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How can we build more affordable housing? English/Español/Castellano/Català. #BAONPDX #RCTID Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. “Why don’t you go out there and do something useful?” - Sinéad O’Conner

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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“In the face of a global catastrophe more than 80 years ago,” Guterres said, “the United Nations was created as an act of defiance. The defiance against the self-defeating notion that might makes right. The defiance of hope.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p…
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In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pennsylvania confirms more than 1,000 measles cases No other state has reported that many measles cases in 35 years. Read more: bit.ly/4ANCqfo
A toddler with measles with a pacifier.
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Clàudia Pina took four shots today and scored…four goals for Barça. Pretty good.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 03/10/2026
If a man was at a party with a dozen women and he got so intoxicated that he couldn't function, he'd be about as safe as anyone could be because 99 times out of 100 the women would look after him and see that he got home safely.
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I choked when I learned why identification of Ukrainian soldiers is going slowly: Russia puts explosives in the corpses. www.kyivpost.com/post/79302
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is months overdue techcrunch.com/2026/10/02/m...
techcrunch.com
Medical records giant Epic pauses product development to fix security bugs that risk patients' data | TechCrunch
The health tech software giant, which makes the widely used MyChart system for accessing medical data, will focus on fixing security bugs for the next few weeks.
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please Hammer, don’t hurt ‘em
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’d be interested
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.opb.org/article/2026...
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UO researchers: CAHOOTS call diversion rate ‘substantially greater’ than first estimated
University of Oregon researchers have a new study that says the mobile crisis counseling service CAHOOTS — Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets — diverted far more calls from the Eugene Police...
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Igual com sempre. I know you weren’t really asking, I just like speaking Catalan
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
4. Based on my expert understanding, here is how I would summarize what I think the science says: human pressure on wildlife populations has accelerated Ebola virus spillover, and an appropriate policy strategy accepts that outbreaks are always possible, and emphasizes both prevention and response.
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hard to complain about getting scored on by Gianluca Lapadula. You get to say “Gianluca Lapadula” a few times! #USMNT
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
In 1973, feminist scholar Carolyn G. Heilbrun wrote an article for the New York Times titled "Androgynous World," which encouraged readers to think of gender as a spectrum. "[B]etween the quarterback and the cheerleader, we have lost too much of our humanity," she cautioned.
A screenshot from the New York Times article. It reads:

"For the hostile, who in some sense feel threatened by this unfamiliar idea, further assurance is required. Androgyny does not mean the loss of all distinctions; those who are terrified by the word probably envision everyone, man and woman, dressed indistinguishably, like members of the Chinese Army. Those who are terrified further assume that in robbing us of clearly delineated sexual models, androgyny will rob us of all order and sanity. If we are to have more than two accepted role models—in youth, the quarterback and the cheerleader, in later life, the corporation manager and the corporation manager's wife—will we not in fact be diving off the edge of an ordered world into the abyss?

To which one must answer: between the quarterback and the cheerleader, we have lost too much of our humanity; we have come close to losing humanity altogether. What is more, the possibilities for companionship between men and women can only be heightened by androgynous energy. For androgyny implies not only that couples may find or create their own pattern of passion or conversation, but that marriage may become joyful for those who are neither quarters backs nor cheerleaders and do not now wish to play those roles."A screenshot from the same article. It reads:

