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Rick Turoczy

@turoczy.bsky.social

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More than mildly obsessed with connecting dots in Portland, Oregon… and often elsewhere #pdx #portland #startups

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · Jun 30

Created this with the hopes of providing some good news and nice things and other stuff about Portland, Oregon, for you to peruse 🤗 #pdx #portland bsky.app/profile/did:...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 1h

"The software that runs AI acts very differently to the software that runs most of your computer or your phone. Good, sensible assumptions about bugs in regular software actually end up being harmful and misleading when you try to apply them to AI." boydkane.com/essays/boss

Why your boss isn't worried about AI

Can't you just turn it off?.

boydkane.com

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 3h

They don’t fear violence; they fetishize it. What they fear is happiness, because happy people don’t need saviors or strongmen.
substack.com/@jojofromjer...

No Kings, No Pants, No Problem

How Portland answered authoritarianism with bare asses and better ideas.

substack.com

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 11h

🎉getting groovy tonight in Portland, prepped for NoKings🇺🇸

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 15h

No one told me that the future would offer a complete inability to go more than a week without encountering the words “excoriate” and “shambolic.”

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 16h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 22h

"What I've seen is the abuse of law enforcement by radical leftist activists. You know, most recently, the most threatening thing I've seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there. I mean, it's getting really ugly."

www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...

Mike Johnson decries 'naked bicyclers' in Portland as 'most threatening thing I've seen'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted that federal agents' abuse of force had not risen to the level of congressional investigations after a judge barred the Department of Homeland Security from ...

www.rawstory.com

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 1d

"Everyday Chicagoans are proving that they’re the first line of defense against this extraordinary federal incursion into this city," Edward McClelland writes for @chicagomag.com: www.chicagomag.com/news/chicago...

Chicago Is Organizing for All

Everyday Chicagoans are proving to be the first line of defense against the federal incursion into their city.

www.chicagomag.com

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 18h

Portland was a coin toss away from being named Boston, if that helps 😂

Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 20h

Lunchtime walk on a gorgeous Portland fall day… activated!

Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 21h

I'm reminded of that Greg Giraldo (RIP) bit about the "obesity epidemic" and assuming that's how ICE agents are going to describe their experience in Portland, years from now…

"Oh it was horrible, Johnny. There were frogs and banana bands everywhere."

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 21h

Gosh I love Portland’s vibe. Everyone against ICE and fascism in a peaceful protest with music!

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 22h

If you're looking for an ongoing @bsky.app feed of what's happening in Portland, @missmeringue.love has built one (based on @zombiegomoan.bsky.social's work on an LA version) h/t @graze.social #pdx #portland #portlandoregon bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 23h

If you look at the variety of industries that thrive in Portland, Oregon — footwear, apparel, food & beverage, restaurants, local business, tech, advertising — what they all have in common is creativity. Our primary export is creativity. Our protests are no different. Keep being Portland, Portland 🫶

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 23h

I think I'm going to start responding to spam with variations on "You should subscribe to my YouTube channel."

Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 1d

Portland’s love of thrifting has entered the game

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 1d

War torn Portland.
I am

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 1d

TIL TiVo is still a thing variety.com/2025/tv/news...

TiVo Stops Selling DVRs, Exiting the Hardware Business After 26 Years

TiVo officially stopped selling its DVR boxes on October 1 as it gets out of the hardware business after 26 years.

variety.com

Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 1d

If you're looking for some @bsky.app data to munge, get ready to be happy. The crew at @graze.social has created some archives for you to muck around with. /cc @atprotocol.dev @atprotocol.dev #ATmosphere #atproto graze.leaflet.pub/3m33mkloj222...

Announcing the Graze Archives - Graze Newsletter

A brief tour of the S3 requestor-pays archives of the Graze turbostream and freshly-announced megastream

graze.leaflet.pub

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

tactical frivolity will win the day, with neighborhood-based networks of protection, Chicago and Portland show us the way

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant Mistake by Elvis Costello just hits different lately open.spotify.com/track/2qwEON...

Brilliant Mistake

open.spotify.com

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hysterian99.bsky.social @hysterian99.bsky.social · 2d

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 1d

Cannot get Peace Frog by The Doors out of my head

Rick Turoczy @turoczy.bsky.social · 1d

This entire thread on Portland culture — especially political culture — is well worth the read. Thank you so much @ceaubin.bsky.social 🌹 #pdx #portland #portlandoregon

C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 2d

You can arrest us or pepper spray us or whatever, but we will make you look stupid and feel silly doing it because wanting to assert control is stupid. You want to assert control? Do it to an inflatable frog!
So, it’s not just a meme thing, it’s a Portland cultural thing.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

WAR-TORN PORTLAND

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