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Jason Avant

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Content Director Guy/Writer/Editor/Occasional Rugby Player/Mediocre Surfer. Formerly @petcobra at The Bad Place. He/Him. Portlander. Stuff I’ve written: www.clippings.me/users/jasonavant

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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 3h
It's Fleece Vest Over A T-shirt Season here in the greater Portland metro area, and as a Man Of A Certain Age I couldn't be happier
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emmylou harris's baseball pager 🗽🫱🏿‍🫲🏻 @baseballmad.bsky.social · 20h
you quite simply love to see it
And yet, as he ringleads Trump’s vengeance campaigns, Miller actively fears retribution will one day come for him. In his more honest moments, he has told confidants about how afraid he is that liberals will try to throw him in prison after Trump is out of power, even if Trump preemptively pardons him, which will almost certainly happen.In these private, candid moments, Miller has told others that he’s convinced Democrats are going to be coming after him, his family, and his colleagues maybe for the rest of his days. Miller has talked about civil lawsuits, and Capitol Hill investigations and subpoenas – but perhaps the thing that stands tallest in his mind is local and state prosecutors who he says want to put him in a “prison cell.” Federal pardons can make it harder to prosecute former U.S. appointees locally, but such clemency does not preempt local and state prosecutions and investigations in the same way that it would federal probes.Miller has also privately said he’s worried that Democratic members of a future federal administration may try to get creative, and hunt for ways to get around Trump’s federal clemency actions. (Trump himself, thanks to his far-right pals on the Supreme Court, enjoys an expanded protection of presidential immunity; his underlings, however, don’t enjoy the same privileges… at least not yet!) Miller has also lamented the possibility that liberals will be filing lawsuits against him for years, if not decades, and complained about how the left will try to use “lawfare” to bleed him and his wife – former Trump official and current right-wing lifestyle podcaster Katie Miller – dry financially. (The Millers have a lot of money between them, and they lead at times extravagant lives and enjoy projecting an image of being some of the nation’s top MAGA socialites.)
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POWER USER @lifemustgoon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Not sure what I expected but it definitely was not the use of this particular song (I am intrigued) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDJ-...
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NARNIA: THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Tombstone: Well Bye
Alt: Powers Boothe as Curly Bill in Tombstone saying "Well.......bye."
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Me reviewing my LinkedIn profile
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 12/10/2026
This is NOT an ad for @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social’s new documentary “MUSK” (in theaters now). We are promoting it for free. Join us right here on October 20, 2026 at 9am Pacific/noon Eastern for a livestream hosted by @niedermeyer.online.
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Fetterman with Game Show Host Hair
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
LFG GIANT TORTOISE POPULATION
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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ossoff and El-Sayed took different tacks tonight vs their opponents—El-Sayed was more of a subtext of “you dumb fucking racist jackass” while Ossoff’s was more “if you fell down at a gas station I’d toss a lit match on you”—and I don’t think either of those is a bad choice tbh
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It’s about time the Democrats started calling Republicans what they are: Nazis. 
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Every Democrat should be launching broadsides like Ossoff.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ossoff's superpower is that he correctly thinks his opponent is a contemptible piece of shit and he is willing to explain why in clear and direct language. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Friday I was diagnosed with prostate cancer; Tuesday I was told I'm being laid off. I'll turn you over to my life coach Roy Kent, who has prepared some remarks
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Roy Kent Swearing
Alt: Roy Kent saying "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck"
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Col. Jessup: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's going to do it? You, Mr. Whiskers? Mr. Whiskers, Cat JAG: Meow
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Me after the Helicopter Brewery Tour flight ends
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My man looks like a Cenobite at his first Open Mic Night
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This motherfucker right here. IYKYK
The evil doll from the 70's horror movie Trilogy of Terror
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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👻Calvinboo Congress👻 @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
victims constantly being asked to consider the feelings of their rapists is one the most evil facets of rape culture
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He's John Fetterman with a bouffant
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Went there a few years ago, and it was revelatory. Anyone who gets the opportunity to visit Cuba should do so.
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is your reminder not to let those joyless fucks convince you that human experience, knowledge, intellect, and art can be reduced to a pre-chewed paste of stolen labor.
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Having fun with our fridge word magnets, not at all inspired by current events
Fridge magnet phrase: "put weak repulsive men to the knife"
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UncleofJamiroquai @jessefarrar.com · 01/10/2026
It 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...
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The tweet that defined a decade of Trump | CNN
It’s been 10 years since Jesse Farrar accidentally defined a political era with one pithy, prescient tweet. He wishes it never happened.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gavin. Gahdamn. Sheets. #padres
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is state-sanctioned torture.
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Showing his entire ass.
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"One more word out of you, John Bigbooty...""Big BooTAY! TAY! TAY!" All-timer, that scene.
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These guys think "Doom takes his mask off, is a Multiverse Tony Stark" will surprise people. Bless their hearts.
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SO I'm getting a biopsy tomorrow (cancer, prostate, very high likelihood that the biopsy will tell me what I already think I know since I've had two PSA tests and MRI that point in that direction) and while I'm not really scared (high survival rate), this was a nice thing to read today.
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It's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Based on nothing but hope, I believe that as you slip from this world into the next, you get to see yourself as those who love you see you
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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I Don't Believe You - April Fools Day Meme
Alt: Ron Burgundy says "I don't believe you", takes a drag off a heater
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is really all you need to know about this asshole.
A tweet from Michael Tracy: "Rape in the morning, rape in the evening, rape at supper time. When raping's on a bagel, you can have rapin' anytime". He follows that with this comment: "This is called being facetious and "jokiing" because everyone is not required to be so goddamn morose about this subjecy 24/7. Lighten up bitch"
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh hey, this soggy asshole's here.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sturgill Simpson is very, very good at this.
The cover of Sturgill Simpson's Sound and Fury album (image is of a muscle car driving away from a nuclear explosion)The cover of Sturgill Simpson's (recording as Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds) Mutiny After Midnight album (image is of a disco ball with a dagger stuck through it)
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My sense is that the rest of these playoff teams should be very worried about the Padres.
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a Moist Individual.
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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last week, the Portland Police Bureau killed Kylo (their own dog) and a human person. Instead of just telling us that, PPB chose to execute a media blitz to try and convince the public they were sad that the dog was killed (passive voice) & that we should feel bad for them.
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kris hanson @kris.com.co · 30/09/2026
inject this into my motherfucking veins.
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nobody: Me: A @questlove.bsky.social docujawn about Bad Brains (and how they influenced / were directly responsible for a generation or two of Black rock bands and performers - Fishbone, Living Colour, Body Count, RATM, dare I say the mighty Roots crew, etc.)
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some passages in here are straight out of a Patrick O'Brian novel (this is the highest possible praise one can give to a piece about blue water sailing).
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Ryan Murray @domezig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Let Brad Bird cook, I say. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL-x...
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Ray Gunn | Official Trailer | Netflix
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