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John Collet

@johnjcollet.bsky.social
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Seahawks fan, Portland OR, libraries, bookshops, Oakland CA supporter, transit rider

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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
It is very unwelcome to say this about America’s most popular sport, especially here, in America’s best sports town, home of the defending champion Eagles. But: tackle football is a bloodsport that ruins players’ brains and likely cannot be made safe. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
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Gunman Who Attacked Midtown Office Building Had C.T.E.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
War-ravaged Portland
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John Collet @johnjcollet.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
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Fishermen
There's that story in New Testament where Jesus and disciples are on Sea of Galilee and a storm comes up and disciples are afraid and wake ...
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Tina Kotek @tinakotek.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
My office is reaching out to the White House and Homeland Security for more information. We have been provided no information on the reason or purpose of any military mission. There is no national security threat in Portland. Our communities are safe and calm.
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Keith White @keithwhite832.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
If CBC hires @stephencolbert.bsky.social and @jimmykimmel.com it would be comedic irony the FCC has no control or jurisdiction of Canadian television shows and Canadian television networks.
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Elke🇨🇦 @elkep.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Have a good evening everybody. Going to visit the grandkids tomorrow. I’ve got a 4:00 am wake up call 😣 #Canada #EastCoastKkn #Photography #GoldenHour
The evening sun plays on a lonely lifeguards seat.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Kicked out of Columbia University, now Washington Post. All for writing and speaking about race and injustice. The best way to support my work is to join @resistanceschool.bsky.social and take my class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101! www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
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Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Bob Iger and Disney bending the knee is unforgivable. They should replace the plus sign on the Disney Plus logo with a swastika. But just remember who the real villains are. They're responding to threats from the U.S. government, and this is just the start.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Many media outlets hid the full truth of Trump -- his background in organized crime, his Epstein ties -- out of fear, only to be obliterated by him in the end. Had they not self-censored then, they might not be state-censored now. When you hide the truth, you face the consequences.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2025
🚨BREAKING: Rep. Ro Khanna just motioned to SUBPOENA FCC chairman Brendan Carr in the House Oversight Committee to stop the intimidation of private businesses and assault on free speech
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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This is a 9-0 Supreme Court decision from just last year.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries. When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom. I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
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Cathy @leadahorse.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
That Australian reporter needs to write a giant headline that the U.S. president banned him/her for asking a question. 1A is dead in America. And every paper in the world should carry it on the front page.
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John Collet @johnjcollet.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Trump's licensed to sell real estate in New York. His real estate is used to launder Eastern European and Middle East oligarch money, which is illegal. New York could have shut him down 40 years ago, but they don't want to lose the property tax money. Pull Trump's license now.
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John Collet @johnjcollet.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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moonrise-daughter.bsky.social @moonrise-daughter.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Because the corrupt owners of the media companies are pro-Trump and falling over themselves to please him. They now care more about his opinion than those of viewers.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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Article from January on unheeded warnings and fake opposition to real terrible things: https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-confluence
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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
So many people are asking how they can support me.. The best way .. is to support @resistanceschool.bsky.social! I’ll be teaching Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month. Sign up for lectures by me and guest speakers! www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
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Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Excerpt from book THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
This guy doesn't mind that it's 95 degrees
Egret on lake
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Moonchildjs @moonchildjs.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I wish someone with a good heart would come along and manipulate the American people.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Thank you @postguild.bsky.social ❤️
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John Collet @johnjcollet.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
www.amazon.com/American-Aur... 1798. It's like reading current events.
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American Aurora: A Democratic-Republican Returns; The Suppressed History of Our Nation's Beginnings and the Heroic Newspaper That Tried to Report It
American Aurora: A Democratic-Republican Returns; The Suppressed History of Our Nation's Beginnings and the Heroic Newspaper That Tried to Report It [Rosenfeld, Richard N., Morgan, Edmund S.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. American Aurora: A Democratic-Republican Returns; The Suppressed History of Our Nation's Beginnings and the Heroic Newspaper That Tried to Report It
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
New article! A lot happened this week, so I wrote about how Antonin Dvorak wrote his greatest works in Spillville, Iowa in the summer of 1893. And about saying goodbye: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/dvorak-liv...
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Dvorak Lived in Iowa
And you once lived with me.
