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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’m doing a 5K on October 18th to support cancer research. I wanted to do something fun, so in addition to wearing an N95, I will wear an additional N95 on my person for every $50 donated (runsignup.com/mask). Thanks for a reshare or any contribution. Even a penny would help! Details in ALT text.

I’m doing a 5K on October 18th to support research at the Tulane Cancer Center, here in the Deep South.

I wanted to do something fun, so in addition to wearing an N95, I will wear an additional N95 on my person for every $50 donated (http://runsignup.com/mask).

$50 = 1 N95
$500 = 10 N95s
$5,000 = 100 N95s
$50,000 = 1,000 N95s

Any partial donation would help. $10 would add an additional mask for 1K of the race. A penny would add 1 meter with an additional mask. I’ll sum partial donations and round up in the end. Even a penny🪙 or reshare🔁 would help.

FAQs

World Record
🔹There does not presently appear to be a Guinness World Record for most N95s on an individual in a 5K.
🔹This year, I will go for an informal record. Guinness has not yet responded to my request to go for an official record, but there is always next year.

Good Health, Safety, and Environmental Modeling
🔹I will mask properly. Extra masks will not be worn on top of my mask.
🔹All masks will be individually-wrapped N95s. I will eventually wear them or donate them, if someone wants them.

Caveats
🔹It’s a fun run. All donations are final, even if weather or an injury strikes.

Inclusivity
🔹There are many ways to support health and health justice. Please also contribute to your local mask bloc or engage in advocacy in other ways too. There are many great causes.
🔹Many people with chronic and serious illnesses are housebound or cannot run or could run but would then crash for days or weeks after. This is no endorsement of the primacy of exercise-based activities.

How Your Donation Helps
🔹Your donation supports the fight against cancer and normalizes masking.
🔹Funds support the Tulane Cancer Center. Last year’s funds went toward a project to reduce the chances of bone metastases in the context of breast cancer.
🔹I avoid financial conflicts of interest like the plague, so I will not accept any payments or apply for any funds.

Please help spread the word!

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Evelyn 💗 @evieevolving.bsky.social · 8h

What politicians say their values are is important. What's equally important–if not more so–is how they stand up for those values and who funds their campaigns.

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Bryan from Stumptown Savings @bryanmvance.com · 10h

WinCo quietly swapped its baked-in-store bagels for frozen ones from a Canadian bakery. Regulars are furious, and the company says it’s listening.

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What Happened to WinCo’s Bagels? The Company Says It’s Listening

WinCo quietly swapped its baked-in-store bagels for frozen ones from a Canadian bakery. Regulars are furious, and the company says it’s listening.

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 7h

you may never know which choice to mitigate was the game changer, but should you make a choice not to when you wish you had… idk that’s a tough thing to live with. we live in a world that is distinctive from the 2019 many wish we were still in—it’s worth rising to the occasion.

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 7h

it can happen to anyone. it can happen to you. acting like it won’t will not preserve your health, your beloved abilities. why risk something so precious all the time? even some masking in public indoor spaces at the very least is better than none.

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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 8h

According to donor data on Orestar, Kellie Torres’ donors overlap most with Rene Gonzalez and Dan Ryan. She’s running as a progressive in all her mailers. Just something to consider!

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Pandemic 𓅃. Index @panaccindex.bsky.social · 10h

🚨 A Humble Proposal: Ban Political Punditry from Public Health Commentary Unqualified political commentators undeniably sabotaged the COVID-19 response. Should future useless editorials come with a disclaimer for the public? 👇 READ, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE: pandemicindex.substack.com/p/a-humble-p...

pandemicindex.substack.com

A Humble Proposal: Ban Political Punditry from Public Health Commentary

A Legacy of Indisputable Failure

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Loose Leaf Queer @genderqueerwolf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Bonus number 6: Stop installing apps for everything. The reason every store has their own app is not convenience, it's to stalk you. It is not worth the 10% discount.

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Loose Leaf Queer @genderqueerwolf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

5. Finally, wear a face mask any time you go to the store. Cover your face from the nose down, so the register cameras don't have extra data to sell to the cops.

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Loose Leaf Queer @genderqueerwolf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

4. This one takes more time and effort, but is huge: Delete your old unused accounts. Unsubscribe from everything you're not using. Block numbers that call you without leaving a vm or leaving only a 2 second vm.

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Loose Leaf Queer @genderqueerwolf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

3. Install Ghostery as your popup blocker. Even on your phone. They don't have a paid version, and their dedication to privacy and non-tracking is very good.

