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emily

@soupmuse.bsky.social
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lawyer. human rights and civilian protection. forever Arabic student. conscientious objector to “AI” our liberation is bound together.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 15h
When it comes to a US president enabling mass slaughter abroad, really it is the private frustration that is most important.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
if Tina Kotek cared about this state she'd see these polls as a five alarm fire
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 7h
Istg if you fuckers really drive Emissary off the site...
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Kori 🌹 @koriander.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If the Kotek campaign actually loses, I KNOW people will pin the blame on her left critics for not being silent and loving the governor enough. I will be looking at how many $100,000s ($1,000,000s?) were spent doing a municipal red scare at this crucial moment…
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Filing reports from the "GoPDX" PAC show the direct link between the business-led United for Portland PAC and a trio of new independent expenditures (GoPDX, Ditch Mitch & fix multco).
These are the PACs behind a grip of billboards bashing Councilor Green / supporting
Commissioner Brim-Edwards.
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lizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
i don't think the state has any business torturing anyone to death
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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 15h
Mark Carney, former UN special envoy on climate action….
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 20h
It can always get worse, and does. What a horrendous decision. The U.S. State Department has decided to cancel the human rights-related conditions on military aid to Egypt, following the beneficial role Egypt played during the war against Iran. share.google/y1wHBYR8774k...
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EXCLUSIVE: US waives rights conditions for $320 million in military aid to Egypt, letter shows
The US State Department has waived human rights conditions for ​more than $300 million of military aid to Egypt in light of Cairo's "helpful role" since the launch of the US ‌war with Iran, according ...
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: CBP just seized an American attorney's phone as he returned from Palestine, despite it containing attorney-client privileged communications. …Here's some interesting context — this attorney is married to another lawyer who *just last month* filed an ethics complaint against this Florida judge:
Zeteo news story headline:

Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Says, 'To Be American Is to Be a Zionist'

Judge Roy Altman boasts about taking '10% of the entire federal judiciary in America" on trips to Israel, and promotes his genocide-denying book from his chambers.
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
lost my dream job to these sanctions. can't wait til they are tossed out by the courts. www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
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Array of Experts Back Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s ICC Sanctions Regime
An array of former government officials, human rights groups, bar associations, and legal experts from around the world have filed eight amicus briefs supporting a lawsuit challenging US President Don...
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
we are seeing a seismic shift at the congressional level, and it is in no small part due to to Senator Van Hollen's moral leadership. (also, wildly fucked to not even support accountability for NINE AMERICANS KILLED)
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last week the Portland Police made a huge deal about a K9 killed in the line of duty apprehending a dangerous suspect. Turns out that K9 was shot and killed by...the Portland Police www.kgw.com/article/news...
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isaac @sevier.io · 30/09/2026
Important reporting
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the police killed their own dog. but perhaps more attention should be given to the human being killed, especially given reports this man was shot while running away. www.chronline.com/stories/poli...
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Police accidentally shot Portland K-9 Kylo during attempted arrest of homicide suspect, police say - The Daily Chronicle
Kylo, the Portland police dog killed during an attempt to arrest a homicide suspect last week was hit by police gunfire, authorities said Tuesday. Police identified the suspect, who was also &helli...
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is so important. They’ve broken the economic models that fund journalism is because they recognize the *purpose* of journalism threatens their bullshit-based valuations, ie, the sources of their wealth and power. Yet actual-existing journalists were instead crucial for creating their myths.
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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jon Isaacs operates (at least) *four* separate political action committees to move money for corporatism and the super rich. Half his salary is paid for by Downtown Clean & Safe. This man is hustling to protect his high paying grift.
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i've had a couple major projects i was quite proud of get lost in editing purgatory the past year, but i recently heard a project i'd spent just a few days of deep research on (and entirely forgotten) has become an international organization's "bible" (their words) funny how these things shake out
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Maciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google Maps has just updated its satellite view of the Gaza Strip, revealing the massive scale of destruction. It looks much like the aftermath of the scorched-earth policy the Nazis carried out after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943.
