Reposted by Jim Dixonmitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Drazan, i know you’re reading this, so i want you to know you’re a disgrace and should drop out of the race immediately. you have no honor and every Portlander thinks you’re a hateful MAGA transphobe who should slink away from public life forever. 819233
Reposted by Jim DixonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Yes, the president leaked Tom Cotton's cell phone number, but you should not sign Tom Cotton up for Act Blue donation requests or testosterone pill scams or other things like that, because that would be very funny. 661355258
Reposted by Jim DixonKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“You couldn’t pay me enough money to back Donald Trump or anybody that backs him,” said Alexis Price, 42, a travel adviser in Kansas City who said she does not align with either party. “I think what the Republican Party and a lot of the Republican nominees are doing is disgraceful and disgusting.”nytimes.comSenate Races in Republican States Tilt Toward Democrats, Polls FindDemocrats are performing strongly in five reliably Republican states where they are trying to flip Senate seats to win control of the chamber, new New York Times/Siena polls found. 13110
Reposted by Jim DixonDavid @scotinus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I can't love this enough. Moral clarity for the win. Fuck that Kraft guy. Huge kudos to #ZachBryan and band. 032
Jim Dixon @pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When @brettmartin.bsky.social lamented the pending closure of New Orleans restaurant Hot Stuff with the hope that its hamburger steak would find a new home, I had to make one And the caramelized onion gravy might not be exactly like what was served there, but it's good My latest for @wweek.comwweek.comWhat We’re Cooking This Week: Hamburger Steak and GravyIf you like beef, you should be cooking hamburger steaks. 2165
Reposted by Jim DixonThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026Dignity Village in Portland, Oregon, is the longest running experiment in what happens when the structure of an encampment gives way to a more permanent community, with dozens of residents, all previously homeless, managing the space on their own. nyti.ms/3Vh08Rd 38814
Reposted by Jim DixonErnie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 01/10/2026Whoa, cool story! As adoption discoveries go this is the best case scenario. 152
Reposted by Jim DixonMolly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Dozens of broke new readers have signed up to get free solidarity copies of HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY. It costs $37 to send a stranger a book and share our buried history www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/nnkuy...mollycrabapple.comBuy a Stranger a copy of "Here Where We Live is Our Country" — Molly CrabappleSo many broke young people want copies of HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY . When Molly does signings, there are a lways many trios and quartets of friends pitching in to buy a single copy to... 25728
Reposted by Jim DixonDana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Great responses to this, & for someone like me, who isn’t a programmer or engineer & basically just uses apps, easy to understand The “down the middle” case was most persuasive; very useful for some important stuff, but nowhere near as transformative as some proselytizers claim, & it’s a bubble 1121
Jim Dixon @pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is a banger, and my hot sauce is Crystal mostly because I like the flavor better But the dark history of Tabasco is another reason A short thread 151
Reposted by Jim DixonBrooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It may take a long time, it may be very frustrating, but achieving multi ethnic democracy, justice, and true egalitarianism is not only possible and worth pursuing, its the only way we are going to survive the coming climate crisis. 313831
Reposted by Jim DixonJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 11946871165
Reposted by Jim DixonMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/202677 million Americans voted for national suicide in 2024. We're seeing it unfold right now: The economy vandalized, the military weakened, politicians bribed, tech run wild, immigrants terrorized, and government goon squads committing murder. Vote against all Republicans. It could be our last chance. 16439182
Reposted by Jim DixonCrewman Six, She/They @crewmansix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Can we have a conversation about TWO YEARS of Social Security AND Snap benefits only coming to $20k? Because what do you mean someone is supposed to survive on that little?!? FOR TWO YEARS?!? 3105
Reposted by Jim DixonEric Alper @thatericalper.com · 29/09/2026Stevie Wonder celebrates 50 years of 'Songs in the Key of Life' with four previously unreleased recordings from the landmark album's sessions, personally curated by Wonder and newly mixed for release. zurl.co/cmuNjzurl.coStevie Wonder Unearths Four Unreleased Songs For 'Songs In The Key Of Life' 50th Anniversary - That Eric AlperFifty years after Stevie Wonder finished work on ‘Songs in the Key of Life,’ four recordings from those legendary sessions are finally getting their turn. Wonder is celebrating the album’s 50th anniversary with a four-song EP featuring the previously unreleased “It’s Easier,” “My Life Story of Love,” “I Can See the Sun In Late December” […] 03716
Reposted by Jim DixonLauren Donovan Ginsberg @laurenginsberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“There was no sugarcoating in that article. Most details were included even if they were graphic or uncomfortable. I think it made a really big statement. To read the details of this alleged sexual assault was jarring for a lot of people and made a really big impact on them.” 041
Reposted by Jim DixonWatch Duty @watchduty.org · 30/09/2026On the latest episode of Disasterproof, Kat Manalac spoke with the our team, and chatted with Chief Shepley Schroth-Cary about how firefighters and first responders use Watch Duty in the field. Watch it: youtube.com/watch?v=v402tJUOouw 0112
Reposted by Jim DixonAndys Theory 🦋⚡️💎 @andystheory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I agree with everything he said, including TraitorTrump 🤡 is a clear and immediate danger. 🔥👹🌎🔥 0145
Reposted by Jim DixonSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I keep thinking about this laughing because what the fuck can ya do, ya know? 49612
