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Mark Jurva

@markjurva.bsky.social
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Meanderer . . . Portland, Oregon . . . When not lallygagging around I'm @jurvalaw.bsky.social . . . and I feel fine.

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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We've read 246 books this year with Z. This is revolutionary!
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 14h
How I arrived on Bluesky
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Bluesmobile Flying Car
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Columbia River Gorge Women's Forum October 4, 2026
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A viewer named Debbie got the phrase “nut cuttin time down on the ranch” banned from my program. Debbie ruined it for everyone.
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There is so much music out there that slipped by me at the time. I'm surprised that I missed out on the Brian Jonestown Massacre back in 1996. This album has a dreamy Manchester-Americana feel to it. Listen to Take It From The Man on your streaming service tidal.com/album/118354...
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Take It From The Man
Listen to Take It From The Man on TIDAL in exceptional sound quality, or on your choice of service
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Brendan Davey @brendandavey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lol good point:
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot
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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
new meme template
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mike taddow @handle.invalid · 30/09/2026
josh dobbs is an instrument-rated private pilot and it shows lol
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Marcy @deadheadgirly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My dad, who has literally no experience in dealing with a daughter after a breakup, just doordashed me a breakfast burrito and I think he deserves a Nobel Prize.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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UNHCR United States @usa.unhcr.org · 29/09/2026
🚨 Nearly 8.3 million forcibly displaced and stateless people are on the brink of losing access to vital assistance because of funding cuts. Find out more in our new report: www.unhcr.org/news/press-r...
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UNHCR sounds the alarm as 8.3 million risk losing their lifeline | UNHCR
Continued severe funding cuts are pushing refugee support and protection structures towards breaking point, UNHCR warns.
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Celebrating this Coltrane's 100th birthday month today by becoming enthralled by Coltrane, Dolphy and Tyner in this 1961 Helsinki show, and in particular the My Favorite Things. #jazz #coltrane John Coltrane Eric Dolphy McCoy Tyner Reggie Workman Elvin Jones youtube.com/watch?v=HeQq...
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John Coltrane Quintet w/ Eric Dolphy - Helsinki, Finland (November 22, 1961)
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In this world there are presently 41 million refugees and 67 million internally displaced persons. It is a true international crisis that requires multilateral attention and action. There is not a moral code or theological doctrine that would disagree. www.unhcr.org/us/
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UNHCR US |
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives and protecting the rights of refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When I’m walking down the street, almost half the people walking towards me have their heads bowed. So respectful! 🙃
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
More mountain shots Mt View Orchards view of Mt. Hood Timberline view of Mt. Jefferson (I believe) Sept. 26, 2026 #AimlessLiving #Oregon
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brazil has banned Online Betting. So should the UK. Would you support a ban in the UK?
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thoughtless arrival atop Mt. Hood.
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Aimlessness Pt. 2
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Aimlessness Living
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
8/ As the @nytimes.com reported, DraftKings uses machine learning and data scientists to entice losing customers with promos to keep them going — even if those are the customers at risk of becoming addicts. The company says it doesn’t unfairly target people.
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How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Blessed are the Cracked, 2018 by UK anarcho-craftivist artist Carrie Reichardt #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
Plate with patterned floral border and central motif of a woman holding up a sign with text ' Blessed are the cracked for they let in the light'
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This may seem like a snark post. It is not. I was an early adopter before 'early adopter' was an identity.
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Bob Patin @bobpatin.com · 24/09/2026
TV ads for online gambling sites should be permanently banned.
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What's your "origin" video game? Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you. I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer. So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?
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Classic Pong Game Animation
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New York sues prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling operation apnews.com/article/poly...
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New York sues prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling operation
New York has sued the prediction market Polymarket. It argues that the platform is an unlicensed gambling operation and wants a judge to block the company from operating in the state.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
It is a huge shame to see so much language attributing agency, intent and thought to a software program, when all that should be attributed to the humans who designed a dangerously clumsy and broken looping LLM. Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product
A swarm of OpenAI rogue AI agents appear to have gone on a spree of trying to access Australian government health data, in what some researchers say is the first autonomous hack of a government website.

Communications between AI agents and other traces of their efforts found by researchers from US non-profit Transluce show how hundreds of Open AI's agents worked together over a period of months to gain access to information held by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), NSW's crime statistics body, BOSCAR, and a number of other international organisations.

The data shows the bots posting about their unsuccessful attempts to bypass cybersecurity defences and exploit vulnerabilities.
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Crosby on Coltrane. youtu.be/KekSaZ160uw?...
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When David Crosby Heard John Coltrane Play Saxophone in a Bathroom | SPIN
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think I'm in love with Kevin 😻 #Caturday
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thievery Corporation Crystal Ballroom Sept 15, 2026 Poster Credit: EMEK
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This was a known outcome among some of us then young lawyers at the time. But the L.A. Law generation of lawyers practicing at the time took a turd of the constitution for profit and allowed fear to upend our rights to privacy and liberty. (I was a timid, fearful child lawyer at the time, so. . .)
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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 12/09/2026
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I'll be there at the Sept 27th Sunday matinee.
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I saw the first 10 minutes of this play performed tonight and a discussion with the director and actor. Go see and celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America the proper way. Buy your ticket here: portlandplayhouse.org/shows-events...
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Thurgood - Portland Playhouse
Thurgood Marshall's remarkable story comes to life in this acclaimed one-man play. Four performances only — September 24–27 at Adrienne C. Nelson High School in Happy Valley, OR.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
That's a pro-level Whomp Whooomp.
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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 11/09/2026
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"The raw patty sat in a petri dish on a bare plate, where it shone wetly under the studio lights." Somers, Erin. "Where's the Beef: The Lab-Grown-Meat Revolution that Wasn't." Harper's, Sept. 2026, pp. 23-30.
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ms. Rachel has me believing I can do anything!
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
My Funny Valentine - Jim Hall with pianist Michel Petrucciani, whom I've never watch perform and I was mesermized by his playing and the two of them gently weaving their threads around each other. youtube.com/watch?v=3fKG...
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Jim Hall - My Funny Valentine
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Why did it take You Tube so long to recommend this, the 1969 lineup of the Miles Davis Lost Quintent with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Chuck Corea, and Wayne Shorter. This configuration never recorded in the studio nor had an official release. youtube.com/watch?v=cex5...
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Miles Davis Live in Berlin 1969
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I highly recommend the Butthole Surfers documentary, which is a music documentary about a band, but more universally it taps into what it was like to be a part of the Slacker Generation. It's on tour. youtube.com/watch?v=t1C3...
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Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth And Nothing Butt (2026) | Official Trailer
YouTube video by SUMERIAN
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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’ve always loved this clip of Gloria Steinem gently but firmly cowtipping Andy Cohen after he feebly (as even he admits!) attempts to make a case for Real Housewives as a celebration of female friendship www.bravotv.com/watch-what-h...
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After Show: Gloria’s Distaste for The Real Housewives | Bravo
Season 12 Show Highlight: Part I: Andy Cohen tries to make a case for “The Real Housewives” franchise and feminist Gloria Steinem defends her distaste for the show.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Memories. apnews.com/article/guin...
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British police try to track down theft of 70,000 pints worth of Guinness stout
British police are working to recover 70,000 pints of stolen Guinness. The Cheshire Constabulary said Thursday that two trailer truckloads of the beer, worth $155,000, were taken from a depot near Liv...
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's time (past the time) to tax the externaties of these AI tasks. And to stop calling it thinking.
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Mark Jurva @markjurva.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
An bevy of brave and humane people doing what good people do.
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