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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 9h
Attended the @pdxcityclub.bsky.social District 4 debate tonight, and got one really great question answered that showed who really believed in democracy and who didn't. #ParticipatoryBudgeting My question wasn't asked directly, so that sucked. Jamey Evenstar impressed me.
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hey, @arstechnica.com, ffs, Russell has two l's.
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Article 19: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Kid was studying sequences, series and sums in calculus, and idly wonders why partial sums are not called Somes.
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_la... ... which among other things says, and now I'm rewording, if your academic paper is locked behind a paywall, you might as well have not written it. Its value is created in the reading, not the writing. Your work is valuable only if it is read.
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In Empire Strikes Back, Luke says to Yoda "I'm not afraid" and Yoda says "Oh, you will be. You will be" and it's startling and powerful because it's the only time Yoda speaks properly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g57L...
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I'm not afraid! You will be
YouTube video by QuoteTheGuy
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Sameer Kanal @kanalforportland.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The full thread has some parts that don't apply, but this pretty accurately sums up Portland, too.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026
"Third Way" liberal politics involves *saying* things that working people love, but *doing* things that sociopathic plutocrats love. It works ...right up until voters notice that you're not *doing* the things. That realisation breeds cynicism and fury and paves the way for fascist strongmen. 2/
A turn-of-the-century Main Street, USA. Over the horizon looms a giant Canadian flag, made out of circuitry. In the foreground is a pixelboard sign reading 'U.S. BORDER CLOSED.' In the foreground looms a giant lumberjack, about to swing his axe into the sign.
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Community Broadband PDX @cbbpdx.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
For approximately the cost of the library bond, we can have public high speed fiber optic cables passing every home and business in Portland, serving the interests of the users, freeing us from capture by rent-seeking megacorps. For less than a Moda Center remodel.
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Community Broadband PDX @cbbpdx.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We are going to be tabling at the Mississippi Street Fair on Saturday, July 11. Come by and chat! Volunteer! Donate!
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/06/2026
Public access to court records shouldn't depend on your ability to pay. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Court Records Should Be Free
Court records belong to the public. Yet anyone seeking access to federal court filings through PACER, a government software system that stands for Public Access to Court Electronic Records, is
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Community Broadband PDX @cbbpdx.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Campaign Kickoff on Saturday, June 27, 10:30-1:30pm at the Albina Branch Library, Community Room 2A. Special Guest expected from Hillsboro HiLight, fusion splicing demo, fiber optic cable and conduit samples, snacks, and fun! multcolib.org/hours-and-lo...
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Community Broadband PDX @cbbpdx.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We are going to be tabling again at the Rumble on the River #31: Tuesday, June 16th St Andrew Catholic Church 806 NE Alberta Doors and Info Tables at 5:30 p.m. Panel at 6:30 p.m. See you there!
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Lovely day on the Oregon Coast.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/05/2026
you folks should bring back the original broadband master plan to pilot an open access city fiber network killed by Adams and Charter lobbyists behind closed doors
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMUL...
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I Want To Believe
YouTube video by The Blazing Suns - Topic
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/04/2026
Banning everyone under 16 from social media is bad public policy. CA's AB 2047 is framed as a safety measure, but really, it's a blunt instrument of censorship that several vital lifelines for young Californians. Tell your legislators to abandon this approach: act.eff.org/action/stop...
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Community Broadband PDX @cbbpdx.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We will be tabling at the Rumble on the River, Tuesday April 28, 5:30pm at the First Unitarian Church in Portland, come talk to us! www.columbiariverkeeper.org/event/rumble...
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Rumble on the River #30 - Columbia Riverkeeper
Rumble #30: What is the Deal with Data Centers - Episode 2 Like the springtime emergence of invasive plants, data centers appear to be cropping up everywhere. Aside from providing limited long-term em...
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 22/04/2026
Hooray for #NationalLibraryWeek! 📚 Internet Archive's mission is Universal Access to All Knowledge, and we’re proud to be a Federal Depository Library. Books 📖, movies 🎞️, music 🎧, software 💾, web pages 🌐 and much more await on the Internet Archive: the library in your pocket. ➡️ www.archive.org
