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Earlier today I biked by a ~20 or so strong crew of people on a group run in my neighborhood so I shouted, “Runners! Cyclists love runners! Yay!” and they all yelled back, “Yay!”

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 11d

I don’t think I’m going to want to turn this into a Soft Friends song, it was more of in the moment kind of thing.

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 11d

I admit I was a little worn out and apparently feeling a little silly.

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 11d

“I hear the honks,
And it sounds like this,
(Poorly thought out melody kicks in) Fart, fart, fart,
I wish I was on a bike,
Instead of this goofy truck
stuck in traffic,
Fart, fart, fart,
I wish I could deftly maneuver
around all these cars
just like that bike did”

- me to an upset driver.

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 13d

Anyway, shout out to bands who care about trying to be helpful while also making good music to dance too: lambgoat.com/news/48413/t...

THE CALLOUS DAOBOYS raise $19k for Immigrant Defense Project with anti-ICE shirt

Earlier this month, The Callous Daoboys released a limited-edition shirt to raise money for the Immigrant Defense Project. The front of the shirt featured a burning border patrol vehicle with the capt...

lambgoat.com

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 13d

I think so! Well, not the sweating, just the sunscreen.

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 13d

Remarkable how much sunscreen you can go through if you follow the directions (reapplying every 1.5 hours when sweating).

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 13d

It’s wild the broad range of people who compliment my “fuck ICE” shirt. Portlanders of all ages, many genders, etc

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 14d

I missed an opportunity not reaching out to a lawyer in 2020 and 2021 in a timely fashion after experiencing multiple cop riots / being shot by local and federal forces because I was busy and the world felt like it was ending.

Don’t make my mistake.

Juan C Chavez @inafutureage.bsky.social · 15d

Did you or a friend or a family member get attacked by Trump’s brown shirts this weekend? I’d like to hear about it and maybe do something about it. My email is jchavez [at] ojrc [dot] info. Please put “Seeking Legal Advice re: ICE Building” in subject line. All inquiries are confidential.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 15d

Federal officers used tear gas against Portland ICE protesters while Trump said "paid insurrectionists" were “burning” the city.

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Carol Fenton @cfpdx.bsky.social · 17d

Two of these people gained access to the roof of THE ICE building today.

Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 17d

The testimony submitted to the Oregon v Trump case includes a September 21 email by Portland Police Bureau Sergeant Andrew Braun describing the behavior of three right-wing "counterprotestors": Rhein Amacher, Chelly Bouferrache, and Katie Daviscourt.

These 3 counter-protesters continue to be a chronic source of police and medical calls at ICE. Despite repeated advice from officers to stay away from the ICE crowd, they constantly return and antagonize the protesters until they are assaulted or pepper sprayed. They refuse or are reluctant to walk away from these confrontations, even when police are in the area trying to meet with them. They even engage in the same trespassing behavior on federal and trolley property as the main protesters. Aside from the confrontation between opposing protesters, there was no reported activity around ICE that would have otherwise generated a police response.

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 17d

The testimony submitted to the Oregon v Trump case includes a September 21 email by Portland Police Bureau Sergeant Andrew Braun describing the behavior of three right-wing "counterprotestors": Rhein Amacher, Chelly Bouferrache, and Katie Daviscourt.

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🕯️ bugs rock 🕯️ @bugsrock.online · 20d

oh boy she’s painting clouds again ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️🌝

photo of a 6-flat cylinder silicone mold where 4 of them have wax clouds painted onto them

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 20d

Managed to ascend this incline without injury to myself or any bushes today.

Josh @joshuablount.com · Sep 21

Apologies to anyone nearby cathedral park enough to have seen me get sick in the bushes (I over did it climbing that incline on my bike, but I am home safe).

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 20d

🖤

“I will suffer here instead of biting my tongue
Condemned to a life of pain, until my time has come
No promise of heaven will make me march
With my final breath
I deny the church”

Knocked Loose - Blinding Faith

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 21d

👀

AndyNgoInspiresMassShooters {bird cult aficionado} @justsomefucker.bsky.social · 21d

Except it didn't get bad. That person in bloc, who was at the head of the charge pushing Joey Gibson out, was not a comrade. He climbed into the backseat of the truck and they took off together.

That entire incident was orchestrated.

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 22d

Anarchist social media influencers are just evangelical pastors with less effective monetization options.

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 25d

“Two ships in the night,
And we’re crashing,
Fucking crashing,
As worlds collide,
Summertime depressions
got its hold on me”

keroseneheights.bandcamp.com/track/sink

Sink, by Kerosene Heights

from the album Blame It On The Weather

keroseneheights.bandcamp.com

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 26d

Everything can feel so lonely all the time, but we’re not alone.

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Josh @joshuablount.com · 26d

Get your art up there, it might make me cry for several minutes inside a burrito shop.

Also, good things might happen unrelated to my crying.

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