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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 8m

“our office uses (redacted)”

well first of all girlie pop, your office was my office three months ago and i can tell you with 100% certainty that you don’t use that expert because they’re overly expensive because again… your office was my office.

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Douglas Reyes-Ceroñ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 1h

there's a fascinating conversation to be had about how these continental tournaments in women's soccer are being received and respected, relative to their age and investments by their respective federations

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 2h

I feel like I’m being edged

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 2h

83 year old Senator Mitch McConnell just tripped and fell while being asked about ICE

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Kim McCauley @kimischilling.bsky.social · 5h

Chaired by a Deloitte executive = I'm not interested

Henry Bushnell @henrybushnell.bsky.social · 5h

News: a U.S. Soccer-led committee proposes a shake-up of college soccer.

The recommended men's model would override current conferences, include an element of pro/rel, and extend the season fall-spring.

Spoke with Cindy Parlow Cone, JT Batson + others, and dove in @theathletic.com:

With college soccer ‘at risk,’ U.S. Soccer pushes for overhaul – but not without resistance

Promotion and relegation could be part of radical plans to overhaul American college soccer

www.nytimes.com

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 5h

something I find interesting in this article is that advertising dollars are up 600% in Portland, but attendance, not just in Portland but league wide, is down.

Jeff Carlisle @jeffreycarlisle.bsky.social · 21h

Scandals and abuse allegations forced the Portland Thorns to find new owners, but decoupling from the Portland Timbers organization has been a work in progress. #BAONPDX

www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Rocked by scandal, Portland Thorns aim to reclaim former glory under new ownership

Scandals and abuse allegations forced the Portland Thorns to find new owners, but decoupling from the Timbers organization has been a work in progress.

www.espn.com

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING NEWS: We just won a court order blocking the Trump administration's illegal demands for personal data of SNAP recipients.

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 20h

good things happen for the spirit when I’m in town, so get y’all’s pennies together and I’ll move and bring my luck permanently 🤣

rb @mostlyinane.quest · 20h

have we considered the fact that the DMV might be cursed

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

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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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 1d

clients who write (glowing) thank you emails with your boss copied are the best clients

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 1d

ribbit from the war zone

a black and white sign that says “don’t obey” with a frog on it

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 1d

ooooh, I was SO close to believing pet insurance wasn’t a scam and now they’re trying to deny our claim for Basil Jorts’ steroid responsive meningitis so I’m back in scam land

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Sean Highkin @highkin.bsky.social · 1d

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 1d

not a single person asked for this

I mean… Brooke I need you to love yourself more

fuck! I mean, blink twice if you need help

I tried, I give up

a screenshot from Bobby flay’s IG seemingly announcing an engagement to Brooke Williamson with a hand in a pair of jean’s back pocket with a big ol diamond ring sticking out

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house of theolia. 🦊🌙⚧ @valpix.tgirl.gay · 1d

striking out looking is baseball's cuck chair

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 1d

there’d be careful and nuanced discussions about how the anonymity of the internet has emboldened those who believe they are powerless over their finances to do things even 10 years ago would’ve been considered appalling.

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 1d

if we were a country that funded these sorts of things we’d have investigative journalism and public policy reports about the connection between the legalization (and aggressive advertising of) sports gambling and the widening wealth gap and the desperation of poverty.

but we don’t, so we won’t!

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 2d

Padres manager Mike Shildt said he retired in part because of death threats from sports bettors:

Mike Shildt says decision to retire was his own, but Padres questions remain

www.nytimes.com

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 1d

I love that a certain Greek tragedy blazer street parks luxury vehicles in downtown Portland

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

it’s illegal, but, also, this didn’t happen, and if someone *did* tell him this, they were lying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣

Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 2d

baby Rachael really could’ve used a business card that said “I’m sorry, I’m not interested. I’m just not ugly and you brought up my special interest”

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Liv @itslivagain.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not flirting…I’m just autistic

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2d

Baby I’m not flirting… I’m just southern

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 2d

it also doesn’t address how many people will only read what supports their world view. the selection bias is out of control and almost invalidates the thesis.

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 2d

listen, do I think there was a way that traveling for one of two of the memorials for my dad was not going to be brutal? no. do I think this was the most brutal version of that scenario possible? also no, but pretty fucking close, y’all.

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Danielle, spooky Current fan ︽✵︽ @likethe309.bsky.social · 3d

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