"The received ideas of masculine and feminine have operated in three destructive ways. First, by insisting on the masculinity of men and the femininity of women, we have locked individuals into prisons of gender, where their response is likely to be either a mindless acquiescence, or violence and rebellion. Second, the overly defined distinction between the received ideas of masculinity and femininity has brought about a sexual polarization in our society that deprives both men and women of their common humanity in relation to one another, and has separated what should have been joined. Third, by placing in power those men at the most “masculine” end of the spectrum of human possibility, we have endangered our own survival. My hope for the idea of androgyny is that it will not become another fad, briefly puffed up by the media, but soon mentioned only to groans of boredom. That is the danger. But if, as I believe, the androgynous ideal reaches back into the very roots of our literature, religions and ancient wisdom, it will prevail. Present at the birth of every religion, submerged or subverted in most religions thereafter, androgyny hints at a new equilibrium in an unbalanced world. Those who are unmoved by an appeal to humanity's mythic origins might reflect upon the undeniable impact of modern technology, which has freed the sexes from biologically differentiated social and economic roles and from the behavioral patterns traditionally associated with them."
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seria millor afegir almenys el nom de la jugadora al texte alternatiu de l’imatge per que tothom sàpiga qui ès.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Russ Vought just sent a rescissions request to Congress, signaling he intends to illegally impound funds. The $810 million highlighted in this “request” (but this is a pretext to just illegally impound the funds) is not the exhaustive list of many billions of dollars he’s impounding this year.
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We can watch the Daily Show to hear how what they are doing is terrible. We expect our electeds to do things, not just say things
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rep Hoyle, what do you propose to do?
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
19thnews.org/2026/09/women-advocate…
19thnews.org
The ‘lionesses’ who sued to get air conditioning in every Texas prison — and won
A group led by formerly incarcerated women spent years advocating for those trapped inside prison walls during Texas’ hot summers.
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“It is once again a glimpse into what Meta aspires toward — Apple-quality hardware matched with Google-quality services — compared to what it actually does: track users’ digital and physical activities to sell ads.” pxlnv.com/linklog/colo...
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‘Mark’ – Pixel Envy
I think Meta is a perversely interesting company which means this week I watched, as I do every year, its Connect presentation. It is once again a glimpse into what Meta aspires toward — Apple-quality...
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“…because we’ll only be playing two defenders”
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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In memory of Hilly Kristal, owner of the legendary New York club CBGB, who would have turned 85 today. Photo by Drew Carolan, taken on Hilly’s birthday, September 23, 1985, for the first issue of SPIN Magazine. #punk #punkrock #HillyKristal #cbgb #newyorkcity #history #punkrockhistory
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hi folks. If you saw this, you know the administration plans to only accept white South Africans next year. Tomorrow is Congress's formal say before the determination is signed. Please check this brief thread on why I'd like you to speak out for the Afghan people still in limbo...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The law is that “Although the WH is not required to open its doors to the news media, once it establishes press facilities for credentialed journalists, it cannot deny access based on the content of a journalist’s coverage.” That's exactly what Trump is doing. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...
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It’s a Nice First Amendment You’ve Got There…
Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential.
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hear me out: we move the log to the top of the six yard box
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Update! Clicking my heels doesn’t work
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m going to click my heels and dream that we win 3-0
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Okay so the options were the guy who just scored a hat trick or the guy who hasn’t scored in a month. Intriguing
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When did Antony last score a goal from the run of play?
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Weaver and Hanks now tied for post-banger hugs #BAONPDX
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I keep thinking about how I knew of no trans people in my small liberal college hometown but I know of several in my adopted city now. Tolerance matters.
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you like walking, 28th Ave south of NE Glisan St might be the best array of restaurants in the city. If driving works better for you and you like Asian food, 82nd Ave has more scattered restaurants and shops, but check out Phở Van, Fubonn market, and Hà VL
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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 19/09/2026
The Ford app just added AI. This is the greatest thing ever.
Ford app AI prompt, with the user-entered text "Write a 150-word story about Sailor Moon and Hatsune Miku kissing."Under the gentle glow of a moonlit Tokyo skyline, Usagi Tsukino stood atop a quiet rooftop terrace, the night breeze catching her golden twin tails. Beside her, Hatsune Miku adjusted her glowing teal ribbons, a soft electronic melody humming faintly from the synth display at her wrist. The vibrant city buzzed far below, but above the streets, the air was peaceful and still.
Turning toward each other, Usagi smiled warmly, her bright eyes reflecting the starlight. Miku stepped closer, her digital glow softly illuminating the space between them. Without a word, Usagi leaned in, and their lips met in a sweet, tender kiss that seemed to bridge magic and music into…one perfect harmony. As they pulled back, blushing beneath the moonlight, Miku shared a soft, cheerful smile.
Now that the magic and music are in harmony, is there anything I can help you with regarding your Mustang Mach-E
today?
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wife and I ate dinner at Midtown food cart pod tonight then walked up to pioneer square and back. How to contact cnn about our survival and escape? Happy to join NC for a panel interview
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why is this important
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
But come on, alt text would take seconds
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
it's funny but also a reminder that the fundamental premise here is that a Black man can't be objective when talking about race while a white man can because Black people do identity politics and white people do facts and this my friends is what I have named "white empiricism"
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Did Ann provide a list of appropriate places for politics, no pressure on Ann
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Looking forward to learning if my speech is uh trans-esque. Is that the scientifically correct term
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I lived in Barcelona for a few years and learned Catalan while there. If I can ever be of help, I’m happy to try. Please ask them if they will be receiving rovellons this fall and where should I meet them
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Listening to a podcast today, I realized that a very likely outcome in the next two years is someone using AI to do serious damage and the administration having fired everyone competent to address it just like they did with COVID
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NBC News headline says: "Trump says AI doesn’t need guardrails, only a ‘high IQ’ president"
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You give so much to us riffraff, so sorry for your understandable anxiety. Sending love and hope
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Nicely done! Ever clueless, I knew nothing about any of these players. Reading of a 6’7” center back in the backdrop of more NFL CTE stories makes me wonder if we’ll start seeing more like him.
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hearing you try to replicate Cifuentes’ accent on the podcast, then saying that it you sounded more French than Catalan sparked joy. Thank you for doing enough research to know about Catalan. It might be obvious to you, but it’s appreciated
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Now we are left with the Sophie’s Choice-level dilemma of whether to side with these amazing women…or Gianni Infantino. If only I had the wisdom of a thumbtack to figure it out
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you. I hope that you are also preparing articles of impeachment for enemy of health care HHS Secretary Kennedy
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 16/09/2026
The Democratic Party on Sept. 14 launched an investigation into Donald Trump Jr. after he and his wife, Bettina Trump, admitted that their lavish wedding getaway was paid for in part by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I love this statue but it shows how little I know about art that I cannot understand how that is bronze thegrio.com/2026/09/14/what-happene…
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What happened when an artist put a Black woman on a pedestal in London
Last week, the celebrated American contemporary artist Tschabalala Self unveiled “The Lady in Blue” in London’s famous Trafalgar Square.
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