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GenX Boston boy in a PNW context. D&D. Music. Politics. Tech. Portland Feed on Graze: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fgnkp5yb6fuvxsqpqpnan46u/feed/tstpdx PDX Bluesky Resources Thread: https://bsky.app/profile/rockom.bsky.social/post/3lfpr42qprk2n

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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · Jan 14

🧵 Portland Oregon Feeds/Lists/Starter Packs (Jan 25)

Feeds by me:
PDX Posts (Graze): bsky.app/profile/did:...
PDX Skeet Storm Team (weather, including Oregon): bsky.app/profile/did:...
Pickathon (Music festival, seasonal): bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 8h

No chat needed

Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 12h

We adopted Dexter at the very end of January, but I think he thought conditions were improving through the spring and summer only to be clobbered by the rapidly sinking sun of the 45th parallel.

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Chalk Girl @chalkgirl.bsky.social · 12h

i mean yeah, here's a portland-hot take idea for some big media people:

it's been a summer and fall of violence from the federal agents. it continues almost every day. it doesn't matter what you do — sit stand play or pray — because they will brutalize and arrest you if they choose to.

go!

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13h

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 · 15h

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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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 15h

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 20h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 13h

Covid ❤️ this

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...

Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 14h

Dexter is starting to cope with the change in temperature. California dog no more. Welcome to PNW!

Pug mix in stripy pink and blue sweater curled up in the sun by a windowsill.

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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 16h

Dark patrilineal pathos meets charming homing pigeon ending...

Sounds like a Disney script.

Tricky2U 🌊 @mirrorpond.bsky.social · 20h

As a kid, I started with 6 pigeons as a hobby. It grew to almost a hundred. My dad was not happy and put them all in large garbage bags and drove it to his office dumpster. They pecked out of the bag and when someone opened it up, they all flew home before he got home.

Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 20h

This is a pattern of right-wingnuts getting published in mainstream magazines.

I guess they are MAGAzines now.

jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 21h

katherine dee is herself a reactionary who has written for TERF blog fairer disputations. her bio there cites her work at american conservative, unherd, and the washington examiner. interesting how the bio she chose here doesn’t reflect that bias. the work itself features no actual citations

GQ @gqmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...

Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 1d

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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 1d

Your work has had a lot of impact on me. I hope you find your next puzzle.

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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 1d

Firstly: No. This won't happen.

Secondly: If it did, it would be a blessing.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

The propaganda effort at CBS News has begun in full force.

There's this absurd hit piece saying his election would cause a large exodus at the NYPD.

A paused CBS News video features a close-up of a bearded man in a suit speaking outdoors. Video controls are visible over the image. The headline below reads about NYPD officers worrying about someone becoming the NYC mayor. The CBS News channel name and subscriber button appear at the bottom.

Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 1d

Those are the cops that need to go anyway.

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 1d

It is a pretty big tell to be against "No Kings Day"

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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 1d

From Cronkite to crank shiite

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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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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe you just need a break.

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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 1d

Trump wants to kill.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on Egypt: "They have very little crime. Because they don't play games. That's why. Like we do in the United States with governors that have no idea what they're doing."

Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 1d

Just one question,,,

Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 3d

Kepi Ghoulie and friends at Arbor Beer Lodge in Portland, Or.

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petblocpdx @petblocpdx.bsky.social · 3d

Alt Text:
Tan square image with pictures of cats and dogs in the middle. Text reading: Free vaccine clinic. Sunday, October 12th, 2025. 2:30-4:30pm. Free vaccines: FVRCP rabies for cats. DAPP rabies for dogs. Add-ons: Nail trims $10. Anal gland expresaions $15.

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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 3d

Look at that. I made it.

Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 3d

My wife's cousin is on a solo mission to burn down the rainforests with his inane AI creations featuring himself.

Last week he posted a long sitcom type montage of him and his "adopted alien son".

Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 3d

And leave my inner SE cocoon? In this warzone! ;)

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Rockom Sockom NoBots @rockom.bsky.social · 3d

Randomly saw this ad for a show tonight with Hutch Harris (The Thermals) for $5. That's some serious budget entertainment.

#pdx

ad for show at Arbor Beer lodge Portland Ore oct 11 8pm $5. Hutch harris Andrew kaffer Kepi Ghoulie