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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#OnThisDay in 1978, district-wide busing of students for racial balance began in Seattle. historylink.org/File/3351
Black students arriving at Wilson Middle School on first day of mandatory busing, Seattle, September 6, 1972
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 3h
“My grandfather knew the importance of making sure I understood what had been passed down to him. He believed that one day Canada would recognize what our people have always known.” Gitanyow Hereditary Chief Simoo’gyet Malii, Glen Williams, writes thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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You Can’t Beat the Truth | The Tyee
A Hereditary Chief shares what his grandfather taught him about reconciliation.
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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 6h
Today, we honour the children who never returned home, Survivors of residential schools, and their families and communities. Today is also an opportunity for all of us to listen, learn, reflect, and continue the work of reconciliation in our communities. Every Child Matters. 🧡
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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#OnThisDay in 1997, members of the Makah Nation joined a delegation of nearly 100 citizens from the town of Mihama, Japan, in ceremonies commemorating the lives of three young Japanese sailors who ran aground on the Olympic Peninsula in 1834. historylink.org/File/9074
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 11h
Reborder #273 🇧🇾🇱🇹 87 🇩🇯🇪🇹 77 🇬🇹🇲🇽 91 🇭🇷🇭🇺 97 Total: 352/400 🌍 Play: reborder.app
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Reborder - Daily geography game
Draw the missing border between neighbouring countries.
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 11h
The new Super Intelligence-driven "america.gov" was built by an entity called the National Design Lab, but wasn't this exactly what the U.S. Digital Service was created to be, when Obama formed it under the EOP?
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 19h
Reborder #272 🇬🇳🇸🇳 37 🇯🇴🇸🇾 91 🇦🇷🇵🇾 91 🇩🇪🇨🇭 93 Total: 312/400 🌍 Play: reborder.app
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Reborder - Daily geography game
Draw the missing border between neighbouring countries.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
PER CNN “This is highly escalatory. The US has sent a very significant shot across the bow to Canada,” said Barry Appleton, distinguished adjunct professor of law & co-director of the New York Law School’s Center for International Law. It will hurt US companies he warned. www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/e...
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Trump just banned Canadian booze — but there’s a big catch | CNN Business
President Donald Trump’s ban on Canadian booze kicked in on Tuesday, an unprecedented move that underscores the breakdown in one of the closest trading relationships in the world.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 29/09/2026
Following Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly, there has been a surge in demand for Slovenia’s “.si” web domain. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/28/t...
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How Trump Is Sparking a Slovenian Website Boom
The president’s call to rebrand AI as “super intelligence” has led to a surge of interest in Slovenia’s “.si” web domain.
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 29/09/2026
malware? www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Trump team wants to control the news—and track your every move
The White House now wants to embed itself in your phone with its official app.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
They aren’t sending their best
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FOX 12 Oregon @fox12oregon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lawsuit claims Clackamas Co. deputies withheld medical care for 40 minutes after police shooting
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Lawsuit claims Clackamas Co. deputies withheld medical care for 40 minutes after police shooting
The family of a man who was critically injured during a 2024 traffic stop has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Clackamas County and 14 sheriff’s deputies.
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A terrific piece about which educational interventions are cost-effective: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u... It notes the effectiveness of things like science of reading, small group tutoring and grading schools, while other things people like don't measure up.
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30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts
Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?
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Bryan from Stumptown Savings @bryanmvance.com · 29/09/2026
We tasted 11 store-brand tortilla chips from Portland grocers. Zupan's won by a wide margin — despite being the priciest chip in the test. Full rankings: stumptownsavings.com/p/we-tportland…
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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 29/09/2026
“The law essentially ends the hemp industry,” said Seth Crawford, the co-owner of Oregon CBD Seeds, an Independence-based company that supplies 75% of the hemp seed grown in the country. buff.ly/UC7XYaq
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New federal law puts an end to the hemp industry, Oregon businesses say • Oregon Capital Chronicle
A new federal law will ban the sale most hemp-derived products by end of the year.
