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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
this country will not be transformed without addressing policing, prisons, surveillance and militarism. Sorry. Cannot get around it. The carceral socialists may make incremental progress but they will ALWAYS come up against state violence.
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the irreducible @anguilline.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@Grosdoriane

This is NOT what America is about. America is about *opens history book*

uh oh

*Frantically starts flipping though pages*

uh oh. oh no, no no no. uh oh

2:51 PM

24 May 19

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If you’re tired of old guard grifters spending outrageous amounts of money to unseat people who are fighting for you, you need to get out and canvass. We don’t get nice things unless we do the work.
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Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If you’ve been tear-gassed by your own government, my office wants to hear from you. Chemical weapons that are banned on the battlefield have no place on the streets of Portland. Go to tinyurl.com/RestrictTearGas to see how you can help make Portlander safer & healthier. #RightToBreathe #Portland
An illustration of three tacos and a lime wedge on a lime green and navy blue background. The text says, “Your tacos should come with spice, not your air. No tear gas on our streets. You can help pass legislation banning chemical weapons in Portland.”
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amb @amb.fyi · 07/10/2026
sexy party bus forever
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 02/10/2026
How much does it cost to get more information about a cop who punched someone in the face? If you guessed anything lower than $2.5 million, you’d be wrong — at least according to the city of Eugene, Oregon. buff.ly/AlxYU8S
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“In an interview with ABC News, Van Houten acknowledged that he relied on the investigation conducted by Cornell Police and said his office didn’t ‘independently investigate’ the allegations” BOO THESE FUCKING MEN
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OPB @opb.org · 28/09/2026
University of Oregon researchers have a new study that says the mobile crisis counseling service CAHOOTS — Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets — diverted far more calls from the Eugene Police Department than first thought.
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UO researchers: CAHOOTS call diversion rate ‘substantially greater’ than first estimated
University of Oregon researchers have a new study that says the mobile crisis counseling service CAHOOTS — Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets — diverted far more calls from the Eugene Police Department than first thought.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is bad analysis, I'm sorry. He "unearthed" NOTHING. The bigotry and racism have been here. He knew this because he was and is a racist bigot himself.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I kinda feel like the conservatives are underestimating the amount of solidarity created among Portlanders who were tear gassed and beaten by the police in 2020. And the police tear gassed a looooooooot of Portlanders.
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Maybe the Oregonian has forgotten exactly why there might be ire towards Portland police... @inafutureage.bsky.social www.wweek.com/news/courts/...
The recordings, Ahern’s attorney Juan Chavez says, show police arrested protesters without suspecting a crime. “The city had an open and verbalized policy of arresting leftist protesters without probable cause,” Chavez wrote in a Feb. 26 legal filing. “The city was so unabashed about this policy that they announced it over the radio before realizing they were recording and then quickly stopped recording.”