Two headphone-wearing people seated in the "Listen" station at the Internet Archive, surrounded by shelves with record albums. A person at the Internet Archive turning the pages of a book being digitized on a "scribe" station, which uses two cameras to shoot opposing pages simultaneously.A person at the Internet Archive operating a Lasergraphics ScanStation digital film scanner, in the procress of scanning 8mm film.Server racks with blue "blinkenlights" at the Internet Archive.
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Community Broadband PDX @cbbpdx.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
"We have the power to make access to our city owned fiber optic network available to everyone. Let’s break the private ISP monopoly power here in Portland!"
Community Broadband PDX Meetup, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 5:30-7:30pm, an aspirational campaign to break monopoly power, center users not megacorp profits, provide interconnectivity at cost, and ensure intellectual freedom. Snacks, Information and Discussion.
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pdxlinux.bsky.social @pdxlinux.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Monthly PLUG Linux Clinic this Sunday! calagator.org/events/12504...
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Portland Linux/Unix Group's Monthly Linux Clinic
That PLUG Clinic you like is coming back into style! The PLUG Clinic returns again this month on April 19th, from 1pm-5pm, at Willamette University's space on the 2nd floor of the Ecotrust Building. ...
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
@oyousef.bsky.social Heard your story on ATC today, and noticed that you kind of forgot about Angela Merkel, also in Europe, who was also in power for 16 years.
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Two lips.
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Community Broadband PDX @cbbpdx.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
sschueller.github.io/posts/the-fr...
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The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't
The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 01/04/2026
Public support makes EFF's work possible. Become a member today to help us fight for your digital rights. eff.org/join
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Defend Privacy and Free Speech
Donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and support the mission to defend civil liberties and human rights online.
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Wintersong @wintersong.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I really feel like once you're aware of "CEO said a thing" as a model of "journalism" you can't unsee it. It is fucking everywhere.
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Well, what do we have here? A new speed analysis published by Ookla finds that municipal broadband providers consistently leave the big private Internet service provider (ISP) competition in the dust
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Municipal Broadband Leaves Big National ISPs in the Dust, Report Finds | Welcome to Community Networks
A new speed analysis published by Ookla finds that municipal broadband providers consistently leave their private Internet service provider (ISP) competition in the dust. “Small Towns, Big Speeds: How...
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Cue the Japanese Koto music.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13/03/2026
Hey, #Portland #PDX! Before you go see EFF’s Cindy Cohn at @powells.bsky.social at 7pmPT tonight, listen to her interview on KBOO’s Genius Box about “Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance.”
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Genius Box: Interview with Cindy Cohn from EFF!
On this venture into the Genius Box, Althea and Reed are joined by Electronic Frontier Foundation Executive Director Cindy Cohn!  EFF is the leading nonprofit defending privacy and free speech in the ...
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
First Yoshino Cherry blossom of the year.
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Does anyone else find it ironic that this program revealnews.org/podcast/ques... aired on @opb.org immediately before devoting the next 6 hours of their airtime to the BBC (more than 1/4 of their daily programming, all told), that does not remotely deserve its reputation for honest journalism?
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The story behind the BBC refusing to air a documentary about Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals
Two veteran journalists produced a documentary that showed evidence of war crimes in Gaza. But the BBC refused to air the film. Why?
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 07/03/2026
“Young people still have human rights, and that includes the right to access information and to associate with other people and to speak to the world. These laws are designed to diminish those rights,” EFF’s David Greene told @TheIntercept. theintercept.com/2026/03/05/...
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Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online
The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.
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Community Broadband PDX @cbbpdx.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Community Broadband PDX is having another in-person meetup, March 10, 5:30pm at Woodstock Branch Library: calagator.org/events/12504... See you there!
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Community Broadband PDX Meetup
Come join Community Broadband PDX to talk about building a publicly owned broadband network here in Portland. <a href="https://cbbpdx.civicrm.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=6">RSVP</a> to be adde...
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Community Protection Broadcast @cpb.works · 23/02/2026
Does Oregon actually have anyone in mind to run for Governor, to primary Kotek? Because @tinakotek.bsky.social isn’t working. She’s a corporatist, through and through. 👇🏾 www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...
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OREGON TECH