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 29/09/2026
Anything that makes healthcare more expensive! www.verity.news/story/2026/r...
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Verity - Report: AI Hospital Billing Added $942M in Costs
American hospitals' use of AI tools in billing added an estimated $942 million in health care spending for Blue Cross Blue Shield companies between 2023 and 2025, according to an analysis the assoc...
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Resistenza @resistenza.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lol. Super Intelligence says so.
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 29/09/2026
In the good old days they were spreading rumors about Obama's "death panels" and so-called "FEMA Camps" with truck loads of coffins. Every accusation is a confession to them.
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Bryan from Stumptown Savings @bryanmvance.com · 29/09/2026
More than 70,000 Oregonians lost SNAP between July 2025 and June 2026, a 9% drop. Nationally, 5 million+ have lost food stamps since the 2025 federal budget law passed. Here's what Congress is debating now: stumptownsavings.com/p/food-stamps-…
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 29/09/2026
The customers say the internet provider made a “Price for Life” promise, then backtracked years later. They refused to accept that. mrf.lu/2d7Ll
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OPB @opb.org · 29/09/2026
In the 1860s, war split the Modoc of the Klamath Basin — some exiled to Oklahoma, others absorbed into the Klamath Tribes. Now, the descendants of the exiled band are returning to reclaim that lost homeland.
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Exiled from the Klamath Basin, Modoc descendants are finding their way home
As members of the Modoc Nation have returned to the region and expanded their footprint there, response from the community has been mixed.
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Mike Perham @mike.perham.net · 29/09/2026
Pitched the idea of using eminent domain on Lake Oswego’s biggest golf course to build housing to the Mayor last night. It’s a gaping wound right in the middle of the city, they pay $200k/yr in property tax for 120 acres!!!
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emily @emicue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know this is a stupid article written by an idiot. But I feel compelled to say that universal preschool was huge for me as a stay-at-home parent. It gave my kid access to educational and social opportunities she couldn't have while she was home with me.
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 29/09/2026
The funding is part of $225 million for nearly three dozen projects in Oregon that the Trump administration suspended in April 2025. mrf.lu/2d-2w
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 29/09/2026
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/dona...
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Donald Trump has never been weaker than he is right now - LGBTQ Nation
The president is plummeting in polls, Republicans are distancing themselves from him and even his supporters aren't happy.
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 29/09/2026
A big irony here is that large-scale wildfires produce a massive amount of greenhouse gas, as well as killing the wildlife en masse. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/09/25/t...
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Commentary: The forests Oregon ‘protected’ are burning • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon made history this summer, and not the celebratory kind. It’s a wakeup call: The system is broken and fixing it requires new thinking. Over 2.5 million acres burned — more than any in recorded h...
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 29/09/2026
It will be a warmer winter. www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
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What are the 'Super El Niño' impacts on Oregon this winter
A strengthening Super El Niño is set to bring potentially warmer and drier weather to Oregon and Washington while increasing the risk of storms, flooding, and erosion in Southern California during …
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 29/09/2026
A tax on houses that are empty for more than 50% of the year seems to target vacation homes and investment properties, but, honestly, how the hell will Astoria enforce this? Surveillance cameras on every house? City inspectors keeping daily tabs on all residents? oregoncatalyst.com/99483-astori...
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Astoria Measure: $3,000 empty home tax | Oregon Catalyst
Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Astoria liberals have a genius of a bad idea to tax people out of their homes in order to make homes affordable. Astoria city measure 4-247 is on the...
