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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 2h

Scott was randomly attacked while walking home from work. He doesn't have insurance and his first medical bill is for $8k. Please help or share if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/utjym-lets...

Donate to LETS SUPPORT SCOTT!, organized by Taryn Shollenberger

Let's support Scott! On October 1st, your friend / neighbor / favorite Grimace-impersonating b… Taryn Shollenberger needs your support for LETS SUPPORT SCOTT!

www.gofundme.com

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 5h

Coffee is the ultimate former alcoholic drink. You can pay a guy $18 to make a fancy version of it right in front of your bloodshot eyes, or you can buy one in a gas station for a buck and a half while slowly crying to "Night Moves" because you just need to feel something again

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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 4h

And in the meantime, they're out there filming lots of peoples' faces which they'll use to doxx people and the state will use to identify and press charges against folks.

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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 4h

The right wing streamers and their fascist hangers on are just going to keep showing in Portland unless people run them off. People will encourage being peaceful but these folks will resort to violence regardless so it's far better to make them unwelcome.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 8h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 12h

i was surprised to learn that bc most protein powders are considered dietary supplements, they basically fall into a regulatory grey area

there's no federal limit on the amount of lead they can contain and neither manufacturers nor the FDA have to prove these products are safe before they're sold

Protein powders and shakes, like all dietary supplements, fall into something of a regulatory gray area.

There is no federal limit specifying the amount of lead allowed in protein powders. And while the FDA requires that manufacturers keep their products free of harmful contaminants, it largely leaves it up to companies to decide what counts as harmful and test their own products for compliance.

Before 1994, manufacturers had to prove herbal products were safe before selling them. That changed after Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. The law sharply limited the FDA’s authority, leaving supplements far less regulated than drugs.

Today, supplements are “presumed safe unless found otherwise,” says Cohen at Harvard Medical School, and most products face scrutiny only after reaching the market—meaning unsafe or contaminated supplements can reach consumers before problems are caught.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 12h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 11h

liberalism has no solutions, only empty rhetoric and a policy of adopting the ways and means of their nominal opponents until they themselves are an ineffective shadow of the monsters currently stripping the american carcass. it will not save you. it will not save us.

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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 1d

And here's a downy young Western Grebe. Such a cute little puffball
#birds

A young Western Grebe - much more white than the adults with some light grey on it's back. It has it's beak tucked in while it sleeps

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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 1d

Clark's Grebe and a Western Grebe and their hungry offspring. The Narrows - Harney County, Oregon
#birds

A Clark's Grebe has a very large fish in it's mouth and a young grebe is reaching for it.

A Western Grebe has a large fish in it's mouth. A young grebe is swimming after the adult.

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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 1d

Common Mergansers - Broughton Beach Portland, Oreogn
#birds

Two Common Mergansers on a piece of wood above the river. Both birds are looking to the right.

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Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 1d

...hi all, i would recommend NOT responding to this request with any private information or receipts, especially if said receipts could make you at all unsafe.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

3M is antifa now

Kimberly Vega

@caligurlluv

Replying to @MrAndyNgo and @patrioticmouse

Interesting same pink gas mask as those whose them in Portland, Oregon!!!!!

Who's supplying them?!!!

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 1d

Head-up Portland: ultra-MAGA and Pr*ud B*y associates will are planning a protest at David Douglas High School on Wednesday, Oct 15. They're mad some students oppose the fascist Turning Point club in their school.

Audra Ann post: Please come out this Wednesday, to support one of the bravest young men I’ve ever seen. Both he and his little sister are facing continual harassment and threats from school staff and students at David Douglas High School, in Portland Oregon... Stand for Logan. We are Charlie Kirk! Wednesday, Oct 15, 2:15pm, David Douglas High School North Building."

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Friends of Portland Street Response @friendsofpsr.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Help spread the word! 📣

PSR was built with community, for our community.

Now you have a chance to help grow PSR so they can provide a compassionate first response citywide, 24/7 by becoming a volunteer for the PSR Community Committee!

Learn more and apply to volunteer at bit.ly/growpsr

Graphic includes a photo of 2 people volunteering next to a sign that says "We need Portland Street Response" Text on graphic reads: " Help PSR Grow! Join the Portland Street Response Community Advisory Committee. Learn More & Apply: bit.ly/growpsr Please share with your friends and networks!

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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 1d

Saw my first real ion rare bird today! Northern Wheatear are sometimes seen in New England and the mid-Atlantic but rarely on the West Coast. This one showed up at Rooster Rock a few days ago and stuck around long enough for me to see it! #birds

A Northern Wheatear, a small bird with a light colored chest and brown wings. It has a black stripe that goes across it's eye. The bird is standing on the sand

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Ⓐ Anarchist Federation News 🏴 @anarchistfederation.net · 2d

Mail report back and call-in

www.anarchistfederation.net

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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 2d

It's so bad that this is on the Rose City Counter Info blog. Pointing a laser is one of the quickest ways to get federal charges.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 2d

This is such an astoundingly bad idea that I kinda think it’s a false flag or an op of some sort

Merits aside, it is insanely easy to be caught if you do this and the punishment for doing this is much more severe than you’d guess.

(@faineg.bsky.social often writes on stuff like this)

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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 2d

This is the culmination of anti-fascism being watered down by the libs as peaceful resistance in frog costumes.

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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 3d

While it would uproot your life, you already have connections here so wouldn't be as hard as moving to a completely new place.

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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 3d

While this is true it's important to remember that politicians and certain local news outlets like the Oregonian pushed the narrative of Portland as a hellscape for the last 5 years, setting the stage for this.

OPB @opb.org · 3d

Right-wing media influencers are now being welcomed into the federal government to promote its messages. This kind of media access shows a deepening alliance between the Trump administration and an online world willing to misrepresent facts if it means furthering political goals.

Right-wing influencers shape nation and Trump’s understanding of Portland protests

Social media personalities, conservative media outlets and the Trump administration itself are blending online content to serve the administration’s policies.

www.opb.org

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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 3d

I'm really going to miss waking up to this view and the smell of the desert as the sun warms the sagebrush after a cold night

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Heyzell @heyzell.blackskycomra.de · 4d

Shout out to the goth woman working at the taco truck in Hines, population 1,500 in south central Oregon

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 5d

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

denvergov.org/Government/A...

Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates

Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

denvergov.org

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