For those wondering the history of the state battles and how Oregon won it all

This was absofuckinglutely fantastic. Completely reframed my own concept of the Epstein files. Mind expanding and important.

Google pushed its new Fitbit app to my phone and I feel strangely sad about it, as if an old friend just got some kind of Mar-a-Lago face job.

Great thread from Courtney, no surprise. Courtney sees clearly.

Still haven't gotten any leads on a room. I live in the greater Portland OR area and really need a place to live by the end of the month. Even a temporary room for a few months would be fine to at least give me some more time to get a job and find something long term.

The underlying religion of Modern AI is that all human culture can be reconstructed from tiny shattered fragments, which is actually not true.

I've been a voter since 1976, never missed an election, and you know what? I am moved almost to tears, every time I vote, that I have this right. Just now as I drop off my ballot, I wonder whether that right will remain to me.

It's always kind of weird, living just downhill from this.

Jesus F. Christ. I grew up in famously anti-fluoride (and soft-water) Portland Oregon. If not for the miracle of excellent dental insurance during a long public sector career, I would have almost no teeth left. This is bullshit.

If you'd like to support my writing & ongoing treatment, why not visit my little Etsy shop which has dozens of Shell County & Natural History posters for sale, Japanese prints, English etchings & rare books: prices from £10, with more items added every day! Offers welcome. etsy.com/shop/Sourisd...

I've found a use for AI that I can stand by: I can say "remove cars" and it removes cars.

One of my dearest friends. I call him Saturday. He likes cat food.

Interesting read as I navigate these waters of Are We Doomed to Maybe It's Not That Bad.

Me working in the AnneX earlier today. My crow friend stopped by.

I'm working in the AnneX, my outdoor office, as this May Day begins to fade. The loveliest soft, cool breeze has just sprung up, and lots of my neighbors are out walking.

Adamantly Not-Black Houses of Portland

Black Houses of Portland

Some days humankind just delights me.

Adamantly Not-Black Houses of Portland.

Black Houses of Portland.

Adamantly Not-Black Houses of Portland.

Black Houses of Portland.

I'm attending Indivisible Brooklyn's event, “May Day Eve Cancel Party!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...

Great film project. Can you give them a follow (under the donate button) to help them reach 350 and unlock additional support? seedandspark.com/fund/silence...

Tip for new hearing-aid users (based solely on personal experience): take them out if you're getting dental work that involves drilling. I about flew out of the chair at the level and pitch of that noise.

Black Houses of Portland.

Adamantly Not-Black Houses of Portland.

i think humans are pianos. temperamental, a lot of variation, capable of a wide range of songs, what you hear out of them mostly depends on what's popular at the time. they can all be discordant but few are so out of tune that they can't make any good music

Black Houses of Portland.

Adamantly Not-Black Houses of Portland.

This is amazingly hopeful.

Black Houses of Portland - well, a green so dark that it reads as almost-black.

Adamantly Not-Black Houses of Portland

Join me Monday evening for a guest lecture and reception at the Urban Design and Planning program at University of Washington

For some reason as I scroll through my Following feed, I keep humming to myself "Sur le pont d'Avignon, l'on y danse, l'on y danse..."

I needed this powerful invocation today.

I always liked the Alleluia aspect of this day. 🎶🪉

I talk about a better world because I genuinely believe it's inevitable. A world without imperialism and war and climate change, without income and wealth inequality, without settler-colonialism and ethnonationalism, without racism and cisheteronormativity and ableism and hate, WILL COME.

Here's a poem that inspires me to do that: www.auroralevinsmorales.com/blog/vahavta

The bone-chilling phrase "cognitive surrender" will not leave my mind.

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.

A moving short post from the excellent Laurie Penny today. Passover in 1939 open.substack.com/pub/lauriepe...

Lotta folks at #NoKings in NE Portland this morning. One organizer I talked to estimated at least 600, and this is just a little neighborhood commercial intersection. The BIG Portland march is starting in an hour, about six miles from here.

I just finished listening to this episode and it was fantastic.

Heading out pretty soon to join a #nokings protest in my area.

God DAMN, this guy's comms team is good.

Mulling possible signs for Saturday's gathering. I'd love to be clever, maybe make some kind of pun, but you know what? I'm leaning towards a simple IS HE DEAD YET. Too risky?