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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres)

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 7h
Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 8h
Cory Booker — who is being floated as a 2028 contender, and who just the other day did not deny the possibility of wanting to become leader of the Senate Democrats — promotes the book of Brett McGurk, a chief architect of the US-backed Israeli genocide of Palestine:
Cory Booker tweet:
@brett_mcgurk
 is one of our nation’s great experts on the Middle East and has spent decades working at the highest levels of diplomacy through some of the region’s most consequential moments.

I’m really looking forward to reading Brink and learning from his firsthand account of the extraordinary efforts to free the hostages, and confront the extraordinary challenges of the region.
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 7h
They *were* performed by humans. What is wrong with you?
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 7h
They were performed by humans. What is wrong w I th you?
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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 11h
I'm fully supportive of the Fair Share Tax proposal introduced by Portland City Councilors this week; I encourage you to reach out to City Hall in support of the initiative to lower taxes on small businesses and raise taxes on large corporations. Submit testimony in the link below:
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 8h
Yeah, you should watch that documentary. They were all white supremacists and eugenicists. Their whole idea of "intelligence" was racist.
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 9h
Call a professional. In the long run it's cheaper than tying to do it yourself. Save yourself the hassle of seeing sparks fly out of your dishwasher, like I did.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 9h
Zimmerman complaining about DSA at the city club debate because it’s “partisan” when he’s fully an agent of the Portland Metro Chamber.
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 9h
Well yeah, Turing was killed by the homophobic Britush government, so he wasn't around to argue about it.
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 9h
I don't remember, it's in the PBS documentary *Ghost in the Machine* on YouTube. Fantastic documentary.
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 9h
No more ridiculous than "artificial intelligence." John McCarthy admitted he used that term because he thought it would get more funding. Alan Turing thought that name was "too flashy."
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DreamingAgainstTheMachine @dreamingagainstthemachine.com · 12h
How bad are Elon Musk’s ideas about Mars? They Might Be…Giant #datmpodcast #science #space #noai #ai #colonization #scifi #mars #elon #tmbg #theymightbegiants @adambecker.bsky.social @multitudeshows.com
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 16h
Annie Ellison tried to stop me from getting into Emerge Oregon, a program that teaches women to run for office. When I got in anyway she told me to stop talking about police accountability and the rights of the unhoused because “those aren’t popular issues anymore.”
day, goPDX sent $6,000 to "The Rally Point" —a consulting firm run by former Emerge Oregon director Annie Ellison. The goPDX PAC then sent $25,000 each to DitchMitch and fix multCo.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 17h
she has a sparkly pink notebook that has hundreds of pages that say "Mrs. Natalie Trump" and i will believe this until they put me in the dirt
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 15h
They need to make a graveyard, like the Las Vegas sign graveyard.
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 15h
They should impeach him for a different thing every day.
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 20h
The proposals that materially help small businesses while holding mega corporations accountable are from the democratic socialists. Please look past the Red Scare propaganda to assess who is doing material work for the community. Someone schmoozing you is not the same as someone serving you.
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Kate Kaye @katekaye.bsky.social · 20h
Should Portland police test new tech without oversight from the new Office of Data & Privacy? Should they be able to write their own tech policy/procedures? Should they have to send an alert/press release if they plan to pilot new tech? You can have your say - public comment through Oct 31.
portland.gov
Public Comment Period - Draft Directives
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Councilor Angelita Morillo @councilormorillo.bsky.social · 18h
When I created Portland’s first Data Privacy Office it was with the intention of investigating any new technologies purchased by the city, or assessing new data collected. Until the office is implemented by the executive branch, PPB will get to pilot new tech with no oversight unless Council says no
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What if educational spaces worked to become one of the few places in life our students are not constantly surveilled under constant threat conditions?
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our Fair Share Tax proposal is coming to Committee of the Whole this Thursday morning at 9:30. If you think it’s a good idea to cut taxes for small businesses, raise taxes on large mega corporations, while raising more money to fund critical services then we need to hear from you.
portland.gov
Register for testimony or submit written testimony to Council
Complete this form to register to provide verbal testimony on an agenda item during Council and committee meetings, or to submit written testimony on an item.
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's fitting that they call their labs "frontier" labs, since they are pillaging other people's resources.