Reposted by Jim DixonDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Way too little discussion about fact Republican Elite (1) live in twisted fantasy information echochamber run by Musk & Murdoch & Mercer & other right-wing billionaires that destroys their sense of reality & incentive to govern (2) are absurd people without decency, shame, love for neighbor or US. 59316
Reposted by Jim DixonCascadia History Boi @redcascadia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We get it. We know. You’re voting for Drazen. We can tell, what with the ugly fake lawn and all the sad looking palm trees you planted in the WILLAMETTE VALLEY… 083
Reposted by Jim DixonKealeen The Griff @kealeen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The most accurate and concise description of Rahm Emanuel I’ve ever heard. 061
Reposted by Jim DixonLiz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Even dogs dressed in Dolly Parton wigs for a New Orleans parade in her honor. Source: NOLA.com 121925
Reposted by Jim DixonAlbert and Mary Lasker Foundation @laskerfdn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“I’m probably the first high school-dropout to sit on this stage,” 2026 Public Service Award winner Michael J. Fox says during his #LaskerAward acceptance speech. Fox reflects on his journey from founding the Fox Foundation in 2000 to the ongoing fight to “defeat Parkinson’s & all brain diseases.”🧪 415141
Jim Dixon @pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Click to see the shack’s location a mile or so south of the fire, east wind pushing it away so think we’re okay for now 030
Jim Dixon @pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Went for a walk and caught the start of what they’re calling the Orchard fire, it’s downhill from the shack but wind’s blowing the other way, gonna have to watch it for awhile 261
Jim Dixon @pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Our place near The Dalles includes a section corner with a marker 040
Reposted by Jim DixonChuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I’ve been a DJ for over 30 years & music collector for over 55 years. I consider myself well-versed in forms of music from around the world, with over 10,000 records in my collection. I have never heard of a song called “Choosin’ Texas,“ and when you say Langley, I think “That’s where the CIA is.“ 4127832
Reposted by Jim DixonGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 27/09/2026Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, is drawing on her reporting experience to win Virginia voters in a longtime Republican districttheguardian.com‘I’m not JD Vance’: the Appalachia memoir author running for Congress 2378
Reposted by Jim DixonJake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Richard Scarry predicted this 0316
Reposted by Jim Dixonarchitectroy.bsky.social @architectroy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Mad deranged fucker 183
Reposted by Jim DixonDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life. 14195332206
Jim Dixon @pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Got the app downloaded so need a schedule a few hours to walk the crows 021
Jim Dixon @pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I’ll get a few more ripe tomatoes but it really is the end of the season But a good start to fall after a day of rain, even warmer out here at the shack 250
Jim Dixon @pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Hablo un poquito solamente but I'm in for the great food pics 030
Reposted by Jim DixonAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Anonymous hackers breached the official Russian justice website for occupied Crimea, gaining access to its databases and extracting more than 240 GB of judicial data comprising over 323,000 files. Anonymous demands Russia withdraw from Ukraine, reminds all that Crimea is Ukraine, now and forever. 351118303
Jim Dixon @pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This semolina olive oil cake with quince isn't that pretty but tastes great My latest for @wweek.com 271
Reposted by Jim DixonLiz Weinberg @eaweinberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Walking through the urban crow roost at 4am and seeing THOUSANDS of sleeping crows despite the noise of the city was one of the coolest things I've ever experienced. I'm delighted that I got to write about it for @highcountrynews.org #scicomm 🪶🧪 0223
Jim Dixon @pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I miss this, more In-N-Out discourse please so we get more of the Colonel 231
Reposted by Jim DixonFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026The Effective Altruism movement, which is an offshoot of the Rationalist movement and remains very linked to them - and is hugely popular amongst many Silicon Valley AI executives - has a sexual harassment problem, per this 2023 article.time.comEffective Altruism Has a Hostile Culture for Women, Critics SaySeven women connected to effective altruism tell TIME they experienced harassment and worse within the community 715244
Reposted by Jim DixonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A group of Nobel Prize-winning economists are supporting California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax, Prop 40. They’re right to support it — and Gavin Newsom is wrong to oppose it. Here’s why.youtube.comWhy I Support The California Billionaire TaxBillionaires are crying foul about California's proposed wealth tax.Don't fall for their fearmongering.A one-time, 5% ta 701793587
Reposted by Jim DixonThe Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 23/09/2026WE ARE 68 SUBSCRIBERS AWAY FROM OUR 200 SUBCRIPTIONS GOAL! Grab an annual subscription at 40% off today and help us stay alive for the next year! This deal ends 9/24: f.mtr.cool/y6trv9mpzkf.mtr.coolThe FlytrapFeminist cultural criticism against the algorithm 069
Reposted by Jim DixonJake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026can't believe the car that runs on millions of tiny explosions transmitting energy through a complex series of oily metal parts doesn't last as long as the one that's four wheels attached to a battery 14604125
Reposted by Jim DixonCaptain Pooky @captainpooky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026One singular company could create a Smart phone and laptop with an AI free operating system and that person would be an instant billionaire. 171
Reposted by Jim DixonAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 24/09/2026By the way, Israel is using the same logic Russia is using to claim Ukraine, some bullshit about ancient kingdoms and property rights based on myths. Same shit different asshole. 59873297