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RainSurname @rainsurname.bsky.social · 1d

Someone left a rack full of inflatable costumes near the ICE building in Portland.

I love this town.

This is a wonderful thread that explains how & why Portland is Like This.
bsky.app/profile/ceau...

A clothing rack on a sidewalk, full of colorful inflatable costumes, with a sign that says free.

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Christian Dashiell @dash2d2.bsky.social · 1d

The only Christopher we recognize is Wallace.

four portraits of a man wearing a crown with a blue background

ALT: four portraits of a man wearing a crown with a blue background

media.tenor.com

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Christian Dashiell @dash2d2.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing but respect for my presidents.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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kristen g @nomadpdx.bsky.social · 3d

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING MORE PORTLAND.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 3d

Oregon antifa warzone confirmed

Harry Lyles Jr. @harrylylesjr.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 4d

That the networks don't have a live feed from Portland running in the corner is journalistic malpractice.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Christian Dashiell @dash2d2.bsky.social · 4d

Don’t worry, Rog. It won’t be like January 6.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Christian Dashiell @dash2d2.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah well you’re also trying to wage war on cities in your own country, bud.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump on if he should win the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow: "I made 7 deals and now it's 8."

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 5d

Curious if MAGA knows that "God Bless America" was written by someone not born in America who arrived here without any authorization whatsoever and yet, through the woke policies of the time, was allowed to stay and to become a naturalized citizen. So very "open borders."

Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 5d

I’m sure that he stays seated for many songs. I bet he knows that sappy song isn’t our anthem.

Bad Bunny Remains Seated During 'God Bless America' at Yankees Game

Bad Bunny raised eyebrows at the New York Yankees game Tuesday night ... choosing not to stand during the singing of "God Bless America."

www.tmz.com

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Christian Dashiell @dash2d2.bsky.social · 5d

Federal agents mad ‘cause I’m flagrant…

Mac Fox @macfox.bsky.social · 6d

Anyway, if you saw this video today: I filmed it, and it was just as much fun as it looks

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Christian Dashiell @dash2d2.bsky.social · 6d

Tufffffffffff.

Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 6d

THAT'S OUR M'VP RIGHT THERE 🗣️

Christian Dashiell @dash2d2.bsky.social · 6d

a woman wearing sunglasses and a hooded jacket is sitting in a crowd of people and says she does nt even go here

ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses and a hooded jacket is sitting in a crowd of people and says she does nt even go here

media.tenor.com

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 7d

My alt text will suck, but this is going around now. Portland frog facing off ICE really has become a mascot here.

A painting of a lone green and white belly frog wearing a blue scarf is facing off a line of feds, who are in helmets and faceguard and carrying batons. A line of tear gas flows up into the sky from the cops.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 9d

the hardest part of living in Portland is having your house burn down every single night and then having to rebuild it during the day. the amount of money i spend just in drywall is insane.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 9d

This week at an event for THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, a reader asked in a gracious and cheeky way what I would hope white readers in particular would get out of the book. Or more directly, what I would TELL white readers. And this was basically my answer:

African-Americans are experts on America.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 9d

America should listen to Black people

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Rose City Riveters @rosecityriveters.org · 10d

New art not on the rails today. #BAONPDX

Two banners. One asks “is this banned” and the other refers to three different states of water.

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Mary Sue @marysuesays.bsky.social · 10d

Portland is burning (safely in designated fire pits at the food carts)

A plate of pad Thai and a Thai iced tea in a counter next to a fire pit. Burgerville is in the background. Not pictured: 80s pop music and the distant sound of helicopters circling endlessly for no damn good reason.

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Christian Dashiell @dash2d2.bsky.social · 11d

Start with that ugly gold plated ballroom.

NPR @npr.org · 11d

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Trump administration has to look at ways to "save money in a responsible way that respects the American taxpayer's money" during shutdown.

Karoline Leavitt says White House must cut spending due to shutdown

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Trump administration has to look at ways to "save money in a responsible way that respects the American taxpayer's money" during shutdown.

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Christian Dashiell @dash2d2.bsky.social · 11d

“Not Scary. Just Portland.”

Great merch opportunity there.

Christian Dashiell @dash2d2.bsky.social · 12d

Someone in rural(ish) Kansas is selling Delorean that has been sitting in their garage for over 40 years. Allegedly. Not sure why you lost this on FB instead of auctioning it off.

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Christian Dashiell @dash2d2.bsky.social · 13d

The song of my people.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 13d

Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.

Emergency World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland, with blurred photi of naked bicyclists.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 13d

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯

I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨

youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

Smiling Mychal with hands raised wears an outer space shirt in a library. It is a still from an episode of Reading Rainbow.

LeVar Burton smiles with hands behind his head as he lies down on a colorful pile of books. ENEMY PIE book rests on his chest.

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 14d

if you’re a visual learner i made you some maps of where the people quoted in this article as supporting portland being occupied by troops live

tilting oregon is a far portland suburb kind of

clackamas oregon and im being generous giving it the town and not the county

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14d

Just want to remind people that in January 2017 I gave a talk at the American Physical Society meeting warning everyone that Trump would gut science just like Hitler did

And I've posted the link on social media before, including again earlier this year:
bsky.app/profile/chan...

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 15d

This. This administration is even worse than any of us thought possible. Who had destroy NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, scientific research all at the same time on their bingo card?

Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 15d

My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration.

It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...

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