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Alex Halpern

@halpernalex.bsky.social

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Expert generalist. Oregonian. Act locally.

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · Dec 1

All the best school board members are here

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Dec 1

And where reputable journalists and thinkers go, so do elected officials.

I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.

Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)

Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · Nov 30

Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 54m

Yeah buddy get back to work

Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 1h

If the Dodgers end up winning back to back World Series’ it will be the final proof that the timelines split when Bowie died and we are in the bad place.

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 1h

How dare you say this true thing about me

Boo-cy 👻 📷 @ltotheucy.bsky.social · 1h

I’ve seen Rilo Kiley twice this year and my reaction both times was “you could carbon date this audience to the month.”

Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 1h

Seeing Rilo Kiley tonight, and the shuttle to the venue is filled with people between the specific ages of 34 and 46. I am at home here.

Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 7h

What we do for others we do unto ourselves

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 7h

Rich why are you on the floor

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 7h

I thought the lead was the whole point of protein powder?

Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 14h

The real problem with journalism today, the artificial fair and balanced ethos that Fox introduced, on full display at NPR.

“Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent.”

That headline should read “ICE tactics are growing more violent.”

It is not conjecture, it is not an opinion, it is fact.

NPR @npr.org · 17h

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

n.pr

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 1d

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2d

Karen my favorite time of the month is when my food and wine arrives in the mail and I get to pretend for half hour like I am the sort of person who would make the recipes in it

Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2d

One of the true pleasures of my adult life has been waking up early on rainy fall Sunday mornings to drink coffee and read the news before anyone else in my house is up and the news has taken that away from me and I will never forgive it.

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 2d

Have you guys tried wearing glasses

Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 3d

Once broken, I don’t have any idea how this is fixed before countless children are irreparably harmed.

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Alex Halpern @halpernalex.bsky.social · 3d

As a school board member I can say without hesitation that this is going to break the financial back of many districts while genuinely harming untold thousands of families across the country. Special education services are a bedrock of our social contract that have had no party lines until now.

Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.