#OtD 21 Dec 1969 the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) was founded in NYC, a split from the more radical Gay Liberation Front. The GAA used “zaps”, confronting homophobic public officials to advocate for gay and lesbian rights. They disbanded in 1981 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9364...

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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"

Tbh genuine problem how the California top 2 primary has basically eliminated actual voter input into who a party's nominee is

Like I think this is probably one of the most under discussed electoral reform failures. It hasn't accomplished any of its main objectives and massively increased the power of party insiders

_dunking sound_

21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!

i know most of us all know it implicitly but i do feel like we're not talking explicitly enough about how the atmospheric rivers the pacific northwest is getting right now are a) climate change related (it's a different, warmer type of winter storm!) and b) likely more common in future winters

therefore c) it's incumbent on us to look at the flooding and road washouts and understand how much oregon's infrastructure is unprepared for the reality of 21st century weather and d) we need a coherent plan to redirect ODOT to prioritize this desperately needed modernization over highway expansion

Girl Genius is still the best comic ever. I will fight you.

I hadn't seen a photo of Gavin Newsom in a while and forgot how much be looks like when the Joker disguises himself as a regular guy so he can go through airport security

At least 372 Multnomah County residents died while homeless in 2024, according to the county’s latest “Domicile Unknown” report. That’s down 18 percent from the 2023 high of 456.

And more interesting comments here in an interview with @rosecityreform.bsky.social rosecityreform.substack.com/p/my-job-is-...

I woke up to an atmos-pher-ic river Rain came down, down, down And the puddles got bigger And it's wet, wet, wet The fuckin' weather.

Admittedly, I never thought of this before, but it makes sense.

Inventing a robot mentalist and immediately falling for its con sounds like the plot to a bad scifi movie and yet.

If LLMs are doing one thing well it is exposing how many serious gaps we have in being able to coherently communicate basic facts and ideas with each other and how much disregard we've given to the ability to do so effectively.

To me the guiding question has to be: What is a politics that is directed and singularly focused at the source of people's pain and suffering? - That is not a question of interest to the abundance Dems or the fascists.

AFRICOM dropped multiple new press releases for Somalia strikes. Some were new plural “airstrikes” references where the actual number of declared strikes isn’t yet clear. Surpassing the peak of the Pakistan drone campaign more than a decade ago seems a live possibility.

BREAKING: Emperor Gestahl's court mage Kefka ranted and raved about the state of the Gestahlian Empire in a deranged press conference "ONE YEAR AGO THE EMPIRE WAS DEAD. TOTALLY ANNIHILATED. NOW WE ARE HOT. THE HOTTEST WE'VE EVER BEEN. PRICES ARE WAY DOWN ALL THANKS TO ME ERADICATING ALL THE DOMANS"

Stay safe out there y'all

It's like someone put a quarter in him.

We shall meet again, at the hour of scampering.

lolz "Residents packed a city council meeting to watch the data center go down in flames in a 7-0 vote. [Lobbyist Kyrsten] Sinema was nowhere to be found."

have not stopped thinking about luigi being white OJ simpson ever since ingrid pointed it out last week

I don't know who made this, but I love you

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The climate justice / prevent horrible disaster movement in Portland is very good and showed up in force to the Planning Commission meeting tonight. We are powerful and will win. Thank you and goodnight.

We're governed by a group of people who heard the story of the destruction of the Library of Alexandria and thought "sick, I'm gonna do that when I grow up"

The inflation adjusted difference between PPB's budget in 2015 (when Portland was around the same size it was this year) is $62 million.

we sort of implicitly assume that to make big change we need millions following a particular person or ideology. actually we really need to all be acting like fractals

how do we build movements that win? by combining smaller coalitions up into meta coalitions! so if you want to make big change, you should help a group get organized and be part of effective coalitions

To wit…they’re buying 776 tamales in the next 3 days. Chicago cyclists stay goated. bsky.app/profile/shar...

I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating:They are threatening you with guns. theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...

the proximate reason i post here — beyond the fact that i like a lot of you and enjoy reading your thoughts and jokes and observations — is that this is a non-algorithmic platform where people share lots of stuff and people read what is shared. that's still valuable even if it doesn't "influence!"

"The car you're looking at can sit six people without any problems." I don't think I know six people without any problems.

IMO it's FOMO on the AI bubble and the perceived need to pander to the financial analysts who set expectations for stock market performance.

My electrician is a green card holder who's been here since he was a kid. He got married to a citizen, applied for citizenship, went to court for the papers and when he got there ICE kidnapped him and he's been locked up for a month.

Excuse me what the fuck?

I would say that you have to train yourself to focus on the actual people who care about you & who you care about/respect. Also you have to really live into your values. Both of those things will help you weather the opinions of strangers. I think that's different than not giving a fuck.

This is per inhabitants which isn't the relevant statistic for making driving more safe. It's per mile driven where we're much closer to our peer nations. Of course your data is a good argument we should move away from driving, but it doesn't support your statement.

May 2026 bring us the publication of Alecto The Ninth.

Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.

More things in my house: a goblin king from the old Wizards of the Coast mall stores. His Majesty is in need of dusting.

So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified

There's some books I've read enough times that I'm kinda sad when I think about reading them because I feel like they're in my head already and there's just not much point.

I'll post more on this over the weekend, but this is a huge development. For the first time, Portland's Council would be formally exercising its charter-given oversight responsibilities. Spoiler alert: this is exactly the right way to do it.

“So, Nick, what kind of dog do you have?” “She’s a werewolf.” “Yeah, haha, that’s O SWEET JESUS -“

Given the urgency, this was filed as a Nine-Twelfths agenda item for Wednesday, December 17th. I need nine Councilors to approve this. If you want Council to exercise its oversight powers in this matter, reach out to your Councilors and ask them to sign the 9/12 request. Thank you.