Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 03/10/2026the Cornell case should make us question prosecutors and police all the time: the same DA offices discounting college students’ sexual assault cases (the lacking investigations, the disbelief) are happy to jail countless women for far less, day in and day out, when most people aren’t watching 11098235
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialbort @crushbort.bsky.social · 03/10/2026my neighbors are mad because i dug a moat around my house without getting a permit. they’re all outside really mad but can’t cross without me lowering the drawbridge. they’re just throwing soldiers’ heads onto my lawn. not even my soldiers 116710
armandjeff.bsky.social @armandjeff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026no self-respecting texan gives a shit what two racist white dumbasses from california and new york say about whether or not we're "assimilated" into "american culture" (whatever that is supposed to be) 010
armandjeff.bsky.social @armandjeff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026this is fuckin wild. Crockett is doing a sinema speedrun 030
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialUncleofJamiroquai @jessefarrar.com · 01/10/2026It seems quaint now that we do all our banking and race science there, but, nevertheless, it's true: at one time, people mostly wrote jokes on Twitter. 10 years ago, I wrote one about an old asshole and it kinda changed my life. Not his, though. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...cnn.comThe tweet that defined a decade of Trump | CNNIt’s been 10 years since Jesse Farrar accidentally defined a political era with one pithy, prescient tweet. He wishes it never happened. 912307389
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialpnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Updated information shows PPB killed the man and the dog. Absolutely shameful how some media talked about this man’s life like it was an afterthought, and unquestioningly put out copaganda. 820257
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tennessee plans to execute a woman tomorrow. She was 18 when she committed the crime. She's now 50. Like most on death row, she's also a victim. And like most on death row, she's a far different person now than she was then. No one humanizes the condemned better than @lilianasegura.bsky.social.theintercept.comThe “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.After 30 years on death row, Christa Pike faces execution for a grisly murder she committed at 18. 3338113
armandjeff.bsky.social @armandjeff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Obviously not the most important thing going on here but goddamn, just look at the absolute contempt for the idea of culture emanating off this Suella Braverman post 110
armandjeff.bsky.social @armandjeff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026this reminds me of the time I accidentally ate too many edibles and then came up with a new system of government that I'm still kinda half-convinced would solve a lot of problems 020
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sometimes a drug trip is a profound experience where you realize that you’ve been carrying pain in your heart for years, that you can forgive yourself. Other times you come up with a concept called “gay money” (money that’s gay) and you text your friend “gay money” days later. Both are healing. ❤️🩹 604164574
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialAlex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026At least two people have filed complaints against Day with the Secretary of State’s office in the past week. Both alleged that Day used his position as a public employee to “promote or oppose” a person’s election campaign, in violation of a state law.opb.orgPortland Police chief accused of violating state law by criticizing city councilor’s past tweetsDid Portland Police Chief Bob Day break the law when he criticized a city councilor last week? That’s a question several Portlanders are asking state officials to answer. 917746
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026i'm traveling and can't sit down to write out the portland police's history of using town halls, press conferences, and leaks to campaign against elected officials but they are repeat offenders and we should call it what it is: election interference by a cartel of armed washington state residents 5849209
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialJuan C Chavez @inafutureage.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So the responses I’m seeing from Chief Day and Councilor Clark to @councilorgreen.bsky.social’s heartfelt plea to build a world that doesn’t need police or prisons is the same line I’ve always heard, “Well that’s not *our* reality.” No duh! You’re actively standing in the way of it. 310213
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialTony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026As I wait on a busy road for a bus that is perpetually coming in 12 minutes I’m just reminded how the city of Portland, the county of Multnomah, the regional Metro, and the State of Oregon really don’t give a shit about anyone who isn’t in a car. It’s obvious, shameful, and inexcusable. 4523
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialHoratio Pornviewer @stuntbirdarmy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The distracted driving discourse is already popping off but I’d just like to throw in: I’ve been an insurance adjuster for almost 13 years. When I started, we almost never saw high speed rear end impacts. Now they’re like the most common type of claim. It’s distractions, this is obvious. 733539735
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 28/08/2026Really hate this performative "youse" people use to appear more like large hired goons 1042453327
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialElizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 26/08/2026She took a side in culture wars. It might feel like she didn’t bc she was proudly a hillbilly country singer from evangelical family, her comments were affirmative rather than critical (eg “yay trans people” rather than “boo transphobes”), and she commented less on electoral politics. 13865130
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I struggle to describe what Dolly meant to me as a southern blonde who spent her entire life getting disrespected to my face for being trashy and vain, but I will encourage you today to reflect on the ways YOU have treated women in your life whose aesthetics you find insufficiently respectable 194400601
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialJoseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One of the most interesting developments coming out of China's growing game dev industry is that we're probably going to see more stories about China's fight against Japan in WWII, something many Japanese politicians refuse to even acknowledge happened. 11716133
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226395007140
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23/08/2026one reason old school Dems are so poor at modern comms is that they really seem to think their audience is the most selfish self centred people alive. The only moral is an appeal to self interest. Anti immigration is bad because who will pick veggies. fighting allies is bad because tourism revenue 491409195
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialDawn Summers real or fake @dawnsummers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If you can find common ground with Jared kusher, but not zohran mamdani, you shouldn't be in democratic leadership 20385002230