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Jamey Evenstar @jameyevenstar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mitch is going to need extra support for this one because this forum will not include any of the other progressive candidates like myself. They chose to only include the incumbents and Eli Arnold on purpose so it won’t be a very friendly crowd. Turn up and turn out!!
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OPB @opb.org · 28/09/2026
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 Department than first thought.
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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 Department than first thought.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is why Society Hotel lady fled to NYC
oregonlive.com
Oregon attorney general subpoenas records related to Made in Old Town
The effort to bring sneaker manufacturing to Portland collapsed after receiving millions of dollars in public funds.
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spoke to multiple people today who had not heard of Morillo and Koyama Lane but are now ready to ride at dawn (and post signs!)
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The devastation that Trump’s tax cuts for billionaires and mega corporations had on wealth inequality is profoundly under discussed. That’s why people ask if a meager increase in a local tax on a $100 million corporation is going to be a burden to the company. The scale of wealth is incomprehensible
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🌈 Queer Comes Trouble 🌈 @queercomestrouble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Its easy to talk to people about @mitchgreen.bsky.social love a sunny day getting a @portlanddsa.bsky.social endorsed person reelected
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Kat Mahoney @kmahoneylaw.com · 27/09/2026
making connections this morning over coffee - Mayor "Daddy" Wilson used his tie-breaking vote to give the Zenith Energy terminal over to I Squared Capital. Do you know who benefited from this? Jubitz Corporation (among others).
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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
keith wilson litmus tests - fund shelters with temporary funding that will close a year from now - loot $600 million from public budgets to give to a billionaire - cut PS3s to fund vacant PPB headcount - set northwest portland on fire and blow up the steel bridge
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 26/09/2026
he’s blaming the abraham accords
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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 26/09/2026
Student newspapers continuing to be a cut above
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In case you were wondering how Silicon Valley-poisoned Stanford is these days... A department used AI on a promo photo, completely altering/slimming one young woman's appearance and erasing / replacing another student with a (non-existent!) Black woman. stanforddaily.com/2026/09/23/u...
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University confirms use of AI-edited photo amid controversy
The incident has caused national controversy, stemming from a now-viral Fizz post.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think the "debate" about bringing iced coffee to job interviews is effective at distracting people from the really bad job market, the high unemployment rate for Black women, ongoing mass layoffs in tech and media, and how Gen Z workers are refusing to adopt many toxic aspects of corp work culture
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“You cannot bomb a country, threaten its annihilation, impose a maritime blockade and coercive measures, and expect the automatic restoration of security and navigation.”
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Love when dudes announce the secret, gendered rules they use to arbitrarily discriminate against job seekers www.huffpost.com/entry/coffee...
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Men Guzzle, Women Sip: The Caffeinated Gender Divide
Men drink on average 3-to-4 more cups of coffee a day than women do.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I want to give public kudos to @councilorepg.bsky.social for staying up very late with her staff on Wednesday night to ensure a strong CEI Hub amendment package got to council before the Thursday hearing. Things were very much in the balance and her participation + effort mattered a great deal.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WHO KILLED THE MAN? WHO KILLED THE DOG? WHY ARE THE COPS ON ADMIN LEAVE?
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
this is actually insane.
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Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My office is looking into what we might be able to do about this. In the interim, please consider a hawk instead of a gun.
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Hawk vs. Drone! (Hawk Attacks Quadcopter)
YouTube video by Christopher R Schmidt
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kaleigh Roehl from the Oregon Nurses Association testifies on behalf of her union in favor of a strong CEI Hub Policy. Says nurses near the CEI Hub are at risk of a disaster. Says a catastrophe would overwhelm the health system in Oregon. ONA is a part of the coalition to make the hub safer.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Robert McCullough submitted new evidence into the record in the form of a report critiquing ECONorthwest's report. Here's how it starts lol www.portlandmaps.com/bps/testimon...
