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Joseph Schafer (1867–1941) was the first academically trained historian in the U.S. state of Oregon. He studied with Frederick Jackson Turner, and chaired the history department at the University of Oregon from 1900 to 1920. He authored A History of the Pacific Northwest in 1905 and revised it in 1918; the book was considered the standard history of the region into the 1950s. .. more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 1d
The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d
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Consider Amira Zairi, a self-professed “AI educator” and “ambassador” for Adobe, LeonardoAI, and TripoAI, who posted a scathing rant this week on X-formerly-Twitter to her 49,000 followers. Her complaint? Other people were “plagiarizing” her unique AI prompts. “‘Make your own prompts’ isn’t advice. It’s basic integrity,” Zairi wrote, using syntax that reads suspiciously like text generated by ChatGPT. “I’m honestly fed up. Changing a few words, renaming the prompt, or slightly rephrasing it doesn’t make it yours, the idea is still the same, the vibe is the same, and the results are obviously similar.” “And no, this isn’t about one or two people, and it didn’t happen once!!!!” Zairi continued. “Creating your own prompts is actually easier than copying someone else’s work! Try it.”

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Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 2d
I can relate. I can’t watch The West Wing a third time. I’m
just not into fantasy like I used to be, I guess….

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Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 2d
Libertarianism. A simple-minded right-wing ideology ideally suited to those unable or unwilling to see past their own sociopathic self-regard. -Iain M. Banks

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Frank Buffum @frankb-listening.bsky.social · 2d
A reminder that not so long ago we honored immigrants in the US, even by carving monuments like this one at Immigration Point, over the Golden Gate connecting the Pacific to SF Bay.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

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Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 2d
Please, please tell me this is a photoshop.
a cartoon of spongebob saying " please " with his mouth wide open
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob saying " please " with his mouth wide open
media.tenor.com

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 2d
Kristi Noem’s podium at DHS is just a straight up Nazi slogan

"One of ours, all of yours" was a Nazi policy made when an SS officer was killed in a Czech Village and then the Nazis killed every single resident of that village in response…..but don’t you dare call them Nazis….not even hiding it

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Fucking Bitch Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d
/3. My dad

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Marketplace @marketplace.org · 2d
What Trump’s attempt to wrestle control of the Fed could mean for bank regulation, mortgage rates, and the overall health of the U.S. economy.

Today on Marketplace.
The Fed under attack
What Trump’s attempt to wrestle control of the Fed could mean for bank regulation, mortgage rates, and the overall health of the U.S. economy.
mktplc.org

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d
DHS Releases List Of Mothers Driving Cars

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Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 2d
What a strange way to spell prescient.

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Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 2d
He is not a serious policy advisor.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d
Do lesbians face discrimination in the United States? On the one hand, Renée Good was murdered. On the other hand, I am highly paid to relativize such crimes.

by Bari Weiss

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Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 2d
I mean this seriously.

Has everyone lost their fucking minds? What the fuck is he talking about?
Ian Bremmer: us college activists would gain a little credibility if they were demonstrating against the brutal repression in iran.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3d
Nikki Glaser calls out CBS News at the Golden Globes while it’s being broadcast on CBS.

“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”

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Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 3d
Hear me out - this insanity we’re living in… finally right down the center of Marketplace lane. Silver lining!

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Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 3d
Suddenly wish I had more of my money in TIPS

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 3d
TWO. Two chances this Supreme Court had to make the right call. One was the simply call January 6 what it was: An insurrection. Even the liberal justices couldn’t do that. The other was to not make sham and politically-motivated investigations an “official act.”

And here we fucking are.

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Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 3d
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3d
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."

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Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 3d
Kinda feel even more sorry for the Venezuelans than I did before…

I suppose once our own hyperinflation kicks in, we can ask them for advice on how to cope?

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3d
When you lose Thom Tillis…

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 3d
Can we maybe stop appointing his judges and funding his government now

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d
Listen to Powell here.

www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
www.federalreserve.gov

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Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 3d
NGL I was expecting “we are not a serious country” here.

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Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 3d
Again, 10/10 satire. This is a golden age of satire, I’m telling y’all, when soccer moms are now wine moms.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d
The totals are in! After donating the equivalent of my Veteran disability benefits for 2025, you all matched $29,015, which makes a grand total of $74,994.71 to the LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities for Giving Tuesday. THANK YOU!!

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Gail BK @weedlady.bsky.social · 3d
Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
Middle aged white lady carrying a blue poster board sign with the words SEE YOU AT NUREMBERG FUCKERS

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d
Yet again, Elon Musk is pushing the insanely racist Great Replacement Theory that has directly inspired several mass murders from his fellow white supremacists.

The richest man in the world who controls a massive media platform is *repeatedly* pushing this garbage and it should be a global scandal.
keptsimple.bsky.social m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 3d
Elon retweeting a guy known for posting pedophilic incest fantasies

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Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 3d
I know. But it’d be better if it was satire….