Field training the troops before the enemy arrives in Portland

Deploying Portland's Navy on preparation for the invasion

Digging teaches to prepare for battle in Portland

Why Portland? joelowndes.org/why-portland/

A solid gold 24k Trump coin! For only $29.95! Wow! Wait, what's this? 1/200th of an ounce? How small is this coin? (A penny weighs about 17 times that.) Further investigation shows "solid gold" becomes thinly gold plated.

This morning's walk at Cannon Beach, Oregon

@hcrichardson.bsky.social Any thoughts about the "soft succession" conversation? How likely is that? What are the pitfalls?

I'm fantasizing about Putin visiting Trump in Alaska, only to get snatched up by some masked ICE goons and being taken to some secret site for transport to the Hague.

I see a lot of posts about people "gloating about Texas", but I didn't see any posts where people actually gloat about Texas. Social media is an outrage machine.

This is Fluke. He just discovered the Pacific Ocean and couldn't be more proud of his accomplishment

@hankgreen.bsky.social Am I correct that you once recommended an amazing interview with Ursula K Le Guin? I can remember the interviewer and can't find it anymore. I want to listen to it again. (I think it included the phrase "what a strange thing to happen to a little boy").

@ No Kings. Portland, Oregon.

Happy Dave Brubeck Day. youtu.be/ryA6eHZNnXY?...

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.

Today in Portland. @historyofwesteros.com @radiowesteros.com

I'm watching Wicked with captions, and it bothers me that they don't capitalize Animals, like they do in the book. (Doctor Dillamond is a Goat not a goat.)

@thebulwark.bsky.social tier list for crazy tariff stiff by Hank Green. youtu.be/8JuuGjRhSYE?...

@indivisible.org @thebulwark.bsky.social

Me and my best friend

Just saw an ad for Aslet Auto (Tesla spelled backwards) showing the vandalizing of cybertrucks (graffiti, eggs, etc). They sell a service to wrap Teslas with protective coatings. It's weird seeing how the advertising industry uses protest in the service of capitalism.

Just a reminder that #RFKjr looks a lot like Leland Palmer.

This is Fluke. He's having a hard time believing this sh*t.

Worth the watch (49 minutes.) youtu.be/qMQSs45oXow?...

It has come to my attention that I share a birthday with Yoon Suk Yeol and Billie Eilish. I'd like to call for a joint birthday celebration.

@in-otter-news.bsky.social this explainer video does feature otters.

Block this scammer

I'm not sure where we're going, but what are we doing in this handbasket?

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #898,260

@bsky.app this app works fine on my phone, but on my android tablet it doesn't load. Just a blue screen. I tried clearing cache and data, and now I'm having problems logging in. Any ideas?

@hankgreen.bsky.social So my cousin posted some meme about wind turbine blades being unrecyclable, so I googled it and found they can make them into gummy bears? WTF? You gotta 'splain this.

Worth the read. Walz didn't come out of nowhere. Progressive grassroots politics in the Midwest goes way back before Wellstone, and Walz is in that tradition. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

WhitedudesforHarris.com on zoom/YouTube now. Pop in and take a look.

Teddy Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, and George Bush #1, all presidents or ex presidents running for a new term, survived assassination attempts only to lose their elections. It ain't over til it's over folks.

Fluke has tucked himself away behind the TV to wait out the fireworks.

youtu.be/U_i_DalfUBY?... A good refresher on the Declaration apropos of current events.

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com what size of leuchtturm notebooks do you use? How many notebooks do you go through to get to a first draft?

@radiofreetom.bsky.social Fluke is looking to expand his expertise. Right now, he's pretty solid on burying bones, but he could brush up on international affairs.

Going on now. www.ellsberg.net/memorial

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."