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Put it all in a junkyard of fascism as a warning to future generations.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026
There is no Super Intelligence. There is no Department of War. There is no Lake America. There is no Gulf of America. There is no Fort Bragg. Any media outlet or platform that spreads these lies is an enemy of the people, determined to undermine democracy. Make note.
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
*Frankenstein* is the world's first novel about product liability.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
it begins
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's not a "rogue AI." It's a defective product that was negligently released, and we already have laws to address that. The idea that we need new laws is industry PR aimed at regulatory capture.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ken Paxton says he doesn't control his own campaign. If he reaches the Senate, who will control his vote? Stephen Miller? Elon Musk? (And isn't it interesting that audio keeps leaking from Paxton events. Some of the people closest to him hate him.)
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Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor. @mortenbay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It really is great.
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Evelyn 💗 @evieevolving.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you live in Beaverton, though, you can support my campaign! :) secure.actblue.com/donate/evely...
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I figured out all this shit when I was in my 20s. I don't need to learn anything. I don't need to find common ground with racists, fascists, homophobes, transphobes, etc. We just need to beat them.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kash sold the rest of his Hawk Tuah Coin to buy that ring.
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I like to point out that Earth wasn't a planet prior to Copernicus. Planets are in the sky, and Earth obviously isn't in the sky.
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Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Two authors have sued the city of Los Angeles over the Los Angeles public library’s (LAPL) cancellation of a Read Palestine Week event where the writers were scheduled to discuss their books featuring Palestinian stories." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event
City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
All the adults being controlled by the aliens and the kid being on his own in *Invaders from Mars*.
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We are so close to tier 3! If your partner! Your roommates! Your polycule! Your situationship! Haven’t donated yet, now is the time 🤩 secure.actblue.com/donate/angel...
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Help give Portland the progressive leadership we deserve!
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Who gives a shit what *their* policies are? They don't get to make the rules, we do.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 05/10/2026
ICYMI: I introduced a legislative framework to require every AI company operating in the U.S. to obtain a public charter, similar to how we regulate banks. It’s about time we hold AI companies accountable before they create harm rather than addressing abuses after the fact.
commondreams.org
Under Jayapal Bill, Every AI Company Would Need a Public Charter to Operate in the US | Common Dreams
Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduces bill to regulate AI industry with public charters, aiming to protect public interest and prevent harmful practices.
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Tina Kotek @tinakotek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump refused to pay for SNAP benefits during the federal shutdown last year, cutting off food assistance for 750,000 Oregonians. I declared a hunger emergency, and @danrayfield.bsky.social and I took him to court and won. Benefits were back in people’s hands that night.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I am increasingly convinced that so many people have built their entire careers on plagiarism, and they do not know what real journalism is.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
youtube.com
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Justin @justinskolnick.com · 04/10/2026
Elections are confusing, new things are confusing, the times are confusing, outcomes not aligning with intentions is confusing, people are confused, and for strange reasons we are committed to locking people into confusion, whatever the cost
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
Your favorite Anthropic so-called "whistleblower" said that the rationalists have "specialized minds" that allow them to see that the end is about to be brought on to us by a magical machine god. Parroting the cult leader (of the rationalists, the R in TESCREAL) who says the same about himself.
His autobiography even opens with a parable: as a small child he threw his favorite squirtgun off a third-floor balcony rather than accept that his mother could lend out what was his, and felt complete when he heard it hit the pavement. He goes on to describes himself as a specialist in the technological transformation of the human species, one of the few people alive with the standing to steer it. He identifies with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the one person who sees the danger clearly and has to act while everyone else gets on with ordinary life.
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Vincent Van Dinsky (Don't rank Kellie Torres) @maxttb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I found it extremely annoying and disingenuous.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Turns out it’s not as popular to tell voters you were recruited by the Portland Metro Chamber. Very hilarious to have the conservative lane in D3 filled by a Dan Ryan staffer two years in a row.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Kellie Torres has to pretend to be a progressive and hide that she worked for Dan Ryan in order to try to trick voters in D3
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 04/10/2026
A reminder that Sam Harris is a fascist and white supremacist, and genocide denier. Facts don’t matter to him and he won’t debate actual academics and scholars because they’ll intellectually destroy him. He knows this so he hides like a feckless coward. Stop listening to him on anything.
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Jamie Dunphy @jamiedunphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you live in D4, rank Jamey Evenstar high on your ballot. I've had the pleasure of working with Jamey for a decade and I need her in city hall. A Jamie for every district!
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