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Bryan from Stumptown Savings @bryanmvance.com · 28/09/2026
On SNAP in Oregon and got a letter from ODHS asking about your income? Respond TODAY (Mon., Sept. 28), or you could lose benefits as soon as October. Missed it? Contact ODHS anyway. A worker may still help. stumptownsavings.com/p/september-28…
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 28/09/2026
Auditor Jennifer McGuirk is warning of wasteful spending in the county’s Preschool for All program mrf.lu/2dfWz
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 28/09/2026
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Listen to Meta's Smart Glasses Are Big Brother's Tool on Hark
A moment from the podcast Galaxy Brain
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Peace in Oregon @conservativedem5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Ring of Fire is active; earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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Latest Earthquakes
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Willow at Infinitus Ministries @willow.infinitusministries.net · 27/09/2026
📜 New: From division to oneness (Zechariah 14) link.willowashmaple.sbs/rbWErf
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From division to oneness
Zechariah’s prophetic vision of reconciliation and integration
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is the problem with a political party that relies on lying - and media not calling out that lying. The federal government's proclamations are a hall of mirrors. Watch what they do, not what they say.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
translation: someone tried to help them save face in the upcoming election but the sundowned man in charge's brain has melted into translucent goo thats leaking out of his ears and didn't understand this and threw a tantrum so the sycophants decided to walk into the ocean together to make him happy
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 27/09/2026
Frank Ivancie 1980-85 💩💩 Bud Clark 1985-93 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Vera Katz 1993-2005 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tom Potter 2005-08 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sam Adams 2009-12 💩 Charlie Hales 2013-16 💩💩 Edward Tevis Wheeler 2017-24 💩💩💩 Keith Wilson 2025- 💩💩💩💩
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 27/09/2026
Portland keeps electing progressively worse mayors, one worse than the predecessor, ever since Vera Katz left (no disrespect to Tom Potter whatsoever, but toward the end of his term, the city council became highly dysfunctional, which wasn't his fault, but still the city government suffered).
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 27/09/2026
Frankly, the silver lining in all of this is that he is incompetent and is surrounded by equally incompetent people. What is far worse is a group of just as evil and corrupt, but "smart" and "competent" people who actually get things done.
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 27/09/2026
Peter Thiel and his buddy Melon Husk helped and enabled him. Too little too late!
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 27/09/2026
um. no thanks
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋 @sueinrockville.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
SUPPRESSION, REPRESSION, CENSORSHIP You OK in 2026 America? Elon Musk Unmasked in Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power” Corporate Media stifling Free Speech 1- www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig... 2-Here's the trailer-Do Share www.threads.com/share/Ezkq-O...
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Grits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Notably, this is the TX Cattle FEEDERS Association, so stockyards/meat packers. OK and KS are actual ranchers groups. Texas ranchers are represented by the Cattle *Raisers* Association, which is an enthusiastic, nativist cheerleader for every bigoted ICE action you can imagine.
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 26/09/2026
But of course U.S. consumers can buy imported beef from Argentina amirite? So much affordability! America First indeed.
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 26/09/2026
Yet they keep voting for this and donating to GOP candidates/PACs to bring more of this. They didn't learn the lesson when Dubya was president, and certainly they still haven't now. 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 25/09/2026
MAWA?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
GAY MEN EVERYWHERE: "We don't want him! Markwayne Mullin is just too stupid!"
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Nothing to see here? DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin shares a D.C. home with a Republican congressman
The homeland security secretary, who owns dozens of properties, met Rep. Jason Smith during bipartisan congressional workouts more than a decade ago.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Now, I know you Chinamen think you're the shit when it comes to tricking your population with stupid propaganda, but—COME ON—you can't touch this beauty here. And there is more where that came from, trust me."
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FOX 12 Oregon @fox12oregon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Iran has suggested a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days. Here are the terms
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Iran has suggested a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days. Here are the terms
Iran proposes reopening the Strait of Hormuz and restarting nuclear talks within seven days if the U.S. lifts its naval blockade, waives oil sanctions, and backs a ceasefire.
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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · 25/09/2026
www.rightsanddissent.org/news/on-nspm...
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On NSPM-7 Anniversary, Defending Rights & Dissent Alerts Congress to FBI Monitoring of Political Speech
Can the FBI Spy on First Amendment Protected Activity? According to a new analysis of the FBI’s rules from Defending Rights & Dissent, the answer is yes.  This morning, Defending Rights &…
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