PPB declined to comment.
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
He cooked Ed Sheeran on IG
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Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words
"Free Palestine" and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sides."
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Darwin Woodka @darwinwoodka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
every time they complain about gender we add a new one
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Evelyn 💗 @evieevolving.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
People want fighters until the fighters are young queer Latina immigrants. Then it’s back to behavior policing. I’m so grateful Portland gets to be represented by such a passionate and compassionate human being.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.
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🏳️‍⚧️ UNBAN LINK @biancamack.co · 30/08/2026
Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.
Asked why the WNBA continues to experience these heightened distractions, Cloud said, "Men."
"The men now that are like 'Oh, we need to protect the WNBA,’ y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't be paid," Cloud continued. "Y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't have been invested in, saying we're a joke, the same ones that don't respect Black women. So, if you're going to protect women, that means all women. That includes Black women, trans women and the list goes on."
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ninsom's restaurants have withdrawn, claiming “it seemed like the organization wasn’t [doing] what they understood it to be doing.” otoh, Rucker's biz partner doubled down in this piece www.portlandmercury.com/news/grassro...
Earl Ninsom's constellation of Thai restaurants-
Eem, Langbaan, Hat Yai, Paadee, Phuket Cate, and OK Chicken & Khao Soi (the latter was
erroneously listed as two separate restaurants on the Go Portland Go website) -all appeared on the coalition's list as of Friday, August 28. But after the Mercury asked about the restaurant's group decision to join, Ninsom said the company would be withdrawing its support.
"When I listened to them, it's focusing on using the budget for housing the homeless, making the city clean and inviting for residents and tourists, Ninsom wrote in an August 28 text message. He added that after he received a message from his business partner, Eric Nelson, "it seemed like the organization wasn't [doing] what they understood it to be doing."
By that evening, Ninsom's restaurants had disappeared from the site.
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Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New "we want to sweep homeless people but in a values-based way 🥺" group just dropped www.goportlandgo.org/about
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About Go Portland Go! | Portland Civic Advocacy & Coalition Building
Learn who we are and why we believe Portland’s future depends on leaders who combine empathy with execution. Join our growing coalition of Portlanders.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’
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Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’
The federal judge, who cited Dolly Parton in his ruling, found that the state law violated the First Amendment.
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Cory Elia @coryelia.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"But Mayor Keith Wilson and the city’s deputy administrator Tracy Warren declined to sustain the allegations, refusing to hold the high-ranking leaders responsible for inappropriate use of force or the failure to complete force reviews as required." Time for a new Mayor Portland
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Bugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
i'm eating nothing but gas station ramen for the foreseeables
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
if we'd only voted to hand our climate fund over to the cops that number could be up 50, even 60% share.google/a1GJnczsN928...
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Complaints against Portland police rise in 2025, including 42% jump from within bureau
The report shows more complaints from both the public and PPB employees, while 31 officers faced discipline and the city prepares for a new oversight system.
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amb @amb.fyi · 12/08/2026
Nothing short of a five alarm fire - to which the legislature is responding with “hmmm well let’s give ODOT three billion dollars to widen a freeway into the backyard of Harriet Tubman Middle School”
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 10/08/2026
slow down | patreon.com/lubchansky
PANEL 1: MATTIE, walking with a FRIEND. THe FRIEND is looking at their phone. A video is playing on it.
VO: SO HERE'S HOW I WORK 28 HOURS IN A SINGLE DAY USING ONE INCREDIBLE TRICK
MATTIE: I'M SO SICK OF EVERYTHING BEING ABOUT OPTIMIZATION.

PANEL 2: MATTIE, holding her head. The FRIEND nods.
MATTIE: WHAT HAPPENED TO LEISURE! WHAT HAPPENED TO ART FOR THE SAKE OF ART! WE'RE KILLING OUR SOULS. 
FRIEND: MMM…

PANEL 3: Shot from behind MATTIE and the FRIEND'S back. In the distance, there's a MAN in overalls under a tree with a hat.
FRIEND: OKAY BUT! LOOK AT THIS GUY.
MATTIE: WOW. HE'S GOT IT AAAAALL FIGURED OUT. 

PANEL 4: Same shot. MATTIE gives a thumbs up. The MAN in the distance waves his phone. 
MATTIE: NICE WORK BROTHER!!! KEEP IT UP!
MAN: THANK YOU! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY "SLOWMAXXING" CHANNEL, SO I CAN SELL YOUR INFORMATION TO ARMS MANUFACTURERS!
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 10/08/2026
I get the idea but racism isn’t about appealing to reality it’s about enforcing the idea that people’s very existence delegitimizes them by default We lived through this with Obama. There is no amount of credentials or credibility that quieted those foreignizing him. In fact a guy got elected on it
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Your Evil Twin, Skippy 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ @twinskippy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams: “There’s a lot of discourse around trans athletes and what they can compete in. I would welcome a trans athlete on my team or against my team. Anytime. I don’t think it’s a problem in the world, it’s just another way to kind of attack trans people.”
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Knicks didn’t get the big championship night they’d hoped for.
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Rip City Not Rip Off @ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
WOAH. Blazers leaked emails show they refused to respond to city emails asking basic questions, weeks before any “first-class” claim was mentioned, contradicting Dewayne Hankins claim that that claim “chilled negotiations” They were not negotiating in good faith since the beginning.
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Join me, sports economists @jcbradbury.com & @victor-matheson.bsky.social with co-host @councilormorillo.bsky.social on the economics of publicly funded stadiums. The term sheet is coming with limited information provided to us on the Moda Center renovations. Let’s discuss. zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Economics of Publicly Financed Arenas with City Councilor Mitch Green and Angelita Morillo. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email abo...
The Moda Center remains top of mind as we approach the City’s August 12th vote on a term sheet, but how can we reach a fair deal for Portlanders? What are the potential costs and benefits of publicly ...
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Dominic @domoffinland.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
this guy gets it
Listen to this king at a Huntington City Council meeting on Flock Cameras:

"I'm not gonna waste your time, I'm kinda hungry, but one last thing. Every single Flock camera has about 2-3 lbs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold. Do with that information what you will."
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
if elected president, i will dissolve the Department of the Navy and hand their funding, and nuclear fleet over to the Internet Archive. They'll know what to do.
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
One day we will live in a society where people are as upset about the sexual abuse reports from unhoused people living at Urban Alchemy as they are about decorum.
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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“It was a really disappointing offer that was not hard at all to turn thumbs down on and realize that there was not much seriousness on the other end to get a deal done,” Calabro said, “which is fine if you want to end the relationship. Well, that’s one way to do it, I suppose.” 🧐
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Kevin Calabro Says He’s Leaving Blazers After Lowball Offer
“There was not much seriousness on the other end to get a deal done,” Calabro said, “which is fine if you want to end the relationship. Well, that’s one way to do it, I suppose.”
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Fat Nixon is a Traitor 🇺🇦 🟦🟧🚩 @lbusdoor90.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I completely understand 1930-40s Germany now.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
i will voluntarily pay extra taxes to any country that agrees to drag our cops and elected leaders before an international court
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Connor he/they @gayloader.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
If you’re going to read one thread about the Blazers and the Moda Center it should be this one. (Also, please read more than just this thread)
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Brandon Mullen @brandonmullen.com · 12/07/2026
Portland's streets are not safe for people on bikes. I am tired of bullshit excuses for why we can't make infrastructure choices that protect people. Yes, we can. And we must. We need leadership willing to fight for the lives of walkers, bus riders, and bikers over the convenience of cars.
Screenshot of text: "A bicyclist was left critically injured after a hit-and-run Saturday morning, according to Portland police.

A Toyota Avalon and an adult male bicyclist collided at 2:29 a.m. on Northeast 81st Avenue and Northeast Thompson Street, according to police. The bicyclist fell underneath the car and was critically injured.

When officers arrived, they discovered the driver had abandoned the vehicle and left the scene. The driver has not been located by police."
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Dread VanVleet 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I know the Aspiration stuff is gonna get all the attention, but when Adam Silver meets with the media in a week, someone needs to ask him if believes it's okay for the owner of an NBA team to be keeping a registry of his fans' sexualities, because this is just demented stuff.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Id take it further, I would argue that pain is the goal here. The more I think about it, the more I see the need to jail and institutionalize as a manifestation of the need to punish difference. The impulse to institutionalize disabled people overlaps and is born of the same anxiety/disgust/anger.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Losing my mind at the idea that we can find $300 million for the Moda center but not $300 million for transit
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Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Watching NY elections from Oregon like
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I curated a (mostly) exhaustive list of Juneteenth celebrations across the country. Chances are there’s one near you!
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Here’s a (mostly) exhaustive list of Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S.
Juneteenth marks the day when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. I curated a list of events and one may be near you!
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Remember, it's only a waste of taxpayer money when it is something that is being done to help other people
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
social media that's bad for minors is obviously bad for adults too. crazy to me that the move seems to be to just accept that and ban minors rather than regulate the obvious design patterns that were put in there on purpose which make it harmful to its users
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