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This @drmitchpdx.bsky.social ad is one of the best political ads I've seen. I have known Kay for almost a decade and it has been sad to lose her to ALS but she will leave behind an incredible legacy of advocacy. Thanks Kay and thanks Mitch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdo2...

Wild how, according to this journalist, we don’t have public restrooms in America because gays go there to have sex. 🤔

Absolutely, the armed dad who stopped the school shooter in Bend acted heroically. So did the police who responded quickly. But this also needs to be said: "good guys with guns" and "active shooter drills" are reactive. We need much more active shooter PREVENTION www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

No doubt, guns play a role in shootings. But, as a gun owner, I would never, under almost any circumstance, consider using that tool to take human life. If we REALLY want to end gun violence, we should talk about psycho-social factors that led that person to commit violence, irrespective of the gun.

LOVE ❤️ ❤️❤️ And Anna Garcia?💋

Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).

Commodified fantasy takes no risks: it invents nothing, but imitates and trivializes. It proceeds by depriving the old stories of their intellectual and ethical complexity, turning their truth-telling to sentimental platitude.

Just got back from a metal show. Was hungry so I ate a bag of cheese. Felt guilty so I ate a bag of salad. Now I’m cuddled up with a bag of shame.

Fuck pumpkin spice. It’s chanterelle season, bitches!

We just got a memo from the federal government (our funder) that we are no longer allowed to use any of the following words/acronyms in any published work or talks: MSM (must use “Men that have sex with men”) Harm reduction U=U Undetectable = Untransmittable

We just got a memo from the federal government (our funder) that we are no longer allowed to use any of the following words/acronyms in any published work or talks: MSM (must use “Men that have sex with men”) Harm reduction U=U Undetectable = Untransmittable

A crave-worthy delicacy: the bean burrito. Small white @ranchogordo.bsky.social beans, studded with foraged lobster mushrooms and Flying Coyote Farms kale, topped with cilantro and a drizzle of “Everyday sauce: Umami” by Seed Ranch Co on a toasted wheat tortilla. Topped with chanterelles!

Boop.

It’s a “smash-and-grab job” for the party that put Trump into power.

For the love of all that is good in the world, can we please have the option to remove that “jump to top” button on the left side of the @bsky.app interface? You are blatantly discriminating against left handers!

What’s Rustling In That Leaf Pile?

VPN bans are a direct response to age-verification. Legislators are frustrated that people are getting around their surveillance, but rather than rethink their strategy, they're doubling down and banning VPNs. Fight the Flock-ing of the internet.

Tommy Houston got up at 4:30 a.m. to photograph Portland and Mount Hood beneath a fiery fall sunrise from Pittock Mansion on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. “This morning’s sunrise was bangin’,” he said. Photos courtesy of Tommy Houston

Sounds like a brilliant plan. I’m on board.

If the current administration can break all the rules and mandate his agenda at any cost, why can’t we have a progressive response just do the same thing, but with the sole and single goal to enact SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE FOR ALL and a REPEAL of CITIZENS UNITED? do that, and you have my vote…

My body has completely deteriorated into a blob of nothingness because I haven’t gone to the gym all summer. I’m just planning for my molecules to de-cohease and I’ll just slide back into the ocean and live my remaining days as phytoplankton.

Is this song release related to this message I received from Dolly herself only a few days ago??

My 9/11 memory? I was asleep after a 5 day meth bender, when my then bf came over after work crying and really distraught. When I woke up, all I could think about was eating and doing more meth. Didn’t even realize what had happened, truly, for maybe a year or two later? 😕

I just noticed that the chocolate bar a coworker got me last week is merch from #DungeonCrawlerCarl #DCC which I have been reading for the last few months. On Book 5 now and it just keeps getting better and better. @maevechocolate.bsky.social

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.

I know I’m properly caffeinated when my urine smells like coffee.

So if my math is right, the amount of money Trump made in 2025 alone (2.2 billion), is roughly equivalent to the combined net worth of all 44 other presidents at the peak of their wealth. (~2.5 billion). His current net worth, mostly from the last three years, is 3x all other presidents combined.

If you’ve read any of the Dungeon Crawler Carl books, I have to ask: What’s the voice in your head for Donut? Every time I read her message in the chat, I just hear a voice like Stewie from Family Guy.

🧵 of bad landlord clauses - can you relate?

Here are three important things to know.

We got a HUGE court order last night protecting vote-by-mail: a federal court temporarily blocked Trump’s attempts to interfere with how the USPS can deliver ballots. #orpol #oregonelections

It's been a brutal couple of days for me and my fellow Gen X theater kids. We've lost two load-bearing icons, and I feel like we could all use a big hug in the Denny's parking lot after the show.

Never been to grocery outlet before but I’m hosting a big bbq this weekend, and shit’s expensive! I was surprised how much cheaper stuff is than I’m used to… and damn, was not expecting it to be so cruisey !!

I work with an elderly guy who showed me cards he received from Dolly as recently as last year because he made her a sandwich late one night 40 years ago when he was working the front desk at a hotel in Oregon. For his 60th birthday, she sent him a gift basket. She’s an icon.

I work with an elderly guy who showed me cards he received from Dolly as recently as last year because he made her a sandwich late one night 40 years ago when he was working the front desk at a hotel in Oregon. For his 60th birthday, she sent him a gift basket. She’s an icon.

#dnd #d&d #dolly

my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.

"The New Jersey Department of Corrections inmate handbook claims the department is dedicated to promoting bonds with loved ones. But enforcing a policy that forbids me from comforting my son while tears stream down his face contradicts that claim."

To light a candle is to cast a shadow.

The Top 1% of U.S. earners now have more wealth than the entire middle class

I’m okay with AI being used to auto-suggest ALT text for media, because despite thinking image descriptions are important for accessibility, I’ve found I’m just too lazy to type them myself. If a prompt was provided that suggested something to start with, then I definitely would do them.

I wrote about my personal (bad) feelings about climate change and why I think “individual action” (often denigrated) is important, at least for preserving one’s own sanity:

Photos: Solar eclipse plunges parts of Europe into darkness https://aje.news/9q0bwg