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Loose Leaf Queer @genderqueerwolf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

2. Uninstall and disable every Meta app. If you must use those sites, use the web versions, and make sure your web browser has location disabled.

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Loose Leaf Queer @genderqueerwolf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

If I could give 3 to 5 very rapidfire security tidbits right now, they would be these: 1. Turn off location data in your photo apps, and turn off ALL location sharing/location tracking (or at least change it to only be "when app is in use).

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 14/10/2026

They do, it just isn't coded as sexual assault by men in denial of homoeroticism, because the men don't identify as anything other than heterosexual, the assault and harassment is just coded as "jokes" or "pranks."

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Since I’ve seen people ask questions about when they are no longer infectious with Covid: my Covid aware doc says two negative tests taken 24 hours apart. And also that the rapid tests are still pretty good at indicating an infectious viral load.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

what no way cant believe this

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mitchgreen.bsky.social @mitchgreen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

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)

A blue background with a picture of Jo Ann Hardesty. The text reads:
Former Portland city commissioner and community advocate, Jo Ann Hardesty endorses Mitch Green for Portland city Council district 4

Mitch isn't beholden to the status quo.
He's successful, he's able to build coalitions, and he's able to talk to people in plain language. That terrifies the powers that be, because it means they lose influence. This is supposed to be the people's house, and I think Mitch carries on that tradition.
-Jo Ann Hardesty
Former Portland City Commissioner
and community advocate

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

can't take "LLMs are people" discourse seriously when we haven't even convinced everyone that all people are people.

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lizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

i voted for wilson because i liked what he had to say about high speed rail (lol! has he even mentioned it since?) and i didn't want to vote for someone with 100s of parking tickets and i am very sad he's turned out to be such a corporate stooge reactionary

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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 14/10/2026

The way the leading AI labs regularly produce situations that would otherwise be plainly read as criminal behavior on their part, but which force the world governments and media to play-act as if the chatbots did all the criming autonomously is a critical part of the construction of this reality.

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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 14/10/2026

News orgs and journalists rationally understand the person responsible for using a stick to poke someone in the eye is the person holding the stick, but they are engaged in a collective performance to say it is the stick because this allows for the construction of the make-believe world of AI power.

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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 14/10/2026

The social role that automata (robots, AI) play is the dispersal of responsibility by constructing a performative world where agency and blame can be assigned to the automation instead of to the people who operate it; thus allowing people to get away with abusive and illegal activity.

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A lot of the bias comes from the left actually trying to govern and organized capital (and their agents at the Portland Metro Chamber) feeling threatened. A lot of it also comes from the left being Pro-Palestine. Either way, an expected but embarrassing immunological reaction.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

HEY PORTLAND Jefferson High School is doing my play about RPGs and online harassment and misogynist violence in geek spaces, and I'm wildly excited to see it again onstage for the first time since Ida B. Wells High School premiered it in 2018 Hope you all can make it! I'm proud of this one

A hand-drawn theatre poster which says

The Jefferson Democratic Dramatics Presents:
Red Sky at Morning
By Claire Willett

The illustration is of a desktop computer covered in miscellaneous nerdy stickers - a pair of crossed battle axes, a lesbian flag, a skull, lots of yellow stars, etc - with an image onscreen that looks like a chat room where messages are being exchanged, a couple text boxes and then an image where you can see a triangular red flag.

Below the image is a content warning for "some strong language and mature themes" as well as the show information:

Performance Dates:
Friday Oct 23, 7 pm
Saturday Oct 24, 2 pm and 7 pm
Friday Oct 30, 7 pm
Saturday Oct 31, 2 pm

Ticket $:
Adult $10
Student $6

Location:
Jefferson Auditorium

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Rylie 🌹 @rylieringtail.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Talked with a Kellie Torres voter and she said she liked Tiffany but not Angelita. Tiffany and Angelita aren’t much different in policy, this is an opinion built on “decorum”. Latinas are not allowed to speak lest they lose the white woman vote

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recovering idealist, powered by love & ruthlessness @firstmilefarm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The most effective way to protect yourself is to mask indoors & in crowded outdoor spaces, but who cares about misinformation these days, really. 😷💪🙃

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don’t care where you started out on the political spectrum If your kid comes out as trans & you don’t become a rainbow-clad, parade-cheering ally & rock-solid supportive girl/boy/enby dad/mom? You were never a parent at all You were a doll collector furious they didn’t stay in their packaging.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think if you’re not local to DC it’s difficult to comprehend how fucking sad it is to watch all this happening to this beautiful city. I’m barely local, as a transplant to northern Virginia, and I’m very sad

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Jean-Luc Picard @spacedadsupport.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

When you are accustomed to being kept down, being confident and assertive feels terrible because you are stepping over that which kept you down. I am here to tell you that it's all right for you to take those steps.

