Portland ICE facility. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @statesnewsroom.com

sad to not be joining the #nokings protests today as i'm still healing from a major injury but i'm very happy to see all the frogs and their ilk taking over the streets. defiant absurdity feels like a good & positive way to disarm hate. they need our fear and submission to keep power. keep laughing!

bro did you just challenge portland to express oppositional defiance in competitively creative ways bro

Massive crowd at Portland’s No Kings protest today. Will be posting updates here as the march continues. @portlandmercury.com

blocklist for bad gov accts bsky.app/profile/did:...

"they must be backed by movements with the ability to promise to withhold—labor, debt payments, rent payments, or consumer support"

what a sentence

Please come through and show some support! It is needed more than ever as the rhetoric and tactics from the feds continue to escalate. Pull up after the No Kings march or instead of it, whatever works for you! Please share too!

WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE! nokings.org

Great passage from this article on Rod Serling and censorship. First spotted on @smi.bsky.social's excellent weekly newsletter. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...