Jacobonaut

Periodic reminder that Bynum is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Hexagonal growth in a black olive tree.

We won not only against Bolsonaro, but against the full force of the USian's Big Techs, Meta, CIA, Trump, the Brazilian right-wing elites, the billionaires' press and more.

Something I wish more people would realize.

Man, Helen Jung as the shot caller for The Oregonian is a problem and a major roadblock to progress in Portland and Oregon more generally. Watching the endorsement interview for 26-267 and its clear that her worldview is skewed towards defending power structures. youtu.be/jI6YsQDTVMg?...

A thing about Portland politics is that cryptoconservatives like to introduce things like the "Everybody Hug A Puppy Act" to get the progressive kudos, and then the actual bill is like "But my big donors can also shoot puppies if they want" buried in the fine print.

Sarah Fier’s Cursed Hand by Houston Sharp

Sharing again because GOPortlandgo just sent me a spam text

A lil news: AFSCME Local 88, the largest union representing Multnomah County employees, has rescinded its endorsement of Julia Brim-Edwards for county chair. This comes a week after @basicrightsoregon.bsky.social reversed its endorsement.

ME: Okay, so we’re done shitting, right? MY BOWELS: Absolutely. No more shit in there. ME: Because we’ve been sitting here a few minutes and no new news. MY BOWELS: No yeah. Done shitting. Shit levels are zero. ME: You’re sure? MY BOWELS: 100%. ME: Okay then [standing up] MY BOWELS: WAIT WAIT WAIT

When you're supporting sweeps, this is what you're supporting. These notes are all from unhoused people in Portland who have gone through sweeps. projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...

Today, we are announcing a huge new project in development: The Dark Money Illuminator. You can search any nonprofit to see: - Funders - Directors and officers - Groups it’s connected to You can also explore/search nonprofits by assets. And it’s going to be FREE! Donate to support this project

As a non-candidate I've been asked if I disavow Hasan Piker and if I condemn Mitch's tweets. Not sure I've ever seen any of the conservatives asked at a public event if they disavow / condemn anyone yet.

This is a quietly metastasizing moral panic

WOMAN: I’m gonna cum!! NATHAN FIELDER: ok.

This Black MAGA creator says she “cannot believe the disrespect” after being removed from a San Antonio rally hosted by Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton!?!?! Why would they treat her this way???

it is wild to think that just with 2020s kicker funds we could have closed the trump II budget deficits, bailed out ODOT, and filled the trimet budget and still had billions left over

PORTLAND!!! 

Don't let the political and media establishment gaslight you. You aren't imagining things. 

There is a conservative undercurrent in Portland politics and its well funded. Download a voter guide + social media graphics to spread the word! whosbuyingpdx.com

This is insane. The moderates are funded by republicans. whosbuyingpdx.com

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

Meanwhile, here is who Jan Crawford is applauding in that exchange with Abdul El-Sayed: www.thehandbasket.co/p/tommy-teep...

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

A little Portland City Council campaign accountability teaser… More to come.

Portland City Council ranks for progressives✨ District 4: (1) Mitch Green (2) Jamey Evenstar (3) Jeremy Beausoli Smith District 3: (1) Angelita Morillo (2) Tiffany Koyama Lane (3) Esther León (4) Cristal Otero (5) Tom Sollit (6) Steve Novick *don't rank* Kellie Torres, she’s a Rene Gonzalez type

The fact that news stations haven't picked this up..as opposed to say Mitch Green's tweets. This is an excellent interview. While media gets caught up talking circularly about #ProgresivesGoneWild this cuts to the core of what should be discussed www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

The Superman No Smoking Ad, but I lost the audio track and dubbed it from memory

Close to 80% of Oregon legislators are retired, business owners, work part-time, or are supported by a spouse. Put another way: only about 1 in 5 Oregon legislators work full-time.

Penguin Colony is a vital work of confrontational art. A game that reclaims Lovecraft’s words and turns them against his own beliefs. If it looks like a gag game (cosmic horror March of the Penguins) from the outside, know that it very, very much is not. My review. www.polygon.com/penguin-colo...

Street Roots spoke with Multnomah County Democrats Chair Salomé Chimuku about the upcoming midterm elections and what they mean for Black Oregonians.

The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.

This year, federal agents terrorized our streets, killed our neighbors, and detained our children. Minnesotans were changed forever. Michele Tafoya thinks ICE treats kids “really well.” I think ICE should be ripped apart and replaced by a system grounded in dignity and due process.

So we fly a pride flag in our front yard in a very conservative neighborhood and it’s been there for the last few years. Someone put this in our mailbox and my goodness…

Having Jo Ann's endorsement means so much to me. She is literally the reason we have PCEF and Portland Street Response — two of the most important policies passed in Portland in decades. Her contributions to our city cannot be measured. Please wish Jo Ann a happy birthday, too! (1/2)

Added how often councilors co-sponsor items with each other. One pattern that wasn't at all visible in the straight vote counts is that Koyama Lane is especially likely to co-introduce legislation across factions and to get broad support for her amendments.

This is the moment that I lost the WW endorsement. I saw the look in Sophie’s eyes when I said “decorum is a tool of white supremacy”. WW is scared of badass women like @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social and of the kind of good trouble we could cause if I joined her on the dais.

If you have ever enjoyed one of the musical tracks from Street Fighter 2, odds are you have this woman, Yoko Shimomura, to thank

The Washington Post, June 23, 1912

On the other hand…. “Jamey Evenstar is smart, experienced, and understands how Portland government currently works… Put simply, Evenstar is highly qualified, competent, and if elected, could hit the ground running right away...” www.portlandmercury.com/election-202...

The reason I post about Council dynamics/explain how policy moves through the building and what the votes are is to inform the public. I did it before I was in office, and I have to do it now because I can’t call up a paper and ask them to print a story with my narrative the way my colleagues can

I just think she’s neat