06/10/2026
Jean-Luc Picard
@SpaceDadSupport
Incoming Transmission...

When you are accustomed to being kept down, being confident and assertive feels terrible because you are stepping over that which kept you down. I am here to tell you that it's all right for you to take those steps.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

"But if it was limited only to public domain it couldn't function like it does!" I mean: a) That's why I noted "licensed and compensated works" b) It doesn't excuse IP theft or materially argue for the value of a tech apparently only possible through IP theft c) It's not too late to compensate!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

back in the pre-marriage equality era I once heard a close friend from church earnestly say to someone “I just can’t understand why gay people want to DESTROY my marriage by redefining the meaning of it” I’ll remember the way she said the word “destroy” until the day I die, because she meant it

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Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm excited to see both the return of the Doug Fir and the reactivation of the former Le Bistro Montage space, but in particular to see a 2:30 AM closing time.

oregonlive.com

New Doug Fir aiming to open early next year

Portland's Doug Fir Lounge will reopen at 301 S.E. Morrison St., the former Le Bistro Montage location, as early as February with a capacity of 365.

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Portland City Councilor Jamie Dunphy @councilordunphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I am so tired of this false media narrative about a divided council. In 2026 we have voted 395 times so far. 59 of those votes ended in a 6-6 tie. Only two of those tied votes got a mayoral tie break. The rest were budget amendments or the presidential election. Don't believe the media hype

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Jamey Evenstar @jameyevenstar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As a mom of five kids who’s led some of the most progressive policies helping working class families, I’m proud to have earned this endorsement. Please help me get over the finish line with a donation of $5-$25 dollars! 🙏

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Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I also would love this.

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Brandon Mullen @brandonmullen.com · 06/10/2026

If you support Portland small businesses, you should support the DSA. If you think small businesses should pay MORE and very wealthy folks / large businesses should pay less, then you shouldn't. Simple 🤷‍♂️

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Doctor Science ❌👑 @doctorscience.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social describes a 5-step process: naming the harm; starting to change; restitution & accepting consequences; apology; & making different choices. If you do this, *your life will change*, & we'll be able to tell. bookshop.org/p/books/on-r...

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On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World

Winner NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS in Contemporary Jewish Life & PracticeMyra H. Kraft Memorial AwardA crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm—from personal tr...

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

REALLY REALLY hoping some journalists who are not from The Oregonian get all the way into it on this "clarklewis restaurant hosts Nazi meet & greet" story because it is very, very fucked

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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We should stop indulging the weird god complex at the heart of the "broken culture" at the AI companies, and start treating them like the mundane criminally negligent narcissists they are

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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We need to rephrase the whole discussion in terms of hazardous products, instead of "minds". And then we need to make sure that there's liability. A model hacks someone? Put a C-suite guy in jail. A model produces sexual harassment material? Put a C-suite guy in jail. Watch how fast things get safe

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you’re still wearing a mask, thank you. Please know you’re not alone. Many of us still mask, test and isolate when sick. Being the lone masker can be difficult, but your long term health is worth it. As a high risk, immunocompromised person… I see and appreciate you.

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Kathryn @kathrynas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The wild thing about writing academically re: health and societal harms of SARS2 isn’t how hard it is to find sources to back up the claim that this is some serious 💩 we are in. What’s difficult is sorting through how much has been written that we’re somehow still ignoring.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sorry bullying is shitty behavior still, I guess.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The shorthand for people complaining about wokeness is often people whining they can't say shitty things about other people consequence free anymore. This is particularly true with comedians. Anyway, I don't like Chris Rock.

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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026

“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap

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Autumn Dryad ❥ ✊🏾 @kraehenherz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Restorative justice does not put the emotional labor and pressure on the victims. Forgiveness does not mean restoring access. And living with the consequences of your actions has no expiry date if the victim has to do it for the rest of their life. A lot of you should fucking sit with that.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

(Actual genius is usually accompanied by constant internal questioning of self, others, and even knowledge as a whole.)

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