Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is trying to expand the state’s already massive tax breaks for data centers. Data center companies are already saving nearly $500,000,000 in local property taxes this year in Oregon. Now the Governor wants to double key tax breaks from 5 years to 10. 18326112 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialUMAW @umaw.bsky.social · 07/02/2026On the left, Casey Wasserman, CEO of Wasserman talent agency, who was recently damningly exposed in the Epstein files. Wasserman represents hundreds of musicians. On the right, genocidaire Netanyahu, the war criminal who has overseen the murder of 400,000 Palestinians. 18834 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialKat Mahoney @kmahoneylaw.com · 08/01/2026Knives out “I’m not political” is one of the loudest statements of privilege there is. It usually comes from white people who’ve never had their rights debated, their safety legislated, or their existence turned into a talking point. When the system protects you by default, politics feels optional 2429 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialCurrent Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Incredibly, the Wall Street Journal article about the attack on Venezuela doesn't even mention that the US killed 80 people, only noting that no Americans were killed. The lives of non-Americans are considered so worthless as to not even need mentioning. 0175 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialCurrent Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 18/12/2025The economics of streaming platforms, and the consolidation of the entire music industry under just a handful of major labels, have created an environment that rewards low-effort slop and disincentivizes creativity. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-yea...currentaffairs.orgThe Year Everyone Dropped Bad AlbumsFrom Taylor Swift to Lil Wayne, beloved musical acts have been releasing albums way below their usual standard. As usual, it’s the big labels and streaming platforms to blame. 024 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialLeah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Shameful that @opb.org has 25 year employees having trouble making ends meet, while leadership make multiple six-figure salaries. How is this acceptable? 36219 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialAlice In Wunderland @aliceinwunderl3.bsky.social · 21/11/2025The thing with car culture is that you create a social model where every human being is, by default, disabled and cannot meet their daily needs without a mobility device. People have a relationship to their car more akin to a wheelchair than to a train. That's a problem. 526476 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20/11/2025US printmaker Mildred Bryant Brooks, Moods, 1935, drypoint and aquatint on paper #WomensArt 037667 0
bbherb.bsky.social @bbherb.bsky.social · 18/11/2025The misogynistic manipulation of women by the music industry is misogynistic manipulation of all women. 020 0
bbherb.bsky.social @bbherb.bsky.social · 14/11/2025So awesome that the vice president of the united states considers himself an AI user. So awesome... 100 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.sociallauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 06/11/2025a couple years ago i contracted with one of subway's ad agencies for a small rotating sandwiches collab that ultimately they decided not to publish and i never did anything with. today feels like a good day to post one of them. here's my favorite subway sandwich, the veggie delight 1134761693 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 31/10/2025The media is about to blitz us with stories about how awful Maduro is and I want you to remember that even if they're all true, they are being issued solely for the purpose of manufacturing consent for invading Venezuela and killing innocent people. 17353191914 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialFergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 29/10/2025Wikipedia has a mild conservative bias, as it insists on what it calls 'reliable sources' - which mostly means they have been published by capitalist gatekeeping institutions. The only reason anybody imagines that it has a liberal or left-wing bias is because it's largely accurate. They hate that. 12387107 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialKathleen Alves @katalves18c.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Currently in a faculty meeting and everyone else is brainstorming through ChatGPT. Again, we are COOKED 2437233 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialProfessor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 21/10/2025#WolffBites: Thanks to Trump and Kennedy........................... x.com/dr_andrealov... 24427 0
bbherb.bsky.social @bbherb.bsky.social · 19/10/2025I hope that with Tiananmen Square trending on Wikipedia and everybody referencing it on here, people learn about it beyond just a comparison for when governments do something they disagree with. Historical context is so important and most people in this country do not give China enough credit. 000 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialSubvert @subvert.fm · 16/10/2025Either solidarity forever or our time is up 1172 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialSubvert @subvert.fm · 06/10/2025The lessons: -Education is infrastructure. -Social cohesion builds culture. -Crisis creates opportunity. -Patience pays off. -And the biggest visions start small. Mondragon has proven it is possible, we now have to do the work of building the Mondragon of Music. 