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lizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

a guy working at the florence bi-mart told us with obvious pride that he has stocked the largest beer selection of any bi-mart and i told him i would tell the whole internet. great job guy

a lot of them suck but idk some drinkable stuff mixed in. pub beer is legit

there's more in this area, this is like the "craft" selection i guess

oh here's the rainier and the pabst and things of that nature

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...

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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing

To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

AAAAAAAAA hot pepper in the eye. ow ow ow ow ow Took 10 minutes of flushing to clear it. It was just a jalapeño, now I'm looking askance at those habaneros I just picked.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I believe fraternity hazing and military hazing and sports team hazing where men abuse each other is acclimating them into a broader culture of abuse where they will then believe it is their right to abuse other more vulnerable people. It’s so insidious. And that’s also why I think men defend it

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Starting fermentation of the Serranos. Hopefully the warm weather for the next while will turn the jalapeños red and I can try a batch of sriracha, too.

A tall jar packed full of green and a few red Serrano peppers, chopped into half inch pieces.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m over in Marie Gluzencamp-Perez’s district for a minute and just gotta say that the bro dudes at the worker’s bar across from the Camas paper mill recommended a totally lesbian bar in the next town as a good spot to post up for a tow.

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When I was 9 my parents took me to LA to visit some of their old hippy theater friends who were working at Disneyland and I was just in awe because they were in this big roller skating finale in Xanadu.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026

The tech industry has learning that overhyping the threat of its products is great PR. It leads to tons of free press, and now it’s allowing them to shape the regulatory discussion of their products — while distracting from the real ways people are being harmed today disconnect.blog/the-media-ha...

Tech industry deception about the supposed threat of their generative AI tools is nothing new. It’s in fact a well-worn playbook. OpenAI was using it all the way back in 2019 when it released GPT-2. Claiming its new AI model was so incredibly powerful it posed a threat to society was a fantastic marketing ploy, allowing it to capture global headlines and get a ton of free PR. Now they’ve moved on to using it to shape the conversation around their products, but the media seems determined not to learn anything from their consistent pattern of deception.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Blew a hose on the old Mazda coming back home and have found ourselves posted up in a very cute old hotel in downtown Camas. As a connoisseur of old western hotels, the Camas Boutique Hotel goes on the list. Clean place, reasonably priced (if you don't mind a bathroom down the hall).

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The crowd for Devo and the B-52s is tending towards the geriatric.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s taken over a week and was not easy on the old lower back, but I think I did a pretty damned good job painting the restored front porch. Hopefully enough time to dry thoroughly before the rain comes tomorrow.

A small wooden deck with freshly painted yellow-green railings and olive green deck boards. A bundle of caution tape and a traffic cone stand below to deter anyone from stepping on the wet paint.

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Hot Metal and Methadrine @unityandsolidarity.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It kills me when these liberals who think they’re “the smartest kid in class,” or the “adult in the room” look at you blankly and insist “yeah, we’ve made some mistakes but we’re the good guys.” It’s a profession of faith, that negates the possibility we could do better - and that’s the whole point.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Rapidly losing patience with this bar. Today was again screaming children all day, PLUS some hardwood grill that was pumping clouds of smoke into the house. Gonna have some words with them tomorrow and then start a paper trail with the neighborhood association.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The soccer brewery behind me appears to have pivoted their business into a day care now, kids screaming until close every night this week. S went over to leave a message for the manager yesterday and said there were so many kids running around he couldn't even count them.

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you read the article you will find that “man he didn’t like” is infamous neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is just a spectacular unintentional self-own

Dude on Threads: If you hate on ai, you better be pretty damn good at whatever you're doing

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dan le sac 🦄💣 @danlesac.bandcamp.com · 13/09/2026

“AI can create the impossible”… erm this is a collage of 12 negatives, retouched with an airbrush. Humans can create the impossible too buddy, we’ve been doing it a while now

Grace Jones “Island Life” album cover, featuring Grace Jones, against a sky blue wall, her skin oiled and reflecting high-key highlights, whilst balanced on one leg is a potentially impossible pose.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/09/2026

There is apparently no more searing hurt than an "AI" fluffer discovering their favorite science fiction writer disdains their beloved spicy autocorrect, it's a pain only matched by a conservative learning that their favorite rock band has been Marxist the whole time

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Might have sparked a new birder today. Recommended the Sibley guide and a pair of good but not expensive binos. Home base is San Diego so they should have plenty of exciting birds to spot nearby.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m at a Timbers game for no real reason* and I’m just observing the camera equipment. *hubby’s work client likes to schmooze in their suite.

A soccer stadium during a game from about halfway up in the seats, broadcast camera operator in the foreground.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Rain was making the tomatoes split so I had to pick everything that was ready to make some sauce. Total harvest on the Serrano pepper plant was about 12oz, ready to start fermenting those.

Tomatoes and peppers of various sizes, red and green, arranged on a cutting board.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

these people should be ashamed of themselves for several reasons share.google/IB2NzxpKmZaF...