Much bigger data center tax breaks on deck in Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek's bill

Updated: Feb. 23, 2026, 7:58 a.m. | Published: Feb. 21, 2026, 6:02 a.m.Oregonian -

By Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/OregonLive

Economic development legislation championed by Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is poised to dramatically expand the state's tax breaks for data centers, which are already among the largest in the nation.

Oregon data center operators will save nearly a half-billion dollars in local property taxes this year through three different incentive programs. Kotek's legislation, House Bill 4084, would expand the fastest growing of those three programs.
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pdxlinux.bsky.social @pdxlinux.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The Portland Linux/Unix Group Monthly Clinic is Sunday, February 15th, from 1 to 5pm at the Albina Branch Library. Bring your Linux Questions and/or your Linux Answers to share! calagator.org/events/12504...
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Portland Linux/Unix Group's Monthly Linux Clinic
That PLUG Clinic you like is coming back into style! The PLUG Clinic returns again this month on February 15, from 1pm-5pm. Note the different venue this month, we are back at the Albina Branch Libra...
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Community Broadband PDX @cbbpdx.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Community Broadband PDX is having another in-person meetup tomorrow evening at the Holgate Branch library, starting at about 5pm: calagator.org/events/12504...
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Community Broadband PDX Meetup
Come join Community Broadband PDX to talk about building a publicly owned broadband network here in Portland. <a href="https://cbbpdx.civicrm.org/civicrm/event/register?id=5&reset=1">RSVP</a> to be ...
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Fully Fund Preschool for All. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fu...
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Fully Fund Preschool for All
When families are strong, Multnomah County is strong!
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
@adriansdigitalbasement.com FYI, i am pretty sure i've seen cheese curds at Jerry's Tavern near Montgomery Park in NW Portland. The guy seems to have moved from Wisconsin or something. 3010 NW Nicolai St, Portland, OR 97210
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
@adriansdigitalbasement.com thought you'd appreciate this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNQt...
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Bjork Teardown of Sony Trinitron TV (1988) 4K Upscale
YouTube video by Retro Recipes x Commodore
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14/12/2025
So-called "smart" devices are pushed heavily for the holidays, but be mindful of what you're opting that gift recipient into. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year: smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers,
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Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
1. People are freeing themselves from the myth that only big corporations can make and do things. Here's a story about 19 small towns that built their own high-speed fiber networks. They pay less than most Americans & can get a service rep on the phone no problem. ilsr.org/article/comm...
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 12/12/2025
the cycle usually goes like this: 1. Dems refuse to seriously challenge corporate power 2. The electorate gets frustrated, votes Republican, believes populist lies 3. Dems point out things are shitty, get re-elected, lack the backbone to challenge corporate power 4. rinse, wash, repeat
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Don't let democracy be undermined by tools of surveillance and control. Donate to EFF this week and you'll get an automatic match. eff.org/power-up
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Double Your Impact on Privacy & Free Speech
Right now, your donation to EFF gets an automatic 2X match! Don't let tyrants co-opt tech.
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Community Broadband Networks @communitynets.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🚨 Webinar alert! 🚨 Join us Nov 20 @ 12 noon ET for “Building Smarter Cities and the Cost of Doing Nothing” — a free, 60-minute live discussion on why smart fiber infrastructure matters and what cities lose if they sit still Story w/registration link here ⬇️ communitynetworks.org/content/webi...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/10/2025
Publishers need to learn that when they don't work with researchers to do the right thing, scholars find their own solutions—legal or otherwise. #OAWeek www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Civil Disobedience of Copyright Keeps Science Going
Creating and sharing knowledge are defining traits of humankind, yet copyright law has grown so restrictive that it can require acts of civil disobedience to ensure that students and scholars have
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
@tinakotek.bsky.social
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
A fire at a metal shredding plant in Vancouver WA is sending a plume of noxious smoke over NE and SE Portland since before 10pm.
Screenshot of purple air map of Portland showing a plume of smoke extending SSE from a fire in Vancouver WA.
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Russell Senior @rssenior.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
www.bpa.gov/about/newsro...
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BPA makes 42nd straight U.S Treasury payment
BPA’s FY 2025 payment includes $885.4 million in principal and $258.7 million in interest.
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pdxlinux.bsky.social @pdxlinux.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The Portland Linux/Unix Group is constantly on the lookout for speakers for their General Monthly Meeting, first Thursday of the month at Portland State University's Engineering Building on SW 4th Avenue. If you are excited about something vaguely nerdy and want to share, get in touch! pdxlinux.org
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Portland Linux/Unix Group
Portland Linux/Unix Group
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