1161 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialLydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I'm going to sound like the biggest hater & loser in the world and I know we must do our political performance but the "look at my war ravaged Portland" photos especially from politicians are getting a little 😬 when we have crisis levels of people without housing including unknown numbers of kids 813524 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialCurrent Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 08/09/2025David Pakman’s former producer says that at a White House event last year, he and other Democratic-aligned content creators privately agreed Gaza was “too divisive” and decided not to ever acknowledge the genocide. 22312 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Joan Eardley, Summer Fields, 1961 #WomensArt #August #LateSummer 038853 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialspooky scary renegade cut @renegadecut.com · 25/08/2025Donald Trump rolling out pictures of himself and being a fascist is not "What in the North Korea is this?" You're not attacking fascism, you're feeding it by misapplying it. You do this every time you compare Trump to China, North Korea, etc. Americans doing American things: "What are we? ASIAN?!" 1728078 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23/08/2025In Portland, Trump’s ICE lobbed so many toxic chemicals at demonstrators, a nearby school was forced to decamp to another neighborhood. “There were chemicals being used on a regular basis and munitions being found on our playground,” the school's executive director said. trib.al/GjaK4ut 8157100 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Ruth Miller, artist who creates hand-embroidered portraits from her studio on the Mississippi Gulf Coast #WomensArt1 047979 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialjoan @joanbybike.bsky.social · 21/08/2025“Hello. I am a rich person in Portland who swears I am going to move because you are taxing me for preschool. Also, we must do everything we can to keep the Blazers in town, including taxing the poors, because, unlike preschool, the NBA is a public service necessity” 412634 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialUMAW @umaw.bsky.social · 18/08/2025We need your help! Send a letter to your elected officials and tell them to support the Living Wage for Musicians Act 💪 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... 4493240 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialNoah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 01/08/2025I spoke with 40+ sources for a look inside the Anti-Defamation League. Here’s some of what I found. ADL’s gentle response to Elon Musk’s infamous salute was partially driven by his support of Israel. To ADL, that indicated he didn’t have “antisemitic tendencies.” (1/x) nymag.com/intelligence... 832729791 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Well that’s not ideal 521694319 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Artist Mary Sutton creates her textile art pieces by layering organza fabric and drawing over the top of them with free machine embroidery #WomensArt 035049 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialCurrent Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 23/07/2025What @aoc.bsky.social misses about Israel's "defensive" weaponry is that the defense enables the offense. It's because Israel is protected by a US-funded "Iron Dome" that it's able to brutally attack its neighbors and do whatever it wants without receiving comparable damage itself. 2205 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 18/07/2025MAGA guy reading this and going, "This could really mean anything guys!" 3580676 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/07/2025“For the first time in two centuries, the West is no longer the leader in future technology, but the follower" NEW: @katemac.bsky.social and I @phenomenalworld.bsky.social write about what China's tech acceleration means for the world. Subscribe & read here: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri... 15438150 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/07/2025“We never talked about men or clothes. It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl's talk.” - Nina Simone, singer, musician and civil rights activist #WomensArt 049891 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialUMAW @umaw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The people running our music industry are the same people “doubling down” on AI military technology. To build a fair and just music industry, we also must dismantle imperialism in all its forms. Daniel Ek is a warmonger who pays artists poverty wages 🤮 420184 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialpnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 18/06/2025I remember when I was working on anti-hunger policy and they couldn’t approve $7 million to end college hunger but they gave $43 million for the baseball fields. Good to see nothing has changed with a Democratic supermajority. 45610 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialHideo Kojima @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp · 14/06/2025 1958 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Chuck Schumer posted this about a week ago: 1969776 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialflor @barkestra.bsky.social · 11/06/2025‘police riot’, 2020, colored pencil and ink on paper 044494 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialRobert Saint Lawrence @robertsaintlawrence.bandcamp.com · 09/06/2025LAPD when they think no one’s looking 74492045030 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialAnil Dash @anildash.com · 16/03/2025Every person on Bluesky should know: * Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever * Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies * Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured * Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic www.404media.co/the-200-site...404media.coThe 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it an... 12322356712530 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialHideo Kojima @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp · 07/06/2025 125032 0
Reposted by @bbherb.bsky.socialKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 03/06/2025look at my opposition party dawg 1032481265 0