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Pablo (he/him)

@oversizedhobbit.bsky.social
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Dad, leftist, Portlander, volunteer, bookworm. Abortion is healthcare. Protect trans kids. Abolish ICE. You know, the basics.

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/10/2026
Listen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds. But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?
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Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC News
A new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young...
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Pablo (he/him) @oversizedhobbit.bsky.social · 6h
Walk and chew gum, Democrats. Do the job!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h
With this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power. The power to throw workers under the bus. The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives. The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
Endless corruption.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21h
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending
a graph of roadway and mass transit lights
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 22h
The good news is that antifascism, Reconstruction 2.0, the abolition of billionaires, and the Butlerian Jihad are all one project now
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rufo gets to position himself as "respectable." Polite sit-down interview w/ Ezra Klein. Celebrated by Substack as one of platform's "best" writers. Senior fellow at Manhattan Institute. His "Indian Question" podcast is pretty explicitly white nationalist talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 30/09/2026
I'm kind of tired of pretending that "sense of brotherhood" is a real, meaningful term and isn't just a euphemism for men's spaces where they bond over misogynistic humiliation rituals and coach each other on how best to commit sexual assault.
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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A welcome change to see Dems go left on immigration, something Obama didn't do until pushed by DACA activists and Biden didn't either. We need to see a full-throated defense of immigration as a good thing, and not just on economic grounds. Talarico is doing that. Hope more Dems follow.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/09/2026
They're moving on from trans youth towards advocating banning care for trans adults, just like we said they would.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/09/2026
Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media
Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Updated information shows PPB killed the man and the dog. Absolutely shameful how some media talked about this man’s life like it was an afterthought, and unquestioningly put out copaganda.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Democrats don't have any income" is an insane statement, but it's also an admission that he sees the money collected by the United States government as his personal piggy bank, to be raided as he sees fit.
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Pablo (he/him) @oversizedhobbit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Transphobia, a U of Kansas prof told me, "is historically comparable to any point in history, when those in power are punching down at the weakest in society. When you concede to them these points, you’re conceding that it’s OK to punch down and letting them position themselves to ask for even more"
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026
it is just monumentally depressing that at the time we need honest supreme court coverage the most, the place that used to be the best resource for it has been turned - like most other media outlets - into a sycophantic shitshow dedicated to glazing the worst people in america
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is the rape culture btw. the one women have been warning you about, and were told we were hysterical and over-sensitive and couldn't take a joke, and that rape allegations ruin men's lives, and now we live in a meritocracy where the only "merit" is who has hurt the most women
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Really need tech reporters to stop being credulous to the “Our biggest weakness? Maybe our AI is TOO powerful.” It’s already fucking the economy and environment and being used to murder people in Palestine, but the ol “don’t look at the man behind the curtain” routine works on Tech journalists
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Pablo (he/him) @oversizedhobbit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey, #MultnomahCounty! (And #portland) Don't rank Julia! She did not impress me at tonight's debate. I'm voting for @shannonsingleton.bsky.social
Image 1 of two of an Instagram post from @dontrankjulia noting that Julia Brim-Edwards helped defeat Portland's 2020 transportation measureImage 2 of two of an Instagram post from @dontrankjulia noting that as head of Nike's PAC, Julia Brim-Edwards directed $900,000 against Portland's 2020 transportation measure. It would have funded roads, bike lanes, sidewalks, and MAX to Southwest Portland. Learn more at dontrankjulia.com
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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
J6er and failed Christian Nationalist gubernatorial candidate, David Medina, applauds anti-progressive Portland Mayor Keith Wilson for campaigning against the progressive seated city councilors. It's not like the MAGAs will ever like or endorse Wilson but he is giving them ammo to attack Portland.
David Medina post. Image of elderly white man.
"Is Oregon And Portland Waking Up? Has it gotten so bad they can't hide behind their failures anymore?
Comment Your Thoughts! See less"
Caption: "Applaud you"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
Tread on me, daddy.
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Bex 🖤🏴 @thinlyveiledtruth.cryptoanarchy.network · 28/09/2026
People are disappearing incredibly quickly. And part of the invisibility is that just when we need even more capacity for rapid response and patrols, public interest has turned away because people don't think it's a problem anymore. We're tired.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#MedicareForAllNOW
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Censorship is alive and well in the American tech oligarchy. 🇺🇸 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Pablo (he/him) @oversizedhobbit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
a president planning military operations based entirely on election cycles is actually a giant scandal
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This isn’t a gray area. The Government Accountability Office has clearly stated that a pocket rescission is illegal. Vought is illegally impounding funds. Again. With full knowledge that what he does is against the law. www.gao.gov/blog/what-po... www.gao.gov/products/b-3...
Are pocket rescissions legal? 

No. A pocket rescission is illegal as we explained in our most recent decision on pocket rescissions. Congress holds the power of the purse—approving a budget and appropriating funds. Presidents and executive branch agencies are responsible for administering those funds.  

A pocket rescission could allow a president to avoid spending the money regardless of whether Congress approves the rescission request. This would cede Congress’s power of the purse by allowing a president to, in effect, change the law by shortening the period of availability for fixed-period funds.  

The Impoundment Control Act (ICA) does not provide that authority. If Congress wanted a president to have that authority, it would need to change the law.  

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Epic lecturing of LAPD for violating a court order. Most of LA cops are moonlighting as ICE slave catchers.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They're...going to deregulate tobacco now? What year is it Also: they really are neo-Confederates, huh
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Finally, segregationists have achieved their dream of capturing the Civil Rights Division and turning it to their own ends
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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fascist ideology is inherently self-defeating and ass-backwards. Just look at the MAGA ethnic cleansing campaign. Out of pure racist hatred, the USA is kidnapping random hardworking, tax-paying, society-contributing innocents off the street and *paying* foreign authoritarians to torture them.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 24/09/2026
Imagine if a fraction of the national wealth being directed by a small cohort of the superrich toward extremely speculative AI investments was devoted to educating our young people, public health ... or food for the undernourished. The near certain pay-offs would be huge.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
The SEC quietly published a proposal to rescind a measure that prevents private equity firms from buying access to billions in pension funds that belong to public employees like teachers and police.
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The SEC wants to scrap a key anti-corruption rule targeting private equity
Pay-to-play schemes were a way for firms to tap into public pension funds. They may soon be back.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
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DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The whole point of calling this agency the Office of "Remigration" is to deliberately signal to the world that white nationalism is now the basis for US policy. Some thoughts on this whole worldview below. 5/ newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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Pablo (he/him) @oversizedhobbit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026
Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
holy shit, dems actually have a chance to flip the PA Senate and NC leg to get trifectas in both states I have updated the optimized state donation list so we can donate to these candidates that just need a little bit of $ to take advantage of what could be the biggest blue wave in history
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Pablo (he/him) @oversizedhobbit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
this is a genuinely crazy story
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