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Gene Okerlund

@malort.bsky.social
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I won’t vote for Gavin Newsom.

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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 22h
Pretty telling that not one person or entity had a comment on this. This smells like old Portland back door business arrangements that we’re trying to root out. We’re coming for everyone in gov’t trying to turn that clock back. Let’s get this city truly representative.
wweek.com
Oregon Department of Justice Subpoenas Records of Failed Old Town Shoe Startup
The Oregon Department of Justice has subpoenaed records as part of an investigation into the failed startup Made In Old Town, which secured a $7 million loan from Prosper Portland and then went belly-...
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In pre-pubescence my mom told me to never let anyone, not even people I trusted, touch my privates. At around 10 or 11 an older boy invited to his house to watch a movie. He tried to rape me & I got away & never told anyone. In middle school a classmate told people a gym teacher had raped her.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dear California, I don’t care if after Prop 40 passes the government takes the billionaires’ money and sets it on fire. Literally. Just take their GD money & normalize it.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Meta’s Muse AI character says to a human “why would I deceive you? There’s no reason for me to do that.”
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Back in my day you could be arrested for just stumbling across a publicly exposed web directory that was meant to be private and downloading the files.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I supported Wilson out of the field. I got it wrong. I thought he would bring business acumen alongside Portland values. He did not. Keith Wilson needs to go. Not the worst, but not the answer.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I thought my heart was already pretty broken from all of this brutal, illegal ICE bullshit. And then a friend told me their sister was just kidnapped by the American government. There was deeper pain to be had. Greater fury.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I love our journalists who aren’t playing access politics as a career, but damn if I’m not disappointed in the “opposition party” that can’t seem to work in concert with their efforts. What are we doing?
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
San Francisco has no Democratic Party. Depressing to see what the City has become over the last 20 years. In my ideal world, their politics would be the new Republican Party and a truly progressive Democratic Party would emerge. Alas.
missionlocal.org
S.F. Democratic Party stands behind Flock surveillance cameras in sweeping vote
Two Democratic committee members work for Flock, but were allowed to vote regardless
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Great Postal Heist is worth a watch. Which presidents are most responsible for trying to kill the USPS (so far)? Nixon & GW Bush.
imdb.com
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Get his ass, Streisand!
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“What would you pay for the power of omniscience & omnipotence?” — Ketamine-fueled stock market valuation
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dot Com Crash: Huh. That’s was bad. We won’t fall for that again. 2008 financial crisis: Oof. Took it on the chin. Hard lessons were learned. 2026: Let’s mix the last 2 crisis together and see if it works out.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The irony of Mitch getting increasingly more attention when he was reluctant to even hold the presidency of city council isn’t lost on me.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
youtu.be
Souls Of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity (Official Video)
YouTube video by SoulsOfMischiefVEVO
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Posters, stickers, etc disparaging a Democratic president in the firehouse are fine though, right SFFD?
nbcbayarea.com
SF fire station shakeup ordered after ‘derogatory’ poster found
A poster mocking several San Francisco firefighters has led to a command shakeup at one of the city’s fire stations.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m guessing the Portland Police Bureau’s next phase will be falsely accusing Mitch of a crime, territory they’re familiar with. I’m not running for office ever, so let me be clear. Fuck PPB/PPA/POA. It’s not serving its purpose for the people & it’s a money pit/grift. My life for a reformer.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“I will burn you, someone else, and everyone you know to the ground. For no reason. I’m insane!” — An American president that US intelligence knew for decades. Decades.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Zimmerman is freaking out here because he knows the truth of what’s happening and, in my opinion, doesn’t want it to stop. So he’ll use multiple levels of probable deniability to create fiction that slanders others. It’s disqualifying as a councilor & despicable as a position for a person.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Republicans are not afraid to say hyperbolic things that are demonstrably false & democrats are afraid to say things that sound hyperbolic about the GOP but are all true. Get tough, Dems, or get out of the ring.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It befuddles* me that any amount of my Portland taxes goes to a group that funds candidates, let alone candidates I’m ideologically opposed to. *expletive-laden verb removed
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I don’t care if you call me “performative” for stating my position on human rights and civil liberties. It says more about you when you say something stupid like that. There’s no reason we can’t all coexist comfortably. To not is a choice of evil.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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My Melody Plush in Washing Machine
ALT: My Melody Plush in Washing Machine
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I can’t believe these unprofessional, undertrained, white supremacist, greedy goons who’ve been told they will always get away with crimes would lie. This is an occupation, America. Local policing was the softer version. How do you like your frog boil?
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There are more of us to set Waymos on fire than there are of them doing the bidding of a fascist state.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I had a parent who told me they’d love me no matter what, but they’d be so sad for me if I was LGBT+. I distinctly remember being told, “I don’t want that life for you.” You can understand the intended love in it once you get old enough/therapize, but shit… as a child?
