marble47.bsky.social @marble47.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Its died down a bit from the 1990s, but growing up surrounded by the same Oregon anti-Californian stuff makes it easy to realize how dumb all these versions of xenophobia are. 010
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialMichael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026another big number in retail sales growth the fundamental story of the American economy for the last several years is that the American consumer a) has enough money to buy ~all the goods and services they want even at continuously increasing prices, but b) hates it 24910
marble47.bsky.social @marble47.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The left (broadly) should be uniformly right about everything because imo they have the most moral goals, but there is a nasty problem, especially online, of ideas being treated as good because they sound the Most Leftist rather than being adopted by leftists because they are good. 100
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.social🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 27/08/2026whether you live here or are just planning a visit, go see a thorns game 616511
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 25/08/2026three hundred and thirty million books 14900150
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialHyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 31/07/2026the general response to the question of “why are the vibes so much worse than the data” seems to be “fuck you for asking” which points us back to the question 0183
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialMike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Spain just set the record for fewest goals allowed by a World Cup champion while playing the most World Cup games of any World Cup champion. 122339
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialMichael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I did it I wrote the article wish me luck Lionel Messi is the GOAT, Ronaldo is not, why just about every statistical analyst agress www.expectinggoals.com/p/messi-rona...expectinggoals.comWhy Messi keeps thriving as Ronaldo fades: The GOAT's always been the bestI'm not proud, or tired 27499108
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialMichael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026a lot of people in my mentions who clearly have not watched Belgium play at this World Cup and probably don't watch all that much European soccer this is a better team than the US, absolutely could beat a US team that played well unlikey this one, but not by any kind of absurd amount 151362
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.social🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 06/07/2026no, actually, i do *not* think the public should have direct say over discretionary budgeting, this is what we vote councilors and the mayor into office to do, a not-insubstantial part of our city’s revenue and spending woes are the result of ballot initiatives 91689
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026there are obviously a lot of issues with the use of replay in modern sports officiating but also one of the most famous moments in soccer history is when a guy just straight-up used his hand to punch the ball into the goal and the ref didn't notice it 2871643
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialCloud's Strife @jmgreene28.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Easily, my most millennial complaint is that many are simply too young to remember 9.9% unemployment in Q4 2009. 217426
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 06/06/2026suspect this is a job listing which might appeal to some people on here- go fight the Feds for Oregonoregon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Attorney General (Federal Oversight Unit)Initial Posting Date: 05/22/2026 Application Deadline: 06/16/2026 Agency: Department of Justice Salary Range: $9,063 - $17,597 Position Type: Employee Position Title: Assistant Attorney General (Feder... 47720
marble47.bsky.social @marble47.bsky.social · 23/05/2026The dark beer on the tap list thats not Guinness 000
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialGlonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Raising taxes to pay for expanded and improved government services is literally the opposite of austerity politics. Anti-tax leftism has got to be strangled in the crib before it destroys what scant hope we have of ever implementing a social democratic system in America. 943571505
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Here’s how to put yourself in the mindspace of these people: imagine you don’t lik or follow sports but there’s a strong stigma against this, so when you get polled about the best team in the league you say something like “I think LeBron’s steroid scandal is really bad for the Mets” 1553273
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 14/04/2026This is Missy. She escaped from her backyard and ran straight to daycare, where she had a spa day and got to play with her boyfriend. Lessons were learned, but not the ones her parents probably hoped. 13/10 (TT: spotsplaceyqr) 15592571219
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialJoshferatu Scare @joshscherr.bsky.social · 08/04/2026If you need to distract yourself for a few hours, no better way than diving into this darkly comic, hopeful sci-fi classic, even if you could not give one iota of a shit about football:sbnation.comWhat football will look like in the futureSomething is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. 010140
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 07/04/2026I did a deepish dive into the legacy of Bidenomics--why it worked economically quite well, but politically not so much prospect.org/2026/04/07/a...prospect.orgA Retrospective on Bidenomics - The American ProspectJoe Biden listened to the left on full employment. But the lasting effects were wanting, and the politics were brutal. 724259
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialVery Sane AI Newsletter @verysane.ai · 29/03/2026"Luddism does not deserve to be rehabilitated. It was a medieval throwback, reactionary and primitive, a pre-Marxist labor convulsion closer in spirit to the Khmer Rouge’s fantasies of agrarian restoration than to the universalist solidarity of Eugene Debs." open.substack.com/pub/verysane...open.substack.comAgainst the LudditesThe rehabilitation of Luddism is a vice signal. 826070