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another teenager from Lincoln High School testifies about how the future of forests and rivers are threatened by the CEI Hub. "I stand here today inspired by all the past and present Lincoln HIgh School environmental justice students." I'm in the rafters and people are crying.
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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's genuinely crazy how a pretty blatant act of indiscriminate large-scale terror just kind of got accepted as some combination of a "brilliant intelligence operation" and basically a joke. And how much its defenders see all Lebanese Shia as inherent terrorists.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Maria Sipin appreciation post. She’s one of our strongest soldiers and is always receiving racist abuse inside city hall and beyond. Y’all better hope I don’t catch you in the act.
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Disappointing outcome for the Zenith ISQ transfer deal but we have one more opportunity today to address safety & fuels at the CEI Hub. Tell Council we need clear, actionable language, a directive to redefine the use of “fuels” in the text & a data-driven approach to draw down the fuel at the Hub.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Novick fucked Portland for Zenith / I Squared Capital yesterday and today he introduced an amendment to the CEI Hub Policy Process that may as well have been written by I Squared Capital.
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Tim @bio-tim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Myself and other immigration attorneys have noticed that the government has paused most citizenship applications that have already been approved and are only waiting for a swearing-in-ceremony. Our guess is that they're intentionally delaying these until after the mid-term election.
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Olivia Clark took a picture with climate + safety activists who believed she would be a sponsor of their proposed amendments to the CEI Hub policy process. She backed out a few days ago w/out explanation & then put the picture of her smiling with advocates up on social media anyway. Performance?
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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There’s a public hearing on code related to the Criticical Energy Infrastructure Hub at Portland City Council tomorrow (9/24) at 2 PM. Info about what’s under consideration, how to testify, etc. available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Portland's CEI Hub Policy Organizing Kit 2026.09
Support Portland’s CEI Hub policy proposal with changes Let’s make the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub safer for people, our economy, the Willamette River, Forest Park, and wildlife! Sept. 2...
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Clark’s opposition to Green’s proposal to condition funding to Urban Alchemy after over 70 complaints — including complaints of sexual assault of the vulnerable people in their care — REALLY seems like it should be disqualifying The complaints have more than doubled in the months since this vote.
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
First canvass for Mitch since tweetgate and can confidentally say this was my all time best canvass for any candidate. (And I canvassed for Muñoz against data center proponent Sollman.)
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emily @soupmuse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
cartoonishly evil behavior on display.
ISQ insists it takes safety seriously, and has repeatedly promised to be a better neighbor than Zenith. But as one Portlander spoke on the dangers of an explosion, landslide, or fire at the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEl) Hub during public testimony on September 2, the Mercury observed three ISQ representatives laughing quietly with one another in the chamber seats.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
One of the cops, an 18-year veteran, ran Flock searches on women he met out in public, then showed up whereever they were to try to do meet-cutes: their gym, a Walmart, a Smoothie King. Said to one woman that "he spilt yogurt on his pants and told her, 'You know what that looks like.'"
As Schultz was leaving, he asked another female employee what her and M.W.’s names were.
M.W. said that after Schultz left, she began receiving text messages from a phone number she
did not recognize. Schultz thanked her for letting him sit in the parking lot. M.W. said he texted
a few more times after that. She did not respond.
After a few months Schultz started going to her gym in Indianapolis, but she did not immediately
recognize him. She said when she was at a school function with her daughter in Greenwood and
Schultz stopped her and re-introduced himself.
She told him it was creepy how he got her number and she said he tried to avoid that
conversation. He said that he had to find her number because he spilt yogurt on his pants and told
her “You know what that looks like”. She said Schultz made her uncomfortable with his actions
and some of the comments that he made.

The next time she was at the gym he came up to her and engaged in conversation. M.W. said
Schultz seemed to be at the gym at same time that she is there. Based on membership scans at the
gym, M.W. and Schultz arrived at the gym within one hour of the other on June 12, 2026; June
15, 2026; June 23, 2026; June 26, 2026; July 9, 2026; July 15, 2026; July 21, 2026; July 25,
2026; and August 1, 2026.
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