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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 5h

2020 had a fuckload of education happening. We had so many newbies of all ages at protests and 1st time confrontations by our jackboot cops. I try not to overestimate what people know.

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 5h

You got street medics here blaring warnings to their community to squash it. Those same people who get you medical when cops injure you at protests. So if you know to stay in your lane about Portland, then listen to those whose lane it is.

That isn't a dogpile. Its absurd to say that.

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 5h

Stay in your lane. I told you what BIPOC lifelong organizers have said here.

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 5h

Portland community organizers are clear on it. No lasers.

*Also. What do you think helicopters crash into?

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 5h

Portland community organizers here are squashing any talk of doing it and reading the book at them. If wanna take leadership from BIPOC folks here, No lasers.

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 6h

Andy grifting his grift

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 8h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 6h

They are different NBR organizers though.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 9h

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 8h

Portland Emergency World Naked Bike Ride turnout is huge, easily hundreds. Folks are amped that the Unipiper is here.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 8h

someone on the Internet who really wants to convince you to shine lasers at manned aircraft as a protest tactic “because they did it in Chile in 2019” is either:

1. a fascist fed, or,

2. so terminally stupid that they have become functionally indistinguishable from one

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 7h

I also want to emphasize, our Portland elders are out there with young folks.

Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 8h

A few people speak before the protest commences. The crowd is so large, it’s difficult to hear everything. This one is clear: When Portland is under attack, what do we do? Stand up; fight back!

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 7h

Free Link

Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 5d

Link, a pacifist, did not threaten or wish death on anyone, and it is absurd and embarrassing for Jay to try to spin it that way. I called Link the Mr Rogers of Bluesky in 2023 and nothing has changed.

This would be like Congress imprisoning Mr Rogers after he testified and asked not to nix funding

Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 7h

How the West Was Won

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 8h

Name a Film with a Shootout.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 10h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 8h

Oooooh I hope this is what normies are thinking

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

my father (a retired white engineer who has been in oklahoma for 40 years) is my weathervane for what normal people who just watch the news periodically think, and he was like “so, they want to call the guard out on a bunch of kids wearing frog suits? is that true?”, the admin is losing the PR war

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9h

I really wouldn’t be shining lasers at helicopters if I were you. It’s illegal and could cause an aircraft to crash - and that could kill a LOT of people, in the air and on the ground.

And the ICE goons appear to be *salivating* at the chance to claim people that they arrest were doing this:

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 9h

saw someone arguing that MTG's anti Israel noises suggest that she's a more reliable moral voice longterm than most centrist Ds, and...like, people really need to acknowledge just how antisemitic she is and what role that plays in her approach to Israel policy. 1

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 9h

any cop who walks because mamdani gets elected is almost certainly a cop who fears accountability and should never have been hired in the first place

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 8h

New copypasta dropped.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 13h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Wally Wookie (FullMetalWookie) 🏳️‍🌈 @wookietron9000.bsky.social · 11h

Using fear to sell your message is...

* Maladaptive

* Manipulation

* Abusive

Sure, some folks won't wake up until they are afraid, help them to find their own fears, not yours

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 9h

Oooh this is good Wookie.

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octopuswaffle.bsky.social @octopuswaffle.bsky.social · 1d

Portland, OR friends: Mutual aid groups @portlandcleanair.bsky.social + @freecovidtestspdx.bsky.social just received a ton of respirators available for free for anyone in the PDX community.

🧵below for ordering details, available for no contact pickup in SE PDX or delivery

PCAC 😷🦚 @portlandcleanair.bsky.social · 1d

Make a request for free masks two ways:

1) If you prefer to PICK UP any of the mask styles shown in this post, visit bit.ly/BorrowFromPCAC to arrange a contactless option in inner SE

2) If you need delivery, visit bit.ly/freecovidtestspdx and use that form 2/3

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A light blue background with a medium blue banner with white text reads "Lighthouse FILTR N95s (individually packaged)" There's a lightbulb call out advising that this mask has a larger fit. In the center of the slide is a white circle with an image of this mask model. Below it the description reads "white boat/tri-fold mask with black head straps" and along the bottom are logos for the Portland Clean Air Committee and Free COVID Test PDX and the numbers 4/7 to show the slide number.

A light blue background with a medium blue banner with white text reads "bulk KN95s (10 packs)" In the center of the slide is a white circle with an image of this mask model. Below it the description reads "white bi-fold mask with ear loops" and along the bottom are logos for the Portland Clean Air Committee and Free COVID Test PDX and the numbers 5/7 to show the slide number.

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 11h

I'm just gonna block you, so all your replies disaapear.

Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 11h

Can we agree non-combatants anywhere should not be killed?

I thought that was, ya know, part of the problem with genocide.

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 11h

I'm arguing with a no photo, 4 following account. Wtf am I doing. Somebody slap me.

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