marble47.bsky.social @marble47.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Nothing about this dunk changes if you replace Waymo with Uber and yet I am unaware of an attempt to ban those 000
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 20/03/2026This is misleading. Here's how much the MA Millionaire Tax raised vs the most generous possible assumption of how much combined revenue was lost from millionaire movers. 211712412
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 13/03/2026The problem with slopulism is that it always tends toward “you, the saintly innocent voter, and anyone who is even vaguely sympathetic to you, will not have to change anything or sacrifice anything, just the Bad People”. Which is an easy sell at the ballot box but bad when it’s time to govern. 210613
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.social28 Days Lehner 🪦 @danlehner.bsky.social · 13/03/2026on a concrete level it would lower the overall tax revenue and on an abstract level it promotes the idea that social services and structures can be maintained by an ever-heightening class of higher earners, which isn’t true 51014
marble47.bsky.social @marble47.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I'm selfishly glad that while I enjoyed making sports bets in Vegas and would still play online poker if it were 100% legal, I get no joy from computer sports betting. And I can't even really tell you what makes them different 000
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.sociallauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12/03/2026i sort of think way more social problems could be solved by tripling every city's parks and rec department budget than we might expect 518223
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 12/03/2026If you think developers are making too much money building homes, you should raise taxes on their incomes instead of imposing de facto taxes on new development. 417915
marble47.bsky.social @marble47.bsky.social · 11/03/2026This is a little muddled by soccer managers having a little more control over personnel than is typical in American sports, but I pretty firmly believe if you've gone through two coaches, you should fire the people picking the team before you get rid of a third 000
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026great example of centrists using lobbyists to bypass serial communication restrictions btw 0459
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialGlonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 09/03/2026people have got to realize that we are not getting Medicare for All without taxing the middle class. we are not getting free child care without taxing the middle class. we are not getting better schools and free college without taxing the middle class. I make $95,000 a year. raise my taxes, please. 441253235
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 06/03/2026gas prices going up but @trimet.org is still $2.80 :D 2658
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Press gave Biden far worse coverage for a small number of American soldiers dying while leaving a war than to Trump for a similar number dying while starting a war for no reason. It makes you think! 574018805
marble47.bsky.social @marble47.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Ugh, Merkley is in on this one? At a minimum it would be so much better to target vacation/second homes with this kind of stuff. 000
marble47.bsky.social @marble47.bsky.social · 23/02/2026@bobbygough.bsky.social This is the movie I was referencing Saturday that spawned all the Keanu Reeves is nice stories in my hometown. I believe this is a representative review 020
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Even more evidence that building new housing decreases rents: Researchers tracked the residents of a newly built luxury condo building and found that they freed up less expensive apartments nearby. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 271177220
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Just got a free coffee by telling the owner The News. 2382
marble47.bsky.social @marble47.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I would assume it was somehow related to ska and still not really get it 000
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 13/02/2026become ungovernable 5503
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them! The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down. 242927748
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 06/02/2026the fact that early-stage automated vehicles that still occasionally require remote operation assistance are like several orders of magnitude safer than the average American driver should be the real wakeup call here, not the idea that these vehicles still sometimes need remote operation assistance 3568789
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialMichael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 03/02/2026a friend of mine who left DoJ early last year told me that, traditionally, when someone leaves after a long period of service they're given a seal as a going-away present but she didn't get one because they'd ran out of seals this is what's happened to the people who didn't get out 510714
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialaustin (eeek!/ackkk! 👻) @thebadcode.com · 02/02/2026if it was happening you could prove it in an afternoon with a prepaid phone and wireshark and the fact that no one has ever done so speaks for itself 0281
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 31/01/2026here's a longer form housing post, with three proposals for housing policy ideas portland could pursue in 2026 to increase housing production: urbanpdx.blog/a-2026-portl...urbanpdx.blogurban pdxPortland housing and transportation policy 55011
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 30/01/2026to the left, sergey brin at the airport protests, 2017. to the right, sergey brin at the Starlight Ball following the inauguration, 2025. 948760
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialpnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The Philly District Attorney compared ICE to Nazis & publicly vowed to hunt them down if they broke the law/harmed their people. If a DA rules against an ICE agent, that ruling stands IN SPITE OF the supremacy clause. Where is DA Vasquez in the conversation? Where is the pressure on his office? 1113437
Reposted by @marble47.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I wonder if they ever think about hell 821321
marble47.bsky.social @marble47.bsky.social · 21/01/2026The Blazers are getting sold, so it probably just takes the right (bigger) number for the Seahawks 010