armandjeff.bsky.social @armandjeff.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Our transportation infrastructure may be falling apart, but at least our billionaire support infrastructure is working at peak efficiency! 130
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 22/08/2026You are not morally obligated to a state that enforces the law through masked secret police. you are not morally obligated to a state that sends people to torture prisons without even a trial. This is a tyranny. 0245
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialSometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I hate the Portland police and the way city officials excuse police brutality. The police are either professionals who can and should be held accountable or they're infants who shouldn't be given a gun or authority to hurt people. They can't be both. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...oregonlive.comPortland blamed systemic failures, not bureau leaders, for police mistakes during 2020 protestsAfter six years, Portland released eight pages of findings and recommendations on police leadership during 2020 protests. So far, the reports say no one has faced discipline. 23217
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 19/08/2026Gary Indiana hasn't had power for almost two weeksthegrio.com‘I can’t take it’: Thousands of Gary residents go over a week without power after deadly stormsResidents in Gary, Indiana and surrounding areas are struggling to stay cool, fed and connected after storms cause prolonged power outages. 441632783
armandjeff.bsky.social @armandjeff.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Of course the best way to introduce students to the Bible is through Leonard Nimoy voiceover lines from Civ 4 in the intro and at each tech advance. youtu.be/DPur5HzHLhM?...youtu.beCivilization IV - All TechnologiesYouTube video by Petr Váchal 110
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.sociallauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 19/08/2026"are texas christian nationalists forcing kids to read the bible to give them a thorough education in classical western letters or are they doing it to indoctrinate kids into their fascist death cult" seems like an easy question to answer 493513565
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026a real problem is that the internet has exposed us all to too many attractive people and made everyone picky. it used to be that over the course of your life you’d see 3, maybe 4 women tops. 32127351
armandjeff.bsky.social @armandjeff.bsky.social · 19/08/2026and that's why you don't negotiate with terrorists www.opb.org/article/2026...opb.orgOwner of Portland Timbers says Moda Center negotiations are a ‘wake up call’ for regional leadersMerritt Paulson, owner of the city’s professional men’s soccer team, weighed in publicly for the first time on renovations to the home arena for the Portland Trail Blazers. 010
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.sociallastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 18/08/2026reminded of the genuine greatest interaction I ever had on here 763012215
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialTimothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 17/08/2026My reaction to all of the weird thirst posting about Nancy Mace’s basic ass tattoos 191177184
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I think people have a poor understanding of what makes Flock cameras, or more accurately the network, so pernicious relative to basic traffic enforcement cameras although I do agree that the line is often murkier than it should be. 1228021
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialGary Alexander @garyalexander.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The utility of Luigi Mangione isn't that he put a stop to anything it's that he exposed that almost the entire country, regardless of politics, understands the concept of social murder. With three key exceptions of course: politicians, columnists, and posters who think they're on The West Wing. 171842369
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16/08/2026Today, I was back in Floral Park for the Queens India Day Parade — this time as the first Indian American mayor of New York City. It was an experience I will never forget. 536660785
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialUrban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰 @urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Very funny to have professional policy workers go in on the nowhere loserville that is DSA’s FP committee while the intellectuals of mainstream liberalism straightforwardly endorse genocide. Like come on, what are we doing here. This is all a bit pathetic. 1826
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialjimpers crimpers @jimprov.sendusyourmoney.com · 18/07/2026temu 9/11 322342
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.sociallastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The left is perennially defined as: the most annoying academics and shouty people I am aware of. (Nowadays that means on social media journalists check.) These people are the only existing causal force in the universe pertinent to bad stuff happening, which is what justifies the attention on them. 325924
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 10/08/2026You don’t have to like this guy‘s politics to recognize that everyone who has insisted for decades that The Issues are almost all too complicated and too nuanced to explain to voters let alone address was lying to you. 75123763000
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.sociallauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi 154128873254
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialamb @amb.fyi · 11/08/2026If it was stopping a highway ODOT would’ve blown up that building yesterday like it was a washed up whale 0242
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialamb @amb.fyi · 11/08/2026I understand the circumstances are unique and it’s certainly not Amtrak’s fault but it’s just flat out unacceptable that this service is delayed, diminished or just straight up canceled, with no end point in sight. America just doesn’t give a shit about non-car/plane intercity connectivity 2447
armandjeff.bsky.social @armandjeff.bsky.social · 10/08/2026American political pundits and pundit-wannabes really love to sound alarms about "Marxist-Leninists" and "left authoritarians" without any understanding of what those terms mean or how "left authoritarianism" has arisen historically 100
armandjeff.bsky.social @armandjeff.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Good advice on the restroom wall at Grendel's Coffee House in Portland 020
armandjeff.bsky.social @armandjeff.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I bought a $750 bike a decade ago, have spent probably $100-150 on it per year since then, and I have done almost all of my commuting on that bike. American culture simply cannot tolerate that level of not participating in the market economy 010
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.social☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I personally wouldn't find it "humiliating" if the US were to withdraw our military from around Iran & lift sanctions. I do find it humiliating that we massacred 120 schoolchildren & no one in the US political system cares or will do anything about it. 411698309
Reposted by @armandjeff.bsky.socialWhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Our Burmese neighbor kids no longer play in their front yard or street with the other kids, due to the parents fear of shit like this. 110056