Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

One thing I love about @prismreports.org is that they work so closely with incarcerated writers, and surface things I had never thought about before. This piece on how extended incarceration is a violation of reproductive rights by functionally serving as involuntary sterilization is fantastic.

Reporter: This is really crazy. The median age of first-time home buyers is 40 years old. That's a shocking number. That's a record high. And by the way, in 2021, that number was 33 years old. It's a huge problem

Onion and Mustard Suite, Third Movement

The gutting of Teen Vogue, a publication which dared to treat its readers seriously and with respect, is an especially dispiriting day in old media's long, self-destructive forced march to nowhere

This is, pardon my language, FUCKING BULLSHIT! @leximcmenamin.com is a top tier journalist who had a great interview with Mamdani THIS WEEKEND!!! The kind the NYT could never do. It’s bullshit of Anna Wintour to destroy the TV politics desk on the eve of a mayoralty they were born to cover

New awareness campaign

Inspired by re-watching Akira and also seeing a brass band pepper balled and gassed in Portland, prepare yourself for my new sci-fi epic CYBERSKANK A new wave of ska fuels the revolutionary spirit of gig workers in a neon dystopian megacity. Swing Kids and Newsies meet Cyberpunk 2077 plus cyberska

i don't understand how dan ryan using his public sector email constituent list to tell voters not to vote for the tax levy, a clear breach of the explicit public facing/campaign dichotomy, is somehow less of a scandal than group chat text messages

This is near my niece and nephew's school in Evanston, Ill just hours ago as they are now on lockdown. This is what's happening. It's an occupation by ICE in a Chicago suburb. They must be abolished.

You know what we donate to the local food pantries? We donate MONEY. Because they can turn that money into what those they serve need the most. I do not know what those folks need better than the food pantry does. So I give them my dollars and they turn them into something useful.

those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station

If a bike/walk project isn't good enough to get more people out of cars and onto the street with their feet, it's a waste of money. That's why we need leaders who won't stand for compromised projects that get watered down by bad faith haters and the weak elected officials who sympathize w them.

One bicycle rider, one wheelchair user, and one walker killed in separate incidents in places notorious for dangerous driving and with a long history of serious crashes. bikeportland.org/2025/10/30/t...

once again if you brought him back and told him what people were doing to his work J.R.R. Tolkien would buy a gun

why not run some candidates who want to exterminate newsom's kid, so that there can be a debate with that more moderate position, which is only killing one child instead of many?

the term "what the absolute living fuck" gets thrown around a lot these days,

Heretic Coffee in Portland will be offering free breakfast to people with SNAP cards until it's reinstated or they go broke doing it. You can donate so they don't actually go broke doing it. checkout.square.site/merchant/MLW...

“Autism is medical because our brains process the world differently. It is social because the world refuses to process us back.” The most succinct damned explanation I’ve ever read.

worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.

MaxFun is a 100% worker-owned cooperative. Our elected worker board decided we needed to move. They created a site search committee, who found a place. Then the full membership of the coop voted on whether to move there. For many reasons, the vote was a resounding "yes."

I think my favorite thing about "every city reveals its inner character" era of ice protests is that people keep saying portland is weird or cute or nice or silly when one of the most common chants at the ice building is people looking up at feds on the roof and yelling "jump! jump! jump!" in unison

Protesters in Peru have stood up to riot police after a violent crackdown on youth-led demonstrations against government corruption and insecurity.

you should join me, if you're in oregon, add PIRC to your phone, if you ever see shit happening you'll be glad you did: 1-888-622-1510

My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."

For Bernie non-fans: it would be so much easier to say goodbye to this cranky old guy if more Democrats believed in and actually pushed the very basic New Deal / Dem Socialist policies he’s espoused. Actual universal healthcare etc. So if you want people to be done with him, that’s the ticket!

National Guardsman Awakes Screaming From Nightmare About Americans Going About Daily Lives

wow really helpful, thank you new york times

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

"How do we get back the men we lost to Trump, Andrew Tate, and the Proud Boys?" Please do not bring those weird ****ers over here. We have kids over here. I will call Child Services.

"How do you expect to win back men...?" We don't want those men. They are the hot dogs on the floor of humanity and we still have all these nice prepped hamburger patties if someone would just let them cook.

I will repost this forever.

Hey Portland, I want to clear up any confusion or questions about the recent ruling in the 9th Circuit. Today, on October 20th, 2025, a panel of judges ruled 2-1 to put a stay on the temporary restraining order (TRO) that blocked federalization of the Oregon National Guard. 🧵

Folks are asking what to do about the One Special Boy's AI vids and whether they should share them: MOCK THEM WITHOUT SHARING. This creates what an enthymeme, where readers have to SUPPLY PART OF THE REFERENT to understand what you are mocking. An enthymeme is the STRONGEST form of persuasion.

"oh this march is stupid it should have been a -" ok so do that. "people wearing costumes are silly they should be-" stop talking and do whatever the end of that sentence is.

THE POLICE AND ICE ARE THE SAME ENTITY AND NOT SORRY THEY ARE GETTING THROWN OUT WITH THE BATH WATER

People disgusted over how the POTUS posted a video of himself as a fighter jet pilot literally shit-bombing Americans are conveniently forgetting how Obama once wore a tailored brown suit so, you know, BOTH SIDES, people, and--oh, hold on, getting a major job offer from the New York Times, here.

I'm sure I'll get accused of being anti fun or whatever, and I'm not gonna lecture anyone about wearing inflatable costumes, etc. just try and give a shit about where you send money. on a related note, the Portland Defense Fund is doing a street faire to raise money today. details in flier

This guy is a fucking grifter. I saw people in my own subreddit lauding him as a hero for being briefly detained and cited by ICE. The money he is raising will not be used to hurt the administration. Those kind of lawsuits don't work that way. You are shotgunning cash into a void.

Now that Ace Frehley is dead I feel free to say this: it was stupid of Kiss to have both a Spaceman and a Starchild. Those are basically the same thing.

Wait. WAIT. People are advising that if things get violent during the No Kings protest you should sit down and show the police you’re not a threat? Are you trying to get trampled or impede other people’s ability to safely remove themselves from the situation?! Cause that’s what you’re doing!

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

New vid up on YouTube where I break down the shocking TriMet staff recommendation to build just 3 miles of semi-dedicated bus lanes on 82nd Ave as law firms representing businesses threaten legal action. youtu.be/W9ER7mZoBVY?...

based nancy

Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate

82nd is in many ways a microcosm of how portland's going to plan for + invest our future - what do we want our community to look like? it inevitably involves less space for cars and more for buses, homes, people. we simply cannot allow a grumpy letter from mr washman's lawyer to stymie this vision

let him threaten to sue. let him sue. seize his carwashes via imminent domain, level them, and build dog parks. absolutely not our problem

@tuck.bsky.social and dozens of guests on his podcast "Gender Reveal" helped me realize that my lifelong disconnect with masculinity was because I'm agender. It didn't change much externally, but that self knowledge wiped out so much internal stress that it's been life-changing.

“i was married, but i’m not married anymore. women don’t like the vehicle.”