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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 37m

Hmmmm

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 44m

Asked my students yesterday if they'd heard about the protests happening on Saturday. These folks are generally well-informed and interested in politics. Only 20% said they'd even heard of the No Kings protests. How did the organizers fail to get on the radar of these 18-22 year olds?

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 38m

I hope that skateboard kid is having a good day

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Tien @wtftien.bsky.social · 4h

I don't want smart cities, I want dumb, beautiful and affordable ones.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1h

I see it in the classroom

ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1h

Horrible people, horrible person. Same same.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1h

Good morning.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1h

I have a tiny audience so it’s understandable that I’m not getting any traction on this issue, but I will *not* click on pretty much any article with an image of a horrible people substituting for a lede.

I do not want to see them. I do not want to hear their voices. I still want to be informed.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 2h

Failing to be silent about the way a person lived their life is not the same as celebrating their death.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14h

in all the discussion (and sometimes tokenizing) of Portland protests being a creative spectacle that neutralizes law enforcement, don’t overlook:

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 16h

Members of the Unpresidented Brass Band were bull rushed & brutalized in the middle of playing "Ghostbusters." One was sent to the hospital and another tackled, arrested, and taken across state lines where she is still being detained.

Read more about Sunday's protest in Portland here:

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 15h

Got off the bus to walk in the rain.

A clutch of pink roses all wet from the rain shower.

One yellow and red rose drooping from the water.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 16h

Sad tennis courts looking like a swimming pool.

Through the window of the high school you can see the blue of a tarp and an empty court.

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 16h

Tami needs help raising the remainder of her rent. Together we can get her there.

Tami @chronictami.bsky.social · 23h

$300/875! Any support is greatly appreciated.

Tami @chronictami.bsky.social · 2d

Losing hope that I'll be able to keep my home. Not sure I can raise the full $875 this month for rent. I'm scared of being on the streets again. Last time, I had to rely on an abusive man to protect me. Please help me not go back there. tamilove21 on Cash App, Venmo, and Paypal.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

Bloom on campus

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

Weird little morning.

ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

Yes!

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

I’m tired. I’m glad you’re here.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

My reporter on the ground!

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 1d

Fwiw my coastal Oregon friend who is an extreme Portland hater has said *nothing* to me about the city this week.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2d

The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 2d

columbus was a monster and thanksgiving is an act of collective genocidal delusion. tis the season for this little ditty evangreer.bandcamp.com/album/amab-a...

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 2d

Babby the crow was crying this morning and let me just say that there is a whole lot going on.

ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 2d

Oh and exploiting loopholes by purchasing properties and renting it to family members. One reason among many I am not a family values girly.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 2d

The housing market (God, what an ugly phrase) is just musical chairs—with property owners renting to other property owners because it’s cheaper for them to rent other peoples’ homes than it is for them to live in their own investment properties.

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ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social · 2d

“I am a senior citizen,” Beasley said in June. “I am tired.”

In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 2d

As climate change increasingly becomes a threat not just to homes, but to the very foundations of retirement, even the most careful savers are finding personal effort can’t outpace the risks woven deeply into the financial system.

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social reports

inthesetimes.com/article/clim...

Climate Change Puts A Generation’s Retirement On The Line

Early retirement withdrawals for hardship have tripled since 2020, as disasters strike and insurance fails–leaving workers on their own in old age.

inthesetimes.com

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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 2d

From West Baltimore, a farming legacy baltimorebeat.com/from-west-ba...

A Black woman with her locs in a bun smiles as she holds a bucket of plants.

A person wearing a navy blue t-shirt with yellow and white lettering and a gray backwards baseball cap works on a farm.

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 2d

Trying their hardest to incite violence to fit the narrative‼️

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