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North Peninsula Review @npeninsulareview.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
www.kerryeggers.com/stories/my-n... #Oregon #Blazers #GoBeavs #Collegefootball
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My new book, ‘Scrolls of a Sports Scribe,’ will be available soon — Kerry Eggers
For much of the past year, I have been putting together a collection of my stories through a half-century of sportswriting into a book.
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Elke🇨🇦 @elkep.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Hi guys! I’m trying to stay off of social media because quite frankly it’s driving me nutso. Went on a solo adventure today and these lovely ladies were very, VERY curious. Go outside, turn off the crap and just breathe for a couple of days. 🫂🇨🇦
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John Collet @johnjcollet.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
When we had a War Dept., we had a separate Navy Dept. We should do that again, roll Air Force back in to War and ditch the Space Force.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The President of the United States just essentially declared a war on Chicago because — wait for it! — Black and Brown people live here. This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.
A TruthSocial post from Donald Trump, featuring an AI generated image of him in front of Chicago burning and under invasion with the words “Chipocalypse Now” near him stylized like the poster for the film Apocalypse Now. The text accompanying the post reads “‘I love the smell of deportations in the morning…’ Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR 🚁🚁🚁”
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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Screenshot of an article from Willamette Week. The article text reads:
“City Councilor Candace Avalos says she would like to see Wilson’s office give additional support to people arriving in their towns of origin. She sees reunification as a tool that can work in certain circumstances. ‘I do not think we should anchor our policy on it,’ she adds, ‘because I think there’s a broader concept here about reunification that we need to get super clear about: A lot of people, especially those from the LGBTQ community, end up homeless due to being kicked out by their own family.’”
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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A cautionary tale for all those who believe we will "adapt" to the compounding chaos and climate-driven disasters in a rapidly warming world. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
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Opinion | The $140 Billion Failure We Don’t Talk About
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Oakland is beautiful.
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Cathy @leadahorse.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I’ve started a rock collection, once we are under biblical rule nearly everyone I know will be stoned in the public square,
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Update on my dad.. he’s pulled through, though still in the ICU. Keeps saying he wants to have a party, With fried fish and plantain. Was cracking jokes in the hospital. My dad is truly a fighter.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
So donald trump's character witness is ghislaine maxwell??????
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Beautiful day in Oakland.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Had a perfect float trip today on the Meramec River
Meramec river cliffsRiver cliffaRiver in sunRiver and trees
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John Collet @johnjcollet.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Ptld council district 1 picnic today. Mayor Keith Wilson and Councilperson Candace Avalos making a few remarks. What other major city can the mayor come out without security and hangout with constituents. Nothing to see here, Trump. Portland can take care of Portland.
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John Collet @johnjcollet.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
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Strength of Schedule
I read where CFL will use strength of Schedule more in determining the twelve teams for the CFP playoff. In my opinion ( yes, I know, who a...
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Five years ago today, I repainted my kitchen door with chalkboard paint
Door saying "It's a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government"
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Amy Sue ✌️❤️🎶⚾️🏒🏈💙 @nyyankeechick.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Yes! Gooood morning, lovelies!
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
U.S. Coast Guard Keeps an Eye on Chinese Research Flotilla off Alaska maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-...
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U.S. Coast Guard Keeps an Eye on Chinese Research Flotilla off Alaska
The U.S. Coast Guard is still keeping an eye on five Chinese research vessels that are operating in the Arctic, in and near U.S. waters off Alaska. L...
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John Collet @johnjcollet.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Blazers prospective new owner already in trouble over AAF bankruptcy. Why do we need an NBA team? Let Portland, Oakland, SLC, and Seattle form their own league with fan-owned publicly traded teams that can't go anywhere. Why does Seattle want an NBA team after the way they were treated last time?
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OAKBaller @oakredwoods.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
oaklandside.org/2025/08/11/o... Oakland leaders and Oakland media are really great at minimizing huge decreases in crime in 2024 & 2025. Crime in Oakland is not “still high” when compared to similar big cities in America. Homicides are at historic lows in 2025. Why downplay this? Unreal.
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Trump claims Oakland crime is out of control. But crime has fallen this year
While crime is still high in Oakland, it’s improved a lot since its most recent peak in 2023.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
How bout those MARINERS
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