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So you also oppose cisgendered athletes who have genetically higher strength and size and/or get a growth spurt earlier than the average student athlete? Of course you don’t, Talarico. This is about trans-ness, not fairness. You’re playing cute to appease transphobes, of which you may be one.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Gavin Newsom says this is small potatoes and doesn’t regret sharing DMV data with the federal government for ICE renditioning. Do not support Newsom.
kqed.org
Immigration Related Threats by Employers Spiking in California, Worker Advocates Say | KQED
Weakened protections for immigrant workers under the Trump administration are silencing labor disputes.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Scumbags & worthless, evil human beings Chris Davis and Anthony Passadore have some comments on their profession that has eroded to the point of nothing but a hate group that wastes excessive tax dollars. Sociopaths. Greedy, soulless ghouls.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If this headline makes you feel a little bit good, I hate to break it to you. These are slap-on-the-wrist federal charges in service of removing MN’s actually serious state charges. It’s a get out of jail card for ICE. Justice perverted. The nightmare never ends.
nbcnews.com
Feds charge ICE officer with lying to investigators in the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant
A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Christian Castro related to the January shooting that wounded Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I said to my military family that Trump doesn’t care about you except for how he can use you to get something for himself. They shut me out. Since that 1st term, I will say I’m talking to more in the service & vets who openly talk shit about him & the complete sink in morale across branches/levels.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This could be us, Oregon, @tinakotek.bsky.social !
nrgcleanpower.com
California's Balcony Solar Bill Just Cleared the Legislature: What SB 868 Changes for Your Power Bill - NRG Clean Power
TL;DR: The California Assembly passed SB 868, the Plug and Play Solar Act, 73 to 0 on August 25, 2026. After a final Senate concurrence vote it goes to Governor Newsom, who has until September 30, 202...
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Get ready to hear the phrase “witch hunt” a lot come November.
nbcnews.com
Democrats vow aggressive investigations into Trump ‘corruption’ and ‘grift’ if they win the House
Rep. Robert Garcia would most likely chair the Oversight Committee, while Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., is in line to chair the Judiciary Committee. Here’s how they would use that power.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The US military is not beholden to any restrictions when it comes to polluting and heating the planet. Three wars are going on at the moment. Of course we’re going to destroy the planet for comfortable human existence. I have no hope, only preparedness for what’s to come.
theguardian.com
Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Who needs the GOP when you have establishment, consultant -class Dems? Today is now year 11 of me not having much of any hope for the nation. We need to tear down the power structures & take their money. Redistribution is the only way out of this mess.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
What a time to be a grifter in the USA. Billions bilked by billionaires.
techdirt.com
Texas Politicians Slowly Realize Elon Musk Hijacked Billions In Taxpayer Broadband Grants
Back in June I wrote a feature for The Verge about how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos had convinced Republicans to redirect billions in taxpayer money away from future-proof fiber optic upgrades, and toward their low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband networks they'd already planned to deploy. Curious behavior for two extremely-rich gentlemen who both repeatedly...
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
youtu.be
they TORTURED her for 6 hours in a failed social experiment | Marina Abramović
YouTube video by Nexfiles
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Google: Yeah, that’s right. We will 100% roll over to fascism.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Democrats: We’ll keep everything the same, but we’ll make ICE agents write reports that say “everything is a-okay.” Also, the humans in concentration camps can use toilets now. This post Centrist Approved™️
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The current state of GenAI is equivalent to a lab outbreak. And we’re 20 years away from a vaccine. I don’t know how, but brace yourselves.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Americans are too complacent. It’s starting to change. But it needs to change faster. Neither party of our government really fears us. At all. And that’s a problem.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Developers in a rush to build a ton of housing to lower the rent they receive” — headlines that don’t exist for a reason
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This should be exhibit W in why the US government gave *way too much* power in DHS. If we’re done freaking out about terrorists, can we please go back to our original structure?
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Trust us. The rents are high and getting bigger because of AI employee demand. [chuckles]”
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I guess this is what you call the “centrist” position in capitalism? LGBT merch & minstrel merch in the same store?
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I wish I was Tina Fey. Including the bad parts.
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
States should expunge certain misdemeanor warrants for immigrants if this is a loophole being used to allow the federal government to use local LE to facilitate a deportation. It’s officer entrapment. What say you, @tinakotek.bsky.social ? Can we create a 2-year law that allows courts to quash?
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
They sent a multi-page letter to a man who even got tired of the bullet point PDBs. It’s like our politicians want us to choose between giving up or starting the revolution. Also, the overarching topic here would get this response, “I can shoot a man on 5th Avenue.”
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Gene Okerlund @malort.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
My college is in there by a person who hosted a “is trans even a thing?” event. jfc
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