The USFS said the climbers told them they had used an artificial intelligence platform, YouTube videos and AllTrails to plan the trip. They said they relied on AI to decide what food to bring and how much food and water they would need.

The group said it packed supplies for an eight-hour climb, not its roughly 16-hour ascent. The climbers said AI recommended simple carbohydrates instead of fats because fats “take too long to digest.”

“We relied too much on AI rather than our own critical thinking,” the group told rangers

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Huge shout out to the wildland crew on the #MooseMountainFire, 4 hours after the fire started they completed a hand line around the 1.5 acre fire and evacuations have been downgraded. Dad's finishing his dinner in town and headed back home.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

And now there's a fire less than a mile from his house and he had to do the 5 minute evacuation. Hopefully the wind stays steady and doesn't shift south! app.watchduty.org/i/118009

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Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts

Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Actually got a good view of the eclipse tonight, a rarity in Portland, it's almost always cloudy when there's a good astronomical event.

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 27/08/2026

The Clinton Street Theater in Portland has been showing The Rocky Horror Picture Show weekly since 1978. Tonight, the theater held a special memorial for Tim Curry.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dad specifically mentioned me telling him to watch the Nat Geo Ron Howard film about Paradise, CA helping to convince him to spend down some equity on taking fire mitigation seriously. (on Hulu) films.nationalgeographic.com/rebuilding-p...

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Rebuilding Paradise

From director Ron Howard, Rebuilding Paradise is the story of one community’s resilience in the face of tragedy.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dad just pulled the trigger on the big fire-proofing project on his Colorado mountain house - metal roof, composite deck, fiber cement siding. A not insignificant cost, but less than rebuilding. Several close calls in recent history, best to be prepared.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Every year I go camping and shoot a couple minutes of video so I can force myself to re-learn basic Premiere. Anyway, here's some of the creek and the hilarious Canada jay gang that wreaked havoc on us a couple times a day. youtu.be/mo13yyZmtfo?...

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Barlow Creek

YouTube video by Celeste Ramsay

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026

I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.

A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottom

A nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

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Western States Center @westernstatescenter.org · 20/08/2026

"Conspiracy theories tell us the lie that all-powerful forces are behind the devastation our communities face." -Kate Bitz Momentum Program Senior Organizer Western States Center Read the full article in Range Media: buff.ly/zplnObf

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Tragedy vultures

From chem trails to data centers, conspiracy theories are distracting from the real stakes of what’s happening in our community.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Anyone in SE Portland (Creston - Brooklyn) missing a corgi?

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Proofreading a whitepaper from a Dutch speaker who, like many Dutch people, speaks and writes better English than most Americans, but has adopted ChatGPT as a crutch. And I keep running into a phrase that I've never heard before that I think is a complete hallucination: "carry the seams."

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The "centrist" think tank Third Way is looking to pay someone between $140,000 and $150,000 to spend their days trying to dig up dirt on DSA members. They're trying to sell this gig as "anti-extremism" work, which I find completely disgusting.

from job listing:

As the Director of Anti-Extremism, a typical day might include…

Assembling and updating a database of the DSA’s most extreme ideas and statements and a repository of voting records, affiliations, and issue positions to make available to allies and partners;
Leading public opinion research to identify and test the contrasts that move base voters away from these extreme candidates;
Overseeing the development of memos, talking points, rapid response materials, and other products that make the case against these extreme forces in American politics;
Promoting and marketing our research and materials to ensure they reach decisionmakers quickly, repeatedly, and at scale through a coordinated distribution infrastructure;
Recruiting and arming a group of young, diverse spokespeople to fight the DSA from a center-left perspective and assembling a broad coalition of organizational partners to make the case against extremism;
Running an earned media program to create a drumbeat of our message in op-eds, television appearances, podcasts, and traditional and digital media engagement.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Pretty good haul of Serrano peppers from the one plant. Will definitely grow these again, no fuss. Going to ferment these for a hot sauce base.

A pile of about 50 Serrano peppers, mostly green but a half dozen have turned red. A handful of red Thai peppers are included as well.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is a really well executed troll.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The devastation is unimaginable. I moved here 3 years ago knowing Spokane would be my home. I can’t explain how horrific this is. “It’s like a war zone,” people told me.

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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"No one is illegal" Seen on the Oregon coast in the US

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Hey anyone in the western US wanting good wildfire info, The Lookout is the best in the game and you should subscribe to him on YouTube. www.youtube.com/live/_QcxVrD...

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Which PNW Fires Might Blow Up?- 7/31/2026

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 31/07/2026

If you ever feel unqualified, remember that a gang of billionaires spent $900 million for 60,000 acres with no water, no infrastructure, a roster of endangered species, and a voter-approved ordinance that specifically bans building a city there. Now they’re begging politicians to bail them out.

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Looking at YouTube comments (since I'm not on X or FB anymore) the main conspiracy theories about the Oregon lightning bust are 1) Directed Energy Weapon, the old standby, 2) land seizure for data centers and 3) Iran, somehow. Oh and of course antifa.

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